Many thanks to my Emmaus Rotary friends
To say that it is an honor to be your new President is an understatement. I am humbled by this opportunity and I am very grateful to the many people who allowed me to be here and encouraged me to be here. I promise not to let you down. However I will not promise that I won’t make mistakes though.
“Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow.” - Mary Tyler Moore
I would be remiss if I didn’t acknowledge and say thank you to Meghan Reed for her support and guidance during the past three years. It has been a pleasure working beside her. No one shined brighter than you Meghan.
I look forward to the this coming year. I will detail my goals more in the next few weeks but in a nutshell I always felt that Rotary was a very welcoming organization, open to new ideas and new adventures. Like any other volunteer organization, we all want to be a part of something that is for the better good and helping others who are not so fortunate as we are. We often find ourselves filling a void in our community so that it becomes a better place for everyone. But why do we do this?
We could easily just sit at home and do nothing.
We could easily just hand over a cash contribution each year and walk away.
What incentive do we have to be an active Rotarian?
What drives us to do the things we do?
I have many suggestions as to the potential answer to this question and I am sure that each of your reading this have your own unique answer. But I believe that one common ingredient in those answers is that we all must enjoy what we are doing. Work can be a form of enjoyment if we approach it the right way. A labor of love if you wish. In other words, lets have some fun providing service above self. My motto this year is, If you didn’t have fun, you didn’t show up.
I look forward to the next 12 months and I hope that you will all join me in the adventure as it wouldn’t be any fun if you all were not involved. I wouldn’t be here if it were not for you all.
Yours in Service.
Sal Verrastro
President Emmaus Rotary.2023-2024