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The President's Message
Dear Silver City Rotarians,
Rotary International President Wilfrid (Wilf) Wilkinson has selected "Rotary Shares" as the theme for the 2007-08 Rotary year. In discussing this theme, he says:
"Every day, in every club, Rotarians share with others in too many ways to count. We share our time, we share our talents, and we share our resources. We share our kindness, and we share our love.
"In Rotary, sharing doesn't mean giving away the things you don't need for yourself. In Rotary, sharing means giving of yourself, freely, for the good of others. It means taking the time to see what our communities need and to decide which of those needs we can meet most effectively. It means sharing what we have with those around us, as well as with those we will never have the chance to meet."
We in the Silver City Rotary Club are pleased with what we have accomplished in our community and proud of our receipt of two District-wide awards in the past year - one for "Significant Community Impact" and one for "Public Relations."
At the same time, we look forward to building on these accomplishments in the year ahead. This year, our focus will be on developing key water projects in our home state and abroad, and on service to our community - assisting local nongovernmental organizations such as Literacy Link-Leamos, El Refugio Shelter and El Grito Head Start Program. We will also empower our Youth Exchange Student, Laura Duflos, from Argentina, and support RYLA, award scholarships to young people from local high schools and, as always, strive to expand our membership to include an even greater "quantity of quality."
I challenge each one of us to share our ideas, our talents, our time and our financial resources - to share the best of ourselves - with our club, our community and our world, and to make this one of our best Rotary years in Silver City.
Sincerely,
Chris Farren
President, 2007-08
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