We heard from a local entrepreneur Mason Kisamore who, along with his wife, runs a farming operation in Portage County. It is obvious that small farms are alive and well in our community. The entrepreneurial skill they display is impressive both in scope and planning. This week Liz Sidoti, Managing Director Abernathy MacGregor, will be our speaker. The daughter of Past President Roger and a Kent Theodore Roosevelt Grad, she will undoubtedly bring us a program with national political insight.It’s been “a dry spell” as far as hands on Rotary service projects during this current pandemic. We will soon have 2 projects to serve our community. The first spearheaded by Curtis Stumpf will be a major boost to our long-standing literacy efforts. The Imagination Library, in conjunction with Stacy Richardson of the Kent Free Library and Bill Childers of Portage County United Way, will provide a book per month for every child in the county from birth to 5 years of age. Our club has received a matching grant from our District for a total of $5,000 and we will need volunteers to register recipients.
Project number 2 is planning our annual Auction Fund Raiser which raises the bulk of funds that our Foundation distributes each year. The approximately $30,000 we raised last year has been carefully allocated to several worthy causes already. Your help is needed immediately on a planning committee and all of us should be considering what donation we will contribute to the Auction. Let’s end “our hibernation” early and get on board one of these opportunities to put “Service above Self”.
