Thanks to Gail Moseley for taking this week's meeting notes.
Steve Dunton called the meeting to order by leading in the Pledge of Allegiance. Julie McClain followed with the invocation. Steve then thanked Sgt. of Arms Todd Hearty and his assistant Dave Renninger. for checking us in and welcoming visitors, Jackie Bowman, JoAnne Loparo and Cyle Feldman.
HAPPY BUCKS:
Denise and Eric Green were happy to have owned StowNut Donut & Diner for a year. They announced that New Day Cleveland would be recording a segment about them on August 20. (Oh how fast life can change.) By now everyone knows about the fire at their business on Wednesday afternoon. In trying to give them the help that they need, Rotary has established a Go Fund Me account at https://gofund.me/63fd2e7c. People can also contribute by making checks payable to The Rotary Club of Stow-Munroe Falls and mailing them to our PO Box. The address is PO Box 1352 Stow, Oh 44224. Mark "fire" in the memo line. Thanks to Annie Hanson-Hilaire for getting this set up.
Brad Ruth was excited that he had dropped his son, Nolan, off in New York City to begin his internship.
CELEBRATIONS:
Rotary Anniversary: Roger Cline is celebrating 34 years as a Rotarian.
Wedding Anniversaries: Leslee and Gary Salhany (41), Jim and Laurel Laber (32), and Annie and Michael Hilaire (5) are all celebrating anniversaries this week.
Birthday: Wish Christine Feranda a happy birthday if you see her this week.
Drawing: Elizabeth's table had the winning number but drew the 8 of clubs.
CONCERN: The club's sympathy goes to Keith Redmon upon the death of his mother, Lou-Ann Redmon. She was also the wife of long-time Rotarian, Bruce Redmon.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Dues: Treasurer, John Long says to get your dues in now!
Stuff the Bus: Dinah Henderson thanked everyone who helped with the project. $1979.00 in cash was raised ad 2 full busses were unloaded in an hour. A big shout out goes to Amazon who donated back packs and snacks. Marty Tass also gave a shout-out to MacTac for their donation to Stuff the Bus.
Reverse Raffle: Gail has tickets available. If you purchase them by September 11, you will go into a drawing for tickets to "Tina, The Broadway Musical" A sign-up sheet is also available to offer help at the raffle.
Thank You: We received a nice thank you note from Shawn Greenleaf for our International Project donation stating all of the items the money would go for.
Foodbank: Our volunteer time this month is next Wednesday, August 14 from 4:30 tp 6:30.
Summer Sunset Blast: A sign-up sheet is available for those who can help sell raffle tickets at the event which is August 31 and September 1. The 50/50 tickets are available now at a cost of $5.00 or 5 for $20. See Steve for tickets.
Board Meeting: It will take place this Friday, August 9 at 7:15 a.m. at City Hall.
Football Pool Books: Get them NOW from Pat Messmore. They only cost $20 for the whole season, and the potential is there to win $20.00 per quarter.
Adopt-A-Spot: Marty says that our spot is looking great. When you weed, please remember to bring a bag or bucket to put the weeds in so that no weeds are left behind. Also check in the flowers for weeds that might be hiding.
Chamber Golf-Outing: Julie McLain says they could use a few more foursomes for their August 23 outing. Call her or sign up on the Chamber website if you are interested.
NEW MEMBER INDUCTION: JoAnne Loparo was inducted into the club this morning and was sponsored by Jenny Coleman. She moved here from Macedonia in 2016 and has felt very welcomed.
PROGRAM: Speaker Dave Segan was introduced by Julie McLain after 3 pizza jokes that made everyone laugh. Most of us know Dave as he is the owner of Bellacinos, but his talk helped us know him a little better. He has only lived in Stow for 8 years but is so involved in the community you would think he grew up here!!! He measures success by what he gives back. His talk was very inspirational and he always gives praise to his TEAM. He generously share the PowerPoint that he used, but unfortunately ClubRunner cannot share something that size.
Steve dismissed the club with the Four-Way Test.
Andrea Denton & Gail Moseley
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