Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch News 11.3.22

Sue Ann Miller Rhonda Leiberick

ANNOUNCEMENTS

==Important dates for your calendar:

Nov. 2: Wine Down Wednesday social at 5:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of each month at McGrath's Irish Ale House, on Lakewood Main Street. RSVP by Oct. 31 with Lang Wooddy at lang66@comcast.net.

Nov. 12: Our club presents the Suncoast Food & Wine Fest at Premier Sports Complex, Lakewood Ranch Get paper tickets to sell from Rotarian Fred Lopez Share this link

Nov. 30: Club board meeting, 6 p m at the River Club at Waterlefe, 995 Fish Hook Cove, Bradenton; meetings are the last Wednesday of each month. Info: President Carmen Spagnola at carmenspag1@gmail.com.

Dec. 8: Save the date for our club's annual holiday dinner at the Lakewood Ranch Country Club; no noon meeting. Registration opens soon on DACdb.

Jan. 14: 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Rotary Leadership Institute Parts 1, 2 and 3 plus Graduate Level sessions in northern and southern district locations; registration info on DACdb

Feb. 25: Save the date for the District 6960 Foundation Gala event; details coming soon

March 9 12: District 6960 Rotary Youth Leadership Awards; details to come.

March 18: 8:30 a.m. to 4 p,m. Rotary Leadership Institute Parts 1, 2 and 3 plus Graduate Level sessions in northern and southern district locations; registration info on DACdb.

April 22: District Assembly and Master Class University; details to come.

May 13: 8:30 a m to 4 p,m Rotary Leadership Institute Parts 1, 2 and 3 plus Graduate Level sessions in northern and southern district locations; registration info on DACdb

May 27-31: Rotary International Convention, Melbourne, Australia; details to come.

June 15 18: Save the dates for the District 6960 Conference at Hyatt Regency Cocnut Point, Estero; details to come.

MEMBER

BIRTHDAYS

Mark Brink 11/3

Vince Cera 11/5

Don Stanton 11/6

Jim Wingert 11/8

George Dustman 11/11

Patty Ivey 11/12

Ladd Waldo 11/15

Allison O'Brien 11/23

John Freeman 11/13

Eck Kuesters 11/20

Denise Hearn 11/22

Paul Ryden

Dan Conway

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ANNIVERSARIES

Patty Ivey 11/5/20

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years in Rotary Ken Kaplan 11/13/14

years in Rotary

Harris 11/16/18

Azzp[ardo 11/18/21

Al Taricco 11/20/18

Dr Bob Gordon 11/21/19

CONGRATULATIONS

TO NEW RECIPIENTS OF PAUL HARRIS AWARDS

President Carmen Spagnola, left, and our club's Rotary Foundation chairman, John Bodenburg, right, pose with Susan Hubbell and Paul Ryden at the Oct. 27 meeting. Susan received her PHF+2 pin, and Paul received his PHF+1 pin. We thank them for their continued support of The Rotary Foundation.

VOLUNTEER TO HELP RENOVATE HOMES TO GIVE TO DESERVING VETERANS

Our Next Mission received a note from the manager of Pescara Lakes, 570 57th Ave. W., Bradenton, where they have done extensive work over the past few years. The owner of the home on Lot 63 wants to give ONM the home. A curbside inspection looks like it is something that ONM can accomplish. The home suffered some damage from the hurricane, but appears to have "solid bones" that will allow us to provide a new home to a veteran who needs housing.

ONM had a productive week starting on the new unit. They cleaned up the interior and exterior and hauled the material to the recycling center. They checked the electrical wiring and system, and developed a to do list to improve the reliability of the system, and also ordered the material to replace the carport They demolished and removed about half of the old floor; the remainder of the floor is scheduled for removal early this week Support friends at Habitat for Humanity have ordered the replacement flooring plywood for pickup on Tuesday, and ONM will start installing upon delivery

Thanks to all who volunteered last week! The muscles are a little sore, but in a good way This week, we are working Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday We are not working on Wednesday If you would like a little exercise and fellowship, please join us Every skill level is needed and appreciated! Rotarian Russ

Sexton helped out last week, and several other Rotarians asked to be added to the work list.

If you would like to participate in these efforts onsite work or ramp installation contact Lakewood Ranch Rotarian Terry Byce (terry byce@verizon net or 703 627 7765) or Greg Kisella (text 850 585 1698 or gkiselaonm@gmail com) Bob Feller, who spoke to our club in June, is still actively involved

ONM is sponsoring he annual Veterans Day Gala this year's theme is “Volunteers Our Unsung Heroes” on Nov 11 at the IMG Academy Golf Club See the flier and online sign up instructions by clicking here Our Rotary club is a sponsor of the event (This will be the night before our club's Suncoast Food & Wine Fest ) If you are able to attend or donate, please use the link provided

To learn more about ONM, visit the website by clicking here

For details about this initiative, contact President-Elect Sybil Porter at sporter@portercs.com.

Orchid Dermatology collecting donations for All Faiths Food Bank

The office hopes people will drop off needed items for people served by All Faiths Food Bank at the dermatology office, 5301 Fourth Ave. Circle E. Bradenton. Their goal is to fill up the food donation box with canned foods before the Thanksgiving holiday. Read below for items that are needed most.