Rochester Rotary                                                                   12/11/2015
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Annual Holiday Luncheon
THANK YOU!
Rochester Rotary RPO Holiday Gala Pops Concert
Thank you to all Bell Ringers!
Sunshine Campus Company Holiday Gift
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"Underground Railroad: A Spiritual Journey" at Eastman School of Music
What is the "Tootsie Roll Bright Spot"?
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Upcoming Committee Meetings

12/15/15 Tuesday Luncheon
11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Registration, Networking & Lunch
12:30 p.m. - Program
Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center

12/15/15 Club Board Meeting
1:30-3:00 p.m.
Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center

12/16/15 School #8 Scholarship Committee Meeting
8:00-9:00 a.m.
Board Room

12/22/15 No Tuesday Luncheon

12/29/15 No Tuesday Luncheon


2015-2016  

Club Board 

 

Club President

Peter Sarratori 

President Elect

Donna Dedee 

Immediate Past President

Tracy Armstrong 


Vice Presidents

Megan Alchowiak

Mark Armbruster

Jeff Bartkoski 

Beth Cross-Wilhelm

Peter Glennon 

Nancy O'Brien

Meredith Smith

Julie St. Germaine 

Mark Zawacki

 

Treasurer

Don Twietmeyer 

Assistant Treasurer 

Dusty Faske 

Sgt.-At-Arms

Todd Baxter 

Sgt-At-Arms 

Barb Cutrona 

New Member Liaison

Ray Isaac 

Historian

Carl Krause 

 

Rochester Rotary Staff

   

Tracey Dreisbach

Executive Director

Myrna Padilla

Executive Assistant

Heather Rossi

Event Director

Brandi Koch

Sunshine Campus Partner

Director

Pam Reinhardt

Accounting Manager

 

Sunshine Campus  
Tree House
 
More information can be found on the Sunshine Campus Website or you may call the Rotary Office.
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News of YOUR Club
Annual Holiday Luncheon 


We hope you will join us Tuesday, December 15th at the Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center where we will host our annual Holiday Luncheon. The Convention Center prepares a fantastic holiday menu for us and we will hear a musical performance from the University Preparatory Charter School for Young Men's Choir.

This is a larger luncheon than normal so we ask that you please RSVP for yourself and any guests to Myrna in the Rotary Office at 546-7435 x201 or myrna@rochesterrotary.org.

Upcoming Speakers
12/15/15 Annual Holiday Luncheon
University Preparatory Charter School for Young Men Choir
Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center

12/22 & 12/29/15 No Tuesday Luncheons in observance of the Holidays

1/5/16 Robert Duffy, President & CEO of Rochester Business Alliance
Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center

1/12/16 Heidi Zimmer-Meyer, President of the Rochester Downtown Development Corporation
Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center
     
THANK YOU!
A big THANK YOU to our 2015 Rochester Rotary Holiday Gala Pops sponsors and supporters.

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Heritage Christian Services Foundation
Ralston Agency
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Rochester Rotary
RPO Holiday Gala Pops Concert 
 

The Rochester Rotary - RPO Holiday Gala Pops
Concert remains one of the Rochester Community's premier holiday events. The success of this event is critical to providing continued funding for our Rochester Rotary Sunshine Campus - which helps to ensure thousands of young people with disabilities experience the many joys of summer camping through Rotary's Sunshine Campus programs. 

As part of your Rotary membership obligation, we are asking you to support this critical fund-raising effort.

You can support this event the following ways:

1) Purchase or sell eight (8) tickets at $50.00 each. While you will be paying for your tickets through the invoice provided, you must secure your tickets as follows:
  • Pick up your tickets at the Eastman Theatre Box Office
  • Call the Eastman Theatre Box Office at 585-454-2100 and they will mail tickets directly to you.
Note: no matter which method you chose to secure your tickets, you will need your 3-digit member number to secure your tickets.

2) If you are unable to attend this event, make a suggested holiday donation of $300 to the Rochester Rotary Charitable Trusts, Inc.

Let's make this our most successful year ever. Thanks for your support!

Make the evening even more special. Join Us for a Pre-Gala Reception, Dinner and Dessert Event at the Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center. Just $55 per person in addition to your ticket purchase.

* Valet parking
* Cocktail reception
* Four-course meal
* Shuttle to Eastman Theatre and return trip

For more information, contact the Rochester Rotary Office at 585-546-7435 x204 or visit www.rochesterrotary.org.
Thank you to all Bell Ringers!
Thank you to all who volunteered with us Thursday night for the Salvation Army Red Kettle Campaign.



Sunshine Campus Company Holiday Gift
Can you believe the Holiday season approaching this quickly?
 
As you begin to plan for the holidays we ask you to consider the Sunshine Campus. As you plan your gifts to customers this year we ask that you consider a donation to the Sunshine Campus in their honor - Could there be an easier gift?

The Rotary Office has created a personalized piece that you can send along letting folks know the donation you have made in their honor and the good it will bring to the community we serve at the Campus.

If you have any questions please contact Tracey Dreisbach in the Rotary Office, 585-546-7435 x215. We thank you in advance for your consideration of supporting the Sunshine Campus.

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As you shop this Holiday season please consider choosing the Sunshine Campus as your charity through AmazonSmile.
AmazonSmile is a program through Amazon.com that donates a portion of your total bill back to a chosen charity.
Click the image on the right for a link!
 
Rotary Veterans Pins
During our Veterans Day Program all Veterans where given a special Rotary Veteran Pin. If you were unable to join us please stop by the Rotary Office to pick yours up.

"Underground Railroad: A Spiritual Journey"
at Eastman School of Music
hosted by Keith C. Elder
 
Five-time Grammy Award-winning soprano Kathleen Battle and longtime collaborator, jazz pianist Cyrus Chestnut, join forces to present a program entitled "Underground Railroad: A Spiritual Journey" on Saturday, January 30, 2016 at 8:00 PM as part of the Eastman School of Music's second season of its "Eastman Presents" series. The concert, which explores traditional slave spirituals and the writings of abolitionists Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglas, also features the debut performance of the Rochester Festival Chorus,a new ensemble composed of Rochester-area singers and conducted by Eastman alumnus Jason Holmes.
 
You are cordially invited to a pre-concert reception at the Eastman School of Music, hosted by Director of Concert Activities, Keith C. Elder. The event is $40, inclusive of the reception and a ticket to the performance. Please register by January 26.

Timeline
7:00-7:45 pm - Reception (includes wine/beer and light hors d'oeuvres)
8:00 pm - Concert

Register Here 

What is the "Tootsie Roll Bright Spot"?  

Tootsie Roll Bright Spot - The Basics:

Rotary's Challenge - EREY - Every Rotarian, Every Year - to donate $100 to the Annual Giving Fund of the Rotary Foundation.

Rochester Rotary Makes it Fun
  • Pledge to give $100 - before June 30, 2016
  • You become a member of the Rochester Rotary "Tootsie Roll Family"
  • You get to name at "Tootsie Roll Bright Spot" - a fellow Rotarian, friend, co-worker - anyone -
  • That person is recognized at a Tuesday Rotary meeting with a gift of Tootsie Rolls - and public acknowledgement
  • YOU get a "Tootsie Roll Sticker" for your name badge to show your commitment to give $100 to the Rotary Foundation.
  • When you have completed that gift - you receive a Sustaining Member sticker for your badge from Rotary International

 

You can name a Tootsie Roll Bright Spot for every $100 you pledge.   

 

To make a pledge or for more information contact Rotarian Hank Ralston at 697-0880 or hank@ralstonagency.com.   

 

December Birthdays

December 1- John Wise
December 5- Ethan Welch
December 7- Duncan Moore
December 10- Gidget Hopf
December 12- Lynn Lubecki
December 12- Tracey Dreisbach
December 13- Sandy Frankel
December 14- Pat Coakley
December 17- John Griffin
December 21- Rick Krempin
December 26- Jim Moran
December 26- Ken Pink
December 28- Nicole Calcagni
December 30- John Heveron
December 31- Stuart Small


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.
 
Please contact the Rotary Office if your birthday is not listed so that we may update your information.

What is going on in the District?

District 7120 Vocal Contest
 
The District 7120 Vocal Contest is January 10, 2016. This program will allow three of our high school juniors or seniors to win a scholarship and/or scholarship money.
 
It is our hope that every club will use this as an opportunity to interface with their local high school, music department and vocal teachers.

The local club's responsibilities include:
        Select a candidate or candidates
        Send in the application and fee of $75 for each candidate.               
 
Should your candidate win first prize, the district will finance his/her trip to the district conference where he/she will perform at one of the major events.
 
I have enclosed a copy of both the guidelines and application
Please participate by contacting your local high school's music/vocal department in early October and November.
 
The District will grant the following cash scholarships:
First place $1,000, Second Place $500, Third Place  $300
These cash prizes may be used at the discretion of the winner.
 
Roberts Wesleyan College will host the District Competition where the top three (3) vocalists will be selected. The college has also agreed to grant scholarships to the top candidates should they decide to attend Roberts Wesleyan College as a music major.
 
If you have any questions, you may contact Sandy or Paul.
 
Paul Cimicata, pscimicata@gmail.com  or 585-747-3795
Sandy McLellan, smclellan@rochester.rr.com
2015 RPO Holiday Gala Pops Sponsors