October went out with a bang at our final meeting for this month.  There was just too much to even remember it all.  First we had a wonderful new member induction with our newest member Charles Reep sponsored by President Josh.  Charles is the branch manager of BB&T in Newton.

President Josh, "pinning" Charles Reep along with Membership Chair, Joyce Spencer

Joyce introducing Charles to the club.

And on to the Program

PDG Chuck Troutman finished off the meeting by doing our regularly scheduled program on the Rotary Foundation.   To say the least it was a memorable occasion and another great meeting for the Rotary Club of Catawba Valley.

I would like to thank Vicki Lovett, Hamp Shuford and Bill Shillito for joining me Saturday in Flat Rock for our District Membership and Leadership Seminar.  Overall attendance at the event was very good with nearly 150 of our district's geat Rotarians getting together for the seminar.

At the seminar and sessions I attended we discussed methods for attracting and retaining good members in our club.  As a Rotary Club we provide a variety of service opportunities for our members as well as great fellowship and friendship opportunities.  I also hope to encourage and inspire our members to continue being active in our projects, bringing new projects to our club and working collectively to meet the needs of our community and supporting the International Goals of Rotary.

Membership Drive In Progress!!! 

Please continue to support our ongoing Membership Drive.  Joyce Spencer is our Membership Champion so please see her if you have any questions about proposing a new member or have any quesitons about inviting guests to our club.  Also you can find more information under the Membership section of our website.  There are forms available for download under the Member section as well, for proposing a new member and other resources for potential members.

Remember that a potential member candidate needs to visit our club 3 times in order to be a candidate for membership.  When you bring someone we will add a star to the membership chart and make sure you gain credit for helping to grow the membership of our club.  Special thanks to Joyce and Todd already for bringing in our 2 newest members, Debbie and Judith!  What an exciting start to the 2008-09 Rotary Year!

Today I am pleased to announce we have inducted our first 2 new members for the 2008-2009 Rotary Year.  Debbie Haynes and Judith Ray are the newest Rotarians and we are excited to have them on board with our club.

iPDG Bill Shillito with Debbie and Judith

iPDG Bill Shillito inducting Debbie and Judith along with Sponsors Todd Anderson and Joyce Spencer