July 16th Meeting: Greg Harris of the Greater Sebring Chamber of Commerce visited our Club and updated us about the exciting changes taking place at the Chamber. Greg will hopefully consider attending more meetings as a new member of our Club. Welcome Back!
At our July 9th Meeting: President Ken Wheeler presented a contribution to Sandy Lopes of Potter's House located just East of Lake Placid. Sandy and her husband have been the inspiration and guidance for many young woman who need a helping hand.
August 6, 2009 Sarah Pallone, Director of Development and Communications for Habitat for Humanity of Highlands County gave a Power Point presentation updating us on the exciting things happening with Habitat locally. She was proud to tell us that since 1990 Habitat has built 130 home in the area. She outlined the new Habitat 500 Club also. President Ken Wheeler presented her with a check , the clubs contribution for a Ramp Project recently completed by Habitat. Two other Rotary clubs participated by contributing money to fund the project. The ramp can be viewed on our Club Projects page by clicking the button to the left. If you would like more information about Sarah and Habitat, we have provided an email shortcut and link to their Website.
August 13, 2009 Aerial Nombre, pictured with President Ken, came and spoke to the club about her experiences at S4TL. Aerial was sponsored by our club and attended a week long Rotary experience for 11th graders. They discuss subjects that concern our society. The S4TL stands for Seminar For Tomorrow's Leaders. Aerial is going to be a Senior at Heartland Christian School in Sebring this school year. The seminar was attended by approximately 150 Juniors sponsored by Rotary Clubs from all over Florida's Rotary District 6890.
August 27, 2009 Joe Dionne is the Veterans Service Director for the Highlands County BOCC. He came to spend some time letting the club know what the agency does and the recent changes that has taken place including the completion of the new Veterans Center located adjacent to County Health Dept. Joe is a retired Sergeant Major and is responsible for the operations at the facility. The facility currently services over 2700 area veterans. The services include providing transportation to St Petersburg Veterans Hospital for more elaborate and specialized medical treatment. The Van is supported by the VA and DAV organizations. Joe promised to return to the club in the near future to tell us about other subjects pertaining to Veterans Services.
New Member Welcomed
August 27, 2009 Greg Harris (Right) re-joined our club this day. Greg's new position at the Greater Sebring Chamber of Commerce is allowing him to re-join our club and return to Rotary. Matt Griffin (Center) sponsored his membership and posed for this Grab and Grin Moment along with President Ken (Left). Welcome back Greg, we look forward to many years of continued fellowship.
September 10th, District Governor Randy Kizer came to visit our club. His message was positive and upbeat in a typical Rotarian manor. A board meeting was held at the Inn on the Lakes over dinner the night before. Assistant District Governor Rene Bennett accompanied him and introduced him to the club the next morning. He started his talk by challenging each member of the club to share the Rotary experience with at least 1 other person. He went on to say that the mission of the district is not to dictate each clubs path but to support their efforts on the path that they chose. Randy brought several messages with him including promise of support and dedication for our club's success. Randy told us he was pleased and honored to be our district Governor. Randy closed his talk by informing us about the Ride of Your Life Bicycle ride that will take place in Bartow on November 13th & 14th and the District Conference Cruise that will take place in May '10. An international district cooperative literacy project will take place during the stop in the Bahamas.
A Packed September 10th Meeting
President Ken accepts display case containing a folded flag and proclamation from Joan Fisher-Warren. The flag was presented as a result of the material collected by members of our club to send to the troops stationed in Afghanistan. Please see our Club Projects page for the write up and pictures. Pick the Star to go to our Club Projects page. The display case will be mounted on the wall at our meeting place.
President Ken, ADG Renee Bennett, Joan Fisher-Warren and DG Randy Kizer.
Jim Sacco delivers his "Rotary Minute" presentation about Polio and Rotary's Polio Plus Program
DG Randy Kizer,President Ken, ADG Renee Bennett in a brief "Grab and Grin" Moment
