Rotary International asks us to Imagine Rotary through our Focus Areas
This month Rotary International asks us to Imagine Rotary by supporting the members of our community to become economically self sufficient. Explore the possibilities with us at our meeting Wednesday at noon at Wick Park or virtually via Zoom.
If you ordered Purple Pinkie donuts, then you can pick up your baked goodies from 8 to noon Tuesday at the Rotary Office in the Commerce Building. Our club had one of the largest orders in the district at 73 dozen. Are we donut lovers or what?
Rotary will be on the road this week. Instead of Wick Park, the Wednesday lunch meeting will be at Steelite International world headquarters, 255 E. Federal St. CEO John Miles will give Rotarians a sneak peek at the new facility. The reservation deadline for this event has passed.
The fifth annual Pints for Polio event will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 Wednesday night at Penguin City Beer. Once again, Penguin City will donate $1 for each pint of beer sold to benefit the Polio Plus program. The Youngstown Rotary Foundation will match the amount raised, while the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will then match that total amount two for one. With matching contributions, each pint sold can save 14 lives. We will also kick off the Groundhog Craft Beerfest that evening. Join others in dining downtown that night in support of our local restaurants – they need us!
Last Week's Meeting
Chalk up another first for Youngstown – did you know that Youngstown was the first city in the United States to use the Sabin polio vaccine? According to Cassie Nespor, curator of the Melnick Medical Museum at YSU, these vaccinations took place between November of 1961 and February of 1962, and over 15,000 students were immunized against polio.
Besides housing thousands of medical artifacts that include instruments, equipment, and research materials, the museum also features an iron lung from 1952. A replica iron lung was built that visitors can actually lie down in to experience what it was like for victims of polio in the 1950s and 1960s.
Displaying permanent and changing exhibits on the history of medicine, the Melnick Museum is housed in Cushwa Hall, Room B241, at Youngstown State University. During the fall semester, the museum is open Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday from noon until 3pm. For tours or programs, contact Cassie at 330-941-3788.
Vocational Spotlight
Rotarians got to know Dominick Brown a little better last week, as he discussed his career with General Motors and Ultium Cells. He also gave us a primer on how batteries are made. And good news, they are hiring! If you want more information, reach out to Dominick.
Thank You for Your Service
We are trying to compile a list of Rotary members who are veterans. Please let Deanna know if you are active or retired military.
Do Your Homework
We have homework! President Deanna requested that we each choose a person in our club that we don’t know that well, and have coffee or a cocktail with them. We’ll talk about everyone’s experiences.
A Sweet Story
Our club is making a concerted effort to establish or reestablish Interact clubs, which bring together young people ages 12-18 to develop leadership skills while discovering the power of Service Above Self. Thirty-seven students have joined the new Interact Club at Potential Development School on Market Street. Their first activity was the Purple Pinkie Project to raise money for polio eradication. Students took orders for 300 donuts (25 dozen). Four students spent a morning at the Struthers IGA bakery, where they attached order forms to boxes to prepare for donut distribution on Tuesday, Oct. 24. Pictured are, from front left, Amir McNeil and Preston Frost, and, from back left, Mary Jane Dunning, Struthers IGA Bakery Manager Sue Runion, and Jaylon Dent. Congratulations to the Potential Development Interact Club on a great start!
(Editor’s note: Special thanks to Linda Kostka for covering last week’s meeting for the Clatter.)
CONVENTION IN SINGAPORE
YOU ARE INVITED!
Join the Rotary International family in sharing and Creating Hope in the World as we come together in breathtaking Singapore for the 2024 Rotary International Convention, 25-29 May.
In Singapore, we’ll take ideas built upon hope and turn them into action as we discover new ways to create lasting change in our communities. We’ll enjoy opportunities to renew relationships made at previous conventions and create new ones together as we set our course toward a better future.
Come! Be inspired!
Please - take a time out to watch this beautiful promotion video:
Winter coat distribution to students, 8 a.m.-noon Nov. 15, Harding Elementary School, 1903 Cordova Ave. Lunch to be served to volunteers. Contact Dave Stillwagon or Stacia Erdos Littleton to sign up.
What’s more, bats play a particularly crucial role in the ecosystems where they live:
· Bats are champions at consuming insects. Many can eat up to half their body weight in bugs every day, or more!
· When you think about pollinators, you may think first of bees or butterflies, but many bats are essential pollinators, too. Many plants, like agaves, couldn’t thrive without the help of bats.
· Fruit-eating bats may deposit seeds a long distance from the parent plant, helping to protect ecosystems and restore forests.
· Bat poop, aka guano, is a rich and valuable fertilizer.
But despite their essential roles in the natural world, bats around the planet are threatened.
Many bat habitats are being destroyed by human development, as forests are clear-cut for timber and farmland and cities encroach on their natural ecosystems. At the same time, climate change is stressing them further with unexpected weather patterns, severe drought, and extreme storms.
To make matters worse, since 2006, the deadly disease called White-nose Syndrome has killed millions of bats as it spreads across North America. Affecting hibernating bats in the winter, it rouses them from their slumber, often leading them to starve to death.
On top of all that, bats are among the most misunderstood of all mammals. Unjustly feared or mistakenly considered dangerous, in many parts of the world people will casually kill bats when, in fact, they urgently need our protection.
THIS WEEK IN ROTARY HISTORY
October 27, 1981: Jane Lamb, who covered the Rotary Club of Youngstown for The Youngstown Vindicator for many years, was presented a Paul Harris Fellowship upon her retirement.
CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION
Birthdays:
Becky Keck 10/24
Ronald Faniro 10/25
Troy Rhoades 10/28
Anniversaries:
Stephen DiPaolo
4 years (10/30)
NEW MEMBERS
Brandon Oliver
Business Owner
Classification: Home Remodeling
Brandon owns a general contracting company that specializes in windows, doors, floors, vinyl siding and gutter installation. He enjoys golfing, kayaking, and bicycling.
Cari Immerman
Fundraising Coach
Classification: Consultant
Cari, the founder of Raise More Now, offers fundraising and business development services. She has launched new products and services for Fortune 500 companies, built brands, served in various lay trustee and leadership positions and as professional fundraiser generated more than $35 million in 5, 6, and 7-figure gifts. She earned a degree in marketing at the University of Michigan. Also, she is a wife and mother.
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