The annual Arts Advocacy Luncheon was a wonderful celebration of the arts in our community.
Today's meeting was the 4th annual Arts Advocacy luncheon, which included a wonderful vocal presentations from a previous Rotary speaker (from ONU's gospel choir) - Adrian Thompson Bradshaw.
Also singing today was Kristen Lee - a teacher and winner of this year's artist award.
The Arts Advocate Awards consist of 3 parts: the artist, the advocate that helps the artist with his vision, and the philanthropist.
The advocate for 2015 is James Goare, an accomplished musician in his own right, recognized for his guitar teaching at Goodwin music and at Ohio Northern University.
The philanthropist is Harry Shutt - owner of the Kewpee and long time presenter of the Holiday spectacular.
Our keynote speaker was Linda Woggon - an attorney and current director of Citizens for the Arts - primarily involved in securing funds for the Ohio Arts Council. Her work this year earned the largest increase in arts funding in Ohio history - over 6 million dollars, a 28 percent increase!
Linda stressed the many cross-sector collaborations required to build a thriving arts community - which is directly related to urban development, attracting new people to the state, and improving the quality of life for all involved.
Collaboration leads to local economic development success.
Regional Growth Partnership handles economic development for Northwest Ohio through the state's JobsOhio program. Senior Project Manager, John Recker told Lima Rotarians that collaboration is the key to economic development success. Recker says the Allen Economic Development Group collaborates well with the RGP, the local governments and the private sector to promote business growth and that's why we've seen a major transformation in economic development in the last several years. In the last year, RGP has help provide incentives for expansions at Nelson Packaging, Bob Evans Foods, K&M Tire and Eagle Rail/Chemtrade. RGP has also assited with expansions at Diamond Manufacturing, Charles River laboratories and AMS Uniforms, and is working on 8 projects now in development. He says the RGP's job is to bring state resources to the local level and support businesses.
Also at the meeting Jay Begg asked for donations for the annual Christmas Auction. It will be held on December 7 during our regular Monday lunch meeting instead of in the evening.
Dave Cockerell told us that Dictionary Distribution will occur at 14 elementary schools on October 28th. If you can help, please contact him.
Harold Bischoff is encouraging everyone to come to the Lima Mall on October 31 from 10-2 and ride a stationary bicycle to raise awareness and funds for our international projects. You can get a registration form by clicking the Forms tab on this website.
As announced last Monday at the Rotary meeting, the Lima Rotary is working with the Lima YMCA to hold Cycling for Life on Saturday, October 31st at the Lima Mall. The event will be adjacent to Macy’s Department Store and will last from 10:00 am until 2:00 p.m. The purpose of the event is to allow businesses to challenge their friends and competitors to see which two-person team can cycle the farthest in ten minutes. We might even be able to have the Lima Rotary take on a fellow Rotary Club in District 6600 in a challenge.
The meaning of the name for the event, Cycling for Life, is to highlight the importance of clean water and sanitation for developing countries. The Lima Rotary will close-out within a few weeks a project started two years ago under President Michael Schoenhofer. That project involved helping a small village in Honduras, Villa Peniel, to install pvc piping that connected the houses to a new sewage treatment plant built by the regional government. The numerous latrines in the village had fouled many of the wells and residents were experiencing many health problems. Attached are several pictures of the Villa Peniel project.
Another part of the Cycling for Life event is to solicit funds from Lima Rotarians and businesses to complete the fund raising for submission of a Global Water Project later this year. Rotarian Bob Ruehl is working with five other Rotary Clubs from Pennsylvania to California for submitting this grant. This project would total $198,000.00 and be the largest International Service project ever undertaken by the Lima Rotary. The Club has already raised $6,000.00 and would like to raise another $5,000.00 in order to fully fund the $10,000.00 minimum amount needed to submit the Global Water Project to Rotary International .
Rotarian Dan Best has agreed to be the Event Chairman for the Cycling for Life event and he is in need of your assistance. First, six to volunteer s will be needed on Saturday, October 31st—three from 9:00 a.m. until Noon and three from Noon until 3:00 p.m. Sign-up sheets will be on the tables at the Rotary Club meetings. A second need is for two person teams to ride in the event and to challenge your nemesis. Teams can register by logging onto the Rotary website at: www.LimaRotary.comand click on the Forms tab. Prizes will be given for the top two teams and individuals can also register to ride on the day of the event on Saturday, October 31st.
Dozens of Lima Rotarians spent Wednesday giving out dictionaries and Rotary pencils to almost every third grader in Allen County...an annual tradition for the club since 2006.
The Lima Rotary Club holds its fall Blood Clinic on November 7 from 6:30-9:00am at Senior Citizens Services.
Lima Rotary conducts a Blood Clinic twice a year as a fund raiser. Avoid a health surprise and attend on November 7th at Senior Citizens Services, 3400 West Elm Street.
What many members miss is that the clinic is an opportunity obtain a very low cost blood profile of themselves for only $35.00. Go to any lab or hospital and you would spend big bucks to obtain this information. Lima Memorial sends the results directly to your doctor and to you in about two weeks.
Many of us are health conscious and would pay much more money for these same results. Over a period of time if you repeat in utilizing these opportunities your profile will tell your physician whether you are maintaining your health properly.
There's some good information in the follow-up materials from One Rotary Summit...
thank you for joining us
Hello, Rotary Leaders!
Thank you so much for your attendance and enthusiasm at the One Rotary Summit in Fremont on Saturday. I hope you enjoyed your morning as much as I did! We would love your feedback on a brief survey: One Rotary Summit Participant Survey
I'm also attaching several items for your reference that I hope are helpful. Remember to use the last page of your Participant Workbook as well - there are some great resources there, too.
One Rotary Summit Materials from Zones 28 & 29
Participant Workbook - The participant workbook includes both ORS Case Studies, worksheets, a personal action plan worksheet and additional resources.
Strategic Plan- Rotary's values in action! Outlines key strategic goals which should be utilized to develop a strategy at all levels in Rotary.
Voice Reference Guide- Tips on how to communicate and convey your Rotary messages as effectively as possible.
One Rotary Resource Guide- List of key Membership, Public Image and Foundation document with links to online copies.
New District 6600 Resources
One Rotary Challenge The One Rotary Challenge is your chance to organize your work and get rewarded. Check out this flyer for all the details about the Fall One Rotary Challenge for giving and goal-setting! Be sure your club President and FAC have this information. DOWNLOAD FLYER
One Rotary Toolbox Your One Rotary Toolbox is your landing spot for innovative practices and tools for clubs, from clubs. In addition to our District website and your district leadership team, the One Rotary Toolbox is here to support and encourage you in your role as a Rotary Club leader. JOIN ONE ROTARY TOOLBOX FACEBOOK GROUP. The materials posted here by members are yours to adapt. And our format allows you to JOIN LEADERS, EXCHANGE IDEAS, and TAKE ACTION to strengthen Rotary in your community. Post. Download. Share. Spread the word!
Thanks again for coming on Saturday. As always, if there's a way we can support you as leaders in your clubs, feel free to email your district leadership team at district6600@gmail.com.
