By Dayna Gustke Club Secretary, Rotary Club of Tempe Downtown Hi, my name is Dayna Gustke. I am a member of The Rotary Club of Tempe Downtown, and currently serve as club secretary. My first day of Rotary was Sept. 12, 2011, as a regular member, and of course, there was a Rotary Induction Award, and a Rotary Pin. The whole Rotary Pin Vest started when my mother, Lynn Gustke, started in Rotary in 1997 in The Rotary Club of Tempe East. She was heavily involved with Rotary for many years, many club and District 5510 and 5495 events throughout the years and collected many pins. When she passed in January 2021 due to COVID-19, she left behind over 100 Rotary Pins -- so I started working on my Rotary Pin Vest. It is still a bit of a journey to finish, but overall, I have about 300-plus Rotary Pins and will continue to strive for more Rotary Pins to add to the collection. I thank my mom, Lynn Gustke, every day for letting me have this opportunity to join Rotary back in 2011 to learn and experience everything after 12 years. I am looking forward to the future. I am also looking forward to the future to helping with more charitable causes around the world, just like my mother, Lynn Gustke did, and wanted me to do as well for Rotary. |