February 6, 2017 Meeting Bulletin

 
Opening:
Welcome at 12:05 PM by President Dave Underdown
Pledge of Allegiance and Rotary 4-Way Test
Invocation by Rich Shapack
Opening Song: Star Spangled Banner 
Song led by: Ken Gass
 
Welcome Visitors and Guests:
Oriana and Mike D’Amico visiting from Troy Rotary Club
 
Volunteers: 
Lunch Tickets and attendance: Regan Gilshire
Raffle Tickets: Ken Gass
Greeter: Doug Koschik
Bulletin Editor: Bill Roy
Sheriff: Joe Bauman
 
Two Minute Update:
Joe Valentine on the topic of January 28th Birmingham Long Range Planning Meeeting. Two main topics will be Birmingham Bicentennial and “New Look” of downtown and city logo.
 
Announcements & Upcoming events: 
  • Masters Raffle Tickets-Bryan Frank.  We have 130 tickets left to sell.  If you have prospective buyers, contact Bryan.    
  • Hope Warming Center-Bill Roy.  We are serving on February 27th, we still need some volunteers.  Bill passed around the sign up sheet.
  • Groves Interact Club-Pat Grady.  The group will be assembling playground equipment at the Judson Center on April 29 and 20.  Pat will pass around a sign up sheet. 
  • Chris Winans announced several district events which are coming up.    Million Dollar Dinner-April 1, World Peace Conference-March 30-31, District Conference, Mackinac Island- May 4-7, International Conference, Atlanta GA-June 10-14.
  • Vic Pooler announced that the committee was working to replace the “Sip and Savor” event which was scheduled for Valentines Day with an event to be held June 21 (summer solstice), discussions are taking place with the Birmingham Athletic Club for this event.
 
50/50 Raffle & Card Draw.  John Westerheide won the $8 daily pot.  Nobody drew the 10 of spades so the pot lives.
 
Speaker: Betti Wiggins Director of the Detroit Public Schools Office of School Nutrition
DPS is proud that locally grown products comprise 40% of the food purchases for the meal programs.  DPS has taken aggressive steps to discontinue menu choices which lack nutritional value and contribute to obesity (i.e. no chocolate milk).  DPS has institutes a school gardens program, which not only provides locally grown ingredients for meals, but teach the children the joy of growing the food and entrepreneurial skills with a marketing program. 
 
Song: Smile! Led by Dave Underdown
 
Next Meeting:  February 13, 2017.  Guest Speaker will be Julie Bookish, Soul Speaker, Psychotherapist, Workshop Leader
 
Adjournment 1:15 p.m.  By Dave Underdown
Bill Roy–Bulletin Editor