Club -
Hopefully everyone is enjoying their summer so far! I am biking and training for my next RAGBRAI adventure in July!
As my final days as your club president come to a close, this causes me to reflect on the previous year. We have come a long way and we have done amazing things in our first year as a club! I am proud of the work that we have accomplished! I wanted to thank a few people for their extra hard work in making this year happen.
Thanks to Cheryl and Dwight for picking up the reins of our Service Project committee and running with it! We are close to completing our first major fundraising effort. We have been able to surpass our fundraising goal and we will be changing lives with our efforts! Thanks for your hard work in getting us organized and getting the word out to the other clubs and attending the conference. They have been able to pull this off regardless of their life and challenges outside of the club! Simply amazing!
Thanks to Peter and Val for all of their hard work on our behalf in creating and maintaining our online presence via Facebook and our website with their marketing skills! With their weekly postings, our club has been able to stay active in the news feed for the District and various other clubs. They are getting our club out there and keeping people informed about what we are doing. They, also, have been able to do this even though they have a life outside of the club with challenges and setbacks. Impressive!
Thanks to Will and John Locke for the assistance in getting our club created and helping me get through the Vision and Mission process! Without their assistance, we wouldn't be the club that we are today. We had a lot of different ideas about our club but we were able to come together and create the club. And also, thanks to John for coming to me with this idea for the club. With my busy schedule, I had written off belonging to the Rotary - but John changed that for me! Thanks to you both!!
Personally, I want to thank Karen Hebert for her guidance, encouragement, and support in this first year! I had a learning curve to get up to speed. Karen was there for me at several points and provided me with answers when they were needed. I can't thank you enough Karen!
And finally, thanks to everyone else that has taken on more duties than necessary to get this club up and running! I know that this first year wasn't easy, but we made it! I know that I have made some lasting friendships already because of this club! The Fellowship is what bonds this club together long term! And thanks to everyone who is a part of our club in any way.
I look forward to our next year with Val as our new President! We have more work to do but we are on our way.
I am proud to consider myself a Changemaker - we are changing lives together!!
Thanks again - Looking forward to seeing everyone at our Happy Hour next week, and see you all at the next meeting!
LeRoy
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