October 14, 2020

 

Hello Rotarians!

 

My son just turned in a paper for his English Composition class. It was an essay response to David Foster Wallace's commencement address to Kenyon College's graduating class of 2005. If you haven't read this before, Google it.  You probably have heard parts or all of it in the past. It is a thought-provoking address meant to inspire the graduates to think. To change their perspective. To always look at things in a different way. 

 

As I sit in forced quarantine I am using my time to relax and read. Have deep conversations with my kids. Hang out with my husband. We even had a family-wide snowball fight on our walk this week! As an essential worker, this is my first experiece with the stay at home order. 

 

As Rotarians, it would be easy to just suspend all activity. Some clubs have done that. But RCSC does not work that way. We have adjusted some things, but we continue to do what we always have done, which is respond to the needs in our community. 

 

One thing that will need all hands on deck will be the Adopt an Angel program. Stu has worked very hard to develop the COVID-friendly program and we will need people to respond when he asks for help. There will be many things that we can do while keeping a physical distance and staying safe!

 

October 24th is World Polio Day. Why not celebrate by signing up for the Virtual President's Luncheon? You can sign up on the district 5450 website. The $25 of the $28 fee goes straight to Polio Plus and will be matched 2:1 by the Gates Foundation. While you are on the website, you can use a link to endpolio.org if you would like to donate more than the cost of the registration!

 

When we are feeling frustrated or shut-in we just need to shift our perspective. There are so many things that we can do in service of others from the comfort of our own homes! If you would like to join a committee that is actively planning some of the things that we have on the horizon, please let me know and I will connect you with the people who would love to have your assistance.

 

Wear your masks and wash your hands~

 

 

 

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