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TRUSTEE CHAIR’S MESSAGE

With more members and support,
we’ll do more good in the world

In August, we focus on membership Ñ exploring extend Rotary's reach if we were to increase that
ways we can expand Rotary's ranks and reach. engagement, even by just a little. More Rotarian
As we form new clubs and answer RI President contributions would mean additional funding for
Shekhar Mehta's call of Each One, Bring One, the Rotary Peace Centers, as well as more matched
let's consider how these efforts will have a positive contributions to help eradicate polio, thanks to
impact at every level of our organization. our partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates
Rotary's two greatest assets are its members Foundation.
and The Rotary Foundation, and they are linked. The Rotary Foundation is a powerful force
Our organization is made up of more than 48,000 that efficiently carries out impactful and sustainable
Rotary and Rotaract clubs, and without our projects around the world; Charity Navigator has
dedicated club members, we can't perform service. recognized The Rotary Foundation with a four-
Our members also carry out the Foundation's star rating annually for 13 consecutive years. All
mission of doing good in the world, by working on Rotary members can be proud of this. And how
grassroots projects and making contributions that great it would be if all Rotarians would support the
support countless Foundation programs and grants. Foundation in whatever way they could.
With more members in Rotary, the Foundation I have a simple request this month. Please
could do even more good in the world. We would take 10 minutes during your next club meeting
have more hands to set up water, sanitation, and to discuss ways to get more involved in the
hygiene projects, so that more people could access Foundation this year. It could be planning an online
clean water. We would have more minds to plan fundraiser to benefit the Foundation or partnering
global grants projects that support prenatal services, with other clubs for a global grant project.
so that more babies could live. We could fund more Whatever you do, remember that our members
district grants that support literacy, so that more Ñ all of us Ñ drive Rotary's efforts and sustain our
people could learn to read. Foundation.
Today, roughly a third of our members
actively support the Foundation through annual JOHN F. GERM
giving or other means. Imagine how we could Foundation trustee chair

Illustration by Viktor Miller Gausa

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