Due to a snafu with our picture taker, it is this resigning blogger's job to get the blog updated for the last two weeks. To the left and right are pictures from our meeting on the 24th of May. Bill Woodard was our guest speaker and he gave and excellent presentation on the Shelter boxes and where they have been deployed in the world over the past few years. We saw some awesome pictures from real life disasters where Shelter boxes have made the difference in peoples lives as they have pretty much lost everything. Some people are still living in their tents two and three years after a disaster which demonstrates the value and durability of the Shelter boxes.
In our meeting on the 31st, which was yesterday, we had the great honor to witness one of our long time members, Joe Christopher, receive his Paul Harris Fellow + 1. This means that Joe has donated enough money to the Rotary Foundation to merit the awarding of a second Paul Harris Fellow. It appears from the photo that El Presidente, Jeff Wilcox, is more excited about presenting the award than Joe is about receiving it. Maybe it was the snide remark that threw Joe off his normally jovial look.
In other news, Carl was our program presenter and he did an excellent job educating the club on the Rotary Foundation. He told us what the money is used for, how we can contribute, and the ways in which our foundation benefits the world. Truly an awesome place to put your money if you want it to do some good. Carl has been around the block a few times as an attorney, a marine, and in the Cypress Rotary Club and he told our club of their "contribution" methods. Let's not ever have Carl conduct a horseplay session. I couldn't afford it. Well, this blogger resigned yesterday in the meeting due to the member's lack of interest in the blog. I hope my replacement has better readership. Good Speed.
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