Mayor Bernabei to Give His "State of the City" Update! (May 17, 2023)

MEETING THIS WEEK - FRIDAY AT CHRIST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 11:45 AM

OUR MEETING THIS WEEK IS FRIDAY @ 11:45 AM

CHRIST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

PLEASE JOIN US!

(NOTE TO ROTARIANS: PLEASE JOIN US THIS FRIDAY!

WE ARE HOPING FOR AN EXCELLENT TURNOUT IN ORDER TO HONOR MAYOR BERNABEI'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO CANTON DURING HIS TERM IN OFFICE.

WE ALSO EXPECT SOME PRESS TO ATTEND AND WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT A GOOD IMPRESSION OF OUR HUMBLE ROTARY CLUB!)

THE TRADITION RETURNS: MAYOR BERNABEI TO GIVE HIS "STATE OF THE CITY" UPDATE!

In the past, the Rotary Club of Canton would invite the sitting mayor of the City of Canton to give an annual "State of the City" update to our club. Primarily because of COVID, the at has not taken place for several years.

Therefore, we are extremely happy to welcome

MAYOR THOMAS BERNABEI

THIS FRIDAY MAY 20, 2023 AT NOON

to give his

STATE OF THE CITY UPDATE!

Thomas M. Bernabei was elected in 2015 and is currently in his second term as the Mayor for the City of Canton. He is not seeking re-election and his last day in office will be December 31, 2023.

Mayor Bernabei is a lifelong resident of Stark County and lives in Canton, Ohio. He is a 1964 graduate of Canton Lehman High School. He graduated from Brown University in 1968 and the Ohio State University School College of Law in 1975. Between college and law school, Mayor Bernabei served four years in the United States Army, including one tour of duty in Vietnam.

Mayor Bernabei entered public service as Assistant Prosecutor in Massillon Municipal Court. He later served as an Assistant Law Director in Canton and was elected Canton Law Director in 1989. After retiring from the Law Department in 2000, Mayor Bernabei was elected to Canton City Council and served one term as Councilman at-Large. He subsequently worked as Director of Public Service in Canton from 2008 to 2009 and as SARTA’s interim Executive Director in 2009. Mayor Bernabei was elected Stark County Commissioner and served from 2010 to 2015.

Mayor Bernabei proudly practiced law with his father, Joseph, from 1975 to 1989. He is married to Bebe, a Canton Central Catholic High School graduate. They have three daughters and five grandchildren.

Mayor Bernabei is an Honorary Member of the Rotary Club of Canton and is a Rotary Paul Harris Fellow.

(NOTE TO ROTARIANS: PLEASE JOIN US THIS FRIDAY! WE ARE HOPING FOR AN EXCELLENT TURNOUT IN ORDER TO HONOR MAYOR BERNABEI'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO CANTON DURING HIS TERM IN OFFICE. WE ALSO EXPECT SOME PRESS TO ATTEND AND WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT A GOOD IMPRESSION OF OUR HUMBLE ROTARY CLUB!)

MENU MAY 20, 2023

Meatloaf

Mashed Potatoes

Riviera Vegetables

Salad

Rolls & Butter

Beverage

Dessert

ZOOM LINK FOR MEETINGS

**NEW**Updated Zoom Link for Friday Meetings

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!

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83365192773?pwd=RFBvVHZKcERrNmJkNy9rTUw4QlJKQT09

PLEASE VOLUNTEER: STARK COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION'S "GRAB, GO & GROW" BABY SHOWER!

The Rotary Club of Canton has agreed to provide volunteers for the Stark County Community Action Organization's "Grab, Go & Grow Baby Shower" on June 3rd at the William Hunter Center. Folks from the community can come that day to pick up needed baby supplies, as well as participate in family activities.

Chair Sue Marzano and Co-Chairs Emily Callan and Kara Bond are looking for volunteers to help out that day between 10 AM and 4 PM; Sue, Emily and Kara have set up shifts in case any of us are unable to stay the entire time.

You, your friends, family and others are invited to join us to help out.

Marissa Trubatch, HUB Coordinator for Stark Community Action, explains how we Rotarians will help:

"Here are some of the activities/roles we will need help with:

Registration table- having people fill out our form and distributing food/raffle tickets
A popcorn machine which will need attended and distributed
A tent for mom and child to create bird feeders (passing out paint, giving them a prepared bag of bird seed when completed)
A tent for dad and child to build a small Lego set where they can receive a prize if completed
Help with our raffles
General support for community members if they have questions or need pointed in a certain direction (bathrooms, food, etc.)

The morning of the baby shower, I will be doing a volunteer brief at 10 AM where I will review everything onsite and answer any questions. There will also be a private room indoors for our volunteers! We will have food and water in the room for you all, so it is separate from the public! 😊"

Please contact Sue Marzano, Emily Callan, or Kara Bond if you can help. A sign up sheet will be available at our meeting this Friday and next Wednesday.

THANKS!

BACKPACK THE BUS PROJECT JUNE 3RD! PLEASE HELP!

Canton Rotary will once again be supporting the Stark Hunger Task Force

"Backpack the Bus" Project

Saturday June 3, 2023

Centennial Plaza

11:30 AM to 4:30 PM

This program supplies 900 school aged children each week by supplying backpacks of food for the students to take home over the weekends and during Summer break.

Past President Mark Clendenin will be leading our efforts this year and asks for your support to

- Volunteer that day

- Provide support for the food items needed. These include:

* Individual cereal boxes

* Juice boxes

* Oatmeal packets

* Single serve snacks (chips, crackers, candy, etc.)

* Microwave Mac 'n Cheese

* Microwave Chef Boyardee

* You get the drift, right?

Please contact Mark for more information or to volunteer, to donate food, or to donate $'s for food!

UPCOMING CANTON ROTARY EVENTS! MARK YOUR CALENDAR!

NEXT WEDNESDAY EVENING MEETING: WED. 5/24/23 - CONESTOGA GRILL, 5 PM

BACKPACK THE BUS PROJECT: for Stark Hunger Task Force - Saturday June 3, 2023

See Past President Mark Clendenin for details or to volunteer

NEW PROJECT! STARK COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE'S "GRAB, GO & GROW" BABY SHOWER:

See above.

ANNUAL DISTRICT 6650 CONFERENCE: Fri. June 16th & Sat. June 17th:

This will be our own District Governor Michelle Charles' 'swan song' (notice the classical music reference!), hosted by the Rotary Club of Canton, so we want to put on a great conference with GREAT ATTENDANCE BY CANTON ROTARY!

VP Jennie George is chairing the Planning Committee for this conference. Tentative plan now is for a big public event at Centennial Plaza on Friday evening, then the main conference will be Saturday morning & afternoon at the Embassy Suites by Hilton on Freedom Ave. in North Canton (between Applegrove & Shuffel just off I-77).

You'll have a great opportunity to learn more about Rotary, network with Rotarians from throughout the District, enjoy a light breakfast and lunch, and possibly take part in a local community service project! WE REALLY WOULD LOVE A HUGE TURNOUT FROM ALL OUR CANTON ROTARIANS!

(Board members and officers are especially encouraged to attend.)

CANTON ROTARY GOLF OUTING: We have decided to combine our golf outing with Plain Rotary's golf outing, in order to have enough golfers for a shotgun start. New date is August 23rd with a 9 AM shotgun start. PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! JUNE 16TH & 17TH, DISTRICT 6650 CONFERENCE!

As the PROUD home club of our outstanding District Governor, Michelle Charles, we will be hosting this year's District 6650 Annual Conference.

Dates are Friday June 16th & Saturday June 17th.

Here's some info from DG Michelle herself, via the District 6650 newsletter:

"Registration is now live! Some final tweaks are being made to the program but the Rotary Club of Canton, Conference Chair Jennie George, and I are all excited to welcome you to Canton June 16-17, 2023!

Friday, June 16 - we will have a casual social event hosted by the Rotary Club of Canton.

Taking place in Centennial Plaza in downtown Canton, Rotarians will be treated to appetizers and music provided by local band Yankee Bravo. There will be a cash bar. It should be a fun evening outdoors!

Hotel accommodations are available at a discounted rate at the Embassy Suites. Reservations can be made by checking out our event page - https://rotarydistrict6650.org/page/2023-district-6650-conference/

Saturday, June 17 - We will have a jam-packed day of inspiration beginning with registration and breakfast at 8am. The entire schedule can be viewed on the district conference event page here - https://rotarydistrict6650.org/page/2023-district-6650-conference/

We will conclude the day with a service project where we will make shoes for people in Uganda. This is part of a wonderful international organization called Sole Hope (https://solehope.org/). PLEASE BRING ANY OLD BLUE JEANS THAT YOU HAVE. We will be cutting these up to make shoes!!

SO PLEASE JOIN US FOR AT LEAST PART OF THESE TWO DAYS, TO HONOR DG MICHELLE & CONGRATULATE HER ON HER SUCCESSFUL YEAR!

(And who knows, you may learn more about Rotary, what other clubs are doing, meet some Rotarians from around the district, heck, maybe even learn a little more about yourself!)

(PS - We will need volunteers to help with running the conference - set-up, registration, check-in, hospitality, cat-herding, tear-down, etc. Please consider helping!)