I’d like to use this farewell message to share something important – the good works we all do through participation in The Rotary Foundation (TRF).
I could write a thousand words many times over to describe the multitudinous things we set out to do – and accomplish – but I’m going to sprinkle in a few pictures to save you from trudging through a an eight-thousand word tome. (You can thank me later.)
Your contributions to The Rotary Foundation go to all sorts of projects within our Missouri communities – including buddy backpack programs, literacy projects, dictionary distributions, community beautification projects, and partnerships with local schools. TRF funds also provide international education opportunities for outstanding scholars within the district.
Our TRF contributions have immense impact globally as well.
They help provide safe playgrounds in Thailand – a region in which human trafficking is rampant and child safety is a major concern.
We put smiles on abandoned children in third world countries, like these young ladies in a caring, group home in Guatemala.
We train dedicated professionals in the discipline of Peace and Conflict Resolution, as this photo from a Rotary Peace Fellowship discussion depicts.
Through The Rotary Foundation We Fight Polio. We will soon put an end to all casualties from this dread disease, allowing the world’s children to grow up with their physical potential intact.
We deliver water filtration systems to villages, sometimes many miles away from established transportation routes. This significantly improves the health and prosperity of those living in remote locations.
We organize microloans and arrange for sustainable business and agricultural projects around the world.
Through The Rotary Foundation we provide nutrition and sustenance to those who are lacking of both.
The primary thing that we do, when you sum it all up, is that we provide hope.
If all that isn’t a worthy calling, I don’t know what is. Please give generously to The Rotary Foundation. You can do it right now through the RI web site.