The meeting was called to order by club president, Jim Sawin. Guests were recognized and included Jack Harig. Our speaker for the meeting was Judge Todd McKenney. Judge McKenney was inducted as a new club member at the conclusion of the meeting.
Treasurer Vic Myers announced there were 11 weeks remaining until our Reverse Raffle & Silent Auction and urged club members to go out and Sell Sell Sell tickets so we can then concentrate on donations for the Silent Auction.
Selena passed out the sign up sheets for our upcoming events. The sign up sheet was also passed around for volunteering at Tons of Taters at Mum Fest. Volunteer opportunities still remain for Saturday, from 4-6 pm.
Our speaker, Judge Todd McKenney is a Judge of the Barberton Municipal Court District. While Summit County Probate Judge, he initiated the Summit County Good Deeds Project which identified and educated thousands of Summit County residents about making survivorship deed updates to avoid probate when property is transferred upon death. For his efforts Judge McKenney received Akron Bar Association's Liberty Bell Award in 2013. Todd spoke to the club about a project in which he is involved: restoration of a drivers's license. He shared that 15-20% of people driving are doing so with out a valid license and the difficulties encountered in license restoration. He also distributed information regarding Barberton Drug Court.