James Miller, Realtor with Howard Hanna, and Ben Hodges, Director of Curriculum and Instruction at Avon City Schools have joined the thirty-plus member North Coast Rotary Club. Both are looking forward to actively supporting the club’s community and youth services efforts.
North Coast Rotary Club and the Interact Club met with interested parents and students at Brookside High School’s Open House last week. More than twenty students expressed interest in learning more about the Interact Club.
Preparations for this well-attended event are underway, as Rotarians Doug Maurer and Rebecca Russell are enlisting pizza merchants to join in this friendly competition. Culinary students from the Lorain County Joint Vocational School will once again be preparing their specialty desserts! Tickets for the all-you-can-eat event will remain at $10 per adult and $5 per child and will be available for pre-sale next week. Pictures below are from last year’s event.
The following club members were elected to serve on the North Coast Rotary Club Executive Board: J
ohn Crooks, Vice President; Matt Knotts, Deputy Treasurer; and John Daly and Allen Porter as Member Delegates.
The North Coast Rotary Club inducted their first new member of the Rotary year. Louie had been following the activities of the club for months while he considered membership. Louie brings a passion for serving youth to the club as well as his financial investment expertise from his work with Edward Jones Investments. Rotarians Tom Porter and Doug Maurer conducted the ceremony.
Clare Cyan Young, Director of Community Outreach and LLCIP Internship Coordinator, explains the Internship Program and why it was voted the “coolest internship program in northeast Ohio” in 2014 by the Northeast Ohio Council on Higher Education. The purpose of the program is to engage youth talent, showing them the value of staying and working in Lorain County.
Bob Murphy at the ready!
Foursomes from Avon Avon Lake Rotary enjoyed a day of golf and a great dinner at the Brunswick Rotary Golf Outing. The Avon Avon Lake Club also sponsored a hole and contributed to the event. Proceeds from the Brunswick Rotary event go towards their charitable initiatives.
Recently, Gail Stumpauzer, CEO of the Free to Be Project met with the Rotary Club to explain their mission to help women and girls know and appreciate their own unique talents and gifts and to realize that they are WORTHY! Their organization is led by a volunteer group and was founded in honor of Margeau Stumphauzer, a young woman who fought feelings of inadequacy, not because she lacked talent or beauty, but because of the messages coming at her from so many outside influences. October 31st will be the 4th annual day of “DISCOVERING You” with a special session for girls ages 10 – 15. More information is available at Free 2 Be Project Discovering You
Boys and Girls Club Executive Director Mike Conibear and Resource Development Director Sandi Domain met with the Rotary Club to discuss programs and services that they provide to Lorain County. Rotary members are interested in future meetings to explore opportunities to broaden services in our areas and to collaborate on initiatives.
(L-R) Frank Krempasky, Doug Maurer, Linda Rakvic, Mary Crehore and Jinnyn Tata
(Photo courtesy of R. Benoit)
The Avon / Avon Lake Rotary Club announced their new officers for the Rotary year beginning July 1, 2015. Outgoing President Doug Maurer presented incoming President Linda Rakvic of Avon Lake, with a presidential pin, the Rotary bell and gavel. Sheffield Lake resident Jinnyn Tata is the incoming Vice President, and Avon Lake residents Frank Krempasky and Mary Crehore are Treasurer and Secretary respectively. Mark Musial of Sheffield Lake is the Foundation Administrative Chair. Continue reading
North Coast Rotary Club and Foundation 