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!"
FINAL WEEK TO SUBMIT YOUR Nomination for Rotarian of the Year Award
As is our tradition, we are now inviting all Rotarians to nominate a fellow Rotarian to be recognized as Rotarian of the Year. Please take a moment to think of a person that you feel personifies the ideals of our club. Nominations require submission of a completed nomination form, which provides the criteria used to evaluate this important award. The deadline to submit your nomination is THIS Friday, March 2, 2018.
Please keep in mind that current Officers of the Club (Amanda Tietze, Michelle Mullaly, Mark Rojek, Suzette Matthews and Tom Clevenger), along with the past Award winners (PP Paul White, Dale Holwick, PP Mike Gregorek, PDG/PP Bob Pattison, PDG/PP Dave Ewing and PP Dan Matthews) are not eligible. All nominations will be kept confidential and we ask that you do the same. The award winner will be announced at an upcoming Rotary meeting.
You may download the Nomination Form here or pick one up at our regular meeting.
Completed forms may be returned to the Canton Rotary office (116 Cleveland Ave. N.W., Suite 307, Canton, 44702), emailed to the office at info@cantonrotary.org, or brought to a Friday meeting and given to Vice President Mark Rojek. Help us recognize those who have made our club the great club that it is!
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!
A few of your fellow Canton Rotarians have been featured in the news recently. Please follow the links shown below to read about these outstanding Rotarians!
PAST PRESIDENT PAUL WHITE
PP Paul White was recently recognized in the February 11th edition of the Canton Repository for his 50 years of practice in pharmacy and 7 years hosting the weekly Health Matters radio program. This LINK will provide you with the entire article if you would like to view it.
PAST PRESIDENT CRAIG YOUNG
PP Craig Young, president of Young Truck Sales in Canton, Ohio, is one of seven nominees for 2018 Truck Dealer of the Year – a national award that recognizes commercial-truck dealers for business performance, industry and civic leadership, and community service. The winner will be announced at the American Truck Dealers Show in Las Vegas on March 23, 2018. Please follow this LINK to view the entire article.
ROTARIAN DAVID BEULE
Rotarian David Beule is the February 2018 nominee for the M. Conley Entrepreneur-of-the-Year-Award. The winner will be announced at the Canton Regional Chamber's 2018 Business Expo this Thursday March 1st. Please follow this LINK to view the entire nominee article on David which appeared in the Canton Repository on Sunday, February 25, 2018.
ROTARIAN DAVID SCHRADE
Rotarian David Schrade was recently recognized in the February 11th edition of the Canton Repository. He and his partners, along with all members of Smith Barta & Co., have been welcomed to one of the region's largest Ohio-based accounting firms, Maloney + Novotny. This LINK will provide you with the entire article if you would like to view it.
The Rotary office received the following "Thank You" from Mary Schumacher, wife of Rotarian John Schumacher who recently passed away. Mary writes:
"Dear Members of Rotary Club ~ The flowers you sent in remembrance of John were so lovely. We all thank you. He truly loved going to your meetings and sharing stories. He will be sadly missed by all of us."
At the weekly meeting on February 23, 2018, President Amanda Tietze welcomed the 56 members and 7 guests to the meeting. President Amanda informed the members that Rotarian Steve Fettman had been in the hospital recently but was home recovering. She asked everyone to keep Steve in their thoughts and prayers.
President Amanda then thanked February Speaker Chair Theresa Blocher for her outstanding speakers she arranged: Marion Coblentz and Renee Powell. Amanda also recognized Rotarian Frank Fleischer for arranging for speaker Lois DiGiacomo Jacobson.
Rotarian Amanda Berkeley gave the Invocation.
Secretary Suzette Matthews welcomed the following guests to the meeting: Renee Powell (speaker); Jim and Susie Kiko (guests of Theresa Blocher); Stark County Commissioner Richard Regula (Massillon Rotarian); Betty Frank (guest of Suzette Matthews); Stark County Commissioner Bill Smith (Canton South Rotarian); Paul Hervey (guest of PP Dan Matthews).
The "Happy News" was then provided by the following:
PP Jack Barkan - in recognition of the Philamatheon Society fundraiser at Taggarts, on March 6th (* Please see article above);
Richard Regula - in recognition of the new Military Family Center and Farm in Louisville, Ohio;
PP Rick Taylor - in celebration of Indians' spring training opening game that day;
- The University of Cincinnati Bearcats being ranked 11th in the men's basketball poll;
- Being on the same flight as John Werren from Florida to Canton (and John NOT being the pilot);
- To remind Rotarians of the Junior Achievement Bowl-a-thon on Saturday, March 3, 2018;
President Elect Michelle Mullaly - in celebration of her middle son being accepted to Capital University;
President Amanda Tietze - in celebration of the Canton Rotary Fellowship event at Desert Inn and Civic Center to watch the Canton Charge on Wednesday, February 21, 2018;
Secretary Suzette Matthews - in celebration of her mother, Betty Frank, being in attendance at today's meeting to hear Renee Powell speak.
Vice President Mark Rojek took to the podium to remind everyone that the deadline for nomination of Canton Rotarian of the Year is approaching quickly: March 2nd. Nominations will be tabulated and a ballot will be sent out for Rotarians to vote for one of the nominees.
President-Elect Michelle Mullaly informed the members of an email she received from the District. She stated District is collecting children's books which she will take with her to Columbus during All Ohio P.E.T.S. These books will then be sent overseas. (*Please see story above)
Speaker Chair Theresa Blocher then introduced her speaker and friend, Renee Powell, owner and PGA pro at Clearview Golf Club. Renee spoke on her golf program for female veterans, particularly those who suffer with PTSD.
President Amanda then concluded the meeting with the following announcements:
reminder for everyone to bring a children's book to next Friday's meeting;
she reminded everyone to calendar the District Golf outing which will be held on June 30th at Clearview Golf Club;
the fundraiser to benefit the Philomatheon Society of the Blind will be held on Tuesday, March 6th from 11 am - 10 pm at Taggarts Ice Cream on Fulton Road;
the speaker for next Friday's meeting will be former Canton Rotarian Jerome Pruett who will speak on "Baseball then and now".
The following Rotarians turned in a makeup during Friday's meeting; Chuck Smith (Naples, FL); Jerry Ortman (2 East Canton and Plain)
The following Rotarians will receive a makeup for attending the Fellowship outing on February 21, 2018: Amanda Tietze, Dan Matthews, Bruce Hale, Shawn Dougherty, Bruce Schorsten, Fritz Spring, Tom Clevenger, Drew Pelger and Mark Rojek.
The following will receive a makeup for attending the Executive Board meeting on February 20, 2018: President Amanda Tietze, President Elect Michelle Mullaly, Vice President Mark Rojek, Secretary Suzette Matthews and Treasurer Tom Clevenger.
This month marks 50 years since the first Rotaract club was chartered, in 1968. In this special Rotaract issue, you'll meet some impressive Rotaractors from around the world and see some of the incredible ways they are Making a Difference.
In the half-century since Rotaract began, the world has seen profound changes, and young people have felt the greatest impact of those changes: the rise of technology and the information economy, the spread of education, and the tremendous influence of the internet. When Rotaract was founded, it would have been almost unthinkable for a teen or 20-something to have been an entrepreneur or a CEO. Today, young people have an unprecedented capacity to achieve – and Rotary needs their ideas and enthusiasm as never before.
For many years, Rotary has done Rotaract a disservice by looking at our youth and young adult programs as mere precursors to Rotary membership, and not as valuable and productive programs in their own right. But Rotaractors are truly partners in Rotary service.
Today, an estimated quarter of a million Rotaractors serve in over 10,000 clubs, in nearly every country where Rotary clubs exist. The impact of their service is particularly impressive when contrasted with their resources. Rotaractors achieve an amazing amount with far less money at their disposal than the average Rotary club. Their energy and vision bring something wonderful to our Rotary family and to our communities, and we value it very much.
Yet only 27 percent of Rotary clubs sponsor a Rotaract club, a figure that has remained fairly stable over time. And far too few Rotaractors ultimately do move on to Rotary membership. As we celebrate this anniversary with Rotaract, I encourage all Rotary clubs to consider sponsoring a Rotaract club or to strengthen their ties with the clubs they already sponsor. Schedule regular joint meetings, run joint service projects, and reach out to Rotaractors – not only to ask if you can help, but to find out how you can work together. Know your Rotaract clubs and their members – and make sure that every Rotaractor knows that a Rotary club is waiting to welcome them.
For half a century, Rotaract has given young people a way to find the same connections with their communities, and the same value in service, that Rotarians find in Rotary. Rotaractors are connecting us to the Rotary of our future, while helping us build the Rotary of today.
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Our speaker Friday, former Canton Rotarian Jerome Pruett, was drafted in 1965 in the 5th round out of Lehman High School by the St. Louis Cardinals.
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..jpg)
FINAL WEEK TO SUBMIT YOUR Nomination for Rotarian of the Year Award
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The Rotary office received the following "Thank You" from Mary Schumacher, wife of Rotarian John Schumacher who recently passed away. Mary writes:.jpg)
At the weekly meeting on February 23, 2018, President Amanda Tietze welcomed the 56 members and 7 guests to the meeting. President Amanda informed the members that Rotarian Steve Fettman had been in the hospital recently but was home recovering. She asked everyone to keep Steve in their thoughts and prayers..jpg)
This month marks 50 years since the first Rotaract club was chartered, in 1968. In this special Rotaract issue, you'll meet some impressive Rotaractors from around the world and see some of the incredible ways they are Making a Difference.
