Tuesday, April 10, 2012
NO LUNCH MEETING
NO LUNCH MEETING
WE MEET AT THE BASEBALL GROUNDS OF JACKSONVILLE
Ball Park Dinner begins at 5:45 p.m.
Suns Baseball Event for South Jacksonville Rotary
Join us for South Jacksonville Rotary's Suns baseball event on April 10th at 5:45 p.m. Game time is 7:05 p.m. The event is $16.95 per person. Children under 3 get in free. The ticket includes group seating in section #101. It also includes Hot Dogs, Hamburgers, Popcorn and Sodas.
The
well-known and well-attended “Box-A-Go-Go” is making its return Spring
appearance in April. “Books-A-Go-Go” Executive Director, Betty Metz,
was our guest at the April 3 meeting to remind us about the
importance of placing a child’s first book in the hands of children who
would
not receive one otherwise. Contributing books (new or
gently used, age appropriate for a first time reader) and donations will
make our Spring Literacy
Project even more successful than last fall! (Donations can be made
directly to Patti or they can be charged to your account.) Thanks!
This year the District Conference is a little different. It will be 3 mini conferences held on 3 different days in 3 different locations. The mini-conference on Friday April 20, 2012 will be in Jacksonville at EverBank Field from 8:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. For more information visit the District web site:
http://www.rotarydistrict6970.org/
Marcus Drewa in the Florida Times Union
President Odette Struys Visits Rotary Club of Johor Bahru
President Odette Struys presents the South Jacksonville's Rotary Club Banner to Ng Swee Poh, President of the Rotary Club of Johor Bahru.
As President Odette returned from her travel, she saw a Rotary polio eradication advertisement in the Chicago airport. Her quote about the experience, "Made
me proud to be a Rotarian!!!"
Rotary Literacy Project
District Conference
http://www.rotarydistrict6970.org/
Rotary of
South Jacksonville
Awards
Nominations
The Public Relations-awards Committee of Rotary of South
Jacksonville is proud to open nominations for two annual awards-The Frank
Sherman Award and the Good Government Award.
The Frank Sherman
“Service Above Self “ Award
The Frank W.
Sherman-Service Above Self Award was established in honor of our Charter
President and sponsored by the American National Bank. Frank Sherman
founded Southside Rotary in 1955.
This is an Annual
award given to a Rotarian in the greater Jacksonville area who has demonstrated
service to Rotary, his/her business or profession and community; selected by a
committee appointed by the President and approved by the Board.
Past recipients
have included Walter Bussells, I. M. Sulzbacher and Ashley Verlander.
The Frank Sherman
Award is open to nominations from throughout the Greater Jacksonville Area.
Nominations should be submitted to Neil McGuinness (n.mcguinness@murphy
business.com; 904-509-7582) by Tuesday May 22, 2012. The selected nominee will
be announced at the “Hail and Farewell” event on June 26.
Good Government Award
The
Good Government Award is given annually to a local government official in appreciation
of his or her efforts. Past recipients have included Audrey Moran, John Delaney,
Sheriff Nat Glover, Rick Mullaney and State Attorney Harry Shorstein.
The Good Government
Award is open to nominations from throughout the Greater (multi-county) Jacksonville
Area. Nominations should be submitted to Neil McGuinness (n.mcguinness@murphy
business.com; 904-509-7582) by Tuesday May 22, 2012. The selected nominee will
be announced at the “Hail and Farewell” event on June 26.
Please take a
moment right now to think of who you’d like to nominate for one or both awards.
Thanks in advance for your thoughts and nominations.
Marcus Drewa was recently mentioned in an article in the
Florida Times Union as the recipient of the R. David and I. Lorraine
Thomas Child Advocate of the Year Award from the Children's Home Society of
Florida. The entire article can be found at
http://jacksonville.com/opinion/blog/400721/beth-cravey/2012-03-27/updated-childrens-home-society-recognizes-advocates
http://jacksonville.com/opinion/blog/400721/beth-cravey/2012-03-27/updated-childrens-home-society-recognizes-advocates
Thank You From Ken Weiss
Past President Ken Weiss thanks South Jacksonville Rotarians for allowing
him to add their email addresses to the “Friends of YCC” list. Periodic
emails will keep readers up to date on what is happening at Florida’s FIRST and
BUSIEST emergency shelter for runaway and throwaway children. Ken
now serves as Associate Director of the Youth Crisis Center Foundation.
He invites all fellow Rotarians to visit the website www.ycc.org
. Call Ken at 904-237-2876 (c) for a tour of the YCC Campus.
Promoting Rotary
Charlie Sheppard via the Sheppard Company website promotes Rotary and hopes to attract new members with a link to the South Jacksonville Rotary Club's site.
Rotary
Night
at the
Jacksonville
Symphony Cirque de la Symphony
Thursday April 26, 2012 7:30pm
Jacoby Symphony Hall
Rotary Special discount tickets: $40
$10 of each ticket will support
Rotary’s Polio Eradication Program
Rotary’s Polio Eradication Program
credited to your club
Ticket includes Pops Concert and Symphony hosted beverage reception at
6:45pm for Rotarians and guests in the Davis Gallery
To make reservations and purchase tickets call Bill
Cosnotti at 356-0426 or bcosnotti@jaxsymphony.org
TPC Players Championship
Discounted
Tickets for D6970 Rotary Club Members
THE PLAYERS Championship is offering District 6970 Rotary Clubs a
private, specially priced ticket program allowing members the opportunity to
purchase 2012 PLAYERS Championship
tickets at a substantially discounted rate. In addition, for each ticket
purchased, THE PLAYERS will make a $2.00
donation to the Rotary Foundation for Polio Plus. Members can purchase good any one day grounds tickets for $35.00,
regularly $55.00! Because these tickets are good any one day, there are no
worries if you are not sure which day you would like to attend as these tickets
are good any one day, Thursday – Sunday (May 10-13). This program is not
limited to Rotary members and there is no limit to the number of tickets one
member can purchase. Youth, 18 and
younger, are admitted free when accompanied by a ticketed adult. To
purchase, go to the link listed below and enter the promo code, ROTARY1.
Tickets will be emailed to you after the purchase is complete. Your
Ticketmaster link: https://oss.ticketmaster.com/html/go.htmI?l=EN&t=pgaplayers&o=20025&g=156
Thank you for your
support of THE PLAYERS Championship
as we endeavor to showcase Northeast Florida
and improve the lives of those in our community.
Mark Your Calenders
- Our "Books-A-Go-Go" drive is on now during the month of April.
- District Conference - April 20th.
- Rotary Night at the Jacksonville Symphony - April 26th.
- TPC - Rotary Discount - May 10th - 13th
- Rotary Alhambra Event - May 22nd.
Pictures from April 3, 2012 Meeting
