Published March 18, 2022 | 10:15 AM
Minutes by Eric Pierson
Photos by Jeff Furest & Steve Krankota
Today's meeting started at 12:15 President Jeff presided. Beth Pryor led us in the Pledge of Allegiance; this was followed by Mashell Carissimi leading “The Four-Way Test” and Bob Lee with the benediction. Lunch was great, chicken Parmesan, with pasta and, you guessed it, green beans. Caesar salad and cookies book-ended the meal.
PRESIDENT TIME
President Jeff announced that he was able to secure Kendal Jackson as a wine sponsor for the fundraiser this weekend.
Next week’s speaker will be the president of McClaren Health Systems.
GUESTS
Ed Mastry announced the guests, who were both guests of the club and our speakers. They were Dawn Williams, with Bravo Programs, and Nijeria Peterson, a student who received a grant from Bravo funded by our donation to the same last year.
Ed Mastry announced the guests, who were both guests of the club and our speakers. They were Dawn Williams, with Bravo Programs, and Nijeria Peterson, a student who received a grant from Bravo funded by our donation to the same last year.
FLOWERS
Flower duty was handled by Amanda Oparka. Ed Mastry was the lone birthday celebrant. The remaining flowers were snatched up pretty quickly; Ellen Lysik bought a flower for each of the guests/speakers. Amanda Oparka bought one for Mary Bednar, Ken Steele bought one for Julie Miller and Ellen Lysik, Beth Pryor bought one for the Prez and Gary bought one for Tina.
SONGS
Songs, even though I am not a fan of them, always seems to add some amusement to the meetings. Mary Ann Hosey was our song leader today and told Gary what song she wanted, Gary played a song with a similar title, but was not the song that Mary Ann was expecting, so there was that. The Songs caught up in this drama were “Smiles” and “Smile, Sing a Song.” Now I can’t remember which was requested or which was even played, but it was humorous. Ending out this segment was “Sing a Song to Rotary.”
ANNOUNCEMENTS
SPEAKER PRESENTATION
Flower duty was handled by Amanda Oparka. Ed Mastry was the lone birthday celebrant. The remaining flowers were snatched up pretty quickly; Ellen Lysik bought a flower for each of the guests/speakers. Amanda Oparka bought one for Mary Bednar, Ken Steele bought one for Julie Miller and Ellen Lysik, Beth Pryor bought one for the Prez and Gary bought one for Tina.
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SONGS
Songs, even though I am not a fan of them, always seems to add some amusement to the meetings. Mary Ann Hosey was our song leader today and told Gary what song she wanted, Gary played a song with a similar title, but was not the song that Mary Ann was expecting, so there was that. The Songs caught up in this drama were “Smiles” and “Smile, Sing a Song.” Now I can’t remember which was requested or which was even played, but it was humorous. Ending out this segment was “Sing a Song to Rotary.”
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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RECOGNITION
Glenn Burton led recognition today starting with a trio of most missed Rotarians. Making up this group was Ellen Lysik, Mashell Carissimi and Bob Cannon. Beth Pryor got dinged for spilling her wine all over our table. Paul Woodring was fined for his lack of a name tag. Mary Bednar was tagged for hogging our speaker’s time last week. Mary Ann Hosey and Gary were both rightfully fined for the song mix-up, but Mary Ann got hit with a little extra for the announcement that she will be having twin grandchildren.
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SPEAKER PRESENTATION
Ellen Lysik and Julie Miller introduced our speakers today. They were Dawn Williams, with Bravo Programs, and Nijeria Peterson, a student who received a grant from Bravo funded by our donation to the same last year. Dawn started out giving us an overview of Bravo Programs and statistics that showed the challenges faced by Foster Kids following High School. This led up to Nijeria’s presentation. Nijeria, was recipient of a scholarship from Bravo funded by the $2,500 grant given to Bravo by the Mount Clemens Rotary Foundation in 2020. She is currently a senior at Western Michigan University majoring in Business Law. She is set to graduate this December.
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FROM BRENDA TIPTON, DISTRICT 6380 GOVERNOR
Welcome to August the Rotary Month for Membership. I want to remind you all of our Districts upcoming all member District Members Summit Event on August 17.
Your District 6380 Membership Committee Team has been working overtime to present this very informative and exciting training event to all members of the District.
Your District 6380 Membership Committee Team has been working overtime to present this very informative and exciting training event to all members of the District.
Members Summit Event
Tuesday August 17
6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The Summit is for ALL Rotarians who are interested in helping their clubs to grow and reach out to potential new members in the communities who have a passion to serve.
Click here to Register https://rotary6380.
This training is OPEN to all District 6380 Rotary Club Members!
The Summit is for ALL Rotarians who are interested in helping their clubs to grow and reach out to potential new members in the communities who have a passion to serve.
Click here to Register https://rotary6380.
This training is OPEN to all District 6380 Rotary Club Members!
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CALENDAR of EVENTS
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August 14
Party of the Century
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August 19
August 19
The president of McClaren Health Systems
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State Senator Michael McDonald
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August 26
August 26
TBA
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September 2
September 2
Closed - Labor Day
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September 9
September 9
TBA
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September 16
September 16
Dick Pierson Memorial Golf Outing
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September 23
September 23
District Governor Brenda Tipton
Rotary District 6380
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September 30
September 30
Paul Gieleghem
Clinton Township Treasurer
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