Please plan to attend our Rotary Club of Canton's meeting this Friday, July 13, 2018, at the Alex D. Krassas Event Center where we will install our Officers and Trustees for the new Rotary year. The installing official will be Past District Governor/Past President Bob Pattison. Outgoing President Amanda Tietze will be recognized and honored for her service this past year.
Officers being installed are: Michelle Mullaly- President; Mark Rojek- President Elect; Drew Pelger- Vice President; Tom Clevenger- Treasurer; Suzette Matthews- Secretary; Robert K. Matthews- Sergeant-at-Arms.
New Trustees, whose term will end on June 30, 2021, is Kim Kroh, James Molnar and Stephanie Snow Werren.
Re-Installed Trustees, whose term will end on June 30, 2021, is Steve Fettman and Kurt Goodenberger.
Retiring Board Trustees are Rebecca Marchino and Bruce Schorsten.
Michelle Mullaly has been President & CEO of the Canton Symphony since May 2011. Under her leadership, the Canton Symphony completed a $5.4 million capital campaign to build the Zimmermann Symphony Center. This facility, which was completed in 2014, is the home of the administrative offices of the Canton Symphony Orchestra.
During her tenure, the symphony has commissioned and co-commissioned six new works for orchestra. They have collaborated with such world-renowned artists as Andre Watts, Sylvia McNair, Menahem Pressler, Wu Man, Joshua Roman and Béla Fleck and have partnered with other organizations including the Canton Palace Theatre, the Canton Museum of Art, the Massillon Museum, Stark Parks, McKinley Presidential Library & Museum, the Bluecoats Drum & Bugle Corps, the Professional Football Hall of Fame, the Cleveland International Piano Competition and the Dancing Wheels Company and School. Michelle has created innovative programming including collaborations with local artists such as The Speedbumps and Matt Corey and the Divergent Sound Series in collaboration with 91.3 The Summit and local artists. Her outside-of-the-box programming ideas have drawn new audiences to concerts and has helped the organization receive regional and national attention.
Michelle holds a BA degree in Music History and Theory from Hiram College. She serves on Malone University’s President’s Advisory Council, the Leadership Stark County Alumni Board, as Treasurer for the boards of The Friends of the Summit (91.3 FM) and Stark County Hunger Task Forces’ Strategic Planning Advisory Committee. She is a graduate of the 27th Class of Leadership Stark County and is a member of Woman's Impact, Inc. In November 2018, Michelle will be inducted into the Stark County YMCA’s Women’s Hall of Fame and in 2012, YStark, a division of the Canton Chamber of Commerce, honored her as one of the top Twenty Under 40 leaders in Stark County.
She lives in Bath Township with her three children: Benjamin, Nathan and Ryan and a golden retriever named Henry.
We will be having a Past President Reception for Amanda Tietze immediately following the regular Rotary meeting in order to thank her for her year of service to our club. Please plan on joining your fellow Rotarians for a fun and active meeting that day!
Those of you who attended our last meeting heard Johnny Street tell the compelling story of Rotaplast, an organization that brings the transformative power of plastic surgery to children and adults with serious facial deformities, like cleft palate. The medical teams that perform these surgeries are able to change the lives of people dealing with these difficult afflictions, changing their appearance...and their lives...forever.
Johnny's presentation had quite an impact on several of our members!
When the meeting ended, two of our club members immediately made donations to Rotaplast. Minutes later, an anonymous Rotarian stepped forward to offer a challenge match up to $1000 for donations from Canton members.
We're now asking Canton Rotarians to make donations, however large or small, to help this organization achieve its mission. Whatever you donate will be eligible for the $1000 challenge match. You may send your checks payable to Rotaplast ----------- to Lauri at the Rotary office or give them to Bill Maddox, who is coordinating the Rotaplast Challenge Match gift program. That way your gifts will be tracked for the match. Gifts can be made publicly or anonymously.
We thank you in advance for your support of this worthwhile program to improve lives!
The office received a "Thank You" note from Rotarian Steve Fettman. Steve writes:
"Dear Rotary Board and Members ~ Thank you for honoring me with the "Rotarian of the Year" distinction at Friday's meeting. I consider it as one of the most important recognitions I have received. I share it with my dad because he introduced me to Rotary and I know how important Rotary was to him.
I thank everyone for the kind words before and after the meeting as well as during Happy Bucks!
A special thank you to Frank Fleischer for providing Taggarts Ice Cream in honor of the recognition. I also thank Dave Roberts and Mark Rojek for their kind introduction. Sincerely - Steve"
The Rotary Club of Canton will host it's annual golf outing at the Sanctuary Golf Club located at 2017 Applegrove Street N.W., North Canton, on Friday, August 17, 2018.
Chairman Bill Liber has made several changes to this year's outing that the golf committee members are very excited about. The new format will be a shotgun start at 9:00 a.m. Registration will start at 7:00 a.m. with a light breakfast available. The Four Person Scramble will be followed by a steak dinner in the pavilion.
Following the dinner, prizes will be presented including this year's featured prize: a two-year lease of a 2018 Lincoln MKZ Sedan, courtesy of Liberty Ford Lincoln in Canton. (This prize is for a hole in one on #6).
There is a new Sponsorship opportunity available this year: the $500.00 GOLD Sponsor will receive their company's name posted at a hole as well as in the pavilion. It will also include golf, light breakfast and dinner for their four-person team.
An individual HOLE sponsorship will once again be available for $100.00. Your company's name will be posted at a hole on the course.
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.
Here is the LINK to download this year's Annual Four-Person Scramble Golf Outing flyer.
Mark your calendar for the 2018 Annual Canton Rotary Oktoberfest - the one and only classic Oktoberfest in the City of Canton! This unique event will take place on Thursday, September 20, 2018, in the heart of downtown Canton.
Not only is the Canton Rotary Oktoberfest a fantastically FUN event, but all net proceeds go to support the amazing things that Canton Rotary does for our community and throughout the world.
Sponsorship's are available at various levels, including a new $500 "Canton Rotarian One-Time Ask" sponsorship, for which you will receive: 2 complimentary event tickets; a listing on all event signage as a sponsor; a listing on the Canton Rotary website and social media sites. You will also get credit for a $100 commitment for 2018 - 19 President - Elect's Canton Rotary Charitable Fund campaign, a $100 credit to the Rotary Foundation/Paul Harris fellowship, and $300 toward the 2018 annual golf outing (which includes one foursome).
Please consider making the Oktoberfest one of your Rotary commitments! Follow this LINK to view all sponsorship opportunities.
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Please plan to attend our Rotary Club of Canton's meeting this Friday, July 13, 2018, at the Alex D. Krassas Event Center where we will install our Officers and Trustees for the new Rotary year. The installing official will be Past District Governor/Past President Bob Pattison. Outgoing President Amanda Tietze will be recognized and honored for her service this past year.
Michelle Mullaly has been President & CEO of the Canton Symphony since May 2011. Under her leadership, the Canton Symphony completed a $5.4 million capital campaign to build the Zimmermann Symphony Center. This facility, which was completed in 2014, is the home of the administrative offices of the Canton Symphony Orchestra..jpg)
We will be having a Past President Reception for Amanda Tietze immediately following the regular Rotary meeting in order to thank her for her year of service to our club. Please plan on joining your fellow Rotarians for a fun and active meeting that day!
Those of you who attended our last meeting heard Johnny Street tell the compelling story of Rotaplast, an organization that brings the transformative power of plastic surgery to children and adults with serious facial deformities, like cleft palate. The medical teams that perform these surgeries are able to change the lives of people dealing with these difficult afflictions, changing their appearance...and their lives...forever.
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The office received a "Thank You" note from Rotarian Steve Fettman. Steve writes:
The Rotary Club of Canton will host it's annual golf outing at the Sanctuary Golf Club located at 2017 Applegrove Street N.W., North Canton, on Friday, August 17, 2018. 
Mark your calendar for the 2018 Annual Canton Rotary Oktoberfest - the one and only classic Oktoberfest in the City of Canton! This unique event will take place on Thursday, September 20, 2018, in the heart of downtown Canton.
