November is Rotary Foundation Month

Bob Monroe, our area representative for The Rotary Foundation, was this morning's guest speaker. He stated that we are an exceptional club when it comes to The Rotary Foundation, supporting the Annual Programs Fund and PolioPlus both financially and through direct involvement in its programs. The club donated over $12 000 to the APF and over $2000 to PolioPlus. He then went on to present Wayne Massey with a Paul Harris Plus One Pin for his personal donations that reached the $2000 mark.

Bob explained that the new Future Vision program was coming to the Rotary world for the Rotary year 2013-14 and that clubs and districts need to be ready. Our club should start thinking now about a major project where we could use District Designated Funds. These funds could be used for both international or local projects provided they met one of the six focus areas that the foundation will support.

The six areas are peace and conflict prevention and resolution; disease prevention and treatment; water and sanitation; maternal and child health; basic education and literacy; economic and community development.