Join us Tuesday, September 24th at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center where our guest speaker will be VJ Stanley Jr. founder of Frozen Shorts a youth sports injury prevention company.

Mr. Stanley has been interviewed all over the Unites States and parts of Canada. He has written a book called, "Stop the Tsunami in Youth Sports." Achieving Balanced Excellence and Health while Embracing the Value of Play for Fun.

Tom Reynolds was the keynote speaker at the Tuesday luncheon this week.  Tom delivered an excellent presentation regarding the multitude of issues that the United States Congress and the President must address in the next few months.  Drawing upon his past experience as a leader in the House of Representatives and his current responsibilities as Senior Strategic Policy Advisor and Practice Group Leader for Nixon Peabody's Government Relations and Public Policy Practice, Tom delivered very insightful observations.  Special thanks to Bob Witmer, who arranged Tom's visit to our club. 

Ethics Recognition:   The Rochester Rotary Club was honored as a finalist for the 2013 Rochester Area Business Ethics Foundation Ethie Award.  Our club was selected as a finalist, because our members live by the Four Way Test.  The judges also were impressed by how Tracey Dreisbach adheres to those ethical standards while fulfilling her responsibilities as Executive Director.  As I mentioned on Tuesday, when you wear your Rotary pin, you not only identify yourself as a member of the greatest service organization in the world, but also one of the most ethical organizations in the Rochester area.

Breakfast Meetings:  The format for the upcoming breakfast meetings will consist of a presentation on a Rotary topic, a presentation on a professional development subject, and a networking activity.  The first breakfast meeting is Tuesday, October 1, at the Memorial Art Gallery.  Tracey Dreisbach and Brandi Koch will deliver a brief presentation on the Rochester Rotary Sunshine Campus.  Captain Jeff Bartkoski will give a lesson on leadership focusing on "Empowering Your Team."  Jeff teaches leadership and ethics for the Naval ROTC Unit at the University of Rochester.  Buffet breakfast will be served beginning at 7:45.  The meeting will begin at 8:00 and end by 8:45.

We are very excited to kick off our Tuesday Breakfast meetings starting October 1st.  We are also looking foward to the many great speakers to come in the weeks ahead, for information on any of the speakers click on the links below.

9/24/13 Tuesday Luncheon -VJ Stanley Jr. - Stop the Tsunami in Youth Sports - www.frozenshorts.com

Rochester Riverside Convention Center

10/1/13 Tuesday Breakfast at 7:45 a.m to 8:45 a.m. - Jeff Bartkoski - University of Rochester, NROTC - //nrotcrochester.wordpress.com/staff/commanding-officer/

Memorial Art Gallery

10/1/13 Tuesday Luncheon - Michael Alt - Eastman Business Park - www.eastmanbusinesspark.com

Locust Hill Country Club

10/8/13 Tuesday Luncheon - Heidi Zimmer-Meyer, President at Rochester Downtown Development Corporation - www.rochesterdowntown.com

Locust Hill Country Club

10/15/13 Tuesday Luncheon - Dr. dt ogilvie - R.I.T. - //saunders.rit.edu/directory/facstaff/580

Locust Hill Country Club

10/22/13 Tuesday Luncheon - Judicial Candidate Forum

Locust Hill Country Club

10/29/13 Tuesday Luncheon - Peter  Gemison -Ganondagan -

 www.ganondagan.org

Rochester Riverside Convention Center

11/5/13 Tuesday Breakfast - at 7:45 a.m to 8:45 a.m. 

Memorial Art Gallery

11/12/13 Tuesday Luncheon - Honor Flight - Veterans Day Program

Locust Hill Country Club

Membership matters....

Rotary Boot Camp is a quick "training" on all the "ins" and "outs" of Rochester Rotary.  We ask that all new members attend one session -- as well as longtime Rotarians who need a refresher on their Club.

These sessions are both social and informative.  Strap up your boots and save the date, we will save you a seat!

Thursday, September 26th - 4:30pm

Rochester Rotary Board Room (180 Linden Oaks)

Please RSVP your attendance to Myrna Padilla in the Rotary Office

at 546-7435 x201 or myrna@rochesterrotary.org.   

Thank you to all of you who volunteered at the Foodlink - Festival of Food with our Community Service Team.

           

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Tuesday, October 8^th we will be hosting a school supply drive for School #8. Our luncheon will be held at Locust Hill Country Club and we will be collecting any donations you would be willing to give for supplies at our adopted School, Roberto Clemente School #8. Needed items are as follows:

3-hole binders

Colored Pencils

Construction Paper

Copier Paper (8.5 x11)

Crayons

Erasers

Glue Sticks

Highlighters

Lined paper

Markers

Notebooks/Pads

Pencils #2

Pens

Scissors

It's that time of year - the 2014 Entertainment Books are now available.  

For just $25.00 you save thousands of dollars on everything from movies to food, groceries to vacations.

To purchase a book stop the Rotary Office or contact Sally Stookey at 385-3498 or sstookey@frontiernet.net.

Just when you thought it was safe to go into the classroom... Sister is back! And so are the nun-stop laughs.  Join us Thursday, November 14th at the Geve Theatre. 

Special Group ticket cost - $35 per person includes one drink coupon, dessert and coffee.  Please RSVP to Brandi in the Rotary Office at 546-7435 x210 or brandi@rochesterrotary.org.

Rotarians,

Below is a link to the September 2013 issue of the District Newsletter - "Grapevine".

 Grapevine Newsletter

Birthday gift contributions made will benefit the students at our adopted school, School #8, Roberto Clemente School #8 scholarship students and community service projects with in our community.  You may mail your gift to the Rotary Office or bring it with you to a Tuesday meeting.