THIS WAS THE LAST MEETING OF 2023. PLAN TO BE BACK WITH THE CLUB IN JANUARY.
Today President, Annette Oborn, opened the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance and then gave an invocation about being grateful.
Annette thanked Steve Dunton and ticket helper Dave Renninger for getting us checked in and welcoming the multitude of visitors which included, David Sweitzer, Julie Karam, Anthony Karam, Jill Sweitzer, Allison Terlacher, Jacinto Nunez of the Akron Club, Pat and Fred Hanson and Lizzie and Charlie Hilaire. Santa was a very special guest later on.
(One correction to last week's minutes is that Kari Suhadolnik rang the bells for the Salvation Army with Annette.)
CELEBRATIONS:
Wedding Anniversary: Rich and Kathy Bedell are celebrating 31 years of marriage.
Birthdays: Olivia Smedi and Dinah Henderson both have birthdays this week.
Drawing: Tom Loepp had the winning ticket but drew the 10 of clubs so the pot will continue to grow.
CONCERNS:
Surgery: Bob Oborn is recovering from surgery at Cleveland Clinic Akron General and hopes to be home by the weekend.
Deaths:
Richard Spangler, who was a founding member of our club passed away last week. His calling hours will be at Redmon's tomorrow from 4:00-7:00 with a funeral service also at Redmon's at 11:00 a.m. on Friday. Our sympathy is with his family and friends.
Phil Lucco, father of founding member Mark Lucco passed away. His services will be private, but he was a great supporter of our club and will be missed in the community.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Teacher Supply Closet delivery took place right after this morning's meeting.
Foodbank: Our volunteer time will be today from 4:30-6:30.
Salvation Army Bell Ringing: Our last Saturday for this year's ringing will be this week at Acme in Stow. From 10:00-12:00 Gail Moseley and Steve Dunton will ring. The 12:00-2:00 time will be Marty Tass and John Long and finishing from 2:00-4:00 will be Leslee Salhany, Scott Miller and Don Coughlin. It is Stuff the Bucket time on Saturday, so stop by and make a donation if you can.
Holiday Helping Hands: John Pribonic thanked everyone who helped with the project on Monday evening. Twelve families, involving 32 children will receive gifts when they are delivered on Saturday. John Long is coordinating the delivery. Each family will receive gift cards and gifts for each child. Depending on the size of the family, each will receive $600-$700 worth of items. Thanks to those who donated, packed and distributed with a special thanks to Club Interact who helped Monday evening and also adopted a family.
The Rotary Foundation: Dave Renninger thanked the club for their great response to The Rotary Foundation Drive. He was able to present the following awards. Bob Sweitzer became a Paul Harris plus 7 and plus 8. Linda Trevorrow became Paul Harris plus 7. John Long became a Paul Harris plus 4. Julie Sweitzer Karam became Paul Harris plus 2 and David Sweitzer became Paul Harris plus 1.
Membership Committee: The committee will meet tomorrow evening at the library.
Stow Schools Foundation: Brad Ruth explained that the Stow Schools Foundation has an exciting fundraiser where a prize will be a $2000 bottle of bourbon. He has tickets for $50 each and will be sending out an e-mail with more information. Watch for it.
Bulldog Bags: As you do your shopping over the holidays,remember that the food insecurity problem continues for many families within our school system. Items requested from us by January 10th are: Ramen noodle packs, Nutrigrain bars, toothpaste/toothbrushes, boxes of 8 granola bars, 8 packs of hot chocolate and Manwich/sloppy joe mix. Items can be dropped off at the library or in the lobby of City Hall.
Board Meeting: There will be no board meeting this Friday.
Need for host families: Jacinto Nunez from the Akron Rotary Club explained that there is a need for host families for students who will be coming to Stow-Munroe Falls High School next year. It is a two to three month commitment where the host would provide food and housing. Your may contact him about your interest or for further information at 330-208-1046 or at janunez@vorys.com.
ENTERTAINMENT:
We did not exactly have a program today, but had a variety of types of entertainment.
Santa Tony came to visit and gave everyone a traditional candy cane.
Linda Trevorrow guessed successfully the number of pieces of candy in a jar and won all 160 pieces.
Leslee Salhany had holiday trivia with some really neat gift cards as prizes for the people who knew the correct answers.
Ugly Sweater Contest: Several people tried to win but the three top winners stood out. Scott Miller wore "It's Miller Time". Dave Christman lit up his shirt and Leslee Salhany had a unique skirt. Several others in the room outdid themselves, so watch for the whole crew on Facebook.
Singing: Allison Terlacher led us in singing a few Christmas songs and said that this even was an environmental project for the club since she saved a few trees by not printing song sheets.
Annette closed with the Four=Way Test, wished everyone a Merry Christmas and told us to go out and create hope.
Submitted by Andy Denton
Andrea Denton
330-474-7265
330-414-1934