Oct 4 & 18th 2023 - Recap of Horizon West Rotary Luncheons

HAPPY DOLLARS
Happy dollars always kick us off on a positive note as members and guests share something they are currently happy about! On October 4th $260 was donated to go towards the Frankie Valente Scholarship Fund. And on the 18th, $236 was donated to the Rotary International PolioPlus drive.

GUEST SPEAKERS

October 18th - Alex Sacharoff

Rotary Foundation

The Rotary Foundation helps Rotary members to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace by improving health, providing quality education, improving the environment, and alleviating poverty.

What impact can one donation have?

• For as little as 60 cents, a child can be protected from polio.
• $50 can provide clean water to help fight waterborne illness.
• $500 can launch an anti-bullying campaign and create a safe environment for children.

Three Funds are Each Focused on Different Levels of Focus:

• PolioPlus - End Polio Now
• Annual Fund - for Support Today
• Endowment Fund - to Secure Tomorrow
  

Areas the Global Grants make a difference can be seen in the pie chart below and with the slide below Alex shared is a general update of the foundation.

Donations made thru 2026 are matched 2:1 by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Contributions any members make is credited to the donor's club and applied to the club's Annual Fund goal.

Learn more about supporting Rotary Foundation on their website.

WEBSITE: https://www.rotary.org/en/about-rotary/rotary-foundation

October 4th - Maxey Elementary

Sean Brown, Principal
Dr. Urguat, Behavior Specialist

New school year - new opportunity to MENTOR. Timeframe is 10:45 - 11:45 during their lunch - very flexible on frequency and length of time for each mentoring session.

• Teach In, Nov 8 at Maxey Elementary

• Maxey Elementary Fall Festival Oct 26

You can register to volunteer online >>

October 4th - Anthony Valente

FVSF - Frankie Valente Scholarship Fund

Frankie's Dream...

EMT Frankie Valente devoted his life to helping others. His desire to assist as many people as possible inspired our nonprofit organization. FVSF assists students in achieving their dream of working as EMS/EMTs so they can serve you. With your support, FVSF can fund scholarships for students pursuing this formidable and honorable career path. Help us reach as many students as possible.

Learn more about supporting FVSF at the links below...

WEBSITE: https://www.thefvsfund.com/

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/frankievalentescholarshipfund

ROTARY HAPPY HOUR • LAST WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH

To further our club's focus on community service, networking & fellowship, save the last Wednesday of every month from 5:30 - 7:30pm on your calendar now!

Next Event: Wed October 25th - Location: Home State Brewing Co. - Details on Facebook >>

REMINDER OF THE ONGOING CHALLENGE TO OUR CURRENT MEMBERS

Our District Governor Andres Goyanes' challenged us to the 4 Way Challenge so we are ramping up our efforts to invite others to come check out our club:

1) a Family Member

2) a Friend

3) a Co-worker

4) a Customer 

And if you can't find one of them to come, ask a Veteran or a First Responder.