There will be a brief planning meeting for the "Oktoberfest" Committee immediately following this Friday's Rotary meeting. There is plenty to do in this planning phase so anyone interested in helping is asked to stay for the 1:00 pm meeting.

 

 

Please mark your calendar for these upcoming events:

 

 

SPEAKER CHAIR - TENA WILSON

INVOCATOR - KIM KROH

SONG LEADER - BRUCE SCHORSTEN

GREETER LEADER - MIKE PARIS

Song Leader Chairman Jack Brannen is seeking individuals who would be willing to volunteer to fill the months of May or June as song leader for our weekly meetings.  If you would be interested in helping out for one of these months, please contact the Rotary office at (330) 452-2882.  Thank you.

Nominations for Rotarian of the Year Award are now being accepted.  Nominations require submission of the completed form outlining the candidate's fulfillment of the award criteria. Deadline date to submit your nomination is Friday, March 18, 2016.

 

Please keep in mind the current Officers of the Club are not eligible.  ALL nominations are being kept confidential and we ask that you do your part to keep it that way.  The results and award winner will be announced at the April 1st meeting.

 

You may either download the Nomination Form from here and return it to the Rotary office located at 203 Cleveland Ave. N.W., Canton, 44702, email it back to the office at info@cantonrotary.org or bring to Friday's meeting and give to Vice President Amanda Tietze.

 

 

 

Fellow Rotarians, the second part of our Junior Achievement 'JA-In-A-Day' project takes place at Dueber Elementary School on Wednesday April 6th, from 8:30 to 11:00 AM.

 

We will once again be presenting the 'JA Our Community' program to all second graders there. This program consists of four sections, teaching the students about what makes up a community, what types of jobs and businesses are in a community, how they can make money working at a job (in this case, making paper donuts), what a government does and how we pay for it (taxes!), and why and how we vote in a community.

 

Really GOOD stuff for second graders to learn!

 

We will have four classes total, so would like to have a total of 8 Canton Rotarians as volunteer mentors, so that we can have two-person teams in each class.

 

Please contact me at rtaylor@jaonline.org or call or text me at 330-575-2870 if you can helps us out that morning.

 

Thank you!........................Rick Taylor, Canton Rotary JA-In-A-Day Chairperson

  Okay, Canton Rotarians! It's once again time for our annual Pancake Breakfast and Pick Your Prize Raffle on Saturday March 19th. As you should know, this popular event raises substantial dollars for our Canton Rotary Charitable Fund and the many civic groups and activities that this fund supports.

 

 The Pancake Breakfast includes pancakes, sausage, orange juice, coffee and milk. In addtion to the food, the Cleveland Indian’s mascot, Slider, will be there for a meet and greet, the McKinley Jazz Band will play, and “Star Wars” characters from the Ohio Garrison of the 501^st Legion and the Rebel Legion will be available for photo opportunities throughout the day.

 

 

Here's how you can help:

 

1) Buy your Pancake Breakfast tickets! This year we are asking you to pay for ONLY $50 worth of tickets, as opposed to twice that amount in previous years (the Canton Rotary Oktoberfest has picked up a lot of the slack in our fundraising!) If you did not get your tickets at the meeting last week, please call Lauri or Barb at the Rotary office at 330-452-2882 to make arrangements to pick yours up or have them brought to a meeting.

 

2) Volunteer to help on March 19th! You might not think flipping pancakes, or serving breakfast, or pouring juice, or cleaning and bussing tables would be fun.....but it IS! Especially when you are hangin' with your fellow Rotarians! Sign up sheets will be available at our regular meetings. Please note that we will also need help with set-up on Friday 3/18/16 after 3 PM. We'd love to have ALL Canton Rotarians join us on March 19th!

 

3) Donate a prize or two for the Pick-Your-Prize Raffle! This raffle has been very successful, but, of course, we need prizes donated to keep it that way. Items you might consider include sports tickets, vacation rentals, gift baskets, wine baskets, restaurant gift cards or other gift cards, or new, unused merchandise you might have at work or at home (hey, it's not re-gifting if you donate it to a good cause, right?) You can bring your donations to our weekly meetings.

 

 

There will be a District Leadership Assembly/One Rotary Summit on Saturday, April 9, 2016 at the Foltz Community Center in East Canton.  The assembly will begin at 7:45 a.m. until 12:00 noon.  The cost for this event is $8.00.

 

You may go online to register or you may contact the Rotary office for assistance. Thank you.

   Please mark your calendar for the upcoming District Conference which will take place on April 29-30, 2016 in Tuscarawas County. The event begins on Friday, April 29th, at the Warther Museum in Dover. Registration is from 5:00 to 6:00 PM, followed by a 'Walk Through History of Tuscarawas County' event, with music and samplings of local Tuscarawas foods, craft beers, and wines. Strolling storytellers will also provide local history lessons.

 

Saturday, April 30th, begins bright and early at Tusky Valley Middle School, with registration 7:30 - 8:30 AM. Besides some District business, other events planned are a cultural art fair, Four Way Test Speech participants, the Youth Exchange Program talent show, and featured speakers Hart Main, a 13 year old entrepreneur who makes Man-Cans, candles designed for men (Bacon Scent, anyone?) and Mark Murphy, Superintendent of Tusky Valley Schools. The conference concludes at 3:00 pm with closing remarks by RI Representative PDG Peter Simonsen and DG Joe Belinsky. 

 

For more information on the District 6650 Conference, go to this link: http://clubrunner.blob.core.windows.net/00000050061/en-ca/files/homepage/2015-16-district-conference-details/Flyer-District-Conference-Information.docx

At our weekly meeting on March 4, 2016, President Paul White welcomed our members and guests to the meeting.  PP Rick Huetter gave the Invocation.

 

President Paul then asked any Rotarian with a March birthday to please stand and be recognized.

 

Club Secretary Michelle Mullaly welcomed the following guests to our meeting:  Daniel McKimm, Daniel van Epps, Victor Pavona (3 guests of Tena Wilson), Julie Gill (guest of Julia Dick) and Eric Smer (Plain Twp Rotarian) and Richard Regula (Massillon Rotarian).

 

The "Happy Bucks" news was then provided by the following Rotarians: Nick Perini was very pleased to announce the birth of his second child, a daughter named Vera; Massillon Rotary President Richard Regula was happy he was able to take his parents to visit his mom's sister and also stated his father was baptized in Nimishillen Creek; PP Rick Taylor was happy because on March 15th the 'Celebrity Cuisine' would take place at the Civic Center (tickets are $30.00 and proceeds will benefit Community Harvest);  President Elect Craig Young announced his band "Bandog" would be playing at Greentown VFW.

 

President Paul, who is chairman of "Pick Your Prize" raffle during the Pancake Festival, once again asked the members to consider providing donations of rounds of golf, restaurant certificates, gift baskets or any items they may have "around the house" they would like to donate. Donations are currently running behind previous years. President Paul also announced the Pro Football Hall of Fame would be providing a $5.00 discount on admission to the HOF for any individual attending the Pancake Festival.  This discount would be valid on the day of the Pancake event only. Paul also reminded members to please sign up as a volunteer for Pancake day. We need 'all hands on deck' for this event!

 

PP Rick Taylor took to the podium and thanked those members who volunteered for Junior Achievement on February 25th.  He reminded the membership there would be another opportunity to volunteer on April 6th at Dueber Elementary School.  Flyers were on the table for anyone interested in this event.

 

Vice President Amanda Tietze then made an announcement regarding the upcoming "Rotarian of the Year" Award.  Nominations are now being accepted now through March 18th. (please see story above)

 

 

The following Rotarians will receive a makeup for attending the District Mid-Year Assembly on Saturday, Feb. 27th:  President Paul White, President Elect Craig Young and Vice President Amanda Tietze.

 

The following Rotarians turned in a makeup during Friday's meeting: PP Rick Taylor (Carrollton); PP Curt Werren (Canton South); PP Virginia Neutzling (North Canton).

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