GRR Newsline 04/27/18 (Apr 27, 2018)

No meeting - Please serve at our monthly opportunity to help the hungry in Rochester at Community Food Response: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090845aba822a02-community

CLUB NEWS

STRIVE Banquet celebrated another successful year of mentoring students!

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Thank you to GRR Members Ron Rea and Jason Woodford, and many other Greater Rochester Rotarians, for volunteering with STRIVE!

BELIEVE IN ME BIKE RIDE - June 23 - It will be here before you know it!

Each member is encouraged to contribute to the ride, which raises funds for our youth projects. Please consider donating at one of the following levels of support:

$250 (and receive 6 tickets to the bike ride as a thank you gift)

$100 (receive 4 tickets)

$50 (receive 2 tickets)

$35 (receive a Family Ticket)

$25 (receive 1 ticket)

Please share the ticket(s) to ride to promote this great opportunity to enjoy a wonderful ride!

Members of the Bike Ride Committee will be calling GRR Rotarians to ask for your support. Please bring a check to a meeting, or make your donation online: https://grrbikeride.org/paypal/

Sign up to volunteer here: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090845aba822a02-believe

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Greater Rochester Rotarian Fran Filzen volunteering with his son last year.

To register to ride and for more information, we have a great website here: https://grrbikeride.org/

SAVE THE DATE! Mark your calendar for June 12 when our own Mike Becker will be installed as District Governor! We have secured a bus which will leave Rochester at 4:30 pm. More details to come!

Get on the Bandwagon!

We are exploring the idea of putting together a small “pep band” from the three Rochester Rotary clubs, and are looking for Rotarians who have experience playing brass, woodwind, or percussion instruments. For our first venture we would learn the National Anthem to play at athletic events around Rochester. For more info you can email Stephen at sdudley97068@yahoo.com.

ROTARY SERVICE - April 28 - Tree Planting volunteer opportunity in Rochester

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Rotarians around the world have been challenged to plant one tree for each member. That is 1.2 million trees! Join us on Saturday, April 28, at 8:30 am we will plant 200 small trees with RNeighbors at: Apple Ridge Blvd SW between Haralson Ln and Regent Ln SW. (The April 23 planting date has been rescheduled.) Bring a friend or two! Bring the family! No need to register - just show up!

Opportunity to help with Literacy Project

Rochester Rotary Risers invite you to volunteer during the My Book Day event at the library on May 4. You can read to the first graders or act as a "tour guide" as the students move to different activity stations. Each first grader receives a hardcover book and Rotary book bag! To sign up for a wonderful and fun event, please contact jolene.r.hansen@gmail.com.

INVITE A PROSPECTIVE MEMBER TO AN OPEN HOUSE!

Here's your opportunity to share your enthusiasm for Rotary by inviting friends, neighbors and colleagues to a Rotary Open House on Tuesday, May 8 at 125 LIVE from 11 am to 1 pm. The 3 Rochester Rotary clubs have worked together to plan this event to attract potential new members to Rotary. This is a very casual drop-in event, and a representative of each Rotary club will be on hand to greet guests and share with them an overview of the great work Rotary does in the community and the world. We'll offer guests a "ticket" to attend an upcoming club meeting of their choice as a follow-up and we'll be sharing ways that they could get involved in Rotary right away. The event is free and preregistration is not required. Guests can arrive any time between 11 am and 1 pm and stay as long as their schedule permits.

Many of us became Rotarians because someone invited us. A personal "ask" is powerful. Please extend a personal invitation, and bring your guest to the open house if your guest would like for you to attend.

ROTARY DISTRICT NEWS

News from the Conference of Clubs - the annual conference of District 5960

The Rotary Club of Greater Rochester was recognized as Medium Club of the Year! We also received First Place in Vocational Service, Second Place in Community Service, and a District Governor's Citation! Wahoo!