What a beautiful, hot, sunny day at Brae Burn.  Justin called meeting to order. Paul led the Pledge of Allegiance, Dennis led the invocation and Susanne led us in "God Bless America".

 Sargeant at Arms - Bruce Leaver, thanks to Dave, joke about man brings dog to vet, vet says dog is dead, man wants second opinion, vet brings cat out, sniffs end to end, dog still dead, man wants another opinion, vet brings out a labrador retriever who checks dead dog out, still dead, vet gives invoice to man for $550 - says would have been $50 but since he had a "cat scan" and "lab test" it cost more!

 Raffle - Jim Means' guest Michael Kantrowitz of Merrill Lynch was the lucky winner of $1500 pot today!

 Announcements - Justin presented Laurisa with plaque for her year of excellent service as President of  Newton Rotary. Pictured below, Past President, Laurisa Neuwirth accepting her award from current President, Justin Sallaway.
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 Laurisa announced her new blog "FitTech" on Boston.com.

 Happy Dollars
Bruce Leaver: his 30th wedding anniversary is today

Lee Sullivan: for the beautiful day

Michael Kantrowitz: will become new member

Marie: Happy son is back. Will help with Second Step cookout for families on Aug. 16 at the Cove, 5:30, looking for more volunteers to help out.

Peggy: Happy for our guest speaker

Paul: Youngest son has a good medical outcome

Tom: Son Thomas getting married in Sept, back from NYC  and had a good visit with future in-laws.

Peter: Thanked Laurisa's good work this past year, had a good trip to Maine.

Bert: Thanked Laurisa for her good work.

Tony Bibbo - Went to Disney World/Epcot center. Had surprise rendition of Happy Birthday in Italian sung to him.

Chris: Happy dollar for Laurisa who introduced me to Newton Rotary

 Speaker Steve Machnick from Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts who gave us a very profound and sobering talk about the impact and extent of brain injury in our world.  He gave us his personal story which made it very real.  His organization's mission is to spread the word about brain injury prevention as the only form of combating brain injury. 

 Special Thanks to Chris Chu for taking these notes!

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