This Week:November 14 Literacy, with Carlos Campos, Dean of Arts & Letters, CCSN.

The BOD meeting originally scheduled for November 14 is cancelled.

RotoHackers, November 17, Durango, 8:00 AM.
Conta ct Joe for more information or to sign up.

Next Week: November 21 The Anti- Defamation League, with speaker Anna Karas

Holiday Party Mark your calendars, the annual holiday party will take place on December 8 at Cliff & Edmee's home.

Dave Cabral spoke to us about the Paul Harris Fellowship and Rotary Foundation. He thanked our club for our participation in the sustaining member program as each of us contributes a minimum of $100.00 a year. Dave also presented Jim Cady with his membership to the Paul Harris Fellowship for his contribution to the Rotary Foundation.

Dave explained that this money remains in the fund for three years drawing interest and then is distributed to the foundation fund and local districts equally to support international projects. He pointed out that the Foundation supports the GSE and Ambassadorial Scholar Programs as well providing matching grants and supporting programs such as polio plus. He suggested that members consider the permanent fund in their estate planning and let RI know of their intent.

The mission of The Rotary Foundation is to enable Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education and the alleviation of poverty. The Rotary Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation that is supported solely by voluntary contributions from Rotarians and friends of the Foundation who share its vision of a better world.

Editorial Comment: The Rotary Foundation is absolutely the best "bang for your buck" contribution you can possibly make.

On Friday, November 10, we celebrated our 10th Anniversary. The cocktail party was well attended by current and past club members including three past presidents. All had a great time. President Cliff presented a Paul Harris Fellowship award to Ann Marshall for her contribution to the Rotary Foundation.

There's no fellowship in an empty chair.
Your guests and visiting Rotarians help kindle the flame of fellowship

Our guests were - Adrienne Cox, assistant to the District Governor and member of Las Vegas Southwest Rotary, and Sharon and Rick Jakle, both Rotarians from Elgin, IL and guests of Jim Veltman.

“What is Rotary? Thousands have made answer each in his own way. It is easier to note what Rotary does than what it is. One recently has said, “If Rotary has encouraged us to take a more kindly outlook on life and men; if Rotary has taught us greater tolerance and the desire to see the best in others; if Rotary has brought us pleasant and helpful contacts with others who also are trying to capture and radiate the joy and beauty of life, then Rotary has brought us all that we can expect.”

Chicago, October, 1945, Paul P. Harris. From the forward to “My Road To Rotary”, Paul Harris, 1947

Kudos to all who bring guests. What a great way to share Rotary.

Thanksgiving Food Drive: Jim Cady announced that his hotel is sponsoring a food drive for Catholic Charities for the holidays. He requested that any member who would like to participate bring non-perishable food items to the next Rotary meeting.

Safe Nest: Paul Workman announced that Safe Nest, a local charity to which our club has contributed in the past, has a golf tournament scheduled as a fund raiser on November 16th. Contact him for details.

NALA Project: Glenda Failla has posted the project phases and requests for volunteers, tools, and materials. You can view this information on the NALA website at
http://nala-lv.org/project/volunteers.htm

Literacy: A Rotary club can support literacy in a number of ways, including adoption projects, where a club adopts a particular community's project, donation projects, such as organizing a book drive, and volunteering projects, where club members serve as tutors or mentors.

The article is in this month's Rotarian, complete with examples of projects various clubs have done.

Greeter: Larry Brown
Pledge: Jerry Sligar
Inspirational: Dennis Filangeri
Musicologist: Dennis Ortwein

If you would like to be a guest for one of our programs, please contact Eric Tarbox at membership @lvnwrotary.org