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.
You and a guest are invited to join us each and almost every Friday for The Livingston Sunrise Rotary Club breakfast, held at the LESA building in Howell. Only $5 for a guest's breakfast. Pay the lady, Penny Murphy..So bring a guest!
Socialization begins about 7:15 am.
The meeting rings in promptly at 7:30. Please help set up and help tear down. Late? Cough up a buck to the Fine Sheriff.
BRING at least $5 for the 50/50 DRAWING.
(The POT is back at $0 again, thanks to Terri Defina who won $260 last week. Not too shabby, but it ain't $1100!) Exact change is appreciated!
He will be educating us about a new non-profit called The Brighton Fieldhouse which he hopes will be established on 120 acres that formerly was known as The Golf Course of Mt. Brighton and The Jackal. See the March 15th email from Mark Robinson with more details BEFORE Friday's meeting. [Scott is the guest of Steve Gronow and that's all I know!]
IT FEELS LIKE SPRING...
Although theAccuWeather predicts we will get some snow late Saturday night. No accumulation. The Weather Channel says rain, rain, rain through Sunday morning.. So dress appropriately, people! It'll be in the low 40s with a small chance of rain Friday morning. Sunrise is 7:43 and gaze at the gorgeous moon as it sets around 8:10.
Please check your ClubRunner listing and upload a recent photo so new members can put a face with a name. If you need help, I will take a photo at the meeting and do it for you. -jml
[Spring official begins March 20th.]
Also note in your calendar, Palm Sunday is April 10,Good Friday is April 15th (There is a meeting, I learned!) ,Holy Saturday and the start of Passover is April 16th,Easter Sunday is the 17th, Earth Day is April 22nd and do NOT forget Administrative Professionals Day the last Wednesday on the 27th of April.
You have heard me talk about the Guatemala Literacy Project. Now you can experience a virtual tour of the Guatemala Literacy Project free of charge. The virtual tour will take place on Saturday, March 26, 2022 starting at 3:00 pm.
>>>Virtual Tour 2022 will provide a great opportunity for you to meet students and staff in our programs, see the impact our programs are having in their lives, hear from graduates who have broken the cycle of poverty in their families through education, and learn about adaptations we've made to continue supporting students and teachers throughout the pandemic.<<< Click Here for more info!
If interested, please register through Caroline Phelps: caroline@coeduc.org. I look forward to seeing you there! --Janet Burns
That's Dr. Janet Burns to the left serving as a seat for a young Guatemalan boy who loves to read!
BRIGHTON ROTARY BUNNY BINGO
Mark your calendars to play Bunny Bingo with your whole family on Thursday April 14th, sponsored by the Brighton Rotary Club. All proceeds will provide funding for the Brighton Rotary Raiders who build handicapped access ramps for deserving local residents.
Doors open at 6pm at the Brighton Community Center and bingo cards are two for $20. Extra cards are just $5 each. [Personally, I can't keep track of more than two. But I do love those Dab-o-Ink markers in neon colors.]
You also can enter to win raffle items and plenty of snacks and drinks (the non-alcoholic kind?) for purchase. If you have prizes to donate for the raffle, contact Carole Bullion at 1+ (248) 765-0090
It is a tragic and sad time for the people of Ukraine and the world.
Many of you may not have remembered and/or even known but we have very close Ukraine ties to RI CEO John Hewko through our District and the Rotary Club of Clarkson . Our District assisted in planting the seed 30 years ago to help sponsor the 1st Kyiv Rotary Club in Ukraine.
Because of these past District connections Mr. Hewko is suggesting we all channel efforts to the RI Disaster Response Fund until 30 April 2022. RI will then put a report together about all the donations from RC Kyiv co-sponsor Districts/Clubs. He sees it as a demonstration of Rotarians from different Districts, Clubs and Countries coming together again collaborating to help Ukraine.
Today, our thoughts are with our fellow Rotary members and others in Ukraine coping with these tragic events. Rotary International will do everything in its power to bring aid, support and peace to the region.
CLICK HERE to read more about R. I.'s efforts in Ukraine.
As one of the world’s largest humanitarian organizations, we have made peace the cornerstone of our global mission and I thank you all for your continued efforts to Serve to Change Lives.
Our thanks to the Livingston Sunrise Rotary Club for their 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 Black & White Formal Dance, a swing dance with lessons for teens, is planned for Sunday, Mar. 20th. Numerous volunteers are needed to ensure that this community event is safe and fun for area teens. Service opportunities between two and three hours in lengthare available at the organization headquarters and on location in the Tandale Nature Barn between 2:00 and 9:00 pm, Sunday, Mar. 20th.
All the information about the event, and required ONLINE 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.
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A source of PRIDE for the LSR Board of Directors and past presidents is the history of our receipt ofRotary International's Presidential Citation, an annual award. Please CLICK on the question/link BELOW to take a SHORT SURVEY (3 questions) and share YOUR input on THIS goal for the Citation. We will use the survey results to take action toward achieving our goal at Friday’s LSRC Meetup. Thank you!
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!]
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.
MARCH GREEETERS
GREETERS - MARCH 18, '02
STEVE LIVINGWAY
PATRICIA COURTNEY
GREETERS - MARCH 25, '02
MICHAEL O'BRIAN
STEVE LIVINGWAY
GREETERS - APRIL 2022
GREETERS - APRIL 1, 2022
TERRI DEFINA
CHAD SPENSLEY
GREETERS - APRIL 8, 2022
WAYNE PERRY
CHAD SPENSLEY
GREETERS - APRIL 15, 2022
ANNE RENNIE
LORNA DURAND
GREETERS - APRIL 22, 2022
MARK ROBINSON
MARY DURST
GREETERS - APRIL 29, 2022
DONNA GEHRINGER
DIANA ROMSEK
GREETERS - MAY 6, 2022
JAMIE SCOTT
JIM GILMORE
GREETERS - MAY 13, 2022
JESSICA GRIMA
JOHN SCOTTA
GREETERS - MAY 20, 2022
MARY ST. PIERRE
STEVE GRONOW
GREETERS - MAY 27, 2022
PEGGY HALL DAVENPORT
BOBBIE TERRY
If you are unable to fulfill your bi-annual responsibility as an OFFICIAL GREETER when assigned, please let me know via email with "Rotary" in the subject line at least a week in advance. The week of our meeting, you are responsible for arranging your own replacement! MLenninger@gmail.com
You, must either be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (as defined by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) OR provide a negative result from a COVID-19 test taken no more than 72 hours before their arrival at the convention. Check convention.rotary.org for updates as we continue to determine what safety protocols are necessary, based on the current CDC recommendations for safe gatherings.
Don’t delay, because this special registration offer expires MONDAY 28 February. You’ll have the opportunity to cancel for a full refund, minus a $50 per person administration fee, until 30 April. Click here for a promotional brochure.
DO YOU SHOP AT KROGER?
If so, you could be making a donation to the LSRC Foundation every time you buy something there. It's simple.
Just link your Kroger RewardsCard to your organization:
Livingston Sunrise Rotary Foundation (NQ639).
Community Rewards is easy to understand and easy to explain! The more our supporters shop with Kroger, the more money LSR Foundation will earn!
This month the committee team will present "The Impact and History of Women in Rotary" This info-charged event will be presented with videos and words from International Leaders as well as a panel of District 6380 Men and Women addressing your questions and giving their experience of the Impact that allowing Women to join Rotary has given. Our own District Governor Brenda Tipton will be among the panelists!
It's March, and that means March Reading Month! [If you can read this newsletter, thank your parents and a teacher.]
In our support of literacy, our Club's Literacy Committee asked for recommendations for a book donation idea from member Steve Livingway to give to his current Reaching Higher 5th/6th/7th grade kids at Carsten's Academy in Detroit. These kids will graduate from his Reaching Higher class in April. We are ordering the following for these kids:
15 - I am Leader 90 day Journal for Teens, by Peter J. Liang ($16.95 each)
10 - I am Leader 90 day Journal for Kids, by Peter J. Liang ($16.95 each)
The total, with tax, is $449.25.
In addition, each kid will receive a new 2022 calendar book that came through a separate donation.
Can you help with the needed donations for these books?
We are hoping to have the books ready to hand out by April 1.
You can bring any cash donations to me at club meetings, or you can send them to me via Venmo - Luanne Bibbee@Luanne-Bibbee (last four digits of my cell are 2819.)
Thanks for supporting literacy, and for supporting Steve's kids!!
Get to know your fellow Rotarians better. Join us every TUESDAY thru March 29th or stimulating conversation, tidbits of inside information, good food, fun and fellowship outside of our regular Friday meetings. We meet at noon at Coratti's Pizzeria in Howell. Plenty of free parking, but not much out back.
You must try their delicious sorbetto and gelato, made with the Cadillac of all gelato machines, with training in Italy! It's not on the menu. Gotta ask for a taste.
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.
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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