E-News for Week of May 24, 2021 (May 23, 2021)

President's Corner

Hello Fellow Rotarians!

Please sign up your foursome for the June 28 Jim Beebe and Chuck Howey Memorial Golf Outing or show support by buying a sponsorship. Info is attached.

We have another opportunity for a fundraiser on June 15 at the Peace. Party Picnic. Hope you will consider volunteering to attend and help with the beverage tent. Thanks to Matt Hatty for getting the license and helping to coordinate our volunteers! We will be honoring our Peace Link awardees as well as many others from around the District. Get your $20 Peace. Party Picnic here! https://checkout.square.site/buy/S55J46VERZJ77CROZBTLMVTD

We can have 33 for lunch at Mister Nicks Mon. June 7 for our Salute to Education. Cost is $15 and menu coming, must rsvp by June 1, only 12 Rotarian spots if all students come.

Thank you to all who took the survey, I appreciate you! I will reveal the results at Monday's meeting and we have started a meeting/lunch committee to move this thing forward as most members are willing to get together as soon as Westfield opens. Please email me if you would like to be on the lunch/mtg committee!

Please advise if you would like to donate to Cass Community Store to Bill Jasman.

Our Speaker's recycling Community Store is online at the following address

https://cass-community-store.myshopify.com/ If you need coasters, key chains or mud mats, please purchase these recycled products. You will be supporting the homeless and disadvantaged in Detroit.

Here is the Zoom info for our weekly meetings, please feel free to email it to potential new members or invite them to City Hall!
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3039341224?pwd=OVFaRmM3MklJMEExUllBbXhwVTZwdz09Meeting
ID: 303 934 1224
Password: 528572

Reminder! No meeting next week! Happy Memorial Day!
YIR,
Kathy Kane
Trenton Club President 2020-21

Rotary theme: May is Youth Service

Speakers: JIm MCCormick

Mark Your calendar!

6:01 Group meets May 24 at Sibley's (limited please let Gianni know if you want to attend) and Zoom. June 7-

Salute to Education-At Mister Nicks & Zoom-Noon

June 15- Peace Picnic

June-17 Board mtg

June 23-Installation Dinner- please RSVP, limited capacity 90- Currently 34

June 28- Allen Park/Trenton Golf outing- Info attached

Aug. 14- Cool Cars

Sept. 18- Brewfest

Sept. 20- 6:01 Golf Outing

Oct. 12- Visioning Meeting,

Save the date! Dec. 4- Wild Game-limited capacity

Membership Update- We are at 70 members in our club. Who can you invite to check out this week's Zoom meeting? Or send me a name, kane@marketinsights.us, I'll follow up for you!

The 6:01 Group has just sent out 10 day letters to induct Blake Mikolajewski and Cory Denback. Hope to induct and welcome them soon!

Featured Member:

Welcome to new 6:01 members: Cory Denback, Cory is a superintendent for MCM Services Inc. and Blake Mikolajewski. Blake works for BSBCM as an analyst.

Trenton Rotary partners with High School entrepreneurs

On Tuesday evening, May 18, Trenton Rotarians and local business leaders Mark Angellotti, Mike McCullough, Dr. Noel Jackson, Kim Mott, Wes Mator, and Chris Sorensen were invited to participate on a judging panel at Trenton High School. At the beginning of the trimester, Trenton Business teacher Chris Crews' Entrepreneurship class was challenged to come up with a unique business idea, complete with a Business Plan along with the required financing. At the end of the trimester the teams made their presentations to the class. Eventually, the top 3 teams were selected to go head-to-head "Shark Tank" style on Tuesday evening in the High School Auditorium in front of our judging panel for the grand prize of $100. Each team had 5 mins to present their Business Plan including a Marketing Plan, Financial projections, Customer Research, and finally, a pitch to us - the potential investors. The judges scored each team individually, and even though no actual money was exchanged, we selected the best idea where we thought we might invest. The winner, Bambino Bundle, is a business that makes and sells infant swaddling wear that enables a parent to gently hold a baby still while they are diapered. The voting was very, very close, and all the teams deserve recognition and congratulations. Well done future Trenton entrepreneurs!

Chris Sorensen