The Gainesville-Haymarket Rotary meets every Wednesday at 7:30 am at the Piedmont Country Club. Here's the address:

14675 Piedmont Vista Drive, Haymarket, Va 20169

Please sign on to the District Club Database and review/update your membership information.

Peggy and I attended the Rose Bowl and watched real champions play. As a Penn State alumnus, I was particularly impressed by PSU coach Joe Paterno’s refusal to make the Bowl a game about him. He flat ignored the press’ desire to do so. Joe has long been one of my champions for his belief in his team, his program, and yes, in himself. Often, real champions can be found operating out of the spotlight and behind the scenes in unassuming but important ways. That was Rose Bowl Joe – he never left the press-box. Joe’s quiet toughness, loyalty to his school, and paternal love for his Nittany Lions is bigger than life.

Rotary has such champions, too. Today I am thinking of one of them, right here in the Gainesville-Haymarket Club. Like many champions, he is a person of quiet strength and mountainous compassion. As a person, he is loyal, unassuming, patriotic, and uncomplicated. As a Rotarian, he has given freely and significantly, each year gifting us with a major event for which he asks no recognition. In fact, he eschews recognition of any kind, perhaps believing that spotlighting the needs of the community is not served by obstructing the light. Like Joe, he has my deepest respect. And this year, in his quiet way, he reminds us … a father’s love is forever. Thanks, Champion.

Here's a nomination form from the Prince William Chamber of Commerce to nominate a non-profit for an award relating to Arts & Education or Health & Human Services. Our Publication Relations Director Amelia Stansell would like to see everyone fill one out nominating our club and the Manassas and Bull Run Clubs for their leadership with the Children's Wellness Festival.

Click here to access and print out the form. .

Here is some of the details you need in order to fill out the form

Name of Non-Profit & Program: Gainesville-Haymarket, Manassas and Bull Run Rotary Clubs - Children's Wellness Festival

Contact Person: Charlie Mills Co-Chair

Address: 15505 Alderbrook Haymarket VA 20169

Phone: 703-789-8322

Please write a brief blurb about why you are nominating the Children's Wellness Festival. Amelia will include with hers the press releases and district newsletter releases we have sent for it along with the wonderful pictures Tony/Marilyn provided

You can see the pictures from the Children's Wellness Festival at www.wellnessfestival.org

PS: If you need help faxing the form, fill it in and bring it to the club meeting and Marilyn will scan it in for you so you can send it as an email attachment.

Club Assembly

The Board will give the membership an update on club status.

Fundraising Options

Ed Wilbourn briefed the group on the Texas Hold-em option as a fundraiser for our group. He outlined the logistics of how the event is run and the different opportunities for raising money during the course of the event. Piedmont Club has offered us complimentary use of the ballroom for this event. There are a number of card clubs in the area to draw participants from. Nicole Negvesky volunteered to work on the publicity for the event. The membership voted to go forward with this fundraising option sometime in the early spring.

Charlie Mills briefed the group on the option to have a reverse raffle event. The group decided to investigate this option further and may go forward with it as a second fundraising option later in the year.

Looking for a way to increase your Public Relations skills? Volunteer to be on the Club's PR committee. Duties will include: preparing and sending press releases, updating the Chamber of Commerce WireSite, attending tradeshows, assisting with Club sponsored project PR including designing and distributing brochures, posters and flyers. If you are interested in helping with this committee, please contact Amelia Stansell at amelia.stansell@bbandt.com or call 208-989-4887.

LOOK AT THE THERMOMETER!!!!

We have almost reached our goal of $3300.00 for the Foundation in this Rotary year. GREAT

We have three members in the process of becoming new Paul Harris Fellows this Rotary year. One PHF award has already been made this year. GREAT

We have 19 Sustaining Members this year. VERY GOOD We hope to add more

Our goal is EVERY MEMBER EVERY YEAR. FAIR We hope that every member will make some contribution to the Rotary Foundation this year. Perhaps you can join this group with a ten or twenty dollar gift.

The Rotary district will still match each gift for $100 or more.

Bring checks to Russell Tuck

Date	Speaker	Description	Guest Of
January 21		SERVE	Amelia Stansell
January 28	Cindy Seidel	Fitness For Life	Dennis Fargo
February 4	TBD
February 11	Bri West	Piedmont Environmental Council	Marilyn Karp
February 18	Jim Miller
February 25	TBD

Date	Event	Time
Sunday, January 25	Fireside Chat at Marilyn Karp's house	2-4 PM

2008-2009 Board of Directors

Officers	Name	Directors	Name
President	Dennis Fargo	The Rotary Foundation	Russ Tuck
President Elect	Charlie Mills	Club Administration	Lori Power
Vice President	Alan Myers	Membership	Linda Marlow
Secretary	Don Rusch	Service Projects	Marilyn Karp
Treasurer	John Grezjka	Club Public Relations	Amelia Stansell
Sergeant-at-Arms	Ali Sayed	Rotary Community Corp	George Layne
Interact Club	George Layne	Past President	John Grezjka

Places to make up a meeting

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Excellence is the result of:

• caring more than others think wise
• risking more than others think is safe
• dreaming more than others think is practical
• and expecting more than others think is possible

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