This week, our meeting was the annual passing of the gavel. This is always a bittersweet day as we bid farewell to the past year’s President. This year, it was Vicki Violette we had the privilege of congratulating on a job well done! Vicki has led the club faithfully over the past year and done such a wonderful job as our 2018-2019 Clinton Rotary Club President!
Vicki discussed several interesting things, including the length of time that some of our members have been in the club. Below are all the members that have been in the club longer than 15 years and how long they have belonged, which is quite impressive!
Under Vicki’s leadership this year, our club has won several awards that we are very proud of, including the Rotary Citation Award, which is the highest award our club can get! We also won the District Governor’s Citation Award, Polio Eradicator Club Award, the Globe Award for international projects, the Reach Award, and the Yes Award (Level 5) for our youth programs. This is definitely something to be proud of for all of your hard work! We also want to thank Vicki for everything she has done to achieve these awards!
Next, she discussed what it means to be a Paul Harris Fellow. This status is achieved by members that have personally given $1000 in donations or more, above and beyond their regular dues. This money is then used for grants and service projects. We are proud to have several Paul Harris Fellows in our club! Jerry presented Vicki with a certificate today as well for achieving Paul Harris Fellow status! What a better way to spend her last meeting as our Club President than to be inducted in as a Paul Harris Fellow! Congratulations Vicki!
In addition, we have recently learned that all of the money our club members’ have donated over the years equals a little over $51,000! For every donation our club makes, we also get points as a club that can be used to help sponsor other members to also become Paul Harris Fellows. Our club currently has over 10,000 points that we are going to be able to use to help other members in our club achieve this status. Just as Jerry graciously gave Vicki over 300 points to help her achieve her goal, we are going to be setting up a matching program soon to do the same for others. Ron will be speaking more about that in the days to come.
As is customary at the end of a Rotary year, Vicki presented several awards to those that have gone above and beyond in the club this year. The awards she presented are as follows:
Dr. Sylvia Pastor from Roane State Community College for her hard work and dedication to the area Rotaract Clubs
Jay Birkbeck – Youth Exchange Program and CHS Interact Advisor
Regina Copeland - ACHS Interact Advisor
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Trey McAdams – CHS Interact Advisor
Dean Knight – Outstanding Service to our Club with outreach projects such as the Literacy Program
Vicki also awarded the Rotary Board Members for their service as well, which included:
Pictured from Left to Right: Bill Gallaher - Ronnie Fox - Gary Coleman - Michael Shrader - Jerry Schlandt - Vicki Violette - Ron Eslinger - ET Stamey - Leighann Green
Not Pictured - Bear Stephenson
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Bill Gallaher |
ET Stamey |
Ronnie Fox |
Leighann Green |
Gary Coleman |
Ron Eslinger |
Michael Shrader |
Jerry Schlandt |
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Bear Stephenson (Not Pictured) |
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Lastly, Vicki finished off a great year by passing the gavel to Ron. Then Ron presented a plaque to Vicki to thank her for all her service to the club and well-deserved hard work this past year! Thank you again Vicki for all you have done for us!
MembershipVisitors this week included:
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AnnouncementsJerry gave a financial report to show that we are doing great! We have $30,746 in bank right now, which is partly designated to the Polio Plus Fund and Daddy Daughter Dance. Schedule for the next few weeks - Next week, we will not meet because of the 4th of July holiday. Then the next meeting after that, we will meet back up with another club meeting ringing in Ron as our new 2019-2020 Rotary President! Attached is a committee sign-up sheet for the upcoming Rotary year. This will enable you to pick a committee of interest that you would like to be involved in to help the club. If everyone will pitch in to help a little bit, then no one person would be left with the burden of too much work to be done. If you have questions about any of these, please see Ron. |
Member & Community NewsExpress Employment Professionals is sponsoring a Teacher Depot for much needed teacher supplies! They are looking for businesses and/or facilities to put big blue barrels in to collect teacher supplies donations. If you are interested in helping, please let Angie know. Knights Flowers is fundraising for ‘Roses for Education’, in which all proceeds will go to benefit the Education Foundation. You can have roses for a year for only $75! More information is attached for anyone that is interested. Michael Foster is selling raffle tickets for ASAP of Anderson for $5 each. The raffle drawing will be held at the Anderson County Fair next month. Prizes include money, a TV, Yeti Cooler and gift certificate to Downtown Clinton. Please see Michael to purchase your tickets. ET wanted everyone to know that we’re down to 19 days until the Anderson County Fair! The countdown is on! Sarah and Briscoe invited everyone to an upcoming event at The Lantern at Morning Pointe. On June 29th, they will be hosting their Red, White and Bluegrass Event to kick off Independence Day early with food and music from Ciderville Music! They would love for everyone to come! |
Upcoming SpeakersJuly 2No Meeting in Observance of Independence Day July 9Ron Eslinger – Club Meeting as new President July 16Bear Stephenson – Rotary Fun July 23Wade Johnson |
Rotary Club OfficersVicki Violette Club Support OfficersJay Birkbeck |
District NewsThis week is the last chance to purchase tickets for Pack the Park for Polio! It will be on Monday, July 22nd at the Smokies Stadium. Tickets are going to be pre-sold this time, so if you would like to purchase them, please let Vicki or Ron know. They are $12 each and $5.50 of each ticket goes directly to Polio Plus. Because of matching funds, $18 for each ticket will actually go to help eradicate Polio! You can also donate your tickets to the Boys and Girls Club if you are unable to go. On June 30 District Governor Jim Roxlo will pass the District Governor pin to his successor, Greg Maciolek, at a special new event - the Installation Celebration. Unlike in the past when the new District Governor was pinned at his or her own club with just a few visiting Past District Governors and other guests, this year the pinning will take place with as many of the Past District Governors as possible attending, along with many of the club presidents-elect and other District Rotarians. This new celebration will be at the Gettysvue Clubhouse in on June 30 at 3:00 p.m. The celebration will include heavy hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar. Cost is $30 per person. The Gettysvue Clubhouse is located in West Knoxville at 9317 Linksvue Drive. They hope to see you there! |
Clinton Rotary Club
Meeting Address: 101 S. Hicks Street Clinton, Tennessee 37716
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 524 Clinton, Tennessee 37717
