July 1, 2007

The Rotary Motto—Service Above Self—calls upon us to share our time, our talents and our resources in service to our community and to the world.   My number one goal for the coming year is that every member of our club join me in responding to the 2007-2008 Rotary Theme, Rotary Shares.

From its beginning in 1974 the members of Petaluma Valley Rotary have created and sustained a tradition of giving.   I am following in the footsteps of a succession of presidents who have encouraged and implemented ongoing community service projects and targeted international projects.   Ours is a friendly club, and a club of friends.   We are diverse in age, background and life experience; through working together on our projects we come to know and appreciate the talents each of us brings to our work as Rotarians. 

As I begin my term as president, I have the good fortune of having an extraordinary group of people working with me on our 2007-2008 Rotary Board.  With their help, and with the support of the dedicated members of our club, I look forward to a year of sharing the fun and fellowship of working together for the greater good of our community and our world.

Sally K. Johnson