Fall is here!  It is hard to believe that I am already writing my 3rd newsletter!  School has started and the leaves are starting to change in the Akron area. Regardless of the time of year, you can always count on lots of activity in the club!  Our centennial slogan is honoring the past and driving the future and we have certainly done that with our membership over the last few weeks.  To honor our past we celebrated John Daly with 48 years of perfect attendance and Harry Stewart with 50 years of perfect attendance.  We continue to drive the future through our growing membership!  Please join me in welcoming our newest members: Dr. Robert McGregor (Akron Childrens Hospital), Jan Ryan (American Greetings), Tom House, Kaley Foster (Certified Payroll Services), John Margida (Margida & Associates), Brian Kosarko (Focused Technologies),Mella Castner (Rotary Camp for Children with Special Needs).  But wait…..Theres more!  We have another substantial group of new members who will be inducted over the next few weeks to join them!  It is a very exciting time to be a part of our club!  With the influx of new members our committee has been busy creating an orientation program and we held our first one at camp on September 16th.  Thank you to the committee for their hard work on putting that together!  Speaking of camp, we are having our annual camp cookout on October 2nd at the camp at 6 pm.  I hope that everyone can come out and celebrate another great year of camp!
 
We have had several great speakers from the Ronald McDonald House, South Street Ministries, as well as a great Skype call with our exchange student that spent the year in France Sydney!  Service is also alive and well!  A group of volunteers led by Sarah Buccigross spent time volunteering at the Akron-Canton Regional Food Bank for Operation Orange!  In addition to that Sarah assisted our club in securing a matching district grant to purchase $2000 in equipment for the food bank!  Thanks to our membership for their continued support in making a difference in Akron on a daily basis!   You continue to inspire me to be a better person!
 
Yours in Service,
 
Shon
 
 
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