At the mid-point of the fiscal year, current giving for the year toward the Georgia Rotary Student Program Foundation is just over $13,000, leaving us $11,850 shy of our $25,000 goal.

Your 100% giving rate allows our club to get back at least 50% of the funds required to host a GRSP student or students. This year, donations from last year covered 100% of our current GRSP student’s costs, meaning no money came from our local budget to support Helena Komrzyova.

All donations toward GRSP must be recorded by March 26 to be counted this year in our efforts to win the Jake Cheatham Award at District Conference in April. The Jake Cheatham award is based on per capita giving for clubs our size in the district. We’ve won the Jake Cheatham Award 16 consecutive years (18 times, total), and are hopeful of winning it again this year, but it is not a given! At this point last year, our giving total was significantly higher — $21,177, with per capita giving of $169.42. Currently, our per capita giving is $105.20, so we have ground to make up!

You received a letter in October that included your current donation level, but if you’d like an updated record of your GRSP donation total for the year, please contact me at dgoodman@116dawson.com or (229) 227-8249. As always, I appreciate your generosity and ask for your continued support for this great program.

Donations to the GRSP Foundation can be made at any time in any amount. Write a check to GRSP and either give it to a board member at the check-in table at a club meeting or mail it to Thomasville Rotary Club, P.O. Box 1277, Thomasville, GA 31799.