Spotlight 08-30-16, Vol. 78, No. 34

Posted by Richard Perlberg on Aug 31, 2016
 
PROGRAM: Today’s program featured Dash or Crash, our club’s main fund-raiser and how plans are underway to make it even bigger and better in 2017.PROGRAM: Today’s program featured Dash or Crash, our club’s main fund-raiser and how plans are underway to make it even bigger and better in 2017.PROGRAM: Today’s program featured Dash or Crash, our club’s main fund-raiser and how plans are underway to make it even bigger and better in 2017.PROGRAM: Today’s program featured Dash or Crash, our club’s main fund-raiser and how plans are underway to make it even bigger and better in 2017.
 
PROGRAM: Today’s program featured Dash or Crash, our club’s main fund-raiser and how plans are underway to make it even bigger and better in 2017.
GUESTS: Anna Eversk Alban, daughter of Rachele; Mark Barnett, husband of Rachele; Laura Willey, friend of Rachelle; Tommy Bosio, shadowing an architect (Piet) for the day.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
  • Pam McConeghy invited all to a ribbon cutting at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 1 for the expansion at the 2/42 church.
  • Jane McManus is back after hip surgery; both she and Mike are grateful for the many thoughts and prayers.
  • Don’t forget to sign up for Mt. Brighton’s clean-up day at Brighton Recreation Sept. 17.
  • Jack, one of our scholarship winners, wrote a nice thank you note to the club.
  • John Nagel is getting together a team for the annual golf challenge with Howell Rotary. It will be noon at the Jackal (Mt. Brighton) on either Sept. 28 or Sept. 29, depending on which day is more popular on the golfers’ sign-up sheet.
  • Beth Walker reminded members that the club earns money when members shop at Kroger’s but you have to register every year. Last quarter generated 44 bucks.
  • No Gleaners this weekend because of the Labor Day holiday.
  • Brian Donovan says a Raiders team is ramped up for Wednesday’s project at Hartland Meadows; and then work will have to start right away for the Make-A-Wish gazebo.
  • Mike McManus reminded club that the international convention next June is in Atlanta.
  • George Moses says a great way for a make-up meeting is to drop by the new satellite club, which meets at Stan’s restaurant on the second and fourth Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m.
 
PROGRAM:
President Adrienne Knack and President-elect Terry Gill led a discussion about Dash or Crash, which raised 31,000 this summer. Although the day was a success, better communication and more club involvement could increase runner participation and raise even more money for the club. Adrienne passed around a committee list to show the many opportunities for club involvement.
Mt. Brighton is enthused to again host the event, but is asking that the date be moved outside the summer months to lessen the financial impact of losing a day of weekend golf. May 20 is the tentative day for 2017 and that should be confirmed as early as this week after a meeting with Mt. Brighton.
As co-chairs, Adrienne and Terry are committed to the event both this year and in 2018. They want to encourage better communication within the club, and more committee involvement to increase runner participation. Other than finalizing the date, other decisions need to be made on new obstacles, pricing and ways to attract competitive groups, such as high school sport teams.
This event is the prime fund-raiser for Brighton Rotary and has the potential to be an even greater community event with larger participation.
 
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It’s a new pot and it’s only going to get bigger as Ron Cleveland, Anna Evers and Cathy Riesterer all failed to find the Ace of Spades.