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Vol. 60, No. 5                                     August 3, 2011                                                Rich Ahrens, Editor
Celebrating Our 60th Anniversary

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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


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Membership
Club Roster (requires login)
Snowbird Application
Featured Member, Ryan Blauch
Ryan Blauch
Ryan is a partner at Blauch & Associates , financial planners in North Naples. He and his wife, Amy, enjoy traveling all over the world. Ryan was born in Silver Spring, Maryland and really appreciates the fellowship of Rotary and the opportunity to work together to better our community and world. Ryan is also an avid motorcyclist.
Featured Member, Gianni D'Antuono
Giani D'Antuono
Born in Germany and now in Naples for five years, Gianni came to the States in 1995 and has also lived in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. He has been in banking for 15 years and is the North Naples manager at Ironstone Bank . Gianni and his wife, Marcella, have a 12 year old son and a 4 year old daughter. He likes to travel, try new restaurants and go to the movies and beach. A rewarding aspect of Rotary is being able to meet interesting people.

 


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August Birthdays
Ray Miller - August 6
Andrew Delong - August 8
Randy Kurtz - August 12
Cal Pratt - August 12
Joe Devore - August 14
Jason Shimko - August 16
Millie Cowgill - August 18
Nicole Heine - August 26
Preston Came - August 26
Jennifer Hoy - August 28

 
Club Service:  At the Heart of the Action

Greetings!

For this week and the next four weeks, my weekly message will focus on the five Avenues of Service, one avenue at a time.  This week we are starting with Club Service.

 

Club Service helps the club to function successfully and covers several areas.  Please see the Club Service section of today's eBulletin for a list of areas and the corresponding chair(s).

 

So...how can you volunteer to help with Club Service?  Some ways include:

  • Work at the registration desk for a month (contact Rich Kirschner).
  • Lead us in our invocation and pledge, introduce visiting Rotarians and guests, or introduce our speaker (contact Rich Kirschner).
  • Email your club announcement request to Rich Ahrens, our eBulletin editor, no later than Sunday evening for the eBulletin blast on Tuesday.
  • Share information about a difficult or favorable situation faced by our members with our Sunshine committee (contact Ron Gustason).
  • Help plan one of our quarterly social events (contact Jennifer Hoy).
  • Promptly submit your makeups to Mia Delk, our Secretary.

 

All of us can help Club Service by paying our invoices promptly each quarter.  It saves our club so much time and money to avoid the struggles associated with collecting payments.  Thank you for paying your invoices as soon as you receive them.

 

Club Service is critical to our overall success.  If our meetings are fun, attendance will be strong.  If our operations are smooth, we will have more resources for service projects.  This sets the stage for each of us to have "a Rotary moment."  And that is what makes it all worthwhile!



Yours in Rotary Service,

Frank

Frank Fontana
President, 2011-2012

 

Rotologo 

This Week's Meeting

 

Topic:           "55...How A Moderately Fifty Guy 

Is Surviving the Great Recession"

Speaker:       William Kyle Kitchens

  • The topic of conversation is a series of short stories and images from a self-described "mid-fifty under-employed architect so financially underwater that he would need to reach UP to touch the Titanic". Please enjoy his humorous transformation from "He who dies with the most debt wins" to the joys of financial de-escalation, luck, and dancing your troubles away.  

Areas:

Meetings

  • Due to ongoing construction around the Sunset Terrace, please note that we will be meeting on the other side of the street in the hotel's conference center in the Mangrove Room again this week.

Club-Wear

  • Rotary Club of Naples apparel is on sale! Been waiting to get a shirt or hat? For a short time you can save 30% OFF selected styles! POLOS regularly $24, now $16! Dry fit POLOS regularly $24, now $16!, T-SHIRTS were $10, now $7! Lightweight Button-down Shirts regularly $24, now $16!, Twill Dress Shirts were $35, now $24! HATS were $15, now only $10! The special prices apply only to current stock; sorry, no special orders.  We can accept cash, check, charge or can bill to your account.  Hurry!

 

Grape Ape  

Grapes & Apes

  • This week Randy Kurtz and Michael Orden will present the sponsorship levels for Grapes & Apes 2012.  You can preview the offerings here.  Please email Randy if your company wants to be a sponsor!

 

 

Click on the following links for more project information:

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

EndPolioNow
The Rotary Foundation  
  • At a training session for The Rotary Foundation on Saturday, July 16 in Port Charlotte, it was revealed that Rotarians have donated $187 million of the $200 million goal needed for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to match with an additional $355 million.  Polio remains in four countries:  Nigeria, India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.  At the 2011 RI Convention in New Orleans, Bill Gates said "ending polio is our top priority" (for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation).

Click on the following links for more project information:

The Rotary Foundation     Gift of Life     Mandeville Rotary Club     Past Projects

S4TL2011   

S4TL

  • Our two S4TL students, Courtney Kramer (of football coach Bill Kramer's clan) and Sarah DeShields, were extremely thrilled by their experience last month! Take a look at excerpts from letters they sent to Nancy Graham and learn more about this excellent Rotary program. S4TL alumni, Drew McIntosh, was a leader this year. You can see in the photo how much fun these students had and we can be proud as a club that we are truly an important part of providing a forum for training the leaders of the future!

 

Click on the following links for more project information:

Dictionary Day     Interact Club     Scholarships     Seminar for Tomorrow's Leaders

 

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!

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