Kay Lavelle from the Mahoning County Sheriff's Department spoke to Rotary today about the Senior Citizens's Unit. The Unit was established in 2007 to help provide assistance to seniors and their families with a variety of services .
Short-timer, President Brian opened the meeting and called on Gary Reel to lead us in prayer, followed by Pledge of Allegiance, God Bless America.
Visitors were Scholarship recipients from our Interact club: April Krempasky, Devlin Geroski and Eric Crawford. Devlin's mother, Shelli Trasp was also on hand to see her son receive the scholarship. Also present, Kay Lavelle from Mahoning County Senior Services Unit.
SONGLEADER: Hillary displayed her talents as music Director for the day and led us in a "very good" rendition of "America".
Gary told his "10 times joke" which was 10 times better than most of the jokes he tells.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
* Reverse Raffle is set for Mar.5, 2011
* June 17 - Bike Night- The focus will be on the bike night more so than the Car Cruise on June 20 as the club felt we were taking away from the Quaker Steak fundraiser.Remember, all proceeds go to Polio Plus
* Presidents Party will be June 26 at Manor Restaurant at 6:00 PM. Signup sheetbeing passed around.
* Relay for Life had great attendance. Over 200 dinners were served and everyonehad a great time!! A total of $93,000 was raised during the Relay with more to come in.
* Susan Leetch, our incoming President's first meeting will be July 12 and a team of12 Russian doctors will be coming in that we have a part in sponsoring.
* Special Olympics needs our help at their Track Meet on Saturday, June 19. Please report at 9 A.M. at Austintown Fitch Track.
* July 4th Parade. All Rotarians are asked to wear their blue shirts. If you need onecheck with Brian. They have them in stock.
GARY REEL presented our Interact Students with the William Courtney Memorial Scholarship. All three were present to receive the awards. Eric Crawford plans to attend OSU and as an Interact Club member helped collect 1800 items for the food drive. April Krempasky will be studying the field of Event and Hospitality Management and hopes someday to work at Disney World. Devlin Geroski will go to Hiram and wants to be a writer. He had a great time in Interact.
INDUCTION OF NEW MEMBER: Chuck Baker inducted Heather Posey from Huntington Bank, sponsored by our newest member, Cecilia Ragozzino also from Huntington. Heather lives in Austintown with her daughter Taylor, 8-1/2. She has been with Huntington for 4 years and manages the Work Program for the Mahoning Valley Region supporting 57 offices in that region. She will be married in January to Stephen. She is a volunteer for Habitat for Humanity, United Way, Junior Achievement and was on the committee for the Relay for Life in Warren. WELCOME TO THE CLUB HEATHER!!!
FELLOWSHIP: Deanna did the honors and fined all at the "Man Table" except Dr. Mike. He got the exemption by wearing a nice, PINK shirt!!! Also fined: anyone not helping with the Survivor Dinner.
RAFFLE: Ram (who left early) won the little raffle and Bruce Laraway in his absence did the honor of pulling the QUEEN!!!! Congratulations Ram winner of $300 + or -). Bring in a new deck Ram!!!
PROGRAM: Deanna introduced Kay Lavelle from the Mahoning County Sheriff's Office, Senior Citizen's Unit. Established in 2007, the purpose was to improve services and to reduce victimization of Mahoning County's Senior population which is now at approximately 54,000 individuals.The Senior Services Unit works with seniors and their families to help find the appropriate assistance or intervention and also provides a wide range of specialized training on aging issues for public safety officers who may work with the elderly. The unit conducts assessments of seniors who have been victimized or are vulnerable to future victimization and refers them to the numerous services available throughout the community. This referral system has been successful in preventing future abuse, neglect or exploitation of the elderly. The response team is available 24 hours a day to provide assistance in incidents involving the elderly. Their number is 330-480-5078.
TOBY closed the meeting with a quote by Benjamin Franklin: "When the people find they can vote themselves money; that will herald the end of the republic."
Visitors were Scholarship recipients from our Interact club: April Krempasky, Devlin Geroski and Eric Crawford. Devlin's mother, Shelli Trasp was also on hand to see her son receive the scholarship. Also present, Kay Lavelle from Mahoning County Senior Services Unit.
SONGLEADER: Hillary displayed her talents as music Director for the day and led us in a "very good" rendition of "America".
Gary told his "10 times joke" which was 10 times better than most of the jokes he tells.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
* Reverse Raffle is set for Mar.5, 2011
* June 17 - Bike Night- The focus will be on the bike night more so than the Car Cruise on June 20 as the club felt we were taking away from the Quaker Steak fundraiser.Remember, all proceeds go to Polio Plus
* Presidents Party will be June 26 at Manor Restaurant at 6:00 PM. Signup sheetbeing passed around.
* Relay for Life had great attendance. Over 200 dinners were served and everyonehad a great time!! A total of $93,000 was raised during the Relay with more to come in.
* Susan Leetch, our incoming President's first meeting will be July 12 and a team of12 Russian doctors will be coming in that we have a part in sponsoring.
* Special Olympics needs our help at their Track Meet on Saturday, June 19. Please report at 9 A.M. at Austintown Fitch Track.
* July 4th Parade. All Rotarians are asked to wear their blue shirts. If you need onecheck with Brian. They have them in stock.
GARY REEL presented our Interact Students with the William Courtney Memorial Scholarship. All three were present to receive the awards. Eric Crawford plans to attend OSU and as an Interact Club member helped collect 1800 items for the food drive. April Krempasky will be studying the field of Event and Hospitality Management and hopes someday to work at Disney World. Devlin Geroski will go to Hiram and wants to be a writer. He had a great time in Interact.
INDUCTION OF NEW MEMBER: Chuck Baker inducted Heather Posey from Huntington Bank, sponsored by our newest member, Cecilia Ragozzino also from Huntington. Heather lives in Austintown with her daughter Taylor, 8-1/2. She has been with Huntington for 4 years and manages the Work Program for the Mahoning Valley Region supporting 57 offices in that region. She will be married in January to Stephen. She is a volunteer for Habitat for Humanity, United Way, Junior Achievement and was on the committee for the Relay for Life in Warren. WELCOME TO THE CLUB HEATHER!!!
FELLOWSHIP: Deanna did the honors and fined all at the "Man Table" except Dr. Mike. He got the exemption by wearing a nice, PINK shirt!!! Also fined: anyone not helping with the Survivor Dinner.
RAFFLE: Ram (who left early) won the little raffle and Bruce Laraway in his absence did the honor of pulling the QUEEN!!!! Congratulations Ram winner of $300 + or -). Bring in a new deck Ram!!!
PROGRAM: Deanna introduced Kay Lavelle from the Mahoning County Sheriff's Office, Senior Citizen's Unit. Established in 2007, the purpose was to improve services and to reduce victimization of Mahoning County's Senior population which is now at approximately 54,000 individuals.The Senior Services Unit works with seniors and their families to help find the appropriate assistance or intervention and also provides a wide range of specialized training on aging issues for public safety officers who may work with the elderly. The unit conducts assessments of seniors who have been victimized or are vulnerable to future victimization and refers them to the numerous services available throughout the community. This referral system has been successful in preventing future abuse, neglect or exploitation of the elderly. The response team is available 24 hours a day to provide assistance in incidents involving the elderly. Their number is 330-480-5078.
TOBY closed the meeting with a quote by Benjamin Franklin: "When the people find they can vote themselves money; that will herald the end of the republic."