BBRC Connects

You guys are really getting good with the video thing. Kind of reminds me from a scene from the movie “Top Gun” where the commander is showing the pilots what their mission will be. Well we did not have Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis present, but we had our own video STARS in President Cheryl Scott, Jeff “Iceman” Haynes, Dr. Joe “The Doctor” Nunez, Karen Bonnano and David “Maverick” Spalinger whom told us why they “are” Rotary.

 

Then we were privileged to have our own Dale Bender, a 32-year Rotary member, share with us a tender video, that really sums up how time never stands still and that, when combined with active Rotary participation, will change others’ lives as well as your own. Through the Rotary Youth Exchange Program, Dale and his family have opened up a life-long relationship that has endured for over 25 years from a modest visit from a Finnish student by the name of Juha Virtala. Now a grown man, Juha now has his own family and you bet Dale and his family are every bit a part of that family to this day even though they live thousands of miles away. Other great stories Dale shared with Honorary Rotarian Yuki Kobayashi-Takeuchi about how far Rotary Exchange students have come. Not only in distance, but in growth. Hey, what do you say, can we grow a little here!