Virginia Nordby spoke to the club this Thursday about the Rotary Peace Scholar Program. She told us each year, "Rotary selects up to 100 individuals from around the world to receive fully funded academic fellowships at one of our peace centers." These fellowships cover tuition and fees, room and board, round-trip transportation, and all internship and field-study expenses.
Virginia explained, Rotary offer master’s degree fellowships at premier universities in fields related to peace and conflict prevention and resolution. Programs last 15 to 24 months and require a practical internship of two to three months during the academic break. Each year, Rotary award up to 50 master’s degree fellowships at these institutions:
Duke University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Jill Lada from Green Things Farm spoke at our luncheon on 9-22-2016. She told us, "Green Things Farm grew out of two people's love for each other and their community." Jill and husband Nate started the farm in the spring of 2011 at the Tilian Farm Incubator Program.
In 2013 they purchased 64 acres of conserved farmland on Nixon Road. They grow a wide variety of vegetables, fruits, flowers and grains. They also raise pigs, cattle, and chickens.
They started with a bare conventional field and work every year to build infrastructure and improve the health of our farm ecosystem.
On September 15, 2016, Susan Beckett from the Ground Cover News spoke to our club. She told us about her Groundcover News, which is a 501(c)(3) organization, it was founded in April, 2010 as a means to empower low-income persons to make the transitions from homeless to housed, and from jobless to employed.
The year long celebration of The Rotary Foundation and 100 years of Doing Good in the World culminates at the Atlanta convention. Help us celebrate in the city where it all began:
Sorry, we are still waiting for approval on which date works with Community Action Network. Date will be confirmed this week.
It is time for our annual outing with Green Baxter Court kid's. We are still in the planning stage with Community Action Network with this project but we are planning that this event will be either Saturday Oct. 15th or Oct. 22. If Community Action Network can do it on the 15th we are going to theHuron ValleyAmbulances 35th Anniversary Fall Festival, otherwise it will be on the 22nd and we will go to Wierd's Orchard in Ypsilanti.
Green Baxter Courthttp://canannarbor.org/green-baxter-court/is a public housing site with 23 single-family town homes for low-income families. The Ann Arbor Housing Commission owns and maintains the property. The Green-Baxter Court Community Center is managed by the Community Action Network and is located at 1737 Green Road; it provides neighborhood social services to the area.
The Fall outing is one of the events the Kid's of Green Baxter Court look forward too the whole year. We need 3 or 4 RCAAN Member's or Friend's to attend this event and just be there for the kid's. The parents of the kids will be their to watch their kids so we do not have to. All we need to do is to give that kid's a good time
If you would like to help plan or go to this event please contact Eric Tindall at erictindall67@gmail.com.
Rotary Club of Ann Arbor North isregistered in the Kroger Community Rewards Program. Sign up and start making money for The Rotary Club of Ann Arbor North Foundation (Kroger Community Rewards #21725).
Friendly Reminder: For The Foundation to continue receiving your donation through Kroger Community Rewards, you must re-enroll in the program every April.
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