Monday, June 13, 2022

Rotary International asks us to Serve to Change Lives through its Focus Areas

January is Vocational Service Month

This month Rotary International asks us to Serve to Change Lives through Rotary FellowshipExplore the possibilities with us at our meeting Wednesday at noon at Wick Park or virtually via Zoom. 

http://www.youngstownrotaryevent.com

The  Zoom ID is: 3567145262

This Week's Meeting

On Wednesday, June 15, Rotary will be on the road once again, as we take a field trip to the newly renovated and restored Youngstown Main Library on Wick Avenue. We will be able to tour the library and have lunch. 

Last Week's Meeting

Tea with D & E
 
When the cats (President Josh & President-elect Sharon) are away, the mice will play, and indeed they did at our weekly meeting on June 8. Channeling Barbara Walters, Deanna Rossi and Ellie Platt moderated a “getting to know you” session with interviews and guessing “who did this?”
 
Interviewed were Dionne Dowdy, Suzanne Fleming, and Shannon Tirone, answering questions such as their favorite foods and restaurants, why they joined Rotary, and what their jobs are like.
 
Audience members got involved too. Everyone was asked to write down a little known fact about themselves on an index card. The cards were then turned in to Deanna and Ellie, who selected a few to read. 
 
Can you guess which Rotarian:
Backpacked across Europe for 5 months?
Was in a bank robbery and was able to identify the robber, who was arrested and jailed?
Knows sign language?
Has been married 56 years?
 
Rotarians who guessed correctly received a goodie bag courtesy of Deanna Rossi and Waterstone Mortgage. 

6650 District Conference 
 

TODAY is the FINAL DAY to register for the District 6650 conference!
 
Saturday, June 25, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
at Walsh University Barrette conference center
 
$50 per person
 
To see all details go to:
 
www.eventbrite.com
 
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Rotary 6650 District Conference 2022

You can pay by credit card
You must designate club name during the registration process
 

Houston


Josh, Samantha, Scott and Sharon all attended the four general sessions at the Rotary International convention, hearing from RI President Shekar Mehta and RI Incoming President Jennifer Jones, among others. 
 
Some highlights from the conference:
 
Josh, Samantha, Scott, and Sharon attended the President’s Recognition and President-Elect’s Recognition lunches. Both Shekar and Jennifer spoke at them. 
 
Lots of focus on the current theme, Serve to Change Lives, and how Rotarians around the globe have been focusing projects on serving to change lives. 
 
They got a look into the incoming theme, Imagine Rotary, and how we can imagine the lives we can change and connections we can make through Rotary. Diversity, equity and inclusion within our clubs will be a big focus to push up our theme and make Rotary more welcoming.
 
We must also keep and retain our increase in membership worldwide from the last year.  
 
Ukraine was a major focus as well and programs focused on how the $50M + raised so far is going to help Ukrainians and Rotary clubs in Ukraine help their country. This was all towards the RI Foundation Disaster Relief Fund. 
 
 

Operation Pollination

Setting the Record Straight

We have more than a few educational hurdles to jump when it comes to encouraging support for pollinators as part of a mainstream mindset. The thought of thriving bee populations in our backyards is often where attentions stray. Bees, after all , can sting. Saying we must save bees because they pollinate a third of our crops is true, but it is only part of our motivation. As prolific pollinators, they are essential to life as we know and love it on planet Earth. So, let’s set the record straight.

1.    Male bees have no stingers. Female bees will sting but only in self-defense of in defense of their hive. Out of 4,000 species of native bees only bumblebees (46 species) have hives - though they are tiny compared to honey bee hives. The other species are solitary and therefore do not have a home space to aggressively defend. 

2.    While foraging at flowers bees are not aggressive at all. They are focused only on gathering as much pollen and nectar as possible. This was demonstrated to us last year when we toured Bob Coggeshall’s gardens on Old Furnace Road. We can walk content among flowering plants crawling with bees. They may fly off, but they are passive and will not sting.

3.    The most common misconception about the cause of painful bee stings is often a case of mistaken identity – yellowjackets instead of bees. Yellowjacket are NOT bees. They are NOT pollinators! They ARE predatory wasps/hornets. The one thing they have in common with honeybees is that they are social and do construct large hives usually in the ground or in trees – which they defend aggressively! Bald-faced hornets (white and black instead of yellow and black) are included here. Unlike honeybees, each individual yellowjacket or hornet can sting repeatedly.
 
 
The endangered Rusty Patch Bumble Bee

Take away: Yellowjackets are not a protected species – just saying. The solitary bees that we need to share our yards and parks with are harmless.

Footnote: Beekeepers tend to the domesticated European honey bee brought to North America with the early colonists because they could be managed and deployed as needed. They are “generalists” pollinators – good at pollinating a wide variety of crops.
 

THIS WEEK IN ROTARY HISTORY

June 18, 1997: Youngstown Rotarian and Past President Jerry Haber was elected District 6650 Governor.
 
CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION
 
 
Birthdays:
  • Stephen DiPaolo - June 19
 
Save the Date:  
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Join RCY at Beers, Cheers, & Gears 
Join us at the following locations and enjoy great fellowship while sipping on your favorite beverage:
 
  • June 29, Foundation Lounge in downtown Youngstown
  • July 21, Penguin City Beer
  • August 18, Mahoning Valley Scrappers at Eastwood Field
  • More details with be forthcoming.
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ATTENTION: Members must respond by 5 THIS AFTERNOON to attend the club's annual President's Party.  We will be honoring outgoing president Josh Prest on Thursday, June 23 at 6 p.m. at the Tyler Mahoning Valley History Center. 

For those new to our club, the annual president's party is the highlight of our annual Rotary social events.  All members pre-pay $35 in our dues toward your ticket to the party and your reservation is an additional $25 when you register.  Guests will be $65 this year.

We hope all Rotarians will make an effort to attend to celebrate our club's accomplishments as we "Serve to Change Lives" this Rotary year under President Josh's leadership.

ALL RESERVATIONS MUST BE PAID IN FULL AND RECEIVED BY JUNE 13, 2022 AT 5PM.  THERE WILL BE ABSOLUTELY NO EXCEPTIONS TO THIS DEADLINE DUE TO CATERING DEADLINES DUE TO SUPPLY CHAIN DELAYS.  PLEASE GET YOUR RESERVATION IN EARLY.

Invitations will be sent to your address on record or you may register online using the link:

To register or modify your registration, please click on this link: Register/Modify Registration

THANK YOU. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT THE PARTY!

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