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President's Message

Roswell Rotarians, here we are — the home stretch. After months of sponsor calls, ball drop ticket sales, committee meetings, and just plain showing up for each other, the Golf, Tennis & Pickleball Tournament is finally this Monday. If you've been part of pulling this together, you know that feeling of watching a hundred moving pieces finally click into place: the tee sheets are set, the courts are lined, the sponsor signs are up, and twenty-five community organizations are about to be a little stronger because of what we've built together. That's not a small thing. That's Rotary at its most tangible.

On Monday, let's actually enjoy it. We've earned that too. After all the planning, this is our day to be together on the course and the courts, to laugh, compete a little, and celebrate what twenty-five charities are about to receive because we didn't quit on the details. So as you're playing, volunteering, or just wandering between holes checking on your fellow Rotarians, keep an eye out for that one moment that reminds you why you're a Rotarian in the first place. Maybe it's a conversation on the back nine that shifts your whole perspective on something. Maybe it's a laugh so genuine with a teammate that you feel it in your chest for the rest of the day. Maybe it's standing next to a fellow volunteer at registration and picking up some small piece of wisdom you'll carry with you long after Monday's over. Maybe it's simply watching a sponsor's face when they see what their generosity is actually doing for this community. Whatever it is for you — go find it. That's the moment that makes all the logistics worth it.

Thank you to every single person who sponsored, sold, recruited, organized, and volunteered to get us here. This tournament doesn't happen without all of you leaning in, and I am so proud of what this club has built together this year. I can't wait to spend Monday with each of you — enjoying the fruits of our labor, cheering each other on, and soaking in every bit of what makes this club feel like home.

Yours in Service,

Leslie

Posted by Leslie Bassett
September 8, 2026

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