President's Night

Posted 
on Jul 10, 2013
 
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On Friday, June 28th the Rotary Club of Milford honored two extraordinary citizens while celebrating the club’s 75th anniversary. Ryan LaFontaine and Bear Hall were honored for years of service to the Huron Valley community.
 
Ryan LaFontaine is responsible for raising over $500,000 for cancer research and local grants at U of M Hospital. Ryan has given back to the community by supporting the National Kidney Foundation, back pack programs, duck races, community festivals and expos, and Meals on Wheels, to name a few.  He has found time to serve the community in many ways while taking the LaFontaine Automotive Group to another level and being an involved family man with his wife, Sarah and two sets of twins.
 
Bear Hall, the owner of Dynamic Enterprise Solutions, a successful communications services company, is best known in the community for his passionate support of Special Olympics. Bear arranges events, works with the athletes during training, cooks meals for the participants, arranges transportation and works tirelessly to raise money to support the athletes and the Special Olympic events. Bear is also very involved in veterans’ activities, particularly with the local American Legion and AmVets. He also works tirelessly to promote Rotary and its many charitable causes. Bear is proud of his family, his wife, Cheryl and daughters, Elizabeth and Shelby.
 
Chris Baker was an outstanding Master of Ceremonies for the event.  The Hon. Dennis Powers and Keith Wilson spoke about the service of each of the two men and Gerry Jackson of the Rotary Club of Davisburg described the true importance of receiving the Paul Harris Fellow award given to both LaFontaine and Hall.
 
The evening, hosted at the Hall home, was also an opportunity to celebrate 75 years of service by the Rotary Club of Milford. Janet Kinzinger talked about the history of the club since 1938.  She relayed some of the highlights as told to her by past members as well as her own memories during her years as a Rotarian and Past President.
 
Sen. Mike Kowall presented a framed proclamation from the State of Michigan on behalf of his wife, Rep.Eileen Kowall to commemorate the 75th anniversary.  Joe Salvia also presented a congratulatory certificate on behalf of Rep. Kerry Bentivolio.
 
If you are interested in joining the Milford Rotary and serving your community please join us at our weekly meeting on each Thursday at noon at Baker’s of Milford