Governor’s Message
DAVID LURIE, 2019-20 GOVERNOR
Hello Capital District! Well the calendar says August – two months to go in the 2019-2020 administrative year and still so much to do! Capital District remains strong and committed to serve our communities. Whether it is collecting and distributing food, making masks, checking on fellow members, family, and friends, or even serving chicken – we are making a difference. The COVID-19 pandemic brought our clubs significant challenges, and this will continue to impact us beyond this year. I am continuing to encourage all clubs to be active in a safe and responsible manner. Many clubs have been meeting virtually and continue to carry out their activities to the best of their ability. Thank you to all those clubs and members for their desire to continue to serve during these trying times. However, we still can do more. While many clubs are active, there are a great number that are not. The leadership team is working with every club and encouraging them to stay connected. However, we cannot simply wait this out before starting activities again. We need to adapt to our changing times and remain relevant to our communities by serving them. We are not growing as much as we had hoped this year. While we had been experiencing solid growth prior to the pandemic, our numbers have slipped in the last four months. There are clubs still adding members though and that is encouraging – we need to continue to recruit. Our District Membership Committee has set up a couple of new programs to encourage clubs to recruit and I hope many will take advantage of them. We are hopeful that more clubs will resume membership recruitment in earnest and help us maintain a positive number for the district for this Kiwanis year. Despite the impact of COVID-19 though, our district has been busy: • I had the opportunity to attend the Kiwanis International Council in Indianapolis last month to take part in the election of our 2020-21 International Board. It was not only a historic meeting for Kiwanis International but also for Capital District. At that
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