Happy Holidays! There is no meeting this Wednesday, Dec. 25, in observance of Christmas or on Jan. 1 in observance of New Year's Day. The next regular meeting is Jan. 8 when Dr. Jen Halvorson speaks about Heartline Ministry's maternity center services.
Loaves and Fishes on Dec. 31: The Club will serve a meal at St. Matt's on Dec. 31.
Global grant for graduate-level student: Please encourage St. Paul-area graduate-level students to apply for the Rotary grant that will help support their service and social justice work.
How the WSP-MH Club Supports Global Health Needs: At the end of January, the club will hear from Dr. Lisa Weber of VOSH, Voluntary Optometric Services to Humanity, about the organizations trips to Paraguay and Cameroon. This video shows the impact of our club's support of the program and outcomes by VOSH in Cameroon.
Club supports water project in Puerto Vallarta: Read on the homepage a story about how support from our Club has played a role in bringing clean cooking and drinking water to hundreds of families in the community. The story is here.
Speaker Assignments, Ideas: Don't forget to line up speakers when it's your turn. See the schedule of speaker assignments here. If you are stumbling for ideas, check here.
Please help us spread the word Group Study Exchange (GSE) applications due to District 5960 by Nov. 4.
Don’t miss a great opportunity to be part of District 5960’s Group Study Exchange to Sweden May 2 – May 31, 2014!
Looking for Rotarians to apply NOW as Team Leaders to lead a Team of four non-Rotarians on this unique educational experience.
We are also looking for non-Rotarians between the ages of 25-45 to be Team Members for this once in a lifetime opportunity. Think of your friends, neighbors, employees and colleagues who would benefit from this experience.
Club exploring support of women's health project in Haiti
The Board last week voted to explore an international project idea brought forth by Bridget. Heartline Ministries, a women's healthcare program in Haiti, offers prenatal counseling, classes, delivery and post-partum type services. The organization generally has 45 women in the program at any given time. Heartline Ministries needs 1) a new ultrasound machine; 2) to expand their program and services with more staff to offer services to more women; and 3) to build onto their facility. Bridget asked Heartline Ministries to prepare costs associated with each need so that we can determine how to best leverage District or Global grant dollars. She will work with Bob once she receives the priorities and costs from Heartline Ministries and bring a proposal back to the Board.
