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Guests tonight:   Kyra Stephenson, director of Helmer Nature Center

Pasta Dinner:  A list of sponsors associated with their previous seller is available to club members.  See Bob Scheidt if you need one.  Most tickets have been distributed.  A poster was created.  No major changes of plan from last year.  Carl Ceccanti will serve as a mentor and provided selling tips that were distributed through ClubRunner last week. 

Camp Haccamo:  The organization is looking for a new Executive Director as Dolly Kujawa is retiring, The board is looking for someone that can shadow Dolly for a year. Steve has the job description. 

Signature Project: Tom gave a brief update on the town signature project.  He will provide more details at the next business meeting. 

Other news:  Patrick Stack, District 7120 Rotary Foundation Committee Chair, will be stopping by the Club on Wednesday, October 14^th.  Steve shared that the District held a One Rotary Summit in September and are planning on hosting future summits. 

Kyra Stephenson, founder of Nature Mind Solutions, nature-based learning coach for the Rochester City School District, and director of Helmer Nature Center was our speaker. 

She was previously a science teacher in Wayne country and  Greece school district.  She noticed that it was getting harder to teach things about nature because of screen time.  The challenge was labeled “Nature deficit disorder” so a group of science teachers got together formed a group to take kids outside. 

Helmer Nature Center is a gift all children should have experience as they have access to the environment. More and more people are finding a quiet space in nature.  Helmer is a welcoming space and  accessible to all. The center is available for school groups around the county to visit. 

The center currently has fourteen different animals - a crow, owl,  two turtles and a  Boas the snake has been there for 40 years!

Dollars for Tom’s loss of his cousin. 

Many dollars for the foundation and polio

Bob Scheidt- a great start to the pasta dinner

Dollars for Lynn and all the great work she is doing with the Rotaract Club

Many dollars for the speaker and the pasta dinner committee

Doug’s connection with Helmer is that his son Eric helps the Green Team 

Ken drove to Ithaca again

BJ shared that Jim at been at Unity for a serious situation, but is back home now. 

Bob Spatola for getting his 5 year old grandson ready for hockey and for his other grandson, Luca Spatola. Luca  just turned 13, received a  497 out of 513 in a statewide math test!

Based on Bob’s hockey experience, Lynn shared how she dragged her son to hockey for years but all he wanted to do was watch the Zamboni.  Later in life, he actually became a Zamboni driver!

Lynn also shared great strides with the West Irondequoit Rotaract Club.