President Bob Maver 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.
Bob welcomed everyone to the meeting and introduced our guests, prospective member Justin Hein who has attended his second meeting, Rotarian Eric Jolly, and our speaker Brian Martin.

Next week’s meeting will be devoted to final details for the Art Festival.

We will postpone our Board meeting until the following week, August 2nd
 

Joe announced changes to the raffle tickets. Patrons will no longer have to print their names on all tickets. There will be a master sheet denoting the purchaser and numbered tickets can be put in the bags. Tickets will be $5 for 10 tickets, $10 for 25 tickets, and $20 for 75 tickets.

 

Andrew has asked for volunteers to meet Friday, July 28th at 9:00 am to help set up the site for the festival. Should the weather not cooperative, alternative plans will be announced.

Start lining up your foursomes for our golf outing to be held October 13th at Mallard Creek. It is a noon shotgun. More details will be coming but save the date. Gary has flyers and registration forms.

Our club received the AZ Baker award patch from Rotary International for meeting several Rotary goals. This was the second consecutive year we have won this award.

There will be a Rotary night at the Guardians game on August 17th . It will be a fundraiser for “End Polio Now”.

Our inbound exchange student is expected to arrive on August 8th . We look forward to meeting her. 

 

Our speaker today was Brian Martin, a former Westlake High School student, who recently opened his own business, TropiCle Plants, located at 33117 Center Ridge Rd. in North. The mission of TropiCLE is to bring the beauty of tropical climates to Ohio with indoor and outdoor potted plants. The benefit of having plants in your home and office are significant and we offer the opportunity to maintain beauty and class in your space with our high-quality plants and containers. It has been proven the benefits of having plants include increased
productivity, reduced stress, cleaner air, and improved creativity. Visit Brian at his store in North Ridgeville, at their kiosk in Crocker Park, or online at www.tropicleplants.com.

We had time for our happy thoughts, and we adjourned at 8:14