We Need You!
There are several opportunities to get involved this fall. Immediately, we have these requests for volunteers:
1) Bell Ringing - Can you donate an hour or two? Byron Cooper is looking to fill the slots for the annual Salvation Army Red Kettle Campaign (Bell Ringing) on Saturday, December 12. The locations are Wal-Mart West, East and Newburgh. Sign up sheets are available at the sign-in table.
2) Mike Bevers is looking for someone to  take Rick Borries’ student for the remainder of the school year in the Rotary Mentoring Program. She is Jessica Durkin, a student at USI. Please contact Mike Bevers ASAP if interested at 812-424-8284 .
3) Junior Achievement of Southwestern Indiana needs volunteers for it's 8th annual job shadow event. The event will take place Friday, February 19, 2010 and will run from approximately 8:15am to noon. Please contact Theo Boots for more information.
4) 2010 WNIN Action Auction is looking for people to volunteer to be in the Evansville Solicitation group.  With this job, you will receive a list of previous, or potential, donors to contact.  WNIN will give you the information you need concerning the auction and what the donor may have donated in the past (if they are a past donor).  This is a great opportunity to get involved to help WNIN. If you have any questions or would like to volunteer, please contact Ashley Murray (Auction Manager) at (Phone 812-423-2973 Ext. 136) or Ryan Beal.

Rotary Holiday Luncheon
The Rotary “Holiday Reflections" Luncheon with a cash bar is December 8, at Casino Aztar Conference Center, Walnut Rooms. The luncheon is included in our Club dues for regular active Rotarians. Senior Actives are $12 – the regular price of the weekly luncheon. All other guests including spouses, other Rotarians and Rotaract are twenty ($20) dollars. Santa will be there and the children of Hebron Elementary School Choir will offer their voices as our special entertainment this year. Everyone is asked to bring a wrapped gift appropriate for a child. Please mark with the designation of girl or boy and the age. Cash is also very acceptable. Contact Christy at the Rotary office to make your reservations. The event will begin at 11:30 A.M. with the Tom & Jerry social time being a “cash bar” followed by the luncheon beginning at noon. Please RSVP today if you have not already by contacting the Rotary Office and note if you prefer a kosher or vegan meal. 

Civic Award Nominations
Matt Volkman is requesting nominations for the 2009 Civic Award. January 12, 2010 is the deadline for submission.

Salvation Army Red Kettle Campaign
Can you donate an hour or two? Byron Cooper is looking to fill the slots for the annual Salvation Army Red Kettle Campaign (Bell Ringing) on Saturday, December 12. The locations are Wal-Mart West, East and Newburgh. Sign up sheets are available at the sign-in table.

Thoughts and Prayers
Please continue to keep all Rotarians and their families in your thoughts and prayers. Ruthie Shekell’s mother is very ill and could use your warm thoughts and prayers. And, Cathy Sickman Renner has requested prayers for her mother, Emily Fowler, who underwent open heart surgery on December 2nd.

Yucatan Project
Information from John Whinrey
YUCATAN UPDATE:  Dornier MedTech America of Kennesaw, Georgia is donating to our Rotary Foundation of Evansville a holmium laser to treat kidney stones, for use in the Yucatan. Our problem is that the holmium laser is 4'10" tall on a pallet, and is located in Kennesaw, Georgia, a little north of Atlanta. Is there anyone in the Rotary Club who would be willing to make available to us a cargo (box-type) van? Better yet, is there anyone who is going to be traveling to and returning from the Atlanta area in a cargo van in the near future? Please contact John Whinrey (425-4687 x302) or Ron Huffman (490-8255) if you can help.

And, from Jan Meeks “Andy and Mike Clayton, owners of Clayton’s Commercial Laundry, donated 3 commercial dryers for the project.”  Thank you for all your support!

Monetary Donations Needed!
600 POLIO CASES FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 2009  A total of 600 polio cases have been reported for the first six months of 2009 compared to 1652 cases for all of 2008.  The four endemic countries are Nigeria (321 cases), India (89), Pakistan (20), and Afghanistan (10).The numbers are going down, but much work needs to be done before polio is eradicated.  Human ignorance continues to be a very formidable foe. The Rotary clubs in the United States have raised 90 million dollars out of a goal of 200 million.  If you wish to contribute to this ambitious and noble effort to eradicate polio please make out a check to "The Rotary Foundation" and mark "Polio" in the lower left hand corner and mail to the Rotary office.

Centennial Society
In celebration of our 100th birthday as a Rotary Club, we are encouraging Rotarians to pledge at least $500 per year to the Rotary Foundation of Evansville, Inc., for each of the next five years. This represents a $2500 commitment over five years to our local foundation. Second, consider becoming a member of the Rotary Foundation of Evansville, Inc.’s Legacy League. The Legacy League is comprised of individuals who have included the Rotary Foundation of Evansville, Inc. in their estate planning. Third, contribute annually to the Rotary Foundation of Evansville, Inc. In 2008 half of our members contributed to this fund. We encourage all of our members to financially support our local foundation so that we might continue to increase the impact that our Club makes through service in our community.

New Website
The Rotary Club of Evansville has a new website. Please take time to visit it at www.EvansvilleRotary.com. The new site features an online directory for members. If you have an email address on file with the club, you should have already received your username and password. Please do not register as a new member at the site since all current Rotary Members have already been set up with an account. With your username and password (sent to you in an email), you will be able to log in and create your online profile. If you have not received an email with your username and password, please contact Christy at 962-4687.

Executive Assistant
Please note: Christy Scroggins is the club Executive Assistant. Please contact Christy for any Rotary related information/needs. The location of the Rotary office, telephone number, fax number and e-mail address will remain the same.