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January 1, 2010
QUARTERLY MESSAGE FROM CLUB
PRESIDENT
Well I believe I survived
the first six months of my presidency and now it’s on the down hill
stretch as President Elect, Jim Ellis starts planning for his presidency
year. The Club’s Service and Committee chairs have done a wonderful job
of carrying out the duties of their committees and I’m so proud of their
diligent work.
Our Christmas season was
blessed with a wonderful Christmas party and our “adopting” several
families needing help to provide Christmas for them. Additionally, the
committee was able to obtain a donation of bikes for the children that
were adopted. Job well done! And the food that everyone donated to
the Food Pantry was unbelievable! Kim filled the back of her van with
donations. And of course our Christmas season wouldn’t be complete
without the ringing of the bells for the Salvation Army. Our volunteer
efforts brought in $1,750.82 for the Salvation Army where overall they
raised approximately $20,000.00 this year which was slightly less than
raised last year. Thank you to all the volunteers who stood out in the
cold and rang the bell for this annual cause. These monies will be used
to help Sandusky County residents with utility and rent assistance, gas
for transportation to medical appointments and prescriptions.
On January 27th
I will be off to Guatemala for the purpose of attending the Uniendo
America Project Fair and I’m hoping that I will be able to identify an
international project that our club can be a participant in following my
presidency. Many of our local MESA volunteers will also be in
attendance as other Club Officers for the sole purpose of networking.
Currently MESA is searching for hospital beds, preferably those that are
manual not electric. If anyone knows of where we can obtain any please
let me know. Thank you to Dr. Willson Baker for his donation of a
dental chair and the Vickery Fire Department for their donation of
approximately thirty turn down suits. I have found a passion for MESA
and its projects and plan to continue my work with them next year.
I have been chosen by the
District as an alternate for the Group Study Exchange Leader position,
thus will be attending many, many meetings in the near future. Our
club has received one application thus far from a community professional
interested in participating in the Group Study Exchange to be held in
Brazil this year. I have high hopes that one of our local
professionals will be participating in this wonderful opportunity.
I need your help in a
couple of areas . . . programs and membership. My commitment for ten
new members remains my goal and we still need eight more new members.
The Program Committee is looking for programs for our Monday meetings.
If you know of any please share them with the Program Committee.
Thank you everyone for all your support and guidance. Happy New 2010!
Yours in Rotary,
Linda L. Havens
President RY 2009-2010
Re-print Christmas
Letter from President Linda…
Rotarian of Fremont Club Members,
Last night approximately eighty of our members, their
spouses/companions, children/grandchildren joined together at the
Fremont Country Club for an evening of great food, violin music and
sharing of old and new friendships.
The best time of all was the opening of the white elephants and the
ability to take a gift from someone who had already opened their
white elephants. I think everyone wanted the duck bookends and the
forlorn football that everyone swore that Rob used in a game. Now
if by chance you have an opportunity to stop by Dan Waggoner’s bike
shop ask him for a cup of coffee in his very special coffee cups he
received as a gift. Tom Hoffman ended up with a pair of “dolls”
that we were all sure were a family heirloom of someone’s. And Al
Gorman’s wonderful gift of his very own handbag to carry not only
his money, but his rings and such when he travels matched perfectly
with his outfit. Lee Koenig was overjoyed with his chi chia Snoopy
dog gift until Marsha Bordner snatched it from him and then hid it
under her wrap until she could leave the party early so that no one
else dared to snatch it from her. What fun we had and wonderful
memories were made.
Thank you to the Social Committee members of Charlotte Urban, Laurie
Sistrunk, Maria Ranker and Cheryl Cotter for such a great job of
planning such a wonderful event to celebrate the holidays.
Also, thank you to all those members that donated food to the Food
Pantry, those that volunteered for the Salvation Army bell ringing
and to Connie Durdel and Holly Stacy for shopping for our Community
Christmas families.
Looking forward to 2010 and all the adventures our Club will
encounter! Happy Holidays!
Yours in Rotary
Linda L. Havens
President RY 2009-2010
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