ANNOUNCEMENTS
NEW LOCATION - Beginning Thursday, April 27th, our regular meeting place will be back at the Red Lobster! Last meeting at The Hills will be Thursday, April 20.
Collaborative Grant Zoom - Carrie reported on the ZOOM meeting that a number of members from our club and the AM Club participated in to discuss areas we might want to address if we applied for a joint community grant. They will meet again next week (4/19). As you may already know, our club, in order to qualify for grants through the district, must collect $100 per person in any given year. If any member has a suggestion on a possible joint project, please let Carrie know.
Membership Satisfaction Survey - A total of 22 surveys were returned. Results have been compiled and they will be shared soon.
HEH Food Packing - President Chip mentioned that our club now has a routine schedule for packaging crackers one Thursday evening a month but it will be temporarily suspended due to the fact that there and no more crackers at this time. Moere info coming. Chip also mentioned the possible partnership with Share the Warmth to provide food that can be delivered from HEH to their location. More info coming.
Open House - New MEC Facility - Patty extended an invite to everyone to their open house and tour the new facility on Monday, May 8 from 4-7pm.
Strokes for Students - REMEMBER that the event will be Monday, May 15. The club will pay half of the fee for up to 8 golfers who are members of the club. See Gerry to join. Need 2 foursomes. If you'd like to be a cart sponsor for $100, see Gerry. All proceeds go to funding scholarships! A great cause.
Great Lakes Festival - Luke Barnett announced that after a 3 year hiatus, this festival is back on the docket! It is scheduled for Father's Day Weekend. More info coming.
Pathways Project - REMEMBER: The shed we helped build with the AM Club is in need of refurbishing. There is a need for additional work to prevent people from getting in and climbing over the top of it and sleeping overnight. Nate said that he and Dave Maxwell will come up with some dates in may and let us know. He'll need 4-5 volunteers for about 3 hours. More info coming.
Adrian Symphony Orchestra - Gerry announced that he has free tickets for their concert on Friday, April 28th. NO CHARGE! Call Gerry if interested.
Adrian City Band & Ragtime Review - President Chip announced that the board voted to approve a $5,000 expenditure to provide fireworks at the joint event on the Planewave campus on July 8th.
DISTRICT CONFERENCE
Neighbors of Hope Fundraiser - REMEMBER: Go to the TCA website for complete details on the comedy show. April 29 - world renowned ventriloquist Taylor Martin. April 29th at 7:30pm at the Tecumseh Center for the Arts. NOH Website Event Post:
https://bit.ly/3YO8Z8S
FINES
Pre-empted today due to length of program
HAPPY BUCKS
Pre-empted today due to length of program
50-50 RAFFLE
Bob Sack won the $16 jackpot and Catherine Sala's ticket was drawn but she did not win the $519 jackpot!
GUESTS
None
CHECK-IN TABLE/SONGS/INVOCATION
Thanks to Rhonda and Kathye again as well as to Kathy Williams for the invocation.
UPCOMING WEEKLY PROGRAMS
April 20 - Robert Haviland, the great-grandson of Laura Haviland.
ADRIAN MORNING ROTARY ANNOUNCEMENT
The members of Adrian Morning Rotary invite you to THE Candy Land-themed fundraising event that puts KIDS FIRST – ALL WAYS on
Saturday, April 29 at 6pm at Hills of Lenawee, 4110 Country Club Road in Adrian. Enjoy great food and drinks while perusing the live and silent auction items up for bid, including 4 tickets to a Lions game! Try your luck at winning the golf ball drop and/or 50/50 raffle. All proceeds from this event will support our mission to help Lenawee County youth and the local community build a better tomorrow.
Adrian Morning Rotary currently focuses on three initiatives Impacting youth: 1) Literacy Support – providing books for 26 Little Free Libraries throughout the Adrian area; 2) Hunger - through the Weekend Snack Sacks program that provides weekly snacks to over 400 elementary school kids; and Education – by providing scholarships to local students for their higher education needs. We will hear from a scholarship recipient or two and from those school professionals who work directly with the Snack Sack recipients.
When we gather together, we can make a difference! We invite you to be a part of doing just that. Can't join us, but you'd like to support our efforts? You can make a donation, sponsor the event, or purchase tickets for our Golf Ball Drop (do not need to be present to win). Learn more MI Raffle License: # R68484