As a reminder to members, there will be NO WEEKLY MEETINGS on December 23rd and December 30th due to the Holidays. We will not be sending a Rotogram out the week of December 26th, but will keep Members informed by email of any important business.
We wish everyone a very Happy Holiday season and best wishes for a Happy New Year!
The following is the time schedule for the Rotary office during the Holidays:
December 21st - January 2nd - CLOSED
January 3rd - Resume normal business hours
If any Rotarian should have any issue arise during this time, please feel free to leave an email or phone message. These will be checked periodically while the office is closed. Thank you to all and have a wonderful New Year!
During our meeting on December 16, 2016, Mike Brown introduced the McKinley Character Champion Award Winners for December, Tyler Thatcher and Faith Milligan.
Tyler Thatcher will graduate with a 3.7 cumulative GPA and will earn an honor's diploma. He has been an active member of the McKinley football team, Men of Honor, and Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Tyler was nominated by Mr. Grubbs, the building principal, as Tyler's actions make him stand out from the crowd. His natural leadership abilities shine through, whether he is on the football field, in the classroom, or involved in another extra-curricular activity. As a Man of Honor, Tyler represents McKinley at various community functions and mentors younger Canton City Schools students. As a team captain on the football team this year, he was recently awarded the Captains Award, and also received the Bill Erlitz Award, which is given to the senior who has put in the most time and effort during both the season and the off season. For example, he did not miss a single practice since the team began practicing last Spring. While Tyler has not made a final college choice, he is leaning towards Baldwin Wallace, possibly to major in Broadcasting.
Faith Milligan will graduate with a cumulative GPA of over 4.2 and a class rank of 9th out of 342. Faith is a very dedicated, compassionate, intelligent, social, and energetic person. Throughout her high school career, Faith has been involved in Speech & Debate, Volleyball, Track, Student Council, Choir, numerous musicals, National Honor Society, and Canton Scholars. Faith always has a smile on her face no matter the situation, and she has the ability to spread positive energy into any room she enters. McKinley High School expects great things from her in the future, and they know she will represent McKinley well!
The Rotary office received an email from Barbara Loudon, District 6650 RYLA Conference Coordinator, asking for our Club's assistance with donating items to be used in "Goody Bags", which are provided to students who attend the conference. At the RYLA conference, which stands for 'ROTARY YOUTH LEADERSHIP AWARDS', High School students from all over District 6650 come together for a weekend of leadership development activities.
At RYLA, these students really enjoy receiving goody bags with giveaways provided by District 6650 Rotary Clubs. Below is a list of ideas:
These bags are for 16-17 year olds. They like pencils (especially mechanical ones), highlighters, post-it notes, key chains, small toys, playing cards, Frisbees, fast food coupons, gum, candy bars, etc.
Please NO political giveaways. We will not use them.
Please NO CAFFEINE snacks or drinks. We cannot distribute them for safety reasons.
You will need 100 of any one item so every bag gets an item.
Since we assemble the bags before the students arrive, items must arrive before Tuesday, February 21, 2017.
Items should be delivered or mailed to: ATTENTION: Janet Keene, Lyle Printing and Publishing, 185 East State Street, Salem OH 44460
Janet’s business phone is 330.337.3419; her FAX number is 330.337.9550
Her cell phone number is 330.853-5114
Email: janwel2002@yahoo.comPlease make sure “Attention Janet Keene” is on all correspondence and mailings!
The “Unevent” Raffle is here! Don’t miss out on your chance to win fabulous prizes. Grand prize is $500 cash! This low-maintenance fundraiser can bring in several thousand dollars to the club with minimal effort. All members need to do is sell tickets to family, friends and co-workers!
Tickets are available for $25. Checks made payable to the Rotary Club of Canton. Members may take as many as they think they can sell. Winners do not have to be present to win.
Drawings will begin January 27. We will hold drawings during our regular Friday meetings. Three names will be drawn each week and shown live on Facebook. The final “unevent” will take place on February 28 at 5:30 at Canton Brewing Company. Join us for fellowship and a cash bar.
Thank you to the Rotarians who stepped up and donated prizes to help make our event more successful: Adrian Allison, Dave Beule, Julia Dick, Lynn Hamilton, Michelle Mullaly, Tom Schervish, Ernie Schott, Jeff Scott, Tim Shetzer, Rick Taylor, Greg Triner, Paul White and Craig Young.
The following prizes will be awarded:
Week 1: - Gift Bag from Canton Brewing Company ($50 value);
-$50 gift certificate to Mr. Mike’s Catering;
-Young Truck Sales Cooler with 18 craft beers ($65 value)
Week 2: - 2 bottles of wine from L.A. Dick ($65 value);
-2 Canton Symphony Orchestra tickets ($70 value);
-1 quart of ice cream per month for a year from Taggarts ($78 value)
Week 3: - 1 pound of meat per month for a year from Kennedy’s ($84 value);
-$50 Scott Talbot Salonspa gift card and $50 worth of products;
-2 $50 gift certificates to Kozmo’s Grille
Week 4: - McKinley Gift Bag from Canton City Schools ($100 value);
-Center Ice birthday skating party for 10
Week 5: - 6 month YMCA regional family membership;
At our weekly meeting on December 16, 2016, President Craig Young welcomed our members and guests to the meeting. President Craig then asked everyone to keep longtime Canton Rotarian and Past President Ken Weber's wife, Sally and children, in their thoughts and prayers. Ken succumbed to cancer on December 12, 2016.
Rotarian Max Barton gave the Invocation.
Secretary Suzette Matthews welcomed the following guests to the meeting: Shelley Earnsberger (Bruce Hale); Rita Burchitt, Kathy Esbershade and Kim Young (guests of President Craig Young); Faith Milligan (Character Champion), Rich Milligan, John "Jack" Milligan, Dan Callahan (husband of Becky Callahan); Lori Nickels (guest of Mike Brown); Tyler Thatcher (Character Champion); and Jill Singer (guest of Suzette Matthews).
The "Happy Bucks" news was then provided by the following:
Robert K. Matthews - in recognition of Jill Singer, guest of Suzette Matthews, photographer for our annual Rotary Board picture;
President Craig Young - in recognition of the Character Counts program and visitor (and former Canton Rotarian) Mike Brown;
Mark Clendenin - to thank Dan, Robert and Suzette Matthews for the tour and visit at RJ Matthews Company/PBS Animal Health;
PP Virginia Neutzling - to recognize the McKinley Jazz Band musicians for the day's Christmas program;
Bill Maddox - to celebrate all the Milligans that were at the meeting;
Jack Milligan - to celebrate his granddaughter, Faith, being recognized as a Character Counts student. He was also happy to be back to a Rotary meeting. He was a longtime member starting in 1953.
Mike Brown from the YMCA then introduced Tyler Thatcher and Faith Milligan, the two Character Count Champions for the month of December from McKinley High School. (*see story above).
Drew Pelger then took to the podium to announce the upcoming "Unevent Raffle". Drew stated that the $25 tickets were available for purchase at Friday's meeting. Each member is being asked to take tickets with them to sell to their family, friends or co-workers. (*see story above for more details).
President Elect Amanda Tietze brought the members up to date on the Charitable Fund Drive. To date, $8,272.00 has been raised.
President Craig then introduced the McKinley High School Jazz Band who would be performing the Holiday program.
At the conclusion of the Holiday program, President Craig reminded everyone there would be NO ROTARY MEETING for the next two weeks. The next meeting will take place on Friday, January 6, 2017. He wished everyone a wonderful and safe holiday season.
The following Rotarians will receive a makeup for attending the December 2, 2016 Presidential Advisory Committee meeting: PDG/PP Bob Pattison, President Elect Amanda Tietze, PP Rick Huetter and Sharon Sirpilla.
Eric Schmelling, Interim General Manager and Chief Development Officer, The Rotary Foundation sent the following email:
By now you hopefully know of the special arrangement by which a portion of the revenue from selected eBay Live Auctions comes to Rotary. What you may not know, however, is that recently the Board of Directors of Rotary International decided to donate this revenue from eBay to The Rotary Foundation to fund Global Grant projects in the Area of Focus Economic and Community Development.
Below is the list of upcoming eBay Live Auctions in December that will benefit Rotary. We encourage you to browse the catalog of items available for bid and to register for those auctions that are of interest to you. The more items sold, the more Rotary benefits!
We ask that you share the news about this innovative relationship between Rotary and eBay with the Rotarians in your club. You may also read about eBay Live Auctions on www.rotary.org. If there are questions, please contact rotarysupportcenter@rotary.org.
The following is the time schedule for the Rotary office during the Holidays:
Tyler Thatcher will graduate with a 3.7 cumulative GPA and will earn an honor's diploma. He has been an active member of the McKinley football team, Men of Honor, and Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Tyler was nominated by Mr. Grubbs, the building principal, as Tyler's actions make him stand out from the crowd. His natural leadership abilities shine through, whether he is on the football field, in the classroom, or involved in another extra-curricular activity. As a Man of Honor, Tyler represents McKinley at various community functions and mentors younger Canton City Schools students. As a team captain on the football team this year, he was recently awarded the Captains Award, and also received the Bill Erlitz Award, which is given to the senior who has put in the most time and effort during both the season and the off season. For example, he did not miss a single practice since the team began practicing last Spring. While Tyler has not made a final college choice, he is leaning towards Baldwin Wallace, possibly to major in Broadcasting.
Faith Milligan will graduate with a cumulative GPA of over 4.2 and a class rank of 9th out of 342. Faith is a very dedicated, compassionate, intelligent, social, and energetic person. Throughout her high school career, Faith has been involved in Speech & Debate, Volleyball, Track, Student Council, Choir, numerous musicals, National Honor Society, and Canton Scholars. Faith always has a smile on her face no matter the situation, and she has the ability to spread positive energy into any room she enters. McKinley High School expects great things from her in the future, and they know she will represent McKinley well!.gif)
The Rotary office received an email from Barbara Loudon, District 6650 RYLA Conference Coordinator, asking for our Club's assistance with donating items to be used in "Goody Bags", which are provided to students who attend the conference. At the RYLA conference, which stands for 'ROTARY YOUTH LEADERSHIP AWARDS', High School students from all over District 6650 come together for a weekend of leadership development activities.
The “Unevent” Raffle is here! Don’t miss out on your chance to win fabulous prizes. Grand prize is $500 cash! This low-maintenance fundraiser can bring in several thousand dollars to the club with minimal effort. All members need to do is sell tickets to family, friends and co-workers!.jpg)
At our weekly meeting on December 16, 2016, President Craig Young welcomed our members and guests to the meeting. President Craig then asked everyone to keep longtime Canton Rotarian and Past President Ken Weber's wife, Sally and children, in their thoughts and prayers. Ken succumbed to cancer on December 12, 2016..png)
Eric Schmelling, Interim General Manager and Chief Development Officer, The Rotary Foundation sent the following email: