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Rotary Club of Wooster, Ohio

District 6650




Next Program

May 21 05:00PM
Evening on the Patio (NO NOON Meeting)
Wooster Country Club




Wooster/Smithville Area Parade of Flags

FLAG SUBSCRIPTIONS make great gifts for the hard to buy for…
call 264-6535 for more details.
Gift certificates provided.

Help create a community of red, white and blue! Join others on your street to honor our country with a parade of flags in all our neighborhoods..

The Wooster Rotary Club, assisted by local youth groups, will place a 3’x 5’ flag in your front yard for 5 holidays per year, and pick it up again after the holiday. A plastic pipe will be buried in your front lawn permanently, flush with the ground, to hold the flagstaff. A cap will cover the pipe when not in use. The City of Wooster has approved the flag to be placed on “tree lawns” where available. The flag and staff will remain the property of the Wooster Rotary Club.

All profits will support community, national, and international Rotary projects and the local youth groups will receive $1.50 per flag or $7.50 per year from each $30.00 fee. For $30.00 per calendar year, (not pro-rated by holiday) Rotary will provide and install the pipe and cap, provide the flag, store it properly when not in use, and deliver and pick up the flag for the following holidays:

  • Memorial Day
  • Flag Day (June 14)
  • Independence day (July 4)
  • Patriots Day (September 11)
  • Veteran's Day (November 11)
Flag subscriptions make great gifts for all occasions!

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Outbound GSE Team in Japan

Following upon the visit to Ohio of the Rotary International Group Study Exchange (GSE) Team from District 2630 in central Japan March 24-April 24, the GSE Team from D 6650 left for Japan May 6. They arrived safely and are pictured below with the Mayor of Gifu City and some local Rotarians and 3 members of the recently returned Japanese Team. 
They will spend one month in Gifu and Mie Prefectures observing Japanese methods of elderly care. This will include days spent in nursing homes, rehab facilities, adult day care centers, hospitals for the disabled, and dementia care units. 


The five women from left to right with the name of the sponsoring Rotary club in parentheses are: Michele Stinchcomb (Minerva), Cydney Bare (Wooster), Team Leader Corita Childs (a member of Canton Rotary), Christi Kugler (Salem), and Sarah Smiley (Salem). They will return to Ohio on June 3.

38th ANNUAL WOOSTER ROTARY
ANTIQUE AND COLLECTIBLE AUCTION
Friday, April 5 and Saturday, April 6, 2013

The Rotary Club of Wooster completed its 37th Annual Gallery Antiques and Collectibles Auction on Friday, April 6 and Saturday, April 7, 2012 and it was a great success. With more than 2,400 lots in 18 different categories, the auction attracted almost 700 registered bidders to the Wooster High School for the weekend activities. Sales took place over 50 hours of selling at five different venues. Total sales exceeded $186,000 and the preliminary results indicate that this was the most successful auction since 2005.

The 2012 auction featured large selections of oriental carpets and rugs, antique furnishings, presidential memorabilia, Native American artifacts and rare coins. One area was set aside for the large number of collectible dolls and another for a beautiful collection of Depression Glass. 
 
Among the featured items were a complete set of Wooster’s own Coxon Beleek China, the Sleigh used by Freedlander’s Department Store in their Christmas displays, a 1976 MGB convertible and a baseball autographed by Joe DiMaggio. The MGB was the single highest auction bid at $5,200.00. Other high bid items include a 1978 Mercedes Benz 260SC, an antique Edison Victrola and a Tintype Photo of “Buffalo Bill” Cody.

The auction is the main fund raiser for the club and enlists the participation of virtually all of the 200+ members to make it successful each year. The event really begins several days earlier as consignments are checked in and positioned by Rotarians at the various venues at the high school.

In the thirty-seven years of the auction, the Rotary Club of Wooster has raised more than $1.35 million that has been used for college scholarships for high school seniors, projects for enhancing literacy in the community, hosting and funding student exchange programs and a host of other programs that support the local community and the goals of Rotary International world-wide. 


Take a look at 2012's offerings - there are currently over 1000 photos of auction items on-line. 

The 2012 Price List is available now.


For additional information call: Dave Gallapoo 330-345-6240; Mike Warden 330-264-9350; Hugh Hothem 330-264-3854; or Chuck Dougherty 330-264-1420.

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Wooster Rotary Honors Member Service

The Wooster Rotary Club started a new tradition.  At the Monday, January 30th meeting 137 members were honored for over 2700 years of service.

Pins were presented to members who had reached the milestones of 5, 10, 20, 30, and 40 years or more of service.  Each year going forward members will be recognized who reach a specific anniversary year so some members who have 9, 19, 29, and 39 years of service this year will be recognized again next year for reaching another membership milestone.

The distribution of pins was: 30 5-year, 31 10-year, 38 20-year, 21 30-year, and 17 40-year. 

In addition there was one honorary and one current member who have over 50 years of service and one honorary and one current member who have over 60 years of service and their names will be displayed on a plaque in the meeting room.
This long term commitment to Wooster Rotary is a tribute to members who clearly demonstrate Object One of Rotary “development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service.”



The 2011 Al Van Wie Basketball Tournament and Clinic Activities
November 13 & 18, 2011

Youth Basketball Skills Clinic:  Sunday, November 13, 2011; College of Wooster Timken Gym, 2-4 pm, All girls and boys grades 3-6 and youth coaches invited to attend. Admission- food donation or $2 for People to People

School Food Drive/collection- week of November 7 at all local schools with Rotary volunteers collecting donations and delivering to People to People.

Tournament Games-  Saturday, November 18. 

6:00 pm  Ohio Wesleyan University vs Defiance
8:00 pm  Anderson vs College of Wooster

Summary of Last Year's Activities:
Wooster Rotary sponsors and coordinates a basketball fundamental skills clinic for all boys and girls grade 3-6 and all youth coaches. The event was held at the C.O.W. Timken Gym on Sunday November 14, 2010 from 2:00-4:00 pm. College of Wooster Scots players and coaches worked with youth to practice and improve their basketball skills. Rotary also distributed door prizes including College of Wooster T-shirts, basketballs, and season tickets. Head coach, Steve Moore, conducted the coaching seminar. Admission to these events was $2 cash or a canned/box food donation for People to People. 135 youth and 23 coaches attended donating 320 food items and $114.

Prior to the tournament, Rotary volunteers went to area schools to collect food donations. Rotary encouraged the schools to participate in the food donation campaign by establishing contests and incentives for the schools collecting/donating the most food items.

The School Food Drive was a tremendous success again in 2010 with 19568 food items collected. The top schools recognized at the tournament game this year were Franklin Elementary and Shreve Elementary. These two top schools will receive a free skating party compliments of Acres of Fun, an ice cream party hosted by our Rotary committee members, and Fighting Scot basketballs for recess.

This year, Buehlers also participated with collection centers and added 2205 food items to the total

Total food and cash donation from Rotary to People to People from the Al van Wie Classic events for 2010:   23011 food items and $7761. People to People Executive Director, Lydia Stahl thanked the club at the December 13 meeting stating that the donations made should cover community needs through he Holiday season and into march of 2011.
Joint Service Project Update

On October 3, 2011, Wooster Mayor Bob Breneman announced the winning project for the 2011 Joint Club Project at a gathering of more than 200 at The Shisler Center. This year’s winner is the Secrest Arboretum & Gardens.

Additional information is available on our Projects Web Page


Ohio Rotary License Plates

www.ohrotaryplates.org
Introducing Mora Zabala -2011/12 Rotary Youth Exchange Student 

Mora Zabala of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sponsor District 4920
Interests include Music, Piano, Swimming, & Volleyball
President of her Interact Chapter
Introducing Coni Alvarez Derby - 2011/12 Rotary Youth Exchange Student

Coni Alvarez Derby of Valparaiso, Chile
Sponsor District 4320
Interests include Sports, especially Volleyball
Rotary International Foundation Campaign 2012
“Account for Everyone”

This is Wooster Rotary’s effort to raise funds for Rotary International’s final push to eradicate polio from the World.  2012 is the year that this 20 year project is nearing its ultimate goal.  $200,000,000 needs to be raised to earn matching grants of $355,000,000…….lots of zeroes.

Wooster goals:

  1. Help Rotary account for every child yet to be inoculated
  2. Get a personal contribution from every member of the Club…100% participation
  3. Open a new account for every Wooster Rotarian who has yet to contribute to the International Foundation.
  4. Double the number of Wooster Rotarians who have committed to the “Every Rotarian/Every Year” campaign.

Matching dollars:
  1. Any first time contributor will receive matching dollars to double their account value with a pledge of $100 or more
  2. Any Wooster Rotarian who wishes to complete their Paul Harris goal of $1,000 will receive matching dollars equal to their pledge.  

Let’s continue to lead the district in RI giving.    Let’s be a part of pushing Polio Plus over the tip.  Let’s achieve “Every Wooster Rotarian/This Year!”

Download your 2012 "Account for Everyone" pledge card.

Wooster Arts Jazz Fest 2011
Date: Saturday September 17
11:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.
Historic Downtown Wooster

In its eighth year, this daylong festival features fine art and craft, jazz, quality food, a traditional New Orleans-style parade, and free children’s arts activities. The purpose of this festival is to celebrate and support arts and education in our community, and to promote economic development in downtown Wooster.

Presented through a partnership between Main Street Wooster Foundation, Inc., the Rotary Club of Wooster, and the Wooster City Schools, the Wooster Arts Jazz Fest is organized by volunteers and funded through donations.

The 2011 Wooster Arts Jazz Fest will be the fifth year the Wooster Rotary Club is a partner in the event. Rotary has representation on the committee organizing the event and will be providing volunteers to help make the event a success.

More information about the WAJF 2011 can be found at: www.woosterartsjazzfest.org

Wooster Rotary Dictionary Project

Each year since 2005, Wooster Rotary has presented a student dictionary to every third grader in the Wooster School System. Our goal is to empower the students with words, to help them better understand the English language and to encourage them to read. The club included a sticker with the Rotary Four-Way test on the inside cover of each volume.

The dictionaries are well received and we hope that the students will use them to their advantage throughout their elementary years.