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.
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We no longer meet via ZOOM so you must come in person. Enjoy food, fellowship and FUN!
Holiday Food Drive for Gleaners - offers many ways to help our neighbors in need this holiday season.
1. Food Donations: Bring your canned goods and shelf-stable items to the Club meeting. Organizations are in special need of *canned chicken *green beans *cream of mushroom soup *stuffing mix *dessert/baking mix.
2. Monetary Donations: Bring your check made payable to Gleaners Community Food Bank. Or cash! Or donate online by going here: Gleaners Community Food Bank monetary donations.. A donation of $25 will help cover the cost of a turkey for one local family.
3. 2022 Turkey Trot: Participate in this year's Golf Outing on November 12th to benefit Gleaners and local organizations. Cost is a frozen turkey or a $25 check to a charity of your choice.
Friday November 11th -Veterans Day
I am excited about our speaker/program - Veteran Service Dogs! We will have the opportunity to learn about the program and how the dogs are trained, as well as meet some actual veterans involved with the program. Many thanks to Dan Bain for arranging this program. Let's honor our guests and our own veterans in the Club by wearing red, white, and blue.
Hope to see you bright and early Friday morning!
Donna
There should be about $175 in the 50/50 drawing, I guess; 43 cards, if you're counting. Bring your money; exact change is appreciated! $5 for three tickets or $2 each. All proceeds go toward the the festivities for the 2023 President's Night!
THIS WEEK'S MEETING...
It's time to put petty politics aside and come together, right now, for a common cause. Thanking our Veterans for helping to protect and preserve our freedoms.
To that end, please welcome Kelly Mead who is a trainer of service dogs for veterans.
GREETERS -NOVEMBER 11, 2022
PENNY MURPHY
BILL COOK
[It's Veterans' Day! Dress up in your snazziest red,white and blue or squeeze into that old uniform, if you can! Bring a memento of someone in the service to share with your table.]
Several District 6380 members braved the cold and very early morning hours and volunteered at the 2022 Rotary At The Detroit Free Press Marathon Fluid Station. The first group of runners passed through our fluid station around 8 am and they the vibrant volunteered, cheered and encouraged the runners, passing Gatorade & water. Lake Orion Sunrise Club Rotarian Julie Barnes Maurer ,ultra marathon runner was the key organizer of all fluid stations and partnered us up with Black Girls on the Run! What a fun morning! See you there next year on Oct. 14th & 15th 2023.
PASS THE PLATE COOKBOOK HONORS RI PRESIDENT District Membership Chair and Troy Rotary President-Elect Roma Murthy was so happy to finally present Troy Rotary cookbook to Rotary International President Jennifer Jones on behalf of her club. Jennifer has contributed several great recipes. Recipes are from across the globe including Australia, Canada and Venezuela and India. The book is elegantly displayed in the Presidential Office.
The 2023 MITT is Saturday, February 4th, at Crystal Gardens. Beneficiaries are Connection Youth Services and Habitat for Humanity. Co-Chairs are John Scotta and Linda Carey. Select how and when you will volunteer... there is a lot to do between now and then!
TURKEY TROT CHALLENGE GOLF OUTING
Bring your CLUBS out one last time! Turkey Trot Scramble on Saturday, Nov. 12th is sponsored by Timber Trace Golf Course in Pinckney and Gleaners Food Bank. There WILL be a 50/50 Drawing and a VEGA$ Hole!
Tee Time: SHOTGUN START @ 12 noon Tee Time: (Registration starts at 11 AM)
Format: 4 person Scramble Format
Entry Fee Per Person: ONE FROZEN TURKEY (16-18 lbs. Entry Fee Per Person:)
or a $25 check to a Charity of Your Choice
Register: at Timber Trace Golf Club 734-878-1800 Registration deadline November 10th. SIGN UP and Pay at the Course One Championship Circle, Pinckney. We will close registration at 124 participants or 30 4-Man Teams.
OTHER DONATIONS: We will be collecting clean usable winter coats, hats, and gloves for children and adults. 50% of all the Clubhouse Food purchased
Were you one of those kids in school, sitting by yourself, eating a lunch out of a brown paper bag while all the other kids around you seem to have bought their lunches? Well you no longer have to eat alone, at least not on TUESDAYs!
Meet with your fellow Rotarians and their family and friends in Downtown Howell at Corrati's Pizzeria.. Park out back, or along Grand River, if you get lucky.
Invite your extended Rotary Family [aka spouses], friends or co-workers. Or a member you haven't seen lately! This is one of the things that makes LSRC so special! SO, EACH ONE BRING ONE.
Greeters should arrive BY 7:15 AM and assist members to set up, hand out name badges, welcome guests and identify visiting Rotarians. Smile! Make EVERYONE feel welcome. Introduce them to other members.
GREETERS -NOVEMBER 11, 2022
PENNY MURPHY
BILL COOK
GREETERS -NOVEMBER 18, 2022
PATRICIA COURNEY
JENNIFER NASH
NO GREETERS -NOVEMBER 25, 2022
(no meeting the day after a HAPPY THANKSGIVING!)
GREETERS -DECEMBER 2, 2022
TERRI DEFINA
CARRIE NEWSTEAD
GREETERS -DECEMBER 9, 2022
JAMIE NICHOLSON
PEGGY HALL-DAVENPORT
GREETERS -DECEMBER 11, 2022
ROGER HASLICK
MICHAEL OBRIAN
GREETERS -DECEMBER 18, 2022
WAYNE PERRY
ERIC GALBRAITH
NO GREETERS -DECEMBER 25, 2022
Spend a day with family. No family? Then let us rejoice with friends!
If you are unable to fulfill your bi-annual responsibility as an OFFICIAL WEEKLY READER when assigned, please let me know via email with "Rotary" in the subject line at least a week in advance. I suggest calling one of the new members and ask. The week of our meeting, you are responsible for arranging your own replacement! MLenninger@gmail.com
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, at Milford United Methodist Church. Bring your own lunch.
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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