PROGRAM:

We watched a video of Rotary International President JOHN GERM speaking at the convention in May. John Germ He began with a quote that “great enterprises begin with small opportunities.” GERM said that instead, great enterprises begin with great opportunities that appear small, like the opportunity that each of us had to join Rotary. The difference between a small opportunity and a great one is what YOU do with it. He spoke of Rotary’s success in combating polio with the expectation that new cases of polio will cease to exist after this year. The world will be polio-free when three years have passed without a single new case. We need to continue our strong efforts to be sure this happens. GERM encouraged all Rotarians that serving humanity is the most worthwhile thing we can do with our lives and that every good work we do makes the world a better place. Together, as a team, we are “Rotary Serving Humanity.


SPECIAL GUEST:
 Collins Nyamadzawo COLLINS NYAMADZAWO, president of the Rotaract club in Avondale, Zimbabwe, is here as part of the Mandela Washington Fellowship for young African leaders. He is an engineer with a focus on energy efficiency. His Rotaract group of 48 young professionals sponsors a project called the Hundred Book Challenge which is intended to increase literacy in Zimbabwe.


GUESTS:
 Beatrice Rausch, daughter of IYA KLIM.

THANKS TO THOSE WHO HELP WITH
MEETING FUNCTIONS:
 Money Collectors: RHONDA OVERMAN and CECIL BLIGNAUT;
Greeters: PRIS GERDE and CELE FREEMAN
Invocation: LARRY HUGGINS;
Music: BOB GRIFFITHS with DAVE LUHMAN on drums and leading singing;
Help with attendance and facilitating a smooth meeting: RHONDA OVERMAN;
Webmaster: LARRY HUGGINS


THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:
“The best antidote for international fear is international understanding; the best way to cultivate international understanding is through business and social intercourse.”  PAUL HARRIS, from his address in 1928 to the Pacific Rotary Conference in Tokyo.