Next Wednesday at our regular Rotary meeting, we celebrate the Rotary Foundation and honor individuals with a Paul Harris Fellow.
To find out more about the Rotary Foundation please check out this link..... https://www.rotary.org/en/about-rotary/rotary-foundation
You will see that the Rotary Foundation focuses on 6 causes.
Promoting Peace
Providing Clean Water
Saving Mothers and Children
Supporting Education
Growing Local Economies
Fighting Disease
It does this by spending 91% of all donations directly on programs and has earned a 4 star Charity Navigator Rating.
Our club wants you to support the Rotary Foundation by donating at least $100 per year. In fact if you do this next week, our club will honor you with a Paul Harris Fellow. So who was Paul Harris and what is a Paul Harris Fellow?
Please read more here..... https://www.rotary.org/en/history-paul-harris-fellow-recognition .... about Paul Harris.
Now to become a Paul Harris Fellow one needs to make a $1000 donation to the Rotary Foundation OR have $1000 donated in your honor. This is where it gets fun at Harbortown. We ask that you make the first $100 donation. The club kicks in the next $200 towards your Paul Harris Fellow and your fellow members will pledge the next $700 to make you a Paul Harris Fellow. This all happens in about a minute or two in a frenzied auction like environment. It can be chaotic, but it is fun. We will make around 12 people Paul Harris Fellows tomorrow and raise over $15,000 for the Rotary Foundation in about 15 Minutes.
Can I count on you to make that first $100 donation to become a Paul Harris Fellow? Let me know! Have questions? Give Keith Kylmala a call 218-348-7236 or email his at kkylmala@kylmalatruss.com.