The meeting was called to order at 7:30 a.m. by Chris Blechschmidt who was today's opening bell ringer.
Marlene Heller gave the thought for the day, focusing on gratitude.
Today's Guests
District Governor Diane Donaher, as well as her immediate family
Area One Governor Rick Zayaitz
Sue and John Geiger
PRESENTATION
A presen
tation was made to Parkland CARES via Karen Rodgers of a check for $300.
Karen read a thank-you note from Katrina, who was not able to join us this morning. The check will go towards the greatest needs.
MINI FUNDRAISER
Amir Famili displayed a beautiful, handmade rug he brought back from a recent trip to Iran. He raffled it off as a mini-fundraiser for the club. It sold for $300 to Sue Geiger.
Membership Moment:
Diane presented the Beacon of Light award to Amir Famili. The award goes to the club member who is always available to help. Only one member can be nominated.
HAPPY DOLLARS
DG Diane was grateful that her family is here to see her presentation.
Gail is happy to be back.
Sue Weber is happy to be the focus of today's invocation.
SUCCESSION PLAN
Herb Klotz announced completion of his search for presidential candidates for the next three Rotary Years. Serving as our club presidents for the following years will be:
2024-25 Chris Blechschmidt
2025-26 Earnie Bliss
2026-27 Diana Dunn
PAUL HARRIS FELLOW RECOGNITION
Tom Friday
Karen Rodgers
Congratulations to Tom and Karen!
HOLIDAY PARTY. DECEMBER 2. 4 pm HERB'S HOUSE
Be ready to celebrate! This will be a potluck dinner. If you haven't already RSVP'd, get in touch with Herb Klotz.
SNACK PACKING:
The NWL snack packing takes place each month on the 3rd Wednesday from 2-2:35.
The next Snack Packing event at Parkland will be December 20. If you would like to help, email Diana Dunn at [email protected]
KINGDOM LIFE FOOD DISTRIBUTION:
Much help is still needed. There are many more people needing supplementary food than before the pandemic, and the setup work takes many hands. Please come out if you can help.
The upcoming dates for Kingdom Life Food Pantry Giveaway are:
Dec. 9 Jan. 13
PARKLAND C.A.R.E.S. PRODUCE DELIVERY:
The Pantry holds its food distributions on the first Saturday of each month for all of 2023. Three volunteers are needed each time. Food collections for Parkland C.A.R.E.S. are held the third Wednesday of each month at the Pantry on Kernsville Road.
MEALS ON WHEELS:
Meal delivery by AW Rotarians takes place twice each week. Helen Papathanasiou always needs substitute volunteers.
Today's Program:
Our Food insecurity programs require more volunteers. To make the programs more visible and to do something special for our volunteers in these programs, our team came up with a new way to market and display them. Member Peter Wohlsen created a new website, www.FightLVHunger.org, which contains an Honor Roll of our volunteers who are involved in fighting hunger, as well as resources and other information.
DG Diane Donaher, our guest speaker for the meeting, presented each of our Hunger-Fighting Heroes a token of our appreciation for their commitment.
Diane gave an inspiring talk on being a Beacon of Hope and explained how she came to choose that as her theme for her District Governor Year.
CALENDAR ALERTS 
December 2: Holiday Party
December 31: Deadline to submit photos for photography contest
March 17: Bingo Fundraiser
May 19: Chili Cookoff Fundraiser
April 20: Rotary Day of Service
NEXT MORNING MEETING IN-PERSON:
December 13 - Mike Scott on Rotaplast
Mike will tell us about the Rotaplast Mission to Columbia.
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