Cass Daley was awarded the Spirit of Rotary Award at my last meeting as president because of her "sustained, outstanding, and unusual dedication to the ideals of Service Above Self in our club. She contributed in a significant way to the established work of Rotary" (this is what the guidelines say are necessary for the selection of a Spirit of Rotary Award winner). Cass came to the aid of our club when we were in a "pinch", many times throughout the past year, and it was with gratitude that I recognized Cass.
Thank you for accepting my little "production" when I entered the room on a chair, hoisted up by Craig Engelage, Jeff Ahrendsen, Andy Oiler, and Dave Artusi, throwing rose petals and exclaiming, "Friends, Rotarians, and Countrymen (and women), Lend me your Ears!" The toga was from Latin Club in high school and I found it, along with the olive wreath, a couple of weeks ago and thought, "Why not put it to good use, yet again?" Now you won't need to put up with any of my shenanigans again!!
As I said, I learned so much about our organization and I realize I barely scratched the surface of what Rotary does throughout the world. I had hoped, from the beginning of my year, that Polio would be eradicated during my presidency so that we could have a big celebration, but that will wait until Alan's year, I hope, and no longer. We really are so close.
For Father's Day, Karen and I went to the zoo (along with no less than many hundreds of others) and saw amazing progress throughout the zoo in exhibitions and our ability to interact with so many of the animals. A big congratulations to Rotarian Bob Chastain on what he continues to achieve. We then proceeded up to the Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun. Living here over 35 years, we had never gone up to see it. What an amazing monument to Spencer and Julie Penrose and also to Will Rogers. If you haven't been up there, you simply must go, and take in the history, the monument itself, and the views from 8,000 feet. I plan to go back many times.
Now we are off to the RI Convention and will see all of you on July 6, the next meeting I can attend.
In just over two months, we will welcome Noa Ferriera-Trindade as our 2018-19 Rotary Youth Exchange student to our club. Noa is from Domont, France, just north of Paris and will arrive in Colorado on August 6th. She is 16 years old, speaks excellent English, and will attend Palmer High School starting August 15th. She's excited about coming to the U.S. and the chance to live with host families, the Cass Daley & Patrick Doyle family, plus the Molly & Josh Slate family -- both members of our club.
Liz and I were in Paris in late May and had the opportunity to meet Noa and her family for lunch. Her family includes her sister Leah (19) plus parents Ilda Trindade and Philippe Ferreira.
Noa with Dennis and Liz in Paris on May 27th.
Ilda Trindade, Noa, Leah, and Philippe Ferreira
We also had the opportunity to share dinner with our club's exchange student from 2005-06, Yaelle Molho. Yaelle lived with us for 10 months and attended Rampart High School. She is now a lawyer in Paris. We've stayed in touch with her over the past 12 years and have had opportunities to visit her in France on several occasions - always a delight.
What does Rotary do? Where do we do it? and How do we do it? In 8 short words, Joseph Kovarik suggests the following: " What do we do? Improve people's lives, where do we do it Locally and globally, How do we do it? Through service."
Short and sweet, this was in the Rotarian Nov 2018.
Our Club has decided to establish an ongoing program for sharing Foundation Recognition Points (FRPs) to encourage contributions to The Rotary Foundation (TRF) and to help members become Paul Harris Fellows or to obtain multiple Paul Harris levels. See attached documents.
This is the way the program will work:
Members who have FRPs will be asked to donate all or a specified part of their points.
The donated points will establish a pool available for transfer to other members who are contributing to TRF
Members contributing to TRF may choose to use points to help them become a PHF or advance to the next PHF level
The approach essentially functions as a clearinghouse to connect members with points to members who wish to use points in connection with contributions.
To donate or to request points, simply contact Foundation Chair Tom Nelson by phone (719-440-6611) or by email (tcnelson21@gmail.com).”
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