Alice's Corner March
Well better late than never.
I have fallen behind in my articles, again.
Two weeks ago Maeve Johnson and Kathleen Debiak gave us a presentation on Rotary’s Code of Ethics. How many of you even knew we had one? The Code exemplifies the Four Way Test. This gives you guidelines for veracity, professionalism, and promoting good will and fellowship. It raises Rotarians to a higher level of integrity.
On the following Tuesday Debbie Conover, Alice Rigney and Maeve Johnson signed the grant request going to district. It was very official with more than one pen, just like uptown.
Congratulations Debbie on following through on a program that started three years ago under Don Jorgensen’s reign. We will provide $8000 and district will match this amount.
John Swift reminds us to turn in our ticket stubs. The drawing is not until October but he needs to keep track of ticket sales.
We all need to be cognizant of the fact that Kathleen will be putting together her calendar for next year. If you have any Rotary special events in the future we need to put them on the calendar.
If you have a special program you would like to present let the program chair of the month know. In April it is Roy Morris, May is Linda Hampton and in June is Lynn Himmer.
On April 2nd we have a special treat. A group from Joyce Zwick’s club will be passing through Tucson. They are from Canada. They are on their way to donate emergency vehicles to Mexico. Come and join in fellowship. Debbie will have some Rotarians from down under. It will be at the El Charro restaurant downtown. It will start at 4:00pm. Let Debbie know so she can make the appropriate reservations.
On April 12th at Nana’s there will be a musical benefit for the Rotary Club of Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. It will be 6pm to 8pm. Our special guests will be Braison Tivatyi and his wife Grace. Half the proceeds will go to a project in Africa. The other half will go to our general fund. Our own Randy Brooks and his Ramble On group will provide the entertainment.
We have the opportunity to have some real fellowship this month. Come join us.
Last week we had a very comprehensive presentation of Community Outreach Refugee Focus. Our guests were Niki DeRosia, specialist, Kellyn Barrerra, liaison, and Mignone Mujambre, mentor.
There are twelve refugee groups throughout the United States three are located here in Tucson.
These groups help the refugee to integrate into the system of the country. They also offer scholarships. This group helps them go through the process of eventually becoming citizens. They start with interviews and background checks through Homeland Security r They then have one year with a green card, and then in five years they may qualify to apply for citizenship. There are over fifteen million refugees worldwide. Most of them take refuge from political unrest. In the United States we have about 1% of these people.