President Homer Nye kicked off his first solo outing without any rough spots and had the club humming right along. He managed to “Welcome” everyone and slid right on into “God Bless America” and “Pledge of Allegiance.” Before anyone knew it, he had Sid Lammers up front with a few thoughts of Gratitude and Reflection, and from there jauntily crooning right on into coupla tunes with Cindy Ruzak leading the charge.
Thom Paulson jumped to the task of introductions before we met three, count ‘em three! - New Members. Becky Ewing sponsored Jerry Ring; Sakura Takano introduced us to Kate Redman and Lynn Moon brought transfer member Al Long to our attention. Make sure you say hello to these new folks over the next few weeks!
Sakura, ever the busy committee member, introduced the Traverse City High School Summer Work Study Program, its instructors and most of its student workers. They gave a short report on their program for this summer, and each of the students had an opportunity to make a short statement of the various aspects. Well managed.
President Homer tossed out his thank you to Kat Paye and the many, many volunteers who made Cherry Festival a big success for the entire community. Vern Gauthier Had a few kudos for his dedicated and growing Lawn Chair Drill Team folks who led off the Cherry Royale Parade with their incredible precision, moxie and panache!
Jen Casey reminded all about the upcoming 9/11 Honor Run. Keep watching your email for a message from Kathy B. about this and your opportunity to get involved.
Traverse City High School ~ Summer Work Program Student
A little over two years ago, Ty Schmidt of NORTE spoke to us about organization and introduced to a number of their initiatives, among them were Safe Routes to School - Empowering elementary and middle school students to actively transport themselves to school, and Pro Walk/Pro Bike Advocacy - Advocating for more people on bicycles in Traverse City. These two, in particular, played well into his presentation on Tuesday.
Becky Ewing introduced Schmidt as he is a recent recipient of one of Rotary Charities newly developed collaborative grants. These grants are specifically looking at systems and are predicated on the various collaborator looking to find new and innovative systemic solutions to the problems that have been identified. In this case, it is a collaboration between NORTE, the School Systems and their administrations (TCAPS, GTACS, Trinity Lutheran) and City and County Administrations.
The Safe Routes to School initiative has grown and now has over twenty school partners on board and is currently working with Traverse City, Long Lake and East Bay on key infrastructure projects. As Schmidt points out in a weighty, well-prepared and researched presentation, the Rotary Charities grant has catapulted this project forward and has the many participants all focused on the systemic changes that need to take place to insure safety for all, not just our kids – now and in the future. The benefit extends to those who also choose to walk and only aids the overall health of the region going forward. One of the side goals is to bring the region and the State higher in health rankings nationally.
It all sounds good. More importantly, it shows the efficacy of the new grant-making efforts of our sister organization as it redirects how it funds non-profits.
Under the heading – My Clubrunner, click on My Commitments
Go down to your list of Current Committees. Check to make sure your committees are correct. If they are correct, let Dale Chilcote know you have no changes. If they are not correct, let Dale know and he will assist in making the required changes.
To contact Dale regarding your committees, or if you would
like a list of all club committees, please see him at the Tuesday meeting, or email him at dale@orchardcreektc.com.
It is common for a new member (1 year or less) to not have any committees listed. If you are participating in 1 or more committees and they are not listed, relay that info to Dale Chilcote.
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