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THE MAUMEE ROTARY CLUB

Heather Downs Country Club

Toledo, Oh

February 6, 2008

Today’s Program:

WGTE

Director of Broadcast Services

Prayer: Bob Adams

Fines: Tom Allen

Greeter: Dennis Schell

Last Week

Our speaker was Mrs. Kyle Grefe of Focus Homeless Services. She explained that poverty is a condition and it is a multi faceted process to more people to another level. They use a three-pronged approach to be successful with this process. First they provide stable and affordable housing. Second they provide case management for the family to provide skills and understanding of the rules. Lastly, they help provide the skills to become economically stable. Focus is long term for long term results. Their goal is family homeless prevention. They want to get to the families before the bottom falls out.

Our Maumee Rotary Foundation presented the Focus Homeless Service with a donation to help them continue their work in our community. Our rotaract club donated $1,000 to Focus.

Workers for the Soup Kitchen on March 8th are still needed. Please contact Joe Ludwig to let him know you can help with this project.

The Blood Drive will be held the 14th of February at the Maumee Library. The time is from 11:30 – 5:30 p.m. We need volunteers for check in. Please see Ana Belongea.

Soup Kitchen 2008

In 2008, we will be serving lunch the second Saturday of the month. Please email Joe Ludwig if you would like to work any of these dates. As always the entire family is invited to get involved in this operation. The dates are March 8, May 10, July12, September 13, and November 8. We still need volunteers for the March 8th lunch. The time commitment is 10:00am-1:00p.m.

AUCTION UPDATE

Thank you to all the members who have turned in their auction items. Let’s keep them coming. It really makes this huge undertaking soooo much easier. You can bring them to a meeting or get them to Sarah Laughlin, Kathy Altman or Barb Mang.

The District Conference will be held at Kalahari on April 25-27th. If you are planning on attending please contact Robbin Syrek.

Thought for the Week - “If you know what to do to reach your goal, it’s not a big enough goal.” -Bob Proctor-

Last Week’s Winner

The winner of the 50/50 drawing was Rich Carr. The queen of diamonds was drawn. The pot has grown to $473. Buy your ticket now!!

Upcoming Meetings

February 13, 2008

Penta Adult Education

Kevin Whitlatch

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