Last Saturday morning, we had the pleasure to welcome a Rotary Friendship Exchange team from District 6250 Wisconsin, USA to our Project Shed. The team is currently on the last segment of their two week tour of our District 9640, which officially ends on 04th March. Photo above shows the team at the Project Shed, with their hosts from the Rotary Club of Gold Coast, Parkwood and Runaway Bay. 'Rotary Friendship Exchange'?? It's just one of the many marvelous facets of Rotary. How does it work? Well, in essence, a team from one District is hosted by another District, and then, a few months later, vice-versa. [Your Editor and his better half will participate in a team going to the very north of the USA (Seattle) and British Columbia in June/July, and in turn we'll host their team in early November.] The team members pay their own individual costs (flights, restaurants, tours etc), but are accommodated by their host clubs. Interested? A team will visit Brazil in 2020. Click here for more details.
Update: Just a day later, we have received feedback from one of the members of the group, Tom Kaminski, reaching out to his contacts, both in Australia as well as in the US, who may be able to assist on obtaining materials at special prices and getting the wheelchairs to their ultimate destination. Yes, that is the worldwide network of Rotary!