Our Club is very excited that one of our members and Past President, Julie Brandle has been selected as District 6630 Governor Nominee Designate (DGND) in line to serve as our Governor for the 2023-2024 Rotary year. We are very proud of Julie and all she does to support Rotary! You can read more about Julie in the article above.
We have had a very busy month - we hosted our 106th Annual Meeting, and had some great speakers. We record our presenters at our virtual meetings and post them to our YouTube channel and website (click to go to our YouTube channel).
Here are a couple you may enjoy
- Ali Miller and Chris Meyers from Playhouse Square at our Tuesday, December 8, 2020 weekly meeting. Click to read the recap and view the video
- Julie Frey,Curator, Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens took us on a virtual tour of Stan Hywet Hall during our Tuesday, December 15th holiday club meeting. Click to read the recap and view the video
Our Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting of the Rotary Club of Akron was conducted on Tuesday, December 1, 2020 The purpose of our Annual Meeting is to announce the election of Officers and Directors for the Club, the Rotary Camp Board, and the Akron Rotary Foundation (See the results below), provide an update of the Club’s financial condition, an overview of the past year’s activities, and potential goals and activities for the next year.
Shared below is a synopsis of the Annual Meeting presentation.
Financial Report for the fiscal year July1, 2019 through June 30, 2020:
The year ended with the Club in a positive financial position. The 990 has been filed and is posted online accordingly.
Achievements in 2020:
While the past year has been challenging with the onslaught of COVID 19, the Club has much to be proud of.
Membership: As of November 30, 2020, the Club has 136 Active Members (plus 3 approved/pending induction)
Club Activities:
New Council of Chairs meeting monthly, new Risk Management Committee meeting monthly, broader approach for Virtual Speakers.
Creation of Diversity team including a small socially distanced service project with PPE distribution to minority owned businesses.
A sampling of the Club’s Service to the Community projects: Shoe Box Project, Paul Harris Award Presentations, Assisted Urban League in PPE Distribution, James Bond virtual cocktail party, Together but Apart - # Akron Rotarians hiking the Summit Metro Parks Fall Hiking Spree (made Fox News), ICC launched with former Club member Claudine Schooley leading the effort, virtual service project – Interview Coaching for North High School Seniors, Collaboration to plant trees with Davy Tree and Akron Public School Supply Distribution, Planting of Monarch Butterfly garden at Rotary Camp, End World Polio Day activities, Kicked of 2021 Chili Open fund raising, Rotary Disaster Grant award presented PPE to Akron Children’s, Coordinating Akron Rotary Holiday outreach.
2020 – 2021 Outlook:
Optimism – Glass Half-full, Victim versus forward thinking.
Revisit our Strategic Plan and move forward on our various goals and strategies.
And finally, quoting Dr. McGregor “We can’t let what we can’t do, interfere with what we can do!”
Our Newly Elected Officers and Directors
The Rotary Club of Akron | |
Executive Team: July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2022
| Directors: July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2024
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The Akron Rotary Foundation |
Directors: Terms as noted
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The Akron Rotary Camp |
Directors: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2022
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It's good to have fun!!
During our December 15th meeting, we added more fun by having a virtual "Holiday Top Contest". President Rob McGregor had secret judges who selected the Most Stylish, Most Original and Tackiest.
At our Holiday Gathering December 15th, members were encouraged to wear their holiday tops. We had some great spirit and fun before doing the virtual tour with Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens.
Secret judges awarded for Tackiest, Most Unique and Classiest. Here are screen shots of some of the participants (we did our best - sorry if some are blurry or small!) you can click here to watch the video to see all of them!
The winners were:
- Tackiest: Steve Buie with a Santa hat and elf sweater outfit and Wanda Whipkey with her Christmas light necklace and sweater
- Classiest: Rob McGregor with his bow tie and cummerbund
- Most Unique: Cheryl Warren as Mrs. Claus deferred her award so we could give out TWO for Tackiest!
Here are a few of the fun photos ...
What? You can’t make it out to the event. While we sincerely appreciate everyone’s donations of time, money, and prizes, the children whose summer you help make unforgettable are the ones who are truly grateful! Purchasing raffle tickets at our website (click here) is a great way to show your support and help the Rotary Camp.
The Rotary Camp for Children with Special Needs, in cooperation with the Akron Area YMCA, offers camping experiences for children and adults with disabilities.
Raffle drawing will be held at the Chili Open Purchase raffle ticket(s) at $20 per ticket for your chance to win the following prizes. 1st Prize: 2021 Chevrolet Trax LS from The VanDevere Bunch 2nd Prize: 55-inch 4K Smart LED TV courtesy of S Group, Inc. 3rd Prize: Fox Sports Ohio/SportsTime Ohio Behind-the-Scenes Media Package at a 2021 Cleveland Indians Game. Includes four diamond box seats and behind-the-scenes tour. Choice of dates to be provided by Fox Sports Ohio/SportsTime Ohio.
You can also qualify for a chance to win $50,000!!!
Any individual purchasing five (5) Chili Open raffle tickets (for a total of $100.00) will be automatically entered into the Chili Open SNOWMANIA drawing for a chance of winning $50,000. This is in addition to the five (5) chances for the regular drawing.
For SNOWMANIA to go live we need 6-inches of newly fallen snow accumulation on February 20, 2021 between 12:01am and 11:59pm at the Akron-Canton Airport, Ohio as independently determined by Weather Command.
The qualifying winning ticket for SNOWMANIA will be drawn on February 6, 2021 at the Chili Open. Winner need not be present.