Beasley's Bits

Well the new Rotary year is in full swing and we are off to a great start.  I was fortunate enough to be one of our club's representatives at the Bi-District Conference in El Paso.  For those that may be new to the club, Bi-District is a meeting between our District (5520) and the Mexico district 4110.  The clubs in the district bring projects ranging from clean water, to farming activities, and look for support from other clubs in the district.  Our club sponsored several projects.  Your Rotary Foundation chair, Brian Parks, and club representative Pam Lillibridge helped decide between the 30+ projects.  The fundamental issue we came up with is; who do we leave out?  The cleft palate project, hydroponic growing techniques for small Mexican communities, heart surgeries in Mexico, ramps in El Paso, or clean water?  So needless to say, these were hard decisions to make.  Ultimately the guidelines for the projects we picked were based on "reach".  Where did we feel our money would do the most good for the most people.  We feel we accomplished this goal.

 

Another exciting develpment will occur in the coming month.  We will start having our high school students join us for lunch again.  This year we are going to offer 3 scholarships to the students.  We are going to call them, our "Future Rotarians of the Year".  I invite you to join us in welcoming them.  Remember, we hope they will become Rotarians in the future!

 

Lastly, I wanted to thank the club for its suppoprt.  When I speak with other presidents in the area and district, they always talk about how it is hard to get people to help out with projects.  I normally have no comment on this (which is odd) since we get such great participation from the entire club.   It makes my job, and that of the board, much easier.  So, thank you!!