Interested in serving on the following committees: Club Administration/Service, Community Service, Membership/Public Image, International/Foundation
Community Involvement: PTO/PTA Saline Public Schools, Junior League of Ann Arbor, Girl Scout Leader, Cub Scouts (Den Leader and Cub master), Boy Scouts, Saline HS Marching Band Uniform Coordinator, Volunteer at a Floral Shop
New Member Application posted 4/20/22
James Tompkins
Sponsor: Eric Seifert
Straight Line Design - President and Owner
Interested in serving on the following committees: New Generations / Vocational Service, Community Service
Community Involvement: Watermark Church - Youth Group and Homeless Ministry, Lakeshore HBA, GH Chamber Member, Muskegon Chamber Member
Today we were at Odd Side Ales, next week meet at the YMCA (thank you Greg!)
Celebrations:
Birthdays: None this week
Anniversaries: None this week
Rotary Anniversaries: None this week
Guests: Susan Firehammer (guest of Dave Swain), Steve Miller (Lansing Club), Michelle Dixon (guest of Jay Greer)
Announcements:
GernotRunschke reported on Rotary clubs collecting donated medical supplies and shipping them Ukraine.
Highway Cleanup - We picked up over 35 bags of trash on Saturday! A big thank you to Bill Redeker, Ron Streng, Chris Mountford, Pat McGinnis, John Mauro, and students: Ian Bakker, Ari Abraham, Savannah Dean, Laura Vanderwal, Tessa Corbat, and Avery Rant.
Jeep Raffle - More than 400tickets have been sold. The Jeep to be won is now on display at the GH Jeep showroom. HYDRO BLUE! 750 Raffle Tickets printed - trying to sell 750 of them this year. $100 for paper tickets, $103 on line. Cash, check, credit card, Venmo, or bill your account. The Jeep is on order and will be displayed during the brand new Jeep fest. Watch for an email from Brook with a link to post to all of your social media and to buy some. Proceeds go to Kenzie's Be Cafe!
Pancake Breakfast - Bill Bassow announced Rotary is teaming up with Interact, VFW and others to present a pancake breakfast fundraiser during the May 14 Jeep Fest in downtown Grand Haven. Looking for volunteers to set up Friday night (3-6 p.m.) and work Saturday. Dale is working with Interact students to also help with the event. An email will be coming out to everyone asking for help.
Kirsten Runschke announced:
District conference soon
Paul Harris matching funds - $250 for first timers. Contact Kirsten.
Sky Diving fundraiser, Jump for Polio, coming up on June 25. Goal is to raise $1,000. Jeremy Swiftney volunteered to be pushed out of the plane
Rotary District dinner upcoming at SLCC
Paul McNergney - D'Vine event is moving forward. No auction items this year. Paul distributed a flyer outlining activities..
The Muskegon Rotary Club has challenged the SL ad GH clubs to raise $1,500 for Ukrainian relief. See Gernot or Kirsten Runschke for more information.
Jason’s passion for the outdoors developed during his youth while growing up on a farm in the hills of rural south eastern Ohio. Prior to his arrival in Ottawa County, Jason was the Assistant Director of MetroParks of Butler County Ohio for over six years. Jason also worked in municipal Parks and Recreation in Central Ohio where he was the Director of Parks and Recreation for Reynoldsburg, and for Grove City and Gahanna. Jason began his career working for the YMCA in Akron and is a proud alumni of Ohio University.
Jason reported on some fantastic ongoing projects being completed in the coming months, including connecting Grand Ravines with Grand River Park and getting an extension out to the Kent County Border. The County is planning to acquire another 167 acres at Rosy Mound and is beginning to develop the Ottawa Sands property with the support of the Idema family.
The Parks continue to be a most important element of our local quality of life, and the large crowd at Odd Side Ale gave him a loud round of applause (and no one had even one beer).
