This month Rotary International has asked us to focus on our youth service programs like Rotaract, Interact, RYLA, Youth Exchange.Learn more here and explore this topic with us at our meeting Wednesday at noon at MVR
Last week's meeting: Remember the first trip you ever made to Washington, DC? Was it in elementary to middle school? Did you come back feeling inspired? Well, Chris Stanley, a history teacher at Martin Luther King Elementary School, certainly was. Today, civic engagement and public service are important to him. The Columbus area transplant believes one way to spark that same interest in young people is exposure to the workings of government. His passion for this has led him to start Classroom 2 Capitol, a non-profit organization to fund educational trips to Washington, D.C. for students in underserved communities.
During the 2019-20 school year, Stanley helped organize a D.C. trip for local middle schoolers, but the COVID-19 pandemic canceled it. Now his goal is a spring 2022 D.C. trip for students which students and their families won’t be burdened by the cost. To cover two busloads of students and chaperones, lodging, meals, events, and incidentals, it will cost about $50,000. Rotarian and YCSD CEO Justin Jennings has secured $22,500 of that funding. Learn more about these efforts here
Mr. Hemming has been at C-SPAN for over 22 years and is currently a member of its community relations team. He represents C-SPAN to a wide variety of communities all over the country, sharing how C-SPAN’s resources and content can be a valuable way to follow what is going on in Washington. He loves his job because of the important mission of the network and the dedicated colleagues he works with every day.
If you are not a golfer or golf enthusiast we will need volunteers! If you are unable to attend, but would like to sponsor a prize or hole please contact President Samantha at @ssturner08@yahoo.com
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Planting Day 2021
Youngstown Rotary Club Historic Marker bed
East Federal Street, Downtown Youngstown
Saturday, June 5, 2021 9 AM
The Real STEMulus
Youngstown CityScape 24th annual urban beautification day will once again hit the greater downtown area. Projects will include removing debris, trimming, planting flowers and shrubs, and mulching planted areas. Volunteers will report directly to pre-assigned sites rather than gathering for breakfast downtown. Plants and materials will be on-site, with master gardeners ready to help direct work. Please sign up HERE and specify your t-shirt size.
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3rd Annual Groundhog Craft Beerfest
Stambaugh Auditorium Parking Lot
July 10, 2021 5 -9 PM
Support Your Beerfest
Now is the time to participate in the 3rd Annual Groundhog Craft Beerfest! We have done amazing work getting this annual tradition going but it takes EVERYONE to make it happen.
Recruit a Sponsor: It's fun to drink great local beer, but the goal of Beerfest is to raise funds to support Rotary community action, like gifts to the United Way, YWCA, and the fight against Polio. You can help by finding individuals or businesses in our community willing to $250, $500, or more to support great work and great beer. Everything you need to know about the Beerfest and sponsorship is available on the 3rd Annual Craft Beerfest Page.
Spread the News: Now is the time to help us get the word out so we can get the event on people's ever-more-busy calendars and SELL TICKETS! You can do this by making use of our Facebook and Instagram pages as follows: LIKE the event; INVITE your friends and SHARE the event and any posts you see about it on your own pages. Together we can make this the best event yet!
#drinkforcharity
A Peek at our History
By: Dr. Barbara Brothers
Our Rotary Club recently were the lucky recipients of a collection of our own history Linda Ramsdell, granddaughter of Past President Robert W. Ramsdell (1943-44), donated her grandfather’s scrapbook. This vintage piece has numerous articles from The Youngstown Vindicator on our Club's activities during that period until Ramsdell was promoted and moved out of the area at the end of 1945.
Frequent mention is made of the Crippled Children’s Home-- our signature project that went on to become Easter Seals -- Articles mention items needed there, and there are photos of the Annual Christmas Party we hosted for the children. We met at the Hotel Pick Ohio and at Tippecanoe Country Club during those years, so it is only natural that we are frequently mentioned in the renowned Esther Hamilton’s column, as well. The scrapbook will soon be passed on to the Mahoning Valley Historical Society for safekeeping.
THIS WEEK IN ROTARY HISTORY
June 1,1925: Ninety-nine members of the Rotary Club of Youngstown had a 100 percent attendance during the past month.
CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION
Anniversaries:
John Slanina, 11 years
Dave Stillwagon, 7 years
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Things You can Do
Want to help?
Here's a few in a continuing series of steps you can take to make difference for our environment.
1) Register your home or community garden with Bee Friendly Farming Garden to showcase your commitment to pollinator health!
2) Reach out to others and inform and inspire them to take action too! Utilize all the materials available at our website to help you tell the story of pollinators.
It takes ALL of us to make the difference we need to make!
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Registration is OPEN for the District Conferencetaking place June 26, 2021, at the Holiday Inn South in Youngstown, Ohio from 10:30 A.M. until 4:00 P.M. The cost is $60 a person. This is our time to reconnect, become inspired for the coming year, and have fun! Join us! Click HERE to register
LOCAL ROTARY FOUNDATION GRANTS:
The 2021-22Grant Application Period has opened. This current year, 30 Rotary Clubs in our District shared $ 51,750.00 to provide funds for their communities.
Available funds are based on donations to Rotary Share three years ago and are split between the World Fund and our District providing Global and Local Grants.
This year's convention has gone virtual! It will take place June 12-16. Learn more about it HERE And it is not too soon to plan ahead...a US-based event could be a great time for us to travel, serve and learn together.
Rotary International
Convention 2022
Houston, Texas
June 4-8
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RI Focus on Youth: Interact & Rotaract
Rotary International has created a way for us to support our community's youth and, in fact, nuture future Rotarians, through two programs: Interact & Rotaract.
INTERACT: Created for young leaders ages 12 to 18, this group's name stands for "INTERnational ACTion." The goal is for young people to spread fellowship and international understanding through a wide array of service activities. Club membership varies greatly. They can draw from the student body of a single school or from two or more schools in the same community. As one of RI's fastest-growing programs, Interact has more than 14,911 clubs in 145 countries with more than 342,953 young people are involved.
Rotaract: Created for 18 to 30 year olds and targeted locally to YSU students, this branch of Rotary has a strong social aspect. Many clubs create awareness or fundraise through social opportunities such as trivia night, walk-a-thons, happy hour, and different fun events. Meetings are regularly held at a convenient and casual place, making for a great environment to meet like minded people. Rotaract provides unique opportunities that assist its members in becoming the business and professional leaders of tomorrow. Worldwide more than 210,000 individuals are in 9,100 clubs covering 170 countries.
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
Local clubs like ours serve as sponsors to provide support and guidance. Our clubs at Ursuline, Mooney, Youngstown Christian and Chaney all need help coming back from the pandemic year of no programming. At the minimum, these youth clubs are asked to complete at least two community service projects. If you are interested in getting involved, reach out to incoming president Josh and let him know!
Tell us about yourself!
Reporter Deb Flora has run out of profiles to run! If you've not participated yet in our Member Profile interview, please jump in now. HEREis a link to the questionnaire, Please take a few moments to share a story or two and some photos to help all of us get to know each other better!
