Northern Bay and Arenac Rotary Presents 2016 Saginaw Bay Nature Festival
February 23, 2016
By: Stephen Kent
2016 Mike Stoner
The club welcomed former club President Mike Stoner, now with the Norther Bay and Arenac Rotary Club, who spoke about the upcoming 2016 Saginaw Bay Nature Festival to be held in and around Pinconning the end of April.
Mike said that the Bay City Club, besides being the sponsoring parent club to the Pinconning club, played a pivotal role by giving a $500 community grant to the festival. The Pinconning club built on that grant by showing others that the festival was significant enough that even Bay City was supporting it. The goal was $4,000 and the club is already at the $5,500 mark.
For a number of years, the Pinconning club has participated in Bay City's annual International Night fund raiser. With the change this year to the Zombie Run, the Pinconning club decided that they needed to come up with their own signature event. From that decision came the Nature festival.
Although sometimes overlooked, "Birding" is a very popular international activity. The Midwest Birding Symposium, held last fall at the Doubletree, attracted 4 to 500 people from all over the US. A number of them noted that the Saginaw Bay is one of the most important bird migration areas in the country.
The upcoming Festival will have four components:
Nature Art Competition sponsored by Bay City Rotary
Conservation Challenge sponsored by Chemical Bank.
Saginaw Bay Waterfowl migrations
Lecture Series
The Festival has all the hallmarks of a budding and long term success.
The major sponsor is Northwoods Wholesale Outlet.
Other sponsors include the Bay City Rotary Club,
Chemical Bank,
Bittersweet Quilt Shop,
Pinconning Rotarians,
and the Pinconning-Linwood Chamber of Commerce.
For more information visit
www.facebook.com/SaginawBayNatureFest
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Rotary Rocks "Birds Of A Feather" planning continues. Keep April 28 on your calendar!
Andrea Hales will be selling program ads at $30, $50, and $100.
The club's Community Grant cycle is open through March 15. Check the club web site for full information and applications.
Andrea Hales still needs a second family to host our exchange student for the Spring school session. She also says that the exchange for next year is being scheduled now and she needs a first host family on file so they can get busy on obtaining a passport.
A small number of dues invoices have yet to be paid. If you are one of that number, please attend to this matter soon. Payment will be greatly appreciated as the club needs to make its payment to Rotary International.
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DATES TO REMEMBER
Board Meeting - March 8 - 11:00 am before regular meeting
- Everyone invited.
April 9 District Matching Grant Seminar (COPOCO CCU)
April 28 Rotary Rocks Concert
May 20-21 District Conference Alpena
Upcoming Programs
(See the official schedule at
RotaryBayCity.org )
March 1, 2016 Community Advancement Network
Executive Director Charlie Schwedler will be providing us with an overview of the Network and a report on its progress. The motto is Building Effectiveness and Efficiency in Nonprofits in the Great Lakes Bay Region.
March 8, 2016 Clean Water in the Dominican Republic.
Randy Ettema, District 6310 Water & Sanitation Committee Chair,
will provide an update on the ongoing and planned water and sanitation projects with which our district is involved in the Dominican Republic.
March 15, 2016 Bay County Library "3D" Printer Kevin Ayala will discuss this exciting new technology that is available through the library system.
March 22, 2016 - "Anatomy of a Mystery" Author David Vizard
will showcase his new novel, "A Grand Murder" which is set in Bay City. He will present a slideshow entitled "Anatomy of a Mystery" which takes a look at how his book was developed.
April 12, 2016 Midland Center for the arts Presented by Bruse Winslow.
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having as its objective the promotion of high ethical standards in private, commercial
and civic life, and dedicated to the ideal that the basis of all worthy endeavor is unselfish service.
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