Hello fellow Anchorage East Rotarians. This week I copy these words from a website for a club in District 5910:
December is Rotary Family Month, a time when Rotarians are asked to not only spend more time with their own families, but to celebrate the family of Rotary and extend a special hand to those in need. Our clubs will be ringing bells, delivering meals, hosting parties and events for everyone from children in need to the wonderful seniors in our community. We will have a wonderful time recapping these activities throughout the month.
- Anchorage East used to regularly participate in bell ringing and I know there are one or more clubs in the Anchorage area that are doing so this month. Maybe one of our members could take the lead next year to re-establish this tradition?
- The West High Interact club, which our club sponsors, is taking over and being in charge of an annual project to put together boxes of food to deliver later this month to families in need.
- Raquel Edelen hosted a great Christmas party last Saturday which attracted about 40+ members by my count. We enjoyed good food, fellowship and a spirited gift exchange.
- We shall not have regular Wednesday lunch meetings on December 26 or January 2, which allows us to spend more time with our families and loved ones.
- A good number of members got together last Saturday for our Mobile Food Pantry, despite the bad weather.
- Our Community Service committee gets together today (Tuesday Dec 11) to consider a number of grant proposals that will benefit people in need in our community.
- This Sunday afternoon there will be a Solstice of Trees on the Mize Loop at Kincaid Park. Our club is a sponsor and will send members as volunteers to serve hot beverages. Come to enjoy the fellowship! Contact Barbara Kagerer for more details.
- A number of us also attended the Celebration of Life for Dick Dworsky, and a memorial service for Marjorie Poggas’s husband. I learned things about Dick at his Celebration of Life that I did not know. It makes me think we should hear more from our members, maybe in the form of “Vocational Minutes” or other brief addresses at club meetings.
What would you like to see our club do to increase our sense of community as we do good in the world?