Celebrating & Giving …tis the holiday season:

Clubs are ringing bells for the Salvation Army, collecting toys and bicycles for children, donating to food banks, and partying across District 7600 during this season.  Rotarians give year round … of their time, their talents, and their money.

Shout outs & gifties:

• to Joy Kline (Goochland Club) for creating our user friendly, quick reference for monthly club giving.  It is complete through the end of the prior month, is grouped by area, and is very colorful.  Her gift to us is the 2015 Foundation Report- Nov (3) .  Club Foundation Chairs and Foundation Advocates should share with their clubs and provide any advice or encouragement which will help the clubs assess next steps.

• to the Rotary Club of Williamsburg.  President Chuck Hobson & Tucker are pictured here.  The Williamsburg Club covered 95 shifts of 2 hours each ringing the Red Kettle bells. Many included their best friends in the effort. Other clubs rang the bells across the district and some are pictured on our facebook page ‘Rotary D7600 Foundation Committee’.  Please visit and ‘like’.  The Williamsburg Rotary has a Facebook page also.  You will see more pictures of their members and pets there.  Enjoy.

• to Diana Gulotta of the Virginia Peninsula Club who monthly edits her gift, the District Rotary Foundation Newsletter ‘Features’.  It is published monthly and comes to your computer, tablet, or smartphone.  If you don’t get it … check your spam folder, Chewbaca.

• to our own Han Solo, Jim Probsdorfer, our District Rotary Foundation Committee Chair, who is truly ‘a gift to the world.’

• to the 3000+ District 7600 Rotarians who give so much, so often, and with such heart! You are a gift and an inspiration.