The mission of the Baseball Heritage Museum is to preserve and present the history of diversity in baseball by entertaining, educating and enlightening the visiting public about the multicultural heritage of baseball and the values it represents.
At the Baseball Heritage Museum, founded in 1997, we take great pride in reaching out to the community in which we are involved in. We have established a program entitled “League Park Academy” whereby we involve the surrounding neighborhoods with events ranging from book discussions, to free art classes, events on the field and so on.
My role as Director of Education is not only to teach art at the museum itself, but serve as a Board Member and assist in overseeing fundraising for the museum as well.
Just this past year we were fortunate enough to receive significant contributions from not only The Cleveland Foundation, but The Lary Doby Foundation as well as others, including the Cleveland Indians. The Museum was also acknowledged in Helmar’s Baseball History and Art Magazine, a National Publication, as well as Spitball Magazine.
The Rotary Club of Canton will be collecting children's books THIS FRIDAY, which will be taken by President-Elect Michelle Mullaly to Downtown Columbus on March 9 -10th to the All-Ohio P.E.T.S. (Presidents-Elect Training Seminar). In an email dated February 15, 2018, District Governor Elect Scott Schulick issued the following email to all incoming Presidents-Elect in District 6650.
A book is a dream that you hold in your hand!
"The Ohio District Governors-Elect are very excited to announce that we are holding a friendly competitive service project amongst Districts at All-Ohio P.E.T.S. this year. We will be collecting children’s picture books (and other books) that will be shipped to Rotary District 3450 – Mongolia. These books will then be translated from English to Mongolian by local private high school students. The students make sticker tapes that are placed in the books with the Mongolian translation. A portion of the books collected will be translated into Braille the same way. The translated books will then be distributed to school children in rural Mongolia by both Ohio and Mongolian Rotarians.
We are asking each of the Presidents-Elect to collect children’s books in your local area and bring them to All-Ohio P.E.T.S.
What we are looking for: Children’s picture books (Although we prefer picture books, we will accept all children’s books that are appropriate for school aged children kindergarten – High School.)
New and gently used, please!
Now, for the best part…I mentioned that this is a friendly competitive service project! Help me make District 6650 proud by bringing lots of books. The District that brings the most books, will be awarded the All-Ohio P.E.T.S. Service Above Self Championship Cup! Let’s bring home the shiny hardware! Books, Books, Books!"
During the meeting on February 26, 2018, Past President Jack Barkan informed the members of the upcoming fundraiser to benefit the Philomatheon Society of the Blind. This event will take place on Tuesday, March 6, 2018, from 11 am - 10 pm at Taggarts Ice Cream located at 1401 Fulton Rd. N.W., Canton.
A percentage of each sale will be donated to the Philomatheon Society of the Blind. Don't miss your chance to help this worthwhile cause while enjoying great food and possibly a Bittner (yum!) or other Taggart's home-made ice cream for dessert!
The Rotary Club of Canton will once again hold its Semi-Annual Health Screen & Wellness Fair on Saturday, April 21, 2018. This event will be held at the Mercy Medical Center, Mercy Hall Auditorium, 1320 Mercy Drive N.W., Canton, 44708.
A 12-hour fast is recommended for more accurate results. In addition to the blood screenings, Mercy Medical Center will be offering additional free health screenings and educational materials.
To register for this event please follow this LINK or visit cantonrotary.org. To view and print the flyer please follow this LINK.
At our weekly meeting on March 9, 2018, President Amanda Tietze welcomed the 52 members and 6 guests to the meeting.
Rotarian Kurt Goodenberger gave the Invocation.
Secretary Suzette Matthews welcomed the following guests to the meeting: Joe Gazzo (speaker); Jill Gazzo, Susan Scott, Shelly Valentine and Jerome Pruett (all guests of program chair, Jeff Scott); Jay Wilhelm, guest of Rebecca Marchino.
Rotarian Rebecca Marchino provided the Rotofact of the day.
The "Happy News" was then provided by the following:
Rick Taylor - in recognition of the awesome Greek Plaki Fish;
Ernie Schott - to thank Frank Fleischer and Steve Fettman for their hard work on the Philomatheon/Taggart's fundraiser on Tuesday, March 6, 2018;
Amanda Tietze - to celebrate spring coming soon and this year's Home and Garden Show this weekend at The Stark County Fair Grounds;
Joe Gazzo (speaker) - to celebrate his son and daughter-in-law's move into a new home in Chicago, IL; and to celebrate his wife, Jill, being in attendance and for her health and recovery after recent surgery;
Bruce Schorsten - in recognition of the great local boys and girls high school basketball teams that are competing in the regional basketball tournament going on last weekend;
Jerome Pruett - to celebrate being welcomed back to a Rotary meeting after his speaking engagement last week.
Vice President Mark Rojek presented a short slide show on the club's Semi-annual Health and Wellness Fair project.
March Speaker Chair Jeff Scott welcomed his speaker, Joe Gazzo, Director of Education from the Baseball Heritage Museum in Cleveland.
President Amanda then concluded the meeting with the following announcements:
next week's speaker will be Canton Rotarian, Gary Sirak, author of "The American Dream";
members are encouraged to take a couple of the health screen flyers to display at their business, church or any local establishment;
a reminder to adjust clocks for Daylight Savings Time.
The following Rotarians turned in a makeup during Fridays meeting: Virginia Neutzling (Military Veteran District Meeting); Dave Ewing (Plain Twp.)
The following Rotarians will receive a makeup for attending the New Member Project Committee meeting on March 9, 2018: Amanda Tietze, Anne Richards, Tony Pierce, Rich Dever, Bruce Hale and Dennis Dent.
At the Baseball Heritage Museum, founded in 1997, we take great pride in reaching out to the community in which we are involved in. We have established a program entitled “League Park Academy” whereby we involve the surrounding neighborhoods with events ranging from book discussions, to free art classes, events on the field and so on.
The Rotary Club of Canton will be collecting children's books THIS FRIDAY, which will be taken by President-Elect Michelle Mullaly to Downtown Columbus on March 9 -10th to the All-Ohio P.E.T.S. (Presidents-Elect Training Seminar). In an email dated February 15, 2018, District Governor Elect Scott Schulick issued the following email to all incoming Presidents-Elect in District 6650.
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The Rotary Club of Canton will once again hold its Semi-Annual Health Screen & Wellness Fair on Saturday, April 21, 2018. This event will be held at the Mercy Medical Center, Mercy Hall Auditorium, 1320 Mercy Drive N.W., Canton, 44708.
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At our weekly meeting on March 9, 2018, President Amanda Tietze welcomed the 52 members and 6 guests to the meeting. 
