Spotlight 01-14-14, Vol. 76, No. 2

Brighton Rotary Spotlight

Mark Marker, President

January 14, 2014, Vol. 76, No. 2

Announcements:

Memorial Visitation for Steve Bellanger’s father will be held Thursday, 3-8pm at Keehn Funeral Home, with the Service on Friday, 11am, at St. Mary Magdalene Church.  Please keep Steve and his family in your thoughts.

How has Rotary changed lives this past week?  Terry Gill commended Brian Donovan for the latest ramp build project and how well Brian interacts with the recipients.  Dennis Kalio noted that Boy Scout Troop 350 just received approval of their 100^th Eagle Scout!  Jim Gilmore announced that 1/13/14 marked the third anniversary of a polio-free India!  Rotarians helping others include Camila Dos Santos arranging for our Outbound Rotary Youth Exchange Student Meghan Dunaski to spend the Brazilian Summer Break at Camila’s family home, and Beth Walker thanking Derek Smith for contacts and guidance to help her son with an engineering project that will be moving to the patent process.

Ask a Rotarian this week was Terry Gill.  Terry was asked where he will be on Friday, and he replied that he will be traveling to Chile to visit with Mathias last year’s Rotary exchange student.

Bill Gartley thanked Rotarians and Businesses for supporting the Interact’s fundraising for Mott Children’s Hospital.  $220 was raised to purchase gift cards for Mott patients.

Scholarship Committee Kick-off Meeting will be held next week, 1/21/14, immediately following the formal Rotary meeting.  All current and potential members are invited to join us for this brief meeting.

George Moses is creating a commercial to promote the upcoming District Conference and recruited some actors from the Club to help with the filming immediately after today’s meeting.

Jane McManus presented a flag from the Ft. Meyer, FL, Rotary Club from her visit last week along with a description of a visit to the Sanibel Captiva Club while they were traveling over the holidays.

In honor of his 30 years as a Farm Bureau agent, Jeff Toole, paid the weekly fines for the whole Club—Thank you Jeff!

1/21/14            1:30pm            Scholarship Committee Meeting

Program: CLUB ASSEMBLY

Michael Bourke shared information about the Junior Achievement program sponsored by our Club at St. Patrick School.  A full slate of teachers has been found and the eighth graders are very excited to learn about budgeting and finance.  Classes start in February.

.Jane McManus, as President of the Rotary Foundation, reminded folks that Scholarship Pledges for 2013 are due.  Thank you to Kim Leugers for her $1,000 donation to the Club--$500 for scholarships and $500 non-dedicated.  Don’t forget to keep using your loyalty card to Downtown Main Martini Bar—all purchases give 10-percent back to the scholarship fund.

 Mark Cook is looking for four more people to travel with the Vision Mission on 6/6-13/14 to Peru.  Currently scheduled are 6 doctors, 6 opticians, and Piet Lindhout. 

 In order for the Club to host an exchange student for next year, we need host families.  Terry Gill spoke about the wonderful ties and lifetime friendships formed when your family hosts an exchange student. Contact Mark Cook by January 17^th or tell Mark Marker if you know after that.

 Tom Janego led the Club Assembly Discussion about fundraising ideas.  We divided into small groups and created a list of possible fundraisers to fulfill the Club’s budget of $24,000 for this year.  The top idea was Write-A-Check Obamacare style, and with 80 members, that would equal about $300 per person.  Other thoughts included “Dancing with the Starts,” a Jeff Daniels-type concert, “American’s Got Talent/American Idol,” casino night, comedy night, St. Patrick’s Day event, Business Olympics, Hockey Tournament, or an outdoor concert at Mt. Brighton.  More info to follow…

 Progressive 50/50 Drawing:  No one won the jackpot.  Dennis Kalio, Frank Mancuso, and Bill Anderson were unable to locate the Ace of Spades.