SOUTH GATEWAY ROTARY CLUB
OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA
"Y'All comeback, ya hear!"
SOUTH GATEWAY ROTARY CLUB
OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA
"Y'All comeback, ya hear!"
Welcome to the homepage of the South Gateway Rotary Club of South Bend, Indiana! We are project focused, fun, friendly, service-oriented club with lots of fellowship in an intimate business environment. We're a medium sized Rotary club dedicated to fostering closer business relationships and concern for others.
For the most recent information about our club and its activities, take a look at "What's New?" below. The most recent news is listed at the top with the older news below.
Our club meets every Tuesday at noon at the "The Landing" restaurant at 2801 S. Michigan Street, South Bend, IN 46614, halfway between Ireland Road and Ewing (what was the former Hans House and is now completely renovated) on the first floor. We're a great place to make up! Come and experience our greeting of "Y'all comeback, ya hear!" It says it all.
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South Gateway Rotary Club - Chartered 1975 - Club No. 3389 - District 6540
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| OFFICERS and DIRECTORS PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT/ PRES ELECT ELECT Committee Chairs Membership Chair Fred Bittner Rotary Foundation Chair Service Projects Vocations Chair District 6540 Governor South Gateway Links to other Rotary websites:
Where We Meet (see map & photo) |
April 28, 2009 South Gateway Rotary Club Wow! What a busy week! Beginning with the weekend of Friday, April 17 our Rotary sponsored and provided transportation for four great Riley High School leaders to RYLA at Camp Tecumseh north of Lafayette. After three days of leadership training all they could do was rave about what a great weekend they had and how important it was to them to be a part of it. On Saturday, April 18, South Gateway representatives met the Group Study Exchange team from Turkey who had spent the prior week in Crown Point, Indiana. On Tuesday, April 21 our club hosted them for the full day. At lunch the Team made a wonderful presentation about their beautifulcountry. The room was almost full and the meeting was fun. Many thanks to Don Napoli, Steve Eslinger and Tom Schneider for helping out on that day. On Friday, April 24 the club participated in an auction fund raiser with the Roseland and Sunrise Edison Lakes clubs. At this writing we do not know the financial result but that event always draws a lot of fun and fellowship as well as financial results. Stay tuned. On that same Friday evening, April 24, Fred and Bev Bettner represented the club at a going-away party for the GSE Team which was held at Tippecanone Resturant. Representatives from Downtown Rotary, Elkhart Morning and host families had a great time saying goodbye to these wonderful representatives from the nation of Turkey. The next day, Saturday April 25 the host families gathered again at the local YMCA to see them off to their next site, Kendallville, Indiana. On that same day, Saturday, April 25 our Rotarians participated in the community’s “Rebuilding Together” project- painting and repairing a home in Riverpark. As always, this is a great project led by our Paul White. We hope that every member played some role in these events. Bring a guest to experience the fun, fellowship of events like these. Thanks,
APRIL 28, 2009
Next Week’s Program is Dan Ryan, District 6540 Foundation Chair. Dan is very special and will bring a great message to all of us about our own Rotary Foundation. Please make a special effort to be there and hear this dedicated Rotarian.
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Make Up Locations (South Bend area & other nearby areas - updated as of 10/12/07) |
April 21, 2009 GSE For those new to the club those thee initials stand for Group Study Exchange a Rotary International Vocational Exchange Program. Your club has participated for many years in this effort and it is a rewarding experience for all our club members. At our meeting tomorrow we will be privileged to hear and learn about the nation of Turkey from four young Turkish professionals and their team leader. They will be speaking to us and will share with us a power point presentation about themselves, their families, their work and their nation. Our club will be hosting them all day tomorrow beginning at 8:30 AM for a guided tour by our own Don Napoli of the downtown library facility. From there our group will go to the south Bend Chocolate Factory, for a guided tour. At noon they will be our program. Following the noon luncheon we will accompany them to the Mayor’s office for time with him and his staff. They will receive a tour of the City-County Building as well. The final event will be a guided tour of the Studebaker Museum. As of this writing Don Napoli, Steve Eslinger and Fred Bettner will provide transportation for the team members to the events throughout the day. This is a very special program we hope none of you will miss. Please plan to be here.
Dear South Gateway Rotarians: Just a reminder to everyone that Tuesday will be the last day for me to collect items for our dinner/auction fund raiser. If you forget to bring an item, you still can pickup something and drop it by my office by Thursday. Registration for the dinner can still be made at the door: I would not advise it as it is always best to get your money and registration in ahead of time—unless you really like paying extra. This will be a fun evening; cocktails start at 6:00 PM with dinner at 6:30 and the auction beginning at 7:00. Once again, if you know someone who would like to donate an item for the auction, please ask; the more items, the better. Big thanks to Mike Tinny and Fred Bettner for their assistance with RYLA over the weekend. Great job, guys! Also, if you have not signed up with Paul White for the Christmas in April project this Saturday, please do so. Paul, as always does a great job with this. Thanks, Paul,
APRIL 21, 2009
Next Week’s Program is Dan Ryan, District 6540 Foundation Chair. Dan is very special and will bring a great message to all of us about our own Rotary Foundation.
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SOUTH GATEWAY ROTARY CLUB Benefits of Membership
Responsibilities of Membership
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South Gateway Rotary launched its new Newsletter in December 2008!
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2008 Gateway Newsletters: South Gateway Newsletter, December 5, 2008 - Issue #1 2009 Gateway Newsletters: South Gateway Newsletter, January 20, 2009 - Issue #1 |
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Breakfast With Santa, December 6, 2008: South Gateway Rotary held its 2008 Annual "Breakfast with Santa," Check out our "Breakfast with Santa" homepage for photos of this great annual event! |
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Our South Gateway Membership Directory Gets a New Address ... and a New Look! Our club's Membership Directory has been moved to a new, faster server and has a new look or interface that gives you more options when you perform a search or when you want to see the data listed in a different way. Check out our new ... South Gateway Rotary Membership Directory Use the same user ID and password as before for general membership access. Use your private ID and password to change your own record. Instructions are now on the screen. Contact Don Napoli if you have any questions or problems or if you have forgotten your account name and password.
For questions, comments or suggestions about these web pages, contact Don Napoli.
This page was created on 01/30/01; last updated on 04/27/09 |
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at First Christian Church on Saturday, December 6th , and it was a great success with over 200 in attendance! The event included a pancake and sausage breakfast, orange juice, milk, and coffee. About 100 children got to sit on Santa's lap for a heartfelt conversation. The event also included balloon animals, face painting, and Christmas ornament crafts for each child. Admission was only $6.00 per person. Proceeds will benefit several local charities sponsored by South Gateway Rotary. This was a fun time for all the family just before the Christmas holidays!