Join us Tuesday, June 10th at Rochester Riverside Convention Center where our guest speakers will be Mark Clement, President and CEO of Rochester General Health System, and Warren Hern, President and CEO of Unity Health System.

Their presentation will focus on the merger of the Rochester General Health System and the Unity Health System. They will be discussing the process, where they are to date and the time line of the unification of the two systems.

D-Day: If you were watching NBC Nightly News last night, you saw the story. Yesterday, Whiskey 7 flew over the beaches of Normandy, and opened its rear door to let paratroopers jump into France again, in tribute to the veterans who fought in the largest and greatest military invasion in history. Leslie Palmer Cruise, Jr., a 90-year old veteran from Philadelphia, was on board too. He flew on Whiskey 7 exactly 70 years ago, as a young paratrooper, who entered France behind the German lines in the early morning darkness before the beach landings at dawn. The Return to Normandy mission of Whiskey 7 was first brought to the attention of Rochester Rotarians as a luncheon program three months ago, thanks to Scott Rasmussen. Jack Foy, who spoke to us during our Veterans Day program, also is in Normandy for the D-Day commemoration. Today, let us remember the heroism of the 160,000 Allied troops, who fought on D-Day with "the eyes of the world" upon them "to preserve our civilization and set free a suffering humanity," and the more than 9,000 Allied soldiers, who were killed or wounded on the first day of the Battle of Normandy.

The Rundel Library ghost: If you attended our luncheon meeting on Tuesday, you heard the stories . . . and you saw the video . . . of doors opening and closing, of the sound of books being pulled off shelves, and of a manually operated freight elevator moving between floors - all occurring after hours when the library is closed. Our keynote speaker, Sally Snow, tells great ghost stories. We even learned who might be haunting the Rundel Library. Laura Young died - some say was murdered by her husband - in the millrace, above which the Rundel Library was later built. Thanks to Megan Alchowiak for suggesting this fun program. I don't know about you, but I believe.

6/10/14 - RGH/Unity Merger - Mark Clement, RGH & Warren Hearn, Unity

Rochester Riverside Convention Center

6/19/14 - 77th Rotary Award Luncheon - Reservations are needed contact Myrna at myrna@rochesterrotary.org or 546-7435 x201

Rochester Riverside Convention Center 

6/24/14 - President Bob's Last Meeting

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.

77th Rotary Award - Sponsorship Information

 Rochester Rotarians are the best source of qualified new members--bringing their business colleagues and friends into the club each year. This past year we saw more than 35 new members join Rochester Rotary!

We need your help to achieve our goal for this year. Do you have a business associate or a friend who might benefit from Rochester Rotary through excellent speakers on a variety of topics at the Tuesday Noon Lunch Meeting, business networking meeting with other business leaders or service opportunities such as those at School # 8 and the Sunshine Campus?

Your Membership Committee is undertaking a special campaign for new members-PLUS ONE! We are asking each member to identify and engage one new member! Bring your potential new member to a luncheon or to an upcoming event. Membership Co-Chairs Mary Lewis Consler and Scott Rasmussen are happy to assist you, as are all Membership Committee members.

The proposal process is easy:

• Simply complete a short Membership Proposal Card, which can be found on the Rochester Rotary website under "Club Committees," and submit the card to the Rotary office.
• A Membership Committee member will meet with your candidate to discuss Rochester Rotary and to learn more about the candidate.
• The Membership Committee member will share information with the committee and make a recommendation for Board approval.

Currently Rochester Rotary is looking for new members in these areas:

• Advertising & Public Relations
• Architecture & Engineering
• Business Owners      
• Clergy, Religious              
• Commercial Sales            
• Computers, Data Processing
• Corporate Executives      
• Entertainment & Sports      
• Hotel/Travel                  
• Human Resources            
• Military                
• Technology                    
• Transportation              
• Utilities  

"PLUS ONE"! That's the Membership Committee's and Rochester Rotary's mission this year! With one new member referral you can make a real difference!

Dear All Rotarians,

I'm certain you have heard about the disaster in Penn Yan. I received the message below from President Diane Krans asking for all of our help. Please consider making a donation to help all of the people and businesses that were damaged by the storm on Wednesday.

Bill Redden
District 7120 web administrator

Mark your calendars: 

Rotary Night at the Rhinos

June 28^th, 2014

7:05 game time

Tickets are $10 for the Blue Seating Area

To purchase tickets at the Rotary Special Price please(585) 454-KICK (5425) or visit www.rhinossoccer.com and mention Rotary

Governor Ellen Hughes will be kicking out the first ball.

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We are fast approaching the end of another Rotary year. The very successful District Conference has just ended and Governor Ellen and the Waterloo Club can take a chance to relax after all of their hard work. With the District Change Over Dinner  less than 2 months away all of us should be making sure each of our Clubs send one or two representatives to this dinner. All of the Club Presidents, and most of the members, know that if you asked Governor Ellen to attend any of your Club's service or fund raising projects she did every. She was there for inductions of new members or to recognize someone with a Paul Harris Fellowship. To show our thanks for all of her efforts it is up to you to sign up for this dinner.

Please make sure you download the attachment below and send in your registration and check quickly so we see if we can set a record for people attending the Change Over Dinner that is being held on Monday June 30th at the Bristol Harbor Resort. The open cash bar will start at 5:30 PM with the dinner to start at 6:30 PM. 

 Click here for the District Change Over Dinner registration form. 

2013 RPO Sponsors