Due to the Peter D. Formicola Sunshine Camp Golf Invitational being the day prior the Rotary Office will be closed Tuesday, August 26th and there will not be a Tuesday Luncheon.

Hello fellow Rotarians, we had a great meeting at Locust Hill this past Tuesday with our guest speaker Mr. John Clark, Lab Director at the Monroe County Crime Laboratory. He is a firearm's expert and his presentation was extremely interesting as to the evidence gathered and used in a crime investigation and how those details are conveyed to a jury.  He described the body of a bullet, its parts, what occurs as it is fired from the chamber, the markings, and how that may or may not tie to a suspect.

The other wonderful thing that John did was to weave our Four Way Test into the values he believes in as it relates to running the County Crime Lab. Great presenter - very interesting and informative.

Yes my husband called in the middle of the news - Yes I was fined and yes I will pay!  

Good luck to everyone playing in the Peter D. Formicola Sunshine Camp Golf Tournament this upcoming Monday!

I look forward to seeing everyone at the September 2^nd meeting where we will welcome Nora Brown, Executive Director from the Rochester/Finger Lakes Film & Video Office as our guest speaker.

Happy Labor Day and all the best!

8/26/14 - No Tuesday Luncheon - Due to Peter D. Formicola Golf Invitational being the day prior.

9/2/14 - Nora Brown, Executive Director - Rochester/Finger Lakes Film & Video Office

Rochester Riverside Convention Center

Camp Haccamo has had a great week here at camp.  They had a great talent show and looking forward to their Prom Thursday evening.  Next week we will round out our summer with Heritage Kids and Mary Cariola.  It has truly been an amazing summer! Sunshine Campus is a great place where magic happens every day, thank you to everyone who makes it possible! 

Open to beginners and above shooters.

Date: Thursday, September 25th

Timeline:

3:00 p.m. - Registration begins

3:30 p.m. - Safety talk

4:00-6:00 p.m. - On Course

6:00-6:30 p.m. - Drinks

7:00 p.m. - Dinner and awards

Cost is $20 per person includes two free drinks and dinner.  RSVP to Myrna in the Rotary Office at 546-7435 x201 or myrna@rochesterrotary.org. 

We need a few volunteers to host a Governor Elect and spouse that will be visiting our area Jan 9-17, 2015. The Governors Elect are from all over the world and will be visiting Rochester as part of the Milt Matthews Governor Elect Hospitality Visit that has occurred here for the past 45 years. Our role will be to host our guests in the latter half of their visit from Jan 13-17, along with an district-wide gathering on Jan 11^th. More information and a host application is provided at http://clubs.rotary7120.org/international/MMGE-Hospitality.htm. Our Club already has two volunteers to host these international Rotarians, 2-3 additional hosts are needed. For those unable to host for the entire period of Jan 13-17, you can still help during some of those day excursions. If interested, please contact Jeff Bartkoski, VP International(jbartkoski@mercyflightcentral.org or office phone: 396-0584).

Sunshine Escape is an adult weekend for campers 21 and up.  It will be held at the Sunshine Campus October 10th-12th 2014.  We will be doing great fall activities.  We are looking for staff also.  Please visit www.sunshinecampus.org to apply.

Seabreeze is offering us a code all summer to get $5 off ticket cost.  You can buy your tickets online at www.seabreeze.com and enter promo code 801 to receive the discount.

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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