Baker recognized for recruiting new Morrison Ruritan members

?I was on the Membership Committee last year but didn?t have much luck,? said Baker. This year things ?just clicked? he added. ?I got motivated and started asking around. You can tell who is willing to work to help the community. I was surprised by how excited people were to join when I asked them this year.?

In recognition of his recruiting abilities Jay has received a President?s Golden Key Award from the national Ruritan organization. Accompanying the award was a letter from national Ruritan president Jimmy Bristow. He wrote of Jay?s accomplishment and expressed his hope that Jay would continue his recruitment successes throughout the year. He also congratulated Jay for showing these new members that ?there is a significant benefit in working together to make their community a better place in which to live.?

New member Jeff Myers has coached at the club ball field and volunteered at the Ruritan food booth at the Warren County Fair. ?I?d been asked to join before and didn?t,? he said. ?But Jay kept talking to me and my wife and I decided the time was right to join.?

Karen Wilson is another new member. Shannon Gulick recruited her in March. ?I?ve always seen the good things done by the club so I was excited when Shannon asked me to join,? she said.

Nationally Ruritan is known as America?s leading community service organization. Unlike most community service organizations however, Ruritan rarely has national programs. Rather, each club surveys the needs of its community and then works to meet some of those needs. These clubs serve 1,200 rural communities.

Currently the Morrison club has 36 members. If you would like to learn more or join the Morrison Ruritan Club, give Baker a call at 635-3077.