• Lisa reported the profit and loss for Runway to Paradise fundraiser. Ticket sales of $14,340 and donations of $1,800, for a total revenue of $16,140. Expenses of $6,852.12 leaves us with a profit of $9,287.88. Good!! She received a round of applause for her hard work leading the team on this successful event!
• Lisa shared that the Southwest Club is having Carl Stewart of KUT Money Talk as their guest speaker on November 12, at Shepherd of the Hills Presbyterian Church (5226 W. William Cannon). We are encouraged to attend but need to RSVP by May 9th. Look for an email from Lisa.
• Dawn, as Foundation Chair, presented Shirley Diepenbrock a Paul Harris +6 pin (with a ruby) in recognition of her contribution of $7,000 to the Annual Fund. Shirley announced that she is considering all this month a Polio Plus month and will donate money for our Polio Walk and our Pies for Polio event on November 19, 6-8 PM at BJ Brewhouse in Sunset Valley, which she encourages everyone to attend.
• Patrick announced that he is still #1 in his group for the I Heart Radio Next Top Host Competition. He needs more votes to move into the next group. Look for an email from him with a link to vote.
• Mickie promoted our Pies for Polio event on November 19, 6pm-8pm at BJ Brewery in Sunset Valley. Bring friends, bring a pie to raffle off, help raise funds, and have some fun!
Mickie shared that she grew up in polio times; her brother contracted it as a child. She recently learned that 95% of people with polio don’t show any symptoms. When he was diagnosed and she was also sick, she probably had it. She passed around a copy of the Rotary magazine that shows a historical photo of a roomful of children in iron lungs. Polio is only endemic in two countries, Pakistan and Afghanistan, where there are 49 cases currently.
• Our service project at Todos Juntos (901 Trinity Ave.) is November 7 at 9 AM to 4 PM. We need at least 8 volunteers and only have 5 volunteers so far. It’s a simple project but urgently needed; we must install a liner on a metal spike fence. We need 2 cordless high-speed drills, 2 impact wrenches, 4 ladders. Contact Jim McComb if you need more info. Jim will send an email soon with more information.
• Dawn Lewis announced the Christmas card sales for TerraClear. One hundred percent of the money goes to providing clean water in Laos. Each card indicates a donation of $10, 20, 40, or 75. $75 provides clean water to a family for 10 years.
Thanks to someone's donation, SARC moved from #28 to #7 in Annual Fund donations in the leaderboard for this fall's matching grant campaign.
