SPEAKER CHAIR - REBECCA MARCHINO

INVOCATOR - TOM CLEVENGER

SONG LEADER - BOB MYERS

GREETER LEADER - PAUL FEASER

Please mark your calendar for these upcoming events:

 

  This year’s Pancake Breakfast will take place on Saturday, March 19, 2016, and will again be held at McKinley Senior High School.  Members will once again receive 17 tickets to this event BUT the cost will be decreased to $50.00 per member! The event will run from 8 am – 1 pm.  We will again feature the “Pick Your Prize” raffle with many great prizes to choose from.

 

 

The Cleveland Indian’s mascot, Slider, will be there for a meet and greet, the McKinley Jazz Band will play and the “Star Wars” characters from the Ohio Garrison of the 501^st Legion and the Rebel Legion will be available to have your photo taken with them during the day.

 

Any questions, please feel free to contact the Rotary Office at (330) 452-2882.

   

   Flipping pancakes, washing dishes cleaning tables....sounds like fun? It really is a good time when you're with fellow Rotarians! Please consider donating some time to help out!  Sign-ups are taking place during Friday meetings.  Take a minute to look at your calendar and block some time off on that day to volunteer.  We will need volunteers for set-up on Friday, March 18th (after 3PM - we must wait until the end of the school day to enter McKinley High School) or during the two shifts on 'Pancake Saturday'.

 

If you were not in attendance at last Friday's meeting you are unaware the Pancake tickets are now available.  You may contact the Rotary office to make arrangements to pick up your tickets or have them brought to a Friday meeting.

 

The Rotary office is located at 203 Cleveland Ave. N.W. Canton and the phone number is (330) 452-2882.

 

   

Fellow Canton Rotarians, please consider volunteering your time for our Rotary 'Junior Achievement-In-A-Day' programs at Harter Elementary School on Thursday February 25th and Dueber Elementary School on Wednesday April 6th.  

 

We will be teaching 'JA Our Community' to second graders on both of those days. This program teaches these students about business and jobs in a community, working for a wage (the students get 'paid' to make paper donuts!), taxes and how taxes pay for government services and workers, and how money moves through a community.

 

The kids LOVE this program! And they love having US present it!

 

Time commitment is 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM. We are striving to have enough volunteers to have two-person teams in each classroom. We will have 6 classrooms at Harter (target 12 volunteers total) and 4 classrooms at Dueber (target 8 volunteers total).

 

Teaching these valuable Junior Achievement lessons is easy and fun! JA provides all of the materials for the classes, including an easy-to-follow volunteer guidebook. JA also provides training.

 

If you've volunteered before, I invite you to join us again. If you have not volunteered before and are curious, I invite you to contact me or speak to your fellow Rotarians who have volunteered in the past to find out how easy and rewarding it can be.

 

Thanks! We hope to see you at Harter or Dueber Schools!

 

Please contact JA-In-A-Day chairperson Rick Taylor to volunteer: rtaylor@jaonline.org or 330-575-2870.

 

 

 

 

  Shawn Dougherty and Tom Clevenger have been working on a night of fellowship for Canton Rotarians! Join fellow family and friends of Canton Rotary at the February 24, 2016 Canton Charge vs Grand Rapids game! Come see exciting pro basketball right in your backyard!  Members will receive a special discount through this offer. Ticket pre-order is available through the Rotary Club of Canton.  The tip-off time is 7:00 pm.

 

 

Ticket price is $16.50 per ticket (discounted from $21.50).  These seats will be located in Section 13 Rows H-K.  You may pay for your tickets by Cash, Checks (made payable to the Rotary Club of Canton), Debit or Credit Card. All sales are final!  Children two-years-old and older require tickets for admission to the arena.  Children under two must be seated on the lap of a ticketed guest.  Video cameras are prohibited at the Canton Memorial Civic Center.

 

 

Any questions or to purchase your tickets please contact the Rotary office at (330) 452-2882.  Don't miss this opportunity for a great evening of entertainment and fellowship!

   At our weekly meeting on February 12th, 2016, President Paul welcomed our members and guests to the meeting.  Rotarian Dean Wallace gave the invocation.

 

Club Secretary Michelle Mullaly welcomed the following guests to our meeting: Ida Freeman, guest of Frank Fleischer, PDG Meena Patel, Carol Litchenwalter, PDG Phil Mariola and ADG Bob Schaffner.

 

The "Happy Bucks" news was then provided by the following Rotarians:  Bruce Schorsten announced that he was just released from St. Thomas Hospital after having knee surgery and he was happy that just seventeen days later, he is up and walking without a cane:  PP Virginia Neutzling was happy that she has convinced several Rotarians to start wearing their Rotary pins; Dave Beule announced that Saturday, February 13, will mark the Canton Brewing Speakeasy's 1st year anniversary; Becky Clark thanked everyone for being a part of Rotary and for their prayers and cards; PDG Dave Ewing asked Michelle Mullaly to talk about the Canton Symphony's concert on Sunday night.

 

Rotarian Dean Wallace made an announcement regarding this year's Pancake Breakfast and Raffle.

 

PP Tom Clevenger, informed the members once again about the upcoming Fellowship Outing to a Canton Charge game and PDG Dave Ewing announced that there would be pre-game fellowship at Desert Inn that night starting at 5:15 PM for anyone who wanted to stop in for beverages and/or dinner (please see story above for further details).

 

Rotarian Rick Taylor made another announcement regarding the upcoming Junior Achievement Done-In-A-Day.  Volunteers are needed for February 25th so please see story above for more details regarding this event.