Message from President Bruce Well, September has arrived – one of those transition periods during the year, as we move out of summer vacation months and into a new school year and fall sports. September is also “Salem Rotary Foundation Month,” where we focus on the impact SRF has made in our community in the […]

Message from President Bruce Hard to believe summer is winding down, isn’t it? And for those of us parents with kids at home, here’s to another school year kicking off next week! Speaking of coming events, our next two meetings will focus on major projects our Rotary Club is involved with . . . and […]

Message from President Bruce Amazing programs and projects – we have a lot going on in the Rotary Club of Salem! Living in the Totality Path of the Solar Eclipse, did you take time on Monday to view this sight? Personally, I cannot find appropriate words to adequately describe it. How fortunate were we in […]

Message from President Bruce At last week’s meeting, fellow Salem Rotarian and District Governor Renee Campbell covered many aspects of how we Salem Rotarians are “Making a Difference”. One thing DG Renee emphasized was The Rotary Foundation. Contributions to TRF support amazing things: near eradication of polio, clean drinking water in developing nations (like that […]

Message from President Bruce How did you get interested in Rotary? For me, it was a conversation with my friend and sponsor, Ron Hays. Ron told me about engaging programs, community-minded people, warm camaraderie, and how Rotary supported great things in Salem and elsewhere. He asked me to attend a meeting – that was all. […]

Message from President Bruce Why Rotary? We each have a reason why we join and stay in Rotary. Last Wednesday’s program is mine. Teens from the divided Island of Cypress spoke about life in their country and their experiences in the states for the Cypress Friendship Program. (Our club annually sponsors CFP which brings together […]

Message from President Bruce Our club members are a busy bunch on a variety of projects with incredible dedication. There was the annual Rotary Golf Tourney last Friday to raise dollars for dictionaries. Salem Rotarians were out in force this past weekend at both the Salem Art Fair and the Bite & Brew Fest (wow!) […]

Message from President Bruce Howdy, fellow Rotarians! Last fall, I ran into a good friend who teaches a combined class of 4th and 5th graders (she taught three of my four kids in her class). Knowing I was in Rotary, she asked about when we would be distributing dictionaries. At the time we talked, her […]