" Friendliness knows no bounds; it surmounts all barriers; it navigates all seas." Paul Harris June is designated Rotary Fellowships Month to recognize the significance of fostering international fellowship and goodwill among Rotarians who share common recreational hobbies, professions, and interests.
Cathy is back from her Fellowship Exchange to the Philippines in May and will tell our club all about it during our August meeting.
In May we sponsored a student for RYLA, and the president of the Interact club we are sponsoring attended as a counsellor. Hats off to our youth.
We have suspended the third Tuesday Happy Hour, please join us and be happy the fourth Tuesday at 5:00 as we discuss service projects. We also have social time starting 7:30 am on regular meeting days. Links to both meetings are on the club website.The Ukrainian school project is still in-process. We are still gathering funds in District 6250, and the global grant will now be in the next Rotary year.
Please send me pictures and stories of your pollinator plants and projects (including shelter and no-mow) to wac7158@gmail.com. I am gathering them to compile our club activities for Operation Pollination.
June is the end of the Rotary Year. A year ago we set our annual goals, and we did pretty darn good. For Service participation we were 5 members out of a goal of 5. Social activities we met 12 of 12 times. Leadership development participation, 2 of 2. Use of official Rotary promotional materials – Yes. District training participation – 2 of 2. Annual fund contributions 2030 of 1000. Service projects complete – 1 of 1. PolioPlus Fund 310 of 400 (we still have until the end of the month to pull this up to 400). Club membership 10 of 12. Interact clubs – 1 of 1. Media stories about club projects 0 of 1. RYLA participation 1 0f 1. Strategic Plan Yes. Online presence Yes. Update website and social media monthly 4 of 4. Review club bylaws Y. In other words, we met 13 of our 16 goals. Way to go Changemakers!
As my year as president comes to a close, I would like to thank all of our members, especially LeRoy, Peter and Sharon for going above and beyond. Also to Gayle for bringing up interact. Sharon will be our president starting in July, lets help her out and wish her the best. I’m sure she will do great.The regular July meeting will be held on July 12th instead of the 5th so we can enjoy the holiday weekend with our families.
It is an honor to create HOPE in our world together.
Valerie Wachuta
President, Changemakers Rotary 6250.