I’m coming to you this week from PETS (President-Elect Training Session) in Itasca, IL. This is my second time to attend PETS, but my first as an Assistant Governor. I am especially excited to hear Jennifer Jones, Rotary International’s first woman President, speak this evening. Each RI President chooses a theme for his/her year, and Jennifer’s theme is Imagine Rotary. As she told our incoming governors in a speech on January 20, “Imagine, a world that deserves our best, where we get up each day knowing that we can make a difference.” That is truly the essence of Rotary. Maybe you feel like you’re just one small person, or you don’t have powerful connections, or a lot of money, or any number of perceived roadblocks. What Rotary does is give you all the tools, connections, and money you need to make lasting changes in your world, whether close to home or across an ocean. But you also have to be willing to meet that opportunity with your own time and dedication. We can imagine making a difference all day long. We then must act to turn those dreams- of peace, clean water, education for all- into reality.