Community Grant Applications
For those interested, an application for our Community Grant is now available to view and print. You can find it here. It will also be linked on the right panel of the website in the future.
A Golden Opportunity to support our Rotary Club’s "Signature Project"
Fellow Rotarians: As you know, The Rotary Club of East Lansing is celebrating its 50th anniversary during 2010- 2011. The renovation of the existing Playground-in-the-Park structure at Patriarche Park has been chosen as the Club’s “Signature Project” for this anniversary year. The cost of the playground renovations has been estimated at upwards of $50,000.
One way that you can help is to make a donation to support this project. Pledge cards are available from any member of the Fundraising Committee. So far, 20 members have pledged or contributed over $6,000 toward this effort. In addition, our East Lansing Rotary Foundation has committed $10,000; for a total of over $16,000.
Contributions of $100 are recognized with a special 50th anniversary Rotary pin. Contributions of $600 or more are recognized with the pin and 2 tickets to the Club’s 50th anniversary celebration slated for September 28, 2011. Gifts above these amounts will include additional acknowledgements.
Your pledge can be accompanied by a check or we can bill you for it; whichever is most convenient for you. Checks should be made payable to “East Lansing Rotary Foundation.” We are also working to add another payment option – PayPal. Look for this link to our Foundation soon on the Club’s website – www.eastlansingrotaryclub.com
Can we count on you to join us in supporting this effort? We look forward to receiving your response and would be pleased to answer any questions you may have about this project.
Thank you for your consideration.
East Lansing Rotary 50th Anniversary Fundraising Committee
Katie Donovan
Kevin Gray
James Roney
Jay Salliotte
John Saltzgaber
Backpack Schedule
As many of you know, one of our local efforts is our Backpack Project. This is being led by Josh Clayton. Below are the dates when we will be meeting in front of Donley Elementary School on Lake Lansing road. We will be meeting at Noon to fill lockers with backpacks on the following dates:
November 12
December 10
January 14
January 28
February 11
February 25
March 11
March 25
April 15
April 29
May 13
May 27
December 10
January 14
January 28
February 11
February 25
March 11
March 25
April 15
April 29
May 13
May 27
Thanks!
Dr. Thomas Gunnings
Today we mourn the passing of friend and fellow Rotarian Dr. Tom Gunnings. Dr. Gunnings passed away unexpectedly Friday, August 20, at the age of 75. Please read his obituary in the LSJ [here], as well as a wonderful article from the MSU News [here]. Both articles contain information regarding funeral and visitation.
Michael Deeb visits East Lansing Rotary Club
We are pleased to have Dr. Michael J. Deeb with the East Lansing Rotary on Monday July 19th at noon. He will be speaking about American society at the time of the Civil War. Deeb is the author of a trilogy of historical novels, The Drieborg Chronicles.
Dr. Deeb is a native of Grand Rapids. He was educated there and received his undergraduate degree from Aquinas College in 1957. He earned a Masters degree in History from Michigan State University and a Doctorate from Wayne State University. He was elected to the State Board of Education in 1968, and served through 1974.
After twenty years in education here in Michigan, he owned and operated an accounting and investment advisory business for twenty-five years. He is a former resident of Frankenmuth. Currently retired, he lives in Sun City Center, Florida. He is married to Sally Dittman. They have five children and ten grand children.
Duty and Honor is the first novel in the trilogy, The Drieborg Chronicles. Duty Accomplished and Honor Restored followed this novel. They will be available after the presentation.