For those of you joining us for the 89th Eastern Cities Fellowship Dinner on Monday, October 27th at the Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center:

Registration & Reception: 5:00-6:00 p.m.

Dinner & Program: 6:00-8:30 p.m.

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

11/4/2014 Breakfast Meeting

Rotarian Sitima Fowler, Co-CEO of Capstone Information Technologies Inc.

"Lessons in Innovation from the Cyber Criminal Underground and How You Can Protect Yourself"

Rotary Office Training Room at 8:00 a.m.

11/4/2014 George Rommel, YMCA

Locust Hill Country Club

11/11/2014 Veterans Day Program

Locust Hill Country Club

11/25/2014 No Tuesday Luncheon - Join us at GobbleFest Monday, November 24th 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the Rotary Office.  Food-Drink-Fun-Friendship before the holidays kick off!

We are headed out to Hurd Orchard (Ridge Rd., Holley) for a Thanksgiving Tasting that will fill you up more than most din  ners! Join us - and bring friends - on Thursday, November 13th at 6pm.

Limited spaces are available and reservations are required. The cost is $62 per person.

RSVP to Brandi Koch at brandi@rochesterrotary.org or

546-7435 x210. 

 

This year marks our 20th Anniversary of the Rochester Rotary RPO Holiday Gala Pops Concert on Thursday, December 18th at 7:30 p.m.  You should have received a piece in the mail with information on this year's event and how to secure your tickets.

You will be able to secure your General Admission tickets starting Wednesday, October 29th at 2 p.m.  You will need your 3-digit member number to order the tickets from the Box Office.

If you have any questions about how to get your tickets or the different ticket options available please contact Heather in the Rotary Office at 546-7435 x204 or hrossi@rochesterrotary.org.

In addition to this year's show we will again be hosting a reception and dinner at the Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center.  For $50 per person, in addition to your ticket purchase, you will get valet parking, cocktail reception with open bar, four-course meal, shuttle trip to and from the Eastman Theater and a coffee and cordial dessert reception after the show.  (RSVP to Brandi at 546-7435 x210 or brandi@rochesterrotary.org)

Co-Chairs, Ray & Jim Isaac  

We are excited to continue our tradition this year of assisting in the Salvation Army Red Kettle Campaign.  The Rochester Rotary Club has agreed to provide bell ringers for outdoor kettle entrance's at Eastview Mall on Wednesday, December 3rd from 5:00-9:00 p.m.

Our volunteers will serve a 2-hour shift at each kettle. 

 Shifts:

#1 -  4:45-6:45 p.m.

#2 - 6:45-8:45 p.m.

We would like to form teams of four or six per kettle per shift to allow for inside mall "warming breaks" as needed.  Family members and friends are welcome to join us.  This is a wonderful way to share in the spirit of the holiday season with your fellow Rotarians, family and friends!

Please email or call Brandi Koch at brandi@rochesterrotary.org or 546-7435 x210 to sign up for a shift by Wednesday, November 26th so that we can appropriately organize our teams.

School #8 SWPBS (School Wide Positive Behavior Systems) is looking  for volunteers to assist with our monthly celebrations.  

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 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.