More Super Visits and a Gift from Paul Harris

With Paul Harris in tow, I drove way up river to discover that the Millersburg Club has a unique association with an aging ferry on the Susquehanna, seaworthy enough to host an annual social event with the Perry County Club.  Any Rotarian wishing to get underway in that fashion should contact the very focused Millersburg Club. Then, I met with the very established Lititz Club which is about to celebrate 100 years in existence, still preserving many fine traditions. The weekly visits culminated at the Hummelstown Club at its new meeting location just off the Town Square, an engaging club with veteran members and several new ones to the point that the Club received a certificate in recognition of its growth over the past year.

What happened at the Hummelstown Club set a new bar for the appreciation of the Paul Harris way of life. In a display of creative thinking for the Club, President Janet Coit awarded Paul with a certificate of thanks, and a donation in his name to the Hummelstown Food Bank.

It should be noted that Paul Harris has been well received at every meeting and event along the way.  Rotarians are always welcoming and inclusive when they see him and often eager to pose for a photo.  When they hear about his precarious early days, and his lonely times in Chicago, they invariably want to hug him, hence the sling on his right arm. He never misses an opportunity to explain his views on Friendship, Fellowship, Fun, and Fulfillment which together have led to the ideal of community and global service, along with advocacy for international understanding and peace.

This Paul Harris awareness leads to the realization that November is Foundation Month, a time to take stock of the engine that provides the ability for Rotarians to do the things we do.  There are many aspects to the Foundation that enable the core purpose of Rotary.  If you wish to be involved in the Foundation on the fundraising side (to include fund-investing) or the fund-spending side of the Foundation, please let your President or our Foundation Chair know.

The Foundation Dinner is this Saturday, November 9, at the Hotel Gettysburg.  I hope to see you there.

Best wishes,

DG Paul