October in our club is looking to be quite a busy one. I wanted to make this post to try and organize for everyone what all is going on and make sure that you have all of the information you need to be able to participate to your fullest extent.
First off I want to say THANK YOU for every Rotarian in our club who has worked hard, gotten the word out and Made Dreams Real in regards to Honor Air. We have had more donations flow in and I believe we are very close to our target goal for the first 6 Vets and Guardians. There are a couple of Honor Air Dates to take note of that are coming up very quickly.
Family of Rotary & PolioPlus
Rev. T. Anthony Spearman has worked hard to arrange a Family of Rotary event for us which will be held at Fudruckers in Hickory. The event date will be Friday, October 24th which is also WORLD POLIO DAY. We wanted to also take this special opportunity to fundraise for PolioPlus. Fudruckers has agreed to return a good portion of our sales (determined by the tickets below) back to us for use in PolioPlus. We believe this will be a nice informal way to come out, bring your families and have a nice meal together and share fellowship while raising money for PolioPlus.
You must present the ticket in order for your order to count toward our total. Below are a few points with regard to this event.
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Club Members please come in the evening about 6:30 or 7pm, bring your families and friends!
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If you can not make it in the evening come for lunch and be sure to present your ticket.
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Give away the other 2 tickets to co-workers or friends who you know will come out and support us.
November is Foundation Month. The Rotary Foundation is our Charity and most of you are actively supporting the Foundation's Annual Programs fund each year by paying the $25 Paul Harris Supporting Member dues each quarter. Thank you for doing this! The Foundation supports many wonderful programs in our District as well as Abroad. You have seen evidence of this with our District Simplified Grants, GSE Teams, Ambasadorial Scholars and Matching Grants just to name a few programs.
Foundation Banquet - Saturday November 8th
This year's Foundation Banquet will be held here in Hickory at the Gateway Inn and Conference Center. It will be a nice dinner where all members of our club are invited and encouraged to attend. We will pass around a sign-up sheet in the upcoming meetings. This is typically a great event with a keynote given from a past RI President or other dignitary from within Rotary International. Also I might add it is a wonderful time to meet other Rotarians from throughout our District. There are so many wonderful people that you meet at these events.
Foundation in our Club
If you have not yet you should consider taking a few moments and talking with Kelly Pulliam or Todd Anderson about the Rotary Foundation. They are the co-chairs of this committee in our club. There are many ways to give to the foundation. I will outline a few you may want to talk with them about.
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Paul Harris Fellow - $1,000 gift to the foundation
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Paul Harris Society - commitment of $1,000 gift per year to the foundation
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Major Donor - $10,000 gift to the foundation
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Bequest - to leave a gift in your Will to the Rotary Foundation