Wines in the Woods VIII
Mark your Calendars for:
WITW VIII
Pines at Genesee
October 25, 2008
6:00 – 9:00 PM
The Rotary Club of Evergreen
Mark your Calendars for:
WITW VIII
Pines at Genesee
October 25, 2008
6:00 – 9:00 PM
We have royalty making an official visit to our club. Our District Governor, Steve Cantrell along with his new wife, Mary, will be our speaker this Friday. I understand that Steve has a “superior” collection of Hawaiian shirts, so we are planning a luau breakfast [...]
T.S. Elliot wrote: “The years between 50 and 70 are the hardest. You are always asked to do things and yet you are not decrepit enough to turn them down.” Since most of our club members are between the ages of 50 and 70, I’m counting on this quote to stir you to action [...]

I cannot begin to express how moved I was with the presentation we heard last Friday. I believe it’s not so much what you know, it’s who you know and that was the most amazing example I have ever heard of how Rotary “gets things done.” What I heard was that making a positive difference in the world is not that difficult…if Rotary is involved. [...]
The International Service Committee is still in need of someone to serve as the Chairperson of the World Community Service Committee for this Rotary year [...]
The Evergreen Fine Arts Festival is in need of drivers to shuttle fine arts vendors between Evergreen Elks Lodge and Hiwan Homestead.
Dave Beall, our District Governor, has made a special offer to obtain recognition as a Paul Harris Fellow. As you know, normally, it requires donations to The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International totaling $1000 to attain recognition as a Paul Harris Fellow or additional donations totaling $1000 to reach PH +1, 2 etc. status. The District will match a member’s donation of $500 with District points so that the donor would qualify for Paul Harris recognition. [...]
The Seminar is designed to educate our District Rotarians to make effective and successful grant applications to The Rotary Foundation. Participants will explore how to obtain the money to make a difference in the world. [...]
This year, as you might have heard already, we are sponsoring one inbound exchange student, a girl from Denmark.