The Rotary Club of Westlake Bay Village held its weekly Wednesday meeting on September 4, 2024. The meeting was a hybrid with 18
participants meeting via zoom and in person.
participants meeting via zoom and in person.
President Mangels called the meeting to order at 7:30 a.m. and began with a prayer followed by the Pledge of Allegiance and the Rotary Four-Way Test.
Andrew welcomed everyone to the meeting and introduced our speaker, Jessica Walters.
Club news:
- Gary reported that we are up to 30 foursomes for our golf outing and clam bake. We are still in need of more hole sponsors.
- Our annual Rose Sale will be held on October 18 th . Once again, roses are only $20 per dozen. Please start lining up your orders.
- Please make every effort to attend this week’s meeting. Our speaker will be District Governor Dale Smith.
Our speaker today was Jessica Walters, President and CEO of Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Greater Cleveland. BBBS makes positive mentorship the alternative to sending kids to the juvenile justice system.Nationally, over 10 million at-risk youth lack mentorship. Factors contributing to this are overcrowded classrooms, limited networks, struggling parents. BBBS creates relationships for people who need them most.
Consider being a Big for a day, September 28 th at Shaker library or joining them at their golf outing October 7 th at TopGolf.
We had time for our happy thoughts and the meeting adjourned at 8:32