A President Signs Off

This is the last newsletter that I will be pulling double duty on, as Club President.  Next week I will slip into the comfortable roll of Past President and continue as one of the many Rotarians that plug along and do the work that needs done to have a successful rotary club.  As this week ends our Rotary year, it is filled with activity.   We have the the clock dedication this Thursday at noon. We have our year end party Thursday evening. There are committee meetings with the new President and this blog to write.

Clock Dedication.  We will be meeting at the clock at noon to dedicate the clock and recognize those who made this project happen.  The media will be attending.  Please make it a point to join us for this event.

Year End Party.  
There is a meat rubbing party Wednesday night at Ron's house. If you would like to join us,  be at Ron's house at 7pm.  Helping Hands food pantry will be cooking the steaks for us. Please bring a case of food to donate at the door. They are very low right now and there are many in our community in need. As we celebrate the end of a great year, we will be doing so in Hawaiian fashion.  Make sure you are styling with your Hawaiian gear. Drinks start to flow at 6pm, dinner at 7pm followed by recognition and induction of the new board and president.  This is one of the best meetings if the year and you don't want to miss out.  

I want to thank you for making this year a great year for me.   It is a great pleasure to lead the best club in Rotary.  I am very proud of each of you for your dedication to service and to our community. Thank you! 

New Years Resolutions...

Attention:  Our regular meeting will be held at North Salem State Bank's Community Room at their Old Farm location.  Please remind every Rotarian that you see.  

First and foremost, I want to thank each of you for a great turn out for the Year End Celebration.  The evening was full of celebration.  We celebrated a successful Rotary year lead by Rex Dugan.  We were happy to have some of our scholarship winners and their families attending this wonderful night with us.  The club made a presentation of $500 to Shared Blessings for cooking our pork steaks for us.  They also walked away with lots of goodies that we Rotarians donated to the food pantry.  We presented a check for $7996.06 to Sycamore Services from our annual Harold Martin Open Golf Outing.  Rex presented the Lois J Arnold Award to Judge David Coleman and the Presidents Award to Brad Borne for all the work that he has done feeding a hungry crew each week.  Amy and Greg, recognized the Paul Harris Fellows that were in attendance and those that have had perfect attendance.  Greg wanted to make sure that the past leaders of our club were recognized for their had work at laying the foundation that we call the Danville Rotary Club today.  Greg outlined his resolutions for 2012-2013.  The highlights are:  Increase Membership by 4 Net new members, have more than 5 Club Members attend the District Conference in October, make sure that all committees meet at least once per trimester and become a partner with the other 3 clubs in the county


Note:  During our research on Past Presidents, I inadvertently left out Robert "Bob" Pearcy by mistake.  He was club President from 1963 to 1964.  Bob we are so proud of you, please accept our apologies for this error. I am honored to carry on with this newsletter that Bob started may years ago.


We were honored to have District Governor Nancy Madru attend along with Assistant Governor Les Pence and Leota Rutledge.  The Danville Rotary Club achieved $100 per ca pita giving to the Rotary Foundation for 2011-2012.  

This week we will be having the first Board Meeting for the new year.  Each of you are encouraged to attend.  If you would like to know more about what is going on, I would encourage you to attend.  If you need a make-up, I would encourage you to attend.  The meeting will be held at Courthouse Grounds on Thursday at 7:30am.

This week we will have a sign-up sheet going around for this coming years program chairs.  Please sign up for your week of "Fame".  One of the Avenues of Service in Rotary is Vocation.  Each of you are encourage to share information about your vocation and how you can help the club and community during your 10 minutes of fame.

Vocational Service

 Vocational Service involves club members serving others through their professions and aspiring to high ethical standards. Rotarians, as business leaders, share skills and expertise through their vocations, and they inspire others in the process.

Special thanks to Suzanne, Flory, Ron and Rex for putting on a great New Years Party!