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Congratulations BGCAZ Youth of the Year! Congratulations to Zitlalic Noemi Portillo, from the Warner & Shirley Gabel Branch Club, who was recently named 2023 Youth of the Year from among all the clubs in the Valley. Click here
https://www.bgcaz.org/cye/ to read more and listen to the interviews and watch the selection take place. She will speak at the Today's Kids Tomorrow's Stars banquet and compete for Arizona State Youth of the Year. The Gilbert Rotary Club has long been a strong supporter of the Gilbert Branch of BGCAZ and often volunteers at youth events and fundraisers to support its activities. |
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Back at Paz de Cristo Gilbert Rotarians in their yellow work shirts (provided to each new member) were out in force for the meal in December, 2022. We serve there every other month to benefit those in need of a hot meal and a smile. We prepare the meal, serve the meal and clean up the kitchen and dining room, all in about three hours time. Our 220 or so guests always appreciate what we do. Paz de Cristo operates 365 nights a year, and provides many services, mostly with volunteer help.
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Help Us Help Our Homeless The ongoing pandemic and high unemployment rates have found more people without a home. Your donation will provide funds needed to purchase items for 100 Helping Hands Kits and 200 Paz de Cristo Shower Kits this Spring. Club members will be donating their time assembling and distributing the kits to the homeless in our community. Please help us reach our goal of $1500.00 +. The Rotary Club of Gilbert thanks you for your financial contribution. For more information on our project: https://sites.google.com/view/rotary-club-of-gilbert-helping/home Donate today: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8xzQnsMEky or  |
Third Annual Team Trivia Challenge POSTPONEDWhen: POSTPONED Where: Southeast Regional Library, Shakespeare Room, 775 N. Greenfield Rd, Gilbert, AZ 85234 Why: to raise funds for Gilbert Rotary Club's Dictionary Project, to give dictionaries to each Gilbert Public School Third Grader, plus San Tan Charter School and schools in East Mesa Click here to print out a copy of our brochure will details for this event, a registration form for your team and a brief set of rules, including the purchase of mulligans: |
Helping Navajo Nation
Joe Williams, a twenty-five year Rotarian from Durango, Colorado, has been awarded the "Service Above Self Award" by Rotary International for his work with the Navajo Indians.
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Want to know more?
If you want to know more about our Gilbert Rotary Club, please READ OUR MOST RECENT BULLETIN (see link on the left side) or "find" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/GilbertAZRotary/.
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Interact Is Cool!
Gilbert has a strong Interact Club at Gilbert High School. What a cool way to learn about Rotary, future professions and vocations and service to our community! Our Perry High School Interactors raise money for Crutches For Africa (C4A) and gather wheelchairs, crutches and other medical devices to assist disabled Africans who continue to suffer from the crippling effects of Polio. Way to go Interactors!
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Helping people with disabilities make their own music Music has been an important part of leading an ordinary life for students at the Music School for Children With Disabilities in Honor of Paul Harris in Lublin, Poland. Founded by Rotary members, the school serves 20 students with various disabilities, including Down syndrome, autism, and visual impairments. The Rotary Club of Lublin-Centrum-Maria Curie-Sklodowska has provided funding with help from Rotary Foundation Matching Grants and the Henryk Wieniawski Musical Society, which houses the school. After their son Mateusz was born with underdeveloped eyes, Mariusz and Joanna Kania looked for ways to help him be active. When he showed an aptitude for music, they looked for a teacher and were thrilled to find the Paul Harris music school. |
Finding Safe Haven For years, Angalia Bianca had slept in abandoned buildings throughout Chicago. She stole. She did drugs. She spent time in and out of jail for forgery, theft, trespassing, and possession of narcotics. But after she landed in prison for the seventh time, something changed -- Bianca knew she wanted a better life. She just didn’t know how to make it happen.After serving her time, Bianca sought help from a local homeless organization, A Safe Haven, and moved to its shelter in the Rogers Park neighborhood. Bianca followed the program closely -- she attended all the required meetings, passed drug tests, and volunteered at every opportunity.
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India celebrates three years without polio 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. |
