As I wrap up our club visits this month, I continue to be amazed and enthused about all that we accomplish within our clubs and, working together, throughout the world. We truly are "serving humanity" in so many ways, locally and globally! 
 
Thank you for your warmth and hospitality shown to me as well as Adriane on the many occasions she has been able to accompany me on our "Magical Rotary Tour!" 
 
It is now our opportunity, as Rotarians and within our clubs, to take ROTARY SERVICE to the next level in Foundation support, membership growth and engagement of community members in what we do. This Foundation Centennial Year provides the perfect launch pad for social media posts, news articles, open house events and community fundraisers that raise awareness of what we can accomplish together. Please share your ideas and projects with me -- and by posts in the next editions of our Newsletter (click HERE to submit!) 
 
I hope to see you ALL at our Foundation Centennial Gala event at Deer Valley (just south of Rock Falls) on Saturday, Nov. 5. Our clubs' Foundation chairs and others are invited to join in our Roundtable Discussion before the event, and ALL are invited to join in the party of a century that evening.
 
There's still time to get in on the early-bird special, too -- ends Oct. 15. Please register by clicking HERE to be THERE! ... And if able, please consider kicking up your Foundation support to the next level -- as a "first dollar donor," Sustaining Member, Paul Harris Fellow, Added Stone, Major Donor, Bequest Society or Benefactor, or whatever is within your ability, as we join that night to recognize all who make possible this year's banner theme, "Rotary Serving Humanity!"