Join us Tuesday, November 11th at Locust Hill Country Club for our annual Veterans Day Luncheon as we honor and recognize the Veterans within our club as well as the families of fallen heroes within our community.

Please rsvp guests through the Rotary Office.

Tuesday was a very busy day - above and beyond Election Day, I hope you all had a chance to get out and VOTE!

We began our monthly Breakfast Meetings at the Rotary Office where we hosted over 20 Rotarians. Rotarian Sitima Fowler, Co-CEO of Capstone Information Technologies, Inc., gave an incredibly informative presentation about cyber theft, what you should look out for and security precautions you can take to protect your business - and ourselves personally. Thank you Sitima. If you would be interested in making a presentation at one of our Breakfast Meetings please contact Tracey Dreisbach in the Rotary Office for details.

Then we were on to our luncheon meeting at Locust Hill Country Club!

We were joined by guest speaker George Romell, President and CEO of the YMCA of Greater Rochester. George gave a very comprehensive discussion on future plans at several local YMCA branches. The YMCA has partnered with UR Medicine and Wegmans on some of these new initiatives.

CONGRATULATIONS to Ray Isaac, Ray is our newest Paul Harris Fellow. He joins recent recipients Carol, Tony and Jason Floreano and Rev. Susan Schafer as our newest Paul Harris Fellows. Carol, Tony, Jason and Susan were presented theirs in memory of Past President Joe Floreano at the Eastern Cities Fellowship Dinner last week. The Dinner was a beautiful event and from the bottom of my heart would like to thank Don & Mary Alhart, Bob Enright and all of the committee members and volunteers for making it so very special. I had many compliments afterwards as to how smooth the evening ran, the entertainment and how inspiring it was. What a great opportunity to hear from RI Foundation Chair John Kenny about the great works Rotary is doing around the world through the Foundation.

I look forward to seeing you all next week back at Locust Hill Country Club as we honor our Veterans with our annual luncheon.

11/11/2014 Veterans Day Program - "Honoring the Families of Our Fallen Heroes."  Reservations Required

Locust Hill Country Club

11/18/2014 No Tuesday Luncheon - Join us Wednesday, November 19th for our Business After Hours - RTS Transit Center Tour

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!

12/2/2014 Kris Sirchio, CEO of North American Breweries

Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center

12/10/2014 No Tuesday Luncheon - Join us Wednesday, December 10th for the Joint luncheon with the Rochester Downtown Development Corporation - Reservations must be made through the Rotary Office

Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center

12/16/2014 Rochester Oratorio Society, Holiday luncheon program

Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center

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. 

Membership matters....

Rotary Boot Camp is a quick "training" on all the "ins" and "outs" of Rochester Rotary.  We ask that all new members attend one session -- as well as longtime Rotarians who need a refresher on their Club.

These sessions are both social and informative.  Strap up your boots and save the date, we will save you a seat!

Tuesday, November 18th at 4:30 p.m.

 Rochester Rotary Board Room (180 Linden Oaks)

Please RSVP your attendance to Myrna Padilla in the Rotary Office

Join us November 19th for a special sneak preview of the Transit Center and meet with leaders from RTS,VisitRochester, Rochester Rotary, and Rochester Business Alliance.

The $50 million building, which opens November 28th to the public, spans an entire block and features state-of-the-art amenities for more than 20,000 customers who travel through downtown each day.

Following the tour, head across the street for a cocktail reception and networking at The College at Brockport METROCENTER.

Time: 5:00-7:00pm

Cost: $15 members only event. The deadline for registrations is November 17th, after that date, the cost is $20.  
Cancellations must be received 5 business days before the event. No shows will be charged.
 
Date: Wednesday, November 19 2014
 
Address: RTS Transit Center
71 N. Clinton Ave
Rochester, NY 14604

REGISTER NOW

 

This year marks our 20th Anniversary of the Rochester Rotary RPO Holiday Gala Pops Concert on Thursday, December 18th at 7:30 p.m.  

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  

This past Tuesday Ray Isaac was honored as one of the newest Rochester Rotarians to join the ranks of the Paul Harris Fellows.  Congratulations!

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.

Join us Monday, November 24th as we kick start the holiday season!  What better way to kick start the season than with food,   fun and friendship.  We are again, this year, asking attendees to bring an item(s) to donate to Foodlink. We will take the donation delivery to Foodlink the day after our event just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday.  

It will start at 4:30 p.m. at the Rotary Office.  We will provide food and drink so we just ask if you can RSVP for us to plan accordingly to Brandi at 546-7435 x210 or brandi@rochesterrotary.org.

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.