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world. It will be interesting to see how all this      Distinguished Club Program. That means they
     shakes out as Clubs shift to a hybrid or blended       have achieved at least five out of ten goals and
     model after in-person meetings resume.                 met the membership requirements. I expect to
        Naysayers believed it would be impossible           see more Clubs on the list by the end of June.

     to start new clubs online—they were wrong! As              We accomplished all of the above with a
     of this writing, we have officially chartered six      lot of effort and teamwork. There are so many
     new Clubs, paperwork has been submitted for            people to thank for their contributions this year.
     three more, and others are racing toward the           I hesitate to name names, because I know I will

     finish line.                                           overlook a lot of people. However, there are a few
        Individual members have also been busy.             of you that I simply must acknowledge, starting
     Our members have completed a total of 1,098            with my fellow Trio members.
     educational awards so far this year. 130 members           PQD Eldred Brown was responsible for all

     have completed at least three educational awards       things related to our educational program,
     to earn themselves a Triple Crown Pin. There           including speech contests, Club officer training
     is always a year-end rush, so I know there are         (TLI), and the annual District Conference. We
     more coming.                                           can all learn a few things about delegation from

        When individual members achieve                     Eldred. He had excellent committee chairs who
     educational goals, it rolls up to Clubs achieving      made it happen: Leanna Lindquist as Education
     goals. Thirty-four of our Clubs have already           Coordinator, Dr. Gwendolyn Avington as
     earned Distinguished or higher status in the           Pathways Proponents Committee Chair, Lyle




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