The Miller's Christmas Celebration in Snowy Oregon
 
The Miller family (over 30 people) does a holiday gift exchange every year in Portland, Oregon. But this year they decided to do something different. They donated half of the amount of their gifts to different charities, including our E-Club. During the celebration, each person described their charity and spoke on why it is important to them. Our E-club Rotarian Lori Miller Prouty talked about the Layette Bags Project to help new mothers and their babies in Nicaragua. Other donations were made to cancer treatment, environmental issues, Zarephath Kitchen and Boxes of Love.  
It is wonderful to involve our families in Rotary projects! Kudos to Lori for her leadership in sharing our club’s projects and for fundraising! We thank the Millers for their generous hearts. Love for humanity is the true sense of charity, which will now become part of the Miller holiday celebration tradition.
Adriane and Mike Miller could not attend the party this year, but they joined the gift exchange and donations from where they live in Texas.