November 16, 2015 Meeting Bulletin

 
November 16, 2015 Meeting Bulletin
 
Birmingham Rotary Club
Bulletin for 11/16/15
 
Opening:
Welcome at 12:15 PM by Chris Winans
Invocation by: George Stern 
Opening Song: Star Spangled Banner sung so beautifully by Sarah Rappaport 
 
Volunteers:                            
Lunch Tickets & Attendance: Regan Gilshire/Alicia Green
Greeter: Joe Bauman/David Palmer
Bulletin Editor: Linda Hatfield
 
GUESTS:
Marie Douler (MaxBroock)...Guest of Regan Gilshire
Troy Huser Bryden (Kirk in the Hills)…Guest of Wendee Haugh
Jill Jones (Cadillac Travel)…Guest of Ryan Quinn
Michelle Boyer (Veziula Law)…Guest of Richard Shapack
Walter Oehrlecin…Guest of David Palmer
Carol Kopf (Meadowbrook Insurance…Guest of Norma Jean Evans
Alyse Wisorick(March of Dimes)…Guest of Charles Wickins
Dan Seslin (Seslin Travel & Assoc…Guest of Charles Wickins
Lauren Trendler (RNDC)…Guest of Wendee Haugh
Tammy Wyntt (Owens Elementary)…Guest of Dave Underdown/Norma Jean Evans
Daniel Minc…Guest of Wendee Haugh
David Bartilson (Ford)…Guest of Wendee Haugh
Jim Suhey…Guest of David Underdown
Dr Chuck Jackson…Guest of Michael Williams
Richard E (Bluewater Equity)…Guest of Richard Shapack
Cindy Broderick (Trustiva Health)…Guest of Charles Wickins
Nedra Bradford…Guest of Charles Wickins
Annie Van Gelderan ( BBAC)…Guest of Betsy Reich
Jay Reynolds…Guest of Dave Underdown
Tom Ernst…Guest of George Stern
Madge Anderson…Guest of Regan Gilshire

Program: What is Rotary? Why are we Here? What makes us Special? Those are some of the questions that were brought up and answered today in front of a packed house of current members and guests who we hope will be able to find out for themselves. Videos were shown illustrating the great things that Rotary Clubs around the world are doing. Charles discussed the importance of the role that Rotary has in the Eradication of Polio. Several Birmingham Rotary Projects that are ongoing and what makes us a wonderful club to be a part of are:
1) International Grant Programs: Molly Swart stated that our club is once again the recipient of a grant for a third water well in Uganda.
2) Endowment: Grant requests were distributed to TCH, Bound Together the Birmingham YMCA to name a few. David Palmer spoke about the importance of the funds and how a few fellow Rotarian’s began the Endowment Fund several years ago.
3) One of the many opportunities that Rotarian’s can help is volunteering at Gleaners. John Mucha discussed the upcoming event and the importance of our continued relationship.
Another wonderful and fulfilling opportunity is Hope Warming Center in Pontiac. Bill Roy gave an overview of our past visits and how Rotarian’s offer up time and food.
4) Wendee introduced the host family for our exchange student Jose Mucarsel. Jose also 
graced us with his presence along with his host brother Dalton. They were challenged to sing the Seaholm fight but did not step up to the challenge. Fran Sanchez, last year’s exchange student is doing well and some of us still communicate with him on facebook.
      
Announcements & Upcoming events: 
 - Jim Conley Update: Jim has moved to the Woodward Hills Facility. He will be going through three weeks of therapy.
Bill Roy’s sister passed away over the weekend. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Bill and his  family.
Endowment Board Meeting: November 30th – 11 am Garden Room
DECEMBER:
Monday, December 14th-Holiday Luncheon, The Community House
Salvation Army Bell Ringing: TBD 
Tuesday, December 15th- Hope Warming Center
Monday, December 28th-No Meeting
 
Happy Birthday: Clark Cumings Johnson
 
Sheriff: An enthusiastic Charles Wickins collected money for POLIO which was to be matched. 
Some gave money in honor of the Detroit Lions actually winning. George Stern gave an overview of the wonderful things Birmingham Rotary in the City of Birmingham.
 
Speaker: Our speaker was Sheena Monnin, owner of Custom Lid Design, which is a company specializing in conflict resolution and building stronger leaders and teams within corporations and small businesses. In 2012, Sheena won the title of Miss Pennsylvania and went on to compete at the Miss USA pageant. Past controversies have taught Sheena how to deal with conflict and how it impacts our lives both in large and small ways. She shared some techniques that we can us in our lives to combat stress.