Tom Turkey wishes you a Happy Thanksgiving
and reminds you to . . . EAT BEEF!

Saturday, December 10 at 9:00 A.M. (PST)
Member Zoom meeting
to vote on the slate of officers and Board members and proposed Bylaws.

A Sense of a Goose

Next fall, when you see geese heading south for the winter, flying along in "V" formation, you might consider what science has discovered as to why they fly that way. As each bird flaps its wings, it creates uplift for the bird immediately following. By flying in "V" formation, the whole flock adds at least 71 percent greater flying range than if each bird flew on its own.

People who share a common direction and sense of community can get where they are going more quickly and easily, because they are traveling on the thrust of one another.

When a goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of trying to go it alone and quickly gets back into formation to take advantage of the lifting power of the bird in front.

If we have as much sense as a goose, we will stay in formation with those people who are headed the same way we are.

When the head goose gets tired, it rotates back in the wing and another goose flies point.

It is sensible to take turns doing demanding jobs, whether with people or with geese flying south.

Geese honk from behind to encourage those up front to keep up their speed.

What messages do we give when we honk from behind?

Finally-and this is important-when a goose gets sick or is wounded by gunshot, and falls out of formation, two other geese fall out with that goose and follow it down to lend help and protection. They stay with the fallen goose until it is able to fly or until it dies; and only then do they launch out on their own, or with another formation to catch up with their group.

If we have the sense of a goose, we will stand by each other like that. ~ Author Unknown

Ways to celebrate Rotary Foundation Month

Generous gifts to The Rotary Foundation help create lasting change in communities both nearby and around the world. In honor of Rotary Foundation Month in November, we’re asking club and district leaders to thank donors and reflect on the good that their donations make possible. Here are three ways you can celebrate Foundation Month:

1. Make a special gift to the Foundation on Giving Tuesday, 29 November. The top clubs in fundraising, participation, and online giving will be featured on My Rotary. Take a look at last year’s honorees.
2. Help others in need by giving the gift of Rotary anytime during November.
3. Take time during a club meeting to show members how the Foundation transforms gifts into service projects that advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace by fighting disease, improving the quality of education, protecting the environment, alleviating poverty, and more. Invite a Foundation scholarship recipient or a community member who was involved in and benefited from a grant project to speak about its impact on their life.

Every three years your gifts to the Rotary Foundation, Annual Fund SHARE, return in part to fund the important work we do in our local communities today. And if we had only gifted $100,000 more back then, we could have funded all the projects you identified this year as being critical needs in your communities. Gifts to the Annual Fund Share three years ago are now funding $130,000 worth of critical needs in the areas of literacy, food insecurity for youth, maternal and child health, homelessness, economic development, clean water, and disease prevention. These problems sound familiar don’t they? We are grateful for the funds we are now leveraging with Club funds to complete total project benefits of $234,000.

Unfortunately, $25,000 worth of your important community projects could not be funded. There was not enough Annual Fund dollars to go around.

This year, let’s pre-position ourselves to fund all the future needs in our local communities. Please give generously this November, to support the Rotary Foundation! Our target is $30,000. Can you help?

November is Foundation Month

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