In Jamaica, 11-year-old Jordan Allwood reads his classmates a story about a lonely puppy who finds a new family.
The puppy grows into a big dog, enjoys walks along the beach, and survives a frightening autumn day when he is caught in a trap before being rescued by his family. Jordan's story is one of hundreds that were written by children ages 7-11 for a writing contest organized by the Rotary E-Club of the Caribbean 7020 and supported by clubs in 10 Caribbean nations.
The best stories, including Jordan's, were published in "The Butterfly StoryBook," an e-book produced by the club and sold...
When Marty Hatala, a member of the Rotary Club of Boaz, Alabama, first traveled to Ghana in 2010 to volunteer at a local orphanage, she saw how local communities struggled to find clean water.
Though at least 80 percent of the country's population has access to improved water sources, according to UNICEF, 5 million Ghanaians still use water from unsafe sources. That leaves a significant part of the country's population susceptible to a range of diseases. Worldwide, one out of every five deaths among those under the age of five is caused by water-related diseases.
Hatala's experiences in Ghana...
In case you haven't heard, a man raised nearly $60,000 to make potato salad as a spoof on a popular fundraising site. If he can do that, a campaign to raise money for feeding hungry children or building a school in a war-torn country should be a snap, right?
Wrong. The Internet is littered with humanitarians struggling to raise the money and gather the resources for projects that could make a positive impact in the world.
So, what is the secret to a successful crowdsourcing campaign? It's simple, really: make it easy to give. Here are some ways you can make it easy for supporters to back your...
In May, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the international spread of polio a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), and issued a set of recommendations to all polio-impacted countries. On 31 July, the situation was reassessed and the Director-General has declared polio remains a public health emergency. Several factors played into this decision, including:
Both Pakistan and Equatorial Guinea have exported the virus internationally since May.
Polio thrives in areas compromised by conflict. The unfortunate reality is that there are...
John F. Germ, a member of the Rotary Club of Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA, and chair of the International PolioPlus Committee, is the selection of the Nominating Committee for President of RI in 2016-17. He will become the president-nominee on 1 October if there are no challenging candidates.
For Rotary to thrive, Germ says, members must face current and future challenges and opportunities with "passion, enthusiasm, perseverance, and above all, integrity."
"I envision Rotary boldly and creatively engaging the success of polio eradication, membership and identity issues, strengthening clubs,...
Our speaker last Tuesday was Christian Felske from the City of Edmonton Waste Treatment Facility.
Doctor of Garbology. His Task: Divert landfill material and find value in our household trash.
Due to overcrowding at the older landfills and no one wanting a landfill near their homes, Edmonton became a leader in making things like compost, recycled materials and now methane and ethane from carbon in the trash.
Next meeting, Tuesday August 19th ,2014 is an important day for our club, please try to attend. The main purpose of the celebration is to deliver wheelchair to the following attending organizations:
Easter Seals
ALS Society
Red Cross
Rehoboth Christian Ministries
Arthritis Society
Alexander Band First Nation
Alexis Band First Nation
O'chiese Band First Nation
Sunshine First Nation
Robinhood Association
Balikbyan Project Philippine
Most of them confirmed attendance.
Also will be attending Linda Robertson the DG and Tim and Sally Shilds DGE.
All attendees will be invited for lunch.
The official ceremony will be from at 12:45 – 1:15 PM then we will distribute the wheelchairs.
Every year the new Rotary International President chooses a presidential theme and logo significant to the theme.
RI President for 2014-15, Gary C.K. Huang has chosen "Light up Rotary" as his theme and the illuminating logo below:
Our website at www.EdmontonStrathcona.Rotary5370.org will also change significantly in appearance as we finally will roll over to ClubRunner version 3.0 (V3), which is a cloud based system making access and navigation significantly faster and smoother.
Please indulge us as there may be some hickups initially on both the website and bulletin, and we would really appreciate any feedback and ideas pertaining to the layout and content of the website.
As always, you will be able to update and maintain your own profile after you log in.
Directors and Committee Chairs will be able to build their own committees where they can communicate directly with committee members and share documents privately.
Our speaker last Tuesday was Christian Felske from the City of Edmonton Waste Treatment Facility.
Doctor of Garbology. His Task: Divert landfill material and find value in our household trash.
Due to overcrowding at the older landfills and no one wanting a landfill near their homes, Edmonton became a leader in making things like compost, recycled materials and now methane and ethane from carbon in the trash.
Next meeting, Tuesday August 19th ,2014 is an important day for our club, please try to attend. The main purpose of the celebration is to deliver wheelchair to the following attending organizations:
Easter Seals
ALS Society
Red Cross
Rehoboth Christian Ministries
Arthritis Society
Alexander Band First Nation
Alexis Band First Nation
O'chiese Band First Nation
Sunshine First Nation
Robinhood Association
Balikbyan Project Philippine
Most of them confirmed attendance.
Also will be attending Linda Robertson the DG and Tim and Sally Shilds DGE.
All attendees will be invited for lunch.
The official ceremony will be from at 12:45 – 1:15 PM then we will distribute the wheelchairs.
Every year the new Rotary International President chooses a presidential theme and logo significant to the theme.
RI President for 2014-15, Gary C.K. Huang has chosen "Light up Rotary" as his theme and the illuminating logo below:
Our website at www.EdmontonStrathcona.Rotary5370.org will also change significantly in appearance as we finally will roll over to ClubRunner version 3.0 (V3), which is a cloud based system making access and navigation significantly faster and smoother.
Please indulge us as there may be some hickups initially on both the website and bulletin, and we would really appreciate any feedback and ideas pertaining to the layout and content of the website.
As always, you will be able to update and maintain your own profile after you log in.
Directors and Committee Chairs will be able to build their own committees where they can communicate directly with committee members and share documents privately.
