Last week we have a fascinating presentation from Dave Soja of CRC. David M. Soja CRC, ABVE is a practicing private vocational rehabilitation consultant and vocational expert. He established CRC Services in Massachusetts in 1981 with additional offices in Connecticut, New York and California. Nationwide availability, prompt record reviews and timely comprehensive reports. Dave and his associate, Kerry Skillin, told us about the work they do consulting on Legal cases related to disability and employment. It was a lively presentation with a lot of questions, skillfully answered.
This Friday we will hear from Jean Canosa, and Matthew Blumfield representing the Springfield Library. I for one, am interested to hear what’s new at the library.
Our next date at the Friends of the Homeless is May 2nd. Mike Rzepka will be looking for volunteers to help-out that Thursday. Reach out to him, if you are available.
Our District Governor Kate Sims will be joining us on the 26th (no meeting on the 19th). In addition to district updates, she will be sharing with us the activities and service opportunities related to Opiod Task Force.
Our Chalk-it-up event is coming up in May. The planning committee will have updates at coming meetings. It promises to be a great event. Put May 18 on your calendar.
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Our District Governor, Kate Sims had to re-schedule at the last minute. But have no fear, Kate is fine and will come and visit our club on April 26th.
Pictured L to R: John Doleva, Sue Mastroianni, Frank Colaccino
We had some special guests join us on March 29. John Doleva, President and CEO of the Basketball Hall of Fame and Frank Colaccino, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Governor; CEO of the Colvest Group and Committee Chair of the 2018 Service Above SelfLuncheon Committee presented our club with a check for $5,000! Their contribution was from the proceeds of the 9th Annual Service Above Selfluncheon held at the Basketball Hall of Fame last November. Thank you John and Frank! Our speakers on April 5 was Dave Soja, Principal of CRC Services, LLC and Kerry Skillin, Manager , CRC Services, They have offices in Longmeadow, MA and Windsor, CT. Dave operates a vocational consulting expert witness firm he founded in 1981. They assist business owner’s, their insurance carriers and defense counsel in reducing lost wage indemnity costs incurred in workers compensation claims. They also assist the defense team in damage control on employment law and civil law suits. Dave and Kerry gave us an overview about what a vocational expert is and how they determine an individuals employability, wage earning capacity and vocational rehabilitation potential to mitigate your lawsuits.
This week. on April 12, we are joined by Jean Canosa Albano, Assistant Director for Public Services at the Springfield City Library. Her joy is to make connections between people and the information they seek in order to learn and grow. She is a graduate of University of Massachusetts, Amherst (BA, Spanish), University of Rhode Island (MLIS, Library & Information Services), and LIPPI: the Leadership Institute for Political and Public Impact, a program of the Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts. Her community involvement includes the Board of Directors of HCS Head Start, the Board of Directors of Art for the Soul Gallery, the Executive Board of the New England Library Association/Senior Director, Home*City*Families Advisory Committee, Springfield Early Literacy Coalition founder, State Advisory Committee on Libraries chair, the League of Women Voters, and Greater Springfield Senior Services grant review taskforce. She was recently named a BusinessWest Woman of Impact for her commitment to connecting the community to the library.
Friday, April 26 join us as we welcome District Governor Kate Sims as our speaker. Kate will talk about the succession of our district and the district’s newly formed opioid task force. Kate has been a Rotarian of the Manchester Rotary Club in Manchester CT for 9 years and was President of the club in FY 13 /14. On the District Level she is the past Chair of Rotaract, past AG for Area 5 and DG for District 7890 year 2108/2019.
Chalk It Up has picked up a ton of speed in the last ten days. Thank you to Rick Lee for working fine tune our promotional video. Kudos to Rick! Maurice Power and Terry Powe for arranging visits in early May to Brookings, Rebecca Johnson and DeBerry Elementary Schools to encourage the students to join us on May 18th at the Springfield Museums. Also, thank you to Marie Angelides for her purchase of a Silver Sponsorship and Sumner & Toner for increasing from Bronze to a Silver Sponsorship for this year’s event. We have Shriner’s Hospital returning as a Bronze Sponsor and Alisa Granazha’s Pub and Pretzel participating for the first time as a Bronze Sponsor. Thank you to you both. Let’s keep the momentum, May 18th will be here before we know it!
The club has learned that the wife of long time member, Stanley Strzempek, (Florence) passed away on March, 19, 2019. The club will send a condolence card but if you would like to contact Stan, you can reach him at 7713 Killbarrow Drive Laurel, MD 20707. Thanks to Al Gay for letting us know. Many of our members will remember Stan’s dry wit and his devotion to the Rotary quiz.
Dene Kimball could use a little help with displaying our Rotary flags at meetings. Dene is planning some extended vacation time soon and would like a few Rotarians to volunteer and put up the flags while he’s away (or give him a break now and then). The flags are stored at Max’s and only take a few minutes to put up or take down. Please talk to Dene about helping out. And thank you for your participation in helping to display our flags!
A special message from DG Kate Sims: “The District Conference this year is May 3rd & 4th in Danvers, MA. Registration is live and there is an early bird special for $150. This is for a Luncheon, Dinner Dance and Saturday Brunch!! The Hotel is separate and you must call the hotel for reservations. I look forward to seeing you all there!! Below is a link to the registration and thanks for supporting this and sharing this with your club members!!” ~Kate
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Club Information
Rotary Club of Springfield - Meeting Fridays-12:15 PM
Service Above Self
We meet Fridays at 12:15 PM
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
1150 West Columbus Ave.,
MassMutual Room
Springfield,
MA 01105 United States
