Visit of District Governor Jack Amico
Visit of District Governor Jack Amico.
The visit began with the induction of Bob Neibert as Club President; Bob followed with the induction of his new Sunrise Club Board.
Assistant District Governor Bob Morrow then introduced District Governor Jack Amico, who we learned was both a Sicilian and one of the worst golfers in New York State.
DG Amico thanked Bob for his sterling work as ADG and presented him with a special tie. He then told us that his inspiration to be District Governor from some of the great project work done by others in the District, such work in Haiti by Roy Sheldrick, immunization work in India and hospital building in Nepal. His theme was “Rotary attracts people who care” and all Clubs had the common thought of “They Care”
DG Amico went on to list all the great projects that the Sunrise has done in recent years and made particular mention of the contribution to the District and Rotary as a whole by Club members Wayne Massey, Ralph Montesanto and Bob Morrow.
We were then asked to build on RI President Huang’s theme of “Light up Rotary” in making Rotary work visible to everyone in the Community. DG Jack emphasised that “Peace through Service” comes from building up the basic needs of communities around the world with clean water, good housing, and healthy people. With these capacities, people do not need to fight.
DG Jack asked us to have a Rotary Day in the community to make ourselves visible and invited us to the Buffalo Club’s day on August 23rd, where we could watch the Blue Jay’s, hopefully improving, farm team.
Finally we were all invited to attend a new type of District Un-Conference this year, namely the Downtown Buffalo Rotary Bash on October 25/26 with great speakers and entertainment.
Shirley thanked DG Jack for coming to speak to us. President Bob and Past President Jan then presented a cheque to DG Jack for the Rotary Foundation. (Pictures below)
