Carrie Ronnander
Rotary International President Jennifer Jones calls all of us to Imagine Rotary, this year’s theme. In her words,
You don’t imagine yesterday. You imagine tomorrow. Imagine a world without polio. Imagine a world with clean water for everyone. Imagine a world free of disease, where every child learns to read. Imagine kindness, and hope, and love, and peace.
In my words. Imagine when our Global Grant is approved this year and our partner club in Ghana is able to purchase cervical cancer screening equipment. Imagine the thousands and thousands of women in Ghana who will finally have access to cervical cancer screening and treatment.
Imagine the apprehension and excitement our inbound Rotary Youth Exchange student Len is feeling at this moment. Len is 17, lives in Belgium and will be arriving in Eau Claire on August 22nd. He will be a senior at Memorial High School. Imagine the experiences we can help him have this year and how these experiences will ripple forward in his life and the lives of those he touches. He will learn much this year, and we will learn from him, too
Imagine a vibrant Rotary Club of Eau Claire, one that is so involved in community life that others want to get in on the action and become Rotarians themselves. This year, we will continue to adapt to the needs and desires of current and future club members. There will be quarterly socials, opportunities for community service, and an emphasis on publicly sharing the Rotary message through social media, mass media, and new website. We will work and collaborate with area Rotary Clubs to do more than our club can do alone.
Imagine what we could do this year, and share those ideas and hopes with me. May is the Dare to Dream Together we will do what we imagine, for we are People of Action. We are Problem-Solvers. We are Community-Builders. We are Rotarians.
Thank you.
Carrie Ronnander
Rotary Club of Eau President
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