Rochester Rotary 1/5/2017

Rotary HEADLINE News

FAME's 5% Pledge Growing Jobs in Middle Skills

Tuesday Luncheon Highlights

Rotary Boot Camp

B2B Connections at Lasertron

Save the Date!

Sunshine Kids Gala Needs Your Help

Save the Date B2B Breakfast Meeting

Save the Date B2B Trade Show

Tootsie Roll Bright Spot

Are we socially connected?

Upcoming Committee Meetings

1/10/17 Tuesday Luncheon
11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Registration, Networking & Lunch
12:30 p.m. - Program
Floreano Riverside Convention Center

1/10/17 Boot Camp
4:30-5:30 p.m.
Board Room

1/11/17 Friendship Committee Meeting
12:00-1:30 p.m.
Shadow Lake Golf Club

1/11/17 Sunshine Kids Gala Committee Meeting
12:00-1:30 p.m.
RADA - Board Room

1/12/17 Campus Facilities Committee Meeting
8:00-9:30 a.m.
Board Room

1/12/17 Membership Committee Meeting
12:00-1:30 p.m.
Board Room

2016-2017

Club Board

Club President

Donna Dedee

President Elect

Mark Armbruster

Immediate Past President

Peter Sarratori

Vice Presidents

Megan Alchowiak

Jeff Bartkoski

Barb Cutrona

Peter Glennon

Ronald Pawelczak

Meredith Smith

Julie St. Germaine

Pat Stack

Mark Zawacki

Treasurer

Don Twietmeyer

Assistant Treasurer

Dusty Faske

Sgt.-At-Arms

Maggie Brooks

Sgt-At-Arms

Jeff Halik

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

United Way

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Consider a donation to the Sunshine Campus through the United Way. Remember to choose Donor Option #1098 for the Rochester Rotary Sunshine Campus.

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News of YOUR Club

FAME's 5% Pledge
Growing Jobs in Middle Skills

Join us Tuesday, January 9th at the Floreano Riverside Convention Center where our guest speaker will be Mike Mandina, President of Optimax Systems, Inc. Mike is a master optician and entrepreneur. After starting two

manufacturing businesses providing precision optics to photonics companies, Mike joined Optimax in 1991.

Mike will provide background about the employment skills gap and motivations for Optimax's participation in starting FAME and supporting the 5% Pledge.

He serves the local community and global industry through his guidance in organizations like the Rochester Regional Photonics Cluster, the NYS Finger Lakes Workforce Investment Board and the High Tech of Rochester's Manufacturers Extension Partnership. Mike was instrumental in the development of FAME (Finger Lakes Advanced Manufacturer's Enterprise), a non-profit organization committed to workforce development, where he currently serves as chairperson. He is also involved in steering the MCC Optics Department Advisory Board Hiring Committee, the WIRED: Finger Lakes Partnership Governing Board and the Rochester Regional Economic Council's Photonics Work Group.

TUESDAY LUNCHEON HIGHLIGHTS

Congratulations Todd Baxter for being recognized as this week's Tootsie Roll Bright Spot - Donna Dedee and Don Alhart co-sponsored this Bright Spot salute to Rotarian Todd Baxter. He was recognized for taking his challenge of prostate cancer to the public - and encouraging men to be tested for one of more treatable cancers, which discovered in time. He was also recognized for his current work in guiding the Veterans' Outreach Center and the services they provide for so many veterans in our community.

Thank you to our guest speakers Bill Carpenter, CEO of RGRTA, Erik Frisch, Transportation Specialist for the City of Rochester and Bill McDonald, Program Officer for the United Way of Greater Rochester. The panel discussed the changing transportation industry as new products and services are changing the way people think about mobility. They also discussed the importance and value of transportation as it relates to job growth and economic revitalization, poverty reduction and access to health care.

Upcoming Speakers

1/10/17 Mike Mandina, President of Optimax Systems, Inc.
"FAME's 5% Pledge, Growing Jobs in Middle Skills"
Floreano Riverside Convention Center

1/17/17 Heidi N. Zimmer-Meyer, President of Rochester Downtown Development Corporation
"Downtown Development News"
Floreano Riverside Convention Center

1/24/17 Dr. Jonathan W. Friedberg - STEM Cell treatment of Cancer
Floreano Riverside Convention Center

Rotary Boot Camp

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, January 10th at 4:30 p.m.

Rochester Rotary Board Room (180 Linden Oaks)

Please RSVP your attendance to Myrna Padilla in the Rotary Office at 546-7435 x201 or myrna@rochesterrotary.org.

B2B Connections at Lasertron

Join us at Lasertron Wednesday, January 18th at 5:00 p.m. for an evening of fun and networking. The cost is $10 per person (adults only) includes appetizers and a complimentary attraction.

Reserve your space today by clicking on the link below.

Save the Date!

Sunshine Kids Gala Information

Sunshine Kids Gala
Needs Your Help

The Sunshine Kids Gala is looking for your help as we put together the "Wine & Whiskey Pull" for this year's event. Guests will have an opportunity to purchase a wine cork with a number on it for $20 the night of the Gala; the number will be associated with a bottle of wine or whiskey they will go home with! This was a great hit last year so this year we would like to expand our pull to include at minimum 80 bottles of wine and 30 bottles of whiskey.

That being said we need your help - if you haven't had a chance to donate a bottle to the Gala we are asking if you could bring one (minimum $15) to the Tuesday luncheon at the Convention Center on January 17th. If you are unable to attend the luncheon you can drop off anytime at the Rotary Office.

Thank you in advance for your support!

Save the Date
B2B Breakfast Meeting

Join us Wednesday, March 8th at 7:45 a.m.
in the Rotary Office Training Room for a breakfast meeting hosted by the B2B Committee. Guest speaker Ami Kassar, a Vistage member, is the founder and chief executive officer of Multifunding LLC, a Philadelphia-based consulting firm that specializes in helping business owners across the United States develop creative and cost-saving alternatives for their business debt needs and structure.

Kassar has been involved in business finance for two decades. He has advised the White House, The Treasury Department and The Federal Reserve Bank on the state of the financing markets. He writes a weekly column for inc.com and is frequently quoted in the national press on various small business issues.

Kassar will discuss how business strategy and financing strategy are intertwined. Often CEO's get stuck because they don't understand where their business is in a life cycle, what is inhibiting growth, and the best possible financing strategies at the right time.

Space is limited so we ask that you please register by clicking on the link below. The cost is $10 per person.

Save the Date
B2B Trade Show

Look for more details to come in the new year on the B2B Trade Show taking place on Tuesday, March 14th.

Basket donations

If you receive a gift basket this holiday season and don't know what to do with the basket after you have enjoyed all of the goodies please consider donating them to the Rochester Rotary for the Sunshine Kids Gala we would love to take them off your hands.

Tootsie Roll Bright Spot

Your donation to the Rotary International Foundation will assist in Rotary Projects around the world. By pledging a $100 you become a Tootsie Roll member and will have the option of recognizing a person that you view lives by Rotary's motto "Service Above Self".

To make a donation look for the donation envelopes at the Tuesday luncheons or contact Pam in the Rotary Office at 546-7435 x205 or accounting@rochesterrotary.org. Rochester Rotary will forward your donation to Rotary International. If you have any questions or would like additional information please contact Hank Ralston at 697-0880.

Thank you for supporting Rotary International. You will receive a donation acknowledgement directly from RI for your tax records.

January Birthdays

January 2- Andre Godfrey

January 3- Fabricio Morales

January 3- Paul Hurley

January 6- Paul DeCarolis

January 7- Jennifer Johnson

January 9- Bud Rusitzky

January 10- Jeff Leenhouts

January 11- Fran Ostrom

January 12- Chris Gamble

January 16- Woody Deutsch

January 19- Mark Kluge

January 19- Joe Naples

January 21- Deborah Hughes

January 21- Nancy O'Brien

January 22- Bob Stookey

January 24- Ray Ottman

January 24- Tim Bauman

January 24- Greg Miller

January 24- Jim Brown

January 25- Mary Worboys Turner

January 26- Doug Phillips

January 26- John Velekkakan

January 29- Patrick O'Flynn

January 29- Paul Walters

January 30- Kevin Woods

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.

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