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Rotary Newsletter (114771) 05-26-2025Membership Initiative: Satellite Club
- 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
- 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.
- 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
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@
WARM Food Pantry Volunteers - Save the 2025 Dates!
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
Please sign up using this link: WARM 2025
For more information, please contact Mary Chandler at (614) 523-0437.
Happening This Week
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May 28, 2025
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 20th
- 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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