Catch-Up with Rotary 4-7
ROTARY:
Dan:
We really need players for the Poker Tournament, HELP!!!! Call your friends!!
Jo Holt:
Financial Fitness – several people are working on the program. Everyone in the club should get involved by teaching at least one class.
Alice:
Needs a chairperson for El Tour.
The Saddlebook club needs musical instruments; if you have any that you would like to donate please contact Alice.
Randy:
Introduced a possible new member. Don won the basketball pool (Which Don donated to the Africa School Project) .
We have been offered a kiosk at the Foothills Mall where we can display our materials;. It would cost us $50 a month for electricity. He will be bringing this to board so please share your opinion.
Fundraiser at Nana’s Kitchen on the night of the 18th - Randy will be playing music to raise funds for the Zimbabwe Trip.
Mary: passed out flyers there will be music and food at her house on the 25th from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m, it’s a fundraiser for the Zimbabwe Trip.
Congratulations!!! Jo Holt won the Happy Bucks pot and donated 50% to the Africa project.
Speakers: ALICE AND GEORGE RIGNEY
Travels to Caborca, Mex.jpg)
ico; The group that goes to Mexico is made up of three different districts, one in CA and two in AZ.. Previous projects this group has done are; parks, playgrounds, fire trucks and a Canadian group that refurbished ambulances and drove them there. They are so proud of what has been done to help them.
ico; The group that goes to Mexico is made up of three different districts, one in CA and two in AZ.. Previous projects this group has done are; parks, playgrounds, fire trucks and a Canadian group that refurbished ambulances and drove them there. They are so proud of what has been done to help them.George said the project group that went to Coborca was headed up by a CA District, he showed the route they traveled to MX . It was 4hours and 27 minute trip, accommodations were nice, food was great and very safe.
One of the projects was to provide polio drops to children. Alice along with John Dooling and Lilly (our youngest honoree member) collected Stuffed animals. They were given to kids that received the Polio Drops. The Children were so delighted to get a gift.
Another project was to observe a water tank being installed at the beach city. It was paid for by clubs donating, not more that $1000, along with a District Grant. To the amazement of the group the man in Mexico building the water tank was so impressed with what the clubs were doing, he donated and put up another water tank in the next town.
They had one full day of work and then dinner at the Rotary Club house, most other countries have a Rotary Club House where they show off all their banners and hold there meetings.
One of the people they met was Dr. Mendez who over the years has helped children with all kinds of catastrophic illnesses from hearts to hearing. They showed pictures a couple kids that Dr Mendez has worked with, one with a hearing problem, one with a heart problem and one with dwarfism
The next project George and Alice will be traveling to do will be drinking fountains in Nogales Mexico schools. The goal is to put in drinking fountains in 130 public schools. **Can you imagine not having safe water for you kid to drink in school**
Remember our club has a history of international projects, in vegetable gardens, wells, busses, sewing machine project, micro business, computers at a community center and we could go on and on…
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