Past President Amanda Tietze, Chairwoman of the Rotary Scouts, will present the Scouts program this Friday.
Amanda Tietze has been employed by the Better Business Bureau since 1999 and is currently the Vice President of Operations.
Amanda is a graduate of the University of Akron with an Associate’s Degree in Commercial Photography. She also obtained her Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management from Malone University in 2010 and was awarded the Outstanding Senior Award for Graduate & Professional Studies.
Amanda joined Rotary in 2006. She served as Club Secretary from 2010 - 2015 and is a Past President, serving in 2017-18. She has also served as the Rotary District 6650 Youth Services Chair in 2012 and received the honor of becoming a Paul Harris Fellow in January 2015. Amanda has served on many Rotary committees including: Golf, Member Orientation, Public Relations, Health Screen, New Member Project, Rotary Scouts, JA Done in a Day, and Oktoberfest.
Amanda is also an active member and volunteer at First Christian Church in Canton, Ohio and assists with her husband’s pressure wash business. In her spare time, she enjoys gardening, reading, spending time with her family & friends and helping her husband renovate their home. She resides in Perry Township with her husband Matthew and two children, Christian & Victoria.
It is with great pride that we once again welcome our Rotary Scouts and their leaders to this Friday's meeting! Please plan to attend this meeting so you may take advantage of the opportunity to meet and interact with these wonderful Scouts, their teachers and their Scout leaders.
Leading up to this year's Annual Four Person Golf Scramble scheduled for June 28, 2019 at the Sanctuary Golf Course, we will be having a contest for the Rotarian who can sell the most "Hole Sponsorships".
A hole sponsorship is $100 and your name or company name will be posted at a hole on the course. The Rotarian selling the most Hole Sponsorships will receive an official 2019 Masters Golf Tournament hat, similar to the one pictured!
You can pick up a golf outing flyer at every Friday Rotary meeting, or you can follow this LINKto download a flyer.
During the April 26, 2019 meeting, Rotarian Mike Brown introduced the April Character Count recipients from McKinley High School, Makai Burns, Skylar Morse and Ashley Eller.
MAKAI BURNS
Makai Burns is a student who embraces and exhibits excellent values in his everyday actions. Makai is an extremely hard working, respectful and professional student. As a culinary arts student, he has ample opportunity to put the six pillars of character into action. When asked about Makai's work ethic and interaction with the public, Chef Escola responded, “Makai works various jobs in our Canton City restaurant, the City Grille. He works with the general public at least 50% of the time, including at the Front Counter/Carry-out position. When interacting with the public, he is incredibly disciplined, and never responds in an unfavorable manner even in the most stressful situations. He is accountable and always perseveres. I can trust him to do what he is supposed to do when he is supposed to do it. Makai also works as our dining room manager and server. He has been an asset to our culinary program and will be missed when he graduates." Makai has been accepted to and will attend the University of Akron to major in Business in the fall.
SKYLAR MORSE
Skylar Morse is a young lady of exceptional character, determination, and diligence. Skylar has a 3.86 unweighted GPA, and has taken Honors, Advanced Placement, and College Credit Plus courses. In addition, Skylar has been in the Project Lead the Way Engineering Career/Tech program since her freshman year. Skylar has been very involved with a variety of activities at McKinley, including Football Manager, Mat Statistician for varsity wrestling, National Honor Society, National Technical Honor Society, McKinley Scholars, and Technical CAMP. Skylar will join the Army National Guard following graduation and will attend Ohio University to major in BioMedical Engineering once she completes Basic Training and Advanced Individual Training.
ASHLEY ELLER
Character is the first word that comes to mind when one thinks of Ashley Eller. Ashley works hard at school every day. She is a part of the Early Childhood Education program at McKinley and is passionate about working with children. She is completing her student teaching at Little Learners Child Development Center while caring for infants, and also working with the Rising Stars program at Madge Youtz Elementary, where she helps tutor students in grades 3 through 5. Ashley is always willing to speak up when she is worried about a friend in danger, even when it means that the friend may be upset with her. She regularly speaks up when she feels that something is not right or fair and holds herself to high standards of honesty and integrity. After high school, Ashley plans to explore additional ways she can help others and is planning to pursue a career working with the elderly in a nursing home setting. Whether Ashley ends up working with the young or the old, she will do it with a great kindness and compassion.
The Rotary office received a thank you card from the Stark Community Foundation Staff. The card reads:
"As we celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Canton Rotary Endowment Fund, we want to thank you for your generosity and for choosing Stark Community Foundation as Your Trusted Partner in Giving.
If we can be of further assistance in meeting your philanthropic needs, please don't hesitate to contact us. With gratitude, Stark Community Foundation Staff".
The Rotary office received a thank you note from Elaine Lazarus, wife of deceased Canton Rotarian Melvin Lazarus. Elaine writes"
"Dear Rotarians, Sincere thanks for your contribution to the Endowment Fund in Mel's name. He would have been pleased that you remembered him in this meaningful way. Fondly, Elaine".
The Rotary Club of Canton will host its annual golf outing at the Sanctuary Golf Club located at 2017 Applegrove Street N.W., North Canton, on Friday, June 28, 2019.
Co-Chairs Bill Liber and Brad Carpenter, along with the golf committee members, have been hard at work preparing for this year's event. Registration will start at 7:00 a.m. with a light breakfast available. Shotgun start will be at 9:00 a.m. The Four Person Scramble will be followed by a steak dinner in the pavilion. Following the dinner, prizes will be presented.
Get a hole in one on hole #6 as a participant in our Canton Rotary Golf Outing and you will win the lease of a 2019 Lincoln MKZ Sedan for two years, 21,000 total miles or a cash alternative of $10,000 to be spent toward the Liberty Vehicle of winner's choice. *Must be a licensed driver, minimum age 21 and able to provide adequate insurance coverage. Excess mileage and maintenance is the winner's responsibility. Only one shot at hole per golfer. No mulligans. The prize is courtesy of Liberty Ford Lincoln in Canton.
Once again Rotarian Ryan Parkinson and his employer, ProTech Security, will offer a Home Security System with three free months of monitoring and app. This prize will be provided to the person who is closest to the pin on the par 3 hole number 9.
$500 GOLD Sponsor -will receive their company's name posted at a hole, golf, golf cart, light breakfast and steak dinner for their four-person team.
$100 HOLE Sponsor - will include your company name posted at a hole.
If you don't have a full foursome, don't fret! Individual golfers need only pay $75.00 and they will be paired with other golfers to make a foursome. Individual golfers will receive use of a golf cart, light breakfast and steak dinner.
This event is a great opportunity to invite prospective members and recruit foursomes from other area Rotary Clubs! Registration is up and running, so if you would like to sign your foursome up or as just an individual golfer, please follow this LINK.
For our 'Non-Event Raffle', we hope that you won't come to the event we are not having and not eat the great food that we are not providing. Okay, so now you have an idea of what this Non-Event event is, or I guess in this case, what it isn't.
Our Non-Event Raffle raises funds to benefit our various Canton Rotary Projects, as well as providing funding for the Youth Backpack Food program, Youth Mentoring programs, and an Opiate Neutralization Bag program. All such projects are in the Canton City Schools and/or in the City of Canton. The ticket price is low and purchasing is available online, so we encourage you to get others, even those outside of our club, involved in buying or selling tickets, so they have the opportunity to be part of our community support.
At four weekly meetings between May and June, we will draw two door prize winners at each, with a $500.00 grand prize to be drawn at the fourth meeting. (Winners need not be present, door prize winners can only win once, but all winning and non-winning tickets will be eligible for the $500 grand prize.)
Tickets are $20 each and may be purchased on Eventbrite at:
There are 120 active members of the Rotary Club of Canton and we have 500 tickets to sell before the first Friday in May. Please commit to selling at least 4 or 5 tickets before the end of April because "many hands make for light work". Thanks!
The Rotary Club of Canton will once again host its 5th Annual Oktoberfest on Thursday, September 19, 2019 in Downtown Canton! We will feature beer tastings from local breweries, food, musical entertainment and a genuine Oktoberfest band with dancing and singing.
So dust off your Lederhosen and Schnitzel and mark your calendars for this FUN event! You can follow this LINK to grab some tickets for this year's event or thisLINK to view sponsorship information! Please keep in mind that we also need lots of volunteers to present this signature event in Downtown Canton!
During the April 26, 2019 meeting, President Michelle Mullaly welcomed the 61 members and 7 guests to the meeting. President Michelle let everyone know they would be receiving a cup of Taggart's butter pecan ice cream compliments of Rotarian Tom Sinclair, who celebrated his birthday on April 23rd. Thank You Tom!!
Rotarian Becky Clark provided the Invocation.
Congratulations to Rotarian Raquel Raderchak for having the winning 50/50 ticket worth $42.00. * Editor's Note: Raquel donated $22.00 of her winnings back to the "Run, Run-raiser" which will help the "Pack the Bus" program to feed and clothe Canton City School children over their winter break.
Club Secretary Suzette Matthews welcomed the following guests to the meeting: Maureen Tate (speaker); Makai Burns (Character Champ); Shakeilah Burns (guest of Makai Burns); Skylar Morse (Character Champ); Ashley Eller (Character Champ); Michelle Eller (guest of Ashley Eller); David Kliem (McKinley H.S. representative).
The "Happy News" was provided by the following:
PP Amanda Tietze - to announce the Better Business Bureau Recycling Event on 4/26/19 at Central Catholic High School;
Tony Pierce - to celebrate the birth of his second daughter, Roslyn Joy, on Tuesday April 16, 2019;
Suzette Matthews - to celebrate good news about her father's recent doctor appointment regarding his health and status of his esophageal cancer;
Lynn Hamilton - to celebrate the great article about Kozmos Grill and Rick Taylor in The Repository on Wednesday, April 24, 2019.
PP Virginia Neutzling - to celebrate the birthday of Dr. Sinclair and the delicious Taggart's Ice Cream dessert he provided at lunch.
Rotarian Mike Brown took to the podium to introduce the April Character Counts recipients, Makai Burns, Skylar Morse and Ashley Eller (*see story above);
Rotarian and Co-Chair of the Annual Golf Outing Bill Liber announced he was providing an incentive to members who brought in the most Hole Sponsors. They would receive an authentic Masters Golf hat which Bill purchased when he attended the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia. (*see Golf Outing story above);
President Michelle provided members the opportunity to donate to the "Run, Run-raiser"; Rotarians Suzette Matthews, Raquel Raderchak and PP Denny Fulmer were going to be participating in the Hall of Fame Marathon the next day. All monies raised would be donated to the "Pack the Bus" program. President Michelle informed everyone the "Pack the Bus" program helped 180 families last year and 100 families the year before. She stated every little bit helps. *Editor's note: The Rotarians and guests donated a grand total of $853.00 towards this worthy cause.
Rotarian James Boggs filled in for a traveling Speaker Chair Mark Clendenin and introduced the speaker for the meeting, Maureen Tate, from the Stark County Hunger Task Force.
President Michelle concluded the meeting by announcing next week's meeting will be the Rotary Scouts program.
The following turned in a makeup during Friday's meeting: PP Dan Fuline (1 - District Advisory Board meeting).
The following will receive a makeup for attending the Board meeting on Tuesday, April 16, 2019: President Michelle Mullaly, President Elect Mark Rojek, Vice President Drew Pelger and Rotarian Mark Clendenin.
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Rotarian,
Leading up to this year's Annual Four Person Golf Scramble scheduled for June 28, 2019 at the Sanctuary Golf Course, we will be having a contest for the Rotarian who can sell the most "Hole Sponsorships".
MAKAI BURNS
SKYLAR MORSE
ASHLEY ELLER
If you were unable to attend Friday's Rotary Club of Canton's meeting, here are some of the smiling faces and folks that you missed....
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The Rotary office received a thank you card from the Stark Community Foundation Staff. The card reads:.jpg)
The Rotary office received a thank you note from Elaine Lazarus, wife of deceased Canton Rotarian Melvin Lazarus. Elaine writes"
For our 'Non-Event Raffle', we hope that you won't come to the event we are not having and not eat the great food that we are not providing. Okay, so now you have an idea of what this Non-Event event is, or I guess in this case, what it isn't.
The Rotary Club of Canton will once again host its 5th Annual Oktoberfest on Thursday, September 19, 2019 in Downtown Canton! We will feature beer tastings from local breweries, food, musical entertainment and a genuine Oktoberfest band with dancing and singing.
