Opening General Session 1:

Friday, May 3 – 12:00 pm – 1:45 pm | Interact & Lunch

Don Mebus | Rotary Club of Arlington, Texas

Rotary International President’s Representative, Past Rotary International Director, District 5790

Jennifer Montgomery| Rotary International Peace Fellow

Founder of Magenta Girls Initiative in Uganda

Michelle Skedgell | Rotary Club of Hastings, Michigan

District 6360 Environmental Chair, Director of Pierce Cedar Creek Environmental Institute, Edison Neighborhood Urban Garden Fruit Tree Project Team Co-Leader

General Session 2:

Friday, May 3 – 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Service Project | Environmental and Community Initiative

Edison Neighborhood Urban Garden Fruit Tree Project

Project Team Leaders

Michelle Skedgell, District 6360 Environmental Chair, Hastings Club, Director of Pierce Cedar Creek Environmental Institute

Sandy Bliesener, Kalamazoo Club, Landscape Architect

Stephan DePuie, Edison Neighborhood Association Director

Gwen Nicholson, Edison Neighborhood Grower Resource HUB Director

Kristen Chesak | Rotary Club of Kalamazoo, Michigan

Executive Director of Arts Council will introduce the Art Hop theme “The Great Outdoors: A Celebration of Public Art”

 (Kristen will speak during about Art Hop dinner before we embark on a 90 min walking tour of public art in downtown Kalamazoo)

General Session 3:

Part 1 Art Hop:

Friday, May 3 – 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

self-guided tour of downtown artists venues Link to May Art Hop – Arts Council

Part 2 Brewery and Pub Crawl

Friday, May 3 – 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm

visit local breweries and pubs / sign up for Punch Card during registration.

Saturday, May 4 – 7:00 pm – 7:45 pm

Energize Yoga | Morning Rise and Shine

Paula DeJongh, Union City Rotary, All Things Serenity Yoga Studio owner and teacher

General Session 4:

Saturday, May 3 – 8:00 am – 9:25 am

Mental Health Initiatives

Prevention, Advocacy and Community Outreach

Suicide Prevention

Frank Mumford, NAMI Director (National Association on Mental Illness)

Saturday, May 3 – 9:30 am – 10:45 am

Walk to Ministry with Community

Stepping Up to Save Lives

District Team Leaders:  Mental Health Initiative Committee

Jacquie Blackwell, Mental Health Initiative Chair, Rotary Club of Lakeshore

Cathy Knauf, Mental Health Initiative, Rotary Club of Gull Lake Area

General Session 5:

Saturday, May 3 – 11:00 am – 11:50 am

The New Generations of Rotary

Breakout 1

Kevin Tafil and Rotaract Panel

Breakout 2

Margie Haas, Youth Services Chairs, Rotary Club of Hastings

General Session 6:

Saturday, May 3 – 12:00 pm – 1:45 pm

Lunch – Keynote Speakers

Don Mebus and Louisa Horne

Afternoon Breakout Sessions

Saturday, May 3 – 2:15 pm – 3:00 pm

Breakout 3

The Bridge to Understanding the Arts

Gay Walker, Art Therapist

Saturday, May 3 – 2:15 pm – 3:00 pm

Breakout 4

We Don’t Go Where They Are: How Do We get There

Lucinda Stinson, Rotary Club of Kalamazoo, Operation Lending Hands and Western Michigan University Instructor

Saturday, May 3 – 3:15 pm – 4:00 pm

Breakout 6

Yoga as Self-Care

Paula DeJongh, Rotary Club of Union City, All Things Serenity Yoga Studio owner and teacher