Join us for tasty BREAKFAST treats, POSITIVE energy and HEARTS of service! Club business starts promptly at 7:30 am, with pledges, announcements, Fine Sheriff duties and HAPPY DOLLARS. A weekly talk ENRICHING our lives takes us to 8:30am.
Happy New Year! I'm sick of hearing that phrase already. Here's a good reply: So what's up with you in twenty twenty two? Join us each and almost every Friday for The Livingston Sunrise Rotary Club breakfast, held at the LESA building in Howell.
Socialization begins about 7:15 am.
The meeting rings in promptly at 7:30. Please help set up and help tear down. Bring someone to breakfast as a guest. Pay Madam Treasurer only $5. Do NOT pass Go, do NOT collect $150. Late? Cough up a buck to the Fine Sheriff.
BRING at least $5 for the 50/50 DRAWING. (The POT is at $740 and growing... there are about 12 cards left.) Exact change is appreciated! If you buy one set of tickets, the odds are about 1 in 12 your number will be called. Wouldn't you like to double the chances with a 1 to 6 odds? Just purchase two sets of tickets for $10.
You have a better chance of picking the Ace of Hearts - a one in 12 chance this week. Play strategically! Will it come down to the last card again?
If you cannot make it to a meeting in person, please join us via ZOOM and keep your VIDEO camera on so we can see your smiling face!
If you do show up, remember the CDC has recommended that EVERYONE wear a mask INDOORS, even if you have had all your shots. Masks, however, are NOT required by Rotary Club members and their guests. Feel free to social distance as well.
Greeters should arrive BY 7:15 AM and assist members to set up, hand out name badges, welcome guests and identify visiting Rotarians. Smile!
JANUARY
GREETERS - JANUARY 7th 2022
ABBIE BATES
JAMES JOHNSTON
GREETERS - JANUARY 12, '22
JERRY BEAMER
JAKE LARIOZA
GREETERS - JANUARY 19, 2022
JULIE BEAMER
HARVEY LARSON
GREETERS - JANUARY 26, 2022
LUANNE BIBBEE
KATE LAWRENCE
FEBRUARY GREETERS
GREETERS - FEBRUARY 4, 2022
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GREETERS - FEBRUARY 11, 2022
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GREETERS - FEBRUARY 18, 2022
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GREETERS - FEBRUARY 25, 2022
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If you for some reason you are unable to fulfill your bi-annual responsibility as an OFFICIAL GREETER when assigned, please let me know at least a week in advance. The week of our meeting, you are responsible for arranging your own replacement!
Check Out the ClubRunner Calendar atwww.livingstonsunriserotary.orgfor ALL upcoming events, weekly activities, club business meetings, information about upcoming speakers and MORE! [HINT:all of the blue underlined words above are hotlinks for a website or email!]
Get to know your fellow Rotarians better. Join us this coming TUESDAYs in HOWELL for stimulating conversation, tidbits of inside information, good food [and drink, but who's judging? There are 72 craft beer taps y'all.] fun and fellowship outside of our regular Friday meetings. It's at Coratti's in Downtown Howell.
Invite your extended Rotary Family [aka spouses], friends or co-workers. This also is a great way to introduce them to our club and what makes LSRC so special! There simply isn't enough time at our weekly meetings to get to know one another better. SO, EACH ONE BRING ONE.
We have a winner in the Pobuda Scholarship Fantasy Football League. Number eight seeded Diane McCormick and her Golden Girls defeated number three seeded team of Connie Conklin and her Gillies Gridiron by a scor of 176 to 148 in the finals. Congratulation Diane and your name will be engraved on the Pobuda trophy.
Trophy and winning will be distributed later this month and the $275 for the Pobuda Scholarship Fund will be forwarded to the LSRC Foundation president.
--Jim Gilmore
SUPPORT THE DANCE PROJECT JAN 15th
Our thanks to you and the Livingston Sunrise Rotary Club for your continued support of The Dance Project, an educational 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to changing the culture by promoting positive dancing. We are reaching teens WORLDWIDE with practices and principles that encourage leadership, self-confidence and respect. Our work is POWERFUL, so that students can REPEL unwanted advances at their school dances AND in life.
The BlackLight Dance, a swing dance with lessons for teens, is planned for Saturday, Jan. 15th. Numerous volunteers are needed to ensure that this community event is safe and fun for area teens. Service opportunities are between two and three hours in length are available at the organization headquarters and on location in the Milford/Highland area between 2:00 and 11:00 pm, Saturday, Jan. 15th.
All the information about the event, and required forms can be found on the event webpage. Thank you for your time, energy and effort to help area teens together with The Dance Project.
Yours truly,
Jamie
Jamie Nicholson & The Dance Project 248-210-9409 thedanceproject.info
Gleaners needs us to help restock the personal care items they give to needy people and families. Tucked away in your bathroom closet, you must have some sample sizes of deodorant, shampoo, toothpaste, shaving cream, little bars of soap, hand cream, shaving cream... you know, the stuff you'd pick up at hotels when you used to travel PRE CoViD-19. I don't know about you, but since I bought a Sonic toothbrush, I've been accumulating a ton free toothbrushes from my dentist for the last 10 years. Bring those!
If YOUR cupboard is bare, you also can pick up some sample sizes at your local grocery store, Meijers, CVS or Walgreens.
Bring them to Friday's meeting and Terry Defina will collect them and give them to Gleaners.
PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD AND VOLUNTEER
Hello Sunrise Rotarians & Happy New Year!
I ask that you share this information with anyone you know who may potentially benefit. More information will be shared at our Friday meetings.
Livingston County’s 15th Annual Community Connectwill take place on Saturday, February 5th from10am until 2pm at 2|42 Community Churchin Genoa Township. This free event is hosted by the Livingston County Homeless Continuum of Care Committee and serves as a one-stop shop for resources and services.
Guests will have access to food, personal care items, haircuts, laundry detergent, socks, legal consultation, and more. Breakfast and lunch are provided at no charge. No registration is required, but attendees need to secure their own transportation to and from the event.
In order to make this event as successful as possible,hundreds of dedicated volunteers are being sought. Volunteers are needed to not only welcome guests and help them find resources, but also for setting up on the day before, taking down after the event, and making sure the facility is clean and safe during the day. Free lunch, snacks and beverages will be available to Saturday volunteers.
The Committee recognizes the concern for public health in gatherings and is encouraging mask wearing to help mitigate the spread of COVID. They ask that anyone experiencing any symptoms on the day of the event, to please stay home and rest.
Volunteers may register online at https://bit.ly/3HACNOf, or by calling Liz Welch for more information at 810-494-3000. Volunteer registrations are due by January 21st.
Thank you,
Mark
Mark Robinson
HELP AT GLEANERS FOOD BANK SATURDAY
Happy New Year!
It's back! Gleaners weekend is this Saturday, January 8, from 9:30-12 noon. We need a total of 4 people and have but one. Please let me know if you're available, Masks are required. Gleaners is located at 5924 Sterling Drive, Howell
SUPPORT GUATEMALA LITERACY SCHOLARSHIP PROJECT for $100
Dear LSRC Members,
Last year 20 of us took it upon ourselves to add two students for scholarships in the Rise Program and contributing to breaking the cycle of poverty in Guatemala.
Those of us who have received reports know how well our 2 students have done as well as the ongoing amazing success of the program.
In order for these TWO students to remain on scholarship, we need to step up for renewal. Since this is a 501c3, we can run this through the LSR Foundation (as we did least year) but we need the commitment of at least 20 of us at $100 each.
Please reply to me with your commitment and I'll count them up, send you the payment info for the Foundation and coordinate the renewal. Please note we only have mid-January to get this done.
If we get more than the $2,000 we can look at a third scholarship, or partial third scholarship.
By the way, I'm in again for $100.
Jim Jim Gilmore
CHRISTMAS BLESSING BOXES HELP 211 SENIORS
"I have never thought I would be so excited about toilet paper. Oh it just warms my heart so. I don't really get anything for the holidays so I so look forward to this. Thank you Thank you so much. You have no idea how much this means to me," Linda.
Linda, a local senior, shared her sentiments after receiving her special Christmas Blessings delivery from local volunteers. Livingston County businesses, churches, organizations, schools and local community members provided basic needs items, Christmas cheer and friendly visits to local home bound and low-income seniors through Livingston County Catholic Charities’ annual Christmas Blessing project. This is a tremendous undertaking each year in our community to provide love, help and hope to vulnerable county seniors.
This year’s Christmas Blessing project provided food boxes, cleaning products, hygiene items, paper products and more through 171 boxes to 211 county seniors and their families.
This year, 20 volunteers and a number of staff spent 233 hours soliciting, receiving and packaging the numerous donations at the Marion Township Hall as they readied for the deliveries. During December 8 – 10, 75 cheer-filled volunteers, including members of Livingston Sunrise Rotary, delivered cheer to the seniors. Mark Robinson and the Senior Services Team at LCCC are grateful for all of the community support.
You can enjoy a meal with local Rotarians every day of the week:
Monday - Lunch - Howellat Howell Board of Education Room at the Administration Building (on Highlander Way)
Tuesday - Lunch - Brightonat the Brighton Community Building (aka the Boy Scout Building)
Tuesday - Lunch - Lyon Area at Abbey Park at Mill River...off Milford Road, south of I-96, across from Coyote Golf Club
Wednesday - Lunch - Fowlerville at First United Methodist Church on 2nd Street
Thursday - Breakfast - Hartland Rotary Club, at the Hartland Insurance Agency (Old US 23, just north of M 59).
Thursday - Lunch - Novi at Suburban Collection Showcase
- NOON - Milford Rotary Club, Bakers at Milford, 2925 S. Milford Road
Take the opportunity to see other clubs, meet other Rotarians and see how they do things. These count as "Make Up" meetings if you can't attend your regular weekly club meeting.
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event is safe and fun for area teens. 
Bring them to Friday's meeting and 
Those of us who have received reports know how well our 2 students have done as well as the ongoing amazing success of the program.
This year, 20 volunteers and a number of staff spent 233 hours soliciting, receiving and packaging the numerous donations at the Marion Township Hall as they readied for the deliveries. During December 8 – 10, 75 cheer-filled volunteers, including members of Livingston Sunrise Rotary, delivered cheer to the seniors. Mark Robinson and the Senior Services Team at LCCC are grateful for all of the community support.
