Foundation NEWS, and NEW NEWS

We now know that our Club will be honored for achieving ‘Every Rotarian Every Year’ (EREY) status for Rotary Year 2014-2015.  You met the challenge!  Every member contributed some amount to the Rotary Foundation and our average contribution was well above the $100 required – i.e. about $154. Although we may receive informal recognition from District 5020,  the actual EREY banner will not be sent from the Foundation to our District until October or November.  Thus it will be a bit later than that by the time we receive it.   But be assured that your  generosity is being honored!
That was the News.  Now for the New News.  For this Rotary year (2015-2016) the types of, and requirements for,  awards have been modified.  There will still be banner to recognize Clubs  when every member contributes something.  We certainly should be able to qualify for that.  The EREY recognition has been combined with the All Sustaining Members  Award.  That requires that every one of us becomes a Sustaining Member,  that is, having  contributed at least $100 during the year. Who knows?  We might be able to add that banner to our collection!  Already 32 of our 39 members  have reached that contribution level. Let’s go for it. Just think of it as  twenty nine cents a day!
Congratulations! You are not only generous,  you recognize all the good works the Foundation helps finance including, I hope,  a matching grant for a project  right here in Kingston.  More on that later...