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During the meeting on November 15, 2019, President Mark Rojek welcomed the 48 members and 12 guests to the meeting. Thank you to the following Rotarians: David Roberts who gave the Invocation; Bill Sparks for playing the piano; Bruce Hale and Alex Dowell for greeting members and guests; Lynn Hamilton at the attendance table; and Paula Mastroianni, Paul Hervey, Steve Fettman and Vice President Mark Clendenin for being liasons with the Character Count recipients and their family members.
Congratulations to Rotarian Jon Adland for having the winning 50/50 ticket worth $32.00!
Secretary Julia Dick welcomed the following guests to the meeting: Celia King (speaker); Madeline Dodson, Kaylee Sinclair, Breanna Worth, Jennifer Miller, Carol Czivok, Nour Kelly, Victoria Phillips, Courtland Faulkner and Le'Jen Marshall (Character Counts); Tim Haverstock (guest of Steve Fettman); Dallas Godfrey (guest of President Mark Rojek).
President Mark then took the opportunity to remind everyone about the Charitable Fund Drive which is underway. He stated President Elect Drew Pelger is in the process of preparing a letter which will be sent to each member giving them insight into his monetary goal of $12,000 and what community programs this money has helped in the past. This fund is the "lifeblood" of our efforts to give back and each member is asked to please consider supporting this endeavor.
President Mark also announced we will once again have the annual "Pack The Bus" event taking place on Thursday, December 19, 2019 from 10 am - 5 pm. This year though the Rotary Club of Canton will partner with the McKinley High School Band in efforts of helping raise further awareness of the critical need the children of the Canton City School District has over the holiday season...did you know the poverty rate is near 100%?!? He stated there were flyers for this event on the tables and to please help get word out to the community. Many Canton Rotarians are going to be needed to volunteer to collect the food and new clothing as well as to help unload items at the school.
Health Screen Chairman Bob Matthews took the opportunity to thank all those who volunteered to make this the biggest Health Screen event to date!
Rotarian Mike Brown presented the October and November Character Champ Scholarship recipients...Madeline Dodson, Kaylee Sinclair, Le'Jan Marshall and Courtland Faulkner (*see story above).
President Mark then introduced the speaker for the meeting Celia King from Arrants McSwain Team Building with her presentation on "Helping Leaders Build Strong Teams".
The meeting concluded with the following announcements:
- speaker for next week's meeting will be Anne Pulka from Canton City Schools on the Enrichment Program; *Editor's Note: next week's speaker has changed and will instead be Shana Smith, Central Office Family and Community Outreach Coordinator for the Canton City School District with a presentation on "Beyond The School Day".
- please remember to support President Elect Drew Pelger's Charitable Fund Drive.