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Volume 37 - Issue 2

September 8th, 2022

Our Next Meeting - September 13th

Will be held in the Lakes Rooms (Downstairs) at the Park Place Hotel on Tuesday the 13th.
The program will be the Norte and feature Jill Sill the executive director.
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Meeting recap - September 6th

  • We had a very cozy meeting crammed into the Courtyard rooms. 
  • Sakura Takano shared her Thoughts of Gratitude and Reflection: happy to have the kids back in school.  
  • Page Graves introduced Visiting Rotarians, Bryan Schindel and Terri Hunter, and Rotarians with guests. 
  • All were mostly happy about the 1st day of school while Paul LaPorte went around with Happy Bucks. 
  •  The 50/50 was $41 and was won by John VanWagoner. 
  • John Noonan gave us a look into what Club Runner is capable of.  

  • Sarah Sullivan announced the next Rotary Social. More info is below. 
  • President Marlene congratulated our members who were featured in the TCBN 40 under 40: Congratulations to Max Anderson, Stephanie Rustem, Jody Trietch, and Ben Whiting. 

  • Our current total of Volunteer Hours donated to the Community is 258 and we are only in the first quarter. Keep up the amazing work you do! 

  • Charlie Hamlyn introduced Lauren Brandstatter and Christal Anderson to speak about the Traverse Bay Children's Advocacy Center and the impactful work they do to insure kids are protected and safe in our community.

  • Voting for the Camps & Services and Charities boards will be taking place on September 13th and 27th. It is really important that we show up on those days. 

Volunteer & Social Opportunities

Get ready for our Rotary Second Tuesday Social!
  • Where: Middlecoast Brewing Company (329 E. State Street Traverse City)
  • When: Tuesday, September 13th at 5:30 pm
  • What: We have reserved space in the outdoor beer garden, to socialize over craft beer/spirits, wine, and non-alcoholic beverages. There will also be light pub fare available to include tacos and flatbread pizza.

The Great Lakes Children's Museum is hosting a Hands-on Learning Auction: the A-Ha! Event on Thursday, September 15th from 9 am - 2 pm. We need at least 10 people to commit to the party in order to participate. Please email Sonya Laws to get a team together. 

 

The Benzie Sunrise Rotary 12th Annual Golf Benefit is coming up on September 18th from 1:30 pm - 7 pm to benefit area youth. The entree fee is $400 for a team which includes dinner! Please invite your Rotarian and non-Rotarian Friens to join us! Bruce Wildie is the contact for the event and the team registration form is attached to the bulletin. 

Featured Item - Voting on Trustee Positions 13th and 27th

The entire membership of the Noon Rotary Club of Traverse City has the honor of voting annually for incoming Trustee positions for Rotary Charities of Traverse City and Rotary Camps and Services. This responsibility requires a quorum of our members to be present in order to have a valid vote. Please mark your calendars for September 13 and September 27 and attend both meetings. The first is a special meeting of the membership where we announce the slate of candidates for the Charities and Camps boards and accept nominations from the floor. The second is the actual vote for board members where in-person and Zoom attendees may vote. You must be present at the meeting to cast a vote. 
We need at least 99 of you to attend! Please reach out to your fellow Rotarians and encourage them to attend or sign in to these two meetings - even if they can only attend for the first portion of each. We need you!

Upcoming Events

September 20th - Our meeting will be held on the Discovery Cruise ship. We will leave the dock precisely at 12 pm so don't be late. We'll take a short cruise in the bay and have sandwiches from Mary's Kitchen Port. If you'd like to request a certain type of sandwich, please let me know in the next couple of days. My email is admin@travesercityrotary.org.
 
September 27th - We're back in Grandview at the Park Place with a Club Assembly planned and a short program on the Headlee Amendment. 
Meeting Responsibilities
Weekly Meeting
 
Gratitude & Reflection
Wood, Alex
 
Introduce Rotarians & Guests
Dunham, Kelly
 
Happy Bucks
Bonney, Al
 
Tech Support
Noonan, John
 
50/50
LaPorte, Paul
 
50/50
Lapp, Laurie
 
Program
 
Program Host
Luyt, Gregory
 
Board of Directors
President
 
President Elect
 
Immediate Past President
 
Treasurer
 
Secretary
 
The Rotary Foundation
 
Community Service Director
 
Club Service Director
 
Social Activities Director
 
Youth Services Director
 
International Service Director
 
Major Fundraiser 2022- 2023 Director
 
Club Administrator
 
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