Meetings held on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday, Monthly at 8:00pm Calendar of Events
Woodville Rod and Gun Spring Blood Drive 2008 Sunday, June 8th, Woodville Rod and Gun held its 3rd blood drive. The blood drives are organized by club member Frank Wylie. This spring's drive was an astounding success with 57 donating out of 64 people who signed up or were walk in's; this amounts to 7 gallons + 1 pint! Children's Hospital in Boston are the benefactor's of this drive who said this was the best ever.. The blood donated can help over 200 children! These blood drives are in memory of Laura Nardini, the daughter of member Gene and his wife Carol. Frank deserves a lot of credit for his work on these drives; from scheduling the donation bus, getting people scheduled, calling to remind these people of their commitment, organizing food for the event, and keeping the line onto the bus full. And thanks to Gene for his donations of food. We need to continue these efforts and let's aim to have even more donations at the drive this fall! Great Job Frank, Thank you for all your efforts. And a huge Thank you to all who took time out of their day to donate. Kids Fishing Derby Many thanks once again to Gary Truell and his crew for all their hard work gathering materials and coordinating the Kids' Fishing Derby.
Thank you to the Pratt Family for the use of the pond and adjoining area. As tradition has it, the night before the derby volunteers worked down at the pond preparing the area and did an awesome job. Saturday morning the tally board, tables, chairs, prizes, signs, grill area and measuring station equipment were brought in and set up. Saturday morning started out a bit gray. The starter's pistol was fired and before long the smiling participants were bringing their catches to be measured and recorded on the tally board. Mother Nature had a change of heart and smiled down on Pratt's pond bringing out the sun and with that, many more children came to fish. There were bass, trout, catfish, shiners, lots of pan fish and two turtles brought in to be measured. This year there were no frogs. Although the geese were curious, they kept their distance swimming in the pond. Some children just did not want to touch the fish, so they'd bring them wrapped in shirt sleeves or towels and some still on the hook. Some were encouraged to hold onto their catch which resulted in some very interesting facial expressions and sounds. The grill was fired up and there were plenty of burgers, dogs and drinks to go around. The starter's pistol signaled the end of fishing and the tally board was checked. Participants were gathered, trophies presented and prizes given out. The raffle ensured each child went home with a prize. There were many smiles to be seen and shared. All in all a beautiful day in Woodville! Following is the list of winners: 6 & under: 1st Travis Collins, 2nd Chris Canal, 3rd Katherine Knox 7 & 8 year olds: 1st Joshua Desjardins, 2nd Nick Mansir, 3rd Sophia Swan 9 & 10 year olds: 1st Bella Montuori, 2nd Jack Wallace, 3rd Nicholas Canal 11 & 14 year olds: 1st Jeff Leal, 2nd Casey Dwyer, 3rd Justin McGrath
Biggest Turtle: Jocelyn Drawe Rifle Range: A big thank you to Kevin and his daughter Eileen Long, Rick Vincuilla, Skip Lukey, and Marcel Remillard for the recent work to the rifle range. Also, thank you to Dan Bobillier for donating the beams and plywood. The berm has had a face lift (much needed), a frame for rifle targets and a separate frame for shotguns have been erected. There is plywood mounted on the rifle frame to tack targets to. The area has also been cleaned and the shooting area has had the brass swept up. Members help in this area is also required by properly disposing of your used targets and depositing your used brass in the buckets provided when you're done shooting. Another note to those who use the range; if you feel the need to shoot closer than 100 yards you must move closer to the targets. Do not shoot at targets placed half way down the range as this is an unsafe practice. Summer Months Are typically slow around the clubhouse, and there is not a lot to report on. There will be the seafood bake in August. And, hopefully, the new extension to the roof over the rear entrance will be started soon. So, if there isn't the usual content here, it isn't because we're getting lazy, it's because we just don't want to make stuff up… Enjoy the summer!
If you have turned 65 and have 5 years of membership you are entitled to a life membership. Please contact the club if this applies to you. Do you have an email address? Would you like to be notified via email about upcoming events? Please include your email address when you pay your dues this year. Or send an email to remillard_karen@emc.com and we'll add you to the database.
Welcome New Members: William Docherty and Terrance Collins General Information: If you would like to post anything to the website, please send it to webmaster@woodvillerodandgun.com. If you have any questions, contact one of the members on the website committee Dennis Wadsworth "Webmaster", Lee Wright, Karen Remillard, or Jeff Gemski. Friendly reminder - We are always looking for help at the club events and functions. If you need to complete your 3 new member details, this is a way to do that. You see the club events published in this article. Mark them on your calendars as a reminder, check with your sponsor to see if anything is coming up or stop by the club and see what's happening. An extra pair of hands always makes the chore easier, and more fun! Remember...
Scholarship
The Woodville Rod & Gun Club of Hopkinton is offering a $500.00 scholarship to a student in the area who shows an interest in environmental education and is pursuing a degree in wildlife, habitat, fisheries or forestry management, environmental, wildlife or marine biology at an accredited college. Please check out the club's website for more information and an application form. www.woodvillerodandgun.com.
Other notes... When you are sponsoring someone for membership, please have the application fee handed in with the application form. The membership committee will review applications at their next scheduled meeting. The Membership committee will then schedule an appointment for the interview. If you have any questions, please contact someone on the Membership committee. The committee meets on the second Thursday of the month from 7:30pm to 8:15pm. New members, if you need to complete your 3 work details, we still have some functions coming up that would help fulfill this obligation. Remember, anytime we have a function at the hall, there is a job to be done. Ongoing, we can order jackets, shirts, etc. If you are interested in looking at these items please contact the club (508-435-4148). We have orange and green hats on hand, now embroidered ($8), and the newest item is a camouflaged version ($12), two styles. Please contact Cherryl if you would like to purchase a club jacket or other article of clothing. The bartenders can help with the hats, as they are usually in stock at the club. We added member hunting pictures! When new pictures have been added to our website, check them out at: www.woodvillerodandgun.com and click on the "Gallery". If you would like to post anything to the website please send it to webmaster@woodvillerodandgun.com. If you have any questions, contact one of the members on the website committee Dennis Wadsworth "Webmaster", Lee Wright, Karen Remillard, or Jeff Gemski.
Hall Rentals:
A deposit and contract are required to hold a date. Deposits are refunded at the end of the function once the hall has been cleaned. Children’s party rentals can be on Wednesday's or Thursday's only. Sunday's will be restricted to Member rentals only. If there is any food out or being prepped, then Dogs are not allowed in the building. When a member is renting the hall, the member has to be there from the beginning to the end.
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