Skantarian, Aug 10th 2017 (Aug 10, 2017)

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Member Birthdays

Timer Whittingham

August 5

Chris Pateras

August 19

Dan Roche

August 22

Dale Drake

August 24

Umesh Patil

August 26

Amy Tormey

August 31

President

Mary Giroux

President Elect

Bill Conole

Treasurer

Duane Weaver

Secretary

Dave Piper

Immediate Past Pres.

Bill Huba

Sergeant at Arms

Chuck Williams

Exec-Secretary

Cheryl Silvestrini

Director 2016-18

Ward Vuillemot

Director 2016-18

Roy MacDonald

Director 2016-18

Suzette Grinnals

Director 2016-18

Marv Langley

Director 2017-19

Dale Drake

Director 2017-19

Cathy Powell

Director 2017-19

Cheryl Silvestrini

Director 2017-19

Jean Sardino

Youth Exchange Chair

Gard Lorey

Rotary Foundation Chair

Bill Buterbaugh

Membership Chair

Amy Tormey

Membership-Rtn Chair

Roberta Williams

Comm Service Chair

Jim McQuiggan

Interact Chair

Kayo Price

PR Committee Chair

Roy MacDonald

Program Chair

Bill Conole

Worthy Cause Chair

Cheryl Silvestrini

Youth Exchange Officer

Gard Lorey

RYLA Chair

Lori Ruhlman

Club Admin

Mary Giroux

Elect-Media Chair

Ward Vuillemot

Grants Chair

Cathy Powell

Bulletin Editor

Ward Vuillemot

Chairperson, Skan. Rotary Foundation

Chuck O'Neil

Vice Chair, Skan. Rotary Foundation

John Moran

Secretary, Skan. Rotary Foundation

Marv Langley

Treasurer, Skan. Rotary Foundation

Kathy Crelot

Trustee, Skan. Rotary Foundation

Alice Purdy

Trustee, Skan. Rotary Foundation

Doug Powell

THIS WEEK -

Aug. 10th - Sherwood Inn. 6:30 PM - Bridget Marquardt, coach of the SCHS NY State Champian Lacrosse Team..... and ..... BOD Meeting at 5:00 PM

QUOTE OF THE WEEK - "COACHING - Behnd every fearless player is a fellas COACH who refused to let them be anything but the BEST they can be." .... unknown

NEXT WEEK - Aug. 17 th - Barbara Benedit - Count Appointed Special Advocates of NYS

MEETING SETUP & ASSIGNMENTS

ASSIGNMENTS	Aug 10	Aug 17
50/50 Ticket Sales	Dale Drake	Suzanne Hutchinson
Meal Ticket Sales	Jack Emmerr	Jack Hyatt
Pledge	Suzette Grinnals	Robin Jowaisas
Invocation	Bill Huba	Marv Langley

50/50 sales folks should arrive and setup 20 minutes early

Please find a replacement if you will not be present for your assignment!

CLICK HERE to see 50/50 & Meal Ticket Sales duties and instructions

PRESIDENTS' CORNER ... by Pres., Mary Giroux

Who knew that you could borrow so many things from a library? It was great to hear from Nicki and Danette about all of the great services offered to our community. The diversity of programs provided by the Skaneateles Library, from tech help, movies, book club, cooking events, special interest backpack kits, lectures on timely topics, and many more, offers something to just about everyone in the community. So, if you find yourself looking for something to do on a rainy day check out the library!

Enjoy your weekend and see you on Thursday!

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY ... by Dale Drake

Baltimore Woods 5K Trail Run

August 20th at 9am.
Fund raiser to benefit Baltimore Woods Nature Center. Family-friendly event features a challenging cross-country style 5K trail run and a 1K kids fun. Register for the run online - http://baltimorewoods.org/baltimore-woods-2nd-annual-5k-trail_run/
If you are interested in volunteering, email Dale Drake at daledrake@roadrunner.com for more information. Thanks!

LAST WEEK: .... by Ward Vuillemot

The Beginnings:

Club 200 Fund Raiser - Cheryl briefly outlined her plans to initiate this year’s fundraiser. Cheryl wants to sell 200 tickets at $20 each to members. There will be multiple chances to win when the tickets are drawn. (see notice below)

Baltimore Woods –Dale Drake invited everyone to a Baltimore Woods Family Fun fundraiser on August 20^th. Games & activities for all ages are planned.

Youth Exchange Welcome Home Dinner- Ward described the YE dinner held on Wednesday evening for our returning students from their year abroad.. Each of the 17 returning student spoke of their impressions and experiences of the year they spent in foreign lands.

The Program:
Skaneateles Library - Library Board member Danette Davis enthusiastically opened her presentation by describing our library’s recent activities. These activities include special educational shows for children & for adults. As we’ve moved into the digital age libraries have changed from all books & printed material to computers & digital devices.. The library conducts several computer courses & is ready & willing to help individuals become more computer literate. Today’s libraries are rapidly gearing up to incorporate technology into their efforts to help our community to more effectively seek knowledge. Digital learning is here & our libraries are becoming well equipped to meet the challenges of digital leaning. Nicki Marquis described the library’s coming events. Nicki & Danette invited everyone to participate in this year’s “One for the Books” fundraiser on October 14, 2017. In recent years these educational fund raisers have been very enjoyable & very successful. Nicki urged members to register early for this event so they can discuss a book of their choice.

50/50 - Was won by Dale Drake. To everybody's frustration, the queen of spades remains hidden the the deck.

Guests - Danette Davis and Nicki Marquis - speakers.

Attendance - Members attending: 20 at 33% attendance

Current Membership - 60

ANNOUNCING - CLUB 200 FUND RAISER

200 Tickets at $20 each are be sold to members, friends & neighbors between now and October when 10 tickets (2 per week) will be drawn weekly with the winners receiving $50 each. The winning tickets will be recycled into the draw-bin for drawings the following weeks. So ..... multiple chances to win on a single ticket.

The whole event ends on Nov 16th, with two tickets will be drawn for $250 & $500. The $200 draw dates are: Oct. 5, 12, 19, 26 & Nov 2, and the $250 & $500 tickets will be drawn on Nov 16.

Cheryl Silvestrini will have the tickets for sale over August & September. Do not miss out on this opprotrunity as it is limited to 200 tickets.

This is fun way for our Club to raise up $2,750 to use for worthy causes throughout the year. We can only make the maximum amount ($2750) if ALL 200 tickets are sold. The key is for ALL members to participate in selling (and buying) tickets.

OUR ROTARY YOUTH EXCHANGE 2017-18

LONG TERM EXCHANGE PROGRAM

Outbound - Maddie Bohrer to Brazil & Carter Stregiel, to Belgium & Malcolm Lombardi to Taiwan

Inbound - Kashyap Lalwala from India, hosted by TBA & Eduarda Honorato de Freita from Brazil hosted by TBA

SHORT TERM EXCHANGE (summer) PROGRAM (STEP)

Zoe Franciamone to Udine in July '17, Italy returning with host sister. Ilaria in August '17.

District 7150, RI & OTHER EVENTS

Aug 19, 2017 - District Grants Management Seminar - 8:00 am to 1:00 pm - East Syracuse Fire Department Community Room - no charge - Register with Kuki Haines at: hainesk7150grants@gmail.com
Sept 30, 2017 - Rotary Leadership Institute - VVS Highschool, Verona, NY - Info & Registration link
Jan 27, 2018 - Rotary Foundation Gala event - venue and time TBA
April 27-29, 2018 - District Conference 2018 - Radisson Hotel, Corning NY- Info & Registration link

UPCOMING PROGRAMS & SPEAKERS

See SPEAKERS below or CLICK on the Speaker's tab on our website's Home Page.

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