Club Meeting of January 14
Posted by Ruth Kaser
on Jan 15, 2016
The meeting was called to order by club president, Tom Craig. Guests were recognized and included Joe and George from the Akron Rotary Club and our speaker, Mark Bowles. Joe and George invited our club to participate in the upcoming Chili Open, to be held Saturday, February 6 at Hale Farm 7 Village. It is the 26th year of the event that benefits Akron Rotary Camp for Children with Special Needs.
Club member Denny Liddle shared news of the recent committee meeting for the Barbertonopoly board game. He discussed the profit points depending on the number of games sold. Our next step is forming a sales committee to sell ads. The club will place the order for the games by July so we can begin selling them in September.
Our speaker was Mark Bowles. Mark co-authored Just Keep Rowing with Katie Spotz. Just Keep Rowing shares the lessons Katie learned on her journey as the youngest person to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She traveled more than 3000 miles on her 70 day journey. Katie Spotz is from Mentor Ohio and is an endurance athlete and safe water activist. A portion of the proceeds from Just Keep Rowing will support the mission of partner, h2o for life (www.h2oforlifeschools.org)-to engage youth in service learning that support clean water projects for schools around the world. Co-author Mark Bowles is also an Ohioian. He is a Professor of History at American Public University System. He is the author of 14 books, including three college textbooks.
Mark shared that nearly 1 billion people lack access to clean water.