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October 4, 2006 – Rotary
Notes
Words from the Top:
As members of the Dexter Rotary Club
we have many opportunities to serve our community.
Larry is trying to get us another date at the
Ronald McDonald House to serve dinner again. The
Christmas season is coming (just look at the stores
with their displays) with additional opportunities
to serve, Adopt-A-Family and Salvation Army bell
ringing.
There are also many opportunities to serve your
Club. The Art, Food and Wine Committee should be
reforming for next spring’s event. Mark Mueting is
willing to serve on the committee again. Others who
are interested should form the committee and decide
on a chairperson.
Another opportunity as a Club member is to lead the
Club for a year as president. My term runs through
June 30, 2007 with John Hansen’s term covering the
2007-2008 year. Please consider a term as president
for the 2008-2009 Club year. Our past presidents
will be scouring the roster for likely candidates.
If you are interested in a term as president, please
let one of our past presidents know.
Remember that the
staff at Cornerstone School would like us to park in
the large lot to the east of the school.
Thanks,
Fred
Announcements:
This Week’s Speaker:
Laurie Baumer will speak on the topic of “A Center
for Grieving Children in Washtenaw County.” You may
have read about this project which will be a
resource for children in our area who have suffered
the loss of a loved one. Come learn more about this
very interesting project.
Youth exchange news: Many thanks to those
who pledged money to help fund sports activities and
a yearbook for Koy. Your support of our youth
exchange program is greatly appreciated! If you have
not already done so, you can give your money to
Bill.
There are still many openings for you to host Koy
for an outing. There is a special opportunity for
someone to share that most American of holidays,
Thanksgiving, with Koy and the Hillgrens. Please
speak to Lori or Ulf if you are able to include
three more at your Thanksgiving table.
Also, volunteers are needed to drive to and from
district youth exchange events. Pat Conlin has
offered to recruit some folks from Chelsea also.
Please indicate your willingness to volunteer even
if you can’t commit to a date at this time.
Foundation Gala:
Club
Venetian, Madison Hts.
November 9, 2006
Come Celebrate Our Rotary Foundation at the Gala on
November 9. Bring your friends, or make new ones. We
have a new location for the Gala this year.
The Gala will be held at the Venetian Club in
Madison Heights.
6:00 Fellowship, 6:45 Dinner
Cost: $35.00/person (Pre-registration only)
Club Venetian
29310 John R.
Madison Heights, MI 48071
Our Main Speaker
will be Rotary Foundation Trustee Bob Scott. In
addition to his duties as Trustee, Bob is now the
head of the Polio Plus initiative for Rotary
International. You may remember Bob as he spoke at
the District Conference in 2002. He is a popular and
informative speaker. He will be able to give us all
the latest information on the Rotary Foundation and
its polio goals.
Register
online now!
http://rotaryofwaterford.com/Gala2006
September District Newsletter:
This month’s district
newsletter features an
article about a new organizational plan for smaller
clubs, like ours!
Please check it out.
What’s Happening?: Our speaker/event
calendar is now on our club web site,
http://rotarydexter.org/program/events.html.
Thanks to Ulf for keeping our site up to date!
Check it out if you haven’t been there lately.
Upcoming Programs:
Oct 5: Laurie Baumer "A Center For Grieving
Children In Washtenaw County"
Oct 12: "Washtenaw Wireless"
Oct 19: Open
Oct 26: Business Meeting
Complete listing:
http://rotarydexter.org/program/events.html
Calendar:
October 5: Club interviews for
outbound exchange candidates,
7:00-9:00pm, Peace Lutheran
Church
October 24: Board Meeting, United Bank
& Trust, 7:30am
November 9: Foundation Gala, Madison
Heights
Invocation: 10/5: Duane Newland
10/12: Francie Kivel
Setup: Paul Cousins and TBD
Take-down: Lennart Johansson and Kim
Clugston
--Lori
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