Archive for the ‘International Service’ Category
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006
Last June 16th, Debbie Schachner came to the Evergreen Rotary Club meeting to seek donations for a library in Kenya.
Debbie Schachner walks across the United States to share her mission. Her experience as a volunteer teacher in Timau, Kenya has opened her eyes to the extensive educational needs of the ...
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Friday, June 16th, 2006
About two to three years ago, a youth group from the Holy Love Lutheran Church in Aurora traveled to Tanzania, Africa. Through Rotary connections, the group had the opportunity to visit the Selian Lutheran Hospital, a semi-urban hospital located near the village of Ngaramtoni within the Arumeru District of the ...
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Friday, June 2nd, 2006
Speaking in last Friday’s club meeting, Rotary 5450 GSE Committee Chair Linda Kay Nedved informed Rotarians: “We're going to have 2 exchanges again. One is with the district in China. It includes Shanghai, and it actually may include Beijing also. The other exchange is with a district in Mante, Mexico. ...
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Friday, May 19th, 2006
Article VIII Section 4: International Service Committee
The purpose of this Avenue of Service is to encourage and foster the advancement of international understanding, goodwill and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional men and women united in the ideal of service. This committee shall devise and ...
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Friday, April 21st, 2006
Evergreen Rotary recently welcomed a Group Study Exchange team from southern Finland and Estonia - District 1420 (the District which stretches from Happsalu and Tallinn, Estonia to Helsinki and Ylikerava, Finland)
One District, Two Nations.
The Estonian Rotary clubs are included within District 1420 of Rotary Finland. The links ...
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Friday, February 24th, 2006
On behalf of the International Committee, Kimra Perkins and Ben Allen, we wish to thank all of you who participated in "Operation Valentine." It was an overwhelming success!
While we are still waiting on a few more payments, it appears that we received net proceeds from the sale of about $2,250. With ...
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Friday, February 17th, 2006
AfricAid’s founder Ashley Shuyler, who was officially inducted as an Honorary Member of the Evergreen Rotary Club last January 27, 2006, recently sent this letter of appreciation to our club:
“Thank you so much - not only for giving me the opportunity to share my experiences with you and your club ...
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Friday, February 3rd, 2006
Ashley Shuyler was formally inducted as an Honorary Member of the Rotary Club of Evergreen, Colorado last January 7, 2006. Welcome to the Rotary family, Ashley!
Ashley is a unique young woman who started AfricAid (an organization that helps provide educational opportunities to African girls) when she ...
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Friday, January 6th, 2006
Not unlike Ana Dodson with Peruvian Hearts, Ashley Shuyler & AfriCaid was jumpstarted by a visit to Evergreen Rotary. Please read the note below from Nina Shuyler & Africaid.
We are very grateful for your support of Ashley and the work she is doing with AfricAid. I'm not sure ...
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Friday, December 9th, 2005
Many Evergreen Rotarians sponsor the entire tuition for girls at the Maasai Girls School in Tanzania. Ashley Shuyler is a Genesee native who is taking a semester off from Harvard, with her friend Liz, to teach at the school. She is a very remarkable girl who started a non-profit organization ...
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