Club meeting of March 27, the Shriner's

The club meeting of March 27, was called to order by President, Todd Wallace. Todd shared news of the golf committee meeting. Our annual golf outing- the Royal H. Wood Memorial Golf Outing benefiting area projects for children with special needs will be held Thursday, June 6 at Chippewa Golf Club in Doylestown. We will have raffle tickets at next weeks meeting, with this years raffle prizes including a foursome at Firestone Country Club, and an IPad Mini. 

Tom Craig announced a membership event has been planned for May 29, it will be a potluck. Sign up for the event and dish selection will be forthcoming once the event location has been finalized. 

President Elect, Nick Wladyczak announced the clubs fall fundraising event- the Reverse Raffle will be held Thursday, October 30 at Prime and it will be a costume affair. 

Our scholarship awards ceremonies for Vocational Awards and Academic Scholarships will be held in May. Dates and locations are being finalized.

Brenda Farrell reminded club members to make their annual donations to Every Rotarian Every Year so our club remains grant eligible.

Our speaker was Nick Wladyczak and his topic the Shriner's. Nick shared the Tadmor Shrine Circus was held this past Friday, and early results show it was a success. The circus is the major fundraising event for the Tadmor Shrine. The Tadmor Shrine is part of Shriner's International. Their Transportation Units drove 47,000 miles last year transporting children under 18 and their families to Shrine hospitals. The transportation as well as the medical care, the family stay at the family apartments, and the follow-up is free. If a child under 18 needs medical care for a cleft lip & palate, burn care, orthopaedic, or a spinal cord injury the Shriner's can help.

Further information regarding the Shriner's can be found:

 

Here is the link for the video I wanted to send you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djHMu4WysRc

Here is the link for Shriners Hospitals: http://www.shrinershospitalsforchildren.org/