Service Project: Thanksgiving Cards for SCI

The past year and a half has been challenging for all of us. Health and business concerns during the pandemic have made it difficult for Rotarians to gather the way we're used to, or to participate in typical service projects. While this can be a bit discouraging, as Rotarians, our commitment to serve others calls for us to get a bit creative, as we find safe ways to have a positive impact in our community. 

With this in mind, our Service Project committee has recently purchased several hundred Thanksgiving cards and we'll be partnering with the Meals on Wheels program of Senior Citizens, Inc. (SCI) to distribute the cards to homebound and isolated seniors the week of Thanksgiving.

We're asking each RCSE member to take at least one packet of 12 Thanksgiving cards and to handwrite a positive and uplifting message in each one, to brighten the day of the recipient and help them feel more connected during a time of year that can be especially lonely for many.  The packete will include some suggested phrases, making it an easy, but meaningful effort.

You can pick up a packet of blank cards at the regular Rotary meetings on Fridays, starting Sept. 10th, or you can email Laura Lane McKinnon (llmckinnon@comcast.net) to request a packet to be dropped off at your home or office.  Finished cards can be brought back to a meeting or, upon request, one of the members of the Service Project committee (Andrew Cosey, Ben Lingle, Laura Lane McKinnon, and Katie Wohlust) will make arrangements to collect the cards from your home or office, observing appropriate COVID protocols.

The finished cards will be delivered to SCI on Friday, Nov. 19th after our regularly scheduled Rotary meeting.

We hope that each RCSE member will make an effort to participate in this service project and help to lift the spirits of a homebound or isolated senior in our community this Thanksgiving! It's an easy way to put a smile on someone's face and to live the Rotary motto of "service above self."