Week 34, February 20-26, 2011

If you were not at the Stop Polio Cold event on Friday night, you missed a really great evening of fun. The Greenville Road Warriors won, for starters, in front of their largest crowd of the season. I have to think that all of the District 7750 attendees made the difference. Many Rotarians were involved in the planning of the event. I must thank Judith Prince for her hours of work on this event. Hats off to Judy! It was a lot of fun and I believe the final tally is going to show a large profit going to the PolioPlus campaign. It is time now to focus on our next district-wide event, the Voices of Haiti. This event will occur on March 14th in Greenwood at Lander on the Square. We are going to be hearing from some of our Haitian friends. Gillaine Warne will also be presenting. This is a super-casual attire event but one that will truly "chip away at your Rotary stone." The cost is only $20. The message will be priceless. I am off for an NID trip to India on Wednesday, February 23. Three other District 7750 members will also be participating: Charles Warne and Surrendra Jain of the Greenville club and Spencer Anderson of the Rock Hill club. The four of us know that this will be a life-changing event. This week, also, Gary Goforth is leading a team to Honduras. We have a number of district Rotarians accompanying him. Al Steele is already there. Watch the newsletter in March for reports on these experiences. Be sure to check out this month's newsletter for information about the NID trip just completed by PDG Sue Poss and and AG Rita Yarbrough. Next week's blog may be delayed as we move around India. We are staying four nights with Rotarians in Chandigarh. I hope to have WiFi but may have to wait until we return to a hotel. Have a great Rotary week! See you on March 14th in Greenwood.