Programs Report
December 7, 2018 by: Teri Muse

District Governor John Chase and his wife Elizabeth recognized the Arcadia Rotary Club for reaching the prestigious 100% Paul Harris Club. Since its inception in 1927, Arcadia Rotary has donated more than $900,000 to the Rotary International Foundation, helping keep the dream alive of making a difference in the 6 Areas of Focus:
1) Peace and Conflict Resolution
2) Water & Sanitation
3) Disease Prevention & Treatment (30 years ago there was 350,000 cases of polio—today, only 27)
4) Maternal Child Health
5) Basic Education & Literacy
6) Economic & Community Development
To reach the 100% mark, there were 12 Paul Harris Fellows recognized at the luncheon: Ken Chan (honored his wife, Miranda), John Wilson, Brent Forsee, John Fee, Larry Callaham, Lucia Bernal, Kathy Ellison, Gene Huang, Lori Huisken, Gina Kin, David Kirby, Karen McNair and Richard Schulhof. Many Rotarians used the Paul Harris Recognition points to sponsor some of the above members to help us reach the 100% level. It was pointed out by our District Governor, that now we have achieved 100%, we will always be recognized as a 100% Paul Harris Club.
District Governor Chase also recognized Ernie and Gail Jensen and John and June Fee as being members of the “Tarnished Brass Club” which recognized past District Governors. Ernie and John made many contributions to Rotary during their Governorship, with John being the creator of RYLA! No wonder we are the “Greatest Rotary Club in the World!”