Arun thanks our guest speaker Sue Storie, our District Chair for Literacy. Sue was pleased to be back with us and comment on our Literacy Award received at the District Conference. She had an interesting and animated  presentation about literacy, indicating how it now includes digital literacy. Sue had some interesting statistics about the number of adults who are unable to function literally and the effect it has on their lives. There are a number of programs locally offered to assist these people.

We partner with the Rotary Club of Burton and help them with the Avoidable Blindness Project. Glasses from all over Michigan and Ontario are collected, brought up to 20/40 standards and then Doctors and volunteers travel to the Sonora Region of Mexico to bring the gift of sight to those both young and old. Whether it's a young child being able to see to begin their schooling or a grandmother who has never seen her grandchild - what we often take for granted is a special gift to those in this poor community.