Assignments for February 19: Greeter - Lisa Hudy; 50/50 - NEED VOLUNTEER; B.A.B.Es - Tammy Broderick
Assignments for February 26: President (John Ward is having knee surgery) NEED VOLUNTEER; Greeter - NEED VOLUNTEER; 50/50 - Bob Greenough; B.A.B.Es - Gail Scott, Invocation - Tammy Broderick
Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the earth who reflect this nation's compassion, unselfish caring, patience, and just plain loving one another. ~Erma Bombeck
Thanks to all who attended Monday evening's second organizational meeting for our Lost in Space FUNdraiser. The party is just 38 days away - the countdown is on!
Here's a brief status update as of February 18:
Sponsorship: $5,500 Thank you for Jeff Crause for returning as our presenting sponsor for this year's event! We would also like to thank Abbey Park at Mill River and Virginia and Gordon Nordby for their continued support of our annual FUNdraiser.
The invitations will be in the mail next week - it's not too late to commit to sponsorship! Here are the sponsorship levels:
Gold Sponsor: $1,500 - Name or logo in printed programs and all event signage. Recognition at the event, tickets for six.
Silver Sponsor: $1,000 - Name or logo in printed programs and all event signage. Recognition at the event, tickets for four.
Bronze Sponsor: $500 - Name or logo in printed programs and all event signage, tickets for two.
Pick-Your-Prize: We are currently recruiting for prizes. Your support here would be greatly appreciated! Please contact Peg Windsor or Brigitte Romero if you have a prize to add to our Pick Your Prize table. ALSO - we are in need of a chair for this area. Peggy and Brigitte have graciously volunteered to assist with this portion of the evening but a lead person to coordinate all of the details would be appreciated.
The committee meets again on Monday, February 23 at 6:00 pm at the Applebee's on Green Road. Please remember that we're opening up the committee to friends and family who like to plan parties. So that I can plan for your attendance, please email tamra.ward1@gmail.com
We're all carrying little blue tickets for the annual raffle held in conjunction with YOUR FUNdraiser on March 28th at the Holiday Inn. We have 300 tickets to sell and as of this date, here is our progress:
Rotary District 6380 is proud to present a membership summit titled, Things That Work on Saturday, February 28, 2015.
Learn from other clubs as we discover “things that work” in attracting and engaging new members.
This event will be packed with dynamic speakers, valuable breakout sessions, hundreds of dollars in prizes, some good belly laughs, and fun. You’ll also make some new friends that will help you in Rotary and in business.
Mark your calendar now to be at Walsh College, 3838 Livernois, between Big Beaver Rd. and Wattles Rd. in Troy. Free parking!
Cost is a low-dough $20 per person which includes the Continental Breakfast and Box Lunch. Register online and pay either online or at the door.
All Rotarians are welcome!
Dr. Nick Krayacich, Past-President of the LaSalle Centennial Rotary Club in Windsor, Ontario will tell how he got ten under-40 people to join his Rotary Club in just one year.
Michael Angelo Caruso, Past-President of the Troy Rotary Club and District 6380 Governor-Nominee, will offer one of his world-famous motivational speeches. Click this link for a preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzIEGGwOQzQ
“You won't believe how much you'll take home in just a half a day,” promises District Membership Chair and D6380 PDG, Jim Gilmore.
New to this year's Lost in Space FUNdraiser on March 28th, a Pick Your Prize raffle will replace the Silent Auction. In this fundraiser we will have a table of donated items and it will look quite similar to a Silent Auction table. The difference? Instead of bidding on a specific item, guests can purchase Pick Your Prize tickets and participate in a number of smaller raffles with a chance of winning prizes.
How it works: If we have 50 prizes on our table, there will be a small box or bag next to each item and a raffle is held for 50 items. Guests have the option of increasing their chances of winning by putting several tickets in the raffle of their choice or they can enter into all 50 raffles. Pick Your Prize raffles generate about 33% more revenue than the traditional Silent Auction and are less labor-intensive. Volunteers are freed from the sometimes stressful task of closing the auction table and we all avoid the end-of-evening close, waiting for bidders to come forward to pay for their items or tracking the winners down after the event.
At a pre-determined time in the evening program, raffle tickets will be drawn for each prize and winners will be posted so that the lucky winners can collect their gifts. Tickets for the Pick Your Prize raffle will only be sold at the FUNdraiser and winners must be present to win.
How you can help: We are asking you to solicit items from your friends, family, vendors and businesses you patronize. Raffle request letters are available by emailing tamra.ward1@gmail.com and also at our weekly meetings. We are also looking for volunteers to set up the table and help collect donations.
Rotary District 6380 is now accepting applications for the Short Term Rotary Youth Exchange Program for the Summer of 2015.
Rotary’s Short-Term Exchange Programpresents opportunities for students to advance their knowledge and world understanding by allowing them to visit a different country for a limited period of time. Participating students live with a matched host family in their selected country from 3-4 weeks in the summer under the sponsorship of a local Rotary Club.
The objective of the Short-Term Exchange Program is to foster world peace, international understanding and good will by extending international communication at the personal level through the exchange of students of high school age. It is our hope that these students will be able to see firsthand the problems and accomplishments of other peoples of different colors, creeds, and cultures.
The Rotary District 6380 Short-Term Family-to Family Exchange arranges for the student’s family to host a matching Rotary applicant (between the ages of 15 and 18 1/2 years) usually during the summer. Travel tothe host country is arranged by each student’s family communicating with the other student’s family, determining dates, times and airlines to be booked for the exchange. Frequently, students whoexchange first accompany their host sibling on the return flight home.
Qualifications for Short Term Exchange Students
Any student, age 15 to18-1/2, of good character who possesses a warm personality and a desire to live abroad and host in return is eligible for Rotary’s Short-Term Exchange. Candidates should be adaptable and flexible, well mannered and want to experience life in other countries and cultures. Children of both Rotarians and non-Rotarians are eligible.
If you have any students that may be interested or would like additional information please contact me at KimberlyD6380YE@gmail.com or feel free to call me at (815) 281-0525.
STARDATE 28 MARCH 2015: You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension - a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind. You are about to boldly go where no Rotarian has gone before - to Space, the final frontier.
Yeah, I mixed up about five different television shows there but the end result is the same: you are invited to embrace your inner nerd, climb into your space cadet uniform and get LOST IN SPACE at our annual FUNdraiser on Saturday, March 28, 2015.
PLEASE mark your calendars, save the date and invite your friends and family to join us for this year's wild and crazy night of fun and fellowship.
We're pleased to announce that the First Annual Phil Zepeda Invitational will take place on Saturday, May 30, 9:00 am at the Washtenaw Course at the Polo Fields in Ypsilanti. That's only 109 days away! Thanks to Chairs Matt Copeland and Keith Krings for chairing this event which promises to be a day full of fun, fellowship and an exciting new fundraiser for our club.
Club Information
Rotary Club of Ann Arbor North
Service Above Self
We meet Thursdays at 12:00 PM
Holiday Inn, North Campus
3600 Plymouth Road
Ann Arbor,
MI 48105 United States
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