Our program on the 13th was a presentation by Todd Bolling, from the RI District membership committee. He described a number of programs that have worked well for some area clubs, and gave us 10 tips to attract and retain quality members.
He said that all of the clubs are having to increase their efforts to attract new members. He suggested having an open house and inviting locals to come and hear about Rotary. He showed a video done by Chanhassen that has been effective.
STRIVE on Thursday, February 15th was Randy Schumacher presenting on Financial Management. One might think that this topic doesn’t sound fun, involving or interesting to students but the STRIVE kids loved it. Randy involved every student and covered everything from saving, budgeting, credit scores, wages, alternative ways to finance college, each of the kids families and their favorite music. And it all worked great as Rand had a wonderful manner to engage and entertain our STRIVE group.