Greetings Rotarians:
 
I hope you are staying cool and  enjoying your summer.  I'm currently in the French Alps fulfilling one of my lifelong dreams. Yes, I'm following the Tour de France and enjoying every minute of it. Jim will cover this week's meeting and I'll be back on Thursday, August 1st.
 
If you haven't already paid your dues for the 2024/2025 year please due so soon. Club dues remain the same as last year at $220, so please bring a check to Rotary this Thursday or mail it to P.O. Box 265, Elkhorn, NE. 68022, please make sure you put “dues” in the notes section of your check. Thank you for your continued membership!!
 
The 2024/2025 Rotary District Grant has been approved to purchase $3,750 worth of ground beef to be handed out at one of the food pantry days at DC West School. District Rotary will make a direct deposit of $2,250 into our grant account sometime after July 1st, we cannot spend the funds until we match $1,500 of that grant. Several members have already donated to the ground beef cause, we'll keep you posted on how much more is needed.
 
Speaker and Lunch Host Schedule
 
July 18th – Nebraska Diaper Bank- Rolly Kleeman has volunteered to bring lunch..
 
July 25th – Scholarship Golf week, no meeting.
 
August 1st - Need speaker, no lunch host yet.
 
August 8th - Need speaker, no lunch host yet.
 
This coming Monday: The Annual Rotary Scholarship Golf Outing is scheduled for Monday, July 22nd at The Pines Country Club in Valley. This is a great opportunity to help raise money to support 4 - $1,500 scholarships for area high school seniors, but also an opportunity to play at the now private, Pines Country Club!! Please provide your team fees and door prizes to Mike Ough as soon as possible.
                                                        
Hope to see you Thursday!
 
Mark Wortman
C-402-321-0467