Every day I see Rotarians taking ACTION to make a difference in our community and our world. I see Mack Patel constantly stopping to help strangers as well as friends. I see Mike Trewitt traveling our District to encourage us to stay the course by committing to Polio Plus. Chuck Musgrave, Alfonso Nieves, Angela Rickman, Tom Fisher, Elizabeth Casey, Keith Oehlert, Sally Newey, Roy Wood…where do I stop?
People of action constantly making a difference.
I want to recognize one person in particular in this article; Jere Jones, a member of the Oklahoma City’s NW Rotary Club and the owner of Sani-Sheen Carpet Cleaning. Jere put his business on hold to put on a cute, but stifling, bear suit and wave people into the Oklahoma Blood Institute RV at Sooner State Bank on North May Ave. It was HOT folks.
The NW Rotary Club initiated the District Wide Blood Drive in conjunction with Rotary International’s designation of July as Blood Drive month. Thank you to a great club, The NW Rotary Club of OKC, to Sooner State Bank and John Robin and again especially to Jere Jones for spending hours in a bear suit on a hot summer day to encourage blood donations. Call Jere and tell him thank you. 405-226-6824.
Bricktown Rotary and NW Rotary were both in the Oklahoman for the stellar commitment to the PIVOT project for foster kids aging out of the system.
There are dozens of other Rotarians that I could name right now taking VOLUNTARY action to make our world a little nicer, a little safer, a little better. That’s the people I want to hang with.
Thanks again Jere!
Jack Werner, DG
