Welcome to our Club!
Welcome to our Club!
Grand Haven

Service Above Self

We meet In Person
Mondays at 12:00 p.m.
Grand Haven Community Center
421 Columbus Ave.
Grand Haven, MI 49417
United States of America
Monday Zoom Meetings at noon
Stories
Guests: Nichol Stack
 
Birthdays: Tim Davison (2/2), Chris Streng (2/4), Gail Ringelberg (2/5), John King (2/7)
 
Wedding Anniversaries: none
 
Rotary Anniversaries: Ashley Latsch (2 years)
 
Announcements:
Reminder that on February 10, the Rotary membership will vote on the new slate of officers. If you have any nominees not on the list, please get ahold of Bill by tomorrow.
Slate:
Dale Swihart, President
Troy Hauser-Bryson, President Elect
Abby Selby, Treasurer
Jeremy Swiftney, Secretary
Bill VanLopik, Immediate Past President
Officers Chris Mountford, Ellen Peters, John King, Alishia Terrill
 
Next week we have a club assembly and we will be filling out a survey to set our goals for the year.
 
Tri-Cities Historical Museum has been selected as the beneficiary of the 2025 Jeep Raffle. 
 
 
50/50 Raffle: Today, we took in $28 and the big $128 rolls over until next week. 
 
 
The Zoom coordinates for each weekly meeting are:
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In case you ever need the ID or password to get in without the links.  
Meeting ID: 845 1101 0573
Passcode: ghrotary
GHAPS 
Kristin Perkowski, GHAPS Superintendent 
 
The Anxious Generation - all of the Ottawa County Superintendents are reading and discussing this book and the negative mental health effects Gen Z experiences (the kids born after 1995). It talks about the transformation of play of children and how it went from actual playing to behind the screen. The four action items the book asks leaders to do: no phones before high school, no social media before 16, phone free schools, and far more unsupervised play.
 
Tracy Wilson talked about the high school and how they are fighting this battle- creating a mental health screen committee, no backpacks or cell phones in class rooms, and sharing strategies about how to teach kids to manage their time with their phones.
 
Elizabeth Gervais, Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports Co-Coordinator- she works with staff to ensure expectations are clearly communicated and reinforced. For instance, there are caddies that phones go in as they enter a classroom.  She also works on activites to keep kids engaged at lunch and other times.
 
Angie Prieditis, GHHS Counselor - They deal with anxiety with cell phones all the time - usually pictures of kids that other kids use to bully. They like the rules that are in effect but at least they know what the rules are.
 
Colton Rogers, a senior at GHHS, talked about the no phone ban. He does appreciate that he can focus on his classes and studying which he can pay attention to his grades. It helps with group projects as they can keep their focus. This great young man had an incident on snapchat and it led him to stress and anxiety.
 
Mary Jane Evink - Director of Instructional Services - her job is to keep people learning and she needs to have kids ready to learn in school. Technology isn't going to go away so we need to teach and model the right behaviors. Teens on their phones more than 3 hours a day are twice as likely to have mental health issues. Suggestions are to never be on the phone alone, live by our own rules, not have phones at meals, teach the kids about the 3 hours, encourage play away from devices, report cyberbulling, and work with other parents in your social circle that you have the same rules.
 
Watch the netflix movie the Social Dilemma. It shows how platforms target uses and has gone unregulated. Kristin knows how much work there is to do and is looking for solutions. 
 
Grand Haven Rotary Mondays at 12:00 ET
 
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Use this link to add the recurring meeting your calendar
 
In case you ever need the ID or password to get in without the links.  
Meeting ID: 845 1101 0573
Passcode: ghrotary
 
 
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Club Directors
President
President Elect
Director
Director
Director
Foundation Chair
Director
Public Relations
Youth Services/Interact
Vocational Services
Membership Chair
Club Historian
 
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Speakers
Club Assembly
Feb 10, 2025
Annual Election
Cathy Anthofer-Fialon
Feb 17, 2025
Meditation Services
Sandy Mast
Feb 24, 2025
First Priority
Geroge Lessens
Mar 03, 2025
Weather
Eric Law
Mar 10, 2025
Grand Haven Water
GOTAK
Mar 17, 2025
St. Patrick's Day Music
Eric Snyder
Mar 24, 2025
Aquatic Research
Tim Stoepker
Apr 07, 2025
Alternative Energy
Rick Rediske
Apr 14, 2025
Dealing with PFAS
Kelsey Lee
Apr 21, 2025
Dance Play House
Stanco Metal Visit
Apr 28, 2025
(Offsite Trip)
Club Assembly
May 05, 2025
Visit with Interact GHHS
May 12, 2025
(Offsite visit)
No Meeting
May 26, 2025
Year End Celebration
Jun 30, 2025
Installation of Officers