Highlands NC Rotary - A Message from the Club President

Thank you for the privilege of serving as the President of The Rotary Club of Highlands through the remainder of 2024 and into our 80^th anniversary year of 2025. Our anniversary coincides with the town of Highlands 150^th year anniversary. I am sure there will be many celebrations this coming year and as our anniversary comes around next May we will be looking at doing something special.

Many times, I hear the question of what is Rotary and often more than not we are defined as a service organization. I would offer that we are an organization of members who serve our local community, our State, our Nation and the International community. Thus, our motto Service Above Self.

Rotary’s theme for 2024-2025 is ROTARY IS MAGIC. I am not a magician but with everyone’s help we can we can make it a MAGICAL YEAR.

We have applied for a local grant which would go towards providing playground equipment for the new playground at The Literacy and Learning Center. We will probably join other Rotary clubs in District 7670 for an international grant; more details to come soon.

As we move into the second half of 2024, we will have our normal activities. These include our weekly excellent programs, our monthly Bingo which supports our local Charities, 4^th of July Events, 5k Run, Halloween and of course the town of Highlands Christmas Parade. We then start 2025, our 80th Anniversary, with more of the same exciting activities.

There is one additional project in the works and again we will inform everyone as details materialize.

Again, thank you for the opportunity to be President of this special Rotary in this special place Highlands North Carolina.

Randy Foster

President 2024-2025