Carlisle’s two Rotary clubs hope to raise $25,200 at our annual Holiday Auction. All proceeds will directly support The Rotary Foundation’s $68,300 Global Grant Project in Togo,West Africa. Live and silent auctions will take place at Rotary’s Holiday Dinner on Thursday, November 30, 2023 starting at 6:00 pm at the Carlisle Country Club.
This year’s Rotary international theme is Creating Hope in the World. As a part of that effort, I applaud our club for spreading the word that All are Welcome in Rotary. The November issue of the Rotary Magazine has an interesting, short article about Aleta Williams, the first Black President of the Rotary Club of Chicago. Her first impression of Rotary was “this doesn’t look like where I should be.” Let’s make everyone feel welcome in our club and show off all the great things we are doing such as supporting domestic violence prevention locally, supporting efforts to eradicate polio globally, and providing water and sanitation to people in Togo, West Africa to name just a few. Thank you for all that you do in our club, the community, and the world.