Rotary Club of Warren

June 7, 2017

Member Assignments

Greeters

Please Arrive by 11:50 a.m.

6/14 – Volunteer Needed

6/21 – Presidents Night – No lunch meeting

6/28 – Volunteer Needed

Mobile Meals

6/16 – Bob Sauer and Jim Jastatt

6/23 – Pat Miller and David Taylor

6/30 – Dan Rowland and Cleo Royster

Fellowship

June – Chris Shape

July – It’s a Surprise!

Invocation

6/14 – Diane Sauer

6/21 – Presidents Night - David Jenkins

6/28 – Andy Bednar

ROTARY NOTES

A publication of the Rotary Club of Warren, Ohio

Upcoming

Speakers June 7 Matthew Slater and Anita Wainwright – Veteran’s Haven

June 14 Linda Tiihonen – The Fairhaven Foundation

June 21 Presidents Night Celebration - No Lunch Meeting

June 28 Important Club Assembly

July 5 Picnic at Perkins Park – Enzo’s is Closed July 12 Tour at Vienna Air Base – Enzo’s is Closed

Weekly News and Announcements

Hello Rotarians and Friends! Not that I’m counting or anything, but I only

have FOUR MORE NEWSLETTERS to go before Judy Masaki takes over!

She will do a great job and will be working with Andy Bednar to highlight

our Centennial year through our weekly Bulletin. Expect changes, lots of

fun, and tons of activities in the coming months.

Today my best bud, Jaden Berk, attended our

meeting! I was so happy to see him. He just

finished his Freshman year at Howland High and

ended up with a 4.0 GPA…no surprise there! He

said he will be traveling to Japan and China this

summer—what a great opportunity for him. He and I had a chance to

make plans for his taking over Berk Enterprises the next time Dad is out

of town. (Don’t tell Rob). I could not have been happier to see him this

week.

Chris Shape is handling Fellowship this month and after hobbling to the

podium he told us two jokes…one about a hospital patient and another

about a blonde….no surprise there. As I said before about Chris handling

Fellowship…be afraid, be very afraid!

Our Guests This Week: Jaden Berk and Rod Zeck from Cortland Rotary.

Presidents Night – Wednesday, June 21, is our Presidents Night

celebration. All members should have received their Reservation Form

along with last week’s Bulletin. Please get your responses in to Cheryl

ASAP. Sponsorship Forms were also emailed previously. Any member

wishing to be a sponsor needs to let us know by June 14th so their name

can be listed in the program. It promises to be a fun night filled with

surprises, music and fellowship. Please make plans to attend.

Membership Dues – Dues invoices have been mailed to all members. If

you have not received YOURS yet, contact Cheryl. Dues must be paid in

full by June 30.

Committee Assignments for 2017/2018 – Andy Bednar said he has

received responses from many members regarding their assignments for

the next Rotary year. All members will be assigned to committees

whether they responded or not. He said he still has two openings for

Chairmen and if anyone is interested in learning more about those

positions, please contact Andy.

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

Cortland Rotary’s 28th Annual Golf Classic – Rod Zeck from the Cortland

Club stopped in today to personally invite members to the Cortland Club’s

Golf Classic on July 19. For $85 you will enjoy an absolutely wonderful

day of golf and fun activities. Bob Hoy told us a few weeks ago that he is

hoping to put together a foursome. If interested, please contact Bob. A

copy of the registration form will be emailed with this newsletter.

Slate of Board and Officers – The membership voted today to approve

the slate of board members and officers as listed in last week’s Bulletin.

Congratulations all!

Club Board Meeting – The Board of Directors will meet on Thursday,

June 15th. Location: TBA. Social time is 5:30 p.m. and dinner/meeting is

at 6:00 p.m. Current and incoming board members are invited to attend.

Foundation Board Meeting – The Foundation Board will meet on

Wednesday, June 28, 11:30 a.m. at Enzo’s.

Club Archives – Any member who may have Rotary records or materials is

asked to contact Andy Bednar. He will be the President during our 100th

Anniversary and is working on a VIRTUAL museum of our history. Please

see him at a meeting or contact him at work to make arrangements for a

photo of your memorabilia.

Our Centennial---Andy Bednar again shared

information with us about how we will be

celebrating our Centennial next year. He will be

taking a three-pronged approach to the

celebration:

All year

--We will be learning more about the history of the Rotary Club of

Warren

--We will be generating a portable Warren Rotary History Museum

--Fellowship will be hijacked next year and special plans are in place for

our meetings

The Month of January 2018

--We will have special programs celebrating our accomplishments

--We will have our weekly club meeting on Monday, January 29 (the first

date Warren Rotary ever met) in place of our regular Wednesday meeting

The Centennial Celebration

Rotary

Code of

Conduct

As a Rotarian, I will:

Act with integrity and high ethical standards in my personal

and professional

life.

Deal fairly with others

and treat them and their

occupations with respect.

Use my

professional skills through

Rotary to mentor young people, help those with

special needs, and improve

people’s quality of life

in my community

and the world.

Avoid behavior that

reflects adversely on

Rotary or other

Rotarians.

--We will hold an event at the Avalon Inn and Resort on Saturday, January

27, 2018 to celebrate our 100th year of service. He hopes to have tickets

distributed in September. This will be a black tie optional event. The

club will also be holding a reverse raffle as part of the festivities. It is

hoped this will become an annual event as well.

District Grant – We were just notified that our Club has been awarded

$1,200 toward our Centennial year project of repairing the Fountain on

Courthouse Square. The project will take multiple years and will involve

other organizations as well. Members will learn more at the Assembly on

June 28th about our plans. Please mark your calendar and be sure to

attend that day.

July Meeting Schedule

As members know, Enzo’s is closed the first two weeks of July. We have

made the following plans for those two weeks and are asking members to

make notes on their calendars regarding the offsite locations:

July 5 – We will meet at Perkins Park in Warren at one of the pavilions. A

picnic lunch will be provided. Sign-up sheets will be distributed soon.

July 12 – We will meet at the Youngstown Air Reserve Station in Vienna

and it will be critical that members sign up in advance so that the Air Base

has time to do some vetting. Because security is essential, members will

be asked to provide driver’s license information to Venita Collins ASAP.

If for some reason you cannot attend a meeting to sign up, you can

contact Venita at Venita.Collins@chemicalbank.com. This is a secure email

system. Members will also be given a windshield tour of the base.

Anyone ordering a lunch for either/both of these offsite meetings and

then does not attend, will be invoiced.

More information will be shared over the coming weeks.

Areas of

Focus

Promoting peace

Fighting disease

Providing clean water

Saving mothers and

children

Supporting education

Growing local economies

2016-2017

Club

Officers

President Julia Wetstein

President Elect Andy Bednar

Vice President Venita Collins

Secretary-Treasurer

Cheryl Oblinger

Past President Mike Bollas

Board

Members Roxy Vaughn

Tony Iannucci Cleo Royster

Paul Pal Teri Surin

Kim Straniak Nick Verina

Veteran’s Haven

Matthew Slater and Anita Wainwright from

Veteran’s Haven were our speakers today.

Veteran’s Haven is part of Family and Community

Services. The goal of the program is to promote

housing stability, case management and outreach

service coordination. They also have a broad range

of supportive services designed to resolve the immediate crisis of

homelessness and promote housing stability. Those eligible for services

include low income veterans and their families.

Matt shared some facts about their program:

Over 85% of veterans exiting their program have obtained

permanent housing.

Over 60% of veterans who can work obtain work by their exit.

This is the only program in Ohio that can serve both male AND

female veterans and their children.

Over 90% of veterans exit the program with either employment or

financial benefits.

While veterans make up 10% of our population they are two times as likely

to fall into homelessness. This can be for a variety of reasons including

health and mental health issues, lack of job skills, substance abuse, etc.

Veteran’s Haven was established in 1941 as part of Family and Community

Services in Portage County with an 8 bed facility. They now have 100

beds. Warren and Trumbull County has the only transition-in-place

housing program in Ohio. This is where a veteran can be given an

apartment while they are working on becoming financially independent.

Support services include:

Assistance with permanent housing

Counseling resources

Enrollment in Trumbull County Probate Court Veteran Assistance

Program

Employment training

Finding employment and referrals to employment agencies

Help with obtaining Social Security and Veteran’s Affairs benefits

Assistance with medical appointments

Food stamps

Aid with budget creation

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Eligibility requirements:

Have a disability or be 50 years of age or older

Served active duty

Must be a veteran or head of household

Have an Honorable discharge

Very low income

Homeless or at risk of becoming homeless

We thank Matt and Anita for joining us today. Anyone wishing to learn

more or knowing of someone who could use the services offered by

Veteran’s Haven can reach them at 330-409-9139.

Celebrating June Birthdays

Happy Birthday to all of our members who celebrated, or will

celebrate, their birthdays this month!

Cheryl Oblinger Nigel Newman

Scott Lewis Diane Sauer

Dallas Woodall Don Powers

Barry Dunaway Reggie Rooks

Cleo Royster Dave Jenkins

Triple Jackpot

The Grand Jackpot is now at: $397

The winner of the Daily Jackpot today:

Nick Verina

Happy Bucks

Nick Verina – For winning the daily jackpot.

Jaden Berk – For being at Rotary today, for

seeing Cheryl (awww, I love that boy!), and

for his upcoming trip to Japan and China this

summer.

Ken LaPolla – For our speakers and what they

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do to help our veterans, for a great Scouting

event (Steve Schubert got to kiss the moose???), and his father heading

to the RI Convention in Atlanta.

Rod Zeck – For his being able to visit his second favorite Rotary Club

today, for Julia Wetstein being such a great President this year, for

Cheryl’s newsletter (thanks so much for the kind words!)

Marily Pape – For our veterans.

Bob Faulkner – For our speakers.

Julia Wetstein – For our speakers, for Andy Bednar and his support.

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