The meeting was called to order by club President, Denny Liddle. Guests were recognized and included our speakers Debbie Rowland from the BCF, Taylor and Rachel in the DECA Program at BHS and Joe and Dave from the Akron Rotary Club. Joe and Dave shared news of the 2017 Chili Open to be held on February 4. Proceeds will benefit the Akron Rotary Camp. Raffle tickets for the event and sponsorships are available. Birthdays were recognized-T. Wallace and Nick had recent birthdays. Denny reminded club members we would not be at Thano's for our January 19 meeting. Our meeting next week will be at Barberton Public Library, and the tour will include breakfast.
 
Our speakers were DECA project leaders Taylor and Rachel. The students discussed their project "Take 5 Inside" They shared their 2017 project will be a week of giving for 5 Barberton nonprofits with the goal of raising $500 and having 500 people participate to work together to better the community. Proceeds will be split between the organizations served and the Youth Philanthropy Fund at the Barberton Community Foundation. The 5 nonprofits are: Barberton 1st Church of Christ, 1st Presbyterian Church of Barberton, Lake Anna YMCA, Child Guidance & Family Solutions, and BACM. The project has a Go Fund Me Site that includes links to sign up to volunteer.