Fund raiser at the food pantry July 12, 2010

Spotlight 7 12 2010
Last Saturday Rotarians mixed with Lions and held a fund raiser by serving Brats and steaming sweet corn on the cob in front of the Marcellus Food Pantry. Over $500 was raised for the pantry. Lion members Jerry Casswell had the steamer and grill; he was assisted by fellow Lion Jack Colburn. Rotarian President Dick Meek served corn with his wife Marilyn waving signs, Al Churchill, Andy Abrams and Ralph Parker unloaded donations and stocked shelves, Jim Hosbein served up the Brats. Tammy Churchill was in charge of promotion and worked as a swing man. Thanks to you Marcellus, for your support

District Govenor Don Frome visits Marcellus

Our meeting this week:
Rotary has a new look. In our club, our new president is Rickard Meek. Meek is retired and lives on M-40 on Cedar Lake. He swung the gavel for the first time to begin the meeting and introduced our new District Governor, Don Frome accompanied by his lovely wife Ann Marie, new assistant district governor, Eric Shafer and guest Bob Harvey, accompanied by his daughter, Judy.
After taking care of some business matters, Meek introduced Frome as our speaker. Don reviewed Rotary International President Ray Klinginsmith and our new theme for the year; "Bridging communities, bridging continents. "We serve you and want to serve you better." Frome said. Clubs are at the top of the order. "Governors, Presidents and leadership is here to serve you and help where needed", not the other way around. "People talk about the good old days; the good days are ahead of us. We look forward to what is to come."
Rotarians hold to the four way test. Don added a fifth, F-U-N! Make meetings fun. He said Marcellus is truly a fun club.
The fifth avenue of service for Rotarians is New Generations. This should be called youth. We have RYLA, (Rotary Youth Leadership Academy), Youth Exchange, Interact clubs at the high school level and Rotaract for college age youth.
Don and Ann Marie will work their way around the district to attend meetings for 58 clubs. We were glad to see them and hear him speak.
Rotary is the only worldwide service organization that has no administration fees for donations. 100% of contributions go to designated areas of service. This is why Bill Gates has matching funds with Rotary to eradicate polio worldwide.
Next week, Bob Harvey will be our guest speaker.

New Marcellus Rotary President, Richard Meek and District Governor Don Frome

Marcellus Rotary makes Bainbridge a lifetime member 2010

Spotlight 6 29 2010
We had a special meeting tonight at the Cordell and Kay Jones family center on Cedar Lake. Every member was in attendance along with special guest; Wilbur Breasmen, Randy Baker, Angie Baker, Schug Beach, Bob Harvey and his son Jim and Kay Jones to honor Bob and Carol Bainbridge.
Bob has been a Rotarian since 1944. He has been past president, as well as chaired several committees and most recently; Bob was our Rotary Hero at our district conference in Kalamazoo in May.
Bob and Carol have decided to move to Fountain Place just off West Main Street in Kalamazoo, MI.
In his remarks, Bob acknowledged that President Andrew Abrams has chaired his last meeting as our club president and congratulated Andrew for a job well done. He also acknowledged Jim and Vickie Hosbein for bringing him to club meetings over the pat few years.
We the Marcellus community thank Robert and Carol Bainbridge for their example in serving a community.
The Bainbridge's have celebrated 63 years of marriage and raised their four children in Marcellus. Their dedication and commitment to education, agriculture, fostering world peace and the eradication of polio worldwide have left an impression to all who know them. They are also well known Spartan fans!
We will miss seeing Bob on a weekly basis. Carol assures us that Kalamazoo is not that far away, they may be able to visit once in a while. We wish for a smooth transition to their new home.