My name is Machel Considine. I joined Rotary because of my daddy’s good Rotary experience. At his Rotary meeting as a Senior of the Month, I learned about our exchange program from a South African girl who had been on exchange in our town 3 years prior. Cut to the chase, I was selected to go to Hermanus, South Africa on my exchange! Years later, because I framed a picture at Barb & Abe’s frame shop where I found out women could be in Rotary, I’m a proud Rotarian for 19 years.
“Service Above Self” was modeled to me as a child and I am honored to follow in Daddy’s footsteps when I was asked to be on the RYE district committee 2 years after I joined. Some of my closest Rotary friends have worked with RYE. Our motto “Rotary Youth Exchange is building world peace one person at a time” and it says what every student comes away feeling from their year.
Volunteer wise: I’m the current club Speaker Coordinator, stay-at-home mom (16 yrs), church choir (36 yrs) sorority collegiate national advisor (9 yrs), Experience Corps elementary reading tutor (5 yrs) and a fierce social justice supporter since South Africa!
At home, I’m an avid reader, camper and movie nut. The love of my life, Tom, and I have been married for 42 years. Our four grandchildren are 10, 9, 8 and 6 years old. Two live in OR with our son & daughter-in-law and two live in MN with our daughter & son-in-law. Our family is where our hearts live.
Thanks for letting me join Mesa West RC, I love it here!
The SHARE system is how The Rotary Foundation distributes funds to districts.
When you contribute to Annual Fund-SHARE, the first 5% is deducted for operational costs. The remainder of the contribution is divided between the World Fund and District Designated Funds (DDF). The Trustees of the Rotary Foundation allocate money from the World Fund, and your district allocates DDF to the programs that people in your area want to support.
The name defines what the system does, because contributions are shared throughout the world.
You can help our district and support meaningful projects by giving to the Annual Fund-SHARE!
President Connie Bunyard opened the meeting, Jack Rosenberg led the pledge, and Lola McLane gave a thought of the day about the meaning of the Four-Way Test.
John Pennypacker won today’s raffle. However, he did not draw the Ace of Clubs, so the large pot carries over. Many Happy Bucks were collected.
Today’s speaker was Lanie Curbello, a fire safety expert who talked to the club about fire safety. She sells Omnishield fire safety products which includes an interconnected wireless network of sensors. She explained that modern homes burn up to eight times faster than historical homes and that residents typically have only 3 minutes to escape once a fire starts. Lainey discussed the limitations of traditional ionization smoke alarms and promoted her company's non-ionization smart alarm system that includes bed shakers and multiple sensors. On request, she provides 90-minute home training visits as well.
Announcements:
Sept 24 – filling boxes for hospitalized children for Jared’s Box, 5:30-7:30pm at Salvation Army (241 E 6th St #3, Mesa, AZ 85201)
As Rotarians, we are regularly exposed to opportunities to support various causes with our time, talent and treasure. Sometimes it is hard to sift through all the information and decide where we are going to use our available financial resources.
It would be wonderful if every Mesa West Rotarian would make the following BIG FOUR their Rotary charities of choice and support every one of them every year, we could make a bigger difference than we are making today.
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Doubletree, 1011 W Holmes
Mesa, AZ 85210 United States of America
Our hybrid meetings are held weekly. The meetings are broadcast via Zoom to include all, whether attending virtually or in person. NOTE: The meeting location is accessible.
