A Member Moment was given today by one of our newest members, Jacob Maxson, who is the Unit Service Executive with the Boy Scouts of America, Michigan Crossroads Council - Lenape District. He said he was born in Kalamazoo, graduated from Grand Valley HS and then went on to Miami University of Ohio where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree. He worked at a camp in Kalamazoo after graduating for seven summers as a Business Manager as well as a Program Manager before joining the Boy Scouts of America.
Jacob recounted that he’s been in the scout’s organization ever since the first grade and continuing all the way through to his senior year when he became an Eagle Scout! To earn your Eagle Scout designation, Jacob said, you have to be a Boy Scout. Jacob said that only 3% of all scouts ever achieve the status of Eagle! In our club we are proud to have both Greg DuMars who became an Eagle Scout at 14 and Chip Moore. Through scouting there are some 126 Merit Badges a scout can receive which include Citizenship, Personal Management, Environmental Sciences, First Aid, Lifesaving, just to name a few.
Having been with the Boy Scouts for 9 months as a professional, Jacob said he is responsible for basically three things: raising money, finding new members and finding volunteers to help further the programs of the organization. In terms of statewide membership, he said, the total number of scouts has reached 16,000. Nationwide, however, the organization is nowhere near the heyday of the ’60s and ‘70s, he added.
The geographic areas he is responsible for are Hillsdale and Lenawee Counties within which are 28 different Boy Scout Troops and Cub Scout Packs. By the end of last year, Jacob said that there were 685 registered members. The organizations is looking at adding about 5 more units to the area – 3 of which will be Cub Scout Packs in Lenawee County and 2 more Boy Scout Troops at the Maurice Spear Campus – one for the boys and one for the girls. One of the Cub Scout Packs will be started at Madison Elementary School and our club will be its sponsor, Jacob said. The school had a unit there up until the end of last year but the pack folded due to lack of volunteers. It should again, however, be back up and running by November, Jacob said.
In terms of eligibility, a child can begin his scouting career at an early age. The Cub Scouts is for children of kindergarten age through the 4th grade. Boy Scouts takes over and goes from 5th grade through senior year. The Boy Scout program consists of 7 ranks but kids work at their own pace. The cost to be a member, he said, falls in the $100/Year range, Jacob said, and therefore relatively inexpensive considering it is a year-long commitment compared to involvement in, say, a high school sport which is about the same price but only a 3-month commitment.
Thank, Jacob, for a very interesting presentation!
Adrian Center for the Arts – Pi Beneo was on hand along with art student, Elliana Guiterrez to thank our club for the contribution we made to them this past summer. With the money they offered scholarships to deserving students and to offset camp expenses for children interested in participating.
Club Dues – Remember that dues are do for the first half of the new Rotary year. Please bring a check with you at the next meeting and drop off if you haven’t done so already.
Raffle – REMEMBER: In honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Chevy Camaro, Bell Chevrolet and IDIDIT have agreed to sponsor a custom golf cart and help save more lives through the Lenawee Humane Society! The drawing will be held on September 16th and tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20 and $15 for $40. See Patty for your tickets – a great cause. Mike and Susan Tobey purchased $500 worth of tickets from Patty!
AUGUST – New Member Month – Bring a prospect to lunch this month!
August 19 – Mini-River Raisin Cleanup – Luke announced that this is the next get together from 9am-1pm. Tentative location at this point is the corner of Bent Oak Avenue and Riverside Drive. It might change, however. We will keep you informed.
August 23 - Bike Tour Meeting - Another meeting of the committee is scheduled for Wednesday, August 23 at Chip’s house. Need all hands on deck as we are less than 90 days away.
August 26 – College Back-to-School Welcome – John B. reported that everything is set to welcome the incoming freshmen from the three colleges that afternoon. We will be located just outside the Chamber of Commerce offices on 137 N. Main Street handing out bottled water to the students. Last year 350+ students from SHU came by that day.
September 9– Annual River Raisin Cleanup(9am-1pm) – Specific location will be by Riverside Park and the Merrick Street area. You can park at Riverside Park, Mark said. Light and medium tasks available. Get it on your calendar! As we asked you to do last year, please personally invite others who might want to join us. Looking for over 100 people again to participate again this year. Food provided. We want as many people as possible just to meet and greet volunteers.
September 13 – One Rotary Summit – We encourage all to attend especially new members. The event will once again be held at Schoolcraft College in Livonia. Registration is at 4:45pm, dinner at 5:30pm with a program following. It will conclude at 9pm promptly. Please see Nate or Rhonda if you can attend.
September 16 & 17 - Bike Tour - Yard signs along with window posters are still available. If you can donate items for the “goodie bags” we’ll be putting together please let us know. We need 200 of them if you have something. We keep encouraging everyone who uses Facebook to log into lenaweebiketour.com and like and share with your friends as many times as you can. We still encourage members, even though they wouldn’t be participating in the actual tour, to get on line and register and we’ll find a person who we can give that registration to. Go to www.adrianrotary.org for complete list of generous sponsors and a few more details.
October 2 – District Governor’s Golf Outing –The club will be sending a team! Whoot whoot! It will be held at the Walnut Creek Country Club in South Lyon, MI. 11am – lunch; 12:30pm – shotgun start; dinner following.
November 2 – Official Visit by DG Rick Caron
Upcoming Club Program Presentations
August 24 - Kay Ross - Pathway's August 31 - Marty Marshall - County programs offered and ballot proposals for fall September 7 - Kathye Herrera – MADD
September 14 - Nate & Chuck on the Club's Strategic Plan
September 21 - Libby Watson and new ASO director September28 - Jason Trame - Lenawee YMCA October 5 - Club Assembly October 12 – TBA
October 19 – TBA
October 26 - TBA November 2 - DG Rick Caron visit
GUESTS: Jennifer, granddaughter and guest of Jane Clark; Anne Lacasse, guest of Nate Smith, David Panian, past president of the Tecumseh Rotary Club; Pi Beneo from the Adrian Center for the Arts along with Elliana Guiterrez, an art student; Ron Jacobs AHS principal, guest of Gerry Burg.
Rotary District 6400 is an International Rotary District with Rotary Clubs in the United States and in Canada. The 50 Rotary Clubs are in the heartland of North America demonstrating the very best that both countries have to offer. The District is joined by the very busy Ambassador Bridge and the Detroit/Canada Tunnel and can be traveled within two hours from one end to the other end. Situated on the Great Lakes waterways District 6400 has miles/kilometers of shoreline. The Detroit River connects Lake St. Clair in the north to Lake Erie on the south.
At Windsor and Detroit the border is less than one kilometer or 5/8 of a mile wide and Windsor is south of Detroit. International visitors are urged to get multi-trip visas because District 6400 activities are frequently held on both sides of the border. Now everyone entering the USA needs a Passport or a Certified Birth Certificate and a state photo approved identification document.
In April 2008, Our Rotary District hosted a sensational Rotary World Peace Summit in Windsor, Ontario.
The United States Area District 6400 includes Wayne, Monroe and Lenawee Counties. The northern part of Detroit area(Oakland and Macomb Counties) are part of District 6380.District 6600 is to our south in northwest Ohio.
A Member Moment was given today by one of our newest members, Jacob Maxson, who is the Unit Service Executive with the Boy Scouts of America, Michigan Crossroads Council - Lenape District. He said he was born in Kalamazoo, graduated from Grand Valley HS and then went on to Miami University of Ohio where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree. He worked at a camp in Kalamazoo after graduating for seven summers as a Business Manager as well as a Program Manager before joining the Boy Scouts of America.
Raffle – REMEMBER: In honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Chevy Camaro, Bell Chevrolet and IDIDIT have agreed to sponsor a custom golf cart and help save more lives through the Lenawee Humane Society! The drawing will be held on September 16th and tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20 and $15 for $40. See Patty for your tickets – a great cause. Mike and Susan Tobey purchased $500 worth of tickets from Patty!
August 26 – College Back-to-School Welcome – 
Rotary District 6400 is an International Rotary District with Rotary Clubs in the United States and in Canada. The 50 Rotary Clubs are in the heartland of North America demonstrating the very best that both countries have to offer. The District is joined by the very busy Ambassador Bridge and the Detroit/Canada Tunnel and can be traveled within two hours from one end to the other end.