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Rochester Rotary                                                                              8/14/2012
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President John's Journal
Upcoming Tuesday Luncheons
Peter D. Formicola Sunshine Camp Golf Invitational
School #8 Painting
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Foodlink - Festival of Food
Eastern Cities Fellowship Dinner 2012
Have you Proposed a Member Lately?
August Birthdays

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8/20/2012 -
Peter D. Formicola Sunshine Camp Golf Invitational
Midvale Country Club
 
8/21/2012 -
Rotary Office Closed
 
8/22/2012 -
Adopt A School Committee Mtg.
Pier 45
12-1:30pm
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Club Board
Club President
John White

President Elect
Robert Attardo

Immediate Past President
Linda O'Neil

Vice Presidents
Tracy Armstrong
Paul Burgett
Timothy Cook
Lisa Norwood
Nancy O'Brien
Pete Sarratori
Patrick Stack
Ellen Wagner

Treasurer
Don Twietmeyer
 
Assistant Treasurer
Mark Armbruster

Sgt.-At-Arms
Gregory Kausch
 
Assistant Sgt-At-Arms
Beth Cross-Wilhelm


Rochester Rotary Staff 

Executive Director
 
Executive Assistant
 
Event Director

Sunshine Campus Partner Director
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News of YOUR Club
Rotary Office Closed
Please remember the Peter D. Formicola Sunshine Camp Golf Invitational will be held Monday August 20th and the Rotary Office will be closed Tuesday August 21st.
President John's Journal

At the meeting on the 14th, we had a great crowd and an excellent presentation on Rotary's newly formed partnership with Habitat for Humanity. All Monroe County Rotary Clubs are now cooperating to build a Rotary House that will be fully handicapped accessible. Monroe Muffler/Brake is raising money through each one of its county stores to financially support our effort. Teresa Bianchi from Habitat and Mike Sofia from the Greece Rotary Club made a case that was music to our ears. The children of Habitat Owners have a 98% graduation rate from high school and Habitat neighborhoods become supportive, low crime, hard working centers of a quality lifestyle. By the way, Mike Sofia is the Immediate Past President of the Greece Club and the President Elect of the Camp Haccamo Board. In his spare time he is also the General Manager of Doan Buick-GMC. Truly a very nice man and a dedicated Rotarian! When you meet him . . .thank him!

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The Tootsie Roll Bright Spot this week was awarded to Rotarian Brad Pearson. Brad is the Director of Advancement for the Mary Cariola Children's Center, and currently the acting Agency Director while a search committee seeks a permanent Director. He lives in Victor, has a wonderful young family, and even with all that on his plate, he founded a Little League Baseball Team for children with disabilities. Please make an effort to meet him! He is a fairly new member and has joined the Community Service Teams Committee headed up by President Elect Bob Attardo.   Brad took a mega handful of Tootsie Rolls when recognized, so if you have a craving, ask him to share!

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Can we spend a minute talking about attendance at the Tuesday Luncheon Forums? I know that Rochester Rotary's Charter as Club # 36 pre-dates the requirement for attendance at all meetings, but that should not give us license to be cavalier about our commitment. Rotarian and Past Executive Director Bob Enright made the insightful remark recently that many of us wake up on a given Tuesday morning and decide whether or not to attend the luncheon. We base our decision to attend on conflicts, convenience, or program. I'd like us all to change that process of decision making by 1�. How about we change our process of deciding from whether or not "Will I?" attend to why "Can I Not?" attend?

I'm not looking for perfect attendance. I'm simply asking that Rotary Lunch on Tuesday becomes a priority, subject to any emergency or important personal or professional event that takes precedent. We need to make a conscious decision NOT to attend, not a casual decision TO attend.

Here is a simple yet powerful way to put this in to practice. In whatever electronic calendaring system you use, enter Rotary Luncheon Meeting as a "recurring event" for every Tuesday. Set this criteria for the next 12 months. Then, when someone calls you for lunch and suggests "two weeks from Tuesday", you will check your calendar and make a conscious decision as to whether the request is more important than the Fellowship, Friendship, Networking and Learning you will experience at Rotary. You can decide either way, no problem! I just think we all need a reminder in our calendars that we have already made a commitment. Hoping to see you at lunch!

Upcoming Tuesday Luncheon

 

8/21/12 - NO LUNCHEON, Rotary Office Closed

(Golf Tournament 8/20)

 

8/28/12 - Rochester City School District Panel Discussion

Rochester Riverside Convention Center

 

9/4/12 - Rochester Riverside Convention Center

Peter D. Formicola 
Sunshine Camp Golf Invitational

The Peter D. Formicola Sunshine Camp Golf Invitational will be held on Monday, August 20th. Spots are still available for golfers in our AM flight and dinner only options are available as well.

 

If you are interested in participating please contact the Rotary Office no later than Friday, August 17th at noon.

 

AM Flight (individual stroke play)
7:00am - Registration & Breakfast
7:45am - Shotgun Start AM Flightlogo
Lunch to immediately follow play 

AM players are welcome back for dinner.

School #8 Painting 
This Saturday, August 18th, painting will continue at School #8. If you are available volunteers are needed to help from 8:30am-1:30pm.
Please RSVP to Beth Cross Wilhelm if you are able to attend - [email protected] or 248-0554
Guelph Rotary Club Tournament

On Wednesday, September 26, we will play our 11th annual golf tournament against the Guelph Rotary Club in Niagara Falls, Canada at the Niagara Parks Whirlpool Golf Course.  Any Rotarian is welcome to play.  The competition is a two person, better ball format (two Rochester Rotarians against two Guelph Rotarians with 100 % handicap.)  Don't have a handicap?


We'll create one for you.  Don't have a partner?  This is the way to meet another Rochester Rotarian, and we'll match you up!


This is a fellowship event, not a fund raiser.  It is followed by an adult beverage or two, a great dinner, and home by 8-8:30. The total cost is around $100.00, and the fellowship is great!!  I guarantee you'll enjoy yourself, no matter how you play!


Interested, or interested in finding out more about it?  Give me a call at 586-9228 or e-mail me at [email protected] 

Dick Bayer

Welcome Our New Member 

Club logo The Rochester Rotary Club and Board of Directors would like to welcome our newest member to our Club -

 

Mr. Patrick McGrath is the Executive Director of Grace Community Services.  Patrick was sponsored by Donna Dedee.  

 

We look forward to all you will bring to our Club in the near future.

Foodlink - Festival of Food

The Rochester Rotary Club's first community service team project is to contribute to the success of Foodlink's Festival of Food - the largest food, beer and wine tasting event in Upstate New York. The event will be held on Monday, September 10, 2012, at the Rochester Public Market. We need 10 to 15 Rochester Rotarians to volunteer from 5:00 to 9:30 p.m. Family, friends and guests also are welcome (minimum age is 8 years old / Foodlink prefers 16 and up). Volunteers can expect to sell and collect tickets at entrances, hand out bags containing plates and cups, or act as "runners" to keep 100 vendors stocked with food, beverages and ice. Please contact Bob Attardo at 987-2884 for more information and to volunteer.

 

 

Eastern Cities Fellowship Dinner 2012

This year's Eastern Cities Fellowship Dinner is set for Sunday, November 4th, 2012 at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center. The reception will be from 4-5pm and dinner will be from 5-8pm. 

          Tanaka, Sakugi

Early Bird ticket price: $43 - available until October 16th, 2012. 

After October 16th tickets will be $47. 

Have you Proposed a Member Lately?

Do you know a friend or business colleague who would benefit from being a member of the Rochester Rotary? Bring them to a luncheon and propose them for membership! It is simple; visit our website at www.rochesterrotary.org and download a proposal card under "Club Committees". 

If you have any questions about membership, please contact Linda at the Rochester Rotary Office at 585-546-7435 x 201 or either committee co-chair, Mary Lewis Consler or Steve Abramson.

August Birthdays

August 1 - George Dorr 

August 2 - Carl Gerard

August 6 - Greg Kausch

August 8 - Susan Holliday

August 11 - Chip Lacure

August 13 - Marilyn Scott

August 15 - Paul Whitbeck

August 17 - Joe Hartman

August 17 - Bob Enright

August 20- Rachel August

August 22 - Paul Burgett

August 24 - Ronald Pawelczak

August 25 - Tom Wolf

August 26 - John Lawless

August 26 - Bob Smith

August 28 - Dave Ferris

August 29 - Hu Velepec

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