RCN eBulletin Banner
Vol. 60, No. 1                                    July 6, 2011                                                Rich Ahrens, Editor
Celebrating Our 60th Anniversary

Chalk Art


2011-2012 Officers and Directors

President:

Frank Fontana

President-Elect:

Paul Huber

President-Nominee:

Rich Kirschner

Treasurer:

Steve Stolz

Secretary:

Mia Delk

Past-President:

Jay Crandall

Director:

Rich Ahrens

Director:

Hal Atzingen

Director:

Ryan Blauch

Director:

Nancy Graham

Director:

Ron Gustason

Director:

Jennifer Hoy


Quick Links

Meetings


Membership
Club Roster (requires login)
Snowbird Application (coming)
Featured Member, Phil Regala
Phil Regala
Phil has been a member of the club since 1998 and was Rotarian of the Year in 2005. He is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in knees and shoulders. Phil and his wife, Sue, have four children, Peter (who will be a Gator in August), Samantha (10th grade), Matthew (8th grade) and Catherine (3rd grade). Phil enjoys playing tennis and taking his kids wakeboarding.
Featured Member, Susan Suarez
Susan Suarez
Susan is the executive director at Eden Autism Services, an organization for families with children with autism. She joined the club in February. Susan and her husband, Carl, have two children, Ashley (8) and CJ (5) who are both at Lake Park Elementary. Susan and her family like to take their boat to Keewaydin, swim, play catch and basketball and enjoy Mama Mia's pizza and fresh veggies from the Garden at Eden.

 


Find us on Facebook 

Join Our Mailing List

July Birthdays
Hank Dawson - July 13
Bernie Turner - July 24
Frank Fontana - July 27
Bob Moore - July 28
Patrick Woods - July 31
Doug Pareti - July 31

 
Let's Have a Fun, Successful 2011-2012 Rotary Year!
Greetings!

It is a huge honor to serve as president of THE Rotary Club of Naples, the home of Rotary International Director John Smarge, for our club's 60th anniversary year!  Thank you so much for your support and trust.  Let's have a fun, successful year ahead!

Rich Ahrens has invested many hours, including time during his recent vacation to Ireland, to reprogram the eBulletin template and club website.  Thanks, Rich!

Reading the eBulletin each week is the best way to stay up-to-date on our club's current events. You will find that the eBulletin works hand-in-hand with the club website. They are both organized by the "five avenues of service": Club Service, Community Service, International Service, New Generations Service and Vocational Service.  (In fact, the operations of our entire club and foundation are organized this way, too.)

The eBulletin gives you brief updates on particular topics. If you want more detailed information, click on the hyperlinks in the eBulletin to go to that section of our club's website.

The key to a successful eBulletin and website is having accurate content on a timely basis.  We need your help! If you have an announcement, please email it to our eBulletin editor, Rich Ahrens, no later than Sunday night of the week of publication.

I look forward to working with everyone over the coming year!

Yours in Rotary Service,

Frank Fontana
President, 2011-2012

Rotologo 

This Week's Meeting

 

Topic:           Club Assembly

Speaker:       Board Members

Organization: The Rotary Club of Naples

  • Our club is extremely dynamic and we have many wonderful projects and programs in place. This meeting will inform our members about what is happening in the club and where we expect to head in the coming Rotary year.

Meetings

  • The Naples Beach Hotel is going to start construction on parts of the hotel immediately outside of our normal meeting room, the Sunset Terrace.  We will likely continue to meet in the Sunset Terrace, but our normal entrance may be closed.  The hotel has advised us that we may need to use the side door by the grassy area as our main entrance.  They noted that it will probably be best to walk through the main lobby of the hotel in order to get to our room (rather than get to our room from the swimming pool area).  This may be the situation throughout the summer.  We will keep you posted in the e-bulletin as we learn more. 

 

Membership

  • Interested in proposing a new member?  Complete the new member application and give it to Ryan Blauch, membership chair.

 

Socials

 

Grape Ape  

Grapes & Apes

  • Our special pre-sale discount ticket offering was a smashing success! Launched May15 for 30 days, we have already sold over 300 tickets to next spring's "Party of the Year in Naples!"  

 

Collier Harvest

  • We continue to make pick ups early every Thursday morning at Publix Supermarket in Vineyards shopping center on Pine Ridge Road.  Please contact Jason Shimko to volunteer your time.

 

Click on the following links for more project information:

Grapes & Apes     Bell Ringing     Collier Harvest     Gift of Giving     Past Projects

GOL Jacob
Gift of Life 
  • Thanks to Joe and Laura Devore for hosting their second Gift of Life child, Jacob, and his mother, Anna, last month.  Jacob is only six months old and thanks to his heart surgery he is healthy and has already returned to Belize.  Jacob was the 10th child our club has hosted.  We hope for a child in July from Jamaica! 

 

Click on the following links for more project information:

The Rotary Foundation     Gift of Life     Mandeville Rotary Club     Past Projects

Dictionary   

Dictionary Day

  • October will be here before we know it.  As usual, The Rotary Club of Naples will play an important role in distributing a free dictionary to every third grader in Collier County public schools. If you are interested in assisting, please contact Jacques Groenteman as he will be the chair of the effort again this year!

 

Click on the following links for more project information:

Dictionary Day     Interact Club     Scholarships     Seminar for Tomorrow's Leaders

Regala Haiti   

Rotarians in Business

  • Interested in knowing more about what your fellow club members do and what they might be able to do for you? This page on the Rotary Club of Naples website features any club member business that wishes to reach out to the club and community who might click on our site. For the next year, we'll include a brief description of your business with contact information at no charge. If you provide a business card, a slide show of Rotarian cards will display on the page to serve as advertisements.

 

Click on the following links for more project information:

Rotarians in Business     Vocational Day

Much of what you need to know is only a click away. Our club website is a wealth of information and resources for you to be more involved, to access important documents and to take your knowledge as a Rotarian to the next level.  Go ahead, CLICK!

To include information in the Rotary Club of Naples weekly bulletin, please email the editor not later than Sunday night of the week of publication.  The editor reserves the right to exclude items for reasons of space or inappropriate content.