March 28, 2013 Naples Sunset Rotary Meeting and Annual Raffle

The March 28, 2013 Naples Sunset Rotary Annual Raffle and Meeting was called to order by President Brady Young followed by Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance. Our program was Kelly Thorpe, Director of Cedar Montessori School here in Naples. Kelly described and explained the purpose of Montessori education and how it cultivates the desire to learn. She gave detailed examples and positive success results. Her presentation was followed by a question and answer period. Additional information about the Cedar Montessori School is available by clicking here. President Brady then inducted two new members to the Naples Sunset Rotary. Thomas Matthews sponsored by Past President and Assistant Governor Marcus P. Zillman and Tom Wehr sponsored by Past President George Leamon. All the members welcomed the two newest members to Rotary!! After dinner our annual fund raiser and raffle was given with exciting moments as the winners were drawn. See pictures to the left to shown all the positive happenings. The club adjourned at 8:20pm.

March 21, 2013 Naples Sunset Rotary Meeting

The March 21, 2013 Naples Sunset Rotary meeting was called to order by President Brady Young followed by Invocation by Past President Marcus Zillman followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Our program was an excellent presentation by our own member Adoni Kokkinos discussing the current status of drones through the world including drone legislation in the United States. His video showed us some remarkable areas that Drones are in and going into. Where or where has our privacy gone?? Members were reminded that our next week's meeting will be our annual Raffle and to bring your sold tickets to the meeting. Meeting was adjourned at 8:01pm.

March 14, 2013 Naples Sunset Rotary Club

The March 14, 2013 Naples Sunset Rotary Meeting was called to order by President Brady Young at 6:40pm with the Invocation given by Past President Marcus P. Zillman followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Adoni Kokkinos introduced our speaker for the meeting Marsha Litsinger, Executive Assistant of NAMI Collier County. Marsha discussed the many educational and support program offered freely by the National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI) of Collier County. Programs for families and individuals affected by mental illness include a) Family to Family; b) Guide; c) Support Groups including NAMI connection, Parent/Child, and Family Support; d) Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Training; e) Sarah Ann Drop-In Center; f) Self-Directed Care; f) Advocacy; and g) Consumer Care. The mission of NAMI Collier is: Improving the quality of persons affected by serious and persistent mental illness, and their families, through support, education and advocacy. Additional information is available by clicking here. The club enjoyed the presentation and asked and a number of questions. After the presentation dinner was served and President Brady reminded the club members of our March 28th annual fund raiser raffle. Meeting was adjourned at 8:00pm.

March 7, 2013 Naples Sunset Rotary Meeting

The March 7, 2013 Naples Sunset Rotary Meeting was called to order by President Brady Young followed by Invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance. Following dinner President Brady discussed the many happenings both local and District and urged all members to sell their Raffle tickets for our upcoming March 28th Raffle and main fund raiser for the club. Guests, snow bird Rotarians and visiting Rotarians were all introduced and welcomed back to our club. The meeting was adjourned at 8:02pm. .