Byesville Rotary distributes over 300 Xmas food baskets

Pictured: Interact and Byesville club members filling food boxes.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Don't forget Santa will be here for breakfast at the Senior Center on Saturday, 8:00am--11:30.

Byesville Rotary members celebrated the holiday season by giving back to their community. On Saturday, club member distributed over 300 food baskets to families in the Rolling Hills School District.

 

The food basket community service project is one of the club’s largest annual projects. Club members began raising funds for this project several months ago. Part of the funds raised by their chicken BBQ’s support the food baskets. Fundraising also includes bell ringing and soliciting local individuals, organization, and businesses for donations. The club also received a grant from Rotary District 6690.

 

Food baskets included both non-perishable and perishable foods. The Meadow Brook Interact club, sponsored by Byesville Rotary, helped fill the baskets by sponsoring a canned food drive at all the schools in the Rolling Hills School District. Club members and Interact members spend the day preceding the food basket distribution sorting cans and filling baskets with non-perishable food items.

 

Early on the morning of food basket distribution day, club members accepted deliveries of perishable food items including turkeys, milk, oleo, eggs, and produce. As families arrived to collect their baskets, perishable items were added to the food baskets. Friends and family members, Interact students, as well as several members of the Byesville VFW and members of the Phi Chapter of the Alpha Pi Sigma sorority joined Byesville Rotarians to share the Christmas spirit and help load baskets into cars.

 

The club meets 7:30 am every Tuesday at the Stop Nine Senior Center at 60313 (GPS use 60299) Southgate Road, Byesville. Anyone interested in learning more about the Byesville Rotary can call Membership Chairs Marty Patchen, 740-685-3828, or Evelyn Spring, 740-439-4343.

Meadow Brook FFA team teaches Byesville Rotary how to hold a meeting

Pictured: The Meadow Brook FFA Parliamentarian Team—back row: Erica Showalter, Dakota Burris, Miranda Miser, Andrea Kackley, Olivia Anderson; front row: Sarah Mercer, Connor Frame, and Taylor Modro.

The Parliamentarian Procedures Team from the Meadow Brook FFA chapter demonstrated how to hold a meeting and showed their expertise in applying Robert’s Rules of Order. And, wow, can these kids hold a meeting. They were effective, wasted no time, were courteous to each other even when they were disagreeing, and each person who wanted to express an opinion got a chance to.

The team competes at the state level and their demonstration was impressive. At a competition, the 8 person team has 15 minutes to present opening and closing formalities and a meeting during which the team must correctly use at least 6 points from Robert’s Rules of Order. For example, the Meadow Brook demonstrated how to make and 2ed a motion, make an amendment to a motion, discuss pros and cons of the motion, and vote on the motion.

Each member of the team wore the official FFA uniform: a dark blue jacket with the FFA and, a white blouse or shirt with a blue tie or scarf, black slacks or skirt, black shoes, and black stockings.

Dr. Joe Smith, who often serves as a judge for the parliamentary competitions, pointed out that standards are high for the Parliamentarian competitions. He explained that the meeting secretary was actually taking minutes during the competition and that the minutes will later be reviewed by competition judges for accuracy. He noted that judges are strict. Teams can lose points if jackets are not zipped to the correct height or if FFA members display more than two pins. One member later open up her jacket to reveal that she stores the other dozen or so pins she has been awarded on the inside of her jacket.

The goal of the FFA Organization is to make a positive difference in the lives of students by developing a student’s potential for leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education.

The club meets 7:30 am every Tuesday at the Stop Nine Senior Center at 60313 (GPS use 60299) Southgate Road, Byesville. Anyone interested in learning more about the Byesville Rotary can call Membership Chairs Marty Patchen, 740-685-3828, or Evelyn Spring, 740-439-4343.

Byesville Rotary donates toys to Interact Angel Tree

Pictured: Byesville Rotary members donate toys to the Meadow Brook Interact Club for their Angel Tree project.

 

No reading assignment for next meeting.

 

Reminder:
Call Bob Long or Denis Harding to volunteer for bell ringing. This effort raises funds to support the Christmas food basket program. We have around 160 families to provide baskets for.

 

 

Mark the dates December 14 and 15. Celebrate Christmas with other club members by helping pack and distribute food baskets.

 

 

Byesville Rotary members celebrate the holiday season by giving back to their community. At their Tuesday meeting, club members brought toys to be donated to the Rolling Hills Interact Club in support of their Angel Tree project. This project insures that about 40 students from the Rolling Hills elementary and middles schools will be getting Christmas gifts from Santa this year.

 

On Friday, December 14, Interact club members will return the favor by joining Byesville club members to fill Christmas food baskets. Basket filling day takes muscles and stamina. Interact students and Rotary club members will begin their day by collecting hundreds of pounds of canned goods from each of the Rolling Hills schools. During November, students from Rolling Hills School District have collected canned goods and other non-perishable items to contribute to the food basket project. Once the canned goods are delivered, cans will be sorted and up to 200 baskets will be filled. 

 

Christmas Food Basket distribution will begin on Saturday, December 15, at 7:00am. Club members will arrive early to pack another 200 baskets with perishables including milk, eggs, and turkey. Baskets can only be given to families who have signed up. Bob Long, chair of the Christmas Food Basket project, stated that the food basket program is open to any family living in the Rolling Hills School District. Families who would like to receive a basket and have not yet signed up can call him at 740-685-3620. The deadline to sign up for a basket is Wednesday, December 12. 

 

On Saturday, December 22, Byesville Rotarians will ring in Christmas week by hosting “Breakfast with Santa.” Breakfast will be served between 8:30 am—11:30am at the Stop Nine Senior Center in Byesville. Santa will be at the breakfast to talk to the children attending the breakfast. 

 

The club will be serving pancakes, eggs, sausage, juice, milk, and coffee. Cooking again this year are Rich Dair, Head Chef, and Larry Miller, Pancake Specialist. Breakfast is $5.00. Pictures with Santa are complementary with the purchase of breakfast. Funds raised at the breakfast will be used by the Rotary to support local service projects such as providing dictionaries for every third grader in Rolling Hills or supplying Christmas food baskets.

 

The club meets 7:30 am every Tuesday at the Stop Nine Senior Center at 60313 (GPS use 60299) Southgate Road, Byesville. Anyone interested in learning more about the Byesville Rotary can call Membership Chairs Marty Patchen, 740-685-3828, or Evelyn Spring, 740-439-4343.

Byesville Rotary learns DECA Club goal is development of business skills

Pictured: DECA members: Dalton Singleton, Taylour Kidd, Ian West, and Simon Nichols.

 

Reading for Nov. 27: November Rotarian, "Global Outlook," p. 62.

 

 

Reminder: Bring a gift for a kid to the Dec. 4 meeting. Club members voted to donate the gifts to the Interact Angel Tree project. Gifts should be appropriate for elementary age students.

 

Taylor Kidd, club vice president, Dalton Singleton, Simon Nichols, Ian West, members of the Meadow Brook DECA Club (Distributive Educational Clubs of America) introduced members of the Byesville Rotary to the goals and objectives of the club.

 

DECA clubs work to prepare high school students to become leaders and entrepreneurs in the fields of marketing, finance, hospitality and management. Participation in club activities helps prepare students for college and for business careers by offering educational programs that integrate into classroom instruction. 

 

DECA was founded 60 years ago and is organized into high school and college divisions. Currently, the high school division has 185,000 members in 5,000 schools. It is an international, non-profit organization with clubs in many countries including the all 50 states in the USA, Germany, Mexico, Hong Kong, Puerto Rico, and Canada.

 

DECA educational programs build student confidence, teach how to run businesses, and develop speaking and presentation skills. Educational units teach skills in the areas of marketing, business management and administration, hospitality and tourism, and finance. 

 

DECA founders believed that hands-on experience is one of the best methods to provide students with the skills they need to be successful in business. Students develop business skills by working though computer-based programs (SIMS) that simulate business models. The students then hone their skills by participating in regional competitions. To move to state competitions, a student must place in first or second in a regional competition. 

Members of the Meadow Brook club get additional, practical business experience by being responsible for running the snack concession at the high school. 

Bob Long reported that to date over 140 families have registered for the Byesville Rotary Food Basket program. Bob Long is still taking registrations and expects to have between 180-200 families registered by December 15. 

Club members are reminded bring a toy to the December 4 club meeting. Members voted to donate the toys to the Meadow Brook Interact club to be used toward their Angel Tree Christmas project. 

The club meets 7:30 am every Tuesday at the Stop Nine Senior Center at 60313 (GPS use 60299) Southgate Road, Byesville. Anyone interested in learning more about the Byesville Rotary can call Membership Chairs Marty Patchen, 740-685-3828, or Evelyn Spring, 740-439-4343.

 

 

 

Meadow Brook Interact Club celebrates 50th Interact anniversary

Pictured: Interact club members accept Rotary International “Certificate of Recognition.” Pictured: Miranda Miser, Kyle Dolan, Bethany Bergerson, Alex Eckleson. Macie Penrod, Rachel Jirles, Tessa Bickford, Annie Kackley.

Reading for November 27: November Rotarian,  "The Rotarian conversation with Steven Pinker," p. 56.

Volunteers are needed to staff bell ringing shifts. Monies collected are designated for our Christmas food basket program. Contact Dennis Harding to schedule a shift.

The Meadow Brook Interact club is celebrating the 50^th birthday of Interact clubs by planning an active year of service projects. The first Interact club, established in 1962 in Melbourne, Florida, began with 23 students. Interact members now total over 250,000.

Interact club membership provides young people with opportunities to develop leadership skills, exercise personal integrity, and become more appreciative of the value of individual responsibility and hard work. Interact clubs are self-governing and self-supporting.

Members of the Meadow Brook club presented a summary of the service projects they have planned for 2012-13. The club decided to support the purchase of Yuri, a new canine officer recently acquired by the Guernsey County Sheriff’s Department. Co-chairs for the fundraiser, Rachel Jirles, Macie Penrod, and Tessa Bickford, reported that the Halloween Dance they held to raise funds has enabled them to donate $400 to the Sheriff’s Department.

Interact club members are also very active in supporting the Byesville Rotary’s annual Christmas Food Basket program. Kyle Dolan, chair of the Interact food drive, stated that the club is asking each student in the Rolling Hills school system to donate canned goods. l. These items will be used to help fill the food baskets distributed by the Byesville Rotary. Since food baskets will be distributed on December 15, the club plans to finish their canned good drive by Thanksgiving. They are hoping to collect more cans than the students at John Glen.

Angel Tree co–chairs, Annie Kackley and Miranda Miser, reported on the status of their  Angel Tree. Club members are sponsoring an Angel Tree and encouraging students to participate by purchasing toys or by making a monetary contribution toward the project. They hope to ensure that about 40 kids from the Rolling Hills School District will be surprised on Christmas morning.

In December, the Interact Club and DECCA will co-sponsor a Talent Show. Co-chairs Alex Eckleson and Bethany Bergason stated that the Interact club will donate funds raised toward the purchase of a Shelterbox which will be used to help victims of disasters.

The club has planned at least one service project for spring. They will hold a “Purple Pinkie” fundraiser. Monies raised by this project will be donated to Rotary International’s effort to eliminate polio from the world.

Byesville Rotary is proud of the Meadow Brook Interact Club and the efforts of the young members who are active in giving back to their community.

The club meets 7:30 am every Tuesday at the Stop Nine Senior Center at 60313 (GPS use 60299) Southgate Road, Byesville. Anyone interested in learning more about the Byesville Rotary can call Membership Chairs Marty Patchen, 740-685-3828, or Evelyn Spring, 740-439-4343.

Byesville Rotary welcomes new member

Pictured: Marty Patchen, Membership Co-chair; Becky Brunner; and Evelyn Spring, Membership Co-Chair.

 

At the November 9 business meeting, Byesville Rotary welcomed Becky Brunner as their newest member. Becky Brunner is a Media Specialist at the Mid-East Career and Technical Center, Buffalo Campus.

Jim Vaughan, co-chair of the Breakfast with Santa committee, reported a change in the time the breakfast will be offered. The breakfast is now scheduled to be held 8:30am-11:30am on Saturday, December 15, at the Stop Nine Senior Center.

The club will be serving pancakes, eggs, sausage, juice, milk, and coffee. Cooking again this year are Rich Dair, Head Chef, and Larry Miller, Pancake Specialist. Pictures with Santa are complementary with the purchase of breakfast. Funds raised at the breakfast will be used by the Rotary to support local service projects such as providing dictionaries for every third grader in Rolling Hills or supplying Christmas food baskets.

Tanya Hitchens proposed that the club sponsor a bingo party featuring 31 products as a new fundraiser. After a short discussion, club members voted to support this effort. The bingo party will be held sometime in February of 2013. Club members will be pre-selling tickets which will be limited to 225.

Dennis Harding asked club members to sign up for bell ringing shifts which will start this month. Monies raised by bell ringing will be used to support the club’s Christmas food basket project.

The club will hold its annual Christmas part at the December 4 meeting. Breakfast will be provided. Members are asked to celebrate the meaning of Christmas by bringing a toy to be donated to the Secret Santa program.

The club meets 7:30 am every Tuesday at the Stop Nine Senior Center at 60313 (GPS use 60299) Southgate Road, Byesville. Anyone interested in learning more about the Byesville Rotary can call Membership Chairs Marty Patchen, 740-685-3828, or Evelyn Spring, 740-439-4343