Community Service
 
 
On the occasion of Paul Harris' 150th Birthday, President Dan remembered him and spoke of the worldwide impact of his gathering a group of business friends in Chicago, who would have foreseen that?  We went on to the raffle and Christine was the first to try to claim Paul Harris' free three tickets for his birthday.
 
Truman made a plea to have everyone either volunteer or stop by the Camp Clay this Saturday from 8:30 to 2PM.  Kris Wyatt announced that we will host a young lady from Denmark next school year and she already has all three host families lined up, Hooray!! Jerry is requesting more volunteers for Tour de Lincoln on May 11 and 12. 
 
Claire announced that she has been married to the same man for 49 years.  Congrats to Claire and Vern.  Wild Bill reminded us to come to the Quarterly Blood Drive this Friday from 1 to 5:30PM.  Alan Lowe is coordinating for the 10th year the Lincoln Poetry Contest which attracts entrants internationally. 
 
Darryl reminded us of the work shirt order that is closing.  He also mentioned a possible Rotary trip to Thailand next year and a visit coming up in May of his Rotary Thai friends, we are looking for someone to offer a bedroom for a visiting Buddhist Abbot-- anybody got a spare room?  No meals needed.  Darryl then discussed the importance of using official suppliers of Rotary clothes and supplies and he passed out catalogs from two of them.
 
Our speakers were David Cesio and Paul Radcliffe who gave us a recap of what has happened so far with the Community Service Committee and it's quite a lot for which we should be proud !!  Just some Highlights are:  Senior Center, Fourth of July, Every room (safety locks for all classroom doors at all Lincoln Schools), Salt Mine and many more.  Paul then gave a history of our, and his, involvement with the Tree project in Lincoln.  If the City can get a Grant, we could attain Paul's dream of having trees lining Lincoln Blvd from the rodeo to McBean Parkway.  If you have seen and appreciated the trees across the street from the Post Office, just imagine how attractive they would look lining our main thoroughfare !!  
 
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All in all, it's clear that Lincoln Rotary's Community Service commitment makes a huge difference in Lincoln.  David had big thanks and kudos to Sandy Brumley, Harriet Garland, Sharon Johnson and Kim Fricke for all their help and support.