Rotary International Theme 2024-2025	THE ROWEL Rotary Club of Durham		Rotary International President: Gordon McInally Rotary District 5160 Governor: Clair Roberts Durham Rotary President: Glenn Pulliam _____________ Editor: Phil Price Publisher:  Jen Liu
	January 25, 2025	Harvest Festival  2025 will be held on September 21, 2025

The Meeting Opening This was the Crab Feed at the Memorial Hall in Durham. This was not a meeting so President Peggy did not open the meeting.  However Larry Bradley did moderate the beginning, asking Tod Kimmelshue (member of the Butte County Board of Supervisors) to lead the pledge.  Then Larry Bradley did lead us in singing God Bless America. Following that, Jim Patterson presented the invocation

The Crab Feed

After that it was a party with crab, shrimp, pasta, etc.

Also bidding on the Silent Auction items on the table through the middle of the room and the drawing items in the bar room.

Many of us began at 8:00 am getting the rooms ready.  By 10:30 am it looked like this.

Here are some of the Silent Auction items:

Members of the High School Interact Club helped us with serving.  Here they are:

Then there were the food and the people having a good time:

Our Next Meeting

Our next meeting, on February 4^th.  It will be a debrief of the Crab Feed.  It, will be at the BCCC. 

Following that we will again meet at the Memorial Hall in Durham for as Club Social on February 18^th.

Membership

Bring guests who you think you can interest in becoming a member.  Your dinner and your guest’sdinner will be paid for by the Club.  Also, bring a guest to one of our occasional social gatherings.

District 5160 Governor, Dan Geraldi is asking each club member to bring at least one guest toa meeting this year.

Go to the following Rotary International web site for information on membershipdevelopment:  https://my.rotary.org/en/learning-reference/learn-topic/membership .  From this website there is access to membership development and other related information.

The Rotary Foundation Donations

You can make a difference in this world by helping people in need. Your gift can do some great things, from supplying filters that cleanpeople’s drinking water to empowering local entrepreneurs to grow through business development training.

The Rotary Foundation will use your gift to fund the life-changing work of Rotary members who provide sustainable solutions to theircommunities’ most pressing needs. But we need help from people like you who will take action and give the gift of Rotary to make these projects possible.

When every Rotarian gives every year, no challenge is too great for us to make a difference. The minimumgift to The Rotary Foundation is $25.00.   An annual $100.00 gift is a sustaining member.  Once your donations accumulate to $1,000 you becomea Paul Harris Fellow.

If you have any questions, ask Steve Heithecker.

It is possible to learn more about The Rotary Foundation on the Rotary web site. 

Your gift can be made online or by sending Jessica Thorpe a check made out to The Rotary Foundation to Durham Rotary, P.O. Box 383, Durham, California 95958.