Camp Haccamo Week 3 is well under way. They are enjoying a beautiful week filled with the pool, pond, climbing wall and much more.  They are gearing up for the Prom and play this week.

As the summer winds down we would like to thank everyone for their support.  Below is a picture of the 2013 Program staff.  It was an AMAZING summer! The Sunshine Campus is a magical place!

Join us Tuesday, August 27th at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center where our guest speaker will be Rotary District 7120 Governor Ellen Hughes.

Ellen has been a Rotarian for 18 years, in that time she has served as Club President (twice), Youth Exchange Officer, Interact Advisor and Secretary.

The Peter D. Formicola Sunshine Camp Golf Invitational was held at Midvale Country Club on Monday.  The event was a big success.  We had more than 150 guests, who enjoyed a wonderful event.  They were very impressed with what they learned about the Rochester Rotary Sunshine Campus, and by our members' dedication to it.  Current camp counselor and former camper Laura Day spoke eloquently during dinner driving home the importance of camp.  Midvale served an outstanding dinner, and the golf course was in excellent shape.  The weather was perfect, and everyone had tremendous fun.

The PGA Championship is a tough act to follow.  Under the excellent leadership of Don Barone and Wayne Wegman, and through the hard work of the entire committee, our Rotary Office staff, the staff at Midvale, and our many volunteers, every aspect of the event was flawlessly executed.  Congratulations to all!

I strongly encourage you to attend the next Tuesday luncheon on August 27 at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center.  District Governor Ellen Hughes will make her official visit.  She will speak to us about this year's Rotary International theme to Engage Rotary, Change Lives, along with her own goals for our District. Ellen already has proven herself to be an excellent District Governor and a great supporter of our club.  She volunteered at the concession stand that we operated during the PGA Championship; she developed a special incentive package that she is using to promote attendance from neighboring districts at our Eastern Cities Dinner on November 3; and, when we had a last minute postponement by the planned keynote speaker, Ellen rearranged her schedule in order to visit our club on Tuesday.  It is important that you show your support by attending the luncheon meeting on Tuesday.  I look forward to seeing you there.

8/27/13 Ellen Hughes, Rotary District 7120 Governor

Rochester Riverside Convention Center

9/3/13 Democratic Primary Mayoral Debate - Mayor Thomas Richards & Lovely Warren

Rochester Riverside Convention Center

A quote sent in from Rochester Rotarian David Durham sums up the value beyond the money we raised for Sunshine Campus and our kids!

"Oh, when that alarm went off at 4.45 a.m. and I struggled to get both feet out from under those warm cozy covers, I wondered - "what have I gotten myself into?"  Driving to Tech Park and slumping into the bus seat didn't help much.  But when things truly got under way - that first person requesting a cup of java - the sunlight outside dawned within me as well.  Over the next several hours I found a camaraderie with Rotarians much deeper than what one can find in the formal Tuesday luncheon.  I came away from Oak Hill with a new joy over being a Rotarian and new friendships in our club.  What a moving and blessed experience!"...David Durham

Thank you to all that were involved in our PGA concession project. Whether you helped recruit family and friends or worked the concession tent, we were truly blessed by the outstanding support we received from so many of our club members and their contacts. We also had outstanding support from the majority of the other Monroe County Rotary Clubs all working together supporting Sunshine Campus. We are proud to announce we made in excess of $30,000 with tips.

As a Thank YOU to all involved we would like to invite you and your family to a cookout at Sunshine Campus next Wednesday, August 28th beginning at 5:30 p.m. 

Please contact Myrna at myrna@rochesterrotary.org or 585-546-7435 x201 to sign up. Several volunteers joined us at the last minute on the weekend.  If you were involved in making that happen, please verify that they received this invitation just in case we missed their email address.   

Thank you for supporting Rochester Rotary's Sunshine Campus,

Tracey Dreisbach, Wolfgang Pfizenmaier, Pete Sarratori, Pat Stack, and John White

For directions go to:

http://www.sunshinecampus.org/

Join us for Happy Hour!

Thursday, September 5th from 5-7:00 p.m. at the Genesee Brew House.

Join us Saturday, September 21st  at Oktoberfest for an evening of food, fun, and music.  Music will be begin at 5:00 p.m. and dinner will start at 6:00 p.m.  It will be held at the Clubhouse, 8 Bay Point Circle, Rochester, NY 14622.  The evening will be hosted by Wolfgang and Joanne Pfizenmaier and Erich and Bruni Postler.

The cost will be $35 per person and will include dinner and drinks.  Space is limited please RSVP to Myrna Padilla in the Rotary Office at 546-7435 x201 or myrna@rochesterrotary.org.

The cost per person is $93 and includes your game ticket, bus seat, food and drink. We will provide hamburgers and hots for the grill along with a (limited) beverage selection - We would ask each person bring a dish to pass and any additional drink you may want for tailgating!

 Tickets are available on a first come first serve basis - stadium seats are in section 121 (Level Tunnel End Zone). RSVP with Heather Rossi in the Rotary Office at 585-546-7435 x204 or hrossi@rochesterrotary.org

Rotarians and friends join us for the annual Women of Rotary Road Rally.

The 10th Annual Women of Rotary Road Rally

Sunday, October 6th

More information to come soon.

Join the Rochester Rotary Board of Directors to welcome our new members:

Keith C. Elder is the Director of Concert Activities at Eastman School of Music and was sponsored by Paul Burgett. 

Ronald (Ron) A. Furman is CEO/CFO of Springboard Ventures LLC/Furman Enterprises and was sponsored by Mary Lewis Consler.  

Jeffrey C. Lookup, P.E. is VP, Director of Strategic Growth & Development at KCI Engineering of New York, P.C. and was sponsored by John White. 

Lee Juby is the President of LJ Insulation Services Inc. and was sponsored by Perry Bradley. 

Hello Rotarians,

I want to invite all of our golfers to join us for the District golf tournament. Once again the tournament is being held at the Lima Country Club on Friday Sept. 13th and the tee start will be at 1 PM. I am asking each Club to donate a door prize with a value of at least $25. If your Club can't send a golfer to the tournament please consider sending a check ($25) to me a nd I will buy a door prize for your Club. As in the past years each Club that send at last 4 golfers will have a chance to win a Paul Harris Fellow donated from Gov. Ellen Hughes. The golfers can be family members, a potential Rotarian or a "friend" of your Club. It is a great opportunity to have a potential Rotarian spending a number of hours talking to one of your members about Rotary. It is also a wonderful time to talk to all of the other Rotarians from all over our District.

Attached to this message (below) is the registration form for the golf tournament. Please download it and fill it in with the golfers and send it back to me. I'll be looking forward to see many of you there.

Bill Redden
District 7120 Golf Tournament Chair

To download and view the attachment, please click on the link below: