On Thursday Evening, April 21, 2017, Kristen Petry led the Club in a beautiful invocation and the pledge.. Sgt. At Arms, Robbie Selby, collected happy bucks. Robbie updated us on the Rotary Convention in June and Jon Titus updated us on the June 3rd Paintball Tournament. Please ask your friends and contacts for sponsorships, teams and gift certificates. More detailed info on the Tournament will be forthcoming soon.
President, Rob Samouce then introduced our speaker, Juliana Meek, Regent of Naples-on-the-Gulf Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). The Naples Chapter has evening meetings and around 35 members. DAR is a non-profit social society that does lots of charity work including providing scholarships for girls. To be able to be a member, a woman has to be an ancestor of someone who fought, or who assisted in the fight, of the American Revolution against the British. The Chapter can help prospective members find out if their ancestry qualifies for membership and apparently more people qualify than one may think because of all of the generations that have passed since the Revolutionary War. It looks like two of our members would probably qualify. There is also Sons of the American Revolution for men and Children of the American Revolution for kids. Juliana was a member of Everglades Society, Children of the American Revolution when she was a child and previously served as Chapter Regent for two years at the Arlington House Chapter at the DAR headquarters at Constitution Hall in Washington D.C.
Mark your calendars, unless otherwise stated, all our meetings are at Hyatt House Naples.
Thurs. Evening Apr 27, 6:00 p.m.: Miami Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
Wed. Morning May 5 7:30 a.m.: Newborns in Need
Wed. Morning May 10 7:30 a.m.: Collier County Sheriff’s Department
Thurs. Evening May 18, 6:00 p.m.: Co-Founding Club Member Bob Hattemer
Thurs. Evening May 25, 6:00 p.m.: Co-Founding Club Member George Leamon
Saturday Morning, June 3: Paintball Tournament- In the Estates
