President Sofie Ameloot welcomed everyone to the Centerville Rotary Club meeting and led reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance. PDG Harvey Smith provided the prayer.
Today’s quote provided by Don Overly: "When you put love out in the world it travels, and it can touch people and reach people in ways we never even expected." Laverne Cox, actress
Today’s Announcements:
- Thanks to today’s greeters, Uriah Anderson and Chuck King
- Guests today include guests of Brad Thorp: his wife, Chris and Patricia & Dennis Franklin. Dennis is the DGE for District 5300 in CA, those areas affected by the wildfires. Visiting Rotarian, Peggy from the Oakwood Club who is celebrating their 50th anniversary on May 19th with a golf outing, providing lunch and an evening dinner with many good auction items. It is at the Dayton Country Club and tee time is noon.
- Kristin H had her baby boy on Wednesday: Declan Kyle Henry Hutton, born at 9:22, 7lb 13oz, 21 in. Mom and baby are doing well. Congrats to Kristin, Nick, and big brother, Alexander!
- Aug 9 is Rotary at the Dayton Dragons game. See District website to purchase tickets. HERE
- Golf Outing is tomorrow! All hands on deck to help make it a success!
- Dale Berry is being recognized with the Founders Award by the Centerville-Washington Foundation on Wednesday, May 28, 11 am - 1 pm at Yankee Trace. Register HERE or mail in an invitation (on the tables) Previous honorees from our club include Bob Daley, Sally Beals, Joyce Young, and Harvey Smith.
- May 29 Peace Pole Installation meeting will be at the Kennard Nature Nook entrance to Grant Park, 12:00 noon
- Next social is at Old Bag of Nails, May 20 at 5:30 pm. Sign up sheets are available.
- Adopt a Highway will be rescheduled again (was rained out.)
- Frank P announced the Rotary Coffee Club was a success this week. Reminder that it meets the first Tuesday of every month at 7:30 am at ContempoRoast. The group is looking to do it’s own service project. Share any ideas you have.
- 2nd Thursday each month, 5:30 pm at Old Scratch Pizza is the Rotary Women Connect
Happy Bucks this quarter will go to Operation Warm for winter coats for children.
Brad Thorp was our Sergeant at Arms with help from Jim Stuart. We have collected $1,750 so far.
Happy Bucks were generously given for:
- Kelly M shared at the HTC Breakfast fundraiser this morning, one client talked about having to decide between paying rent or putting winter coats on her kids. Really showed the impact we can make with our support of Operation Warm. Kelly will match $1,000 if same amount is donated today through Happy Bucks.
- Uriah A for his annual fishing trip
- Brad H was happy
- Carol K will miss next week as she will be on the granddaughter dance recital tour across Pennsylvania.
- Peggy F gave thanks for welcoming her to the meeting today
- Jackie D for coats
- Dan J for coats
- Elda GG was happy
- Harvey S for a coat and announced there was an article in the Dayton Daily News today about Dale Berry’s CW Foundation honor
- Frank P for coats
- Boyd P for coats
- Adam M for all Kelly has done for the golf outing
- Jeff S for coats
- Lee H gave the Ag Report: it is a challenge for farmers when we have lots of rain and flooding. You want seed to get into the ground within 24 hours before a rain or germination is not as successful. Floods wash away the seed.
- Chuck K for coats
- Ron H for coats, today’s HTC breakfast where another story shared was a family having to make a choice between buying medicine or clothing for her kids.
- Dale B for the DDN article, HTC breakfast & coats
- Arnie B said he saw and READ that article, and gave for today’s guests
- Bob F was happy
- Mike W donated to get more of Kelly’s money
- Pat T put a down payment on $100 donation
- Tyler R for the golf outing
- Wyatt T for coats
- Sofie A left all her cash at the beach, but gave for today’s guests and golf
- Brad T for coats
Through Happy Bucks, we collected $1,200, so we reached Kelly’s challenge amount. Thank you all for your generosity!
Our speaker today was Dennis Franklin, District Governor Elect for Rotary District 5300.
Brad Thorp introduced Dennis Franklin, noting they have been friends for 30 years. In fact, he is the one who suggested Brad become a financial advisor. Our club sent $6,300 to their fundraiser to help with the aftermath of the LA Wildfires.
Dennis shared that in the Rotary Club of Altadena 16 of 42 members lost their homes in the wildfires. They experienced miles and miles of burned homes, when 90-100 mph winds came through. Over 6,000 homes were destroyed in an area the size of Centerville
Rotarians jumped into action immediately. They called all those affected, made sure they had food to eat, clothing on backs, and a place to stay. They set up a foundation to coordinate distribution of funds where needed most. Truckloads of donations came in from everywhere. It was a challenge figuring out how to handle it all. The Altadena club center was the point of contact for assistance. That Club is growing now as people saw what Rotary does in a crisis.
They served over 3,000 people, and partnered with Shelter Box and Red Cross. They provided mental support through phone calls. And set up grants - lots of gift cards - to help pay for anything needed.
President Ameloot thanked Dennis for sharing the information.
Kelly McDonald made a few Golf announcements:
- Thanks to the golf committee who has put in a lot of work to make the event successful.
- Big thanks to Sofie, who is a fundraising queen!
- Thanks to all those who sponsored or got sponsors.
- Green buckets - in observance of International Compost Awareness week and our Club’s commitment to the environment, we will be using compostable utensils, cups, plates, and napkins which will be collected for composting in green buckets. This supports our efforts to reduce waste.
- This year’s Hole in One prize is $5,000 in cash.
Kelly noted we have a different story to tell this year at the Golf Outing. Our club has a 13 year partnership with HTC, raising $125,000 over that time to purchase 6,800 coats. The Golf Outing will help to get coats in children’s hands earlier in the season. He invited members to stay and help set up for the Golf Outing.
President Ameloot thanked Dennis and Kelly, reminded all to BRING A FRIEND to Rotary, lead reciting of the 4-Way Test and wished all a good week.
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