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Fellow Rotarians,
I want to just take a few minutes to bring you some news. Of course
everyone's mind is on the plight of the poor people of Haiti. At the end
of this letter is a Missouri organization that's connected with local
Rotary Clubs who has a presence in Haiti. Also I've attached a letter
from RI President John Kerry detailing Rotary's response to the crisis.
When informed of local relief initiatives, RI shares updates about these
efforts on the RI website at
www.rotary.org
Also the board met last week and approved the establishment of a local
Rotary Foundation. I will present this idea for the club's approval
tomorrow. Once the corporation is established we can file for charitable
status. Once we receive 501-C3 status, members will be able to donate to
the foundation and get a charitable tax deduction. Deb Miller and I have
been working on this and hope to have it in place by July 1.
Over half of the Rotary year is complete. We will be focusing on
Membership and Foundation giving for the remainder of year. Rick
Huffstutter has activated his membership so I think we only need one
more new member to reach our goal. Be sure to ask everyone you meet. We
will also be trying to keep our status of Every Rotarian Every Year at
100% so please give something to the foundation this year.
The district conference should be a lot of fun this year.
Rock-n-Ribs BBQ
Festival
Rotarians from
all of Missouri
At the MISSOURI
ROTARY CONVENTION
April 15, 16,
and 17 in Springfield
You'll be hearing more about this soon.
Thanks to Jamie Page for the great programs in January and to Keith
Keeling for some wonderful programs that are scheduled for February.
I'll see you at Rotary.
Terry Furstenau
President
From Rob Clay, Convoy of Hope
I serve with
Convoy of Hope in Springfield, MO and
we're on the ground in Haiti responding to the massive earthquake that
occurred earlier this week. We wanted to reach out to the
Rotary clubs in our region (several of
my colleagues are in Springfield Rotary clubs) and ask if you would be
willing to consider allowing us to come and share the need, giving your
members opportunity to participate thru Convoy in bringing hope to the
Haitian people.
Please visit our website for
more recent stories about our efforts in Haiti at
www.convoyofhope.org.
Thank you for your
consideration.
Warm Regards,
Rob Clay, Associate Director,
U.S. Disaster Response
Convoy of Hope
330 S. Patterson Avenue
Springfield, MO 65802
www.convoyofhope.org
rclay@convoyofhope.org
Office: 417-823-8998
Mobile: 417-861-1661
NOTE: Convoy
of Hope will be the site of some of the SERVICE IN ACTION on-hands on
projects during the Missouri Rotary
Convention on April 16. Participants will get a chance to learn more
about this organization.
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