Letter from our P.P. Derek Bottomley 90/91

Hi Bill, Thank you for sending my old club's bulletin on to me, I am enjoying receiving it and learning about your activities. In the one that you sent out today you reported on last week's speaker Alliance for Smiles, and I thought that I just had to write and let you know about a similar organization that was established in our district in 2004. 'Rotaplast Canada' is a purely Canadian charitable organization that can provide tax receipts for donations. It works with 'Rotaplast International' from San Francisco and does the same work that 'Alliance for Smiles Inc.' does. In fact Alliance for Smiles Inc. is a copy of Rotaplast International. Anita Stangl used to work for Rotaplast International but left a couple of years ago and she and others set up Alliance for Smiles and she is now the President and CEO of that incorporated organization. Rotaplast International has been operating since 1992 and has done many missions world wide. The Washington side of our district got involve many years ago and our clubs and Rotarians we have funded several of these missions. There was always a concern by the Rotarian that was leading the work on this, that the Canadian clubs were slow to contribute. So during may year as DG members of the Kelowna Mission Okanagan club and lead by Richard Ingram formed Rotaplast Canada. The first Mission was a purely Canadian affair and to date they have been involved in three missions, the latest to Ethiopia. The URLs for both of these wonderful organizations are: - http://www.rotaplastcanada.com/ AND http://www.rotaplast.org/ Should your club or others in the Vancouver area wish to become involved in sponsoring or participation in a mission to help with this work, you may want to consider the benefits of doing it through a Canadian organization. Richards email address is richard.ingram@rbc.com Regards, Derek. PDG Derek Bottomley, Centennial DG 5060, 2004-05 www.rotary5060.org 372, Okaview Road, Kelowna, B.C., V1W