|
Mini Calendar
|
| 29 | 30 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 01 | 02 |
|
|
|
Service Above Self
|
We meet Thursdays at 6:30 PM
Perdino's Restaurant
8575 Macomb
Grosse IIe, MI 48138
United States
|
|
|
| Posted by Jane Bickley
From Grosse Ile Camera, Dec 2, 2011 The Grosse Ile Rotary Club, with the help of Sacred Heart
Catholic Parish and the Grosse Ile Kroger, donated complete Thanksgiving
dinners to local families. Terry Morreau of the Grosse Ile Food Pantry provided
the Rotary Club with a list of disadvantaged families in the area that are in
need of assistance.
Grosse Ile Rotary members delivered the packages on Nov 19th to more than 50 families in Grosse Ile,
Trenton, Wyandotte, Ecorse and southwest Detroit. The care packages consisted
of all the trimmings to make a traditional Thanksgiving dinner, including 15-
to 20-pound turkeys, mashed potatoes, yams, corn, green beans, gravy, rolls and
brownies. Rotary and Interact members met at Perdino’s Restaurant on Nov 18th
to put the packages together.
The idea was the brain child of Roberto Sanchez, past District 6400 governor of
Rotary, and Bambang Soedarjatno, the current president of the Grosse Ile Rotary
Club. “Today we are here to share our time, talents and treasures to help those
who are less fortunate than us to enjoy the meaning of the Thanksgiving
holiday, to share what we have during these hard financial conditions,”
Soedarjatno said.
Grosse Ile Rotary is involved with other projects such as the Island Directory,
Guatemala Literacy Program, Grosse Ile High School Interact Club, the Rotary
Youth Exchange Program, Del-Ray neighborhood activities, Grosse Ile Citizen of
the Year, scholarship programs and medical missions. “We have been involved
with so many international activities that sometimes we forget to take care of
our own local neighborhood,” Sanchez said. “The least we could do is to help a
family in the Downriver community.”
The local Rotary members thanked Morreau for her assistance in providing the
list of families, Grosse Ile Kroger store Manager John Dozny for assisting with
the large order and how to receive the best possible pricing, and Perry Tsipis
for allowing the club members to meet and package the items at his restaurant.  Grosse Ile Rotary Club President Bambang Soedarjatno helps donate food to the needy.  Grosse Ile Rotary Club members and Grosse Ile High School Interact Club members provide food for families for Thanksgiving. 
Bambang Soedarjatno (left), Grosse Ile Rotary Club president, and club members Chuck Moyer and Roberto Sanchez help sort through Thanksgiving food donations for needy families. | | Posted by Jane Bickley on Sep 13, 2011
We here on Grosse Ile love to take advantage of being so close to the water. Our club tries to at least once a year go out on the Detroit River, have a fantastic dinner, and enjoy the scenery. Here are some of the pictures.
Enjoy........
    Sorry these pictures a "a bit late", but I finally figured out how to open the file and then get the picutes on onto the web site. We are making progress, however slow. There are plenty more pictues, just click on the word MORE below. Jane | | Posted by Jane Bickley
On July 14th, Grosse Ile Rotary hosted the Jo Brighton Special Olympians and their parents to a boat ride on the Detroit River and a picnic lunch afterwards. The weather was just perfect, the food was great, the kids and parents were so appreciative; it was just a great time. Bruce Milkins, Captian of "Duck Factory" & Warren Hurst, Captain of the "Clam Digger II" did a wonderful job taking the kids and parents out on the Detroit River to see Bob-Lo Island, the Trenton Canal, Grosse Ile & Sugar Islands - thank you so much for again providing the boat ride.
To see the complete story & video from The Ile Camera, click here.
| | Posted by Jane Bickley
Especially for you new members, read Rotary Basics, watch the videos, listen to other members explain and describe what it is like to be a Rotarian. Here's how to get involved in Rotary - just click HERE  | | Posted by Jane Bickley
THE 2011 - 2012 ROTARY YEAR BEGINS IN SUPER DISTRICT 6400
THE BEST WISHES TO ALL THE ROTARY CLUB PRESIDENT'S AND THEIR ROTARIANS AND TO DISTRICT GOVERNOR MICHAEL DUBEN!   DG Kim pinning DGE Michael Shelly & Michael Duben | | Posted by Jane Bickley
On Saturday, June 25, 2011 the Grosse Ile Rotary installed its new President and Board Members for the year 2011-2012. The program hosted by Roberto Sanchez was held at Perdino's on Grosse Ile. DG Kim Towar was on hand for the presentations of the Past President's Pin, and the installation of the Board Members, and gave the Keynote Address to the crowd. The 2011-2012 Board consists of: President - Bambang Soedarjatno President Elect - Dennis O'Brien Treasurer - Ron Peltier Board Members at Large: Charles Worden Bob Lawrence Dave Sims Roberto Sanchez  | | Posted by Jane Bickley
Ray Klinginsmith, 2010-11 President of Rotary International, and Carl-Wilhelm Stenhammar, 2010-11 Trustee Chairman of The Rotary Foundation wish to thank you for the important support you provided this Rotary year.  Thank you, The Rotary Foundation  | | Posted by Jane Bickley
Jill Ryan is the Grosse Ile 2011 Citizen of the Year. At a June 2 Grosse Ile Yacht Club dinner, hosted by the Grosse Ile Rotary Club, Jill Ryan was recognized as Citizen of the Year. She was Grand Marshall of the Islandfest Parade on Saturday. Jill has served Grosse Ile and the Downriver community in many ways, especially relating to the theater and musical arts. In 2004 the locl chapter of the AAUW awarded her "Woman of the year". In 2010 she received a "Salute to Excellence" from the Downriver Council of the Arts. In addition she has worked with theater groups and artists including Trenton Theater, The Grand Valley Dean's Advisory Committee for the Performing Arts, The Western Michigan Opera Association, The Southern Great Lakes Symphony, Ballet American Regional Ballet Company, The Grosse Ile Chorale, Directed and Choreographed for the GIHS Musicals in the l980s, taught theater classes at Marcia Aller School of Dance, served as Acting Chair of the Board for Trillium Performing Arts Center, Sang the National Anthem at many prestigious events, President of the Islanders in 1988-89, Board member of the Downriver Council of the Arts. Jill's major contribution to the Island has been as executive director of the Grosse Ile Boar's Head Festival since l993. She was extended that position following the death of Boar's Head founder, Josephine Ramage. As executive director she has secured directors for each of the sections of this massive musical. She has also brought together the hundreds (yes hundreds) of volunteers who serve as costumers, make up artists, dancers, soloists, choiristers, on sets, staging, lighting, sound, props, decorations, fund raising , tickets, security, pr., etc. in the dramatical music presentation including the Christmas story. A professional orchestra makes this one of the best musical gifts to the downriver community. | | Posted by Jane Bickley
Bam and Sandy Soedarjatno at DisCon2011. The event was staged in the Lombard Westin outside Chicago. Not a singel detail was over looked. DG Kim could not have represented out district in any finer fashion. Two extraordinary highlights were the flash mob in downtown Chicago Millennium Park to highlight the End Polio Now campaign of RI and the Tonight Show fewturing the RI President, President Elect; Treasurer; incoming and outgoing RI Trustees; and other distinguished RI dignitaries. On Friday morning we all boarded buses and headed to Millennium Park for the Freeze Flash Mob event, and then some people went to visit the RI offices, some went to the Shedd Aquarium, and then shopping. We were so lucky that the weather was picture perfect for the Flash Mob, then it just kept getting colder and colder and finally started pouring rain on the bus ride back to the hotel.
That evening after dinner was the International Carnival Reception with all sorts of types of entertainment and assorted candies for dessert followed by a DJ and dancing.
On Saturday morning we had a more traditional plenary session, and PRID Bill Ives helped warm up the crowd with a sing song, and Allen Park Rotarian Christian Kreipke did a lovely job on the piano. We learned about the Miracle League Ball Field project, and an update on the 3 million pound challenge, a presentation by the Vocational Training Team from Australia, the Literacy Initiative (starring Margaret Williamson!) and PDG Dr Bill Chase gave an update on his work in the Amazon. After the break we heard about the World's largest Interact Club - Allen Park High School, the Turkey Challenge between the Detroit and the Grosse Pointe Rotary clubs, and a presentation by Jean Irwin who is a past Ambassadorial Scholar. Her presentation was outstanding.
|
|
|