The Rotary office will be closed from Wednesday, July 3rd - Friday, July 5th for the Fourth of July Holiday. The office will reopen on Monday July 8th with normal business hours.
Another fun golf outing took place on Friday, June 28th at the Sanctuary Golf Course. We will provide everyone with a complete rundown from the event when all the numbers are in, but in the meantime we would like to THANK the following GOLD Sponsors, BEVERAGE Sponsor, HOLE Sponsors and DONATION providers:
GOLD SPONSORS:
BEVERAGE SPONSOR:
Thank you to all of our "HOLE" Sponsors:
US Hardware Supply, YMCA of Stark County, Kozmo's Grille, LL Miller (Industrial Testing), Anne’s Custom Cleaning, Pond Wiser, Inc, Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health, Raymond James-Mark Rojek, Sol Harris, MBS Interiors – Kitchen & Bath Designs, Van Nostran Young & Assoc., Furbay Electric, Vern Dale's Water Center, Swallen, Lawhun & Co., Beese Fulmer, Chad Coyle, DDS, Scott Talbot SalonSpa, Hannon Electric, Children’s Network of Stark County, Miracle-Plumbing, Heating, Cooling, Abbott Electric, State Farm Insurance-Jane Nicholson Agency, PBS Animal Health Store, Canton Sign LLC, Canton Symphony Orchestra, Taggart's/Kennedy's BBQ, Canton Aluminum, ProTech Security-Ryan Parkinson, Maryl Jonas-In Memory of Dan Jonas, Hall, Kistler, Farmer’s National Bank-Deborah Rohr, Hughes Kitchens & Bath, Greenport Financials, Sirak Financial Services, The Inkeeper’s Tattoo Parlor, Miller & Company, Maloney + Novotny, Medicine Center Pharmacy, Young Truck Sales, Harold Ziegler, Brad Carpenter-State Farm, Bill Liber.
Thank you to all of our DONATION providers:
Palumbos, Maloney + Novotny, Tlaquepaque, Shawn Dougherty, La Pizzaria, Liberty Ford Lincoln, Sanctuary Golf Course, Bill Liber, Home Savings Bank, Canton Charge, John’s Bar, Milk & Honey, Nike, Golf Tec, Dave Schrade, Lindsey’s Pizza, Taggart’s Ice Cream, Canton Brewing Co., Kennedy’s Bar-B-Que, Foxy Golf, Palace Theatre, O’Reiley’s Auto Parts, Deck Brite, U.S.A. Quick Print, Medicine Center Pharmacy, ProTech Security, State Farm Insurance, Kozmo’s Grille, Joe Niamtu, Mark Rojek, Mark Clendenin, Fully Promoted, Brad Carpenter, Grass Masters, Bender’s, Smitty Official Apparel, Q92 – WDJQ, Loby’s Bar & Grill, Coyle General & Cosmetic Denistry.
Here are just a few photo's from the outing. You may view all the photo's taken by following this LINK...
The Rotary office received a "Thank You" letter dated June 22, 2019, from David Miller, President of the Philomatheon Society of the Blind. David writes:
"Dear Canton Rotary Philomatheon Society of the Blind Committee Members: I, along with the Board of Directors and the membership of the Philomatheon Society of the Blind, would like to thank this committee, as well as the entire Canton Rotary Club, for the excellent picnic that was put on for the Society on Saturday last. This picnic is such a joy for the members that I cannot truly express my feelings.
I would like to especially thank Steve, for organizing and providing such great picnic food, Jack and Frank, for their usual great cooking, Virginia, for her on-site organization and energy in helping with everything. I cannot forget Tom Tucker, Dave Roberts and Paul Hervey including Alice for keeping Jack in line. If I have forgotten anyone, I am truly sorry. This year's picnic went off without a hitch and the food was tops. I am also very appreciative of the prizes that were provided for the bingo game. That really went above and beyond and I thank all of you.
This event is looked forward to with great enthusiasm by all the members and I hope that it can continue for many years to come.
If the Philomatheon Society can ever be of service to the Canton Rotary Club, please do not hesitate to let us know. Again, thank you for the wonderful picnic."
Instead of the usual Past President party with cookies following a meeting, Past President Michelle Mullaly would like to have a social gathering!
Please plan to attend THISTuesday, July 9 from 5-7 pm. We will meet at Burntwood Tavern in Belden Village. They have great happy hour prices and yummy food. Hope you can join Past President Michelle at her farewell party to celebrate the end of her term.
The Rotary Club of Canton will once again host its 5th Annual Oktoberfest on Thursday, September 19, 2019 in Downtown Canton! We will feature beer tastings from local breweries, food, musical entertainment and a genuine Oktoberfest band with dancing and singing.
So dust off your Lederhosen and Schnitzel and mark your calendars for this FUN event! You can follow this LINK to grab some tickets for this year's event or thisLINK to view sponsorship information! Please keep in mind that we also need lots of volunteers to present this signature event in Downtown Canton!
I love to travel! I even enjoy the mundane process of getting from here to there. But last year, my wife, Gay, and I had one of those experiences that would strain the optimism of even the most cheerful traveler. We found ourselves with six hours to wait, at an airport where we were not scheduled to be, on a day we had not planned still to be traveling, having woken up that morning at a hotel unknown to us the night before. It was one of those days.
As we waited at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, Gay and I took a walk to people watch. We went from one end of the terminal to the other and back, looking at every gate, every destination, every group of people waiting for their flights.
Each gate was its own island of humanity. When we walked down the center of the concourse, we were in New York, moving along with everyone in one river. But when you veered off into those seats, you left that current and landed on an island. You were already in Delhi or Paris or Tel Aviv.
As we started our walk, I thought: "All these different people, all these different countries, all in one place. This is like Rotary!" But as we walked past gate after gate, I realized something. It was not like Rotary at all. Because everyone in that river was heading for an island. And every island stayed an island. The people heading to Taipei might be talking to one another, but they were not talking to the people heading to Cairo or Lagos.
Contrast that with Rotary. Rotary allows us to connect with one another, in deep and meaningful ways, across our differences. It connects us with people we would never otherwise have met, who are more like us than we ever could have known. It connects us with our communities, to professional opportunities, and to the people who need our help.
Connection is what makes the experience of Rotary so very different from walking along that concourse at JFK Airport. In Rotary, none of us is an island. All of us are in Rotary together, whoever we are, wherever we are from, whatever language we speak or traditions we follow. We are all connected to one another — part of our communities and members not only of our clubs, but also of the global community to which we all belong.
This connection is what lies at the heart of the Rotary experience. It is what brings us to Rotary. It is why we stay. Please join your fellow Rotarians on this journey as Rotary Connects the World.
JULY 5, 2019
DUE TO THE FOURTH OF JULY HOLIDAY, WE 
The Rotary office will be closed from Wednesday, July 3rd - Friday, July 5th for the Fourth of July Holiday. The office will reopen on Monday July 8th with normal business hours.
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The Rotary office received a "Thank You" letter dated June 22, 2019, from David Miller, President of the Philomatheon Society of the Blind. David writes:
The Rotary Club of Canton will once again host its 5th Annual Oktoberfest on Thursday, September 19, 2019 in Downtown Canton! We will feature beer tastings from local breweries, food, musical entertainment and a genuine Oktoberfest band with dancing and singing.
Mark Daniel Maloney
