by Ingrid Nova | May 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
Project Overview
The Rotary Club of East Lansing, in conjunction with the City of East Lansing, is in the process of finalizing the design for the new playground at East Lansing’s Patriarche Park. Input from the community meetings held earlier this spring is being incorporated into an updated design that will: 1) make the playground more accessible to everyone, including children with physical disabilities; 2) utilize equipment that helps build physical fitness, 3) comply with the latest safety standards and 4) be built with eco-friendly materials.
Pancakes-in-the-Park
Sunday, June 10 is the date for this year’s annual Pancakes-in-the-Park breakfast (pancakes, sausage, apples, O.J. and coffee) which will be served from 7 am to 12:30 pm at the pavilion in East Lansing’s Patriarche Park, nearby the playground. Funds generated by the pancake breakfast are used to support the Rotary Club’s community service projects. MSU Women’s Basketball Coach Suzy Merchant and honorary chair for the playground project will be flipping pancakes at this year’s event as the Rotary Club’s “Guest Chef.” Playground sponsors – Meijer, MSUFCU, and Summit Community Bank – have also been invited to participate in this year’s event.
Playground Support Growing
$10,000 from the MSUFCU and $2,100 from the Community Relations Coalition (Taste of East Lansing) are the latest donations in support of the new playground at Patriarche Park. Meijer and Summit Community Bank have also committed to being sponsors for the playground project and grant requests are currently pending with both the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund ($300,000) and the Capital Region Community Foundation ($20,000). East Lansing Rotary Club members have donated or helped secure over $50,000 – including a $10,000 pledge from East Lansing Lodge 480 of the Freemasons – to support the playground project.
In addition, talks are underway with television celebrity and Traverse City native Carter Oosterhouse about supporting the playground project. He’s the host of HDTV’s Carter Can home improvement show and founder of Carter’s Kids, a non-profit organization dedicated to creating and promoting awareness of fitness and self-esteem for America’s youth.
by Ingrid Nova | Sep 30, 2011 | Speakers for the Month, Uncategorized
We have some exciting programs scheduled for our Monday meetings in October. Check them out:
October 3 – Tom Anastos, head coach, MSU Hockey.
October 10 – Dean Sienko, Medical Director, Ingham County Health Department. He will be speaking on “The Ingham County Health Plan.”
October 17 – Suzy Merchant, head coach, MSU Women’s Basketball.
October 24 – Jim Proebstle, President of Prodyne Consulting. He specializes in management and strategic planning. Jim is a member of the Barrington, Illinois Rotary Club and is an author of two books. He also played football for MSU and was on the 1966 National Championship team. He will be talking about his Rotary experiences and his latest book Fatal Incident.
October 31 – Coach Dane Fife, the top assistant for MSU Men’s Basketball.
by Ingrid Nova | May 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
Check out some of the great press we’ve been receiving recently about our 50th Anniversary Project. You can read the article below, or go to RememberThePark.com for more information on our Signature Anniversary Project.
“EAST LANSING – If you are a parent or grandparent and a fan of Patriarche Park, the East Lansing Rotary wants to talk to you.
The members of the club are coordinating a major community project to revive the wooden play structure in the park.”
Continue reading the rest of the article here
by Ingrid Nova | Mar 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
On Monday, 21 March, the East Lansing Rotary Club took time to award 3 community members with Vocational Service Awards. These awards are given every year by the club, to members of the community we feel portray the Rotary ideals of ‘Service above Self”.
The three recipients received plaques commemorating the occasion, as well as recognition from the club with a program dedicated to them. The recipients, in alphabetical order, were Rob Patterson, Ken Mannie, and John Wood.
(l to r: Ken Mannie & Wife, Rob Patterson & Wife, John Wood, Paul Hanysz, vocational service chair)
by Ingrid Nova | Feb 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
Our President, Jackson Kaguri, was featured in a great LSJ article Sunday. He will be visiting New York to sit on a panel in front of the United Nations. Read a blurb here, and follow the link to read the entire article!
“OKEMOS — During his studies at Columbia University in New York City, Jackson Kaguri did some work with the United Nations.
But the Okemos resident, author of “The Price of Stones: Building A School for My Village”, couldn’t have imagined he would one day speak before the international body.
Kaguri will do so on Monday, Feb. 28 as part of a panel on “Partnering With the Philanthropic Community to Provide Education for All”. The conference is sponsored by the U.N.’s Economic and Social Council..”
Read the entire article here
by Ingrid Nova | Feb 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
For those interested, an application for our Community Grant is now available to view and print. You can find it here. It will also be linked on the right panel of the website in the future.
