Membership Initiative: Satellite Club

By Tiffany McGinnis

Growing membership is Rotary’s top internal priority. Paul Harris, the founder of Rotary International, famously stated, "This is a changing world; we must be prepared to change with it." Your Club leaders have explored potential membership strategies.

Our recommendation: start a Satellite club as an alternative meeting experience for members who cannot regularly attend weekly meetings. Overview:

Past Rotary Club Presidents Sue Castro and Heather Linch have volunteered to lead a Satellite club, and Stacey Rusterholz has agreed to be co-chair.
Two monthly meetings:
- 2nd Wednesday: Dinner at a local Westerville restaurant
- Volunteer / Service Event
Annual dues: consistent amount and timing to collect payment with Sponsor club dues
Satellite Club Secretary/Treasurer will update DACdb with new member information and maintain bank account for Satellite club

IF approved, the Satellite club will begin on July 1.

Voting:

We will vote in person, using paper ballots, at the June 4th meeting
Anyone who can't attend the June 4th meeting can submit their vote to the Club Secretary in advance - angelasillus.rotary@gmail.com
Votes will remain anonymous, with the exception of the Club Secretary and one Club Board member tracking the votes. We need to be able to track who is voting so that people don't accidentally vote twice since we are giving members an option of voting in advance
Votes after 8:30 a.m. on June 4th will not be counted
After the June 4th meeting, the Club Secretary will tally the results. If we reach a quorum, then we will tabulate the yes / no votes. If two-thirds of the voting members vote yes, the Satellite club will be adopted.

Below is a calendar of events to get the Satellite Club started - future events will be organized by Satellite club members:

Monthly Dinner: July 9, August 13, September 10
Volunteer / Service Event
- July 12: Music & Arts Festival, assist with beverage sales (check IDs, collect payment & serve alcohol) between Noon-7:00pm
- August: Make blankets to support My Very Own Blanket at Toukan & Company
- September/October: Help FACT / Friends of Alum Creek & Tributaries with their service project

Help Wanted

Contact Tiffany McGinnis (tiffany.t.mcginnis@gmail.com) for more information:

Technology Team – Help needed to research new equipment for our weekly meetings @ OBON
Sponsorship Chair
Photographers – Extra help requested! Mayor Ken Wright and Helka Casey can’t be everywhere, so please send Helka pictures for social media posts.
Additional Newsletter Editor- join Anne VanBuskirk and Angela Sillus to publish our weekly newsletter

NEW! Community Service Opportunities

We are starting a new section of the Newsletter for Community Service Opportunities. If your non-Rotary organization has a service opportunity, please provide the relevant details to Anne Van Buskirk or Angela Sillus for inclusion in the newsletter. We need the copy by Friday 5pm.

Thank you for Speaker suggestions

By Theresa Petraszak

Thank You for Your Speaker Suggestions!
A big thank you to everyone who contributed speaker ideas for this Rotary year—your input helped us fill every program spot for 2024/2025! As we look ahead to the next Rotary year beginning July 1, 2025, we’re already starting to plan. If you have speaker suggestions, please share them with AJ Fox jfox@me.com and Jackie Washburn jackiegardner1@hotmail.com. We appreciate your continued support in making our programs engaging and impactful!

Help Homeless Youth at Monthly Star House Family Dinner

By Chris Herbert

Do you like to cook? You can make a difference for homeless youth at Star House by helping prepare or serving a family meal hosted monthly by Westerville Sunrise Rotary, in partnership with our friends in the noon club.

If you are able to provide items for our next dinner and/or help serve the meal, please use the sign-up link below:
MAY 19

Please note, in order to serve meals at Star House, you must register, complete a trauma training and have a background check. More information on this, as well as the full schedule, can be found by clicking "read more".

New Member Application

Beth Domanik, Director of Development for Lifecare Alliance, submitted her application for membership. Her application will be reviewed by the club directors and voted on if there are no objections from club members over the next 7 days. If you have any concerns or objections to this application, please submit them to the Club President via email at tiffany.t.mcginnis@gmail.com.

WARM Food Pantry Volunteers - Save the 2025 Dates!

By Mary T. Chandler

Rotary volunteers strengthen our community in many ways. One Saturday per quarter we sort and box food at the WARM warehouse at 150 Heatherdown Drive from 10 am to noon. Our remaining dates for 2025 are:

August 9
November 8

We invite you to join in on the fellowship and fun. Feel free to invite your family, friends, and prospective Rotarians to join us too.
Please sign up using this link: WARM 2025

For more information, please contact Mary Chandler at (614) 523-0437.

Happening This Week

May 28, 2025

Program: Values in Action Foundation- Kindland
Speaker: Stuart Muszynski

Greeter: Jimmy Hoben

Invocation/Pledge: Jim Hogle

Call to Action: Call your personal Hero

Save the Date! Upcoming Social and Service Events

June 5: Clippers baseball game with the Noon club

Deadline: May 20^th
QR Code to order your tickets now!

June 18: Installation Banquet
June 23-27: RI Convention, Calgary

Thank you upcoming Greeters & Invocators

Date	Greeter	Invocation
21-May	Hill, Frank E Jr	Denton, Don
28-May	Hoben, Jimmy	Hogle, Jim
04-June	Horbatt, Bob	Hollins, Leigh
11-June	Jenkins, Larry	Hunt, Rob
25-June	Jay, Ben	Hollins, Gene

Please Suggest Guest Speakers

Enlighten your fellow Rotarians. Suggest a speaker to brighten our day! No reasonable suggestion refused.

BUT, your guest must be willing to attend in person.

Email Theresa Petraszak at theresajpetraszak@yahoo.com or Jackie Washburn at jackiegardner1@hotmail.com

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