President Gail Moseley opened the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance and Carrie Leising, Program Host followed with the invocation.
Gail welcomed our visitors, Emmaleigh Welka, Beth Crano, Francine Parr, Laura Trevorrow and Tony Malorni and thanked Steve Dunton and Dave Renninger for getting us checked in this morning.
CELEBRATIONS:
Rotary Anniversary: Linda Trevorrow is observing 16 years.
Birthday: Christina Gary is celebrating her birthday this week.
DRAWING: The 7 of spades was drawn so the pot will continue to grow.
HAPPY BUCKS: Annette Oborn announced that Munroe Falls will kick off the holiday season with "Sparkle in the Park" at 6:30 on December 2 at Guise Park. Everyone is welcome to attend. Their daughter, Allison Terlacher will be singing at the event.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
No morning meeting next week, but those who have tickets will attend attend "Tootsie" in the evening for our Fifth Wednesday event.
Salvation Army Bell Ringing starts this Saturday at Acme. Mary Dula will give everyone who is ringing a reminder.
Memorial Bench: A memorial bench is being planned in memory of Bruce Redmon. It will be placed at the funeral home. Anyone who wishes should get their money to Dick Hall who will coordinate the purchase.
The Rotary Foundation: Dave Renninger said that everyone should have received their envelope by now with the status of their donation history to The Foundation. If you wish to donate, please have your money turned in to Dave by December 15. Carrie Leising let everyone know that they can sign up for an automatic donation by going to www.Rotary.org. Sign in and then. go to the donate button. There is a choice of a one-time donation or recurring. If you set up a monthly donation, you will get an e-mail each month notifying you of your gift. You can change the donation at any time. If you have a gift taken out automatically each month, let Dave know your total, so that you can receive proper credit.
The speaker on December 7 will concern a conference in Rowanda. Brad Ruth said that the Stow Schools Foundation is interested in sending a teacher if our club will help with the cost.
Helping Hands: Gail has completed the list of desired gifts for our families and that list is available this morning. Each child should receive 2 gifts valued at $25 per gift. The wrapping party will be on Tuesday, December 13 from 5:30-7:30 at at the Safety Building in Stow. Delivery will be on Saturday the 17th.
Foodbank: Our time to volunteer will be Wednesday, December 7 from 4:30-6:30 at the Foodbank. You are needed!!!! Mary Dula says that if you do good work, you will be invited to have dinner with the group afterwards.
Cluster Project: Gail said that Wednesday, January 1l will be our day to work on the Habitat for Humanity House in Cuyahoga Falls from 9:00 to 3:30 for dry walling and painting. A sign-up sheet will be available later.
Interact Talent Show: Dinah Henderson said that this year's show will be Friday, December 2 at 7:00 at the high school. Everyone is welcome.
"Interaction" Last Saturday's event at the high school was very successful. Dinah was appreciative of all of the Rotarians who helped. 13 school systems were represented with 129 high schoolers. There were break-out groups led by the students, projects completed and projects planned, comments by District 6630 officers and a tremendous keynote address. The food got rave reviews as well.
Christmas Party The club's party will be at our meeting time on Wednesday, December 14. We will have a gift exchange at a cost of no more than $25, entertainment and celebration food. Be sure to wear your ugly sweater and come with your gift wrapped.
Bulldog Bags: The organization would appreciate it if we could deliver any of these items to the library or the lobby of City Hall by December 7: oatmeal packets, hot chocolate packets, dental floss, bag of sugar cookie mix and canister of fluffy frosting.
Football Pool Winners: The winners for week #11 are: Terry Craig, Kevin Vonderau, Scott Miller, Tom Loepp, Dave Harris, Maria Ferrara, Bill Roy and Misty Anderson.
PROGRAM: Carrie Leising introduced Beth Crano and Emmaleigh Welka from the Ohio Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. Both women have degrees in Criminal Justice. Emmaliegh is involved in education about the topic and Beth specializes in investigation with the help of her dog, Diana who has been a part of 300 search warrants.
Their job is to identify, arrest and prosecute those who exploit children on line. Generally the various platforms will submit cases that are cause for concern. Based out of Cleveland, their center will get about 2,000 referrals per month. The women talked about it is very important to have conversation with children and grandchildren about predators on the internet. Any app or website where you communicate can make exploitation possible. Predators will often report themselves to be someone else in order to establish a relationship, and then get the subject to send compromising photos or videos. Kids get into situation and then they don't know how to get out of those predicaments. It is so important to tell kids that if they get into one of those situations that they must tell a trusted adult who can help them get out of the problem.
Beth ended the presentation by showing how Diana does her job. When she puts her vest on, she knows she will be working. Beth took her to an area where she had hidden a cell phone and told her to look. When she started barking, she new she had found something. There is a chemical inside of electronics that the dog has been trained to smell.
Gail ended the meeting by leading us in the Four-Way Test.
DATES TO REMEMBER:
Saturday, November 26, Bell Ringing for the Salvation Army begins.
Wednesday, November 30, No morning meeting. Those with tickets will attend "Tootsie" in the evening.
Friday, December 2, 10:45 in the morning. People with reservations will go to Joshua's at the high school
Friday, December 2, Interact Talent Show at the high school
Wednesday, December 7, 7:30 Morning Meeting at Bellacinos "Peace Education in an Era of Crisis"
Wednesday, December 7, 4:30 to 6:30 Foodbank Volunteer time at the Foodbank
Friday, December 9, 7:15 a.m. Board Meeting at City Hall
Tuesday, December 13, Holiday Helping Hands Wrapping 5:30-7:30 at the Safety Building.
Wednesday, December 14, 7:30 at Bellacinos, club holiday party. Donations to The Rotary Foundation due.
Wednesday, December 21 No morning meeting
Wednesday, December 28, No morning meeting
Wednesday January 11, work on the Habitat House in Cuyahoga Falls