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Our Mission:
An inclusive, action oriented service organization, Akron Rotary improves our community
and the world while having fun and building friendships.
 
Our Vision:
Together, we aspire to make a lasting, positive impact in the lives of those
in our Akron community and beyond.
 

We meet each Tuesday at NOON

Location:
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526 S. Main St., Akron, OH 44311
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Tuesday, April 12, 2022 Speaker

Renato "Ren" Camacho
President & Chief Executive Officer

 
Renato “Ren” Camacho is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Akron-Canton Airport following a unanimous appointment by the Airport Authority’s Board of Trustees in 2018.
 
Ren’s core responsibilities include leading a 50 member team of airport employees, strategic planning for the future of the airport, and directing all capital improvement programs.
Specifically, Ren ensures the airport is a vital, economic engine that increases economic activity and pride to Northeast Ohio.
 
Ren has over 28 years of professional experience in the aviation and transportation engineering sectors, specializing in program management and customer service. He has implemented over $350M of federally- and locally-funded projects for initiatives including: runway safety area improvements, master plans, lease negotiations with airlines, new business development initiatives, and major airport infrastructure projects.
 
Most recently, Ren served as Chief of Planning and Engineering with the City of Cleveland’s Department of Port Control which oversees Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, Burke Lakefront Airport, and the Lakefront Harbors. Prior to his Cleveland tenure, Ren spent 14 years with the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, working in various capacities to complete major capital infrastructure projects including: World Trade Center site, George Washington Bridge, NY metro airports, Port Authority Bus Terminal, and Holland/Lincoln Tunnels.
 
Throughout his career, Ren has strived to identify the operational and business aspects of long-range infrastructure, facility planning, and development initiatives. He possesses a sound knowledge of FAA requirements including CFR Part 139 certification, airport security plans, airport planning, noise compatibility, lease agreements and grant assurances.
 
Ren received his Masters Degree in Transportation Planning & Engineering from Polytechnic Institute of New York University and Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He serves on the Akron Summit Convention & Visitors Bureau Board of Directors, American Heart Association Stark County Executive Leadership Team, Aultman Health Foundation Board of Directors, Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, Greater Akron Chamber Board of Directors, Lake Township Board of Directors, Stark Economic Development Board of Directors, and Visit Canton Board of Directors.
 
Ren has also received the designation of Accredited Airport Executive from the American Association of Airport Executives. He is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Ohio and Professional Traffic Operations Engineer, plus has received numerous awards for his work in the civil engineering and transportation sectors.
 
We are looking forward you joining us . . .so please be sure to RSVP with Steve Buie!
 
 
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Club News

Our Club has a very busy April ahead

 
We have a lot going on this month as a club and I wanted to bring everyone up to date so you can plan accordingly for when and where you might want to serve.
 
As a friendly reminder, please make note of everything that is being shared here or you might miss something you really want to participate in.
 
► Tuesday April 12-14 is Be the Match / Zips Zap Cancer Bone Marrow Registry drive   
 
► Tuesday April 12:  Be the Match at the Polsky Building 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Click here to volunteer for one hour shifts to help 
 
► Tuesday April 12: Regular Club Meeting at Bounce Innovation Hub 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. with hybrid option.
 
► Wednesday April 13:  Be the Match at the JAR; James A Rhodes arena University of Akron 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.  Click here to volunteer for one hour shifts to help 
 
► Thursday April 14: Be the Match at Akron University Student Union near the Piano Lounge 10:00 a.m. -3:00 p.m. Click here to volunteer for one hour shifts to help 
 
► Tuesday April 19: NO WEEKLY MEETING AT BOUNCE INNOVATION HUB.
 ------ Meeting moved to Noon on Friday April 22 at our District 6630 Conference of Clubs Luncheon, Sheraton Suites, Cuyahoga Falls. A reservation is needed for Friday
 
► Wednesday April 20: Akron Rotary Camp is hosting families from I Promise School, the Village, for dinner. We are adequately staffed for the evening
 
► Friday April 22: Rotary District 6630 Conference of Clubs begins at 9:30am.  The Luncheon is at Noon with Leadership Assembly Breakouts in the afternoon followed by a dinner - Registration is required for the luncheon and dinner meals - click here   
 
► Saturday April 23: Rotary District 6630 Conference of Clubs and Leadership Assembly continues at Sheraton Suites in Cuyahoga Falls from 8:00- 4:00 p.m. Registration is required - click here
 
 
► Monday April 25: at 5:30 p.m. Celebration of Youth Rotary Scholarship Dinner at University of Akron’s College of Business 295 S. Broadway Street. Reservations are required - click here.
 
So, there you have it. We have an exceptionally busy month with several wonderful opportunities to serve our community.
 
Stay well and be healthy!
 
In service together,

Steve

2021-2022 Rotary Club of Akron President
Cell: 330-701-2970
Email: sbuie@learningrx.net

LearningRx Akron-Bath
150 Springside Drive
Akron, Ohio 44313

Celebration of Youth: 2022 Rotary Scholarship Dinner April 25th - RSVP NOW!!

 

The Rotary Scholarship Committee invites fellow Rotarians to our first Celebration of Youth Scholarship Dinner on Monday, April 25, 2022, at 5:30 p.m. at the University of Akron’s College of Business at 295 S. Broadway Street.
 
Pre-registration is required.  There will be no registration on the evening of the event. 
 
Deadline for registering is Sunday, April 17th.
 
You asked and we listened. . . 
 
Please take a moment to register and join us to show your support for these future leaders.  Our committee worked diligently to select these students and now we need to help celebrate with them!
 
Fifteen Akron Public School Seniors will each be the recipient of a $1,000 scholarship from the Akron Rotary Foundation.  
 
This year, APS had 56 students apply for the scholarships.  After reducing that number, fellow Rotarians interviewed the remaining 40 students to select the 15 recipients.
 
We look forward to seeing many of you at this dinner and hear about the accomplishments of these amazing students.
 
Pre-registration is required.  There will be no registration on the evening of the event. 
 
Deadline for registering is Sunday, April 17th.
 
For questions, please email me at tdalton1226@gmail.com
 
Yours in Rotary Service
 
Terry Dalton
Club Secretary and Scholarship Chair
 
 
Celebration of Youth Scholarship Dinner
DATE: Monday, April 25, 2022
TIME:  5:30 PM
LOCATION:  University of Akron College of Business, 295 S. Broadway, Akron, OH
Zips Zap Cancer Event: Help Us Fight Blood Cancer -- PLEASE VOLUNTEER!!  
Zips Zap Cancer Event at University of Akron this month aims to expand diversity within the national bone marrow donor registry.
 
The days/times are April 12th, 13th and 14th from 10:00am - 3:00pm (1 Hour Shift Intervals, With No Max)

There will also be a training session on April 11th at 7:00pm in the Polsky Building downtown for ALL VOLUNTEERS working at this event.

Doug Hausknecht will provide parking instructions prior to each day.

CLICK HERE TO VOLUNTEER

Volunteers will have the option to work at a table and help people sign-up for the Be The Match registry or walk the campus to promote the event or help funnel people to the tables.

You can pick which position and what time for each day you wish to help out.

The goal is to get 600 people registered over the 3 day period.

Thank you to The Beacon Journal for this wonderful article - click the link below!
 

District Conference Registration is Open

As a reminder, our regular weekly meeting for Tuesday April 19 will NOT be held.   
 
In lieu of this meeting, we ask that you sign up to attend the District Conference luncheon on Friday, April 22 at Noon at Sheraton Suites Akron/Cuyahoga Falls
 
LAST DATE TO REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE IS APRIL 15TH!
 
Check out the District Leadership Assembly (DLA) sessions that have been added. 
 
 
Every Rotarian is welcome and encouraged to attend any of the sessions and dinners that are being hosted. Stay over and enjoy the hospitality suites at the end of each evening too! 
 
Note: Hotel reservations must be booked by April 8th to receive $139 room rate (extended until April 8th).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
                      

District Interact Service Project for Ronald McDonald House

Hello everyone!
 
I recently sent an email with information about the District 6630 Interact project to support the Ronald McDonald House. Since then the link to the Amazon Wishlist for RMH has changed.  Please see below for the updated links to help support RMH. Note that there are now two separate links for each branch of RMH in Northeast Ohio, and you can choose which location you would like to support. 
 
Link to send items from their wishlist directly to the CLEVELAND Ronald McDonald House: Cleveland RMH Amazon Wishlist
 
Link to send items from their wishlist directly to the AKRON Ronald McDonald House: Akron RMH Amazon Wishlist
 
The list of physical items to bring to the conference has not changed, and we will welcome any items you are able to bring on April 22nd and 23rd! For convenience, the list of items is attached to this email. 
 
Thank you all once again for your support!
 
Chelsea Talty, District Interact Chair
 

District-wide Service Project - Calling All Volunteers! 

 
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Hey fellow Rotarians, for the first time ever, as a part of our strategic plan, District 6630 is sponsoring a district wide service project!
 
We have collaborated with the local park systems to coordinate a project serving most of the counties in our district. The project will take place primarily over two Saturdays, April 23 (Earth Day) and April 30th (Arbor Day) with other days available also.
 
New projects for Portage County are also listed below!
 
The projects will involve tree planting and/or invasive species plant removal and area clean up.  Registration is required so we know how many volunteers for each site to be able to plan accordingly with the park systems.  Click on the link below for the area you are volunteering for:
 
 
 
Saturday, April 30th Noon - 4:00pm
Tree planting and invasive plant removal
Jim Lechko 440-376-9191
 
 
 
Saturday, April 30th
Time: 10:00am - 2:00pm
Garlic mustard pull
Dale Smith 330-968-7683
 
 
 
Saturday, April 23rd
Time: TBD
Tree planting
Ed Slane 440-476-5528
 
 
 
Sunday April 24th
Time: 11:00am - 12:00pm
River clean up
Pat Myers 330-388-2635
 
 
 
Tuesday, April 19th
2:00 - 3:30pm
Garlic mustard pull
Pat Myers 330-388-2635
Pmyers56@gmail.com
 
Western Reserve Greenway Trail Clean Up
Saturday, April 30th
Time: TBD
Milli Morrison  330-814-6269
 
 
 
Saturday, April 30th 
Time: TBD
Shail Jain 330-421-7528
 
Tuesday, April 12th
5:30pm - 7:00pm
Morgan Operation Center
Tree Tube Assembly
Pat Myers
330-388-2635
 
Saturday, April 23rd
9:00am - 12:00noon
Morgan Operation Center
Earth Day Cleanup and Tree Tube Assembly
Pat Myers
330-388-2635
 
 
Questions for the specific projects should be directed to the contacts listed above.
 
This is a great opportunity to get out and work with your fellow Rotarians as well as promoting Rotary out in the community.  I look forward to participating in this event with all of you.  Family and friends are welcome.
 
Jim Lechko
Rotary District 6630 Foundation Chair
jimlechko.rotary@gmail.com
(440) 376 9191
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Elizabeth Walters Presentation Recap 

The Rotary Club of Akron had the pleasure of listening to Council President Walters at our Tuesday, April 5, 2022, Club meeting.  View the meeting by clicking here.
 
Councilwoman Elizabeth (Liz) Walters first served on Council beginning in 2016.  She is serving her second term representing the citizens of Summit County as an At-Large member. She has been active on a wide variety of issues and working in partnership with her colleagues helped to navigate Summit County through the challenges of the last few years. She works hard to ensure a strong Summit County economy, support our communities and families, and innovate for a brighter tomorrow. In 2022, she was unanimously elected to serve a second term as Council President.
 
Early in her tenure she was instrumental in the implementation of Paid Parental Leave for county employees, the only Ohio county to pass such legislation. In the height of the COVID-19 pandemic she led the County effort to secure and distribute funding for small business and important social service nonprofits. Currently she chairs the Summit County Environmental Sustainability Task Force, co-chairs Summit County’s Special Committee to address racism as a public health crisis and serves on numerous County boards and commissions.
 
Councilwoman Walters began her presentation discussing how she sees her involvement in public service as a personal journey.  Summit County Council represents the 541,000 county residents, a budget of nearly a half billion dollars, and a workforce of over 2,000 employees. She noted that Summit County became an Executive form of government in 1979.  The first in the State to have this form of government.  Council President Walters stated the role of county government is to be a convener of groups to solve community problems.  These groups could deal with the challenges brought on my COVID and other health care issues, work to have stronger and safer communities, etc.
 
Much of Council President Walter’s presentation centered on the county’s efforts to address racism as a public health crisis.  She says the effort with this initiative is to “call people in” rather than “call people out”.  We have to live in the world we inherited and need to live by example.  She stated County government needs to “get our own house in order, by being transparent, inclusive and recognizing the limits of county government when it comes to addressing systemic racism or other issues.
 
Council President Walters outlined the process the county has taken to address systemic racism and some of the findings the study/report presented. 
 
In 2020 Summit County declared Racism as a Public Health Crisis (RAPHC), which established the Special Review Committee (SRC) whose charge was to determine how best to address systematic and structural racism throughout the municipality's nine townships and twenty-two cities and villages. The County conducted an initial examination of internal operations through dialogue and data analysis to highlight existing promising practices and uncover immediate next steps to address racism in the County. To facilitate the advancement of the county's racial equity journey, UPD Consulting was enlisted by the County to more systematically assess and examine several critical questions in the County’s equity journey:
 
● To what extent are County leaders and staff able to identify inequitable policies and practices? ● To what extent has the County examined the effect of systemic inequities over time?
● To what extent does the County know and understand where it is in the change process and how best to move across the Continuum to Becoming an Anti-Racist Multicultural Institution?
 
To learn more about the County’s findings, go to https://council.summitoh.net/pages/Public-Information and click on the three different reports (1) Resolution:  Racism as Public Health Crisis, (2) Racism as a Public Health Assessment Executive Summary, and (3) Racism as a Public Health Crisis Assessment (full report).
 
Yours in Service - 
 
Terry Dalton
Akron Rotary Club Secretary and Scholarship Chair
Tickets for Women of the Year Event 
Last week we announced that Ginny Wojno has been named one of the Summit County Historical Society's Women of the year. 
 
We now have information about tickets for the event.
 
Ginny and the other recipients will be honored at a special presentation on June 15 at the John Brown House, 514 Diagonal Road, Akron. Heather Pollock of the University of Akron will be the emcee.
 
 

 
 
 
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April 5, 2022
Pork Loin
Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Roasted Green Beans
Salad
Chocolate Pudding
 
April 12, 2022
NATIONAL GRILLED CHEESE DAY!
Grilled Cheese
Tomato Soup
Salad with toppings
Fruit Salad
 
April 19, 2022
NO MEETING AT BOUNCE TODAY.  Meeting moved to Friday 4/22 at the District Conference luncheon.
 
April 26, 2022
NATIONAL PRETZEL DAY!
Bratwurst
Hot Potato Salad
Soft Pretzels
Apple Crisp
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Apr 14, 2022 3:00 PM
 
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Virtual currently
Apr 12, 2022 11:00 AM
 
Rotary Club of Akron Weekly Meeting
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Rotary Club of Akron Weekly Meeting
Virtual through January 2022
Apr 19, 2022 12:00 PM
 
Celebration of Youth: Scholarship Dinner
University of Akron College of Business
Apr 25, 2022
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
 
Rotary Club of Akron Weekly Meeting
Virtual through January 2022
Apr 26, 2022 12:00 PM
 
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May 03, 2022 11:00 AM
 
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May 03, 2022 12:00 PM
 
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