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Club Announcements:
END POLIO NOW Month
October is END POLIO NOW month for Rotary International. To encourage our members to support polio eradication, our Board of Directors has authorized a MATCHING gift promotion that will commence immediately and conclude on November 1, 2025.
WHAT CAN A MEMBER DO?
Members who make a contribution to The Rotary Foundation designated to PolioPlus or Polio Eradication of at least $ 25.00 and no more than $ 500.00 before October 31, 2025, will have their contribution matched on a 2:1 basis by the club.
WHY SHOULD A MEMBER CONSIDER MAKING A CONTRIBUTION NOW?
1. Because the fight to Eradicate Polio is an ongoing fight and requires increased support, if for no other reason than to keep up with the effects of world-wide inflation.
2. A contribution before November 1st will get the match. This means a member may accelerate their first or their next Paul Harris Fellow recognition.
Example: If a member’s cumulative Foundation contributions have them $300 dollars away from their next or first PHF (or 3 years with PHF Sustaining Member contributions), just a $ 100 contribution now + the Club’s match now means they reach their next PHF before the end of 2025!
3. With checks made payable to The Rotary Foundation, a 501C organization, the contribution may be deducted from federal and state tax returns.
IS THERE A LOT OF PAPERWORK FOR A MEMBER?
NO! All a member needs to do make their check payable to THE ROTARY FOUNDATION and write POLIO on the memo line of the check. Members can bring the check to a Tuesday meeting and give it to the Sergeant- at -Arms at the front table or mail it to: Rotary Club of North Jackson. P O Box 12934, Jackson, MS 39236-2934.
Prayer
At the outset of our time together, O God, we pause to acknowledge with gratitude, not only the tangible things we call blessings and by which life is sustained, but also the intangible realities by which life is enriched. In this month designated as Vocational Service Month, we pray for help in using our vocations to serve others and not just ourselves. For our own abundant blessings we give thanks, for food and friendship and for all opportunities open to us as Rotarians to make a difference for good. Amen.
Birthdays and Anniversaries
Birthdays
Collier Graham Oct. 19th
Anniversaries
None
Membership Anniversaries
John Garrard 4yrs. Oct. 19th
Robert Van Uden 4yrs. Oct. 19th
Propose New Member
Fred Coleman “Cole” Smith, Jr. has been proposed for membership in the Rotary Club of North Jackson by Jeff Adcock and is sponsored for membership by Past President Don Roberts. Cole was born and raised in Grenada before coming to Jackson in 1978 for his college education. He attended Belhaven University and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. For the last 20 years, Cole has owned and operated Creative Gifts, LLC, providing packaging supplies to retailers in Central Mississippi. He is now easing into retirement after selling his business on October 1st. Cole has been an active community volunteer and was appointed by Governor Tate Reeves to serve as a Board Commissioner on the Mississippi Commission for Volunteer Service. Cole and his wife, Julie, live in Northeast Jackson and have two adult children. He will be loaned the classification, Retail Packaging Supplies, after his membership is approved by the Board. This is the 1st publication of this proposed new member.
Paul Harris Fellow Recognition
The Rotary Club of North Jackson recognized club member John Dorsa as a Paul Harris Fellow plus one during its October 7, 2025. Shown presenting Dorsa, left, his pin is Club
Vice-President Suzie Tubbs.
October 7, 2025, Meeting
Misty Moon, Director of Development for The Salvation Army in Jackson, spoke to the Rotary Club of North Jackson during its October 7, 2025, meeting. Moon informed club members about the services The Salvation Army provides and ways to help. Shown from left in the photo below, John Dorsa, club member and Salvation Army of Jackson's Past Chairman of the Advisory Board, Moon, and Club Vice-President Suzy Tubb. Here is the link to the meeting video.
