Thank you to all those new and seasoned Rotarians that made it out to the Sunshine Camp Carnival this week.  It was an excellent and up lifting event!  My favorite part was the parade of campers and the cheers from Rotarians and guests as they came by.  There were over 150 members and guests in addition to our 100 campers.  Kudos to the staff for organizing the event.  The activities from face painting to the "dunk " tank (Miss Brandi got up there!) were a big hit.  We had Mr. John Wallace visit us who is a former NBA player. Thank you Mr. Fiorie for bringing your very tall friend to the camp.

The sun was shining on camp Wednesday night and we were able to "Light Up Rotary" to a few more people that were not aware of all the wonderful things at camp and the site of the new tree house!  A very big Thank You to Don Alhart for his news coverage of the event.

Next meeting at the Laser Lab is one I am looking forward to. Thank you to Bob McCrory for the hospitality and tour.  Be sure to sign up with the Rotary office to attend.

I hope you all can come to my Presidential Reception on August 7^th, 2014 at The Penthouse at One East Ave. 

7/29/14 - Dr. Robert McCrory, Director of Laboratory for Laser Energetics  - Reservations are needed contact Meghan at intern@rochesterrotary.org $12 for Rotarian members and $16 for guests.

This is an offsite meeting/lunch at the Laser Lab   

8/5/14 - Larry Glazer, CEO and Managing Partner of Buckingham Properties - Presentation is titled "The Third Wind"

Rochester Riverside Convention Center  

8/12/14 - Donald Jeffries, President and CEO of VisitRochester

Rochester Riverside Convention Center   

This week the Sunshine Campers are having an AMAZING time! Thank you to everyone who came to our Carnival.  It was a great night filled with, bounce houses, cotton candy, snow cones and train rides! We are looking forward to our second session starting this Sunday.   

We hope to see you at Peter's Pals Putt Putt on Wednesday!                     

Congratulations to Morgan Hamman, Accounting Manager who welcomed baby Finley Rose on Wednesday, July 16th she weighed 7lbs. 110z.

We hope you will join us Thursday, August 7th at The Penthouse at One East Ave. for President Tracy's Welcome Reception starting at 4:30 p.m.

We will enjoy heavy hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar as we mingle with our fellow Rotarians and welcome Tracy Armstrong as our new President.

The cost is $30 per person - please RSVP to Meghan Rebholz at Intern@rochesterrotary.org.

The Membership Committee's mission is to grow and sustain the Rochester Rotary Membership. We accomplish this by identifying and recruiting a diverse group of qualified new members and support their initial involvement in the Club.

Each year our Club has a goal to bring in 35 new and dynamic members. At present we have 339 members of our club. Under the leadership of Mary Lewis Consler the committee engaged in a strategic planning process that will help the committee be even more proactive. The strategic plan has a number of sub committees that are listed below:

Under Represented - we have a number of member categories that could use increases.   A good example is military.

Marketing Collaboration - working with our marketing committee this sub group will assist with additional materials that will help with recruitment.

Corporate Membership - this has been a goal for a long time and we will be working directly with each of the larger corporations in this region on corporate memberships. Each new person must pass our membership criteria.

Small Business - this is a specific effort to attract new members that are business owners.

Internal Communications - this effort will see the Membership Committee reaching directly out to other members of our club for  

referrals.

You will hear more about these initiatives over the course of the new-year. The Membership Committee is excited about the formation of the Engagement Committee lead by Steve Hoitt.

To recommend a new member please contact Mary Lewis Consler at 310-7113 or Scott Rasmussen at 273-5932.

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