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TRUSTEE CHAIR’S MESSAGE
Together, we can reach

our goals

December marks a special time of year. It's going gets.tough. L stands for leadership, and E for
a time of holiday gatherings and family reunions enthusiasm Ñ the fuel of Rotary.
(COVID-19 permitting). It's also the halfway point While we are revisiting our goals, we also
of the Rotary year, when we look back on our need to remember the why. For me, this needs little
goals, reflecting on the what and the why of our explanation. Why wouldn't you help expectant
work. mothers and their children survive and thrive by
First, the what. This year, to stay on course supporting a Rotary Foundation grant? And why
to reach our goal, we need to raise $50 million wouldn't you initiate programs to help preserve the
for PolioPlus, with a 2-to-1 match by the Bill & environment, our cherished home? The pandemic
Melinda Gates Foundation bringing the total to $150 has only renewed my conviction that life is
million. To keep our Rotary Foundation programs precious, and we must seize every opportunity to
running strong, we set a goal to raise $125 million enhance the lives of others.
for the Annual Fund. We also aim to raise $95 You are one of the PEOPLE on our TEAM.
million for the Endowment Fund in outright gifts I encourage you this month to join other leaders
and new commitments, and a further $40 million who participate in Rotary's strong tradition of
for other outright gifts. philanthropy by making a gift to The Rotary
So how do we reach our grand total of $410 Foundation. It is the season of giving, and every
million? We must remember that in all great gift counts. Please contribute any amount that feels
endeavors, including Rotary, we are part of a right by 31 December, and your gift will keep on
TEAM: Together, Everyone Achieves More. giving in 2022 and for years to come. There are
You can't have a great team without great many ways to give, as a club or an individual Ñ
PEOPLE. P stands for pride in our organization, our why not set up a giving plan?
achievements, and our potential. E is our empathy The Rotary Foundation offers us countless
for others, which we transform into service. O has opportunities to help make a difference in the
two parts: the tremendous opportunities to make world. Let us never squander those opportunities,
a difference that Rotary has granted us, and an nor take our Foundation for granted.
obligation to pull others up and to increase our Judy and I wish you the happiest of holidays.
ranks. Our second P is for perseverance, helping us JOHN F. GERM
stick to our goals, like polio eradication, when the Foundation trustee chair
Illustration by Viktor Miller Gausa
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