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Sep 16, 2022
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Sep 30, 2022
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Oct 07, 2022
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Livingston Educational Service Agency (LESA)
1425 W Grand River Ave.
Howell, MI 48843
United States of America
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MEET-UP at L-E-S-A Friday 8/12 or on ZOOM
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Thank you for all the proofreaders who found mistakes in last week's newsletter. You catch it, I'll fix it!
 
This week's meeting is all about our strategic plan for this fiscal year. Donna Gehringer will reveal a draft of the proposed action items.
Nobody selected Ace of Hearts to win the 50/50, but two of our Foreign Exchange Students had their ticket picked  The pot is more than $250 this week! Bring your money; exact change is appreciated! $5 for three tickets or $2 each.
 
 
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NEWS that MAY AMUSE -- August 12, 2022
LET'S GET READY TO PLAY FANTASY FOOTBALL
It's fall, y'all and Jim Gilmore wants your money to fund our annual Pobuda Scholarships through a Fantasy Football competition. The details follow.
 
We are getting the teams and owners signed up for this annual fundraiser that is in its umpteenth year now (you'll have to ask Diane McCormick exactly how many as she has the travelling trophy).
 
The object is to have a little fun with fantasy football while raising some money for our Club's Scholarship fund named after our third President, Don Pobuda.  
 
Here is how it works...
 
Each player (team owner) kicks in $40 for their team. $25 goes to the Livingston Sunrise Rotary Foundation for the Pobuda Scholarship Fund and $15 is set aside for prizes and trophy engraving at the end of the season.
 
You can be as active as you choose in changing players, using the waiver wire, trades, etc. We have had winners who have very little (or no) activity at all as well as those who seem to know alot about the NFL. We use Yahoo Sports Fantasy Football platform which is fairly easy to learn and navigate. Choosing your team name is a fun exercise and we've had a few extremely creative names (ie. WooWoo's Rumble, Locos Rotarian and Tacklin' Fuel) and others not so creative (ie. Sara's Team). We usually award prizes for First (less the engraving cost) Second and Third.
 
Tom Archer and I are the Commissioners and our decisions are final...no appeals.
 
So, if you are interested, let me know by email and include the email you want to use for your league communications. If you were a participant last year, you can keep your team name and if you are new, we'll assign you a team or ask you create a new one. If you were a participant last year and you do not want to play this year, let me know so we can assign your tream to someone else.[Do it now. Pre-season games start now through the end of August, but they don't count!]
 
Your money is due prior to the AutoDraft, which will be held automatically Saturday, September 3 prior to the first game...no money, we re-assign your team. Please pay in cash paper-clipped to a Post-it with your name on it or check for $25 made to the LSRF and $15 cash (also paper-clipped). Please DO NOT give me a check for $40 made out to LSRF or made out to me... [Got it. Give $15 cash to Jim, write a check to LSR Foundation for $25.]
 
Don't miss your chance to play and support the Pobuda Scholarship!
Jim
Jim Gilmore
 
PLAY GOLF, HELP HARTLAND HERO TEEN CENTER
Down South, we call 'em tournaments. A bit of an intimidating word, which brings out competitive players. Up here, they are golf "outings" which are fun, whimsical and you don't even have to be a good golfer to have a good time. So Steve Livingway is inviting you to have a good time playing 9 holes of golf.
 
The Hartland HERO Teen Center provides a fun, safe, FREE place for Hartland area teens to play, hang out, eat a meal, and build connections after school and in the summer.  The annual Golf Outing is our main fundraiser for the entire school year.
 
Hartland HERO Teen Center Golf Outing
9-hole Golf Outing to raise funds 
September 18, 2022 at 2pm Shotgun start
At The Majestic GC in Hartland 
$60/player for 9-holes of golf, cart, and Italian buffet
Format: 4-person scramble with the popular string game and raffle prizes. 
·      Golf – get a 4-some and have fun!
 
·      Be a Tee Sponsor  
$100-499 Silver Sponsor
$500-999 Gold Sponsor
$1,000+   Platinum Sponsor
 
Donate a Raffle Prize – goods or services, sign up your foursome: 
Contact Kay Fountain at 810-923-6015
All profits go to help fund the teen center which hosts 30-60 Hartland teens/day after school and during the summer. Thank you for your support!
The Teen Center is part of Hartland Enrichment and Recreation Organization (HERO) HERO is a Michigan non-profit corporation * 3191 Hartland Road, Hartland, MI 48353                                           EIN 45-5566140 IRS 501(c )(3)
 
For more info, call or email Steve Livingway, 1 517-294-9930 cell/text or SLivingway@gmail.com
MEET TWO ROTARY FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENTS
Our two foreign exchange students are Emma Fissl, from Germany (blonde hair in orange shirt) who is staying with the Aeschliman family for the next year and attending Howell High School and Mariana Rossi from Brazil (dark hair) who is attending Pinckney High School and staying with the Atsalakis family. Please make them feel welcome (somehow they both had their tickets drawn for the 50/50 last week) and invite them along for fun actitvities with you and your family. Lugnuts game? Out on the water in a boat? Canoe or Kayak?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ROTARY FAMILY LUNCH - WEDNESDAYs in BRIGHTON
Meet with your fellow Rotarians and their family and friends in Downtown Brighton at Jameson's Irish Pub & Grill. Park out back and come to the front of the restaurant at 110 East Grand River Avenue. Save 3% off prices if you bring CASH! Lunch begins promptly at noon, so check out the menu posted online.  Pick 2 for $9.79. First one there, please reserve a table for about 8. (Mer is our usual server.).
 
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. 
 
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ROTARIANS in ACTION August 2022

OPPORTUNITIES FOR SERVICE ABOVE SELF

See the activity calendars for Special Ministries for August and September in my July 11th email.
 
Volunteers will be most helpful in August for Tuesday night bowling and for the Day of Caring on August 10th. 
 
In September, volunteers will be most helpful for Wednesday Night Pickle Ball. [Pickles not included.]
 
Contact Brook Sporer at brook@livingstoncc.org for more information.
 
Thank you for this support.
Mark
Mark Robinson
 
 
 
HELP DISTRIBUTE FOOD TO HUNGRY TEENS IN FOWLERVILLE
 
We also are seeking volunteers to commit throughout the year to the Fowlerville Mobile Distribution, dates to be found at the link. Each of these events is the 2nd Thursday of each month at Fowlerville High School. The distributions will remain outside even in winter months, however our Gleaners team has committed to pre-packing the items at our Livingston-Howell warehouse to reduce time on-site and better prepare for all distributions.  
 
 
The link includes our upcoming mobile on the second Thursday of every month, through June 2023 so volunteers can plan accordingly. You are amongst the first to receive this information because of your dedicated support and previous commitments. I anticipate that opportunities and availability will change across the year and those changes will be reflected at the link with follow-up emails as reminders or last minute requests (hopefully not necessary!). Please don't hesitate to reach out if anything changes on your end or if there are questions.
 
At this time, Gleaners is seeing an influx of participants across all distribution programs (in some cases up to 47% increase) and so it is expected that we will minimally serve 150 packages during the 2 hour distribution window from 4-6pm.
 
Each event will occur at:
 
Fowlerville High School
700 N. Grand St.
Fowlerville MI 48836  
 
If you or someone you know is interested, please sign-up at the link provided above. If you experience issues or have questions, please feel free to reach out to me directly.
 
Thank you so much for your continued support and I look forward to seeing you soon!
Bridget
Bridget Brown
Director of Food Secure Livingston
Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan
5924 Sterling Dr. | Howell, MI | 48843
866-453-2637 ext. 335 (O) | 440-420-1525 (C)
 
WE FILLED BACKPACKS WITH SCHOOL SUPPLIES
Our School Supplies Drive for LESA's Annual Backpack Giveaway was a great success. This is one of the most compassionate and giving service organizations I have ever had the pleasure of joining. We collected a lot of great items last week!  Thanks to all for your participation!
 
  • sturdy backpacks
  • colored pencils
  • crayons
  • erasers (pink ones)
  • pocket folders
  • glue bottles
  • glue sticks
  • highlighters
  • markers
  • loose-leaf paper
  • pencils
  • pencil box or bag
  • pens
  • rulers
  • children's scissors
  • spiral notebooks
ROTARIANS! SWING INTO ACTION
You'll have a swinging good time at this service project for The Dance Project on Monday nights from 7 - 10 pm in downtown Brighton.  
Click on the link below for more info. And bring your dancing shoes, twinkle toes!
 
 
 
 
Jamie
Jamie Nicholson
Immediate Past President
248-210-9409
 
 
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YOU MAY BE OUR GREETER THIS WEEK!
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 - AUGUST 5, 2022
JANINE & RAMESH IYER
GREETERS - AUGUST 12, 2022
DAN BAIN
MARK JAFFRAY
GREETERS - AUGUST 19, 2022
SARA BARNWELL
ROBERT JOHNSON
GREETERS - AUGUST 26, 2022
LINDA CAREY
JAMES JOHNSTON
 
GREETERS - SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
JERRY BEAMER
ROBERT JOHNSTON
GREETERS - SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
JULIE BEAMER
GINA KOLIS
GREETERS - SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
LORIE BELCHER
HARVEY LARSON
GREETERS - SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
JERRY BEAMER
LUANNE BEEBE
GREETERS - SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
TAYLOR LeMASTERS
STEVE BEEBE
 
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
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Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Courtney Atsalakis
July 16
 
Jim Lawrence
July 16
 
Andrea Ciesluk
July 18
 
Jamie Nicholson
July 20
 
Taylor LeMasters
August 2
 
Bobbie Terry
August 5
 
Betsy Hundley
August 6
 
Carolyn Henry
August 8
 
Patricia Courtney
August 12
 
George Watts
August 25
 
Linda Barnwell
August 27
 
Janet Burns
September 10
 
Elias Stich
September 12
 
John Scotta
September 17
 
Steve Gronow
September 21
 
Wayne Perry
September 22
 
Mike Lenninger
September 24
 
Kate Lawrence
September 30
 
Spouse Birthdays
Barb Striz
July 17
 
Lexie Galbraith
July 17
 
Barb Williams
July 27
 
Kari
July 29
 
John Ciesluk
August 30
 
Laurie Watts
September 12
 
Steve Moor
September 16
 
Jill Fredrickson
September 25
 
Anniversaries
Eric Galbraith
Lexie Galbraith
July 11
 
Jamie Scott
Ryan Scott
July 18
 
Jamie Nicholson
Ed
August 5
 
Brenda K Tipton
Jill Fredrickson
August 10
 
Mike Murphy
Penny Murphy
August 25
 
Penny Murphy
Mike Murphy
August 25
 
Timothy Williams
Barb Williams
August 25
 
Steve Gronow
Patty Gronow
August 30
 
Luanne Bibbee
Steve
September 10
 
Join Date
Linda Carey
July 1, 2017
5 years
 
Penny Murphy
July 1, 2017
5 years
 
Steve Livingway
July 1, 2016
6 years
 
James Watters
July 8, 2011
11 years
 
Jamie Scott
July 10, 2019
3 years
 
Jennifer Nash
July 18, 2017
5 years
 
Robert Johnson
July 26, 2020
2 years
 
Patricia Courtney
July 31, 2015
7 years
 
Jeff Street
August 7, 2015
7 years
 
Brenda K Tipton
August 10, 2012
10 years
 
Bobbie Terry
August 19, 2020
2 years
 
Gina Kolis
August 20, 2021
1 year
 
Mike Murphy
August 31, 2007
15 years
 
Jim Gilmore
September 1, 1996
26 years
 
Peggy Hall-Davenport
September 16, 1997
25 years
 
Eric Galbraith
September 23, 2020
2 years
 
Mark Robinson
September 24, 2017
5 years
 
Jerry Beamer
September 27, 2018
4 years
 
Where to Make Up a Rotary Meeting in our Area

You can enjoy a meal with local Rotarians every day of the week:

Monday - Lunch - Howell at Howell Board of Education Room at the Administration Building (on Highlander Way)

Tuesday - Lunch - Brighton at 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.