The August 14, 2014 Naples Sunset Rotary meeting was called to order by President Steve Cere at 6:35pm followed by Invocation by Member Joe Davidow followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Following dinner visiting Rotarians and guests were acknowledged. Our speaker for the evening was James (Jay) J. MacDonald, Executive Director of the Society of St. Vincent De Paul Naples District Council. Jay discussed the background and latest happenings within his non-for-profit organization. Currently his organization delivers over 100,000 meals in Naples annually through their Meals On Wheels program. Their entire annual budget is approximately 1.3 million dollars. After his fine presentation and number of questions were asked by our members. Additional information about the Society of St. Vincent De Paul Naples District Council is available by clicking
here. The meeting adjourned at 8:00pm with a following discussion of the upcoming fund raiser on August 29th with availability of Trolleys 1, 3, and 4. Members were urged to continue to pass the word to all about the project!
