Petoskey Rotary Noon Club NEWSLETTER

January 25, 2023

101 Years of Service Above Self

Welcome to the Rotary Club of Petoskey. President Jeff Wynder officiated the meeting. If you did not get the chance to attend, you can read about it from this newsletter.

Pledge/Anthem:  Andre Strydom led us in America the Beautiful

4-Way Test:  Christian Smith

Invocation:  Neil Bidwell

A quote by Dr. Seuss:

You have brains in your head.  You have feet in your shoes.  You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.  You’re on your own and you know what you know.  And you are the guy who’ll decide where to go.

Calendar Winners:  Read off by Amber Pettit

Calendar Winners January 25, 2023

     
Prize
Cal#
Calendar Winner
City
Sold By
$50
1441
Joe Dibley
Marine City
Petoskey
$50
1146
Kim Brown
Petoskey
Petoskey
$50
1117
Damon Whitfield
Harbor Springs
Petoskey
$50
3176
Brad Bieker
Metamora, IL
Cheboygan
$50
1618
Kristian Coronado
Conshohocken, PA
Petoskey

Visiting Rotarians:  None

Guests:  None 

Life Events: 

Birthdays:

Kam Culbertson

John Scholten

Anniversaries:

None

Singing/Song:  Andre Strydom led us in Happy Birthday and Smile.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Rotary Foundation Raffle:  Get your Rotary Foundation 50/50 raffle tickets! Tickets are only $20 (last year's winner won over $1,800!) See Jane Millar for tickets.

Rotarian Fitness:  Joe Blachy gave an open invitation to any Rotarian who would like to meet at his house at 5:45 AM to join him in exercise. Must bring your own pajama pants. :)

North Central Michigan College:  David Finley had some great news to share: Enrollment at NCMC is up between 8% & 9%! Their Men's Basketball team won their game 80 - 74. And they just received a $2 million grant to support their nursing program.

Winter Sports Park Project:  Don't miss the Retro Beach Blast on January 27, 5 – 10 PM in the Beard's Brewery "Root Cellar" – a fundraiser to support the Winter Sports Park Project. 

Salvation Army Bell Ringing:  The Salvation Army issued a heartfelt thank-you to our Rotary Club for helping "ring the bell" this holiday season.

Urgent Help Needed:  Please see Karen Ragland if you can help with the calendar drawings from now until the end of May. It involves showing up weekly at about 11:30 to draw the winners and record them. Please see Karen Ragland if you can do this.

PROGRAM:  Tom Renkes – Kayak Trip around Lake Superior

The men in Tom Renkes family die young. So when he turned 60, he decided he wasn't wasting any more time...and he set his mind to kayaking around Lake Superior. By himself.
 If that doesn't sound crazy enough, he did it without the aid of GPS, a smartphone, tablet, or even a watch — he only had his kayak, a flip phone (that was continuously getting wet), a NOAA beacon, and not much else.

Part celebration of retirement, part acknowledgment that he’d managed to outlive his forebears, this adventure was "off the grid." Renkes started in Minnesota, surrounded by cliffs and choppy, cold waters. On his journey, he faced wicked storms that decimated beaches in small towns, knee-deep mud, and exhaustion.

But he also found human kindness, compassion, and friendship! Along his travels he met people who went out of their way to help him, whether it was providing a place to stay for the night, or a trip to whatever town was nearby for supplies. 

All told, he travelled some 1,000 miles, from Grand Marais, Minnesota, to Grand Marais, Michigan — living in the environment, one with the universe and its rhythms.

Renkes is a published author who uses the pen name Stewert James. Learn more Here

Next Week’s Program:  Izabela Babinska – McLaren Behavioral Health

New Calendar Options. Please look over for next year’s Calendar Sales

2024 Rotary Calendars

Choose to sell a minimum of 10 calendars or choose to not sell calendars and pay $200 to The Rotary Club of Petoskey

As is:

1,700 calendars to be sold by the Rotary Club of Petoskey

Club earns $10 per calendar  =               $17,000

PRCCI net =                                             $6,000

Total available for charitable giving =    $23,000

Potential Impact@ 25% opt out

If 25% (21 members) opt out club earns:

        1,700 calendars

  •    210 calendars

1,490 calendars x $10   =      $14,900

21 members x $200 =              $4,200 

Club earns                              $19,100

PRCCI nets                               $4,648

Total for charitable giving      $23,748

OR:

If 40% (34 members) opt out club earns:

        1,700 calendars

  •               340 calendars

1,360 calendars x $10 =           $13,600

+              34 members paying $200 =       $6,800

        Club earns                                        $20,400

        PRCCI nets                                        $3,185

Total available for charitable giving        $23,585

Breakeven for PRCCI is approximately a loss of 600 calendars

OR:

Consider in lieu of opting out

        Sell 2 calendars and collect $50

        Buy 8 calendars and pay $200 – (same cost as opting out)

        Put the calendars in your name, the name of family, friends, customers, STRIVE or a charitable organization of your choosing