ROTARY NIGHT OUT! October 25, :00 to 8:00 p.m

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1 October 20, 2016 Volume 101 Issue 8 Join us at the Zen Tuesday, October 25 at 6:00 p.m. ROTARY NIGHT OUT! October 25, :00 to 8:00 p.m Register NOW for Rotary Night Out -- No Meeting at the Westin Poinsett Hotel -- OCTOBER 25TH Problems with registering? Call the office at or send your regrets that you cannot attend by clicking here. REGISTRATION REQUIRED FOR ALL--ACTIVE ROTARY MEMBERS ARE FREE, BUT WE NEED YOU TO REGISTER SO YOU LL HAVE A NAME BADGE FOR CHECK-IN. Don t miss our exciting Rotary Night Out (formerly Fall Fellowship Outing) on Tuesday, October 25, 6pm-8pm at Zen in downtown Greenville. To get the very most out of your Rotary membership, you must attend this fun social event designed with you in mind. Meet and greet new Rotarians, network, and most of all have fun! We have hired a professional trivia facilitator so we can determine who has the most trivia knowledge in the room! Elegant heavy hors d oeuvres, trivia, prizes and more! Bring a guest for only $21 or a potential member for FREE. Register Now! NO CHARGE for active Rotary Club of Greenville Members ($21 for guests, Active-Exempt Members and Members on Leave of Absence. Advanced Payment Please. Register NOW for Rotary Night Out--No Meeting at the Westin Poinsett Hotel--OCTOBER 25TH or send your regrets that you cannot attend by clicking here. INVITE A FUTURE ROTARIAN AS A GUEST $21 includes a delicious evening, an inspiring program, and trivia. Preregistration is required. Walk-ups cannot be accommodated. The Rotary Club of Greenville is the largest and oldest club in South Carolina and is celebrating its 100th year.

2 President s Message Wisdom from President Stephanie Lewis 40 Men for Change At our last Club meeting, we heard from our club member Tommy Sinn about his brave and inspirational journey fighting brain cancer and using that fight as a platform to raise money for local charities. He needs only a few more donations to reach his fundraising goal. If you have not yet given, you can give here at bit.ly/40men4change. We are supporting Tommy s efforts as our Club s local service project for the month of October, but it is more than that. Our focus on Tommy s story is also about what Russ Miller refers to as our Club in reach : supporting and building relationships with our own Club members. This is part of the gift of Rotary - our deep friendships with our fellow Club members. Stay tuned for more initiatives focused on helping us get to know each other better and support one another. Please keep Tommy in your thoughts as he prepares for his #40menforchange marathon on October 29. Rotary Night Out And speaking of our relationships, let s plan to spend time together at our Rotary Night Out on October 25 at 6pm at Zen. This takes the place of our regular Club meeting that day and is a fun way to get to know other Club members. You have already paid for it, so why not register now here? You will get 2 free drink tickets, and there will be trivia and a DJ. Feel free to invite a prospective Rotarian to join you for free if you pre-register. All other guests are welcome to join for $21. PolioPlus Challenge There is also an exciting opportunity right now to match contributions for PolioPlus. There is an anonymous donor (a couple from the Upstate), and this couple will match any amount above $50 per capita for our district (a roll up of all clubs) for PolioPlus, up to $100,000. This is a great opportunity to get the financial push we need to end Polio in the world! October 24th is World Polio Day, and our District Governor has proposed that all members skip one meal (or match a meal s cost) in the month of October and give that amount to PolioPlus. This should be easy to do. Here is a link to help you make an on-line donation: Discover Rotary is back on November 8 at a new time and a new location!! To make it easier for you to attend and bring prospective members, we have moved Discover Rotary to 11:00 am at The Westin Poinsett immediately before our first Club meeting of every month (on the second Tuesday of each month). Register here to attend Discover Rotary at the Westin Poinsett November 8 at 11:00 am. Click here to register. Upcoming Programs Also mark your calendars for our upcoming programs: November 8: November 22: December 13: December 20: Deb Richardson Moore Thanksgiving with Friends (Networking and Knowledge: Get to Know Your Club and Other Club Members) Celebrate our Teacher of the Year Bruce Bannister Thank you for all you are doing to make Greenville and the world a better place through your Service Above Self. The Rotary Club of Greenville meets every second and fourth Tuesday at the Westin Poinsett Hotel in beautiful Downtown Greenville.

3 Mark Your Calendar UPCOMING EVENTS October 25 November 7 November 8 November 22 December 13 December 20 March 16 June 10 June 30 Rotary Night Out (In place of club meeting), 6:00 at ZEN Rotary Connect: The Idea Hour, 5:30 at Hall s Chop House Club Meeting, 12:00 at Westin Poinsett Hotel featuring Deb Richardson-Moore Club Meeting, 12:00 at Westin Poinsett Hotel featuring a Club Assembly Club Meeting, 12:00 at Westin Poinsett Hotel featuring Teacher of the Year Club Meeting, 12:00 at Westin Poinsett Hotel featuring Bruce Bannister Carolinas PETS (President Elect Training Seminar) Rotary International Convention, Atlanta, Georgia District 7750 Awards and Installation Banquet, TD Center Coming Up in November... Coming November 8, 2016 Deb Richardson-Moore Pastor, Triune Mercy Center Deb Richardson-Moore is the author of a 2012 memoir, The Weight of Mercy, and a novel, The Cantaloupe Thief, released in June Both are published by Lion Hudson of Oxford, England. Deb serves as pastor of the non-denominational Triune Mercy Center in Greenville, South Carolina, where she works to make homeless parishioners feel respected, loved and deserving of a pastor who dresses up for them, even in high heels. She is a Greenville native and a graduate of Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC) and Erskine Theological Seminary (Due West, SC). She worked for 27 years as a writer for The Greenville News, covering art, theater, general features and religion. After obtaining her Master of Divinity degree in 2005 and being ordained by First Baptist Church of Greenville, she accepted the position as pastor of Triune. Triune is a church that brings homeless, working poor, middle-class and wealthy parishioners into community. Since the publication of her memoir about her first three years as Triune s pastor, Deb has spoken at Memorial Church at Harvard University, Syracuse UMC in New York, Union Presbyterian Seminary in Charlotte, NC, Duke Divinity Pastors Conference in Durham, NC, and has taught at churches and ministries across the Carolinas and Georgia. The Rotary Club of Greenville meets every second and fourth Tuesday at the Westin Poinsett Hotel in beautiful Downtown Greenville.

4 Ho. Ho. Ho. And an End to Polio. Celebrate the Holidays Before the Season It is Time to Reconvene at the Mountain. We are in the middle of setting up the displays for Roper Mountain Holiday Lights. Every weekend between now and Thanksgiving week, we will be preparing and erecting the displays for this year s festivities. We need your help to ensure a successful event. Go to the Greenville Rotary calendar to sign up. Thank you for your participation. Holiday Lights continues to be our club s biggest fund-raiser, and this year marks the 25th year! As always, we count on our members to help make this event amazing. Gate Captains Needed Be a good Santa and help make our guests experience the MOST wonderful time of the year! Gate Captains are needed 5:30pm to 10:00pm on selected weekdays and each weekend from November 24 through December 30, It s going to be great and you ll have a great time doing it. Please contact Mary Grimes McGreer to sign up and get details! She can be reached at marygrimes@hotmail.com and phone number or ! District Governor Makes PolioPlus Challenge Hello District 7750 Rotarian, There is something significant I want to share with you. I ve been talking to anonymous donors (a couple from the upstate) and this couple will match any amount above $50 Per Capita for our district (a roll up of all clubs) for PolioPlus, up to $100,000. This is huge for our district! October 24th is World Polio Day and I would like all members to skip one meal (or match a meal s cost) in the month of October and give that amount to PolioPlus. This should be easy to do. I m asking all Presidents to keep track of how much is raised by each club and we will publish in November. Here is a link to help you make an on-line donation: If you have any questions, please Amelia Nelson our PolioPlus Chair. amelianelson007@gmail.com. Lance Young 7750 District Governor The Rotary Club of Greenville is the largest and oldest club in South Carolina and is celebrating its 100th year.

5 Become A Holiday Lights Sponsor We are looking for sponsors for our big year! Sponsor opportunities are listed below. Please contact Elizabeth Lyons (elyons@tdconventioncenter.com) if you would like to be a part of the event that has allowed the Rotary Club of Greenville to fund all of our scholarships, grants and projects for the last 25 years! Presenting Sponsor $25,000 Lead sponsor only one is available Recognition in billboard, radio advertising, social media and the electronic Holiday Guide Recognition on the Roper Mountain Holiday Lights website with a hyper-link to sponsor s website Recognition displayed on RMSC s permanent electronic kiosk from Thanksgiving Day to December 30 Prominent entry signage at the event Exclusive signage at the exit Recognition in signage at Winter Wonderland Recognition at the Sponsor Thank You breakfast following the end of the event 100 complimentary event passes Diamond Sponsor $10,000 to $15,000 Recognition in billboard, radio advertising, social media and the electronic Holiday Guide Recognition with signage as the sponsor for one of the following: the Pre-Opening Ceremony, the lighted stage at the Amphitheatre, the Front Gate Volunteer Warming House, or the Sponsor and Volunteer Thank You Breakfast (Selection is based on a first come basis.) Recognition as a Diamond level sponsor on the Roper Mountain Holiday Lights website with a hyper-link to the sponsor s website Recognition as a Diamond level sponsor in signage at the entry Recognition as a Diamond level sponsor in signage at Winter Wonderland 40 complimentary event passes Platinum Sponsor $5,000 Recognition on all social media and the electronic Holiday Guide Recognition as a Platinum level sponsor on the Roper Mountain Holiday Lights website with a hyper-link to the sponsor s website Recognition as a Platinum level sponsor in signage at the entry Recognition as a Platinum level sponsor in signage at Winter Wonderland A lighted sign with your company logo displayed adjacent to one of our signature Platinum level displays on site (Display selection is based on first come basis) Recognition at the Sponsor Thank You breakfast following the end of the event 25 complimentary event passes Gold Sponsor $3,000 Recognition on social media and the electronic Holiday Guide Recognition as a Gold level sponsor on the Roper Mountain Holiday Lights website with a hyper-link to the sponsor s website A lighted sign adjacent to one of our signature Gold level displays on site (Display selection is based on first come basis) Recognition at the Sponsor Thank You breakfast following the end of the event 15 complimentary event passes Silver Sponsor $1,500 Recognition on social media and the electronic Holiday Guide Recognition as a Silver level sponsor on the Roper Mountain Holiday Lights website A lighted sign adjacent to one of our signature Silver level displays on site (Display selection is based on first come basis) Recognition at the Sponsor Thank You breakfast following the end of the event 10 complimentary event passes Bronze Sponsor $750 Recognition in social media and the electronic Holiday Guide Recognition as a Bronze level sponsor on the Roper Mountain Holiday Lights website A lighted sign adjacent to one of our signature Bronze level displays on site (Display selection is based on first come basis) Recognition at the Sponsor Thank You breakfast following the end of the event 6 complimentary event passes By Supporting Roper Mountain Holiday Lights. You support Greenville s largest, local not-for profit holiday tradition You support the Roper Mountain Science Center You support local charities and education through Rotary Charities and the Rotary Club of Greenville Over 80,000 people will see that you have made an investment for the benefit of the Upstate! The Rotary Club of Greenville is the largest and oldest club in South Carolina and is celebrating its 100th year.

6 The President s Challenge Win a Cool Grand in Cold Cash Any member who brings in the most new members by January 15, 2017 will get a cash prize of $1,000; or for those Service Above Self -minded folks, a donation of $1,000 to the charity of your choice. To qualify, bring in at least two new members who pay their dues by mid-january. If there is a tie, the prize will be split among winners. We already have a few members who are starting strong. This club is great because of our ability to bring in new, talented, and engaged new members. Click here for the membership application. Volunteers Needed Money Smart Proposed New Members Phillip Baldwin Pastor Bethlehem Baptist Church Sponsors: Mary Grimes-McGreer and Stinson Ferguson Rusty Infinger Attorney SC Legal Services Sponsors: Stinson Ferguson and Kirby Mitchell Caitlin Meeks District Director Blue Ridge Council Sponsors: Mike Butler and Scott Kilgore Jocelyn Slaughter Executive Director Greenville Literacy Association Sponsors: Judith Prince and Ryan Thackray We are excited to announce that Serenity Place has agreed to let us teach the Money Smart program to their residents over the course of 22 weeks in As a part of their Life Skills classes, Money Smart will teach the basics of checking, loans, and credit. The Money Smart Committee includes Jessica Baker, Brenda McKay, and Brian McKay (chair). In order to make this work, we need at least 4 more Rotarians to volunteer to facilitate a class next year. We will provide all of the materials and the training necessary. Will you help? Contact Brian McKay (bmckay@sctelcofcu.org) for more information and to volunteer. Thank you! You can also volunteer at under the projects tab. Serenity Place is a residential treatment center for pregnant women, young mothers, and their preschool-age children. At Serenity Place, space is available for 16 women with up to 2 children each. Admittance priority is given to pregnant, intravenous drug users. Residential treatment is intensive, for a minimum of 50 hours per week, and daily life is structured with a focus on parenting and positive family and independent living skills. The average length of stay could be as much as 6 months, depending on the severity factors. The Rotary Club of Greenville is the largest and oldest club in South Carolina and is celebrating its 100th year.

7 Photo by The City of Greenville Jeff Bullock Sticks His Neck Out for Miles the Giraffe We ve got a new Greenvillian with the best views in the Upstate (because he can see from the mountains to the ocean with his height). Meet Miles, the Greenville Zoo s newest giraffe. Miles isn t on exhibit yet, but you can take a look online via the zoo s Giraffe Cam.

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9 Charities and Why We are Here Support Greenville Rotary Charities by Using Amazon Smile Sign up for Amazon Smile under Rotary Charities, Inc. and we receive.5% of your purchase in cash. Yep, that s right. Every little bit helps. Our unique link is The Object of Rotary The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster: FIRST: SECOND: THIRD: FOURTH: The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service; High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each Rotarian s occupation as an opportunity to serve society; The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian s personal, business, and community life; The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service. The Rotary The Club Rotary of Greenville Club of meets Greenville every is second the largest and and fourth oldest Tuesday club in at South the Westin Carolina Poinsett and is Hotel celebrating beautiful its 100th Downtown year. Greenville.

10 The Greenville Rotarian Newsletter of the Rotary Club of Greenville Organized January 7, 1916 RI President District Governor Club President President Elect Secretary Treasurer Bulletin Editor Administrative Director John Germ Lance Young Stephanie Lewis Scott Stephens Russ Miller David Karr Russell Stall Mandy Dutton Rotary Club of Greenville 728 N. Pleasantburg Drive Greenville, SC Office: Fax: Office Hours Monday - Thursday - 8:30 am to 3:00 pm. Friday - Closed. The Rotary The Club Rotary of Greenville Club of meets Greenville every is second the largest and and fourth oldest Tuesday club in at South the Westin Carolina Poinsett and is Hotel celebrating beautiful its 100th Downtown year. Greenville.