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.
Breakfast WILL be served! Everybody BRING ONE guest this month. Guest breakfasts will be FREE for the rest of the month; in September please pay $9 per guest (speakers not included).
Socialization begins at 7:15 am. The meeting rings in promptly at 7:30!
Weather should be... Oh, for heaven's sake, just ask Alexa , Siri or just "Hey Google It" ---Weather, Howell, Michigan, please!
BRING at least $5 FOR the 50/50 DRAWING (The POT will be more than $450) and exact change, please.
AND BRING YOUR SINGLES (or QUARTERS) FOR HAPPY DOLLARS & FINES.
If you cannot make it in person, you can get someone $5 or me to put in for the 50/50. I take VENMO @MLenninger !
If you cannot make it to the meeting in person, please join us via ZOOM and keep your camera on so we can see your smiling faces! If you do show up, remember the CDC has recommended that EVERYONE wear a mask INDOORS, even if you have had all your shots. Variant D of CoViD-19 is highly transmittable via the air. As infectious as the measles.
Greeters should arrive no later than 7:15 AM and assist members with name badges, welcoming guests and identifying visiting Rotarians and visitors.
GREETERS - AUG. 20 (@LESA)
BILL COOK
ANNE RENNIE
GREETERS - AUG. 27 (@LESA)
PATTY COURTNEY
CARRIE NEWSTEAD
SEPTEMBER GREETERS - SEPT 3 (@LESA)
TERRI DELFINA
MICHAEL O'BRIAN (Mike check. We want a record 5 Mikes in the house!)
GREETERS - SEPT 10 (@LESA)
JEANNINE DuFAULT [pronounced DOO-foe; the l&t are silent!]
DIANA ROMSEK
GREETERS - SEPT 17 (@LESA)
ERIC GALBRAITH
WAYNE PERRY
GREETERS - SEPT 24 (@LESA)
DONNA GEHRINGER
JAMIE SCOTT
GREETERS - SEPT 31 (@LESA)
JESSICA GRIMA
JOHN SCOTTA
OCTOBER GREETERS - OCT 1 (@LESA)
STEVE GRONOW
DeVONNA SNOWDEN
If you for some reason you cannot fulfill your annual responsibility to be our 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!
Thanks to some of our top online contributors in Public Image: Sam Brish, Anne Rennie, Karli Soraruf, George Moses, Michael Lenninger, and Kate Lawrence for getting the word out about LSRC on Facebook and Instagram! BIG WELCOME to Abbie Bates for stepping up to help with our social media PUSH on Facebook.
LSRC Board of Directors
Behind the scenes, your LSRC Board is working hard to effectively operate in all areas Rotary: Financial, Membership, Administrative, Public Image, New Generations, Foundation, etc. The August 10th LSRC Board Meeting addressed topics such as the 2021/22 Budget, Storage & Supply Inventory, Interact involvement and next steps for District 6380 grants awarding up to $2500 of matching funds for an upcoming service project. Save the Date: next board meeting is Tuesday, Sept. 14th. 7:30 am at Ohana Karate, 4176 E. Grand River Ave., Howell.
Get to know your fellow Rotarians better. Join us this month in BRIGHTON.
Warmest Regards, Tom Archer
So whoever gets there first, please reserve a couple of tables for about 8 people. Our consummate host, Tom Archer, asks you and a guest to join us every WEDNESDAY in August in BRIGHTON at Jameson's Irish Pub and Grill in beautiful Downtown BRIGHTON. Park out front or in any of the many lots out back. Click on the links for each restaurant to read their menus and be prepared to order promptly at NOON!
Join us for fun, food, fellowship and great conversation with your extended Rotary Family (aka spouses). This also is a great way to introduce friends and colleagues to our club! There simply isn't enough time at our weekly meetings to get to know one another better. EACH ONE BRING ONE.
In September we return to CORRATI'S in HOWELL on TUESDAY!
LSRC Members Peggy & Jamie joined friends on Sunday, Aug. 15th for the 11th annual SWIM TO THE MOON event in Half Moon Lake at the Pinckney Recreation Area. These committed Rotarians pushed their arms and legs in the water for more than 1.2 miles to raise funds for North Star Ranch, a Livingston County nonprofit offering life-changing camp experiences for children with serious health challenges.
Team Rotary GO!... [When I say TEAM ROTARY, you say ????] ACTIVELY raising funds and awareness for local charities.
This will be all the non-feature, interesting and easily digestible tidbits of information. So... whatcha got to contribute, LSRC Members? Prayers, please, for our members who are ill and unable to attend our meetings.
EVERY BODY BRING SOMEBODY TO ROTARY
August is Membership Month which means it's time to invite others to the world of Rotary and to celebrate your Rotary club, your members and the good you each do in your community and around the world.
There are many ways to join in the celebration but to get you started... Say it loud, say it proud, “I am proud to be a Rotarian!" - "WooWoo"!!
Supporting our RI President’s and our District’s “Each One Bring One” Campaign, I recently invited others to engage in the wonderful fellowship of Rotary and today my home club has a new Rotary member who is being inducted in two weeks! You can do this too; it is really easy, Just Ask. So, I'm asking you each to support our “Each One Bring One” District Campaign by inviting someone to join you at an upcoming meet or event. This simple invite can change their life as well as yours.
As you may know, I'm always up for a good celebration and what a wonderful one we had at the Meet Governor “WooWoo” evening on July 22, 2021! This was the first “in person” event that our District has been able to hold since March 2019 when our PETS training was cut short due to what we now refer to as the Year of the Pandemic. On July 22, I was so happy to meet and greet all who attended and to re-ignite our Rotary fellowships. It was disappointing, of course, that the Canadian branch of our Rotary family was unable to attend but I look forward to an additional “Meet the Governor” Canadian style celebration once the borders reopen. I invite you to join me for that celebration as well. Stay tuned for details.
I hope you're enjoying our District social media campaign on the District Facebook page! We've been focusing on "Getting to Know" your District Team. If you haven't yet joined our group page, please make sure that you do to keep updated on Club and District events. It's a great way to stay connected! Rotary Facebook Group
LSRC running fans met up at the Brighton Coffeehouse and Theatre (BCAT) with Brighton Area Fire Authority, Running Lab and Kensington Valley Crossfit to DEBRIEF on all things Hungry Duck Run last month. A guest "appearance" was made by LSRC Honorary Member, Jim Lawrence, [all the way from Wild Rose, WISCONSIN!] who chimed in on the HISTORY of the event, now 15 years strong. Good reports, great people and plans for next year are... IN MOTION. [Give Jim Lawrence some love by clicking on his name above and sending him a warm message. We miss you!]
Hello everyone! This past week I spoke to Steve Gronow and he shared some information with me about a single mother in need of some pretty simple help.
This single young mom has stage 4 cancer. Her mom and her have been collecting pop cans to try and help with her out-of-control medical expenses.
The opportunity consists of the following:
Pick up a trailer from her house in Hartland, I have the address
Take the trailer to her mom's house in Howell, I have the address
Load up the cans which are already in large bags into the trailer
Take the deposit cans to the store, Meijer is right around the corner from the house
Put the cans in the recycling machines
Take the return tickets back to her with the trailer
There are about 300.00 in cans so the more people that can coordinate to do this the better to avoid multiple trips due to limits at the recycling machines.
Simple as that! [At presstime, Mary St. Pierre, Dan Bain and Kate Lawrence have stepped up to coordinate this.]
Who wants to step up? Click on the link below my signature and email me.
That's next Saturday, people! Bow your heads please. Let us weed. Let us pick the fruit of our labors. Let us give thanks for the coffee and donuts. And lettuce pray for good weather. AMEN.
Who will be there to FEED MY PEOPLE? You may bring shovels, and rakes and gloves, a friend and implements of gardening. You may beat your swords into plowshares if you wish.
If you have any questions please contact Jim Watters 810-225-4420. Or John R. Scotta at 248-535-7466
The Gleaners/Garden Club Community Victory Garden is located on the SW corner of Brighton NC Machine at7300 Whitmore Lake Rd, Brighton, MI 48116. We also need volunteers Tuesday and Thursday mornings as well. FREE Vitamin D while the sun shines.
You can sign up directly on the Rotary Club of Livingston Sunrise website by clicking here. We appreciate your participation and look forward to making this a great event together!
Thank you.
John
John Scotta Rotary Club of Livingston Sunrise
DO YA WANNA DANCE?
ANNUAL MEETING this THURSDAY!
The Dance Project has a new service project coming up Thursday, August 19th. See the poster to the right. More info coming later from Jamie Nicholson.
Everybody DANCE! Or volunteer. Or BOTH!
Please send J. Michael Lenninger photos (lots of pictures, .jpgs) and stories about Rotarians!
Click on this link: "Rotary News"THANK YOU! --jml (810) 986-9320 text/cell
GO SHOOTING with the SHERIFF
Our industrious Sheriff, Mike Murphy, invites you to go shooting with him. [NOT take a shot at him!]
On Thursday September 2, 2021 at 1pm is registration for the Hartland Rotary Clay Shoot.
Two things.
1) We need to put a team together. I, Mike Murphy, will sponsor a team. I just the names of 4 other shooters. So reply to me, first come first served
2) We need our club members to sponsor the shooters. A good round sponsorship number would be $20. Your Sponsorship dollars will go toward our club's effort to raise money for polio day in October.
If you want to set up another team or want to sponsor more than just a shooter, see the attached flyer in your August 13th email for additional info.
HELP KEEP OUR RIVERS CLEAN
As your District Governor or rather your CEO "Chief Encouragement Officer" for the 2021-2022 year I want to encouraged all clubs to review and consider planning a river cleanup event. It's part of the big RI Environmental Initiative.
World Rivers Day, September 26, 2021
This event is a global celebration of the world's waterways, observed every last Sunday in September.
Rivers in every country face an array of threats, and World Rivers Day promotes the active involvement of citizens to ensure the health of rivers in the years ahead.
Chatham Sunrise Rotary in Canada is already planning a cleanup event for their McGregor Creek .
Your club can learn more about the program at cleanwaterforliving.com and consider joining the efforts of theEnvironmental Sustainability Rotary Action Group (ESRAG)
For more info
Contact John Lawrence, Chair with the Rotary Club of Chatham Sunrise
We've all known someone, a family member or friend, that has been touched in some way by Alzheimer's. The Walk to End Alzheimer's, is a national effort to raise funds for research and awareness for the disease, along with support for families and care givers directly affected by it.
As we did last year, the Howell and Livingston Sunrise Rotary Clubs are teaming up to do our share in battling this dreaded disease. Last year, I'm extremely proud to report that we raised more than $4,000. Once again, the Howell Rotary Club is making a donation of $500 toward the effort. [Do I hear a challenge Sunrise Rotarians?]
This year's Walk to End Alzheimer's will be on Saturday, October 2, and be centered in Brighton. I understand that walks can also take place anywhere in Livingston County. We can decide later whether to meet in Brighton, Howell or some other location for our Walk To End Alzheimer's.
To register, our team page is located at http://act.alz.org/goto/HowellSunriseRotary. I hope you'll be able to register and participate. Any level of contribution will go far in combatting Alzheimer's!!
Kind Regards,
Nick
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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.
That's next Saturday, people! 
