Foundation Gala

The Gala was our celebration. District 6380 Rotarians gave us many more than "100 Reasons to Celebrate".  We kicked off  the Centennial of our Rotary Foundation. We recognized 100 years of District 6380 being involved with our Rotary Foundation since we have been around the entire time!

Each presenter shared in just a few minutes with words and a few photographs impactful their story of what has been done with Foundation Dollars over the years. This wasn't about how to write a grant or an evening of facts and figures. It was a Rotarians telling us that a nurse whose training  you/we funded by making possible our first District Global Grant is now the sole health care provider in a remote mountain village, in a clinic that Rotary built. Lives are saved. We did that. The theme all night long. Stories of water, sanitation, literacy, administration of polio drops, lifelong friendships and hope for a more peaceful world. A story of a GSE trip and a tsunami. If you need to get excess baggage through a foreign airport, talk to PDG Mav it the Novi Club.

This was a night of recognition of Major Donors. It was a night of thank you to Clubs who gave to Polio. It was a night of deep appreciation to everyone who gave in some way of their time or money to the Rotary Foundation. All gifts, large and small, matter and were acknowledged. People spoke from the heart and let us in on how they were changed as they were involved in their local project , international work or maybe as a teen as an exchange student.

Kudos to those who spoke. Congratulations to all the awardees. Thank you to all who came. Plan to see the rest of you next year. You truly missed a once in a lifetime experience.