President Sofie Ameloot welcomed everyone to the Centerville Rotary Club and led reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance. Brian Hayes provided the prayer.
Boyd introduced Bill Fisher, retired VP of student development, and potential member.
Today’s announcements:
- Happy Birthday to the January Birthdays: Sofie Ameloot, Jackie D’Aurora, & Boyd Preston
- Thanks to today’s greeters: Jeff Senney & Jackie D’Aurora
- Donation from Kitty Ullmer’s estate is for $5,000. Board approved using it for 8th grade field trips for Watts, Tower Heights and Magsig Middle Schools to WPAFB Museum or King’s Island (free & reduced lunch kids).
- Primary beneficiary of Golf Outing will be Hannah’s Treasure Chest. It will help us drive Golf Tournament with a named beneficiary. And it helps Hannah’s out since they know coats will be coming.
- Approved Operation Warm as the 2nd Quarter Happy Bucks to spread our member donation asks more, and so Hannah’s can purchase coats earlier.
- Raj Grandhi was appointed a new trustee for the Education Foundation
- Deanna Murphy was approved as our first non-profit member
- Sofie is looking for volunteers to review and update the club By-laws. Ron, Boyd, and Crissy volunteered.
- A host family is still needed for Enzyme for March-June
- Annual Rotary Foundation Dinner is coming up January 30. Let Sofie know if you can attend
- Please consider attending the Rotary Leadership Institute where you can learn from other clubs, more about Rotary, and how to do fundraisers & projects. The Club will pay your fee.
- Rotary Women Connect was a good get together; many new women were interested in learning more about Rotary
- Carol Kennard reminded all that the ClubRunner app on your phone is a useful way to keep in touch with club members. Can access their contact info. The website, centervillerotary.com also has an email function where you can send emails to some or all members or set up a distribution group for your committee. Let Carol know if you need help setting it up.
- Brian Hayes reminded all to pay your bill
- Two people have sent in applications to become members of our Club
- Still have one open seat for the MLK breakfast this Monday, 7:30 am at Yankee Trace
Happy Bucks this quarter will go for Rotary District 5300 Fire Relief (LA area)
Brad Thorp’s close friend is the DG for District 5300. They have established a non-profit to receive donations where they can give right to the greatest need. Brad shared that his friend’s club had 13 members lose their homes, and at least one business is lost. They are still gathering information, but at least 12,0000 structures, 25 lives, and 40,0000 acres have been lost and big winds are still in the forecast. They have been inundated with donated materials, but the major need is cash for cash cards, gas cards and more. The Board approved to forward $1,500 immediately to them. Kelly McDonald’s company matched that donation. Brad offered to match anyone who donated $100, up to $1,000. Please go online to gather more info:
https://www.district5300.org/ca-wild-fires/
Kelly received this note from the District 5300 Governor:
Dear Kelly,
On behalf of all of us in district 5300, especially those who’ve been impacted by the wildfires, I want to thank you and the members of Centerville Rotary Club for your very generous donation. As tragic as these fires are, it is heartening to see how Rotarians from across the nation have reached out to lend a hand to those in need. You are doing God‘s work.
Gratefully,
Mike Driebe
Governor, District, 5300
This is also the District who builds the Rotary Rose Bowl parade float.
Happy Bucks were generously given, with many accepting Brad’s challenge.Pat Beckel was our Sergeant at Arms, with help from Jim Stuart.
- Jim S gave for CA.
- Pat B’s oldest son had the best first semester ever and still has a 4.0 GPA. His younger son has a 4.1 GPA is a Nationally ranked gymnast but still couldn’t get into Ohio State. (Carol suggested he look at Penn State as they have an Olympic medal men’s gymnast!)
- Uriah A gave for CA and noted his sister’s house is 6 miles from fire, and many of her friends have lost their homes.
- Carol K gave for CA.
- Jackie D for her birthday
- Lisa GM gave for CA.
- Andrea S gave for CA.
- Sofie A gave for CA, and noted the fires are where Greg’s mom used to live
- Ed W gave for CA.
- Gina S gave for CA, is grateful we can help these folks, and happy her Dad is here today
- Frank P gave for CA, noting he also has friends right by the fires
- Chuck K said this was his first meeting since Nov 7, after a Budapest to Amsterdam cruise.
- Boyd gave for CA and his birthday.
- Socks gave for CA.
- Brian will give for CA next week
- Jim H will give for CA next week
- Bill M gave for CA.
- Lee H gave for CA and gave the Ag report to the editor. And noted we won’t have fires like those in California here. Two Ohio colleges received American Farm Bureau Federation mini-grants to aid in leadership development, etc.
- Ron H gave to the Red Cross but will give to District 5300, too
- Don O gave for CA and thanked Brad for bringing it to our attention.
- Dale B gave for CA.
- Crissy A for her birthday
- Brad H is going to college football championship game
- Don S gave for CA, and was surprised so many Rotarians carry that much cash!
- Kelly M gave for CA.
- Mark F gave for CA.
- Dan J gave for CA.
- Jeff S gave for CA.
- Mike W gave for CA.
- Harvey S gave for CA and said his son lives just north of Burbank, and although the fires are away from him now, he’s ready to evacuate, if necessary.
- Elda GG gave for CA.
Today's Happy Bucks totaled $1,100 in cash plus $800 in Venmo. $1,900 raised today - thanks for you generosity and interest in helping others!
Your donation is tax-deductible and will directly impact those most devastated by this disaster. You can also donate by check:
- Please make your check payable to “Rotary District 5300 Foundation”
- Mail the check to Rotary District 5300 Office at:
10624 S. Eastern Ave A16
Henderson , NV, 89052
- Please put “Wildfire Disaster Relief” in the memo line.
Our speaker today was our own Uriah Anderson sharing information about the Rotary Foundation.
The Rotary Foundation is the charitable wing of Rotary International with the mission:
The Rotary Foundation helps Rotary members to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace by improving health, providing quality education, improving the environment, and alleviating poverty.
In 1917, Arch Klumph proposed to build a Rotary Foundation so all of the different clubs could come together for one foundation. It is a public charity and donations are tax deductible.
$108 million in grants awarded in 2023-24
- Basic Education & Literacy; $6.7 million
- Community Economic Development; $8.6 million
- Disease Prevention & Treatment; $40.7 million
- Maternal and Child Health; $6.2 million
- Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention; $2.6 million
- Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene; $13.1 million
- Environment; $3.6 million
All of the individual donations to the Annual Fund are held onto for 3 years. Rotary invests those funds and after 3 years, the earnings are used to operate the foundation and the principal is distributed:
- 50% goes back to districts to distribute as District Grants.
- 50% goes to the World Fund, to match international grants.
DG Dottie Mead shared that the RI President has challenged District 6670 members to give $67 more than you did last year.
There are various levels of Donor Recognition, which gives you options for how you want to support Rotary causes.
Our club does a Foundation match in October/November, where the Club uses points to match your $500 to get to the next PHF level.
Congratulations to the following new Paul Harris Fellows:
PHF +1
- Ron Bowersocks
- Brad Huffman
- Gina Smith
PHF +2
- Uriah Anderson
- Mark Febus
- Dan Johnson
PHF +3
- Sofie Ameloot
- Jeff Senney
PHF +4
PHF +6
PHF +7
We have one new Paul Harris Society Member:
Uriah said he determined an easy way to be a member of the Paul Harris Society. He has an automatic withdrawal of $42/month gets him to $500, and then uses the Club match for the other $500.
We have one new Benefactor
Congratulations to all and thank you for your support of Rotary!
November club match will happen again if the Board approves.
Note: If you use a different email in my
rotary.org than what is in ClubRunner, your donations won’t match up. Let Uriah know and he can match the donation.
You can update your information here, but make sure it is also updated on ClubRunner. Carol mentioned there is a synchronization ability between ClubRunner and
my.rotary.org and she believes it is set up already on our ClubRunner site. The Club Secretary (Brian) can check and confirm this.
Log in to the Rotary website to see your giving history and points.
If interested in increasing your giving, see Uriah.
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