Happy 2011!

 

Happy New Year to all!  I hope all of you had a wonderful holiday season with family and friends.  I like to call New Years Day the reset button on the calendar.  You can start over with new resolutions and get a re-do at the ones from last year that didn’t work out.  Our Club has a new year’s resolution to revitalize and grow.  The month of January has been dedicated to Akron Rotarian education and how we can all become involved to gain the best experience in Rotary.  Dick Farkas will be our facilitator and his passion is contagious.  This will be a three meeting event, starting with Rotary International education, moving to our new club vision, and ending with the cash flow of our club.  This is the time for all of our Akron members to stand up and get more involved, or for many to become re-acquainted.  This is an exciting time if we all get on board.  We have some projects waiting in the wings (like our literacy program) that need strong membership support and action to become realized.

 

Before the end of the year, the Club had its first Phone A Thon to secure both old and new Chili Open sponsors.  The feedback was great and a second event is planned soon.  With the Chili Open only one month away, all of us should be reaching out to our contacts and promoting our biggest project.  One new campership from each member equates to a huge benefit to our Camp. 

 

We recently had an after hours night out at Whitey’s which was much fun.  We hope to get even more out for our January after hours.  This will be the perfect time to enjoy some great food at our chili sponsor’s venue. 

 

Our capital campaign is proving strong and although the winter months are set in, the action doesn’t stop on construction.  Please remember to share the camp video on our website.  Plans are in the making to have an alternative meeting out at camp so we can all visit the progress.

 

Wishes for a healthy and prosperous New Year!

 

Janet

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