Membership Committee - Russ suggested that as we are involved in other organizations in the community we should be looking for people to invite to Rotary. Gary gives a new member orientation to people interested in joining.

 

Fundraising—All of our fundraising efforts put money into our charity accounts. The Paddlefest 2025 pickleball tournament is close to picking a date. After that, the recruiting of people to compete and sponsor will begin. On February 1st, there is a noddle dinner fundraiser. We may also repeat a photo contest.

 

Youth - We have our exchange student Joel from Sweden here and Dee is in Argentina. The Interact Club at West Ottawa is doing well and the Holland High Interact is getting started. Corpus Christi has a middle school service club formed by our leader's program graduates. High school seniors from West Ottawa and Holland Christian attend our meetings. Continuing the Challenged Students luncheon at West Ottawa is under consideration. Thoughts on this are welcome.

 

Community Service - The highway cleanup continues with the support of non-Rotarians. Our collection for Community Action House today was more than $2,000. Mike believes that is the highest ever. The Salvation Army Bell Ringing schedule is nearly full. Our joint Holland Area Rotary club projects of Leaders for the 21st Century and Heartsafe Holland continue. The little bookhouses are built, repaired, and kept full of books. Hopefully, Herrick District Library will again be able to store books when the renovation is complete.

 

International - We are planning for our Ugandan Rotarian partners to visit us next March. We just received a grant for our district's work in Haiti.