Archive for the ‘International Service’ Category

Kenyan Relief Project

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Greetings fellow Rotarians! You may recall that Joan Spalding has been forwarding to the club membership some e-mails from Dan and Patty Schmelzer, our Kenyan connection involved with the Capstone Project to get kids off the street the Kisumu area of Western Kenya. This area has been one of ...

Update from Haiti

Saturday, February 9th, 2008

Sorry to have been out of touch, the internet is hard to find in Haiti unless one stays at a 5 star hotel ( Dr Epstein and myself stayed at a convent!). My month in Haiti, thanks to Mercy and Sharing of Aspen (Susie Krabacher) was mainly targeted at bettering ...

Rotary Maui Trip

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

Donate $50 to the Rotary Club of Upcountry Maui for a chance to win 5 Nights in Maui, Hawaii, with first class round-trip airfare for two, plus deluxe accommodations at the Wailea or Ka'anapali. To enter, simply go to www.upcountry-rotary.org and click the "Donate Now" button. Each $50 donation is ...

Evergreen Rotary El Salvador Water Well Project

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

by David W. Rommelmann Good Morning All! I'm writing to update all of you on our El Salvador Water Well project. We have an El Salvador Rotary Club to take the host club role. We have a commitment from Living Water International to drill the wells. The application ...

Polio Travel Grant to Nigeria

Friday, September 21st, 2007

by Finn Knudsen Dear fellow Rotarians, You may be aware that Cynthia Giffen has been working for some time to participate in and now is scheduled for the RI Polio Plus trip to Nigeria November 10-20. ( see Polio Plus - Nigeria 2007 Brochure here)

Peace Corps Volunteers Needed

Wednesday, April 11th, 2007

The Peace Corps is looking for volunteer applicants. If you have children or other friends or relatives to whom Peace Corps service would appeal, spread the word. This could prove to be a great new adventure. Time is running out, but it’s not too late to submit your application if you’re ...

Haiti Medical Mission: Beneficial for All

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

By [tag]Brenda Hagerman[/tag] Below is an article that I composed and submitted to The Rotarian magazine about the medical mission to [tag]Haiti[/tag] that [tag]Marcia Walsh[/tag] and myself participated n January. As there is a chance it will never appear in print, we are sharing it with you here: Field Report for The ...

Update from Meghan Buckwalter, our Exchange Student in Germany

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

Hey there! Just wanted to give you a quick update on what I've been up to. As usual, I want to hear your news as well! I went back to Austria a few weeks ago and got a couple more days of skiing in. I met this guy named Josef (he ...

Support the Haiti Medical Mission

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007

[by Brenda Hagerman] If you would like to help provide medicines for the Haiti medical mission that Marcia Walsh and myself are still planning to participate in, then you can purchase from Wal-Mart (thanks to Rebecca Nagel) a cream for scabies. Generic Elimite cream can be filled at $21.70 for a 60 gram tube. Gretchen Berggren ...

Intercultural Travel Opportunity

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007

Rotarians in Rotary District 9320 in South Africa, including the Free State of Lesotho will welcome a Group Study Exchange team from our District 5450 on approximately September 4th to October 3rd of 2007. The Group Study Exchange (GSE) program of The Rotary Foundation is a unique cultural and vocational exchange ...