Our annual Leaders For the 21st Century conference is coming up June 12-14th. Anne Whittlesey will be at our meeting with sign-up sheets again. If you won't be at the meeting, you can email leadersforthe21stcentury@gmail.com with your name, phone, email, and how you would like to help. Here are the activities. Wednesday, June 12 8:45 am to 9:45 am Registration. Meet parents and middle school Leaders, check them in, hand out bed sheets Voorhees Front Steps (lobby if raining) 5:50 pm to 7:00 pm Rotary Mock Trial. Rotarians participate in a mock trial with the Leaders in break-out groups. Instructions and script are provided. Martha Miller Center (across from the Maas Auditorium). Thursday, June 13 Noon until 1:00 pm Rotarian Luncheon. This Luncheon is held in the Maas Auditorium during the Noon Club’s regular weekly meeting time. Leaders join Rotarians and get to know each other over a plated meal. Hope College is catering the meal and will need to know our numbers, so signing up is important. We hope to have between 50 and 60 Leaders, so the more the better! Friday, June 14 morning – early afternoon 9:30 am to 10:15 am Help judge a competition held outside in the Pine Grove behind Voorhees. Instructions will be provided. 12:50 pm to 1:30 pm Get to Know a Rotarian. Small groups of Leaders interview individual Rotarians and later present what they have learned about their Rotarian to the larger group. Held in the Bultman Center’s Great Room. 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Check out and Reception. Front of Voorhees Dormitory. Meet and greet parents, handle collection of name tags, sheets, and most importantly, the parent sign out of their Leader. 4:30 pm to 5:15 pm Prep for graduation; set out programs, greet the guest speaker when they arrive, open the doors for parents and others at 5:00 pm. Maas Auditorium 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm (maybe 6:15 pm) Graduation Audience. Having Rotarians present in the audience is highly desirable. Arriving a few minutes earlier to mingle with parents outside the Maas is nice, but the Auditorium doors will open at 5:00 pm |
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Alex Vriesema grew up in Wisconsin near the Michigan border. In 2004 they were sponsored by the Marinette WI/Menominee MI Rotary Club for a Rotary Youth Exchange to Warsaw Poland.