November 23, 2015 Meeting Bulletin
November 23, 2015 Meeting Bulletin
Birmingham Rotary Club Weekly Meeting: November 23, 2015
Opening:
Welcome at 12:15 PM by Christine Winans
Pledge of Allegiance and Invocation by: Joe Bauman
Opening Song: National Anthem Song led by: Ken Gass
Opening:
Welcome at 12:15 PM by Christine Winans
Pledge of Allegiance and Invocation by: Joe Bauman
Opening Song: National Anthem Song led by: Ken Gass
Welcome Visitors and Guests:
Bob Gibbs
Mark Farlow, past president of our club
Bill Stewart
Jill Jones
Rick Erikson, he turned in an application to join our club
Marsha Kovaks, she turned in an application to join our club.
We also received an application from Cindy Broderick
Bob Gibbs
Mark Farlow, past president of our club
Bill Stewart
Jill Jones
Rick Erikson, he turned in an application to join our club
Marsha Kovaks, she turned in an application to join our club.
We also received an application from Cindy Broderick
Volunteers:
Lunch: Chuck Moss
Raffle Tickets: Marc Cooper
Bulletin Editor: Charles Wickins and Mark Anderson
Sheriff: Cris Braun
Lunch: Chuck Moss
Raffle Tickets: Marc Cooper
Bulletin Editor: Charles Wickins and Mark Anderson
Sheriff: Cris Braun
Upcoming Events & Announcements:
Jim Conley has returned home and is making slow progress. Probably not running in a marathon any time soon.
Masters raffle tickets are in. There are only 300 to sell this year.
Endowment board meeting before our next meeting, 11 am in the Garden Room, all are WELCOME.
Bottomless Toy Chest, please bring in toys by December 7, although Pat Grady does have some flexibility
Holiday party is December 14, musical entertainment provided by Seaholm. This is a plated dinner and your meal choice needs to be made
Jim Conley has returned home and is making slow progress. Probably not running in a marathon any time soon.
Masters raffle tickets are in. There are only 300 to sell this year.
Endowment board meeting before our next meeting, 11 am in the Garden Room, all are WELCOME.
Bottomless Toy Chest, please bring in toys by December 7, although Pat Grady does have some flexibility
Holiday party is December 14, musical entertainment provided by Seaholm. This is a plated dinner and your meal choice needs to be made
by December 7. Cost is $25
Salvation Army bell ringing is December 12 and 19. A signup sheet was passed around, please contact Chris McLogan if you were not at lunch and wish to sign up
Salvation Army bell ringing is December 12 and 19. A signup sheet was passed around, please contact Chris McLogan if you were not at lunch and wish to sign up
50/50 Raffle & Card Draw: Daily pot of $7 was won by Ed Proctor. Pot lives.
Speaker Host: David Palmer
Guest Speaker/Program: Chef Phil Jones from City Foods Community Concepts.
Chef Phil spoke passionately about the need to educate our children (community wise) about the need to eat better and think about our meals. Less meat and buy locally. He encourages our youth to enter into the food business as a career and will mentor them for up to a year to find the right fit, pointing out that they can easily earn 6 figures in his industry. He has been a two term member of the Detroit Food Policy
Guest Speaker/Program: Chef Phil Jones from City Foods Community Concepts.
Chef Phil spoke passionately about the need to educate our children (community wise) about the need to eat better and think about our meals. Less meat and buy locally. He encourages our youth to enter into the food business as a career and will mentor them for up to a year to find the right fit, pointing out that they can easily earn 6 figures in his industry. He has been a two term member of the Detroit Food Policy
Council and is now emeritus.He is very active locally and nationally with food policy issues, participates in the James Beard society and is a member of Michelle Obama’s school lunch program. He is also an advocate of Slow Food a national program born out of the belief that “fast” is adversely impacting us and that a meal shared is a story told.
Mark Anderson asked the first question and in case you missed his joke, he mentioned his past employment as a food server (we have all done that, haven’t we?) not to create “Street Cred” but to point out that foods we used to garnish plates with – Parsley and Kale – is now a main part of each meal, Chef Phil did agree that Fresh and local is good, as is organic, but opined that the word “organic” has been hijacked by big companies, and that local is safer than organic.
To learn more about all the great work he performs go to www.thecitryfoodproject.com.
To learn more about all the great work he performs go to www.thecitryfoodproject.com.
The meeting was concluded with a rendition of SMILE!.
Our speaker next week is Curtis Shewell from the Shewell Memorial Fund.
Happy Thanksgiving.