Join us Tuesday, October 7th at the Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center where our guest speakers will be Ronald J. Paprocki, Senior Vice President for Administration and Finance and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at the University of Rochester and Randy Ruttenberg, founding principal of Fairmount Properties.

College Town is an exciting new mixed-use, close-knit district providing the Rochester community, University of Rochester and University of Rochester Medical Center students, faculty and staff a one-of-a-kind, vibrant place to live, learn, dine, shop, work and play.

This Tuesday we read a memorial and had a moment of silence for our very dear friend, Joseph A. Floreano read by Past District Governor, Past Club President but most importantly Joe's dear friend, Don Alhart. Joe's funeral service will be held tomorrow (10/3) at Asbury First Methodist starting at 11am. The services are also available for live streaming through www.asburyfirst.org.
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Tuesday's guest speaker was Dr. Ruth Scott her presentation was titled "Fixing the Hole in the Bucket: Looking at Community Solutions". We learned that Dr. Scott was the first African American woman to sit on city council and was elected its president in 1986. A thread throughout Dr. Scott's presentation was that she was not afraid to ask questions, tough at times but she knew what was necessary to begin the process of change and wasn't afraid of the answers - even if they didn't favor her end goal.  She continued through her presentation to encourage business leaders to ask those questions and help to lead in the change our community needs to be full again.

Thank you to Doug Cook and Lisa Norwood for their announcement about the upcoming MILT Matthews program and our visiting District Governors Elect - please look to the article below if you are interested in volunteering.

Lastly, thank you to Wolfgang Pfizenmaier for the information about the upcoming Tree Cutting/Work Day out at the Sunshine Campus. This project needs to get underway as we prepare for the ground breaking for the Treehouse project. Look to the article below for more details.

I look forward to seeing you all next week as we get an update on "College Town".  

10/7/14 Ron Paprocki and Randy Ruttenberg, "College Town"

Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center

10/14/14 Scott Pitoniak and Lou Gramm  

 Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center 

10/21/14 Rich Funke and Senator Ted O'Brien Debate

Guests are welcomed but must be pre-registered.

Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center

10/28/14 No Luncheon due to the Eastern Cities Fellowship Dinner taking place the night before

Saturday, October 11th from 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. with lunch to follow.

Please contact Brandi at 546-7435 X 210 or brandi@rochesterrotary.org.

Thank you! 

Do you know of any Rotarians who may be  ill?

One of the functions of the Friendship Committee is to visit Rotarians who are confined to their home, the hospital, a rehab unit or nursing home due to a sustained illness.  We have found that they really appreciate a visit.  But we need your help.  We can only make contact with those Rotarians who have been brought to our attention.  So, if you hear about someone who should be seen, please don't assume we know.

Please call Myrna at 546-7435 x201 to convey the information.

Thank you.  

This year's Eastern Cities Fellowship Dinner will be Monday, October 27th at the Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center.

We are thrilled to welcome John Kenny, Chair of the Rotary International Foundation.

Click to Register

School 8 is looking for volunteer tutors. [This is in addition to the Reading Commandos and Math Magician program]. School 8 is looking for Rotarians and other interested tutors.

Grade Levels: K-8

Subjects: Math, ELA (English Language Arts), Reading, and Leadership Skills

When: Tuesday and Thursday from 2:30 to 4:00

(click below for schedule)

2014-2015 School Year Tutoring Options

Please provide grade level interest, focus area interest, approximate time availability and frequency of ability to participate.

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 form Jan. 13-17, along with district-wide gathering on Jan. 11th. 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 at jbartkoski@mercyflightcentral.org or office phone: 396-0584.

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.

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.

2013 RPO Sponsors