The Rotary Club of Westlake-Bay Village held its weekly Wednesday meeting on November 12, 2025. The meeting was a hybrid meeting
with 15 participants meeting via Zoom and in person. President Amy Kubacki called the meeting to order at 7:30 a.m., began with a prayer
and meditation, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance and the Rotary Four-Way Test.
Amy welcomed everyone and shared club news.
Club News:
Our December 3rd meeting, pancakes & possibilities, will be a hot breakfast and membership drive. Think of who you can invite who may be a potential member. Thanks to Lisa for making the cards for members to pass out.
Rachel announced plans for our Holiday Party, which will be held on Thursday, December 11th, starting at 6:00pm. The party will be held at
LaCampagna in Westlake. The restaurant can accommodate only 45 people, so sign up early if you plan to attend.
Plans are well underway for the Epiphany Project. Jeff has a sign-up sheet for volunteers.
Rotary Zones 30 and 31 are conducting “Operation Full-Plate”, highlighting local service projects to fight hunger. The project runs from
November 10th through January 10th. Document any service you are involved in, whether it is a Rotary project or something you are involved in with another organization, and we can earn points for our club. See Terri for more details.
We are once again taking part in the Adopt-a-Family project. Andrew has a sheet with needed items. We will have a wrapping party on
December 10th, and the gifts will be delivered on December 12th.
Our speaker today was Diane Zellmer from the Holy Redeemer Crisis Center, the organization that is served by the Epiphany Project. Their mission is building a community of hope through serving, witnessing, and celebrating. They provide meals to the hungry. Hunger is the inability to identify where your next meal is coming from. The Center’s goal is to help families and individuals with the food resources necessary to feed themselves and their families in their homes for the next 9 – 12 nutritious meals. Since joining the Hunger Network of Greater Cleveland in 1976, we have served people living on the near west side of Cleveland who continuously struggle to survive
financially.
Their clients include:
Senior Citizens and the Disabled on Fixed Incomes
Recently Unemployed/Underemployed Families
The Homeless
Those Below the Poverty Level
People Facing Unexpected Circumstances
The Working Poor
To learn more and see how you can become involved, visit their website at www.redeemercrisiscenter.com.
We had time for our happy thoughts and the meeting adjourned at 8:28.