Business Professionals of America

As we wrap up the 2011-12 Rotary year, there is excitement about celebrating the end of the year and the start of a new one.  Bing Pratt, the District Foundation Chair, was in attendance and congratulated the club for achieving $100 per Rotarian giving to the Foundation.  JR Hackleman was happy to have his son, Garrett, join him for lunch.

Denis Ward was our host for the speaker today.  Dr. Ward introduced Jason Hendrickson and Sam Alexander.  Jason is the sponsor for the High school BPA.  BPA is a national organization that is designed to   help develop leadership and communications skills for high school students.  BPA gives them an opportunity to compete at a local and national level.  Sam Alexander spoke to us about what BPA has done for him and what it means to participate.  Sam will be next years National President for BPA.  For the past few years, BPA has been building a strong following in the high school and this year in the middle school.  It takes about $47,000 to send participants to the national contests.

The Year End Celebration is this week.  Please bring canned food for the food bank.  There will be a "Seasoning Pre-Party" at Ron B. home on Tuesday at 6pm.  Come and rub some meat and enjoy your drink of choice.  Reminder:  If you are a Paul Harris Fellow, please wear your Paul Harris Pins or Madallions to the Year End Celebration.

We are raising some good money from Rotarians who are clicking on the ads from the website and from this blog.  All the clicks help.  Thank you for supporting our club. 

Please Note:  Our meetings in July will be held at NSSB to accomodate our growing club and to try the bank on for size and then we will decide as a club whether to change on a more permanent bases.  We have discussed this in detail with Brad and he is OK with the change.