Join us Tuesday, March 25th at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center where our guest speakers will be Jacqueline Duvivier Castillo, Director of Business & Development at PUC Achieve Charter Schools National, Edward Vandenberg, Director of National School Expansion and Adriana Abich one of the founding  principals of the school.

Partnerships to Uplift Communities (PUC) National is a non-profit 501(C)3 charter school development and management organization. In 1999, PUC Schools created its first public charter middle school to provide a more desirable public school option for the high need community of the NE San Fernando Valley. Due to the success of this first school, and in response to community demand, there are now 13 PUC charter schools serving over 4,000 students in 1 elementary, 7 middle, and 5 high schools in Northeast Los Angeles and the Northeast San Fernando Valley.  PUC will be opening its first school out of state in Rochester, NY in August of 2014.

The presentation will be to share with the community the plans of PUC National to open PUC Achieve Charter School.  The school will open in August 2014 with 100 5^th graders serving the Northeast Quadrant.

Tuesday, March 25^th we will be hosting a school supply drive for School #8. Our luncheon will be held at Rochester Riverside Convention Center 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:  

Copier Paper (8.5x11)

Folders

Kleenex

Pencils #2

Dr. "Del" Smith, the City Commissioner of Neighborhood and Business Development, was our keynote speaker this week.  He explained the new administration's focus and priorities, and described exciting plans and projects that are in the works.  Del also expressed his admiration for Rotary, and specifically touched upon our four-way test.  This prompted Past President John White, and a few other Rotarians, to offer up a four-way test coin as an additional gift to our speaker.  At the urging of Club Vice President Ellen Wagner, we also might have a new member in Del.  To learn more about Del, check out this week's issue of the Rochester Business Journal.

Mayor Lovely Warren taped a special message to Rochester Rotarians.  A link to that message was sent to you on Tuesday in an email message from Heather Rossi.  The Mayor originally was scheduled to speak to us this week, but had to travel to Albany to meet with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to fight for Rochester's share of AIM aide in the upcoming State budget.  We are in the process of rescheduling Mayor Lovely Warren's visit to the Rochester Rotary Club.

Our program series on the future of city education resumes next week.  Directors from PUC Achieve Charter Schools National are traveling here from California to speak to us about a new charter school that will open in Rochester this Fall, and the successful model PUC has employed operating a number of charter schools in California.  I look forward to seeing you on Tuesday.

3/25/14 - The Future of City Education Series, Part 2 -

Jacqueline Duvivier, Director of Business Development PUC Achieve Charter Schools National

Rochester Riverside Convention Center

4/1/14 - The Future of City Education Series, Part 3 -

Dr. Yvonne Minor Ragan, President of Buffalo Promise Neighborhood

Rochester Riverside Convention Center

At its February 20th meeting, the Rochester Rotary Club Board accepted the Rotary Award Committee's recommendation for   the 77th Rochester Rotary Award.  This year's recipient is Thomas S. Richards.  Tom was nominated by Stephen Hoitt and Scott Rasmussen.

"Tom is the embodiment of "Service Above Self" and this philosophy is at the core of his personal and professional life.  His generosity of time, talent, intelligence and treasure in the Rochester community is exemplary and is reflected in his many senior level positions over a forty year career of work and service in Rochester.

              - University of Rochester President, Joel Seligman

This year's luncheon will be held Thursday, June 19th at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center.

Thank you to all who volunteered on Wednesday at the Asbury Dining and Caring Center. 

Thursday, April 10th from 5-7:00 p.m. -  Business to Business Event: Eastman Business Park is home to manufacturing, tenant and site infrastructure facilities, with several facilities currently for sale and/or lease, along with space for new buildings and development. Kodak currently has 2.5M sq. ft. of existing facility space of virtually all types, and over 300 acres of developable property for commercial or industrial use.

We will have networking and hors d'oeuvres from 5-5:30 p.m., then will be boarding a shuttle and Mike Alt, director of the Business Park, will give us a tour of the more than 300 acres and 2.5 million square feet of facility space that make up the Eastman Business Park.

RSVP to Myrna Padilla at the Rotary Office at 546-7435 x201 or myrna@rochesterrotary.org.

Mark your calendars now for Saturday, April 12th at the Rochester Curling Club.

Location: 71 Deep Rock Rd., Rochester, NY 14624

Time: 3:30-5:30 p.m.

Cost: $25.00 per person

Price includes: Instructions, Equipment, Curling and Dinner ( Cash bar will be available)

To sign up please contact Brandi Koch in the Rotary Office at 546-7435 x210 or brandi@rochesterrotary.org - RSVP by Wednesday, March 26th

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

On Friday, June 13th, Rotary will sponsor a Career Day for 6^th-8^th grade students at the Roberto Clemente School. The event will enable the students to learn about potential careers in fields represented by our local businesses and organizations.

Last year 14 firms joined us; please consider participating in this great opportunity to showcase your occupation and interact with the students. Set-up is at 8:30 am and the students will be with us from 9:00-11:30am. Continental breakfast will be provided for presenters. If you are able to participate please contact Jeff Bartkoski, jbartkoski@ur.rochester.edu or  (585)275-4276, to reserve a table by April 15th.

As we are looking foward to spring take a look back at Sunshine Camp 2013.

Rotary Sunshine Gala Video 2014

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.

  CAMP HACCAMO's 2^nd ANNUAL Auto/Truck Meet

SATURDAY, MAY 31, 2014- 8 A.M

Show Location: Damacus Shriners

979 Bay Rd., Webster, NY

Registration Form

2013 RPO Sponsors