Kathy and I were warmly received by the Rotary Club of Aiken, the 3rd largest club in District 7750! President David Jameson and the board shared their plans for the 2011-12 year. I was pleased to hear that they planned to continue their great history of membership growth and generous Rotary Foundation giving. AG Carmen Landy joined me today and did a great job interacting with the board and sharing ideas for the future.
I was pleased to recognize a surprised Joe Shields as the Aiken Rotary Club Notable Rotarian. Joe has been a club member since March 11, 2006 and served as Chair of the club’s Foundation Committee. He led the way in setting and reaching lofty goals in Foundation contributions. In addition, through presentations and other activities, he educated the membership in the vision, mission and accomplishments of the Rotary Foundation.As a result of Joe's leadership, the club posted some amazing statistics for the 2010-11 year: $28,489 in Annual Fund Giving ($162.79 per member), $1,000 in Permanent Fund Giving,$11,119 in Polio Eradication for a total of $45,497 donated to The Rotary Foundation, 16 new Paul Harris Fellows (PHF), 8 new multiple PHF’s, and 9 new Benefactors.
The club provided a generous donation to the Aiken Free Medical Clinic in my honor. We had plenty of time today and actually finished a few minutes early. Several longtime Rotarians shared a very positive response about my presentation and their willingness to promote the 20/20 Vision for our district.
Many thanks to PDG Rich and Jan Waugh who showed Kathy around Aiken during the board meeting today. David Jameson predicted that we would be buying some property in Aiken after two more visits. David, I'm not sure so sure that Kathy won't be talking about buying property in Aiken after one visit to this beautiful area of our state.
At the close of the meeting, the club presented a generous check to the Aiken Free Clinic. Thank you so much for helping with this valuable service for the less fortunate!
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