Vol. 17, No. 34, February 21, 2005

IN THIS ISSUE:

This Reveille Home Page | The Friday Program: An Upbeat Downbeat with Fusao Kajima | Mercer Island Rotary Goes On the Run | Friday Potpourri | Classification Talk: Mike Ralph | The Rotary Foundation | Student of the Month: Daniel Souza | Three New Members Proposed: Hendershott, Wood & Kippen | Five lessons to make you think about the way we treat people | Web Fun

The Rotary Foundation

Don Chandler and Dick Brown presented an update on the club’s efforts toward reaching its Rotary Foundation goals. Chandler — speaking for his sidekick Don Deasy, who is spending time on the beach in Maui while flying back to Seattle every two works for out-patient chemotherapy — told the club that “significant recognition of member’s accomplishments were to be noted today.”

Don said the committee’s goal was to have commitment of everyone by Dec 31. “We didn’t quite make that goal of Every Rotarian, Every Year, but we’re making good progress toward our dollar goal.” Club members are asked to commit $300 per member with a club goal of $30,000. Chandler said $18,755 has been collected or pledged so far.

Fifty-two members have yet to make a commitment or a donation.

Recognized for their Foundation achievements Friday were Ted Ederer, two sapphires on a Foundation pin, representing $3000 to RF; Howard Johnson, three sapphires, or $4000; Dick Tschetter, five sapphires, $6000; Rick Klobucher, five sapphires, and $6000.

Steve Roberts told the audience that he’d just returned from Haiti, where he learned that people in a remote village had to walk five miles for drinking water. This daily 10-mile trip was eliminated with a pipe and spigot installed by a project supported by local and US Rotary clubs, and the Rotary Foundation. Steve saw the Foundation in action on his vacation.

Dick Brown capsulized the BBRC’s history with the Rotary Foundation by saying that the club has raised over $300,000 in direct contributions and, “combined with the funds collected annually in our raffle, the club is approaching $2 million in money collected for charity. Over 900,000 Rotarians are Paul Harris Fellows. Reading the pages of The Rotarian Magazine gives the reader endless stories of the good the Foundation does. We can all be proud of our Rotary Foundation.”

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