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Rochester Rotary                                                                   2/28/2014
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Return to Normandy 2014
President Bob's Journal
Upcoming Speakers
Euchre!
B2B Happy Hour - Havana Cabana
Volunteer Opportunity
Home & Garden Show
Thank You!
2014 Sunshine Fashion Show
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3/3/14 Adopt-a-School
Committee Meeting
2:30-3:30 p.m.
School #8
  
3/4/14 Breakfast Meeting
7:45-8:45 a.m.
Memorial Art Gallery
  
3/4/14 Tuesday Luncheon Meeting
12-1:15 p.m.
Locust Hill Country Club
  
3/7/14 RRCT Investment Committee Meeting
8:30-10:00 a.m.
Founders Room
  
3/11/14 Tuesday Luncheon Meeting
12-1:15 p.m.
Rochester Riverside Convention Center
  
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2013-2014 

Club Board 

 

Club President

Robert Attardo

President Elect

Tracy Armstrong

Immediate Past President

John White


Vice Presidents

 Timothy Cook

Beth Cross-Wilhelm

Donna Dedee

Nancy O'Brien

Pete Sarratori
Julie St.Germaine

Patrick Stack
Ellen Wagner

Mark Zawacki


Treasurer
Don Twietmeyer 

Assistant Treasurer 

Mark Armbruster

Sgt.-At-Arms

Mary Lewis-Consler 

Sgt-At-Arms 

Jayne Van Zile

New Member Liaison

Meredith Smith

Historian

Mat Adams

 

Rochester Rotary Staff

 

Tracey Dreisbach

Executive Director

Myrna Padilla

Executive Assistant

Heather Rossi

Event Director

Brandi Koch

Sunshine Campus Partner

Director

Morgan Hamman

Accounting Manager

United Way

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Consider a donation to the Sunshine Campus through the United Way.  Remember to choose Donor Option #1098 for the Rochester Rotary Sunshine Campus.



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Return to Normandy 2014
 
Join us Tuesday, March 4th at the Locust Hill Country Club where our guest speaker will be Captain Chris Pohlhemus.
   
The National Warplane Museum in Geneseo is making a historic trip back to France to commemorate the 70th anniversary of D-Day as a fitting tribute to all veterans who participated in WWII and especially those involved in D-Day.
President Bob's Journal

 

Upcoming Luncheon Programs:  For twenty years, our club and many of its members have worked closely with the students, faculty and administration at our adopted school, Roberto Clemente School #8.  Following the "Return to Normandy" presentation by the National Warplane Museum next week, the club will host a series of programs on the future of city education.

 

 On March 11, Patti Malgieri, Chief of Staff at the Rochester City School District, will speak to us on the RCSD's plans to improve results.

 Mayor Lovely Warren has identified improving city schools as a top priority of her administration.  The Mayor will address this topic as part of her remarks when she visits Rochester Rotary on March 18.

 This Fall, the PUC Achieve Charter School will open in Rochester.  It will be managed by Partnerships to Uplift Communities (PUC), which is a non-profit charter school management organization that has successfully managed a number of charter schools in California since 1999.  Two National Directors from PUC will speak to us on March 25.

Yvonne Ragan will speak to us on April 1 concerning Buffalo Promise, a public/private partnership, which seeks to improve academic performance at three Buffalo schools, while revitalizing the surrounding neighborhood.  Buffalo Promise took one of the worst performing schools in Buffalo, and transformed it into a successful charter school.

 

Recent Luncheon Speakers:  Thank you Rochester Rotarian Norm Silverstein for speaking to us on February 11 concerning the recent affiliation between WXXI and the Little Theater.  It was clear that you are creating excellent synergy between the station and the theater.

 

On February 18, we held our annual economic forecast program.  Brian Sampson, the Executive Director of Unshackle Upstate, moderated a very candid panel discussion by Mike Durant, the State Director of the National Federation of Independent Businesses, Rick Herman, CEO of the Rochester Home Builders Association, and Brian McMahon, the President of the New York State Economic Development Corporation.

 

This past Tuesday, Patrick Sheller, Vice President and General Counsel at Eastman Kodak, delivered a presentation on the various business lines of the new Kodak, and why management believes the restructuring of Kodak through bankruptcy will be successful.  When we see dynamic, interactive packaging on store shelves, we will remember that we heard about it first at Rochester Rotary.

 

Paul Harris Fellows:  On February 18, we honored the newest Rochester Rotarians to join the ranks of Paul Harris Fellows - Jeremy Bagley, Nelson Blish, Barbara Cutrona, Deborah Hughes, Claire Naples, Sharon Stiller and Roger Wilhelm.  We also recognized Beth Cross-Wilhelm, Gary Albanese, Sam Merlo, Marie Campbell, Brian McLaughlin and Paul DeCarolis, who are multiple Paul Harris Fellows.  Thank you, and all Rotarians, for your support of the Rotary Foundation.  Two-thirds into this Rotary year, and our club already has far exceeded its goal in fundraising for the Rotary Foundation.  Please continue to support the Foundation, and Do Good In The World!

 

Sunshine Kids Gala:  By any measure, the Gala this year was a huge success, and it continues to grow every year since Rochester Rotary partnered with the Rochester Automobile Dealers Association.  We raised a lot of money for the Sunshine Campus.  Attendance was up.  The Mardi Gras theme was a hit, as were Prime Time Brass and comedian Rob Lederman.  Congratulations to the committee:  Fran Antonelli, Tim Cook, Tracey Dreisbach, Peter Landers, Kelly Mueller, Nancy O'Brien, Scott Perkins, Kathleen Pringle, Heather Rossi, Mike Sofia, Julie St. Germaine, Ashley Steeves, Lynn Sullivan and John White, and to committee chairs: Brad McAreavy, Peter Sarratori & Joe Floreano.  Thank you also to Don Alhart, who emceed the event.  Be sure to visit the Rochester International Auto Show at the Convention Center this weekend.  According to Brad McAreavy, "It's a great time to buy!

 

Upcoming Speakers

  

3/4/14 - Breakfast Meeting

Member, Andrew Brady - "Culture: The New Frontier of Competitive Advantage"

Memorial Art Gallery

 

3/4/14 - Captain Chris Pohlhemus - "Return to Normandy 2014"

Locust Hill Country Club

 

3/11/14 - "The future of City Education Series", Part 1 -

Patti Malgieri - Chief of Staff, Rochester City School District

Rochester City School District: Recent Forces of Change and our Action Plan to Improve Results

Rochester Riverside Convention Center

3/18/14 - City of Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren

Rochester Riverside Convention Center

Euchre!

  

Euchre   

 

Who's Invited: Fellow Rotarians and invited guests

 

Date: Sunday, March 2, 2014

 

Location: Basement Training Room at the Rotary office building, 180 Linden Oaks, off RT 441 Penfield Rd. at Linden Ave.

 

Time: Sign in at 1:30 p.m. and begin play at 2:00 p.m. (You must be on time.  You will not be able to participate if play has already begun.)

 

"BYOB": Bring your own Booze-Mixers, soft drinks, ice and table snacks will be provided.

 

New deck of playing cards for each player

Cash prizes

Entry fee $20.00 - MUST BE PAID IN ADVANCE

 

To sign up or for more information contact:

Jim Isaac 585-202-0871, [email protected]

Greg Kausch 585-314-5743, [email protected]

Reservations will not be taken through the Rotary Office for this event.

 

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B2B Happy Hour
Havana Cabana
 
  
Join us for Happy Hour!
  
Thursday, March 13th from 5:00 p.m.  to 7:00 p.m. at Havana Cabana - Island Cafe & Rum Bar.
Volunteer Opportunity -
Asbury Dining and Caring Center
 
We need your help.  The Community Service Teams has a fun volunteer opportunity coming up:
  
Asbury Dining and Caring Center, Wednesday, March 12th
  
- A place where they offer genuine hospitality to people in need.
- Rotarians are needed to help serve, prepare and clean up for the breakfast or lunch shift (higher need of volunteers in the lunch shift).
-Breakfast shift is 6:30-9:30 a.m. and lunch shift is 10:30 a.m. - 1:00p.m.
  
Please consider helping out with this opportunity.  To sign up, contact Pat Stack at (585)683-4689 or [email protected].
  
Home & Garden Show
Volunteers Needed!

 

It's that time of year - It's almost spring! 

  
The Sunshine Campus Promotions Committee  is looking for volunteers for the annual Home and Garden Show to sell raffle tickets to benefit the Sunshine Camp.  The dates are March 22nd & 23rd.
  
The shifts are: ( we need about 6 people at each shift)
  
Saturday, March 22nd
1:00-4:00 p.m.
4:00-7:00 p.m.
  
Sunday, March 23rd
10:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
1:30-5:00 p.m.
  
The Home and Garden Show is held at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center.  To sign up contact Brandi Koch at 546-7435 x210 or [email protected].
Thank You!

 

We would like to thank everyone who supported our Sunshine Kids Gala this past Saturday evening at the Riverside Convention Center.

It was an amazing night and perfect way to top off our 5th year in partnership with the Rochester Auto Dealers Association.

There are many thank you's to be had - just to name a few...

-          Joe Floreano and the GREAT staff at the Convention Center

-       CMI Communications and Chip LaCure

-       John White for securing Prime Time Brass

-        Don Alhart our emcee!

-        Kathleen Pringle the Chairman of our Auction  committee, along with Lynn Sullivan and Tracey Dreisbach

-        Sunshine Kids Gala Committee

                               Fran Antonelli

Bob Attardo

Tim Cook

Tracey Dreisbach

Joe Floreano

Peter Landers

Brad McAreavy

Kelly Mueller

Nancy O'Brien

Scott Perkins

Kathleen Pringle

Heather Rossi

Pete Sarratori

Mike Sofia

Julie St. Germaine

Ashley Steeves

Lynn Sullivan

John White

  

Thank you all again for your support. We hope to see you in a few weeks for a check presentation for the Sunshine Campus!

Yours in Rotary -

Joe Floreano, Brad McAreavy and Pete Sarratori
Committee Co-Chairs

2014 Sunshine Fashion Show
It's Derby Day!

 

When: 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 3, 2014

Where: Locust Hill Country Club, 2000 Jefferson Road, Pittsford,NY 14534

Fashions: Stein Mart

 

Cost: $47.00, includes lunch and fashion show.

Silent auction items will also be available.

 

Proceeds: To benefit Rotary Sunshine Campus, Rush, NY. 

 

For Reservations: Contact Patricia Mitchell at 872-4160 or Anne Kelderhouse at 342-6031 by April 21, 2014 for reservation and menu selection.

 

Hosted by the Women of Rotary.

 

2014 WOR Fashion Show Flyer

 

Applications now available
 
  

Staff and Camper applications are now available.  

 

We are looking for summer  Program staff, Counselors, Nurses & Facility staff.  Visit www.sunshinecampus.org for more information. 

 

Have you been to the Sunshine Campus before?  NO?  Contact Brandi at [email protected] or call 546-7435 X210 for a tour today! 

February Birthdays

 

   

February 2- Dusty Faske

February 2- Mark Zawacki

February 5- Frank Carpenter

February 6- Tony Sciolino

February 8- Don Navor

February 8- George Forsyth

February 9- Brian McLaughlin

February 12- Rich Bucenec

February 12- Dolly Malik

February 13- Frank DiCesare

February 13- Lee Juby

February 13- Judy Seil

February 14- Bliss Owen

February 16- Frank Mehlenbacher

February 16- Pete Noto

February 19- Paul Callaway

 
February 19- Keri Glitch

February 20- Patrick McGrath

February 20- David Cook

February 21- Carl Carballada

February 22- J. P. Gleason

February 22- Ray Isaac

February 23- Jim Alesi

February 23- Jim Baker

February 24- Mary Grant

February 25- Gaynelle Wethers

February 26- Mike McCourt

February 27- Peter Pape

February 27- Lynn Sullivan

February 28- Carol Anne DeMoulin

February 28- Nick Robfogel

 

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.

 

Please contact the Rotary Office if your birthday is not listed so that we may update your information.

What is going on in the district?

 

 Mark your calendars!

 

The District 7120 Training Assembly is Saturday, April 5th at Geneseo Central School from 7:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.  Please see the attached flyer for details and your opportunity to place an advertisement in the program booklet.

 

District 7120 Assembly

 

 

 

"You Moose Come to Burlington!"
District 7120 District Conference
May 2-4, 2014
Sheraton Burlington, VT Hotel & Conference Center
 
The District Conference Committee has been very busy planning an exciting, fun filled conference for District 7120 Rotarians! Plan now to arrive a day or two early and stay later in the beautiful Burlington VT region. It has so much to offer! The conference packets are being assembled and club visits are being booked!

To book your club visit, please email John & Paula Kenny at [email protected] or Barbara Harper @ [email protected].
 
Golfers, plan to arrive Thursday evening for a memorable golf outing Friday morning on one of the beautiful Vermont courses!
 
Many exciting Saturday afternoon excursions are being planned:
  • Taste of VT Tour featuring a stop at Cold Hollow Cider Mill for lunch, Cabot Cheese Annex featuring cheese, chocolates, wine, coffee, pewter with a stop at the Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Factory for a tour and dessert
  • Lake Champlain Cruise and luncheon on the Spirit of Ethan Allan III
  • Take a Guided Bike Tour of the region
  • Hop aboard the narrated Trolley Tour and see the local sites
  • Take the free shuttle bus from the hotel to the ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center and to Church Street Marketplace for shopping and dining;
 
The Saturday Breakout Sessions will highlight Programs featuring:
  • Rotary Fellowship
  • Peace Fellowship
  • Friendship Exchange
  • Paul Harris
  • Ethan Allen
  • Moose
  • Polio Plus

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