Our club was proud to hold another successful community service event. As PP Darryl Harvey said … what a GREAT DAY it was for one of our GREAT events ... shopping for school clothes for students from Century Elementary School! Everything was special - the kids, the parents, the staff from Century Elementary, the shopping, the Walmart staff, the $20 donation from an onlooking shopper, the opportunity for "extra Rotarians" to shop for school supplies and the bacon covered donuts (okay, maybe not those!). Thanks to the staff from the school especially to Holly Walker-Trine, a speech therapist from Century Elementary who teamed up President Talee Crowe to shop and who was a guest this week at our meeting.
Special thanks also to Walmart employees Syeda and Monique who were very gracious, friendly and courteous! Last but not least Darryl thanked all the Rotarians. As Darryl put it, this event makes us proud to be Smoky Hill Rotarians! Darryl's commitment to organizing this event year after year is truly outstanding Service Above Self! Thank you Darryl and thank you Donita who looked like she has had previous experience as a Walmart bagger! It is said … "We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give." On Saturday we gave $4,255 to help the kids with school clothes and supplies but we gave them something even better … SMILES!