President Laura delivered her State of the Club address at last week's meeting.  She reported the club made progress during the past year, and she is looking forward to this new Rotary year. She said membership remains the key to our success, and reported that we have two more members soon to be inducted.  She depicted her vision as the continuum of a dimmer switch, with its high and lows during the year, and urged club members to work together as a team.  Her personal goals for the club which she shared included:

  •  Ensure increased membership engagement in service activities

  •  Establish new project based on community needs

  •  Increase membership by 10%

  •  Foster a varied and fun meeting environment.

 

Ives Devos was welcomed back from a lengthy absence in Belgium, due to the pandemic visa and travel restrictions.  

Tim Wiederaenders, as Program Committee Chair, announced plans to enhance our club programs by adding a new feature: a Rotary Vocational Minute.  On a rotation basis, our members will be asked to share briefly any new developments in their business or professions — or perhaps something that is particularly unique and interesting about one of their hobbies.  Start thinking now about what you might be able to tell us, when you are called on to share your Vocational Minute with the club.

 

As the Sgt-at-Arms for the day, Tim also managed to raise $100 by auctioning off some Rotary items donated by the family of Stan Steiner.  Good job, Tim!

 

The Object of Rotary:  According to Rotary's Standard Club Constitution, the Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:
 

  First. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service; 

Second. High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society;

Third. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business, and community life;

Fourth. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.

 

 

The latest word on Jerry Fohrman:  Janet posted this update on Sunday morning:  "Jerry has moved into Select Care Hospital, which is a critical care rehab that is located on one of the floors in the Banner Hospital. Some of his doctors are the same except, for the cardiologist. The cardiologist monitors Jerry daily, and if anything comes up, he will be moved back to Banner. His bed sores are slowly improving, his sodium level is at 125 and they are changing his fluid intake and medications frequently. The low sodium causes confusion at times, and then you add in the pain drugs and the pain, and you end up with a miserable Jerry. Poor guy, my heart cries for him and wears me down. I took off yesterday to sleep and get myself back in order and recharged for another day.  Bless you all for your daily thoughts and prayers."

 

 

Richard Hernandez announced that there were two open dates for members to be responsible for picking up and delivering our club's monthly meal commitment to P.A.S.S. (the Prescott area women's shelter).  A.J. Sheridan volunteered to cover the October date, and Lisa Doherty said she would handle the meal for December.  Thank you, club members, for your willingness to help us keep this important monthly Community Service commitment!  You have no idea how much these meals are appreciated by the women who take shelter in this valuable community service facility.

 

 

 

 

Our Interact Ambassadors to Kenya Team has been hard at work, doing what we sent them to do — helping to transform the lives of some of Kenya's poorest people with disabilities.  These are among those who have had no access to the kind of used mobility devices our Arizona Interact Clubs have collected and shipped to our Rotary and Rotaract partners in Kenya, ahead of the arrival of our team.

 

Our Interact Ambassadors with Naivasha Rotaract partners at the school which is used to store the mobility equipment shipped by our Arizona Interactors, until it can be delivered to those who need it most.  Prescott High Interact Ambassador Jenna Fox is in the front row, in the red shirt and yellow gloves.

Prescott High Ambassador Malia helps to change a life by giving the gift of mobility. Our Interactors have been overwhelmed by the gratitude expressed by those they have been able to help.

Our Ambassadors to Kenya team and their Rotaract partners with another grateful wheelchair recipient.

Our Ambassadors team and partners delivering mobility equipment to patients needing it at the North Kinangop Catholic Hospital.  While our Interact team is in Kenya for only a couple of weeks, our Rotary, Rotaract and Interact partners there continue to deliver these mobility devices to those they discover who need them after our team has left.  The distribution of this equipment we have collected and shipped to Kenya continues as a year-round process, until it is all gone, and our next annual shipment arrives.  There is never enough equipment to meet all of the needs,

 

Our Ambassadors Team will be returning to Arizona on Monday this week — just ahead of the Interact District Council Retreat, which begins on Friday at Camp Wamatochick.