On Friday, April 15th, we met back at the Carranor for our weekly meeting and we had the great pleasure of being greeted by Rotarian Jeri Wendt.  Jeri not only served as our weekly greeter but she was our fine master for the week.  Jeri gave us an inspirational vocational on how she has overcome adversity in her personal life and turned her personal experiences into a passion for helping others by serving on the board of the Cocoon Shelter.  In addition to her community services, she also owns and operates Jeri Wendt & Associates!

Our guest speaker for the week was Bethany Deakins from Live Well Toledo.  Bethany was a wealth of knowledge and provided us a great deal of information regarding the Healthy Corner Store and the Complete Streets program.  Their mission and impact to the community is profound and they are continuing to make strides to better the City of Toledo.  

Be sure to join this week where our guest speaker will be Lori Hauser, CEO of the Imagination Station.  

Have a great week and see you at Rotary!

As we head towards the end of the month, we will all be looking forward to a little fellowship, food and drinks at Poco Piatti!  Be sure to clear your schedules and join us on April 25th, from 5 pm - 7 pm for Rotary After Hours @ Poco.  This successful fellowship event has been a great addition to our monthly Rotary Calendar!

To finish off the month of April, the Way Public Library will be kicking off the highly anticipated Perrysburg Bicentennial with a "Bicentennial Birthday Party" on April 27th!  The library will be hosting a "party" all day.  Below is a list of the events that will be taking place that day.

-a trip down memory lane with pictures of the past
-festive balloons
-birthday treats 
-enter to win a Bicentennial birthday gift from Way Library
-complimentary Bicentennial bookmarks
-Bicentennial Word Search handouts
-Birthday Party photo booth
-Birthday Party story time at 9:30 am (registration required)
-pioneer crafts and coloring pages for children (all day in Mercy Activity Room)
- Bicentennial t-shirt and sweatshirts available for sale (sponsored by Perrysburg Messenger Journal)
-Perrysburg’s 200th Birthday Trivia Contest. A question and answer game sponsored by Way and the Messenger Journal
- Bicentennial Lecture Series—“20 Decades of Perrysburg History,”. At 7 p.m. we will present the first lecture in our series with Local History Librarian/author Richard Baranowski