Plano East Rotarians deliver yearbooks to Memorial Elementary students.
Plano East Rotary First Community Service Fundraiser Great Success
The Thursday March 30 community service fundraiser was a great success. Held at the largest escape room in America the event garnered 75 participants and over $2000 for the club's community service activities.
If you missed it you can learn about escape rooms in this 3 minute video from the CBS Morning Show:
and you can participate in your own escape at
All the proceeds will be applied to the community service activities of the newly formed Plano East Rotary Club which was chartered on 3/30/17, the date of this event.
Congratulations to the organization and the participants on a successful event!
Throughout India and around the world, Rotary clubs are celebrating a major milestone: India has gone three years without a new case of polio. The last reported case was a two-year-old girl in West Bengal on 13 January 2011. To mark this historic triumph, Rotary clubs illuminated landmarks and iconic structures throughout the country with four simple but powerful words, "India is polio free."The three-year achievement sets the stage for polio-free certification of the entire Southeast Asia region by the World Health Organization. The Indian government also plans to convene a polio summit in February to commemorate this victory in the global effort to eradicate polio.
What is it like taking a large team to Africa? It has probably been one of the most rewarding experiences in my life. In mid February, I began leading Rotary members from all over the East Coast of the United States through Ghana. I’ve tried to give the team a warm Ghanaian welcome like I’ve received on my earlier trips. A large trip is a real blessing because each person sees Ghana and our work in a different way.A highlight for the team was greeting the chief of Sagadugu. The team got excited about buying goats and food for children in the villages where I support eight churches. It was good to see the pastors of most of the eight churches, and I had to explain that we were just passing through on our way to Bolgatanga.
