2016-05-12 - Midland Noon Rotary Club

We meet every
Thursday at 12 pm at
the Midland Country
Club
Weekly Update, May 12, 2016
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Rotary Flag on Belle Isle in Detroit,
Michigan. We learned later this was
established by Detroit Rotary in 1932.
Photo taken by Kevin Kendrick.
Meeting Photos
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Upcoming Meeting / Events / Links / Wanted
Midland Blooms / New Instagram Account / Rotary Logos
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Community Needs and Midland Rotary Foundation:
So what’s the difference?
3
District Conference
4
Paul Harris Fellows
Alumni of Three Rotary Programs Unite to Advance
‘Service Above Self’
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Say Hello to Our Newest Members
Rotary in the News
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PRESIDENT’S NOTES
Dear Midland Noon Rotarians,
We had another excellent meeting last week, courtesy of the presentation we heard from Kathy Allen of Personal Assistance
Options. This group does an outstanding job through the efforts of its dedicated staff and volunteers in helping individuals with
differing abilities to achieve a reasonable level of independence. The videos Kathy shared with us certainly were uplifting and
provided powerful reminders that we need to simply treat people as people first. It was also very heartwarming to be reminded
that our very own Jon Barckholtz was a PAO client for years. Rotary has a strong connection with PAO. In addition to Jon, Kathy
paid wonderful compliments to the Great Lakes Loons organization for being a consistent supporter of their fundraiser over the
years and in particular, Rotarian Paul Barbeau. Competing in their June 2nd Annual Fundraiser involving another “Art Competition”
this year will be Benjamin F. Edwards and SYM Financial, and our club has members from both companies - Rotarians Ralph Brozzo
and Brad Duling, respectively! And sitting on the PAO Board are Rotarians Mike Stein and Jenny Kendrick. Rotary truly is making a
difference in our community in ways which are sometimes not apparent.
Jenny and I had a wonderful weekend, spent with our three inbound Youth Exchange students. We began by taking the kids to
Royal Oak for dinner and a concert. We truly enjoyed the concert (well, at least the kids did!) which featured three separate ska
performances. Don’t know what ska is? We didn’t really know the history of it either until looking it up! If you can envision a bit of
jazz, reggae, punk rock all fused into one sound, you have ska! Although there weren’t seats available for us old hipsters, there was
plenty of standing room and “moshing” going on as the headline group, Streetlight Manifesto, energized everyone! We had a much
more peaceful day on Saturday as we took the kids on a tour of Detroit including the street I lived on as a boy, the Renaissance
Center, Belle Isle, the Wayne State region, and Comerica Park. After having lunch downtown, we ended the day with a visit to the
Detroit Zoo in Royal Oak. It was truly a fun day for the kids and yes, an even more enjoyable day for us! If you would like to help
these youngsters experience a part of Michigan, please let Karl Kamena know! You won’t regret it and you will have an opportunity
to spend some time witnessing how truly special these youngsters are.
Harry’s Quote: ““Time is your most precious gift because you only have a set amount of it.
You can make more money, but you can't make more time…time is your life. That is why the
greatest gift you can give someone is your time.” – Rick Warren
TAKE ACTION: www.midlandrotaryclub.org
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Upcoming Meeting
Meeting Photos
05-12 — Gerry Wasserman & Mike Sharrow, MPS Bond Updates
Becky Church,
Invocation
Upcoming Events
Ron Beacom,
Humor Moment
Tawny Nelb
5/20-21: District 6310 Conference, Alpena, MI
5/21: Midland Blooms
Visitors and Announcements
6/12-16: Camp RYLA
6/30: End of Rotary Year and Transition to New President
7/15-16: RiverDays
7/25: Golf Tournament
Rotary Links
Website: http://midlandrotaryclub.org/index.html
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MidlandNoonRotaryClub/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MidNoonRotary
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/midlandminoonrotary/
Blue Badge Awards: Kathy Swarthout, Kevin Johnson,
President Kevin Kendrick, Pamela Berry-Solomon, ,
Dallas Rau, Scott Mitchell, and Sarah, Kile
Photos!
Lauderbach, Jon
Lehman, Fr Pete
Mcardle, Tom
Pollock, Robert
Thompson, Ross
Updated Classifications!
Paul Harris Fellows Tom Lane and Jenny Kendrick
Beals, Todd
Berry-Solomon, Pamela
Block, Clifford A
Bone, Mark
Buckley, Andre
Forshee, Erick
Lang, Craig P
Oster, Amanda N
Mike Stein
Kathy Allen
Schacher, Thomas
Searles, John
Shelow, Taitia
Spencer, Kevin
Thompson, Ross
Valent, Thomas
Wasserman, Gerry
* Click to see Classification List. Notify Kevin Kendrick, and he will update
your classification.
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Midland Blooms
Community Needs and Midland Rotary
Foundation: So what’s the difference?
Date: Saturday May 21st, 2016
Arrival time: 8:30 am
Location: Eastman Rd. (East side
of the road) between Wackerly
Road and Harcrest Street
Have you ever wondered what the difference is between our
Community Needs Fund and our Midland Rotary Foundation Fund are?
We have too! So we asked the experts to help us understand better!
Dale Davis chairs our Community Needs Committee and Drummond
Black leads the Midland Rotary Foundation Committee. (The Midland
Rotary Foundation Scholarship Committee is a separate committee
from the Midland Rotary Foundation Committee, however funding for
the scholarships is received from the Midland Rotary Foundation
Committee.)
Please bring a Hand trowel and if you would like bring garden gloves.
(Feel free to bring a friend or family member; the more people we
have the faster the planting process goes.)
Following the planting, breakfast will be served at Colonial Villa, 5007
Universal Drive. Block captain (Carlos Uribe) will have tickets for the
breakfast.
MIDLAND ROTARY
COMMUNITY NEEDS
COMMITTEE
Founded: 1988
Thank you for all you do for our Club and community.
Purpose: Community Needs
supports programs of charitable
organizations which engage
community members of all ages
in organized activities that will
improve the well-being of those
members and contributing to
improving life in our
community. Preference is given
to youth-oriented projects.
Carlos Uribe
New Instagram Account
We have a new Instagram account. See page one for links to all of our
on-line pages! Check us out!! Please feel free to send Jenny Kendrick
(jakendrick@outlook.com) any information you would like us to
included on any of these accounts so we can keep them active! Thank
you.
Criteria:
Rotary Logos
1. Priority given to those
impacting the most youth.
Rotary International and Rotary District 6310 are stressing that we
need to use only official logos when we are advertising Rotary. Below
is a peek at those logos. If you need a copy for any of your advertising,
please feel free to contact Jenny at jakendrick@outlook.com for these
files.
2. Requests should
demonstrate a broad and
diverse community-wide
impact.
3. Committee reserves the right
to fund all or any part of a
request.
Will fund: Grants made to area
clubs and organizations with a
501(c)(3) status. Specific
projects will be funded.
Won’t fund: Fundraising
efforts, ongoing initiatives;
individual requests; requests
from other Rotary Club
committees.
Sponsor Needed: Request must
be sponsored and reviewed by
a Midland Rotarian.
Amount: Should not exceed
$2,000
Funding source: Funds
generated through events like
the Pancake Supper.
Deadline: Considered all yearround.
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MIDLAND ROTARY
FOUNDATION COMMITTEE
Founded: 1977
Purpose: To provide grants to
organizations, preferably
those partnered with
businesses or schools, which
would provide support to a
broad range of youth, not
individuals, located within
Midland County. Grants are
designated for specific
projects and not ongoing
initiatives or expenses of an
organization.
Criteria:
1. Except for scholarship
funds, the grant requests
should provide support for
a broad range of youth.
2. Receipt of prior grants will
not eliminate consideration
for another.
Will fund: Preference is given
to grants involving business or
schools; however, charitable
organizations are not
excluded; Rotarian-involved
projects.
Won’t fund: Requests outside
of Midland County; ongoing
initiatives; expenses.
Sponsor Needed: No.
Amount: Up to $5,000
Funding Source: Endowed
fund allowing for 35K-40 K in
grants/scholarships annually.
Deadline: April 1 and October
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District Conference
Alumni of Three Rotary Programs
Unite to Advance ‘Service Above Self’
2016 Rotary District Conference - May 20-21, 2016
Posted on May 3, 2016 By Courtney Lawrence, Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar
2009-10; Katherine Grennier, Rotary Peace Fellow 2016; and Hermes Huang,
Rotary Scholar, 2014-15
Join Leaders - Exchange Ideas - Take Action!
The District 6310 Conference information, Registration, and Program
Schedule are available on the District website.
From the
coastline of Costa
Rica, to the
sidewalks of
Bangkok, to the
jungles of
Indonesia, we
have been
supported as
individuals by The Rotary Foundation to make this world a better
place; one where service comes before self. As a team of Rotary
alumni, we have been able to pull together in pursuit of
empowering grassroots social innovators around the world.
Just click on any of the "District Conference" tabs for complete
details. Or click on either document below to see pdf version.
The three Rotary programs that have supported us: Courtney’s
Ambassadorial Scholarship at the University for Peace in Costa Rica;
Hermes’ global grant supported scholarship at Chulalongkorn
University in Thailand; and Katy’s Rotary Peace Fellowship at the
Rotary Peace Center at Chulalongkorn University in Thailand; have
been critical experiences in defining our work and the experiences that
we create for our participants at Designing for Social Innovation &
Leadership (DSIL) Global.
At DSIL Global, we train social entrepreneurs from around the world
using a combination of design tools, leadership development, and
business frameworks. Above all of this, we weave in themes found
when peace and conflict studies, sustainable management, and
international development intersect; all skill that we developed as
Rotary scholars and fellows.
In all three of our Rotary programs, we were encouraged to develop a
network with local Rotary members who supported and mentored us
through our times as Rotary scholars. They were there when we got
sick or needed advice on the local bureaucracy. They provided a
community for us to engage in service to better the places we
lived and help the people we worked with. All three of our programs
involve exchanging ideas and experience across diverse perspectives.
We shared with and learned from scholars, fellows, and practitioners
from over 80 countries. This would not have been possible without the
support of Rotary and the global community of Rotarians, alumni, and
support personnel.
Midland Noon Rotary Paul Harris
Fellows Recipients
Rotary Years 2015-2016
Today, as friends and colleagues, we are using our experiences to
continue finding innovation in daily dialogue and shared experiences.
In partnership with the University for Peace, we select people who are
ready to make a positive impact in their communities and bring them
together to accelerate that impact. In the process, we are developing a
global network of innovators who can lean on each other. Five times
this year we will be facilitating our DSIL programs to bring grassroots
innovators together in conversation and fellowship in a creative
environment to seek solutions to challenges facing Southeast Asia.
Adams, Tom
Allen, Dorene
Bakeman, Jim +2
Beale, Mike
Black, Drummond +1
Gambrell, Todd
Hargreaves, Bill
Kendrick, Jenny +1
Kendrick, Kevin +1
Lane, Tom +2
Oberlin, Aaron
Rogers, Ed
Shelow, Taitia
Our lives would not be the same without the support of our clubs back
home, our host communities, and the support of Rotary. We’re looking
forward to working with more Rotary alumni in the future to create an
even greater impact. Rotary is empowering people to change the
world, and we’re excited to be a part of it. We’re looking forward to
providing new ways for Rotary members to apply Service Above Self,
and we can’t wait to bring DSIL Global to a community near you.
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Rotary in the News
Say Hello to Our Newest Members
Local and Club News: Our Focus on Youth Committee continues to
do a wonderful job. Not only did they share news of RYLA with the
Midland Daily News which did an article on the opportunity, Taitia
Shelow shared the flyer through Midland Tomorrow’s social media
outlets but with the Chamber’s Young Entrepreneur’s Academy
contact who also shared it. In addition, Rotarian Mike Sharrow
retweeted it as well. Truly a great team communications effort! And
speaking of social media, we recently established an Instagram
account! Instagram is a free photo and video sharing app available on
Apple iOS, Android and Windows Phone. As we seek to grow our
members and attract from all age demographics, it’s vitally important
that we be able to share the Midland Rotary story across all types of
media!
Erin Lemke, Financial Consultant, Hantz Financial Services
Sponsored by Leslie Norris
Member since May
Jane Johnson, Sales and Marketing Manager, Brookdale
Senior Living Midland
Sponsored by Kevin Kendrick
Member since May
Andi Pellegrini, Community Resources Coordinator,
Midland County DHHS
Sponsored by Robbie Waclawski
Member since May
The Focus on Youth Committee is also working on drafting a District
Matching grant proposal which would begin during the Fall. It would
essentially focus on providing help to children in foster care and in
neglect and abuse cases.
Carly Witkop, Donor Relations Assistant, Northwood
University
Sponsored by Teresa George
Member since April
Our very own RYE Inbound Joao Arenhart recently presented a series
of presentations to approximately 14 different classes on the benefits
of being a Youth Exchange Student. Joao told us that although he was
a bit winded after these, he truly enjoyed being a part of this and
seeing the excitement it generated with so many students.
Roxanne Affholter, Owner and Founder of Crisis Response
Connection
Sponsored by Amanda Oster
Member since April
District News: Quick Reminder – the District Conference is THIS week!
It’s not too late to register and become eligible for reimbursement of
$100 in expenses as well as having your registration paid for!
In recognition of May as Youth Service Month, DG Mike Kelly shared
that our District has made some great strides in some of our initiative
aimed at Youth. Included in this is the fact that we will have grown
from four to 10 Interact Clubs in the District by the end of June 2016!
This has been due primarily to outstanding work done by PDG Dee
Brock and District Youth Services Chair Kathy Beebe who was kind
enough to visit our club last month to deliver some very helpful
remarks on best practices for our youth initiatives. Mike also shared
that we had a very successful first time ever Interact work project trip
this spring. Interact students from Bad Axe and Oscoda participated as
part of our ongoing ”Water and Sanitation” projects in the Dominican
Republic .
Thomas Bender, Physician, EOH, Dow Chemical Company
Sponsored by Todd Gambrell
Member since March
Leslie Norris, Ophthalmologist, Bay Eye Care Center
Sponsored by Preston and Betty Jones
Member since March
Joseph Weckesser, General Manager, Whine
Sponsored by Jim Nigro
Member since March
International News: In keeping with this month’s theme of Youth
Services, it’s fitting that Rotary International is carrying a story on
Rotaract Clubs around the world who recently competed for
recognition of Innovative Projects. The Rotaract Club of Bugolobi,
Uganda won the grand prize with a project that provided
comprehensive medical exams, dental screenings, medication, birth
control, and more to over 1,000 patients at a medical camp. They also
presented benches and desks to the Keyebe Primary School along with
supplies and uniforms for the students. Regional winners were also
recognized:
Laurie Shooltz, Marketing Manager, Paul Davis
Restoration
Sponsored by Kathy Swarthout
Member since February
 International Multidistrict project - Twelve Rotaract clubs from five
districts in Turkey and Russia collaborated with the Down Syndrome
Association to organize training for children and adults with Down
syndrome.
 Asia Pacific – A Rotaract Club in the Philippines was recognized for
establishing a water project in a remote part of the Philippines.
 South Asia – A Club in India established a digital disease surveillance
system to study epidemiological trends.
 Europe, Middle East and Central Asia – A club in Istanbul used local
experts, psychologists, and doctors to educate residents about how
underage girls who are married are, statistically, undereducated and
prone to medical and psychological problems.
Evan Burrell
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