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(Photo courtesy of Roger Lembke)

President Terry Furstenau Takes Office, July 2009 
Gale Schafer, Past-President (right)

Message from the President

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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