Our Speaker this week will be Eric Leigh, VP Mortgage Lending for Rate.com. He'll talk about "Recession, Rates and Real Estate".

Rich Kirkham, our District Governor, has asked that we keep track of our Rotary volunteer hours. At the end of the year we'll  able to show that our clubs make a huge impact in our communities. Matt will be helping us to do that by managing a spreadsheet which you find on Google Sheets (here)

Since John Schubin has taken over the Treasurer position, we need someone to raise their hand to be the Rotary Foundation Chair. This involves encouraging members to continue their Foundation participation and help the club meet its goal of EREY and 100% Polio Plus. Also helping member utilize their accumulated points and share some "Rotary Minutes" each week. Contact Alli if you're interested.

Next week we'll have a field trip - stay tuned for details.........mark your calendar for Oct 23 Visioning.....maybe a social on October 29th?........continue to send thoughts and prayers to Charlene as she continues to recover from her surgery.......Rick is heading for Europe for whole month?.......it was fun to met Noa last week.....don't forget to consider inviting her to your family activities.........great to see Gayle Knepper again....she belongs to E-club 5010 in  Alaska....watch for news of a Greenbelt bike ride coming soon..........