October 11, 2017

Member Assignments

Greeters

Please Arrive by 11:50 a.m.

10/18 – Dave Smith & Dan Rowland

10/25 – Darlene Mink-Crouse

Mobile Meals 10/20 – Genevieve Bauman & Joe Morgan

10/27 – Don Powers & Don Moore

11/3 – Bob Sauer & Jim Jastett

Fellowship 2.0

10/18 – Dave Smith

10/25 – Scott Lewis

11/1 – Ken LaPolla

Invocation

10/18 – Janet Schweitzer

10/25 – John Robertson

Magazine Report

October – Kim Straniak

November – Robin Patton

ROTARY NOTES A publication of the Rotary Club of Warren

Upcoming

Speakers

Oct 18 Jason Wood –

The New Age of Digital

Marketing

Oct. 25

JoAnne Stock – Akron

Children’s Hospital of the

Valley

Nov. 1 Paulette

Eddington – Warren Family

Fitness

Nov. 8

Retired U.S. Navy Lt. Bruce

Billie – Veteran’s Day

Program

Nov. 15 Ginny Pasha – United Way of

Trumbull County

President Dallas Woodall

welcomed a special guest

to our October 11, 1989

meeting – Canadian-

American television

personality and host of

the syndicated game

show Jeopardy, Alex

Trebek (AKA Dan

Rowland)! It seems Alex

was in Northeast Ohio

scouting out some new

contestants. Ironically,

a question pertaining to

our Club will be featured

on an upcoming show in

November. Since Alex

was close by, he decided to make the trip to our fair city to see

firsthand what put the Rotary Club of Warren on Jeopardy.

Other guests at the meeting included Ron Hefner of Ameriprise

Financial. Visiting Rotarians, Past District Governor Meena Patel and

her husband, Indu, as well as Dr. Bipin Patel from the Cortland Club,

were also present.

During his brief visit with our members, Alex set the stage for

Jeopardy show #1208, which will air on Wednesday, November 29th.

However, he first advised us that the information that he was kindly

sharing with us was confidential, as the show hasn’t aired yet.

Contestants slated to be on the show are: Max Goldberg, a consultant

originally from Wilmington, Delaware; Susan Yarborough, a ghost writer

from Atlanta, Georgia; and Jeff Slike, an ATM repairman from

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Round 1 categories are to include: 1989;

American Indians; Soap Operas; Flowers; Driving; and “POT”s.

The city of Warren will make national TV with this $500 question

under “Driving”: “Warren, Ohio is using Rotary Club members to issue

Rotary

Motto

Service Above Self

4-Way

Test

Of the things we think, say

or do:

Is it the truth?

Is it fair to all concerned?

Will it build goodwill and

better friendship?

Will it be

beneficial to all concerned?

Avenues

of Service

Club Service

Vocational Service

Community

Service

International Service

Youth Service

$50 tickets to cars parked illegally in these.” Answer: What is

Handicapped Parking Spaces.

Yes, fascinating but true! Warren Rotarians have permission to issue

tickets to those parked illegally in handicapped spots. Great Rptarians

who are serving on the committee for this project include: Dick

Aurand, Bob Schweinfurth (AKA Fellowship Bob), Bill Horton, Barry

Dunaway, and Bob Hoy.

Alex also gave our members a shot at a Final Jeopardy question

dealing with U.S. Presidents. Question: From March 4, 1933 to

January 20, 1953, he was the only living former president. Answer

(which no one from Warren Rotary was able to come up with):

Herbert Hoover.

Stay tuned to your TV on November 29th for a battle among the

contestants, and see who can score on the question about the Rotary

Club of Warren!

In January, 2018, as part of our Centennial Celebration, a

series of proclamations obtained from area dignitaries will be

presented to our Club. If any member has ideas of who we can

approach for these proclamations, please contact Andy Bednar.

We would like to invite former Rotarians to our Centennial

Gala, especially past presidents. Please forward names and

addresses of any of these individuals with whom you are

acquainted to Andy Bednar.

If you have any items pertaining to the history of the

Rotary Club of Warren for our Virtual Museum, contact Andy

Bednar or Christine Cope so that arrangements can be made for

a photo shoot.

Don’t forget to submit the name of your favorite charity to

to Venita Collins by 12/31/17 as part of our Club’s 100 Good

Deeds. A contribution of $100 will be given to the non-profit

organization of choice. A form is available for your submissions.

Areas of

Focus

Promoting

Peace

Fighting Disease

Providing Clean

Water

Saving Mothers & Children

Supporting Education

Growing Local

Economies

2017 – 2018

Club Officers

President

Andy Bednar

President Elect Venita Collins

Vice-President

Teri Surin

Secretary Judy Masaki

Treasurer

Cheryl Oblinger

Past President Julia Wetstein

Board

Members Ginny Bond

Christine Cope Tony Iannucci

Dominic Mararri Ted Stazak

Kim Straniak Nick Verina

r individual Rota There is no cost involved for Rotarians; simply recommend your

non-profit of choic favorite charity.

Don’t forget to pick up your Centennial Pins from Venita

Collins if you haven’t yet done so.

Mark your calendar and plan to attend our Centennial

Celebration on Saturday, January 27, 2018 at the Avalon

Inn. Tickets for the banquet, which is black tie optional, are

$50 per person. Entertainment will be provided by a lovely

string quartet in cooperation with the Warren Philharmonic

Orchestra. Invitations will be available soon. Reverse Raffle

Tickets will available at the end of this month.

Monday, January 29, 2018 is the Rotary Club of

Warren’s Warren’s actual anniversary. As a result, for that week

only, our Club meeting will be held on Monday at Noon, and

our regular Wednesday meeting on 1/31/18 will be cancelled.

The venue for our Monday, January 29, 2018 meeting will be

announced at a later date.

WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENTS

The next meeting Upcoming Meetings – The Rotary Club of Warren’s Board of

\ Directors Board of Directors Meeting will be held on Tuesday,

October 17th at the Speakeasy on Park Avenue in Warren.

Fellowship will begin at 5:30 p.m., with the meeting to follow

prompt 6:00 p.m. The next Rotary Club of Warren Foundation Meeting

has been postponed until November 1st at 11:30 a.m.

Club Upcoming Parades – Plans are being made for Our Club’s

float to be entered into Warren’s Halloween and Veteran’s

Veteran’s Day Parades! If you would like to be a sponsor or the point

point person for these events, please contact Andy Bednar.

For For Halloween, six adults are needed to walk beside the float

and pass out candy. Confirmation of your availability is needed

as soon as possible. Volunteers are needed to help decorate

the the float on October 26th at 5:30 at Northcoast Fire

Protection Protection. Please bring your staple gun. Many thanks to

George Thompson and his employees for reassembling the float

in preparation for the parades.

The 13th Annual Chocolate & Dessert Festival – is less

Rotary Club

Foundation

Board

President

Chris Shape

Vice-President Diane Sauer

Secretary

Judy Masaki

Treasurer Cheryl Oblinger

Andy Bednar

Jim Ditch Cindy

Matheson Teri Surin

Contact Us At:

Rotary Club of

Warren

P.O. Box 68

Warren, OH

44482

Our Website: Warrenrotary.org

If you have

suggestions or

comments

regarding our

newsletter, or

if you would

like to become

a sponsor,

please contact:

Judy Masaki

than than one week away on Thursday, October 19th at St.

Demetrios Banque Demetrios Banquet Center from 6 to 9 p.m. Donations for the

Chinese and Silen Chinese and Silent Auctions are desparately needed. Please

Contact Mike Boll contact Mike Bollas or Teri Surin ASAP if you can help out!

Volunteers are als Help is also needed to set up for the event during the afternoon

of of October 18th following our Club meeting, to assist the evening

assist the evening of the event, and to clean up afterwards. Please participate in

Please participate the event and help to sell tickets!!

Bell Ringers Needed – Kim Straniak has graciously volunteered

to chair our Bell Ringing Project for the Salvation Army. She

will be recruiting bell ringers for one to two hour

shifts.

Calling All Greeters – We need additional greeters to round

ou out this year’s schedule. If you are willing to help out, please

contact John Campolito.

Trunk or Treat – The City of Warren will host a safe trick or

treating treating opportunity for kids on Monday, October 30th at the

Warren Community Amphitheatre. It’s a free event that allows

th the community to gather and provide unity. If you would like

to to participate by providing your trunk or tent, call the City

Events Events Office at (330) 841-2609 or email kjackson@warren.org

Rotary Relief Funds – Three Rotary Foundation funds have

been set up been set up to accept donations for disaster relief and recovery

in response too H in response to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, as well as

the the powerful earthquakes that hit Mexico. They include:

Hurricane Harvey

Account Name: Gulf Coast Disaster Relief Fund

Account Number: 608

Hurricanes Irma and Maria

Account Name: Hurricane Emergency Relief Fund

Account Number: 296

The Puerto Rico Recovery Fund

Account Name: Puerto Rico Recovery

Account Number: 614

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Mexico Earthquakes

Account Name: Mexico Earthquake Recovery Fund

Account Number: 613

You can contribute by check or online with a credit card.

You will need to provide the DAF account name and number

listed above. If you would like a credit card receipt, check

the address box to share your address with Rotary. If you

have any questions about how you can help, contact:

relief@rotary.org.

The Open World Program – is a new hosting program available

a to Rotary Clubs in the United States during the

calendar year. It 2018 calendar year. It provides an opportunity to build

fellowship & strengthen international understanding by hosting

emerging Eurasian leaders from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan,

Kosova, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Serbia, Tajikistan, and Ukraine in

your community. Rotary Clubs are needed to host six-

participant delegations for eight days and nights and prepare a

professional progr professional program related to business, community, and civic

life in the United States. Please consider whether our club

should work on this international project. Registration forms

are due by October 17, 2017. For more information, visit:

www.rotary.org/rotary-clubs or email OpenWorld@rotary.org.

Rotary Meeting Lunches – A lunch buffet will no longer be

available at our we available at our weekly meetings. Members, visiting Rotarians,

and guests will have the option of ordering off of the menu or

choosing one of the daily specials. Please place your order with

Jason. Provide him with your table number to expedite delivery

of your meal.

An Update on our Fellow Rotarian – Unfortunately, Chris

Shape has had another set-back with an infection. Please keep

him in your thoughts and prayers. I’m sure he would appreciate

a phone call or an email with a kind word of encouragement.

The RI District 6650 Interact Conference – will be held

on on November 11, 2017 at Salem Community Center and is open

to any Rotarian interested in RI Youth Programs. Registration

forms will be available at our upcoming Club meeting and are due

by October 25th.

Welcome, Lauren – Continue to take time to get to know our

newest Rotarian, Lauren Kramer!!

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If You Want Credit for Attending Meetings – please pleaseNalongo remember to sign in when you arrive!!

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worked as a Hu CONTINUE TO ATTEND MEETINGS AND INVITE

FRIENDS TO JOIN YOU.

HELP INCREASE OUR MEMBERSHIP!!

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The Rotary Club of Warren

would like to recognize the following

sponsors

for their generous support of

The 13th

Annual Chocolate & Dessert

Festival:

Paige & Byrnes Insurance Agency Eastwood Mall

Hill, Barth, & King, LLC

Huntington Trust Department Berk Enterprises

Kenneth D. LaPolla, D.D.S. Lewis Construction

Windsor House at Champion Cockeye BBQ

Edward Jones First National Bank

Cortland Bank

Mecca Housing Co., LLC Saratoga Restaurant

MTS Painting & Wallpapering

Bauman Land Title Agency, Inc. First Energy

Seven Seventeen Credit Union Disaster Recovery

State Farm - John Campolito, Agent

North Coast Fire Protection White Oak Healthcare

Sforza & Walker CPA’s, Inc. Safelite Auto Glass

Jack Gibson Construction

Baker, Bednar, Snyder & Associates

Goodyear South Central Tire

Sinchak & Sons Funeral Home

Berkman, Jorgenson, Masters & Stafman, LLC

Warren Steel Specialties

Tommy’s Brother’s Sub Shop

BRIGHT KIDS UGANDA

Bright Kids Uganda, a non-profit organization located in

Entebbe Entebbe, Uganda, was cofounded by Victoria Nalongo Namusisi

and the and the late Honorable Manuel Pinto in the year 2000.

Starting out as a home for orphans and vulnerable children, BKU

has branched out to support other organizations and projects.

For For example, in 2012, BKU became involved with children left

homele homeless as a result of gender violence (acid attacks). The

Blessed Blessed Survivors project was started to take care of acid and

burn survivors through medical care, micro loans, and

educational suppor support for their children. In 2013, the Bright Kids Enterprises

Micro Loan Project was started, with the primary objective of

helping struggling families invest in small businesses.

Last year, members of the Rotary Club of Warren were

provided with the opportunity to view a documentary about

gender gender violence in Uganda. It was so compelling that our Club

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became involved in the international micro loan project. Dr.

Bipin Pat Bipin Patel, who grew up in Uganda, became our financial

partner. partner. His Club and three others have generously donated

funding.

Louis Picard and his wife, Pauline Greenlick, both

successful educato successful educators in Pennsylvania, have also been avid

supporters of Victoria’s work. Dr. Picard spent three years in

Uganda with th Uganda with the Peace Corps, where he met Manuel Pinto.

Since Since learning about Bright Kids, they have assisted in

administering the micro loan program. Pauline Greenlick

created created the ASA Social Fund for Hidden Peoples, which offers

support to children with special needs and gender violence

survivors, and has produced films to raise awareness of these

families and Victoria’s work. They have been instrumental in

helping to helping the Rotary Club of Warren and the Rotary Club of

Kampala to formalize a proposal for a Global Grant in support

of of the micro loan project.

On October 11th, Victoria, Pauline, and Mariah Fosnight,

an intern an intern at the University of Pittsburgh, visited with us and

provided an update on the microloan program. Mariah has been

to to Uganda twice since 2015. She reported that in May of this

year, year a training curriculum was piloted in Entebbe. Participants

were were taught the difference between profit and revenue, simple

accounting skills, accounting and marketing skills, and information about savings

and investments. They learned about the strengths and

weaknesses of th weaknesses of their businesses. This valuable education was

provided to ensure success and a higher rate of repayment on

their microloans. Victoria indicated that since her visit to our

Club last Club last year, 10 survivors have accessed microloans to make

an and sell crafts/baskets. A hospital is being built to provide

medical care to gender violence survivors. In addition, a bill

has has been drafted and presented to Parliament, advocating for

protection of these women.

In closing, when speaking about her partnership with

and support from Rotary, Victoria said, “Every little bit makes

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a difference. Together, we can make a difference.”

Individual donations can be made to our Uganda micro loan

project. project. In addition, you can make a difference by

purchasing Bright purchasing Bright Kids Uganda merchandise. There are 178

items items available for sale, including baskets, shoes, a traditional

African Kente Cl African Kente Cloth (scarf), totes, sculptures, purses, jewelry,

and more. Items can be viewed and purchased at:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/BrightKidsEnterprise/items.

Venita Collins, on behalf of the Rotary Club of Warren,

presented Victoria Nalongo with a check for $750 in support

of of the micro loan project in Uganda. Together we can make

a difference!

TRIPLE JACKP

TRIPLE JACKPOT

This week, the Grand Jackpot was $728.

Congratulations to Daily Winner, Cheryl Oblinger!!

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HAPPY BUCKS

*** Dallas Woodall added a little history about our Jeopardy

Question. While he was president of our Club in October,

1989, Dick Maha 1989, Dick Mahaffey was president when the handicapped

parking project was initiated. Dick was responsible for the

program program. Dallas is also happy that his grandson made it into

the Ohio State Marching Band! He offered a third Happy Buck

in honor of the Patels, who are major donors to the Rotary

Foundation.

*** Mike Bollas wanted to remind everyone to sell tickets for

The Chocolate Festival!!

*** Ken LaPolla was happy to see his firend, the boyscout

leader leader, at our meeting.

*** Marilyn Pape was appreciative of our speakers and for the

Cleveland Indians!

*** Ted Stazak gave a Happy Buck in appreciation of our

speakers. It was speakers. It was also his 6 year old granddaughters birthday!

*** Scott Lewis offered a Happy Bbuck for Les Stauffer, who

donated $60,000 to the World Fund, where Global Grants come

from from. This information shows that Les continues to surprise us!

*** Mary Ann Porinchak was happy to see her good friend,

Meena Meena Patel.

*** Cheryl Oblinger was happy about being our Daily Jackpot

winner winner and for the work of our speakers!

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