Welcome to this week’s meeting of the eClub of the State of Jefferson.
Hello and Welcome to Rotary! Enjoy this week’s meeting.
First, I wanted to let everyone know that we had a really enlightening conversation with Tamim Ebrahimi (Rotary Peace Fellow), last Friday (September 13, 2024). If you are interested in viewing the recorded zoom link, please let me know and I will forward it to you directly. Respecting Tamim’s request, we are not publishing it to YouTube, and so I ask you not to share it.
To continue the theme of exploring areas of focus of Rotary, I want to share what Rotary International sees as seven Focuses https://www.rotary.org/en/our-causes:
- Promoting Peace
- Fighting Disease
- Providing Clean Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
- Saving Mothers and Children
- Supporting Education
- Growing Local Economies
- Protecting the Environment
Last week, we took a look at the Rotary Peace Fellowship program; this week I would like to talk about another Focus, Supporting Education. The Rotary eClub of the State of Jefferson does just this through a couple of different avenues.
With the help of VP-DeVere Wolsey, we have the privilege of interacting with children in Uganda! Since I have been in the club, we have created videos to share with the children about reading. We talked about books that we shared with our own children, our favorite books from when we were children and why reading is fun. In turn, the children in Uganda shared with us, a video of them having fun reading in a reading tent. The smiles on their faces were priceless.
Another project is purchasing a bookworm vending machine, INCHY 26310, that we are working on getting installed in the Imagination Station, partnering with Chinle Planting Hope in Navajo Nation in Chinle, Arizona. We were able to make this purchase by receiving a District grant.
I will leave you with this thought. This coming Sunday, September 22nd, is the first day of Autumn, a time for balance and harmony. 
I appreciate all of you and I am grateful for the ability to serve you all and I thank you for your commitment to Rotary.
Patti Eisler
2024-25 Club President
If you have any questions or comments, I am available. My e-mail address is: Patti Eisler
The Four-Way Test
The Four-Way Test is a nonpartisan and nonsectarian ethical guide for Rotarians to use for their personal and professional relationships.
The test has been translated into more than 100 languages, and Rotarians recite it at club meetings:
Of the things we think, say or do
- Is it the TRUTH?
- Is it FAIR to all concerned?
- Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
- Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
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