Patrick Bravo is the Executive Director of the Summit County Land Bank, located in Akron, Ohio, and has served in that role since 2014.
Active in the community, Patrick is also President of the Akron Public Schools Board of Education, Chair of the Board of Trustees for Child Guidance and Family Solutions, and a member of the Salvation Army advisory board. Patrick has previously served on the Board of Trustees for ReWorks (formerly, the Summit/Akron Solid Waste Management Authority) and the Summit/Medina Business Alliance, as well as numerous other committees and activities within the community. He is a member of Torchbearers, a graduate of Leadership Akron’s Community Leadership Institute, and a graduate of Class 32 of Leadership Akron.
Patrick holds a Bachelor’s degree from Kent State University, a Master’s in Public Administration & Urban Studies and law degree from the University of Akron, and has completed the coursework for a Ph.D. in Public Administration & Urban Affairs from the University of Akron.
The Chili Open Golf Classic is THIS SATURDAY - FEBRUARY 1, 2025! There are several ways you can still help, and we need everyone’s support to achieve our goal.
Our club members are encouraged to sell a minimum of $200 in raffle tickets. Our overall goal for ticket sales is $56,000, and we still have a considerable distance to cover! Many members have found success by reaching out via email to family, friends, and colleagues, asking for assistance in purchasing tickets. A heartfelt thank you to everyone who has already sold tickets and to those who are still working on it. Please remember to bring your sold raffle tickets to the next Rotary Club luncheon. If you need additional tickets to sell, we will have them available as well. Feel free to post the attached flyer at your workplace.
The Silent Auction will showcase a "Wheelbarrow of Good Cheer!" We invite you to help us fill this wheelbarrow with donations of unopened bottles of spirits and mixers. Additionally, we are still seeking items for the door prize raffle and for our auction. Items like small gift cards, hats, cups, tickets to events, candies and more, will be great. Please bring any donations to the Club luncheon. If you require assistance with item pickup, feel free to call or email us, and we will gladly arrange it.
We sincerely appreciate your support in ensuring that this year's Chili Open remains a success for our Club, benefiting the campers at Akron Rotary Camp! Please visit www.chiliopen.net for more information about the Chili Open. Together, we are "Creating a world where there are only abilities!"
Yours in Rotary,
Nathanael Billow and Katy Miller Co-Chairs, 2025 Chili Open Golf Classic
It is finally time to be able to sign up for "2025 Chili Open Golf Classic." The co-chairs and committee chairs have been working hard to get the events organized. Time slots are available for the Friday set up and the Saturday event. Volunteer coordinators Amanda Warner and Doug Hausknecht are using this program to sign up and track volunteers.
Please click on the button below to view the online sign up sheet.
Contact Amanda c/o Camp or Doug at hauskne@yahoo.com with any questions.
The Rotary Club of Akron and the Akron Rotary Foundation 2025 Grant Cycle is officially open. Grants between $1,000 and $15,000 will be considered via an application process which ends January 31, 2025.
Projects must fall within Rotary’s areas of service which include Peace & Conflict Prevention; Disease Prevention; Water &Sanitation; Maternal/Child Health & Welfare; Basic Education/Literacy; Economic/Community Development or the Environment.
ROTARIANS: Spread the word to impactful community service providers! Encourage them to apply by January 31, 2025, via the application link below. If you have questions, email Sandy_Naragon@yahoo.com.
The purpose of Rotary Cares is to show our support for Akron Rotary members and their families when dealing with the loss of a loved one, the hardship of illness and also to celebrate the joy of a new baby, job, marriage or other events in their lives. Please <Click to Email us> to let us know of any news you would like placed here. Note that health related information is posted only with permission of the individual(s).
CONGRATULATIONS DAVID MILLER
Akron Rotarian David Miller has been named as one of the upcoming Achievement in Excellence Award Recipients. Congratulations to David and the rest of those named.
Location: Open M 941 Princeton Street, Akron, OH 44311
You can sign up directly on the Rotary Club of Akron website by clicking here. We appreciate your participation and look forward to making this a great event together!
Happy New Year! I hope that each of you and your families had a wonderful Christmas and holiday season overall!
It's that time of year again where I send out everyone's favorite email - plus, you will get to hear my voice even more than usual at club meetings (cue the eyerolls and groans - I know you can't wait!) as I announce the need for volunteers to assist with the following roles at our club meetings for the 1st half of 2025: Greeter (& "Daily Lotto" sales), Invocation Speaker, & Meeting/Technology Set-Up.
My most sincere appreciation and gratitude goes out to the faithful “regulars” I have been able to consistently count on to help fill the respective roles or jump in last minute to cover an empty slot (you know who you are). I also appreciate the handful of "newcomers" (both established and newer members) who helped throughout the course of last year or expressed a willingness to do so moving forward.
I would like to encourage anyone that has either never served as Greeter or Invocator (or who has only done so sparingly) to consider volunteering for a few slots during this 1st half of 2025 - I'd be immensely thankful to see my list of "regulars" grow. Not only are these roles a much appreciated and valued service to the club, but they also present an excellent opportunity to immerse oneself in the weekly meetings.
If you need help signing up, please let me know and I can direct you to the appropriate location on the Rotary Club of Akron website, or I will gladly fill in your name for whatever date(s) you are able and willing to volunteer. For convenience, here is the public URL to the relevant volunteer sign-up page:
For Greeters, please plan to arrive by 11:40ish (if possible) and be prepared to help sell Daily Lotto raffle tickets and have the speaker pull the winning ticket at the end of the meeting.
For Invocation Speakers, I have provided some links with sample invocations below. You are quite welcome to create your own invocation, of course, but please know that custom content is not a requirement! I am happy to assist with this too. In fact, I'll even provide an invocation for you to read if that's what it will take for you to sign up. I assure you, this need not be an intimidating volunteer role for the meeting!
For Meeting/Technology Set-Up, the duties currently require:
Ensuring the computer, projector, and microphones are all up and running smoothly before the start of the meeting. NOTE: Brian Kosarko, Michael Gladysz, or I can/will help train new volunteers - we would certainly appreciate expanding the rotation for this role.
If necessary, correcting the flag positioning so that when viewed from the audience, the U.S./American Flag is to the left of the speaker/podium and the Ohio Flag is on the right.
Thank you in advance for volunteering!
Yours in service,
CJ
Connor G. Jarvis, CFP®
Sergeant of Arms
Rotary Club of Akron
Some links with sample invocations (if needed/desired):
Sandy Naragon, Chair
Yours in service,
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