Music: Cindy Ruzak led us in singing “It’s a Small World”
John Noonan welcomed our guests.
Evan Gray became our newest Rotarian. Welcome, Evan!
It’s backpack-stuffing time for Sunrise Rotary. Contact Lisa Pointe to help out for a few hours on August 22.
Birthday fund reminder: Rotarians are encouraged to donate to the Birthday Fund during the month of their birthday. Over the past year, $2800 was donated, which supported SEEDS and a Youth Advisory Board working to end youth homelessness in the Traverse City area.
Next Monday is the annual Golf & Pickle Ball Outing. Sign up today.
The Friends of the Boardman River is on November 18. Tickets are on sale now. See Katy McCain or Kathy Bussell for tickets.
Rotary Youth Exchange is looking for a Youth Exchange Officer. If you’re interested, see Kathy. www.friendsoftheboardman.com
Ted Bagley memorial service is on Saturday at 10:00 a.m.
Congratulations to Becky Ewing on winning the 50/50!
What if 100 women pooled together $1000 each so that they could give one local nonprofit $100,000 each year?
Everyone agrees—the impact on the community would be transformative.
Our guest speaker, Wendy Steele, described a new model for philanthropy that empowers women to serve through giving. She and a group of our area’s leading women started Impact 100 Traverse City.
The Impact 100 model is fairly simple: Gather 100 women to donate $1000 each to create a $100,000 grant. Then, the group votes to determine the winning charity. Each woman gets one vote. That’s it.
Impact 100 narrows down the eligible nonprofits through a structured and transparent selection process. First, nonprofits apply to participate in the program. Then, a committee reviews all applications to narrow down the search to a group of five finalists. During Impact’s annual meeting, the finalists present the projects to the whole group and the Impact 100 members vote on the winner.
100% of the 100,000 award is donated to the charity.
The Impact 100 movement has been growing rapidly since their first $100,000 grant back in 2003. That grant helped a dental clinic in a low-income neighborhood near Cincinnati replace 20-year-old equipment.
Why Impact 100 Traverse City? Wendy said Traverse City is a perfect place for an Impact 100 group. The local group launched with more initial members than any other Impact 100 group in the world. In fact, the initial group will donate two separate $127,500 awards in the first year.
A memorial service for Ted Bagley (who died July 28) will be held on Sat. Aug. 12 at 11:00 a.m., at The First Congregational Church, with visitation beginning one hour prior.
CURRENT CAREER – Principal in Schmidt-Rogers Management – a property management company.
EDUCATION – B.A. Miami Univesity. J.D. University of Oregon (Go Ducks!)
FAMILY- Yes. Wife, Teri. Son, Josh. Daughters Marisa and Mikaela. Grandsons Preston and Hudson and a TBA in February.
FAVORITE DESSERT - Wife, Teri.
FAVORITE ACTIVITY – Flailing away on a golf course
LAST BOOK READ – Wine Making 101 (before that I finished Wine Drinking 901).
FAVORITE MOVIE – Goodfellas
FAVORITE SONG – Stairway to Heaven. Lots of last dance memories from my youth (anticipation followed by disappointment).
TELL US SOMETHING ABOUT YOURSELF NO ONE IN THE CLUB
LIKELY KNOWS – I have a mole on my….hmmm, scratch that (not my mole). I love to polka.
LIFE ROLE MODEL – A cross between my maternal grandfather, my father Bruce Rogers and Steve Rogers – Captain America.
MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENT – Wife, Teri
PROUDEST MOMENT - The birth of my children and my wife assuring me that they were in fact mine.
FUNNIEST THING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED TO YOU - Sitting on the Rotary Show stage as Chris Lambert’s female love interest and kind of liking it.
SECRET AMBITION - Having already been Chris Lambert’s female love interest, I would have to say that next on the list is writing a novel.
IF YOU COULD BE ANYONE IN THE WORLD FOR A DAY (present or historical), WHO WOULD THAT BE---AND WHY? Having already been Chris Lambert’s female love interest, next on the list would be Donald Trump so I could cancel his Twitter account.
MOST FAMOUS PERSON MET – Tie between Gerald Ford and Bill Gates.
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO SHARE – Have shared too much already.
Tickets are available for the Friends of the Boardman Gourmet Dinner and can be purchased online via our new ticketing website.
Please visit: www.friendsoftheboardman.comto purchase tickets and learn more about the dinner, including dinner menu, history of event and the evening’s agenda. To charge tickets to your Rotary account, please email or call Kathy at the office, tcrotary2822@gmail.com or 941-5421
We are pleased to announce that we have a new Facebook page for Friends of the Boardman. We encourage you to LIKE our page. We will be posting news and information regarding Friends of the Boardman on this page, please feel free to share with your friends. Please click on https://www.facebook.com/friendsoftheboardman/to LIKE our new page.
You can be supporting your community and country while enjoying time with friends. Please consider participating in Traverse City’s first 9/11 Remembrance 5K Run/Walk by running, walking or volunteering for this inaugural community event! All Rotary Members will receive 20% off with this code: ROTARY2017
DATE: Sunday, September 10th
START TIME: 8:46 am EDT END TIME: 11:00am EDT PRICE/REGISTRATION: $25.00 Race Fee + $2.50 SignUp Fee (Sign up right away, as the price increases to $30.00 after August 11, 2017, at 7:00 pm EDT)
The 9/11 run is to honor those who lost their lives in the September 11th, 2001 terror attacks, as well as our Local First Responders and Veterans. Proceeds will go to the September 11thFamilies' Association Fund in New York, NY, http://911families.org/ as well as the Grand Traverse Area First Responder Coalition, a non-profit set up to help our local first responders (police, fire, EMS, Emergency Management, 911 Dispatchers.) This fund allows for education opportunities, scholarships, recognition, emergency financial support, etc., for those who risk their lives for us every single day.
We welcome all Runners, Walkers, and Wheelchairs! If you would like to be pushed in a wheelchair or volunteer to push, please visit our volunteer page.
The race will start at 8:46 am, the same time the World Trade Center’s Northern Tower was hit. We will gather before the race for a brief ceremony to remember and honor those who lost their lives that day, and show support to our Local First Responders who risk their lives every day to keep us safe- and then show our spirit with an amazing run through our beautiful downtown!
Want to run on the best course in Traverse City? You will get to run downtown, through historical neighborhoods and on Front Street!
The race starts right in town in historic F&M Park, then continues West along Washington St to the Court House, where you will be cheered on by some of Traverse City's finest, the TCPD, and other volunteers. You will continue West on 6th Street and make your way to Maple and Front at Fire Station #1 where you will be offered a cold drink from the team at Michigan Blood. From there, you will continue back to Cass Rd, where you'll make a left, go under Grandview Parkway, and continue East on the Lakefront Path, making your way back to F&M Park for music, refreshments, and prizes. (Unfortunately, dogs are not allowed in the race this year.)
gley (who died July 28) will be held on Sat. Aug. 12 at 11:00 a.m., at The First Congregational Church, with visitation beginning one hour prior.
CURRENT CAREER – Principal in Schmidt-Rogers Management – a property management company.
