November 14, 2021
Dear Rotary Friends,
I am so grateful for all of you. Many have you have sent cards, notes, money and gifts which have touched my heart and eased the burden I have been carrying. As you know, I was diagnosed With Stage 4 Ovarian Cancer. But you know me ……..I refuse to accept the prognosis. Instead, I pray, ask for prayer, believe God, go to recommended treatments —Chemo and Respiratory Therapy—prepare and eat the recommended foods on Gerson’s Cancer Diet and carry on. Most of the time I look and feel far better than I should, although I do nap daily. I do go to hospitals and doctor offices daily, as well as make numerous calls, which are all related to the cancer diagnosis. I retired early and quit or took leave from all my volunteer work including Rotary. Tomorrow, I will be undergoing major surgery, another step on the journey. It will be a long recovery and then more chemo. I do hope to join you at the Christmas party if all goes well. I really miss everyone and I miss being a part of the great work we do. It encourages me to hear all the great things you are doing to improve the world. I can’t wait to work side by side with all of you once again.
Your Fellow Rotarian,
Paula Konfara
Help Us Provide Thanksgiving Meals To Deserving Families In Oakland And Macomb Counties |
 Team Turkey 2020 Once again, we're raising money to deliver fully cooked Thanksgiving meals to deserving families in the Oakland and Macomb Counties! This year, the Rotary Club of West Bloomfield along with the Rotary Clubs of Birmingham, Lakes Area, Sterling Heights and Troy plus the Troy Fire Department and Royal Oak Youth Assistance will feed 200 families. We want to do what we can to ensure that Thanksgiving is not a time of need for some while the rest of us celebrate a time of plenty. We Need Your Help...
Thank you for remembering those less fortunate by supporting this annual project! West Bloomfield Area Rotary Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization |
Zambia, Africa is one of the poorest nations in the world. Children are starving, clothed in tattered garments and have no shoes, often left to fend for themselves. A shortage of clean water and proper sanitation also leads to a high death rate.
To help alleviate the suffering, OMNI (Orphan Medical Network International) began providing medical and humanitarian care in 2000. Rotarian Dr. Henry Maicki has been part of the team of doctors, nurses and support personnel traveling annually to provide medical care since 2001. Team members pay their own transportation and lodging.
In 2007, OMNI established an elementary school in the George Community of Ndola. The children receive a nutritious daily meal, health care, shoes, clothing, and mosquito netting in addition to a basic education. Humanitarian care is provided as well.
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"Chief Encouragement Officer" BrendaK "WooWoo" Tipton pictured with President Marlenn Maicki and Past President Dr. Henry Maicki during her official District Governor visit on August 6, 2021. The club received District brochures and a special club banner!
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|  This year, Interact student made cards for special needs students, and nursing home residents, helped with the Bloomfield Hills' Mercy Place clean-up, the West Bloomfield Garlic Mustard Grass clean-up, assisted with Blessings in a Backpack food distribution, donated 150 soccer balls to Academy of the Americas and more. | ||
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| Every week, Blessings in a Backpack provides weekend food to 280 students in the West Bloomfield School District. While most packages are delivered to students at their school, families in the Lakers Online program must pick up their packets at West Bloomfield High School. On Wednesdays, Blessings in a Backpack volunteers offer weekend food from 11:30am - 12:30pm and 3:30pm - 4:30pm to Lakers Online families who need the extra support. The volunteers have kept this schedule since October 2020 and will continue until the end of the school year. Recently, our Interact Club has been assisting with the process which provides a little break for the "regulars" and offers a "Service Above Self" opportunity for the student volunteers. Thank you for helping address a continuing need in our community. | |
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Lily and Maleeha ready to distribute weekend food for Blessings in a Backpack. | Simran and Nayan at the end of their Blessings in a Backpack shift. |
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 "Polio is just a memory now, but it was a horrible disease. I contracted it when I was 13—a year or two before Jonas Salk's polio vaccine was made available. I started feeling stiff, my joints ached, and over a two-week period I lost my coordination and 20 pounds. I recovered after a few weeks, but I still may suffer from post-polio syndrome. My whole career, my joints have gotten awfully sore at times.” You can help eradicate polio forever. To donate: http://endpolionow.org |
Members of the WB Parks Commission gathered with West Bloomfield Rotary members on September 23, 2020, as we presented them with a donation to be used towards the Universally Accessible playscape being built at Drake Sports Park in the near future.
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 We provide ongoing support for the OMNI (Orphan Medical Network International) school in Ndola, Zambia where students through Grade 9 receive meals, clothing and medical treatment in addition to education. Generous donations as well as monetary grants from Rotary International help sustain this program. | 
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