After careful consideration, I (Jared) am recommending that the club cancel this year's Prayer Breakfast, scheduled for Thursday, May 7. I do not have that bandwidth currently. Organizing this event requires a dedicated club member(s) to step forward as its leader, and despite the call for support in last week's newsletter, no one has done so. That is a meaningful lift, and it must be owned by someone with the time and energy to carry it.

 Last year's inaugural breakfast, led beautifully by AWE Rotarian Rose Caplan, was a genuine success and helped spark the formation of the West End/Westview Interfaith Council, now operating under the West End Merchants Coalition. That legacy is worth preserving. But a tradition only becomes a tradition when members invest in keeping it alive.

If a member steps forward before the end of this week ready to own this event, I will gladly support that effort in the ways that I can. Absent that, I am recommending we cancel for 2025 and revisit the event as a club priority for next year, with a champion identified for the planning well in advance.