Warmest Wishes for Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!  Our Jewish friends have celebrated Hanukkah from December 6th to December 14th.  Our Christian friends will be celebrating Christmas this week on December 25th.  Kwanzaa will be  celebrated beginning December 26th through January 1st.  Rotary International is an international service organization whose stated human rights purpose is to bring together business and professional leaders in order to provide humanitarian services, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and to advance goodwill and peace around the world. It is a secular organization open to all people regardless of race, color, creed, religion, gender, or political preference. There are 34,282 member clubs worldwide. 1.2 million individuals called Rotarians have joined these clubs.  We are committed to "SERVICE ABOVE SELF" as our motto.  During the holidays Rotarians are quite visible in their communities spreading goodwill and building better friendships, honoring senior citizens, sharing gifts with children from families in need, feeding the hungry, adopting families and more.  It simply feels good to know that you have made a difference to others.  Wishing you and yours a joyous time with family and friends during our holidays and a prosperous new year to continue serving others through our gifts of time & talent and money we have earned to support club projects and the Rotary Foundation.