Meeting held at the Traverse City Golf & Country Club
- Introduction
- Allison Beers opens the meeting
- ‘God Bless America’
- ‘Pledge of Allegiance’
- Thoughts of Gratitude and Reflection- Homer Nye
- ‘Service is Giving’
- ‘An Ode to Mothers’-Cindy Ruzak
- Various tunes dedicated to wonderful mothers!
- Visiting Rotarians and Guests
- Al Zelinski with visiting Rotarian Liz Erins, Crooked Tree Arts from Petoskey Noon Club
- Katy McCain with guests Audra Jackson, Great Lakes Equestrian Festival Director and Christine Keef, Owner of 123 Speakeasy
- Trevor Tkach with guest Frank Lowery, IronMan Midwest Region Director
- Announcements
- Vern Gauthier ‘Way to Go Rotary Show’- show wrap up and appreciation
- Round of applause for those involved in the show this year
- Words of gratitude included “the great idea generator” “could not do it without you” “sky is the limit” “not afraid to speak up and keep things going” “one of the hardest jobs!” “calm and positive force” “great energy and empowering” “eat, sleep and breathe rotary” “the glue that brings everything together” “a GREAT president”
- Vern Gauthier ‘Way to Go Rotary Show’- show wrap up and appreciation
AND “I love these people, Rotarians”
- Trevor Tkach- Getting Involved with Rotary Grant Reviews
- Looking for help with ‘Assets’ and ‘System Innovation’
- Contact Stacey Foster sfoster@rotarycharities.org
- Steve Haskin- NMC BBQ
- 56 people currently signed up
- Still looking for volunteers
- ‘come flip burgers and hotdogs on the 19th’
- John Noonan- Workbees
- Where: Discovery Center and Pier
- When: Thursday or Saturday at 9:00 a.m.
- Raffle 50/50
- Winner Al, holding tickets for Allison who donated to World Community Service!
- Program
- Al Bonney- Grant Management
- Enable Rotarians
- Share Funds and what happens to my money when I donate
- Al Bonney- Grant Management
- Lorraine Beers introduced Kathy Gray RN of Soaring Unlimited Haiti
- Kathy Gray is with Soaring Unlimited and is a recipient of the Michigan State University Community Service Award. She has spent time in Haiti every year, twice a year, for the last 7 years.
- Soaring Unlimited is a non-profit organization of 25 years that has focused on enhancing the quality of life, empowering the community in medical care, and community development in Haiti
- The clinic and birthing center has focused strongly on childbirth and making families stronger in Haiti. This has been done through community involvement and interaction to tailor education and resources to family planning there. Soaring Unlimited has worked towards education in family planning and nutrition, training traditional birth attendants, ‘Matwons’ and working towards a building campaign, and grant supplies for Matwon training and Laboratory Technicians. In Haiti, they have created a response to developing and implementing a comprehensive maternal and infant health program. Involving doctors, students and other health care professionals to partner and strengthen access to proper healthcare in the area.
- Closing
- Next two meetings to be held at Country Club
Speaker Kathy Gray and Rotarian Lorraine Beers