We were visited by our District Governor Jane McManus, her husband Mike and fellow District Rotarian Phil Abram.
She told a wonderful story about George Hedspeth who passed away just three days into his District Governor term. It was always George's goal to re-charter the Southfield Rotary Club. By what seems to be fate, Jane meet a gentleman, young and enthusiastic, at an Ann Arbor North Rotary Meeting. He works in Southfield. Jane and the gentleman talked and he took the reins, and the Southfeild Club was re-charterd last year at 54 members.
Her message is the following:
Instead of “Selling Rotary” we might consider ASKing people to come along on a service project. We might ASK someone, “what does service look like to you?”. How about ASKing a member about their passion which might serve as a project idea.
Have you ever heard “I don’t like… (fill in the blank). If we don’t like something about other people, maybe we should look for what we can like about them. Are they active in their community, do they like to volunteer, are they upbeat and positive? Those traits are inner traits, not how we look, how we associate with others or any number of external “looks”.
She presented President John with the 2018-2019 Theme banner "Be The Inspiration".
Past President Tim presented Jane with a gift, a violet in a vintage teapot which Tim planted and wrapped himself:
Lucky Bucks were collected:
Tom B For the district Governor's Visit and an upcoming visit to Stratford
Phil A For his wife's successful surgery yesterday
Jane For the hospitality of our club
Jon S For the district Governor's visit and for Top Golf coming to Auburn Hills and renting their old facility for several months
Kathy For the panic attack Ellie, the new dog, gave her by exiting the yard, having a great adventure (while I searched for her for what seemed like hours) and then coming strolling home
Tim For shameless advertising and an upcoming WWJ radio interview.