Rotary Club of Fredericktowne

August 2006 Newsletter

 

 

 

 

 

Fredericktowne Club Objectives for the 2006-07 Rotary Year:

1. Develop Club Leadership.
2. Focus on Fundraising Efforts for Oktoberfest.
3. Attract and Retain New Members.
4. Community Service – Continue Support for Parkway Elementary School Mentoring as a signature Community project.
5. Club Service – Enhance Fellowship with Frederick and Carroll Creek Rotary Clubs; Sponsor One Special Event per Quarter.
6. Vocational Service – Support Interact Oversight Committee.
7. International Service – More Awareness of Rotary Foundation and Increase Donations to RF, Continue to Promote and Enhance the El Salvador Project.

 

 

CLUB ACTIVITIES

 

July 1             New Rotary year begins, Michael Kurtianyk, President

July 4             Independence Day

August 1       Officers, Board of Directors and Avenue Chairs meeting at

4:30 p.m. Holiday Inn.

August 19     Highway Cleanup

August 24     Nettie DellaPenna is planning a trip to Charles Town to include a buffet

dinner.

 

FUTURE PROGRAMS

 

To schedule a speaker, contact Mitch Deener, mitch.deener@kellerstonebraker.com

 

August 8       Club President Michael Kurtianyk will lead a Club Assembly.

August 15     Nettie DellaPenna will introduce Jonathan Warner who will discuss South

Africa.

August 22     No Meeting

August 24     Club trip to Charles Town to include a buffet dinner.

August 29     Guy Berry will discuss Challenger Little League.

Sept. 5           New members Jim Bear and Sherry Behrens will give their classification talks.

Sept. 12         Diane Norcross will coordinate a New Member Open House.

 

PAST PROGRAMS

 

August 1       District 7620 Governor Pat Kasuda spoke to the Club about the current year’s

                      theme, Lead the Way, and the areas of focus for the 2006 – 2007 year: Water

Management, Hunger & Health, Literacy, Funding and Membership.

Pictured from left: Pat Kasuda, District 7620 Governor, and Michael Kurtianyk, Club President.

 

 

July 25           Nettie DellaPenna introduced Debra Spurrier who discussed

Maryland Grain Produce.

July 18           Nettie DellaPenna introduced Bob O’Connor who discussed Harpers

Ferry 1859.

 

Bob O'Connor, Assistant Director of the Jefferson County Convention and Visitor's Bureau and author of the historical novel The Perfect Steel Trap - Harpers Ferry - 1859, recently spoke to the members of The Rotary Club of Fredericktowne. He described the events that lead to John Brown's raid, his eventual hanging and the start of the American Civil War. Mr. O' Connor initiated the annual Independence Concert and the Memorial Illumination at Antietam Battlefield. Pictured from the left are: Nettie DellaPenna, Past President, Bob O'Connor, and Michael Kurtianyk, President.

 

July 11           Diane Norcross introduced prospective member Anastasia Rosen Jones

who discussed the Small “Zones of Peace” Volunteer Leaders Corps.

 

M. Anastasia Rosen-Jones, Founder and Director of New Horizon’s Support Network, Inc. recently spoke to the members of the Rotary Club of Fredericktowne. New Horizons has a community development and violence prevention-training program and is dedicated to creating safe, loving spaces everywhere. Pictured from the left are: Michael Kurtianyk, Club President, Anastasia Rosen-Jones and Diane Norcross, club member.

 

ROTARY IN THE NEWS

 

Foundation’s fiscal health is top-rated by leading U.S. evaluator

                                                                By Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga, Rotary International News

Charity Navigator, a leading evaluator of public charities, has awarded The Rotary Foundation its top rating of four stars. 

 

To read more, please visit this link: http://www.rotary.org/newsroom/programs/060729_navigator.html

 

Fredericktowne Rotary Opens Fund at Community Foundation

 

 

Community Foundation Trustee George Lewis congratulates Rotary Club of Fredericktowne Past President Nettie DellaPenna, President Michael Kurtianyk and President Elect Robert Linthicum on the establishment of The Rotary Club of Fredericktowne Fund.

 

Frederick, Maryland: July 14, 2006:  True to its mission of service above self, Frederick County’s evening Rotary Club turned to The Community Foundation of Frederick County to start The Rotary Club of Fredericktowne Fund to support charitable endeavors. As a donor-advised fund, the Rotary Club of Fredericktowne will enjoy the flexibility of recommending which charitable causes or nonprofits to assist through this new fund, pending approval from the Community Foundation’s Board of Trustees.  Preference will be given to awarding scholarships to Frederick County students and providing grants to Frederick County organizations from The Rotary Club of Fredericktowne Fund. To learn more about the Rotary Club of Fredericktowne, visit www.fredericktownerotary.org.

 

“The Community Foundation of Frederick County has a long tradition of working with Frederick County’s Rotary clubs. Both the Rotary Club of Frederick and the Rotary Club of Carroll Creek already have funds with us, and we are very pleased and honored to now hold a fund for the Rotary Club of Fredericktowne to help them carry out their charitable activities throughout our community,” shares Community Foundation Chairman D. Hunt Hendrickson.

 

A donor-advised fund is one of several fund types available through the Community Foundation. For the past 20 years, the Community Foundation has worked with individuals, families, businesses, nonprofits, civic organizations, and service clubs—like Rotary—to establish funds that best capture their specific charitable dreams. While each fund exists to enhance the local quality of life by providing grants and scholarships, to date that has collectively amounted to more than $15 million in awards from over 550 funds.   To learn more about the various fund types available to start a new fund with the Community Foundation, visit the web site at www.cffredco.org or call 301.695.7660.

 

Contributions to The Rotary Club of Fredericktowne Fund are accepted in any amount at any time.  Checks may be made payable to The Community Foundation of Frederick County and sent to 312 East Church Street, Frederick, Maryland, 21701.  Insert “The Rotary Club of Fredericktowne Fund” in the check’s memo line.  Donations are also accepted online using Visa or MasterCard through the Community Foundation’s web site at www.cffredco.org by clicking on “Contribute” in the upper right-hand corner. All contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.  Source: Linda Smiroldo, Public Relations Director for The Community Foundation of Frederick County, MD, Inc.  Photo will be added when available.

 

Service Avenue Activities

 

Club Service Avenue

 

Michael Kurtianyk, Chair
Fred Heydrick (new member orientation), Mitch Deener (Sergeant at Arms), Marty Crabbs (fundraising), Virginia Shaw (Social Venues), Richard Cody (Rotary Foundation), Sandy Busico (Publicity), Diane Norcross (attendance and membership).

 

New Members – New members who have recently been inducted into the Club include Michael Dailey, Jim Bear, and Sheri Behrens. Please welcome them to the Club.

 

Community Service Avenue

 

John Schmehl, Chair
Dave Crummitt, Marla Johnson, (Community Living Liaisons), Fred Heydrick (Parkway Liaison) Nettie DellaPenna (Salvation Army Liaison), Richard Davies (Community Service Publicity)

 

Parkway Elementary School Homework Club – As part of Rotary International’s effort to promote and support literacy, the Club is ordering 48 dictionaries for the 3rd graders at Parkway.  When the dictionaries arrive, distribution will be coordinated.  In addition, a project has been discussed to videotape the children and parents of Parkway students talking about the benefits of the Rotary mentoring program.  The video will then be played at one of our meetings to motivate more of our members to volunteer their time at the school.  Project will begin once school has started in the fall. 

 

Oktoberfest 2006 - There is a need for early sponsorship identification and contact (goal total to be about $35,000, of which $18,000 has been pledged as of July) so that we maximize our profits from this event. Members also need to come up with unique ways that will make attendees “empty their pockets” and work on the specific need for someone to sponsor a raffle for a trip to Germany. All committees will remain pretty much as they were last year.

 

Vocational Service Avenue

 

Dan Oaks, Chair
Bill Anderson, Elaine Lightner (Interact Liaisons), Tim Winter (Scholarship Liaison)

 

International Service Avenue

 

Chair (TBN)
Debbie Childers (Adopt-a-Child Liaison)

 

CLUB NEWS

 

 

The Fredericktowne Rotary Club recently honored two of its members with Paul Harris Fellow Recognition Awards.  Two awards are given annually by the Fredericktowne Rotary Club to individuals who exemplify the Ideals of Rotary.  Pictured from the left are Bob Holter, Board Member, Bill Anderson, Chairman of the Paul Harris Committee and Nettie DellaPenna, Club President 2005-2006.

 

Birthdays                                                                              Anniversaries

 

Gina Taylor                    August 10                                             Jim Summers                August 13

Richard Cody                 August 20                                             Ed Stephen                   August 15

Diane Norcross              August 23

Marla Johnson               August 30

 

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Please email Richard Davies ( rdavies@fcbmd.com ) with additions, corrections, email changes or information of interest to Club members.