PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

 JULY 2010

ROTARY eCLUB ONE - INTERNATIONAL

As we start the new Rotary year, we members of Rotary eClub One can reflect on how this year’s Rotary International theme truly describes our club.

Building Communities

As a member of Rotary eClub One, each of us has agreed to give an average of at least one hour per week to service in our community. Since our community is the world, one member may be volunteering in a hospital in Haiti while another works with a local health program in his home country of Nigeria.  One member may volunteer with a school project in Mexico, while another works with local youth programs in Oklahoma. We have members who have established their own foundations and members who serve on Rotary International Boards. Our members volunteer in community gardens, organize fundraisers, clean up highways and along riversides. The list truly goes on and on. 

Furthermore, each member is given the opportunity to apply for a Community Service Grant. These grants go hand-in-hand with the member’s Community Service Project, allowing the Rotary eClub One members to fund a scholarship, help a local Meals-on Wheels project, or provide basketball equipment for an after-school program.

Bridging Continents

We now have members on five continents and we help support projects worldwide, from a special conservation exchange between Australia and California to scholarships for high school students in Ecuador, from water wells in Cambodia to an Internet classroom in Senegal.

The Year Ahead

I thank all of the members who have agreed to take on responsibilities in the coming year. We are streamlining our board and will implement a committee approach to our club work. In the next month, we will be refining our budget and bylaws; we will be helping new Rotary e-clubs and working with established

e-clubs. Most importantly, we will continue to build communities and bridge continents.

Carol Lightfoot Steen

President 2010-2011

Rotary eClub One of District 5450