Host: Dick Hall

Announcer: Jeff Wagner

 

Last week of Rotary Career and Technical Education Month! Each week we will hear from local schools on how they are changing the way students view secondary education and helping them prepare for life beyond school.

 

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: We will need volunteers to help with the City of Stow Easter Egg Hunt on April 4th from 8:30 AM - 11:00 AM. A sign up sheet will be going around in March.

 

Interact Dinner: This years Interact dinner will be April 22nd, 6 PM - 8 PM A sign up sheet will go around closer to the event.

 

40th Anniversary Celebration: May 20th is the date. 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 Oatmeal Packets. 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. 
 

Thank you to those that are now sitting "THE Best Table!!!" You guys are THE best!! "Let him that would move the world, first move himself." - Socrates (Shameless, I know. )

Eric Weber was our announcer. Eric enjoyed the freedom of having the attention of the entire club and had to be reigned in a few times, but he did a great job! The lawyers table had the winning ticket, but the pot continues to grow as the Joker was not pulled again. We sang Happy Birthday to Eric Weber and Carrie Leising!

 

What a fantastic group of speakers this week!! Dick Hall introduced, Don Titko, Instructor of the Construction Technologies program for the Six District Educational Compact (SDEC) who shared some updates and information with us. The Six Districts are, Cuyahoga Falls, Hudson, Kent, Stow-Munroe Falls, Tallmadge, and Woodridge. The theme for this year is, "Celebrate Today, Own Tomorrow.

 

Instead of Mr. Titko standing up and telling all of us what his students do and how they do it, he had most of his students with us at our meeting and they each came up and shared with us what motivated them to get involved in Construction Technology and how it has impacted their lives. One by one they shared what it means to be a part of the program and how it has helped them gain purpose and give them direction. I think I speak for all of us when I say that we were very impressed with these young men!

 

Mr. Titko has the students create a Mission Statement when they come into the program and that Mission Statement is nailed to their construction project all year as a reminder of what they are working towards. They brought those Mission Statements with them to the meeting and we were privileged to get to hear each one. It was inspiring to listen to them and we thank them for sharing something so personal with all of us that were in attendance!! Mr. Titko is doing amazing things with this program and with these students!! I am always the first to say that teachers do not get enough credit for what they do day in, and day out, and Mr. Titko is no exception! His passion for these students and his program is motivating and touching. Thank you to all who came!!!