This week's featured presentation will be on the new welding training programs at Great Falls College MSU. Charla Merja and Kelsey Kojetin will bring us up to speed on the new welding facility (being celebrated in the accompanying Great Falls Tribune photo), the links with high school students, and the great job opportunities the programs prepare students for.
Join us at noon at the country club! And don't forget: Bring (1) your loose change to meetings all October long for our Change for Polio fund-raiser, and (2) a bottle of wine for the silent auction at Harvest Howl.
New members, for your planning, we'll have a New Member Orientation next Monday, Oct. 26, at 5:30 p.m. at L'Heureux Page Warner, 15 Fifth Street South. All members are encouraged to join them.
Last Week at Rotary
We welcomed a fullly fledged new member last week when past president Cheryl Crawley and Glenn Lambert officiated in the blue-badge ceremony for David Cameron.
David is well-known throughout the community and the state for his work with Montana State University and his many generous contributions in response to the needs of Great Falls. The Cameron Auditorium at Benefis Hospital is just one example. Welcome, David, to Rotary Club of Great Falls!
Good Deeds
Fellow Rotarian Rob Rezek encourages Rotarians to pitch in on United Way's Day of Caring, slated for this Friday, Oct. 23, from 7:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Over 150 volunteers from workplaces ranging from NeighborWorks to D.A. Davidson and from organizations like Connect Great Falls and the UGF Wrestling Team will be on hand, rakes in hand, to do yard work for those who can't. Let's make our "Rotary Presence" felt by securing an impressive list of Great Falls Rotary volunteers. If you can volunteer on behalf of Rotary Club please email Rob at rrezek@dadco.com to register. More details at this week's meeting.
Denise Gray reports that 781 happy third-graders have new dictionaries! She thanks you Rotarians who have brought us half-way to our goal. If you have not delivered your dictionaries yet, please make appointments with your schools to do so. If you need extra dictionaries, call Denise at 453-1163. Also, we still need a volunteer to deliver dictionaries to the Heart Butte school. Anyone going that way anytime soon?
Get Ready to Howl!
Our signature event, the Harvest Howl, is just three weeks away. We've got big-draw bands (including 38 Special, pictured) and a budget to match, so we need to bring in the crowds and sell, sell, sell! Here's how you can help:
Table Sales. Tables are selling well, but we have 40 more tables to sell this year, so push your friends and colleagues to buy in!
Silent Auction. We're still looking for attractive contributions to our silent auction. Contact Susan Wolff with your ideas.
Beverage Servers. Rather than hire servers for the premiere tables this year, we're looking for Rotarian volunteers. You will need to complete the TIPS Certification process, which involves a 2-hour class on Thurs., Oct 22, at 6 p.m. at 1108 Central Avenue, next to the Bridal Shoppe. Contact Nicole Michelotti to confirm your interest.
Rotarians Fight to the Finish Line
This month's Rotarian features a conversation with Tunji Funsho, Rotary's leader in the fight against polio. It's a great read about Rotary's signature issue, the eradication of polio world-wide. One of Funsho's most poignant observations was this realization, in planning wheelchair orders:
"There are sizes - small, medium, and large. It struck me that at some point, we'll no longer need smalls. And gradually, we'll no longer need mediums, and finally, we'll no longer need larges. When we eradicate polio, all the efforts we have made and all the agonies we have faced - both among the people with polio and those of us who are working to assist them - will be over."
It's too soon to celebrate, Funsho observed, but too important not to stay the course. Ours is a great cause, and there are great people leading the way. Do your small part by bringing loose change to Rotary this month (End Polio Month).
Rotary Wisdom
"Rotary doesn't start something it doesn't finish. So we want to encourage Rotarians to stay the course .... [S]upport the [polio eradication] programs of those countries that are still endemic, particularly with funding, and create awareness and advocate for the government and private sector to continue to support the program until the work is done.
Reaching this milestone has put us in the frame of mind to believe that we can tackle any health issue - that there is no health issue that is beyond a solution. That's a great legacy."
Our signature event, the Harvest Howl, is just three weeks away. We've got big-draw bands (including 38 Special, pictured) and a budget to match, so we need to bring in the crowds and sell, sell, sell! Here's how you can help:
This month's Rotarian features a conversation with Tunji Funsho, Rotary's leader in the fight against polio. It's a great read about Rotary's signature issue, the eradication of polio world-wide. One of Funsho's most poignant observations was this realization, in planning wheelchair orders:
