Meeting Notes August 17

Posted by David Grant

President Bob led today’s meeting with 14 in-person Rotarians and 2 zoomers.

Announcements:

Patti Shelterbox is sending funds to Hawaii. She will send them a personal donation. You can also donate at Home Page | Hawai'i Rotary District 5000 (rotaryd5000.org)
Patti The Winnetka-Northfield Rotary Foundation Board meets at NSCB @ 11:00am this Thursday, 8/24.
Amy will empty the New Trier Pantry food collection box in the lobby of the WCH today. We will continue collecting.
Barb This Thursday’s service project will be in the Garden Room at WCH.
Rich Operation Warm concert is coming up soon.

Happy Bucks:

Patti is happy she is going to the Cubs for first time since 2019.
David is happy his wife Leslie and daughter Allegra came to hear him talk about Taylor Swift.
Barb is happy this is her 39^th wedding anniversary.

Dig ‘N Grin: Heidi dressed as a bumblebee and shared some bee puns.

Speaker: Fellow Rotarian David Grant set the context for why Taylor Swift is getting so much attention this summer. Her Eras tour will gross a record-setting $1.5 Billion with 148 concert dates. The stadium tour will be seen by more than 7 million fans. The tour features songs from all ten of her albums which were released between 2006 and 2022. Her concerts last 3 hours, but we only had time to sample a few of her most popular songs. Below is a list of YouTube links, organized by album, if you want to listen to any of the songs we sampled:

Taylor Swift (2006)