Sue Grabowski has grown a marketing communications firm from a one-person shop to a flourishing, process-driven organization, Desidara, which serves local, regional, national and international clients. She leads a team of talented strategists, writers, artists and technology creators to craft the right messages and deliver those messages to target audiences through a variety of media forms.
In addition to leading Desidara, she also founded Squawqr Mobile Media, a cloud-based, mobile-first software with partner developer Rob Kemmer. The platform is used by Fortune 500 companies and small businesses alike thanks to its ease of content management, simplified presentation on browsers, and access via QR code.
Sue is a Canton native, and a 1991 graduate of Malone University with a degree in Communications. Grabowski has given her time and talent to many community organizations such as Malone University as a Trustee, the Entrepreneurs Organization, Pathway Caring for Children, Women’s Impact Inc., Mobile Meals of Akron, the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce, and the Canton Ad Federation.
She is a Certified Global Speaker - Entrepreneur's Organization Global, and has been honored as the recipient of the American Advertising Federation’s Silver Medal award and the Business Excellence Award from the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce. Sue was also an Athena Nominee - Women's Impact Inc., was a Weatherhead 100 winner five years running, and was featured in Crain's Cleveland Business magazine in 2019 in their "Notable Women in Entrepreneurship" feature. She has won over 100 ADDY Awards, including four "Best in Show" and eight Judges' Awards.
For those of us who are joining our Friday meetings via Zoom, a new link has been created to use starting with this Friday's meeting. The old link will no longer be active so please save this new link for future reference. Thank you and we'll "see" you Friday!
Following a plea by our very own District Governor Michelle Charles for aid for those displaced by the derailment in East Palestine, a van load of food, diapers, hygiene supplies, stuffed animals and other goodies was driven from Wooster by Wooster Rotarian Joe Szeker (also Director of Operations at People to People Ministries in Wayne County) to the parking lot at the Eric Snow YMCA in downtown Canton (thanks Canton Rotarian Rich Micelli and staff). There a certain Canton Rotarian met Joe and transferred all of the stuff to his Honda CR-V (thing holds quite a lot, really!)
From there, the goods went on a road trip to St. Jude Catholic Church Activity Center, where it was once again transferred to another vehicle, driven over by a couple from East Palestine, to be given to some of the agencies that were providing aid to those displaced by the train derailment last week.
Canton Rotary is proud to support this effort to help our fellow Ohioans in a time of crisis.
(Editor's note: that certain Canton Rotarian SUCKS at taking selfies!)
Help motivate President-Elect Paul Hervey to lose weight while helping to raise money for the Charitable Fund (note: this is our Annual Charitable Fund Drive!) Your donation depends upon how much weight Hervey loses. (Hint: he could stand to lose a lot!)
Bonus: If we raise $20,000, Past Presidents Mark Clendenin and Drew Pelger have volunteered to take the Polar Bear Plunge in February!
Let’s work together to make it happen! You can fill out and return this form or send in your pledge to Paul (paul@hervey.co, 330-704-2935).
Thank you in advance for your wonderful support.
Member: _________________
Total pledge for weight lost:
_______ 10 pounds
_______ 20 pounds
_______ 30 pounds
_______ 40 pounds
_______ 50 pounds
You only pay the amount for the highest weight lost.
I am happy to report that our very first Wednesday Evening Meeting at the Conestoga Grill was GREAT!
We had a total of 25 members and guests in attendance, pretty much blowing away our expectations!
We also collected $24 in Happy Bucks, many of which were given by people happy to be at that meeting, at that venue, on that night at that time!
Past President Drew Pelger gave us a rundown on the many projects we've run over the years, the agencies we've supported, and the many contributions the Rotary Club of Canton has made to our local community, as well as communities around the world!
Those are all of the things that make it special to be a member of the Rotary Club of Canton, which we hope we be proud of and which we should all share with others in our community that want to do good things in the world, learn leadership skills and have fun!
We hope you will join us on Wednesday 2/22/23 at our next Evening Meeting (location to be announced!)
Attendees at our inaugural Wednesday Evening Meeting:
Drew Pelger
Lynn Hamilton
Paul Hervey
Sue Marzano
Larry Pitts
Jack Barkan
Rick Taylor
Mark (and Tracie) Clendenin
Bruce Hale
Fritz Spring
Kara Bond
Mark Rojek
Ernie (and Patti) Schott
Dennis Dent
Dave Ewing
Bruce Schorsten
Paul White
Dan Matthews
Robert Matthews
Wilbur Allen
Tom Clevenger
Virginia Neutzling (tried to Zoom, but Pres. Rick forgot to set it up!)
Special guest: Bill Sherer, Canton Councilman At Large & Canton Mayoral Candidate (stopped in to pick up dinner, but some time chatting with our members!)
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