“Some people cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go”
– Oscar Wilde
Good day, Rotarians! I came across this quote and found it quite appropriate for my last message as your club president. The 19th century Wilde was noted for his brilliant wit and so I couldn’t help but borrow some of it.
In reflecting on this past year, it was my hope that I could bring some happiness into your lives. We did this through events like Oktoberfest (beer fun), the McKinley Massillon luncheon (football fun), our Holiday Dessert Raffle (sweet fun), and incoming president Drew Pelger’s Polar Plunge (freezing fun).
Happiness can also be found in the service we perform for others in our community. We as Rotarians can feel good about our club’s involvement in Rotary Scouts (thanks to Amanda Tietze), Pack the Bus (thanks to Michelle Charles), Health Screens (thanks to Bob Matthews) and our Character Counts Scholarship grants (thanks to Mike Brown). The gratitude from the individuals these programs helped was palpable and very real… and should lift our spirits knowing we were able to do our part.
Along the way, there were some times where we just had to work hard. The Covid-19 pandemic forced us to change virtually everything about how our club operates. We had to scramble to find ways to connect with you … without being able to see you in person. We had to close our office and reduce our costs, but still keep the lights on. We had to keep getting things done, without being able to go anywhere. The work of our Executive Committee and Board of Directors and, of course, Lauri Coy, was the glue that allowed us to keep moving forward despite the obstacles in our way.
I leave you with the last fun event of the year. Lucky for me the last meeting of my presidential year is our Golf Fellowship event! Thanks to the efforts of Bill Liber and his group of golf-lovers, I get to spend the last Friday of the year hitting the ball around the Sanctuary Golf Course with my friends. Now that is something that makes me happy… and is a perfect way to finish my presidential year.
(Editor's note: There is still room for two more foursomes for Friday's golf outing/fellowship event. Please see article below for info on how to participate.)
Thanks, Rotarians for all your help and support this year. ‘See' you again soon,
Register NOW! We only have 8 FOURSOMES registered to date, and we want a GOOD CROWD (socially distanced, of course) to HAVE FUN & SHARE FELLOWSHIP with your Rotarian friends!
On Friday, June 26th, the Rotary Club of Canton will host a fellowship scramble-format golf outing at The Sanctuary Golf Club located at 2017 Applegrove Street N.W., North Canton.
This year's golf outing will be a scaled down event of 10 foursomes with scheduled tee times. The golf outing will begin at 8:30 am, with the first foursome starting at hole #1 and a second foursome starting at hole #10. The remaining foursomes will continue to tee off every ten minutes. The golf fee for this year's outing is $60.00 per golfer or $240.00 per foursome. This fee will include a golf cart, light snack at the turn and a box lunch at the pavilion after the outing.
Due to the current social distancing requirements, there will be some changes in the registration for this year's event. The following changes are as follows:
ONLY the Team Captain will be able to register online and pay for their foursome;
No cash/check payments will be accepted. The Team Captain will be required to pay by credit card at the time of registering;
Tee times are scheduled ten minutes apart and once a tee time has been selected, that time slot will be blocked out.
Check-in for this event will be conducted at the Club House. Golfers are asked to arrive 15 minutes before their tee time and obey the social distancing guidelines
Box lunches will be provided at the pavilion after the outing.
Prizes will be awarded to the first place team, second place team and the last place team. Golfers will also have a chance to enter into a 50/50 raffle.
At our Zoom meeting on June 19th, 2020, President Mark Rojek opened the meeting by welcoming the 30 Rotarians and 2 guests in attendance, playing the National Anthem (National Youth Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, July 19, 2014) and leading the members in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.
The invocation was given by Jon Adland.
Club Secretary Julia Dick received "Happy Bucks" from the following Rotarians: Rick Taylor, Jim Thomas, Jon Adland, Bob Pattison and Dan Matthews.
Announcements:
Secretary Julia Dick thanked President Mark for his leadership throughout the 2019-20 Rotary year.
President Mark welcomed our speaker, Jim Adams, Health Commissioner - Canton City Board of Health
President Mark concluded the meeting with the following announcements:
Don't forget to register for the June 26th Golf Fellowship Outing
This year's installation of officers will be held on July 1, 2020 at Kozmo's Grille.
This meeting was his final meeting of the Rotary year.
Click HERE to view the informational links from Jim Adams' speech.
In order to make contributing to the club easy during this time of social separation, we have recently added a “Make a Donation” link to our club website at www.cantonrotary.org. By clicking this link, you will be able to quickly and easily make a contribution to the club, via credit or debit card.
Integrated with our Clubrunner system, this is a safe and secure link. Please consider a donation today!
For more information on the Canton Greek Fest, click on this LINK
Rotarians, we encourage you to support our host of our weekly meetings (when we're able to meet face-to-face, or mask-to-mask, again), St. Haralambos Greek Orthodox Church, and their Krassas Event Center.
Most of us have had the pleasure of sampling their wonderfully authentic Greek food at our meetings or at their previous 'normal' festival. This year, it will be a DRIVE-THRU Festival, only!
You gotta eat, so why not dive-thru and pick up some delicious Greek food to support our friends at St. Haralambos!
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Travel is probably the last thing on your mind right now, but it’s not too early to start thinking about the Rotary International Convention in Taipei! If you have never been to an international convention, you should consider going!
Early Bird Registration for the convention will open on June 20th at 2:00pm EST, and the promotional rate will be offered worldwide through 11:59pm on June 26th, concurrent with the Virtual Convention dates. The early bird rate is $315 for Rotary club members and guests 31 and over; $100 for club members and guests 18-30, $10 for guests 5-18. Hotels are already accepting reservations!
June 26, 2020
Good day, Rotarians! I came across this quote and found it quite appropriate for my last message as your club president. The 19th century Wilde was noted for his brilliant wit and so I couldn’t help but borrow some of it. 
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The following resignations have been approved by the Executive Board: 
Travel is probably the last thing on your mind right now, but it’s not too early to start thinking about the Rotary International Convention in Taipei! If you have never been to an international convention, you should consider going!
Early Bird Registration for the convention will open on June 20th at 2:00pm EST, and the promotional rate will be offered worldwide through 11:59pm on June 26th, concurrent with the Virtual Convention dates. The early bird rate is $315 for Rotary club members and guests 31 and over; $100 for club members and guests 18-30, $10 for guests 5-18. Hotels are already accepting reservations!
