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MEETER / GREETER Dan Hartman INVOCATOR - REFLECTOR Jim Schlitz
THIS WEEK’S NO-LOW SALT MENU Chicken Marsala; salad bar w/ 6 topping and 3 dressings; green beans; rosemary roasted redskin potatoes; assorted sliced fruit; assorted desserts STUDENT GUESTS Western Michigan Christian NEXT WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS
Jason Kennedy Mar 1 Steve Olsen Mar 1 Michael Schultz Mar 1 Kevin Ricco Mar 2 Joseph Finkler Mar 4 Diane Van Epps Mar 4 Brittany Lenertz Mar 7 Bob Lukens Mar 8 FUTURE PROGRAMS / EVENTS 03/08 Soup’s On... Lakeshore
03/09 Muskegon History Project (Meet at Shoreline Inn) 03/12 Build Your Burger
03/16 First Tee Golf Program 03/23 West MI Power Cleaning (Meet at Shoreline Inn) 03/30 RI Foundation 04/06 The Hope Project 10/04 Grape Escape
Raised in 10 minutes
$3200 for RI Foundation It didn’t take long last week. A new raffle was organized, this one in connection with the 2017 NCAA March Madness Basketball Tournament. Thirty-two Rotary volunteers agreed to contribute $100, with the final winner awarded a Paul Harris Fellowship. A second Fellowship will go to one of the “losers” via drawing. The big winner’s name is one of the participants listed below:
Arter Tim Babbitt Pam Brubaker-Clarke Cathy Cloutier-Crain Susan Collet Darlene Crandall Don Dix Steve Fethke Gene Piasecki Jason Fortenbacher Jeff Robere Christine Gerencer Marty Scarbrough Kate Hardesty Howard Severson John Harris Jeanette Seward Luke Harris Kyle Silvis Josh Hekker Jamie* VanEpps Diane Holman Kirk VanWoerkom Greg Hovey-Wright Marcia Wahlberg John Kantor Mort Wallace, Jr. Jay Koch Julia Wiersma, Jr. Jerry Lukens Bob Wood Doug Meier Will Moore Kathy*- sponsor
As soon as names for raffle contribu-tions were requested, the process went quick. John Wahlberg, above, almost missed out; thankfully, organizers Josh Wallace and Ginny Sprague caught John’s frantic waving last minute.
Muskegon Holiday Inn
Thursdays 5:15 – 6:30pm
Josh Wallace, President Cathy Brubaker-Clarke, President-Elect Kathy Moore, Pres-Nominee Nancy Crandall, Secretary Tim Arter, Treasurer Susan Crain, Imm Past President
Muskegon Rotary Club Club 16 (2809) – District 6290, Chartered May 1, 1916
Mar 2, 2017 12:00 – 1:15pm
Muskegon Harbor Holiday Inn Satellite ReWine Club 5:15-6:30pm Holiday Inn
Jane Clingman-Scott, Director Ed Hendrickson, Director
Mark Meyers, Director Jason Piasecki, Director
Jamie Hekker, RIM Reporter Bill Johanson, RIM Editor
THE FOUR WAY TEST THAT ROTARIANS USE IN MAKING ETHICAL DECISIONS: Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build goodwill and better friendships? Will it be beneficial to all concerned?
(3/2) “AgeWell Senior Services” Kris Collee “This is it: the absolute edge of no return: to turn back now and make home or sail irrevocably on and either find land or plunge over the world's roaring rim” - William Faulkner
NEW MEANING OF “NEW” The word’s out: There’s to be a New Member Get Together on Thursday, March 6, 5:30-7:30pm at Susan and Orville Crain’s, 349 Terrace Point Circle...call for directions 231-282-1818. But, Orville has since wondered, who is “new” on the Get Together invitation list? Here’s your answer:
1. New red star members 2. New members since a year ago even with their red star gone 3. Prospective members 4. Any other member who wants to better know newer members 5. Club officers 6. Committee chairs, co-chairs 7. Presenters, if any that meeting 8. Anyone missed in the above groups
This Week On Stage
"AgeWell Services provides meals and wellness programs to over 1300 aging adults every day in three counties. We'll learn more about their mission, new innovations, and what the future entails." – Kris Collee
NEWS / ANNOUNCEMENTS –
PRESIDENT
President Josh shared the invocation on behalf of his dad, JD Wallace, Sr. JD is visiting with an orthopedic surgeon after a fall this past week. Get well soon, JD! This week we will be back at the Holiday Inn, and the following week back at the Lake House, and then back to Holiday Inn. Be sure to check out RIM so you know where to be.
Muskegon Rotary Board Josh Wallace [email protected] Cathy Brubaker-Clarke [email protected] Kathy Moore [email protected] Nancy Crandall [email protected] Tim Arter [email protected] Susan Crain [email protected] Jane Clingman-Scott [email protected] Ed Hendrickson [email protected] Mark Meyers [email protected] Jason Piasecki [email protected]
Nancy Crandall and Ed Hendrickson received Green Apple awards. One of the three Paul Harris Fellowship funds totaling $1200 will be contributed to the Peace Conference. An anonymous donor offered an additional $400 match if other Rotarians together donated $400.
NEWS / ANNOUNCEMENTS –
COMMITTEE MEMBERS,
GUESTS
Jamie Hekker gave out three awards from the Green Apple Raffle to Melissa Moore, Susan Crain and Julia Koch. She said they are working on Silver and Gold apples coming for extra motivation. Ginny Sprague said Thursday would be the last day she’d be selling raffle tickets for the Community Foundation, and also gave thanks to Pam Babbitt for the last two Brave Rotarian efforts she headed. Marty Gerencer reminded us that the Grape Escape Charity Partner RFP is due by 2/28/17 and can be found on our Rotary website (click link): http://muskegonrotary.org/grape-escape-2017-beneficiary/ Darlene Collet noted that Doug Wood and she have enjoyed only two red star
removals since their last pleading. Heidi Sytsema, left, inducted the previous week, said she’d already received numerous emails from the
Red Star Committee to step up her game. No Pressure! Howard Hardesty let us know that the next Rotary Orientation will be held this Wed, 3/1, the Shoreline Inn from 8-9:30 am. First step to becoming a Rotarian!
Baker College Rotaractors announced Sunday, 3/12/17, 11 am to 4 pm, “Build Your Own Burger,” The Station, $15.
John Noling thanked all Rotarians for their contributions to the Chili Cook-off’s success. They earned $5458 towards their trips. Some were leaving the next day (2/24) for Honduras, and John is heading out with other Interact students this next week for El Salvador. They will be buying 29 water filters to install, and building eight houses (five originally planned).
Visiting Rotarians & Guests Montague-Whitehall Rotary Jodi Nichols (Christine Robere); Esther Dyson, Jeff Doemland, David Freedman, Darren Hauck (Jamie Hekker); Anna Castillo (Kathy Moore); Jodi Kittle (Dawn Johnson); Kim Saphner (Jeanette Harris); Bob Lindsey (Zabrina Santiago); Phil Stoffen (Merica Dobry); Kevin Schmidt, Andre Williams, Eric Parrott, (Orville Crain); Linda Meyers (John Noling); Natasha Smith, AJ Henderson, Emery Whinock (Baker Rotaract).
LAST WEEK’S PROGRAM
United Way to Inspire
Change and Build
Communities. Do you
know ALICE?
Speakers: Christine Robere, and Jodi Nichols
by RIM Reporter Diane Van Epps
Christine Robere, above, has been president of the United Way of the Lakeshore for the last 13 years (covering three counties—Muskegon, Newaygo and Oceana). She and her husband, Marvin raised three boys and reside in Norton Shores. Who is Alice? ALICE—is the acronym for “Asset Limited; Income Constrained; Employed.” ALICE households earn more than the US Poverty level ($11,170 for a single
adult and $23,050 for a family of four); however, they earn less than the basic cost of living as defined in each community. In 2014 our United Way underwent a Change of Direction, and the overwhelming response was to
With a reporter’s acumen, introducer Dave Alexander carefully plots how Christine will begin her talk.
deal with the root problem of poverty. The focus in 2015 included those people that made a modest living but earned less than what they needed to survive. Jodi Nichols, bottom of left column, United Way donor relations director for the last year, demonstrated with her 10 friends in the room, on one side five smiling faces of those who earn more than what is required to survive. On her other side, five people each sharing one of their survival budget costs: monthly child care for two children (upward of $1000); food (single adult almost $200, $600 for family); car ($340 for one or $680 for two); other miscellaneous ($126 for single adult, $362 for family). Would you believe the ALICE household survival budget for Muskegon County is $47,724? The United Way of the Lakeshore is working with 40 community partners to help 10,000 more working families meet their basic needs by 2025.
Educational Programs starting with delivering books to infants through age 5 and after school homework help are the beginning of breaking the cycle. Text “luckycharm” to 40403 to see how you can help.
Matching in March Local business and community leader, Nichols, is generously matching up to $25,000 in donations made to United Way of the Lakeshore in support of these programs for early learners and our efforts to improve the assessabiliity, affordability and quality of area child care.
Jamie Hekker and President Josh, as was mentioned earlier, gave out three awards from the Green Apple Raffle to Melissa Moore, Susan Crain and Julia Koch. As all of the Green Apple awards are scarfed up and improved health makes the national news, Jamie and the team will look for more ways to reward extra motivation. Ideas are welcome.
Where We’re Meeting Mar 02 – Holiday Inn Mar 09 – Lake House Mar 16 – Holiday Inn Mar 23 – Lake House Mar 30 – Holiday Inn
RIM Reporting Team Chris Burnaw [email protected]
Jane Clingman-Scott [email protected]
Tamera Collier [email protected]
Lisa Hegenbart [email protected]
Jamie Hekker [email protected]
Bill Johanson [email protected]
Peg Maniates margaret.hennelly.maniates
@gmail.com
Kathy Moore [email protected] Jason Piasecki [email protected]
Robin Henshaw
Diane VanEpps [email protected]
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