A lot can happen in 24 hours let alone 4 days. The COVID-19 virus is an ever evolving situation and I believe will continue to be for a while. We are in uncertain times and it is easy to panic and feel anxious. These are normal responses and I want you to know it's OK be worried. I also want you to know that you have a built in support system through Rotary and there are people who care and are ready to help. We do not need to panic. We need to reach out to our fellow Rotarian's, friends, and neighbors for help if you need it or to offer help, if they need it. Many in our Club are ready and willing to be there and we need to keep in touch with each other. I implore you to not lose yourselves in the doomsday rhetoric, but to practice safe, social distancing and the attitude of it's better to be safe than sorry. Think positive, be positive and share positive.

 

I shared an email on Friday, but am sending it out again below.

 

 

District Conference: The District Conference will be in our back yard this year at the Sheraton in Cuyahoga Falls on April 24th and 25th. The Club will pay for any member that would like to attend. We would like to have a good showing, so please consider coming one or both of the days!! See Bob Oborn or Carrie Leising for more details.

 

Easter Egg Hunt: City of Stow Easter Egg Hunt on April 11th from 8:30 AM - 11:00 AM at Stow High School Stadium for those that have signed up to volunteer!!

 

Interact Dinner: This years Interact dinner will be April 22nd, 6 PM - 8 PM A sign up sheet is going around!

 

40th Anniversary Celebration: May 20th is the date at The Venue. If you have pictures from the last forty years, please share them with us!! Carrie Leising or Steve Dunton will collect them, make a copy and return them to you.

 

Bulldog Bags - February's item is Rice Krispy Treats. Bring your donation to the club meetings or drop it of in the collection box at City Hall.

 

Rotary Foundation Forms: From now on if you are purchasing items on behalf of the Rotary Foundation, use our tax exempt form so you do not have to pay taxes and can save some money for our Club. Additionally, if you purchase something on behalf of the Foundation and need to be reimbursed, there is a form to fill out and you will submit that along with a copy of the receipt to Rick Archer and he will issue you a check. You can mail or email him the paperwork once completed. Both of these forms are available for pick from the Sgt. at Arms and we are working on making them available on our website as well. 
 

I filled in as our announcer this week! Brad Ruth and Don Greenleaf have birthdays, but must have been out celebrating because neither of them were there. I announces a couple in our Club was having an Anniversary and Bob Oborn panicked, but he is OK, because it is actually Kelly and Lisa Toppin's 26th Wedding Anniversary. Congrats! FINALLY the lawyers table did not have the winning ticket!! Ray Evan's table did, but they didn't pull the joker so the pot will continue to grow!

 

John Pribonic, was our host this week, he introduced Jack Johnson, a Director at Boy Scouts of American and also President of the Hudson Clocktower Club! 

 

This year is the 110th year of the Boy Scouts of America. A lot has changed over the years, but so much is still the same. Boy Scouts now allows females and they have both boy and girl troops. Many families were pressed for time and often times there were girls attending meetings with their brothers doing many of the projects and work with none of the reward, so to accommodate these families and help they began to encompass everyone.

 

Boy Scouts have been investing in their camps to help support their new scouts and making all sorts of improvements. Jake explained how special being an Eagle Scout is and that it is designed that way. Eagle Scouts = More Work = More Success! Some famous Scouts are Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, Hank Aaron, Mark Spitz, Martin Luther King Jr., Jon Bon Jovi, Steven Spielberg,  JFK, and Bill Gates. Thank you Jake for sharing!!

 

 

Thank you to our Teacher's Supply Closet Sponsor Supply Me, You're #1 source for all things educational!! If you or anyone you know ever needs school supplies, please let them know about Supply Me. They have been wonderful in helping us get this project off the ground!