Lunch at the Career Café at the AK Smith Career Center.
Career Cafe is the only student run restaurant in the area. These culinary arts students are learning all parts of the profession, with the majority of them hoping to attain a degree in Culinary Arts. Many of our students also aspire to owning their own restaurant some day. Career Cafe is open to the public for breakfast and lunch (days of the week may vary next year based on our schedule). Our students also cater events, parties and meetings. Students in the Culinary Arts program at AK Smith Career and Tech Center work to earn 3 industry certifications - ServSafe, Prostart 1 and Prostart 2. All of these are National Restaurant Association certifications and are considered college level or professional level certifications. Our students may also receive Dual Credits from Ivy Tech, meaning the curriculum for our program is strict and meets the requirements of college level programs. Our students are passionate about cooking and dedicated to learning what it takes to succeed in the culinary industry. Finally, we are very happy to start a new project during the 2018/19 school year- we will be installing and maintaining our own garden. AK Smith was awarded a garden grant by the Whole Kids Foundation. This grant will allow 4 different programs to come together and create a new tool for teachers to use in their curriculum. We are very excited to begin this new adventure into better understanding where our food comes from and the intense work and knowledge it takes to grow healthy food for our customers and guests.
Would you like to be part of making Christmas a little bit merrier for 1000 US Sailors and Marines Aboard the USS Arlington this holiday season?
Then support Operation Christmas at Sea.
The USS Arlington is an amphibious floating Dock built from the repurposed metal from the Twin Towers that were attacked on 9-11. She is a proud reminder that we will never forget! And we won’t forget the 1000 sailors and Marines that will be deployed on her this Christmas far from home. Help make it special by putting together a get them a Christmas shoebox filled with practical and fun items that will remind them that those at home think about them and thank them for their service. Include a self addressed post card and a personal note telling the recipient that you support their efforts. (A list of suggested items is available here.)
Final collection of boxes will be Veterans' Day November 11 at these drop off locations in La Porte:
Bethany Lutheran Church, 108 G Street.
Best Western Hotel, Pine Lake Avenue
Civic Auditorium (8am to 4pm M-F)
Suds on State Laundromat, 600 Clay Street
Can't make a shoe box? Cash donation will be appreciated and every penny will go to creating and mailing these 1000 Christmas boxes for those serving in dangerous waters this Christmas. Donate at GoFundMe.com by clicking here.
Marty Corley, who is both a Michigan City Police officer and president of the Rotary Club, presented the Service Above Self Award during a special luncheon in Henderson’s honor at the MCPD on Thursday September 27th.
“The work ethic that Detective Henderson has, giving more of himself for the betterment of the community, goes hand in hand with the Rotary Club motto of ‘Service Above Self,’” Corley said. “He is a great recipient for this award, and I am proud to have him as a colleague.”
For more on this story from the Michigan City News Dispatch click here.
An estimated 40.3 million people around the world live in slavery involving either sexual exploitation or forced labor. A new partnership with Freedom United is giving Rotarians a chance to do something to stop it. Rotary clubs of any size can sign up to form “freedom rings,” which raise community awareness of slavery while sharing information with one another through an online platform.
On a late evening in August, a family of eight migrants from Honduras arrived at the refugee shelter where 2010-11 Rotary Peace Fellow Giorgio Algeri was serving as a short-term volunteer in Tabasco, Mexico, near the border with Guatemala. They had been chased out of the place they were staying at machete point by the drunken son of the landlord, forcing them to leave all their belongings behind. Algeri writes about an increasing trend of violence against refugees and migrants and why we need to take action.
Travel with Patience Asiimwe to a remote region of Uganda to vaccinate children. In Rotary's newest virtual reality film, Two Drops of Patience, you'll see how far she goes to make sure every child is protected from polio.
Enter your images in The Rotarian's photo contest and you might see them in the pages of the magazine. Enter up to three photos taken since 1 January. The contest closes 15 December 2018.
The Rotary Foundation has been welcomed into the University of Oxford’s Chancellor’s Court of Benefactors for its continuous support of the university. Since 1949, The Foundation has provided scholarships to more than 200 Oxford scholars.
Click below to enter a tax deductible donation to the Rotary Club of Michigan City Foundation to help us provide Service Above Self for our community and world.
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Would you like to be part of making Christmas a little bit merrier for 1000 US Sailors and Marines Aboard the USS Arlington this holiday season?
Marty Corley, who is both a Michigan City Police officer and president of the Rotary Club, presented the Service Above Self Award during a special luncheon in Henderson’s honor at the MCPD on Thursday September 27th.
