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President's Message
Naomi Fruechte
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December 2023
 
Seasons Greetings:
 
Do you suffer from the lack of daylight at this time of year?  Turn on the lights!  And most of us do this by lighting our homes inside and out for the holiday season.  Interestingly, we celebrate "the season of light" during the shortest days of the year.  Adding light to our lives brightens our outlook on life and inspires our hope for the world.  As Rotarians, we want to bring hope to the world in the areas of mental health and peace.
 
We will celebrate the season with our club's holiday party on Friday, December 29, at the Fruechte home starting at 5 pm.  Bring an appetizer/snack to share.
 
Happy Holidays to you and your family.
 
Naomi
 
December Programs:  Dan Small
December Invocation:  Beth Stempinski
Decembetr Greeter:  Randy Mell
 
January Programs:  Nancy Runningen
January Invocation:  Nancy Runningen
January Greeter:  Nancy Runningen
 
February Programs:  Ashley Dress
February Invocation:  Julie O'Mara Dodson
February Greeter:  Dan Small
 
 
 
December is Dissease Prevention and Treatment Month
January is Vocational Service Month
February is Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention Month
 
Committees:
Club Administration/Foundation
Chr. - Arien O'Heron
Mary Mell
Tom Danielson
Beth Stempinski
 
Membership & Public Image
Chr. - Ashley Dress
Randy Mell
Nancy Runningen
 
Community Service
Chr. - Sherry Sime
Joannie Schmidt
Mike Werner
Franci Palen
Joe Welch
 
Youth
Chr. - Julie O'Mara Dodson
Dan Small
Craig Ihrke
 
Activity Leads--
Chamber Liaison - Sherry
Program Online Page - Sherry & Ashley
Facebook - Ashley
Website - Naomi
Rummage Sale - Sherry & Naomi
Rose Sale - Randy, Mary & Arien
Quillin Cookout - Randy
Socials - Club Admin comm.
Gazebo Gardens - Service comm.
Neighbors' Day - Arien & Joannie
Scholarships - Craig
Rotary Lights - Beth & Sherry
Avenues of Service - Mary
Rotary Works - Nancy & Joannie
Dolly Parton Imagination Library - Ashley
Interact - Julie
 
 
Rotary Lights S'Mores Duty
Dec 4:  Sherry, Naomi, Ashley, Joe
Dec 26:  Dan, Jan, Tom, Rocky
 
Coming Events:
Dec. 1 - Club meeting
Dec. 4 - S'Mores duty
Dec. 8 - Club meeting
Dec. 14 - Unload food at Food Shelf, 9 a.m
Dec. 15 - Committee meetings
Dec. 22 - Board Meeting
Dec. 25 - Merry Christmas!
Dec. 26 - S'Mores duty
Dec. 27 - Unload food at Food Shelf, 9 a.m.
 
 
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Goals for 2023-2024
Here are some goals I set for myself and the club for this year.  How are we doing?
  1. Survey members to ascertain passions/interests.
  2. Determine community needs.
  3. Expand our reach--club think tank once or twice a year.
  4. Net increase of one member this year.
  5. Schedule two programs/speakers on mental health and two on peace.
  6. Continue the fundraisers:  rose sales, Quillin's cookout, and rummage sale.  Add parking cars at Wiebke's during fair.
  7. Increase sales of roses.
  8. Continue community service projects:  Neighbors' Day, contacts with Sibyl and Mary Jane, gazebo garden maintenance, Rotary Lights, scholarships, Imagination Library.
  9. Explore new projects: ie Helping Hands Backpack Project, Food Shelf "parklet", welcome new teachers.
  10. Create member-friendly meetings with fun and consider room rearrangements.
  11. Engage committees and their work.
Rotary Friendship Exchange
Rotary Friendship Exchange is for Rotarians and includes home and hotel stays, meetings and tours with various Rotary Clubs and Rotarians in Brazil, April 2-12, 2024.  The return leg will bring Brazilian Rotarians to our District September 10-20, 2024.  Cost is just under $2000/person.  For more information contact Mark Etrheim at mark@mchlax.com if you're interested.
"Service Above Self"
 
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