The Rotary Club of Canton is spreading hope in the community through its new Heart for Service campaign. Club members will complete a monthly hands-on service project as part of one of the weekly lunch meetings. These projects will be in addition to the community service completed outside of weekly meetings by the club.
For the first project, club members traveled to the Cherokee Sheriff’s Office headquarters, where they heard a brief presentation by Sheriff Frank Reynolds while enjoying lunch. The second half of the hour-long meeting was spent creating care baskets for the sheriff’s office precincts. Each basket was filled with packaged snacks for deputies to enjoy and was accompanied by handwritten thank you notes from club members. A donation of $250 was made to the sheriff’s office foundation.
Rotary President Francisco Lozano envisions the campaign as a way to help the community and engage club members in more service.
“Community service fills our hearts with joy and spreads hope in the community,” he said. “Our club for many years has spent one meeting each summer packing lunches for the MUST Ministries summer meals program for children. It is one of our most popular meetings and the service project that engages the most club members. Through Heart for Service, we will have the opportunity to similarly help another dozen organizations that serve our community.”
The club meets at noon Tuesdays for a luncheon program at the Cherokee Conference Center at The Bluffs or offsite locations for the service projects. Residents interested in joining the club are invited to visit. For more information and a meeting schedule, visit www.therotaryclubofcantonga.org. Also on Facebook: www.facebook.com/rotarycantonga.
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