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Marybeth Forbes is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Braintree Rotary Virtual Lunch Meeting 
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Matthew Martin, The Outreach Program

Ending Hunger. Enriching Lives

Topic:  Ending Hunger in New England

In 2009, my wife, our 3 and 5-year-old children, and I were living in Northern Minnesota near my in-laws. I was a Lutheran pastor and Heidi was an elementary school teacher. A colleague of mine I had met in passing at a conference gave us a trip to Virginia after discovering how much school debt we were still in 13 years into our marriage (her husband was a doctor at the Mayo Clinic and they were too busy to go, but everything was already paid for). A few days into our first vacation in 5 years, Heidi woke up and said, “We need to move to New England.”

So I called the bishop and told her about the dream. She placed me at a church in Quincy. Heidi couldn’t find a teaching job, so she started to write. She is now an author, among other things (HeidiMartinHealing.com). The proceeds from her children’s book, novel, and other work feed more hungry New Englanders.

During the first 18 months of my call, our synod went through a process called Doing What Matters and then challenged us to “go where love leads and serve where love calls”. At the time (June 2011), 1 in 4 American kids were going to bed hungry (1 in 3 in Maine!), while 1 in 7 people on the planet were. I had done world hunger work for 17 years.

Now I’ve been the meal packaging guy for 12 years. We have partnered with 87 different kinds of groups throughout the region, feeding those who hunger in their neighborhoods. Lutherans, the United Way, Businesses, Schools, Non-profits, Rotarians, United Methodists, Food Banks, Congregationalists, and Episcopalians have each fed over a million. Catholics will be the next group to hit that threshold.

Before the pandemic, we had hit a 20-year low for food insecurity: 1 in 7 American kids were going to bed hungry (1 in 5 in Maine!), while 1 in 9 people on the planet were. We have fed over 40 million so far, a record 4 million in 2020. 48% of our meals are packaged for Greater Boston pantries (meals end up in the same area where the funding comes from). By comparison, 12% are for Worcester County and Western MA and 40% are for the other 5 New England states.

At the start of the pandemic, food-insecurity went up 146% in America, 150% in New England, 163% in Massachusetts, and between 168-182% in half of the counties in the commonwealth…to a level higher than when we started ending local hunger. All 7 of those counties were in Greater Boston.

Things have been improving.

2011: 2 million hungry New Englanders

2019: 1.4 million

2020: 2.1 million

2021: 1.7 million

Now: 1.45 million

Website: EndHungerNE.org

Jen Jones is a REALTOR®, author, speaker, and an entrepreneur.  She has been an entrepreneur for over 20 years and has successfully scaled businesses by building deep, meaningful relationships with her clients that inspire repeat business and referrals. She lives by the motto go deep not wide.  She recently wrote Intropreneur: Strategies for Building a Business as an Introvert Entrepreneur.

Jen guides her clients through the four-step process to harness their introvert/authentic self, have more energy awareness so they can align their business and life with meaningful connections, elevate relationships, which produce more referral and repeat business with the right people.

As the mom of three kids, she gets how important it is to balance family and a fulfilling business that doesn’t drain your battery and burnout. When she’s not showing houses, helping clients or volunteering, you’ll find her enjoying her alone time, yoga, honing her intuition skills, meditating, and journaling.

Website: www.connectandelevate.com

Freebie – Energy Toolkit - https://femintropreneur.com/energy

Current Offerings (Including Book):  https://femintropreneur.com

Connect & Elevate Free Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/391015638165931

Email: jenjones@connectandelevate.com

BIO - ABOUT FRED PARIS, FOUNDER / OWNER Plymouth Solar Energy

A lifelong environmentalist and recognized solar energy expert, Fred launched the Wind Sun Institute as a renewable energy training program that uses Plymouth Solar Energy as a corporate laboratory for solar technology and marketing strategies.

He earned a BA in Business Management at C. W. Post and State University of New York – Farmingdale, and his MBA at the University of Phoenix Boston.

Articulate with a quick sense of humor, Fred has taught solar energy across the U. S. including adjunct sessions at Babson College and Northeastern University, served as a technical consultant and trainer for industry manufacturers, and wrote the curriculum for solar energy certification used at Massasoit Community College.

 Electric Rates, Reliability, Programs to Save Money.  How can non-Braintree residents Conserve Energy.

Subject: 

Aviation in Service, Rotarians Call to Action with the International Fellowship of Flying Rotarians and Air Care Alliance

Mark Hanson,

Rotary eClub of Aviation

International Fellowship of Flying Rotarians.

Position:

VP and Board Member, Air Care Alliance.

Retired Serial Entrepreneur

30 Years in Norwell and 2 Years Now in Hingham

4 Children

Volunteer Pilot, at Public Benefit Organizations:

Sky Hope/PALS, Angel Flight, Veterans Airlift Command, STEM Flight, Turtles Fly Too, Above the Clouds Kids, +

Air Care Alliance Vice President & Board Member

Very Active Volunteer Pilot Locally and Nationally

Flown & Donated   >350 Missions  >700 Passengers >600,000 miles

Recognitions

2022 USA National Endeavor Award for Public Benefit Pilots (Los Angeles)
2021 National Aeronautic Association Distinguished Volunteer Pilot (Washington, DC)

2017 Heroes Among Us Award, Boston Celtics & NBA

Commercial Rated Pilot

Fly Out of Norwood, Bedford and Plymouth Mass.

Vice President / Member, Board of Directors / Volunteer Pilot

Air Care Alliance – www.aircarealliance.org

Helping Aviators & Organizations Find Their ‘Why’ Through Public Benefit Flying

Officers and Chairs of Intreact Club

Registration begins at 7:30 am

Lunch will be after the Credit for Life at Common Market in Quincy.

I am the Area Chair of the Department of Defense’s MA Committee for Employer Support

of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR)

John M. Pelose Biography

John M. Pelose served thirty-one years in the United States Army and Army Reserve, including a tour of duty in Vietnam. He retired as a Chief Warrant Officer Three (CW3). Since retirement, he has spent over seventeen years as a volunteer in support of the military, as Family Readiness Group Leader of the 6/98^th Military Intelligence Battalion’s Family Readiness Group (FRG) and currently as Area Chair of the Department of Defense’s (DOD) Massachusetts Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR). Active in the Braintree veterans’ community, he has served as Commander of the Braintree Veterans’ Council (BVC) and Past Commander and current Adjutant of Braintree Post 86, American Legion.

In civilian life, he was a Librarian/Manager at the Boston Public Library. In the community, he has served as a Town Meeting Member, Finance Committee Member and Trustee of the Thayer Public Library. He has been actively involved in the East Braintree Civic Association (EBCA), Braintree Council #1462 of the Knights of Columbus, and the Braintree Community Club. He is married to the former Gloria Crawley and they have two children, Jennifer and Michael.

Also joining us will be Leon Merian, the VP of the Friends of South Shore Health