Spotlight, 05-18-10, Vol. 72, No. 30

Brighton Rotary Spotlight

Lori Lalama, President

May 18, 2010, Vol. 72, No. 30

Guests:           Chuck Thompson, Liv. Sunrise Rotary; Nancy Ross, United Way.

Announcements:

Congratulations to Amy and Mitch Zoldowski who welcomed home their son, Joshua, after his extended stay in the hospital.  Joshua now weighs 4 lb, 10 oz, and is learning how to keep his parents on their toes (especially at night)!

LIP STYNC 3 is Saturday, 7pm, at the Brighton Center for the Performing Arts!!! !  President Lori reminded members that tickets ($20 each), continue to sell well, and we are hoping for a sellout crowd of 900.  Remind your friends to "be there or be square!"  Help promote the fun and sell tickets in advance so that we don't have to turn away anyone at the door.  The videographer needs one more high school student to help record the performance.  Contact President Lori if interested.  Beth Walker is coordinating ushers and a few more volunteers are needed. See Beth if you can help!

President Lori invited Club members to attend the Lip Stync afterglow party in Pine Creek Ridge for cast members and friends-BYOB and watch email for more information.

Bill Anderson has $10 raffle tickets for a 2010 red Mustang GT convertible supporting the March of Dimes.  Drawing to be held on 6/4/2010 .

Rotarians that donated to Shelter Box to aid the Haiti efforts should have received a thank you letter this week from Shelter Box with a tracking number allowing donors to track the progress/location of their box.  Nancy Johnson encourages others to access that tracking number and share next week what is discovered.

A letter was received from Cindy Snyder describing the deployment of school supplies from our Club and sharing photos.

The Sixth Annual Business to Business Exposition will be held on June 4^th from 6am to 12noon at Brighton Ford.  Scott Spitler invited all business owners to consider hosting a booth as the Greater Brighton Area Chamber of Commerce works to boost networking and knowledge about area businesses.  Register at www.BrightonFord.com for more info.

Cathy Riesterer has alerted the Scholarship Committee that interviews for the 8 candidates will be rescheduled to 12:30pm , May 24^th at Brighton High School .  Any additional members that would like to participate please contact Cathy.

Two more host families are sought for next year's Rotary Youth Exchange students.  Note that to host a student, your family does not need to take the student on an exotic vacation and that the Club has budgeted a monthly allowance, approx $100, for the student. See Dora Lezovich if you know of a family that might appreciate the cultural exchange.

The Livingston Sunrise Rotary seeks donations for their July 5^th Duck Race raffle-100 prizes are planned.  Contact Chuck Thompson from the Sunrise Rotary to help.

Upcoming Events:

05/22/10           7pm           LipStinkIII performance at the Brighton Ctr for Perf Arts

06/29/10                             President's Night at CrystalGardens

Program:

Program host Mike McManus introduced Colleen Brothers and Nina Kranz from the American Red Cross Disaster Relief.  Colleen and Nina brought the American Red Cross Disaster Response Truck for the Club to view how they provide relief to victims and emergency responders.  Food, clothing, shelter and emotional support are provided at each disaster through many community partners including, St. Joseph Mercy Livingston, Mental Health, fire and police departments, local restaurants, the Southern Baptist Group of Fenton, and soon-our own Rotary Raiders.  Disasters that are handled include home fires (#1 issue), apartment fires, flooding, tanker spills, and barricaded gunmen.  The vehicle covers the entire Livingston County Area (8 fire departments) and once received 13 assistance calls within a 24 hour period-and each was handled in a timely fashion!

50/50 Drawing:           $100 won by Sharon Kartes.