090826 ~ Rotary Club of Ann Arbor + Mott Poll - Community Cares

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1:13After 80 years of learning his wildfire prevention tips, Smokey Bear lives within us all. Learn more at Smokey Bear.com and remember only you can prevent wildfires brought to you by the USDA for service. Your state forster in the ad council. The rotary club of Ann Arbor presents its 23rd annual rotary fundraising extravaganza for helping kids succeed. As we welcome Roy Moore. He is the board president for the rotary club of Ann Arbor. So great to see you in studio here. Fantastic to see you. Thanks for being you're having us. You know what? Thank you to the rotary club for all the work you do and I don't realize I think there are people out there that don't realize I realize it. But that the work that the rotary club does on behalf of this community. You have your tentacles and a lot of different projects. Well, I get asked what is rotary and I was mentioned Kathy. It's one of the best decisions I ever made. And it's because of that it's our ability to bring people together to make an impact on the community. And it's become my third place. You've got first place of family and homes that kind of work.

2:15And then this is a place where I can connect. Tell everyone where work is. Exactly right. Tell them. Tell them. Oh, well, I want a little restaurant and bar for 40 for years called Ashley's. Yes, very popular. We have a good well. Wait, isn't lobster fest going on? Is it coming up? That lobster fest always goes into Father's Day weekend. Oh, Father's Day. We missed it. Things get a little busy in September on campus. Oh, we know it's in it's up in June time frame. I tell our staff weeks just to help people have a good time. That's why Ashley says just. Yeah. And how we do that is. Well, this is my point in bringing this up is your busy business person. And you have time to get back to the community doing this kind of work. I love that. Likewise for our second guest in studio, Kathy Waugh, who is just an incredible racon tour. She's a beautiful singer. She does so much on stage. You have a production coming up. She has performed in our Christmas show in the past with wine women and song with Carrie Tom, folks.

3:23Kathy Waugh is board secretary and fundraising committee member for the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor. So how do you do it? How do you give so much back to the community? Oh, I think it's just who I am. It's vital to me to constantly be in motion, be working with other people. I love a project. I love working with everyone toward a common goal. It's kind of like putting on a show. We put on a show. Yeah, that's right. You're going to be a show coming up here. All right. I want to talk about another show you're in too in a just a moment here. Let's get to the annual fundraiser for Rotary Club of Ann Arbor. This is a magical day of teas and tunes. And again, you pack a lot into one day. Yeah, right. Our new country club from a golf tournament to a Broadway show with U of M musical theater students. This is happening all in the same day when Kathy. It happens on September, Monday, September 14th. So it's coming up real two weeks out. Yeah, two weeks from today. So you literally play golf and then watch a show. Well, some of us do.

4:24Some of us are behind the scenes working. But yes, we have over 70 players already registered. We sell room for a couple more for ourselves. Wow. Anyone's interested. And then the golf, they go off on the course and in the background, we're setting up our beautiful live auction. It gets set up and then by five-ish, I think we come in for a happy hour and auction. And then we move into the ballroom for a wonderful production. That wonderful Cynthia Cortman-Westfahl is putting together. She's chair of the musical theater department at University of Michigan. And we have this wonderful show of about six performers from the U of M musical theater program. These are students who are extraordinarily gifted. It takes a lot to get into that program. Absolutely. And then they go off and do things in Broadway. That's why we call it Broadway Comes to Barton. Yeah. Because yes, they are almost all have very successful career. It's the toughest department to get into at the University of Michigan.

5:25It is. It's right. I forget the percentage chance. It's real small. Mirafely, 1500 applicants for 20 spots. It's tougher than the med school, the law school, engineering college, business school. Wow. Amazing. So nice of them to give back to us. Yeah. At a time when they're just kicking off their new season here. Absolutely. Yeah. That's a difficult turnaround for them to get these kids to put a show together in two weeks when they just started school today. That's a lot of fun. Well, actually, it's a sophomore showcase. The six students that performing as if they were on Broadway and their skillset already is just mind-boggling. But Professor Weft-Wall understands live performances these days. The importance to be connected to the community that supports you. The knows she needs to have the students understand. You support the community to support you because you are part of the community. That's right. This is not an insular thing what they're doing, what they're studying. And Rotary's motto is service above self.

6:26And so the engagement, actually some of their students we have coming up this fall, a food packing program in November. She had her students come over last fall and helped get over 260 people packing 60,000 meals at Pioneer High School on a Saturday morning. This was a Rotary project. Yes, a Rotary project. It's in partnership with Kids Coalition against Honger. And in a couple hours we have packed 60,000 meals. It's a fun day, actually. It's a fun morning. It's always when there's not a home game. Right. But it's just one thing of both Rotary. But she's also got her students. And you get to interact with other community leaders that were there in attendance or helping out. I'd also like to say to Cynthia's credit, she saw our motto and it resonated with her. And she wanted to carry that through to her students, the idea of helping others. So that's why she's collaborating with us on this event because it's a curated show just for us.

7:31And you don't have to be just a golfer. There is an opportunity to just participate in the reception. Well, let's talk about how all of this works on September 14th. That's a Monday. First of all, what time does T-time start? 10.45 for gathering for lunch. And you still have availability for people to do the golf. We can take some room for four sums or individuals. And they can go to our website, a2rotary.org. It's under events, I believe. Yes. Or also under Facebook, Rotary Club and Arbor. So they can find us a couple of ways. All right. So this is an opportunity for people to play at the beautiful Barton Hills Country Club, which that was carved out of all the glaciers back in the day that created this landscape we have. It is a challenging course. It just hosted the US Senior Women's Open. I mean, the caliber, of course, the qualified to be able to host that kind of tournament. So it's a national tournament, highly successful, highly engaging,

8:35whether permitting and stuff like that. So no, it's your town, you're from here, I am to. And Barton Hills has always been a premier venue. It really is. Yeah. So if you do the golf, how much is that? 450 for an individual or 1800 as a for some. And then does that include includes the dinner as well as the reception. So golf, lunch, obviously scrambled for course with contests, prizes, can chance to win a car, chance to win some serious money or TVs or other gifts. Yeah. Yeah. It's a good time. But we've been at it for 23 years. We've always tried to get better and then a reception and complimentary beverages and then it includes the dinner and live performance. Oh, that's an excellent bargain. It's a wonderful day. Yeah. Now, if you just would like to do the performance or the dinner and the performance, can you do that?

9:35Absolutely. We have table sponsors, we have dinner sponsors, or you could just buy the dinner. The dinner alone is $150. Okay. And remember, this is a fundraiser. This is our major fundraiser for the year where we fund all of our sponsors. We fund all of our grants that we give. But yes, it includes the auction, the reception and the entire dinner with the light performance. Light performance from these students from the U of M musical theater program at the University of Michigan. All coming up on Monday, September 14th at the beautiful Barton Hills Country Club here in Ann Arbor. A magical day from teased to tunes and a fundraiser for the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor. It's the 23rd year in the making of doing this. I imagine, Roy, you've been doing this in various iterations, so different kinds of event every year. Well, it's always been a golf outing, but it keeps evolving as we engage our community and engage our members. And that's the evening program is continued to evolve.

10:35And this, we hope a continuing relationship, but it's just with the students. We are about the theme, helping kids succeed. Yeah. And those kids can be very young. We just had a presentation at one of our program meetings about the foster care closet here in Ann Arbor. Trying to provide resources to young families that are challenged that are supporting with foster kids. Many times those foster kids are taken from their home. They only have just the clothes on their back. And that foster care closet gives them an opportunity to create their own items, a backpack putting together clothes, while the situation is getting handled. It's remarkable. It is. And again, we've given funds in our community grants allocations to it over the years. They were present here a couple of weeks ago. And then to give the diversity on Rotary, Wednesday's presentation is Doug Song, owner, founder of Duo of multi billionaire from creating a security web app.

11:39Right. And you could be sitting across the table with not you yet, but we can't you're invited. But the president of Detroit Energy or a former congressman or county commissioner or person who was piloted for the Navy. People from all walks of life through Rotary. We have the founder of the ground news, the homeless paper there. Yeah, that was a fascinating talk to talk to her. So people learn a lot about their community by being part of Rotary plus an opportunity to give back. We're talking with the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor and Roy Moore, who is board president, Kathy Wah, board secretary. As they gear up for this great fundraiser. Where do some of the funds go, especially from this fundraiser, Roy, how much money will you make from this? How much money do you make all together throughout the year that you spreading throughout the community? Give us an idea of the fabric of Rotary Club. Rotary Club will put close to a quarter million dollars back into the community from both our endowment,

12:46from our community allocations, from our members that we pay into the club and from this fundraiser. What do we, we helped create the bicentennial park over the southeast side. It was southeast park. Yeah, right. And I was part, along with the mayor and Senator Irwin, ribbon cutting, and spoke about I'm from Ann Arbor, raised my family here. We didn't have access. My kids didn't have access to a universal access splash pad and playground. Well, and talking with the Parks and Recreation team, it was Rotary Club of Ann Arbor that gave seed funding and built the idea of a park that was off the radar southeast park and created as bicentennial second under the anniversary of the city of Ann Arbor. And so needed in that community in particular, it gives these kids. I see them out there all the time. I know it's wonderful. Well, during the dedication ceremony, we did a ice cream giveaway.

13:50Three ice cream sandwiches. Because you've got families over there with young kids. That's, I've got a little more years under my background, but to see all the young families come together of all different backgrounds, all different denominations, having a fun time. Kids and parents together. Beautiful. You should note too that we receive over 50 grant applications. It was 54, I think this year. Something like that. And from different, from different, you, you, you, you, you, and probably kids succeeds. Things like children's literacy network, food gatherers, trying to think some, some of the ones that, and we have a team of people who read every grant. Wow. And we rank them and we talk about them and we, we can only give so many. We can't give out 54. We'd love to. So, um, that more money we raise, we can. We gave about 12. About 14 or so. But you, to that point, the more money you raised, the more money you can distribute it into the community, to help those organizations and help these young people thrive.

14:51And in some cases, just survive, but thrive also. Yeah. We love Rotary Club of Van Arbor. And then just there's the aspect, the camaraderie, the fact that is Roy pointed out earlier, we are being able to break bread and be in a room with so many diverse people in our community. Yeah. It's a chance for you to grow too. So it's, uh, when, when all the way around, I love Rotary. Exactly. Well, thank you. And we do too. As I said, it's, it's one of the best decisions I've made. Yeah. Give everyone the address again, the website, where to go to get information about the upcoming event on the 14th of September. If you'd like to be part of the golf outing at Barton Hills Country Club, or just the dinner and the show with these students who someday are going to say, I saw that person. And now they're on Broadway or they're on TV. Just a few feet away from them. And now they're doing great things. It's a to rotary dot org. And this event will be under the events page. Okay. Our main events up. But we're as Roy said, we're also on Facebook at Rotary Club of Van Arbor. All right. Well, everyone can go online and help out the great cause.

15:52And this is going to be a wonderful event. Golf registration and lunch at 1045 in the morning on September 14th. And the shotgun started at 1145 cocktails, silent auction awards at 5 PM and then 7 PM. The dinner and program with featured showcase by the University of Michigan Musical Theatre department. All coming up on Monday, September 14th. And a big salute to Rotary Club of Van Arbor for all the work it does in our community to help out students. I like this so much. Broadway comes to Barton and from tees to tunes. You guys are clever. Trying. Thank you so much. And before we let you go, you've got a show coming up too. I do. I do. Oh my gosh. Thank you so much. I am working with a spotlight players at the Village Theatre at Cherry Hill in Canton. And we are doing a production of Come From Away, which is a true story about happenings in Gander, Newfoundland on September 11th and beyond. Several planes, well, 38 to be exactly planes were diverted to their major. And the town took them in. It's a true story.

16:54It's a wonderful. It's a wonderful. Come From Away. Book Music and lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Heine. And you're going to be performing on stage. Yes. Yes. I play Diane, which is a wonderful part. Looking forward to seeing this. September 11th through the 13th and 18th through the 20th. And that's at Village Theatre in Canton, Michigan. You can go to spotlightplayersmi.org for more information. Yes. Great talking with both of you. Thank you. You're a great work you do in our community. We so appreciate it and support it. Again, you can go online to a2rotary.org. A2rotary.org. Find out more about the 23rd annual rotary fundraising is grab against it for helping kids succeed right here in our own community. Our thanks to Kathy Wann, Roy Moore from the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor. I'm Lucy Ann Lance. And this is Community Cares. I suggest a nonprofit for community cares by emailing lucyannlacmulus.com. Growing together with ANH Outdoor Resource Group, delivering the highest quality outdoor services for commercial and residential customers,

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20:04Well, each month we take a look at the new poll that my children's hospital has issued through the University of Michigan. And it concerns children's health. And as we start the new school year and our bur will go back to the classroom on Monday. We're going to show you how to start the day in a healthy way. Sarah Clark is the my poll co director. Good morning, Sarah. Good morning. Did you eat breakfast this morning? You know what I had? I had a banana on the drive in. I usually never eat anything, but because we have this topic today, I decided to do so. I got to live what I talk about, right? Absolutely. Oh, my goodness. So we all know a healthy breakfast really can help those kids start the school day, right? But it's I'm curious what parents are doing across the nation about this. Well, what we found from our parents. And again, we focused on six to 12. So that's right in that elementary age. And two thirds of them say the kids are eating breakfast at home. Other ones might do it in the car on the way to school or on the school bus or or about a quarter of kids actually eat their breakfast at school.

21:11But you know, one thing that stuck out to me, one third of parents said their kid has 15 minutes or less to eat breakfast. And so that's one thing that, you know, mornings are can be a little hectic in families. And so that's just a reminder to do that planning. Maybe get things set up the night before. So your kid isn't rushing through breakfast and not getting that good nutritious start to the day. Well, it really starts with skidding those kids out of bed. Let's face it. It does. I mean, parents have to go back over and over again to wake them up and tell them to get up and get going, right? It does. And certainly about a third of parents said one of the challenges to having their kid eat a healthy breakfast is that they're kind of grumpy or slow in the morning. But there were other challenges too. You know, the kid being a picky eater. It was a big one and and not having enough time was also in about a third of parents said, you know, that's been a challenge.

22:20And so part of that is we just have to do the best job we can as parents, arranging both the night before school and the morning of so that the kids have enough time. So that's one piece, right? Second piece is what are they eating? All right, we'll get to that in just a moment, but I just want to reiterate here. Some of the barriers to a healthy breakfast for the ages of six to 12. 44% in the mop poll said their child is a picky eater. 33% said their child is slow or grumpy in the morning. 30% say they don't have enough time and 11% are distracted by TV or screen time. Who's in control here? The parent or the child Sarah? I would best that there's probably 11% of parents that are also distracted by TV or screen time. Well, they do what they do what they see these kids, right? They do. We have to. And you know what? That's true for screen time, but it's also true for breakfast.

23:20And so something else that was interesting is one in six kids eat breakfast alone. Oh, and I'm not necessarily saying that's bad, but I would encourage people to just stop and think. Might that be an opportunity for you to take a few minutes. Sit down, have breakfast with your kid. Talk about what exciting or fun things are going to happen that day. You know, share just this kind of gentle moment to start the day. That might be something that parents think about doing. Just it's kind of a nice new thing to add to the school day and then maybe take a little time. And then you're there. The bonus is you're there to both monitor that screen time, but also encourage the healthy foods that you want your child to eat. Exactly. I love that idea. And I don't think we think about sitting down with our kids at breakfast because we are so busy. But on the flip side of that dinner time too, we've seen a lot of that go away and people not eating as a family anymore and talking about the day and what the kids did.

24:27That's all so very important. Sometimes maybe breakfast is even easier to do because we're often all starting our day at the same time. The end of the day, especially with kids can get a little difficult because one kid has practice. Another kid is going here or the parent has to work late. Breakfast actually might be an easier time for families to have that togetherness. Yeah, that is so important to kids. That's a very good point here in Michigan. Don't all kids have the ability to get breakfast in school that may not be true across the nation. But is that is that the way it goes? I think it is true in Michigan. And we heard from some parents that have breakfast at school and many said that they were healthy. But also the amount of time kids have to eat was a concern. And I think the other thing is kids get to school, especially these little ones in elementary school. They're excited to see their friends and want to run around the playground.

25:28So you can imagine parents might make the choice to make sure that they get a good breakfast at home. So let's talk about what a good breakfast is and what you found out from these parents in this nationwide. My children's poll on children's health concerning six to 12 year old kids were talking with Sarah Clark. She is the Matt Polk co director. What are those kids having for breakfast, Sarah? So when we think about the things we want kids to have. So some protein, right? Only four and 10 parents said that on most days of the week their child's breakfast included protein. Oh wow. We want fiber. That's, you know, I want to get into too many details, but we fibers is good for all of us. Right? Only 37% of parents said kids get fiber every day. Whole or cut fruit. And that goes along with the fiber, right? So we're going to do fruit ideally. It's the whole fruit, a whole apple, a whole banana or pieces, basically not sugary juice.

26:29Only 36 of parents said most days. And low in sugar, low in added sugar. Don't give kids a sugar rush before they you send them off to school, right? Right. But still only about a third of parents were felt like they were able to achieve that. But here's what it was connected to. About half of parents said their child usually decides what they're going to have for breakfast. And the parents who said their child decides also said the breakfast was less likely to have protein fiber, low in sugar. So I think this gets us back to the parents. I love the idea of letting the child to decide. From healthy options. You give them those options, right? Yes. So it's on us as parents to maybe give three choices, but there's three good choices that you're happy with, right? And yes, we're dealing with picky eaters. So pick, create some choices that you think your kid would like.

27:29But you know, you aren't forced to buy super sugary cereal or you aren't forced to give options that you're not happy with. So again, that goes back to our planning the night before maybe. And just think about what do you want to start of the day to be like for your kid? Well, Sarah, one thing's for sure in the my poll this month is the struggle is real for these parents out there. Starting the day in a healthy way. So important for these kids to get a great start so that they can learn in school and be the best that they can possibly be in a healthy breakfast can get them on the right path. Ready for learning, but it is challenging to achieve. For more information about this, our listeners can go online to mottpoll.org that's M O T T poll P O L L dot org Sarah will do it again next month. Thank you so much. Appreciate you for having me. Right. These polls are always very revealing out of the University of Michigan again, go to mottpoll dot org are things to Sarah Clark, mott poll co director. I'm Lucy Ann Lance and this is Community Cares.

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