ROTARY NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 12, 2008
PRESENT: President Bob, Dietrich, Janice, Lew, Candace, Connie, Bart, Bob P. Sandi, Janet, Ben, Lisa, Diane and new member, Dr. Veronica Vedensky
GUESTS: Past District Governor, Paul Welch and his wife, Bobbi, Ron and Mary Goodwin, OPEN WORLD DELEGATES: Dr. Olga Gertsog, Dr. Irina Mileyeva, Igor Krapotkin, Vladislav Borovskikh, and Valery Yegorov, Translator, Oleg Shekhtman, Facilitator
SPASIBA ZA GASTYEPRIMSTVA!!!! (Russian translation: thank you for your hospitality!!!!)
It was an OPEN WORLD night at Rotary!! We welcomed our Russian delegation of doctors and Rotarians from
Our delegates are selected as young Russian leaders who will network here in
In return, these young Russian professionals visited and shared information about their culture, history and local projects at four local Rotary Clubs, including ours, tonight.
Dr. Olga Gertsog was the presenter, aptly aided by translator, Valery Yegorov. She gave us background of her hometown,
Dr. Gertsog is involved at the Sosnovoborsk Orphanage and is focused especially on the care of children and those living in high risk conditions at home. Her facility provides a calming environment with soft lighting, transporting artwork, music, aroma therapy, comfort and care for healing in addition to their cancer treatment. Their local Russian Rotary Club is currently raising matching funds for hospital oncology department. Their goal is to purchase eight infusion pumps. We admire their Rotary work.
Also fitting was the induction of our newest member, Dr. Veronica Vedensky, who is also Russian and is on staff at
We hope to see you all next week for a wonderful presentation of our Rotary Foundation by none other than our own Janet Schmitz.
Respectfully submitted,