We hope you will join us for President Tracy's last meeting as Club President, Tuesday, June 23rd at the Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center.

As is tradition, Past President Bob Attardo will run our speaker/program portion of the luncheon where we will celebrate her year of leading us as we "Light Up Rotary" with a couple of surprises.

Thank you Thank you Don Alhart for a spectacular job hosting our 78th Annual Rotary Award luncheon!

It was a wonderful lunch and fantastic program to honor a man we all know and love.

Kurt Mueller's video was a smash - listening to friends and family speak from the heart about Jim Isaac was incredibly touching. As I said in my speech - "Jim's stellar character is infectious. He is classy, compassionate, warm, honest, devoted and hard working - the most deserving of this 78th Rotary Award."

Lisa Cox a Sunshine Camper Parent recently wrote:

"Jim Isaac is a wise and generous man, who represents your organization with grace and kindness. He does not seek rewards for his generosity. I am truly blessed that our affiliation with Rotary allowed us to meet such a positive force in our midst. Please know that his inclusion in your organization shines a very bright warm light on all Rotary is and does in our community."

Fellow Rotarian and friend of Jim's, Bob Enright spoke about his many years of admiration watching and working with Jim as ED of Rotary and now in his current role. It was laced with metaphors of tools, tool belts and ink pens great job Bob.

As if that was not enough fellow Rotarian, and son, Ray Isaac spoke of the lessons he learned and his undying gratitude, respect, high regard and love for his father and all that he is to family and our community.

The show stopper came when Jim spoke graciously accepting this honor but teaching us what Rotary is and what it means to him through his life experiences all the way back to a young boy. Jim's speech was riddled with praise of others whom he has worked with both in and out of Rotary. He introduced us to his family and shared antidotes on each. Jim expressed his appreciation and gratitude to Shirley his wonderful wife! Not many better than Jim - Thank you for all you do sir we are lucky to have you here in our Club and in our community!

6/23/2015 President Tracy's Last Meeting

Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center

6/30/2015 Tree House Dedication - 5:00-7:00 p.m.

This will take the place of the luncheon.

Sunshine Campus

7/7/2015 President Peter Sarratori's Inaugural Meeting

Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center

Rochester Rotary was pleased to award the 78th Rotary Award to Jim Isaac on Tuesday.  Congratulations Jim, we are honored to call you a friend!

Rochester Rotary would like to thank Larry Fritz for his 24 years of service to the Sunshine Campus. Larry will be retiring in the end of June and moving to New Hampshire to be closer to his son and grandkids. Larry has been a dedicated and long-time employee who has devoted his time and talents to making the Sunshine Campus a better place. Thank you Larry and we wish you the best of luck on your new adventure in New Hampshire.

Our Treehouse Dedication will be held Tuesday, June 30th from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at the Sunshine Campus.

We hope to see you all there to celebrate this amazing addition to our Campus and celebrate President Tracy's end of year.

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We need volunteers from our Club to host students from Russia, Ukraine and Georgia that will be visiting Rochester from July 20 - 22. The students are part of musical/dance group called Golden Gates, with their visit coordinated by a Rotarian based in the U.S. Their itinerary of activities in our area includes a visit to the Sunshine Campus. Hosts will be asked to open their homes for two nights (Monday and Tuesday) and provide breakfast to the students. If possible, hosts will transport students to a central location in our area in the mornings, but if unable the group coordinator can meet all transportation requirements. There are about 12 students coming to our community, so we need many volunteers.

If you can host, please contact Jeff Bartkoski (jbartkoski@mercyflightcentral.org or cell phone: 585-313-1766) or the Rotary Office by June 26^th with the number of students you are willing to have stay overnight at your home on July 20 and 21. The students will have sleeping bags, thus a bed for each student is not required.

This is a great opportunity to show our hospitality and support for Rotary International.

Thank you. 

 Join us Wednesday, July 22nd at the Sunshine Campus for our annual Camp Carnival and the Sensory Stimulation Building Dedication.

Rotarians, Family and Friends are ALL WELCOME to join us at camp.

Cook Out Dinner - 5:30 p.m.

Sensory Stimulation Building Dedication & Ribbon Cutting - 6:00 p.m.

Parade & Kickoff of Carnival Night - 6:15 p.m. (until dusk)

This annual night of fun is exciting to bring your family and friends - we will have bounce houses, face painting, music, dunk tank, carnival games and prizes and train rides!

We are excited to also be officially unveiling to our guests that evening our new state of the art Sensory Stimulation Building.  The new building will be a huge benefit to the thousands of campers we host each summer.

To plan accordingly for food we would ask that you please RSVP to Myrna in the Rotary Office at 585-546-7435 x201 or myrna@rochesterrotary.org.  The cost is $5 per person or $20 for the family!

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We are excited for the Putt Putt tournament at the Sunshine Campus being held Wednesday, July 29th.

Rotarians, family and friends are welcome to join us and cheer on our Campers and their Rotarian teammates through 9 holes of Putt Putt.  The tournament will be followed by a wonderful ice cream social.

The times for volunteers players are 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.  If you are interested in golfing with our campers (9 holes of Putt Putt) or serving ice cream please contact the Rotary Office at 546-7435 or hrossi@rochesterrotary.org.

Planning for this year's Sunshine Camp Golf Invitational has begun if your are interested in joining the committee contact Myrna at the Rotary Office at 546-7435 x201 or myrna@rochesterrotary.org and we will add you to our communications list.  The next upcoming meetings are:

Wednesday, July 1st

Wednesday, July 15th

Wednesday, July 29th

Wednesday, August 12th

Wednesday, August 19th

Meetings take place in the Rotary Office Board Room (180 Linden Oaks) from 12:00-1:30 p.m. 

With the summer getting underway we always ask Program Staff to look over their program areas and make a wish list.  Here are some of the items:

If you are able to help with any donations please contact Brandi at 533-2080 x103 or brandi@rochesterrotary.org.

We are excited to have been chosen as the charity this year that will benefit from the Red Wings "Launch a Ball" promotion.  Folks who go to a Saturday game can buy a tennis ball before the game and throw them on the field after the game to try to win a prize.

The proceeds from this promotion will go to Sunshine Campus.  In addition to being talked about during the games, the camp will be featured in radio ads on Warm 101.3, 94.1 The Zone and 93.3 Fickle.

To make this succesful, we need you help. 

We need eight volunteers for each Saturday night game this year, May 16th to August 29th.  All you have to do is sell tennis balls before the game, as a volunteer, you'll get to enjoy the game for free.

Plus, there will be fireworks after each game!

The following are dates that volunteers are needed:

July 4th

August 1st

August 15

August 29th

To sign up, contact Brandi at the Rotary office at 546-7435 x210 or brandi@rochesterrotary.org.

    

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.