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At our weekly meeting on November 16, 2018, President Michelle Mullaly welcomed 45 members and 9 guests to the meeting. Past President Rick Huetter gave the Invocation.
Congratulations went to Past President Scott Sandrock for having the winning 50/50 ticket, worth $47.00.
President Michelle filled in for Secretary Suzette Matthews and welcomed the following guests to the meeting: Becky McCullough (speaker); Gregg Schorsten (First Tee of Canton/guest of Club); Janell Dima and Andre Gillems (November Character Champs); Jennifer Shaw, Renee` Gillems, Tom Halwick, Theresa Laiser and Robert Frazier (guests of the Character Champs).
The "Happy News" was the provided by the following:
- Becky Clark - proud to announce she and her husband were celebrating their 49th wedding anniversary!
- Bruce Schorsten - announced the "Schorsten Singers" would once again be performing during the Salvation Army Bell-ringing. They have performed for many years and if anyone would like to join them they will be at the Fisher Foods on 44th Street/Cleveland Avenue on Saturday, December 1st from 11 am- 1 pm.
- Jim Blake - very proud to announce his youngest son just got engaged!
President Michelle and Rotarian Bruce Schorsten presented a check to First Tee of Canton representative, Gregg Schorsten. The Canton Rotary Golf Outing made $6,000.00 and was very proud to donate $1,000 to First Tee for the benefit of teaching the game of golf and it's core values to local youngsters.
President Michelle then reminded everyone about:
- November being Rotary International Foundation month:
- Envelopes were on the individual tables to donate. Each $20.00 donated enters you into a drawing for a Paul Harris Fellow.
- This year's "Pack the Bus" drive:
- The donations for this year's "Pack the Bus" were very slim, possibly due to the poor weather conditions. However, President Michelle was very pleased to announce she had received a grant from WalMart on Tuscarawas Street in Canton for $2,000.00 giving us a total of around $5,400 to spend on additional non-perishable food items, clothing and hygiene products for the students of Canton City Schools!! Rotarians will join President Michelle to shop for said items on Tuesday, November 20th, then the "bus" will be unloaded at Allen Elementary School later on that same day.
President Elect Mark Rojek took to the podium to bring the members up to date on the Charitable Fund Drive. He stated he was at the halfway mark of his $14k goal with only a third of the membership participating. (*see story above)
Sergeant-at-Arms Bob Matthews then reminded everyone about the Health Screen event taking place on Saturday, November 17th at Mercy Hall Auditorium between 7 am -11 am. He was still in need of volunteers.
Rotarian James Boggs asked for volunteers for the Salvation Army Bell-ringing taking place on November 24th and December 1st. (**Editor's note: James was successful in getting volunteers to cover all shifts for both dates! Thank you Rotarians!)
Rotarian Mike Brown introduced the November Character Champs, Janell Dima and Andre Gillems (*see story above);
Shawn Dougherty introduced his speaker for the meeting, Rebecca McCullough. She is a licensed Social Worker at SAFY, which stands for Specialized Alternatives for Families and Youth.
President Michelle concluded the meeting with the following announcements:
- NO MEETING Friday 11/23/18 due to the Thanksgiving holiday. The Rotary office will also be closed that day;
- She asked for help taking donations brought to the meeting for "Pack the Bus" out to her car.
The following Rotarians will receive a makeup for volunteering on Thursday, November 15, 2018, for "Pack the Bus": Terri Barry, David Schrade, Ernie Schott, Bob Pattison, Chris Burt, Paul White, Shawn Dougherty, Rick Taylor, Drew Pelger, Paul Hervey, Kyle Brown and Amanda Tietze.