Paul Harris founded Rotary by seeking out other professional and business people, new to the city, with a committment to fellowship.  This simple, human requirement expanded into the wonderful world wide organization we now serve.  Our Club would like to carry on with this basic tenet of Rotary.

Fellowship is the key to the development of understanding and friendship and to this extent, we would like your input for the coming year as to the types of activities that will be encourage for you to bring at least one new members to our club.

After reviewing Rotary International President Dong Kurn Lee's theme for this coming year "Make Dreams Real", the following is an except from his opening speech to Rotary International in Chicago:

"Every Rotarian that we bring into our clubs helps to Make Dreams Real," Lee said, to a packed second-floor room in the elegant Union League Club in downtown Chicago. "Every single one is another pair of hands, and another mind, and another heart to do Rotary’s work."

Lee called on every district to increase membership by 10 percent and to add two clubs during this Rotary year.

"If we do not bring in younger members, we will miss out on a great deal of energy and expertise," he added. "And we will not be training a new generation of members to become club presidents, district governors, and senior RI leaders in the years to come."

Lee said the membership of a healthy Rotary club is made up of men and women of different ages, vocations, professions, skills, and talents. A club that is not diversified is less able to conduct ambitious projects and has a narrower range of resources.

As part of the push for growth, Lee asked Rotarians to be creative in promoting membership and to expand their quest for new members.

"There are many qualified professionals who may simply be overlooked because their professions are not typical for Rotary members," he said.

At the International Assembly in January, Lee unveiled the 2008-09 theme and service emphases, urging Rotarians to become involved in clean water, literacy, and health and hunger projects aimed at reducing child mortality. He also encouraged them to contribute to Rotary’s US$100 Million Challenge to eradicate polio.

"We will Make Dreams Real by giving children hope and a chance at a future," Lee said.

To that intent, fellowship is of great importance to build up and encourage one another in the cause of being a Rotarian.

the Club look forward to having greater fellowship activities with all our members as we share in the vision of this year's thene "Make Dreams Real".