November 17 Meeting
Our meeting speaker was Club member, Bill Pettus, who shared Foundation updates and additional information about projects the Foundation is involved with. Carole Kralicek, Lee Holmes and others also shared more information about different aspects of the work the Foundation does, as well as providing more information about 'Paul Harris Fellow' awards.To learn more about the work and various projects of the Rotary Foundation - https://www.rotary.org/en/about-rotary/rotary-foundation
Bryant Powell gave updates about the Saturday December 18th Charity Golf tournament. He encouraged Club members to be proactive in recruiting additional sponsors, collecting raffle/auction items, selling ball-drop tickets, gathering items for the golfer's bags, as well as continuing to spread word about the event and invite golfers to participate in this important fundraising event.November 10 Meeting
Club members learned a lot about polio from multiple speakers who shared their personal experiences dealing with polio. Pat Stambach, Ed Shockley, Bryant Powell and John Raine shared their stories. Rotary International has been focused on helping to eradicate polio for many years. In 1985, Rotary International launched 'PolioPlus', the first and largest internationally coordinated private-sector support of a public health initiative. To read more about the work of Rotary over the years to help eradicate polio - https://www.rotary.org/en/our-causes/ending-polio &https://www.endpolio.org/rotary-and-the-fight-against-polio
November 3 Meeting
Our speaker was Club member, Carole Kralicek, who spoke about her past trips to Bolivia, where she participated with Rotary water projects. We learned about the Bolivian people and their culture, as well as the Rotary water projects. Carole made her presentation in authentic Bolivian garments. We learned a lot about Rotary service project efforts in Bolivia.