The Spoke
A Weekly Newsletter of the Rotary Club of Greenfield, Indiana
Volume 56 Edition 17 / May 19, 2011
In This Issue
This Week In Rotary
Fireside Chat
Indy 500 Calcutta to be Held May 19
Take a Kid to Rotary Day
Sunrise Club Camping Trip

Calendar Notes
May19 - Indy 500 Calcutta Event
May 21-25 - Rotary International Convention in New Orleans, LA
Jun 1 - Board Meeting at Carol's @ 7 A.M.
Jun 2 - Take a Kid to Rotary Day
Jun 26 - Garden Tour
Jul 1 - New Rotary Year Begins
Jul 6 - Board Meeting at Carol's @ 7 A.M.
Jul 14 - Club Blood Drive

Program Schedule
This Week
Indy 500 Calcutta
Next Week
Memorial Day Crosses Program
Future Programs
Jun 2 - Take a Kid to Rotary Day (W. Addison)
Jun 9 -Katrina Leary(S. Kinnaman)
Jun 16 - Classification Talks (R. Pasko)
Jun 23 - Tim Retherford(B. Bastin)
Jun 30 -Year-End Activities(J. Rogers)
Jul 7 - TBA (R. Dezelan)
Jul 14 - TBA (G. Ford)
Jul 21 - TBA (M. Gibble)
Jul 28 - TBA (C. Smith)
Program Chairs
May - J. Gray
Jun - R. Pasko
Jul - TBA
Aug - TBA

Celebrations
Birthdays
John Fleming - May 17
Brad Herndon - May 22
Wedding
Anniversaries
Daniel Seefeldt - May 16 (24 yrs)
Dean Felker - May 19 (38 yrs)
Tom and Sara Joyner - May 20 (11 yrs)
Rita Fish - May 20 (27 yrs)
Induction Anniversaries
None

/ This Week In Rotary

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Rotarians go all out for polio eradication
Rotarians respond to Japan earthquake, tsunami
Former Rotary Peace Fellows start their own peace studies programs
Fireside Chat - Wednesday, Mar. 18
A Fireside Chat will be held on Wednesday, Mar. 18 for Doris Williams and James Kesler. The chat will begin at 5:15 P.M. at Stillinger Family Funeral Home. As always, the event will serve as a make-up. Please be sure to come if you can make it.
Indy 500 Calcutta to be Held May 19
If it is May, that means that the annual Indy 500 Calcutta race is right around the corner. This year, we will be holding the event during our May 19 meeting. Proceeds from the event will be given to Breakfast Buddies - a program where role models are matched up with at-risk third grade students at J.B. Stephens for breakfast once a week. It should be a good time, so please try to attend that week's meeting if possible!
Take a Kid to Rotary Day - June 2
Take a Kid to Rotary Day is being held on June 2! It should be a very special day as three balloon artists from Balloongenuity will be there. You can visit their website at We hope to see you and your kids at the meeting for this fun event!
Sunrise Club Camping Trip
The Greenfield Sunrise Rotary Club will be holding a camping trip on July 29-31 at Brookville Resevoir.The cost for a full hookup is $33.00 a night, plus a $5.00 fee for each vehicle entering the campground. If you will be camping in a tent, the cost of the site will be split. Friday and Saturday night, they will be having a pitch in dinner with the meat provided. Campers are on their own for breakfast and lunch. Reservations are due by June 28. For more information or to make reservations, please contact the Sunrise Club President Dana Clause at 501-3367 or 462-5536.
Attendance Rules
  • You can make up any meeting by attending the meeting of another club, including eClub One, within 2 weeks on either side of the meeting missed.
  • Missing 4 meetings in a row without making up results in automatic termination of membership.
  • Failure to attend, or make up, at least 60% of the club meetings in each 6 month period (July 1 - December 31 and January 1 - June 30) results in automatic termination of membership.
These rules are in our Bylaws and are not imposed or ignored at the discretion of the Board of Directors.
Recommended Make-Up

Don't forget you can always make up at the Greenfield Sunrise Club. They neet Tuesday mornings at 7:00 a.m. at Cracker Barrel. Have a great breakfast, shop, get a make up, all in one trip and all before you even start your work day. What a great deal!
Try an Online Make-Up

Having trouble getting out to another club to make up a club meeting you missed? Try making up online! Go to the official Rotary eClubor the Rotary E-Club of Southeast USA and Caribbean,read the rules on making up online, check out some programs, and fill out a makeup form. It's easy!

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Acknowledgements
Gregory J. Johnson - Editor
Some images used by permission of The Library of Graphics for Rotarians.