Rotogram Template (May 08, 2024)

Off-campus meeting

We are NOT meeting at Malone this Friday. Instead, we are going "off-campus" and meeting at Basil downtown at 11:30 (or later) for lunch (pay as you go) followed by a private tour across the street at the Palace Theater at 12:30 pm.

We will be back at Malone May 17, but there is no meeting May 24 because it is Memorial Day weekend.

Free tickets for Mimosa Trail

As part of our sponsorship of the downtown Canton partnership, we as a club will receive tickets periodically to their events. We have been gifted four tickets (normally $35 each) to their Mimosa Trail event (eight downtown locations for food and drink) on Saturday, May 11 from 11 am to 3 pm. If you are interested, please contact Jennie George.

Represent Rotary at a community event

Rotary has been invited to attend several events in the greater community. If you are interested in attending on behalf of Rotary, please let Paul know so that he can coordinate these events.

April 9 - Chamber of Commerce after-hours event at the Airport Embassy Suites

April 17 - Aultcare Quick Connect lunch at La Pizzeria

April 18 - YP (under 40) meet up at Scratch Steakhouse in Louisville.

April 19 - AI Tech Innovcation Summit, Malone

May 8 - Leadership Development Conference, Stark ESC.

May 11 - YP Sip and Cycle, CycleBar, Jackson.

District Conference

District 6650's annual conference will be held on Saturday, June 15 at the KSU-Stark Conference Center from 8:30 am to 4 pm. Early bird registration is $25 and is available online.

There will be a presentation from Larry Kenmore, North American Rotary Action Group for Addiction Preventions representative to the UNDOC, on the use of Naloxone. The training is free, but you must register separately online.

The Kick Off Social will be Friday, June 14, at Royal Docks Brewing in Oakwood Square from 5:30 to 7:30 pm.

Hearing Aid project

A message from our benevolent overlord (aka the district governor). If anyone would like to spearhead this for our club (or the district), please reach out to Paul.

While on the Guatemalan Hearing Mission, an interesting idea was discussed as a possible Club project, requiring very little effort but realizing a substantial benefit. Gently used hearing aids can be refurbished, used for parts, or donated as is. People using hearing aids often need to have them changed every few years. If we contact assisted living facilities and funeral homes, they might be willing to act as a collection point for unneeded hearing aids. Many people or families have no idea as to what to do with unneeded hearing aids and would be happy to donate them.

Clubs might contact assisted living facilities and funeral homes to get partners. The Club would provide a contact person and, possibly, a supply of zip lock snack bags for storage. When an adequate number are collected, they can be collected by the contact person and forwarded to the Hearing Mission Foundation.

It could be a great opportunity to make a difference, with minimal effort. Please suggest this project to your Board. Please feel free to contact me with questions or thoughts.

YIR,

Rich Tirpak, DG

Rotary District 6650

Rotary Club of Plain Township

330-933-1043

Grab, Go, and Grow at Canton Y June 1

The Stark County Community Action Agency's Grab, Go, and Grow event is back on June 1 and is looking for volunteers to work two-hour shifts starting at either 10:30 am or 12:30 pm. If you are interested in volunteering contact Jennie George. Let’s show some Rotary support for this great event benefitting new families!

District officials needed

District 6650 is looking for new members of its Membership Committee. (That is not a typo.) Anyone interested should contact Maureen Drummond (Youngstown Rotary) at 330.506.8348.

Lunch meetings now at Malone and on Zoom

Lunch meetings are back to EVERY FRIDAY at noon at Malone's Brehme Centennial Event Center and always available via our Zoom Link.

Drive to the north parking lot above the Brehme Center and overlooking King Athletic Field. Enter the building and walk through the hallway into Malone's cafeteria. Pay for your meal ($9) and get your food, then join us in the south conference room. If you arrive after 11:50 am, there may be a line of students waiting to pay. Grab your food and remember to pay before you leave.

The second Friday of every month will be devoted to "club business" and be "speakerless."