From the President:

Dear STR,

We had a great January, despite only meeting one time. I'm grateful to each of our members who came out of the Bergfeld Park Clean Up on January 18th. Our blood drive on January 25th far exceeded our expectations with 22 units of blood donated with 6 first time donors! Thank you Dalton for organizing these events for our club.

Diane Kavanaugh, Beth Blaisdell, Tom DeWitt, Anne DeWitt, Jeff Johnston and Lee Montgomery attended last week’s District 5830 Foundation Banquet. South Tyler Rotary and our members were recognized for our contributions to The Rotary Foundation and Polio Plus:

End Polio Now Recognition – South Tyler Rotary

Every Rotarian Every Year Club – South Tyler Rotary

100% The Rotary Foundation Giving Club – South Tyler Rotary

New Paul Harris Fellows: - Marla Boren, Courtney Klepfer, Art Mullen, Skip Ogle

PHF+1 - John McDougald, John Gentry, Carol Conover, Kimberly Ashley

PHF+2 – Jim Echols, David Lake, Ray McDonald

PHF+3 – Beth Blaisdell, David Roberts, Amanda Folmar

PHF+4 – Diane Kavanaugh, Tom Seale

PHF+5 – Anne DeWitt, John Hart, Jeff Johnston, Jim Rollins

Major Donor Level One – Lee Montgomery

Bequest Society Level Two – Lee Montgomery

Paul Harris Society Members ($1000 per year) Beth Blaisdell, Tom DeWitt, Diane Kavanaugh, Lee Montgomery

Thank you to all of our members who contribute to The Rotary Foundation and Polio Plus. Want to learn how you become a Paul Harris Fellows? Talk to Tom DeWitt, Lee Montgomery, Beth Blaisdell or Diane Kavanaugh for more information.

Continue to bring your canned food items for the Souper Bowl for PATH. We'll do a pass the hat at our February 22nd meeting as well.