Bill Smith was born and raised in East Canton, Ohio. He is married to his wife, Diana, and they have two children and nine grandchildren.
Bill holds a FAA certificate for Hot Air Ballooning with a Commercial and Instructor rating. He is the owner of Smith’s Waco Market, Waco Property Management Company, and is a franchise owner of Mary Ann Donuts Café in Canton South.
We are just OVER ONE MONTH AWAY from our LARGEST FUND- & FRIEND-RAISER of the year, the 5th Annual CANTON ROTARY OKTOBERFEST!
On Thursday, September 19, 2019, crowds will throng to Downtown Canton, to enjoy beer from up to 20 local and regional breweries, brats and other German fare from Frank's Brats food truck, and musical entertainment, including genuine German dancing and singing.
How can you help?
- Find a SPONSOR for this fun event (or maybe even sponsor yourself?) This is how we actually make money on this event. Go to this LINK for info.
- Buy tickets for yourself, your employees, your friends and your family! Just go to this LINK
- Volunteer to help! How can you not have fun at an Oktoberfest, right? Just let Lauri or Barb know, or contact Co-Chairs Raquel Raderchak or Donny Peterson III (contact info in the directory).
This a FUN event which raises money for our Club's charitable efforts, and gives us the chance to introduce MORE PEOPLE to Canton Rotary!
Please join us in supporting this wonderful event!
The Rotary Club of Canton will be partnering with the Rotary Club of Plain Township with their Purple Bag Project which they piloted in late April 2019 as their new-member project.
Initiated by Joy Dougan and Joan Ortman the Purple Bag Project was born to support residents of local domestic violence shelters and raise awareness of domestic violence in general. As members of a caring community Rotarians are asked to contribute, in a small way, to the well-being of domestic violence survivors. Rotarians of 12 local clubs may donate items listed on DVPI’s “Weekly Needs List” or from a list of frequently needed staples (ie. toilet paper, paper towels, diapers and baby care items, cleaning supplies, laundry detergent pods, dishwasher pods, etc).
So far 4 additional clubs have hosted a Purple Bag speakers slot with 8 more to go. The response has been heartwarming and over 150 bags have been delivered to the shelters.
The process is simple:
1. Each Rotarian may take one of the provided purple tote bags
2. Fill the bag with any number of items from the “Weekly Needs List” found in the link below or posted on DVPI’s Facebook page or from the provided list of “staples”. 3. Return the bag to the designated Purple Bag Coordinators, Ron Haines or Jon Adland, at the next club meeting and if desired (we hope) pick up an empty tote to begin the process again. 4. The Purple Bag Coordinator will deliver the bags to the shelter or make arrangements for delivery with
Joy (330-267-8561) or
Joan (330-418-4163)
To view the Needs List please follow this LINK or go to Facebook enter DVPI in the search box, click on DVPI, click on Domestic Violence Project, Inc.
During the July 26, 2019 meeting, President Mark Rojek welcomed the 50 members and 15 guests in attendance.
Rotarian Jim Molnar gave the Invocation.
Congratulations to Past President Rick Huetter for having the winning 50/50 ticket worth $42.00!
Assistant Secretary Paula Mastroianni introduced the guests.
The "Happy News" was provided by the following:
Bruce Schorsten - happy to welcome the Queen and her Ambassadors, happy for the great weather we are having, and that Canton will be shining brightly during the Pro Football Hall of Fame Festival.
PDG/PP Bob Pattison - happy the balloons at the HOF Festival Balloon Classic were able to fly that morning because of the beautiful weather! He hopes we will have another year when all balloons will be able to fly when scheduled;
Mark Clendenin - happy that the final Unevent Raffle drawing was that day. He loved the challenge, but was very happy it was DONE;
Tim Franta - he was happy to announce he has 10 game tickets for sale for the Pro Football Hall of Fame game on Thursday. If anyone is interested in purchasing, please contact him. He also donated two tickets to the Club to auction off to the highest bidder, with the proceeds going to the Canton Charitable Fund; (*the winning bidder was Bruce Schorsten with a bid of $110.00).
Joy Dugan - happy to be there along with Joan Ortman to present the Purple Bag Project. Both ladies are Plain Township Rotarians;
Past President Rick Taylor asked for members' support of the upcoming Rotary Oktoberfest being held on Thursday, September 19, 2019. Tickets are available as well as sponsorship opportunities. Many volunteers are also going to be needed the day of the event. Please consider supporting the Rotary Club of Canton's largest fundraiser of the year!
PP Rick then reminded everyone of the upcoming Plain Township Golf outing taking place on Friday, August 16th. Please see him if you are interested in golfing. Cost is $80 for golf, lunch, and fun. Deadline for registration and payment is August 7th. *Flyers were available on each table with additional information pertaining to the event.
Vice President Mark Clendenin concluded the Unevent Raffle drawing with the last two prizes and the $500 cash Grand Prize. The first drawing was Art Lover's Basket, with custom metal artwork from Canton Rotarian Ron Haines' Magical Metals, a $20 gift certificate to That Little Italian Kitchen, and 2 tickets to any upcoming Canton Symphony concert from PP Michelle Mullaly. The winner was Tom Soehlen (ticket sold by Tom Clevenger). The second raffle prize was a Wine Lover's gift basket donated by Giant Eagle Market District in Green. The basket had 5 bottles of wine, 4 tickets to a wine tasting event at Giant Eagle Market District in Green, $50 wine gift certificate, an assortment of chocolate and 2 wine glasses. The winner of this prize was Sara Johnson (ticket sold by Bill Maddox). After placing the winners' tickets back into the tumbler (ALL tickets are eligible for the Grand Prize), the winner of the $500 cash prize was Canton Rotarian Jeff Scott! Congratulations to all of our winners, and thank you to everyone who purchased and sold tickets, donated prizes, and otherwise supported this fundraising event!
President Mark introduced two Rotarians from Plain Township, Joy Dougan and Joan Ortman, who presented information on the "Purple Bag Project". This project helps support local domestic violence shelters in caring for survivors. Joy and Joan are asking other local Rotary Clubs to get behind this project, in order to increase the impact. Please see the article above for more information on the Purple Bag Project and how it works.
President Mark then introduced the speakers for the meeting, General Chairman of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival, Doug Froelich, along with General Vice Chair, Todd Stover. The speakers gave a presentation about the upcoming events for this year's Festival, as well as a history of how the Hall of Fame and the Enshrinement Festival developed over the years. At the conclusion of the meeting the Festival Queen and her Royal Ambassadors were introduced.
In closing, these announcements were given:
next week's speaker will be Stark County Commissioner Bill Smith
mark your calendar for the upcoming Akron Rubberducks game on August 15th, when President Mark will throw out the first pitch;
Canton Rotary Oktoberfest event is scheduled for Thursday, September 19th
The following turned in a makeup during Friday's meeting: Mark Clendenin (Jackson, Sugarcreek); Bob Matthews (Venice Nokomis, FL); Bob Pattison (North Canton).
During 2019-2020, I am encouraging Rotarians and Rotaractors to grow Rotary. We must grow our service, we must grow the impact of our projects, but, most importantly, we must grow our membership so that we can achieve more.
Let us try a new approach to membership, one that is more organized and strategic. I am asking every club to form an active membership committee consisting of people of different backgrounds who will look methodically at the leadership of the community.
Your club's membership committee will then apply Rotary's classification system — designed to ensure that the range of professions in your community is well represented — to identify potential leaders with the skill, the talent, and the character that will strengthen your club. If your club's membership committee is unsure how to proceed, look to the club membership committee checklist on Rotary.org for clearly defined steps to organizing its work.
How else will we connect to grow Rotary? We will also form new types of clubs — either independent clubs or satellite clubs — with different meeting experiences and engaging service opportunities, not just where there is no Rotary, but also where Rotary is already thriving. No Rotary club in the world can possibly serve all segments of its community. Therefore, we must organize new clubs to engage the community leaders who cannot connect with our existing clubs.
Growing Rotary is all about taking the connections that make our organization unique in the world and strengthening and multiplying them. Let us commit ourselves to growing Rotary and to welcoming the next diverse generation of women and men as Rotary Connects the World.
August 2, 2019
Bill Smith was born and raised in East Canton, Ohio. He is married to his wife, Diana, and they have two children and nine grandchildren.
We are just OVER ONE MONTH AWAY from our LARGEST FUND- & FRIEND-RAISER of the year, the 5th Annual CANTON ROTARY OKTOBERFEST! 
The Rotary Club of Canton will be partnering with the Rotary Club of Plain Township with their Purple Bag Project which they piloted in late April 2019 as their new-member project. 
As a reminder, if you have not yet paid your dues, we ask you to - PLEASE SEND THEM INTO THE OFFICE ASAP!
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During the July 26, 2019 meeting, President Mark Rojek welcomed the 50 members and 15 guests in attendance.
The "Happy News" was provided by the following: 
Past President Rick Taylor asked for members' support of the upcoming Rotary Oktoberfest being held on Thursday, September 19, 2019. Tickets are available as well as sponsorship opportunities. Many volunteers are also going to be needed the day of the event. Please consider supporting the Rotary Club of Canton's largest fundraiser of the year!.jpg)
Vice President Mark Clendenin concluded the Unevent Raffle drawing with the last two prizes and the $500 cash Grand Prize. The first drawing was Art Lover's Basket, with custom metal artwork from Canton Rotarian Ron Haines' Magical Metals, a $20 gift certificate to That Little Italian Kitchen, and 2 tickets to any upcoming Canton Symphony concert from PP Michelle Mullaly. The winner was Tom Soehlen (ticket sold by Tom Clevenger). The second raffle prize was a Wine Lover's gift basket donated by Giant Eagle Market District in Green. The basket had 5 bottles of wine, 4 tickets to a wine tasting event at Giant Eagle Market District in Green, $50 wine gift certificate, an assortment of chocolate and 2 wine glasses. The winner of this prize was Sara Johnson (ticket sold by Bill Maddox). After placing the winners' tickets back into the tumbler (ALL tickets are eligible for the Grand Prize), the winner of the $500 cash prize was Canton Rotarian Jeff Scott! Congratulations to all of our winners, and thank you to everyone who purchased and sold tickets, donated prizes, and otherwise supported this fundraising event!.jpg)
Mark Daniel Maloney
