#118 Vienna

The Raffle, cash and pie!

President Rich accepts the 200 Club 200 Days Challenge Certificate

This larger club meets at the Marco Polo Restaurant in Vienna, VA.  When I think of the Vienna club the first thing that comes to mind is of course the hugely successful and  amazingly fun, ViVa Vienna!, the community and family celebration of Memorial Day.  Held the all three days of Memorial weekend; food, amusement rides and entertainment abound while vendors of professional, crafts and non-profit groups will line the streets.  This is a major fund raising project for the Vienna club that supports both community and humanitarian projects.  To  become a sponsor or to get more information
about this event go to:  www.vivavienna.org

Now for something different about this club; they have desert drawing, each week in addition to the raffle drawing for the money and a chance at the big pot they draw a ticket for a desert.  The winner then shares the desert with their table-mates, today it was a chocolate cream pie, needless to say it is a very popular item.  The lunch buffet offered a nice selection of options as well.  Another unique idea this club uses is bicycle art with the Rotary emblem wheels which are dispersed around the town.

Woody gives his Happy Talk

The cards did not give Jodi the Big money today

Todays featured speaker talked about the career and technology education offered at the Fairfax county schools, as a CTE advisory board member at our local school, I was very interested in their program.  I met member Dr Devika, whose mother is a Rotarian in Calcutta, unfortunately she will be away while our group visits her club. Thanks to member Craig Richey for the photographs.

Meal $16