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GREETINGS FROM PATTIE COURTNEY, OUR LSRC Prez
Top O' the Morning to you all!
A special Irish greeting to you! I hope you enjoyed all your favorite St. Patty's day traditions. Don't forget to don your green before this Friday for our ZOOM meeting..
Please join us this Friday as MarkRobinson presents LaurieRussell & SarahKremhelmer with LivingstonCountyFAKS– Fostering through Community Connections. Laurie and Sarah are the co-chairs of FAKS and will provide an overview of the services provided to foster and adoptive parents in Livingston County.
Upcoming ClubAssembly isMarch26th. What's a Club Assembly you may ask? We do things a bit differently during Assembly meetings. We'll hear from some of our leadership team and catch up on some of the background doings of the club. It takes several members to oversee and run a Rotary Club smoothly. We have a great team of dedicated folks and I'm so grateful to each one.
We will also be presenting our GoldenRotyAward! Please submit your nominations to me by March 24th. Maybe there's someone in the club you'd like to show your thanks and appreciation to. Or someone who could use an "atta boy/girl" for extraordinary service above self. This is your opportunity. In addition to the coveted Golden Roty trophy; the recipient will receive a special gift selected just for them. Who will you nominate?
E-RacetheStigma is coming up this weekend. March21st8a.m. to 1p.m. See Jamie Nicholson's email or our club newsletter for more information.
I leave you with this Irish blessing today...
"May peace and plenty bless your world With a joy that long endures And may all life’s passing seasons Bring the best to you and yours."
The Livingston County Foster Care, Adoption and Kinship Services (FAKS) Workgroup is made up of foster parents and representatives from local organizations dedicated to offering safe and supported placements to children that are not living in their family home. FAKS works with families in the county that open their homes to children from other families by being foster parents. FAKS also assists families who are interested in adoption.
Workgroup Goal
To increase and retain licensed family foster homes by providing focused outreach recruitment strategies, timely and effective training, and creative, meaningful supports that will meet the diverse individual, developmental, emotional, and cultural needs of foster children and the foster parents caring for them.
Partnership
Success of the FAKS Workgroup depends on the on-going commitment of Livingston County Agencies, Organizations, Local Government and the parents and families themselves. Each member demonstrates their commitment to the goals by signing amembership agreement on behalf of themselves and their organizations.
Connect to services through FAKS
-Long and short term placements -Educational services
-Training and support group services -Casework Services
-Counseling services -Guardian ad litem/attorney services
Children may come into foster care due to abuse, neglect, or delinquency. The goal of foster care is to reunify and strengthen families. When efforts to reunify children with their birth parents are unsuccessful, the court makes these children eligible for adoption. Children may be adopted by their foster parents or by other families who wish to adopt. Foster parents are also needed to provide shorter term respite care for children.
Support and contacts
Foster parents are provided reimbursement for the cost of care as established by the State of Michigan.
There are many agencies to assist with foster care and adoption cases. These organizations include:
Please send ME photos and stories about Rotarians no later than Tuesday noon!
Please send me "Rotary News" by clicking on the link. Identify everyone in the photos. --jml (810) 986-9320 text/cell
LSRC FOUNDATION AWARDS GRANT
Your Livingston Sunrise Rotary Foundation recently sent a $1,000 Grant to the Guatemala Literacy Project.
We received the following Thank You from GLP.
Jim Gilmore
LSRF Secretary
Dear Janet Burns and the Rotary Club of Livingston Sunrise (Brighton):
On behalf of GLP Advisory Board Chair Colin Thacker, thank you very much for the Rotary Club of Livingston Sunrise (Brighton)'s generous contribution to Guatemala Literacy Project Global Grant #2124415. Your generosity will make possible a better education and a brighter future for many schoolchildren in impoverished Guatemalan communities. Because these programs are self-sustaining, your gift will keep on giving year after year as new students are helped each and every year in perpetuity.
And pending approval by The Rotary Foundation, your club’s contribution will be multiplied up to 2.8 times by the Foundation on Global Grant #2124415!
After the project inaugurations in February of 2022, your club will receive a full report, including thank you letters from some of the students that you have helped.
We look forward to keeping you and your club informed about the projects after our deliveries next February. Thanks again for all your support!
There is another blood collection service operating in Michigan... Michigan Blood, now known as Versiti. (This is NOT sponsored by the RED CROSS!)
They provide an improved experience for blood donors, we we're going to try them out. You may donate whole blood until February 3rd to be eligible for this Livingston Rotary Club Blood Drive Challenge. We don't need as many volunteers as before, so I will be asking help from all local Rotary Clubs. Thank you Howell Rotary for being the first to volunteer!
WHEN: Wednesday, March 31, 2021
WHERE: Brighton Community Center, 555 Brighton Road
Their new group home will be finished in March to provide a safe and comfortable place for individuals with intellectual disabilities or autism. Many are currently living more than an hour away from friends, family and other support networks.
So much is needed to prepare the house to make it a home... 6,700 square feet...six private bedrooms with an attached bathroom, a community kitchen, and two family rooms.
Help us make this house a home!
What do they need? Everything! Dishes, silverware, glasses, pots & pans, small appliances, linens for kitchen, bed & bath, rugs, shower curtains, therapeutic/sensory recreational items... how about a bbq gas grill?
Take a look at their Wish List on Amazon and select a gift:
Meet Michael O'Brian, a recent inductee of Livingston Sunrise Rotary Club
Where are you from?Grew up in Northville and Graduated from Northville High School
Are you involved in any other groups or organizations?Most of my involvement is in work related. I am a board member of the International Association of Fire Chiefs, and a past president in the Michigan Association of Fire Chiefs.
What do you do professionally? I am the Fire Chief for the Brighton Area Fire Authority and also own a consulting firm Code Savvy Consultants, as well as half owner of Kensington Valley CrossFit in Brighton.
Family? Pets?I have two beautiful children who attend Brighton High School (Elliott and Amy)
What is one of your super-talents?I enjoy making videos when I have time.
What’s your favorite book?I have really worked to increase my reading over the last couple of years. Getting Things Done by David Allen, [$18 from 2 Dandelions Book Shop] is a staple for me professional, and Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink is pretty core to me. [Hardcover, $28.99 ]
What is one thing that most people don’t know about you?About 20 years ago, on the first Sunday after New Year’s Day, our pastor at our church in Dearborn was sick. I was an elder at the time, and had to fill in and preach for the day. After that Sunday, the church and the EPC had a full court press for me to become a pastor.
What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received? If you want to influence change, you have to show up. I think this applies to things that are important to you, but in general it applies to everyday life. If you want to get in shape, you have to show up to the gym, consistently. If you want to change the world, you have to show up daily.
What would you do if you suddenly won $1million? Take care of my kids’ education and set aside some funds for their first house. Most likely pay down my parents’ house, and go on a vacation. Maybe even buy some more workout equipment. [For personal use or for Kensington Valley Crossfit?]
What was the worst job you ever had? I enjoyed the people I worked with, but that summer installing roofing was a hot job to do.
What’s your favorite type of music?Live Music. I am a sucker for live concerts of all types.
Favorite bar or restaurant before CoVid? I am a sucker for most of the restaurants in Downtown Brighton. I do love some food. [So that means Michael we'll see you at the summer concerts at the Brighton Millpond every Sunday July 11 - August 29, sponsored by the Brighton Kiwanis Club.]
Favorite Artist or Band?Metallica [Who woulda thunk THAT?]
What is the perfect breakfast for you? There is this great place in La Jolla Shores in California. They have the best breakfast. But maybe that’s the sun shining on your face.
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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do if you suddenly won $1million?