VOLUME 79 * * * APRIL 12, 2017 * * *EVERINGHAM #31
OPENING
Time: 6:00 PM
Pledge of Allegiance: Past President
Fred Ollison
Invocation: Richard Yeager-Stiver
GUESTS
James Miller, guest of John Mozena.
Sjoerd Van Hoof and Martha Kosters,
guests of our speaker.
VISITING ROTARIANS
None.
Foundation.
SUNSHINE COMMITTEE
-- Bob Hackathorn is back at St. John
Hospital. Please keep Bob and Lynne
in your prayers.
-- Chuck Divirgil is in rough shape
after suffering a stroke. Please keep
him in your thoughts and prayers.
OIL CAN
-- Postponed.
VOCATIONAL SERVICE AWARD
BIRTHDAYS
Gaylord Creedon (4/11), Robert
Louis-Ferdinand (4/12), Bob
Hackathorn (4/14), and Neil Sroka
(4/14).
ANNIVERSARIES
Paul Rentenbach and Glenn Housey,
11 years each.
ROVING REPORTER
John Mozena
-- John and Susan Mozena recently
hosted a meeting at their home with a
number of new Rotarians to discuss
membership and fostering publicity
for the Club.
-- The bags under Richard YeagerStiver’s eyes is a sure indication that
Easter is upon us.
-- Great news! Carrie Maliszewski is
back home after undergoing treatment
for blood clots at Beaumont.
-- Ron Vitale is looking tanned and
relaxed after an extended winter stay
in Florida
-- Phil Mackethan vacationed in
Savannah, GA and took pictures of
the Rotary presence there - a large
Rotary wheel and signs in the city.
-- Kudos to Mark Brooks for
obtaining a $1,000 donation to our
foundation from the Allstate
-- George McMullen presented the
award to Diane Soulliere who started
International Brown Bag Lunches of
Love eight years ago which has
handed out 59,000 lunches since then.
In 2016, Ms. Soulliere founded
Operation Love Our Homeless which
provides food, clothing, and
resources to the homeless in Detroit.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
-- To those participating in the CROP
Walk on May 7th, please see Richard
Yeager-Stiver to pick up your packet.
-- Cruise for a Cause. Our biggest
fundraiser takes place on June 8th so
mark your calendars. Invites are
being sent out and if you would like
someone to receive one, please
contact Paul Rentenbach.
-- The next Supper Club will take
place at Mr. Paul’s in Roseville on
April 20th. Please contact Bill Scott
to make your reservation.
TODAY’S PROGRAM
Bob Hendrikx, co-founder of The
Motown Movement. Mr. Hendrikx’s
path led to Detroit after studying
decaying cities while attending
college in the Netherlands.
He expected to find a dying city but
instead found one that was fighting
its way back. This led him to start his
organization.
The Motown Movement’s goal is
to expand the fight against climate
change by making sustainable
housing accessible for everyone. It
plans on providing low-budget and
do-it-yourself methods to transform
worn-down structures into selfsufficient homes through a twofamily house it has purchased on the
west side of Detroit. This showcase
home will consist of a training center
on the first floor, a residence for a
family that has been foreclosed upon
on the upper floor, and the basement
will house a local resource center that
provides the neighbors with
computers, wi-fi and books.
Mr. Hendrikx believes that Detroit is
the ideal location for this pilot project
to create a do-it-yourself city. To
learn more and to donate, go to
www.themotownmovement.com.
FLOWER RAFFLE
$1,206 in the pot with $603 going to
the winner. Tom Youngblood was
not able to find the joker but he and
Kim get to enjoy the beautiful flower
arrangement from Charvat The
Florist.
CALENDAR
Apr 19: No meeting
Apr 26: Gregory Sumner, Author:
Detroit in World War II
May 03: GP South Interact Club