By Tim Dempsey

 

President Zengler opened the meeting. Dave Potts gave the pledge. Pat Hart led us in prayer. No Kratohwil no song!

 

BRAGS:
-Patricia Bleck handled the social media when Hayward Industries went public recently.

-John Blair celebrated 45 years of wedded bliss.

 

ROTARY MINUTE:
-Rotary contributed $9 mil to a partnership with the U.S. Agency for International Development to build a school in rural Ghana.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
-We have a fifth Wednesday this month. We are working on an evening social event.

 

-Jon Robb is out of the ICU and will be going home in about 10 days.

-Service Partners of Lake County raised $2000 last Monday night. 4 beers in 50 minutes! Their next event will be Cinco de Mayo virtually. They have 8 committed members.

 

-The Daily Herald had a nice article on the Fundraiser.

 

FUN & FROLICS:
-Brad Gutzler filled in for Jim Hessenthaler. He quizzed on more responses from his quiz from a month ago. He asked who responded to 3 questions: Favorite movie, musician and vacation destination.

 

PROGRAM:
Today’s program was the Mother’s Trust Foundation with Executive Director Paula Turelli. Mother’s Trust was founded 22 years ago by Barbara Monsor at age 75. She is a retired social worker working with children. MT provides for basic needs like clothing, utilities and field trips for kids. Help is generally small dollar items. They are “small but mighty”. They have adjusted to new needs in 2020.

 

Every Wednesday at 9:30 am they meet to consider weekly requests for help. Last week they had 13 requests for clothing, 7 for car seats, 6 for eye glasses, 4 for utility bills, 4 for beds and 2 for summer camp. They hope that summer camps will be open this year.

 

They partner with agencies, Townships, and Schools. They have received funding from the United Way. They partnered with Zengler Cleaners on a pop up prom dress shop. They hope to do that again in 2022. They also partner with CLC to promote college. Their operating budget is: $650k with $420k for programming.

 

RAFFLE:
-Daily: $24. Patricia Bleck donated her winnings to the Foundation.

 

-Progressive: $228 with 44 cards. Patricia’s tickets must have been stuck together. She drew the 4 of hearts. Rollover!

 

NEXT WEEK:
-Greeter & Prayer: Jeff Harger

-Fun & Frolics: Scott Hezner

 

-Program: Tom Gore talking about the Blue Star Recycling Program

 

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
“The best time to make a decision is before you have to make one” – Nelson Price