• Our thoughts of gratitude went out to the successful fundraiser gala we put on for the community. Tom Petzold shared his reflection on Deepak Chopra's book Ageless Body - Timeless Mind and offered advice for active mastery with autonomy over your life and circumstance. When you stop growing as a person, that's when you become old. 

• Dale Chilcote was happy to share his first adventure on a sailboat and celebrate National Maritime Day on Monday. Other Happy Bucks were about the Pitspitters season to start on Monday, Linda is happy to be back from Guatemala and excited to share more details next week. Lil Anderson was thrilled to be a part of their 1st Gala ever and Beth Melcher thanked everyone for selling out the 64 bottles of wine.

• The Interact club is starting to gain momentum, Lini Czerwonka introduced herself and updated the club on the project based highschool Greenspire, and the 10 students who are ready to join already. Let's help foster the next generation of Rotarians. 

• Chris DeGood detailed the upcoming Camps & Services events and the great activity the Discovery Center has stirred up. First up will be Discover Fishing at the Pier on June 10 to learn practical fishing knowledge, they also host 10 programs to explore careers in the Marine Technology field and host All Aboard for iBBS, Single MOMM, NES, Arts for All, LIFT Tenn Center, Disability Network, GT County Court so they have a chance to experience the water up close.

• On a similar waterway, Andrew Kohlman stated June 11th will be this year's Bug Count which is crucial to help monitor the invertebrates and test water quality. Kids' Free Fishing Day is almost here,  please come out and help set up this fantastic event, allowing kids to learn to fish in an interactive way. 

• Al Zelinski marched on up to promote the Chair-y-fest Drill Team which will lead the entire parade on Saturday, July 8th. Al Bonney will be your Drill Sargeant and practices will start when he's finally in shape from his long bike ride. It's a fun time for the whole family and the Al's will certainly convince you of such. 

• Many thanks went out to all the people, partners, and sponsors that added to a successful Gala. Max Anderson and Miriam Owsley personally thanked the individuals that made it all possible. The grant total of money raised to go towards Good Works was $40,000. Hundreds of hours, hundreds of phone calls and emails, and the mighty chorus made it truly possible. Thousand thanks for your support.

• Warren Call introduced our program speaker Kerry Singh from the MEDC.  The current climate of demand requires a shift to onshoring critical supply chains and removing barriers to education so we can innovate. According to census data, Michigan is not growing as quickly as other areas and our state is a childcare desert. The key is to cultivate talent - retain diversified talent - attract new talent. Some studies show that "game"ified learning modules are much more effective in grades below 5th grade to introduce STEM. Partnering with test schools to match job offers directly with their graduates may be a key way to retain talent from our schools. 

• The winner of 50/50 was George Powell who took home $60. 

Rotary Square Ribbon Cutting Ceremony & Reception on JUNE 9th

- The event will begin at 6:30 pm with comments from Rotary Club of Traverse City President Marlene Bevan, Chair of Rotary Charities Board of Trustees Greg Luyt, CEO of the Downtown Development Authority Jean Derenzy, Chair of the Downtown Development Authority Gabe Schneider, and Community Assistance Specialist at Michigan Economic Development Corporation Dan Leonard.