Pictured: Joe Waske, speaker
host and Tom Carlisi, guest speaker.
Reading: None for next week.
Chicken BBQ on Saturday, Sept. 22. Shift workers still needed for 2ed and 3rd shifts--call Randy Launder to volunteer. The club will be working with the Meadowbrook Interact Club. If you are not working, stop by for a chicken before the big game starts.
Tom Carlisi, CFO of Carlisi
and Associates and District Chair of Rotaract, spoke to the club about the
value of establishing Rotaract clubs. Rotaract clubs are Rotary sponsored
service clubs for young men and women between 18-35 years old. Some Rotaract
clubs are college or university based. Others are for young professionals and
are community based. Rotaract clubs participate in local and international
projects.
Carlisi believes that Rotaract
clubs are a good way to inspire young people to become service oriented and to
become active in giving back to their community. Rotaract clubs help students
develop leadership skills by providing opportunities for students to identify,
plan, and implement service projects. In addition, Rotaract members will have
the opportunity to network with local business people.
Currently, Rotary District
6690 has 10 Rotaract clubs. Carlisi would like to have every Rotary club in the
district sponsor or co-sponsor a Rotaract club. Recently, the number of
Rotaract clubs in District 6690 has increased from 3 to 10. Five more Rotaract
clubs are in the process of becoming established.
He pointed out that there are
4 simple steps to establishing a successful Rotaract club. The first step is
for a Rotary club to establish a Rotaract committee of 3-4 club members. Step
2--this committee needs to develop a partnership with a local university or
college. Ideally, the college will ask a faculty member to join the Rotary committee.
Step 3—the sponsoring club and college provide a starting budget for the
Rotaract club. A good starting budget can be as little as $250 from the
sponsoring club plus matching dollars from the college. Step 4—Rotaract club
members identify and implement at least 1 service project a quarter.
Meadowbrook Interact students
Madison Butcher and Sarah Mercer attended the club meeting. They shared their
goals for college with club members.
Randy Launder, co-chair of
the chicken BBQ, reported that all is ready for the chicken BBQ to be held on
Saturday, September 22, at Rotary Gazebo in Byesville. The Meadowbrook Interact
club will be helping the club on Saturday. Sales will start around 9:30am. This
is the last club BBQ of the year.
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