Rotary Club of Ely

Meeting Summary - april 6, 2022 - Meeting 5080

eva sebesta - ely area chamber of commerce

President Heiman welcomed those at the Grand Ely Lodge and via Zoom. He reviewed some of the Board items, including a vacant Board seat that needs a volunteer, his own intent to replace Fletcher Freeman who has been looking for a replacement, a replacement sign (thanks to Pat Warner) for the Grand Ely Lodge, and reminded us that next week we will have our meeting on Thursday evening at 5:30 at the GEL, and on Zoom. Get ready for bingo to help our Ukraine fundraiser. 
 
So far our Ukraine Relief request has generated $2,975 from Club members and from the public and a check for $5,970 was sent to the Foundation. Please consider giving if you have not already done so. 
 
Raffle tickets are being printed out for distribution in the next week or so. 
 
Eva Sebesta - Ely Chamber of Commerce
 
Eva first thanked our club for the generous donation from us and the Rotary Foundation funds for the benches, tables, etc. that will be placed at the Chamber location.
 
She reviewed some of the recent initiatives of the Chamber, first their focus upon issues impacting our businesses - workforce, housing, and childcare. Their businesses want to hire locally for vacancies, or through internships. There are currently 100 positions vacant in the area. So far they have worked with VCC and have held a successful job fair. They are also working with Wintergreen and Kondos, among others to find more folks who will sew for them.
 
Some of their events coming up are:
  • City-wide rummage sale on May 21st.
  • Kids Fishing Day on June 11th at the Vets on the Lake.
  • Blueberry/Art Festival from July 29th to the 31st.
  • Harvest Moon Festival from September 9th to the 11th. 
  • Mrs. Claus party during the Holiday season, and
  • Wolf Track Classic dogsled race February 25th and 26th, 2023. 
Blueberry/Art Festival may be a bit smaller, and also a bit more spacious for shoppers, but still a very big event. Clearly there is a lot going on with our Chamber of Commerce. 
 
Birthdays: None
 

Members Present:

Campbell  
Fitzgerald 
Heiman
Ledel
Loughery, C.
Loughery, D.
Moore
Musich
Olson 
Owens
Przybylski
Soderberg
Sundell
Zupancich
 
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