Help us deliver fully-cooked Thanksgiving meals to deserving families in Oakland & Macomb Counties!
We're getting ready for the holidays and are raising money to deliver fully cooked Thanksgiving meals to deserving families in the Oakland & Macomb County area! This year, with Birmingham, Troy, and West Bloomfield clubs involved, our goal is to feed 200 families! In order to accomplish this great task, we need your help! You can suggest a family, volunteer to deliver, or just donate to this great service project! Thank you for anything you can give!
Please plan to attend our lunch meeting this coming Wednesday, November 5th, when we will hear from VFW Post 4037 Commander Todd Wodzinski. Todd was recognized for his efforts at Post 4037 when he was named as a VFW Commander of the Year in 2024 and 2025. Todd served our nation as a Submarine Operations Officer on a United States Naval nuclear ballistic missile submarine.
Todd currently serves as CEO of Dedoes Industries in Walled Lake and has an MBA from Michigan State and a BS from Michigan Tech. He lives in Troy with his wife Christine and their son James.
When: Wednesday, November 5, 2025 Time: 11:45 am - 1:00 pm Where: 2600 W. Big Beaver Road, Troy (Former Bank of America building)
Troy Rotary will be volunteering at Forgotten Harvest on Saturday, November 1st, 1:00 - 4:00 PM. Forgotten Harvest is located at 15000 West Eight Mile Road in Oak Park. If you are interested in volunteering with us, contact Roselyn at roselynh@msn.com.
Please plan to attend our lunch meeting this coming Wednesday, October 15th, when we will hear from “Storm Chaser” Steve Moore. Moore was born and grew up in Tecumseh, MI. His mom told him that he was looking at his dad's pilot manuals at 3, and he still remembers some of the picture sequences and weather front diagrams. During play recess he saw storms in the distance as a 2nd grader (1962) and said, "We will have a storm today". It happened. He vividly remembers the tornadic storm of the 1965 Palm Sunday tornadoes, a tornado passed about 2 miles north of the house.
He attended the 1991 Tornado Symposium in Norman OK and met several key tornado scientists, including Dr. T. T. Fujita, creator of the F-Scale of tornado damage rating. Steve later established a relationship with Dr. Howard Bluestein who succeeded in using portable Doppler Radar to get actual Doppler windspeed readings from tornadoes at relatively close range. In 2003, after writing a proposal to the National Science Foundation that was reviewed by Bluestein and Dr. Robert Madding, a Small Grant for Experimental Research was granted by the NSF. He chased tornadoes with the Tornado Radar Intercept Team and captured thermal images of three distinct tornadoes on May 12, 2004. He went out storm chasing occasionally until the 2014 chase season, where Dr. Bluestein recommended him to guide a Japanese chase team who sought to place a Go-Pro loaded "ball" in the path of a tornado. They intercepted three storms, one in Colorado, and two in Texas, but none produced a tornado. His fascination with storms continues.
When: Wednesday, October 15, 2025 Time: 11:45 am - 1:00 pm Where: 2600 W. Big Beaver Road, Troy (Former Bank of America building)
