For our lunch meeting this week we held our first “Business Meeting” of the year which provided me an opportunity to present my vision for the upcoming year. For those of you who were not able to attend the meeting, I would like to follow 3 general themes throughout the year:
Staying true to the strategic plan and three pillars of the plan:
Strengthening our membership through growth and engagement
Making a difference through financial commitment and service
Raise awareness of Rotary in our community
Focus on Rotary helping others
Education
Focusing on these specific areas and creating successes, will help to enhance the vibrancy and visibility of our club! I cannot wait!!
I also spoke briefly about some changes in the allocation of the proceeds from our signature fundraising event, Tastes & Tunes. The new methodology will allow us to continue to provide substantive and meaningful financial support to a singular beneficiary, but it will also allow us to significantly increase the funding available for the Bethlehem Rotary Foundation to distribute each year. In addition this will provide to opportunity to continue to fund many of our legacy projects AND grow the base value of the foundation through contributions to it! In making this important change, it will allow all of the philanthropy of our club to be funded through the foundation, and not through the operating budget or additional “asks” throughout the year.
For your convenience, click HERE to download the presentation as a PDF file if you would like to review the slide deck that I covered during the meeting. The presentation is also on the website at the top of the list of DOWNLOAD files on the home page.
Announcements:
DG Cindy Hornaman will be joining our meeting on Wednesday, August 1st. Please make every effort to attend this meeting and support our District Governor.
Effective August 1st, the price of lunch will increase to $13.
Committee assignments are being completed this week. You will be receiving an e-mail inviting you to the committee and introducing the Board Liaison.
Our meeting on August 8th will be held at Moravian College in the Sally Breidegam Miksiewicz Center for Health Sciences. This builing is located at the intersection of Main St. and Laurel St. Parking lots A and B on Greenwich St. and Lots M, N and O on Locust St. will be available and no parking permits will be required. This will be a great opportunity to see the new venue for Tastes and Tunes.
Tastes & Tunes will be held on Sunday, October 7th in our new venue… The Sally Breidegam Miksiewicz Center for Health Sciences at Moravian College. This is our largest fundraiser and we are looking to get EVERYONE involved in continuing the success of this great event! Mark your calendars!
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accepted Rotary's Polio Eradication Champion Award at the Rotary Convention in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in recognition of his country's contributions to polio eradication. Canada has been a strong contributor to polio eradication efforts for decades.
