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Senior Rotary
leaders gathered Tuesday at the White House
attended by members of U.S. President Barack Obama's senior staff.
The Rotary members
presented their projects, in the hopes of creating new inroads for government
partnerships and support.
"This is
recognition of the great work that they do
but also serves as a great vehicle
to inspire others
to do similar kinds of things," said Rotary General
Secretary John Hewko.
"One of the things we're doing a better job of is
sharing
our story to the non-Rotary world."
The honorees were
selected by Rotary senior leaders
and endorsed by the White House from clubs
around the U.S.
but their projects touch lives across the globe.
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Carolyn Jones, of Anchorage, Alaska,
has served numerous times
as a Rotary volunteer in Russia,
three of them as a preschool teacher for
developmentally
delayed children in orphanages.
During her presentation she
lamented hearing about a child
sold for a bottle of vodka, and vowed to use her
honor
as a stepping stone to save more lives.
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Jacqueline Parsons, a licensed professional counselor from San Antonio, Texas,
works on
projects in her community and abroad,
which provides incentives to students to go to school,
including
bikes, sports equipment, and other items.
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Ginger
Vann from Baker, Louisiana,
coordinates tutoring for
at-risk students.
With the help of her club, she renovated an uninhabitable
school building,
and worked with tutors to reach 50 students each day.
She's
also passionate about workforce development in Baker,
where well-paying
craftsman jobs often go unfilled.
"We just
don't have enough craft workers,
people who are certified to do the jobs,"
she said.
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Michelle
Candland, from San Diego, California,
designed for homeless children.
"Right now
there are over 1.3 million homeless kids on the street in America.
That's more
than there are Rotarians around the world," said Candland.
"Twenty
thousand of those kids are in San Diego alone."
"How can a
child focus on school if their tummies are growling,
their shoes don't fit, and
they don't even know where they
are going to be sleeping the next day?"
she asked.
"It takes an entire community to work together to solve this
problem."
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The other honorees
Tuesday were Bernadette Blackstock,
Marion Bunch, Carol Butler, Elizabeth
Usovicz,
Deepa Willingham, and Jane Winning.
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Jane Winning, a
registered nurse from Chowchilla, California,
has provided immunizations and
health exams
to more than 2,500 people in need across Mexico, Honduras,
Ecuador, and Guatemala.
to provide free cleft lip and palate reconstructive surgery
to those
who cannot afford it.
"A gentleman
was 65 years old and he said,
'I can kiss my wife for the first time,'"
Winning said of the man post-surgery.
"Those are incredible experiences
you don't get to share every day."
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Carol Butler, also from Anchorage, highlighted two projects.
The first is a
statewide suicide prevention plan
. According to Butler, Alaska has the highest
rate
of suicide per capita in the nation.
The public awareness plan educates
Rotary members
and Alaska residents to recognize the warning signs of someone
in crisis.
She also talked about her club's partnership
staff, and other volunteers who provide free
dental services
throughout the state.
"Dental care
is a gateway to good health," says Butler.
"There's an increasing
problem nationwide with people
seeking dental care in emergency rooms."
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Elizabeth Usovicz, of Shawnee Mission, Kansas,
has worked on service projects in Missouri
as well as abroad.
In Malawi, she helped to reduce the rate of malaria deaths
by 65 percent to 70 percent in less than a year
by supplying the community with
mosquito bed nets.
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DeepaWillingham, of Solvang, California,
an
organization that educates girls and their mothers,
and works to prevent child
trafficking and early marriage in India.
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Marion Bunch, of Atlanta, Georgia,
She has received numerous awards on behalf of her
work for AIDS,
and considers herself a mom who represents the face of AIDS
because she started her work after losing
her son to the disease in 1994.
"Because of
that one single tragedy,
my life's journey changed dramatically from a very
engaged business woman to a warrior on AIDS
and advocate of human rights,"
Bunch said.
As a result of her
leadership,
in April some 343,660 people received health care,
medical
checkups, and counseling from 8,150 Rotary volunteers
during Rotary Family
Health Days across
Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, and South Africa.
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Bernadette Blackstock, of Franklinville, New Jersey,
has turned her love
of service into a career,
launching the People for People Foundation,
To
date, the foundation has helped some 10,000 families
afford food, clothing,
rent, utilities, medications,
and other life necessities.
"Our combined
mission today is not only to provide small grants
but to serve as advocates for
our families
and provide life-skill training and mentoring
and case management
where needed."
The event in D.C.
was also an opportunity for the honorees
to share ideas with each other.
"There are
some resources still available to expand
and improve projects even amongst the
women here," Jones said.
"Listening to
the ladies, I was in awe," said Vann.
"I was thinking what if all 10
of us got together on one project.
That would be amazing. We're talking
and
it's exciting to be a part of that conversation."
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Rotary Club of Northam
New Member Hugh K Lavery,
Manager Water Supply Northam and wife (Karen)
inducted into the Club by Pres Jan..Horsley
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Rotary Club of Applecross
President John Kevan welcomes Chris Wheelan
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Rotary Club of Applecross
Past President Murray McKay presented to hardworking
and
dedicated Rotarians Ron Bower and Jamie Kelly with Paul Harris Fellowships
in
recognition of their outstanding contributions to Rotary.
Both are past
Presidents of our Club
and both continue to put a selfless effort towards
Rotary and the community.
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Rotary Club of Swan Valley
David Uhe - 40 years in Rotary
On Saturday Night 4th October,
a Rotary Club of Swan Valley
social event was held at David & Pauline's
home with Rotarians
, Partners and Family, to celebrate David's 40 years as a
Rotarian.
The theme for the night was Italian, with a range of food to reflect
that theme.
David's first experience of
Rotary was attending a meeting
of the Rotary Club of Swan Districts with
Pauline
as guests of Pauline's father Rev Bill Robotham, and his wife Eileen.
The meeting was with an incoming
Rotary Group Study Exchange Team from Ireland.
A couple of years later Bill Robotham was asked
by the then
District Governor to start a new Rotary Club in Bassendean,
and invited David
to be a Charter Member.
The Rotary Club of Bassendean received its Charter
on 7
October 1974.
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Lots of Hat Day Pictures this week
and more next week
Rotary Club of Belmont
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Rotary Club of Willetton
Rob Webster presenting a cheque from the to Diane and Alan Wright,
representing Australian Rotary Health
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Rotary Clubs of
Geraldton
Geraldton Greenough
Batavia Coast
There
was glitz, there was glamour and that was just on people’s heads
as Rotarians,
partners and guests from the three Geraldton Rotary Clubs
joined forces at a
“Hat Day” evening event
hosted by Midwest Auto Group on 8th October.
There
was fun, there was frivolity and plenty of funny hats
as nearly 100 people got
into the spirit of the evening
and enjoyed the food, the fun and the games
whilst raising over $2,000 for Mental Health Research
funded by Australian
Rotary Health.
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Rotary Club of Pinjarra
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Rotary Club of Mill Point
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Rotary Club of Karrinyup
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Rotary Club of Fremantle
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Rotary Club of Applecross
Dash Digital team
— at Dash Digital.
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Rotary Club of Cockburn
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Rotary Club of Kenwick
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Rotary Club of Kwinana
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Around The Clubs
D9455 Media Workshop
Sandra Petersen, Louise Youens ..DGN Jerry Pilcher,
Christinne Harris and Dr Helen Cripps
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Rotary Club of Como
Chairperson Geoff Kay with Ride to the Other
Side member
and RC Como Rotarian Kim Larsen who was talking
about his
adventures across Australia on the Lawn Mower
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Rotary Club of Ascot
The Bricktober team
The Bricktober team
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Rotary Club of Manjimup
President
Irene Bowden welcomed the 19 members
and guests attending the Harris’s home and
Marron farm.
Iand thanked Sue and Ray
Harris for their hospitality
Lorna – Rotary Exchange student trying to keep warm
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Rotary Club of Belmont
Pride of Workmanship Award for the Cleaner Group at the
Belmont Forum
for all the dedication and pride in their work.
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Rotary Club of Geraldton
Backyard Blitz
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Rotary Club of Busselton Geographe Bay
Visiting Rotarian John Payne from the
Rotary Club of Greenwich
in London (Club no 1130
Thank you to Peter Turner
President
Trevor thanked Peter Turner for all his efforts
in organising the Franki Valli
night –
which Peter was unable to attend at the last minute
because of work
commitments.
A CD of the Franki Valli songs was seen as appropriate for Peter!
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Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay
Rotarians Chrissie Jordan, Laura
O’Hara and Shirley Kohn
(with her granddaughter Paige)
were some of those who
were present
at the meeting on 1 October 2014.
Visiting
Rotarians PP Jerome Foster (RC of Morley),
PP Ian Allsop (RC of Doncaster,
Victoria) and Jan Allsop ,
and are
seen here after the meeting with Ken and Di Collins.
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Rotary Club of Kalgoorlie
Kalgoorlie
Rotarians Ross Collins, Gloria Moyle, Stephen Harper
and Cherie Wallace cooked
up a storm of sausages
at the Kalgoorlie......... ParkRun 1 year
anniversary!
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Arpad Benczo (Hungary), Feyyaz Aydın (Turkey)
and Gabriel Müller
(Germany) enjoying spring holiday
time together in Esperance.
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Rotary Club of Busselton Geographe Bay
EXCHANGE STUDENT FROM
VENUZUELA:
SMAILLIW YNFANTE
Smailliw
with current hosts: Rotarians Marty and Theresia Gilmore
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Rotary Club of Katanning
D9465 Short Term Exchange
Miranda McKennay [L] currently in D6760 West Tennessee
at a baseball game
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Club Promotions
October
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Two good old boys, Mick & Paddy,
have been promoted from
privates to Lance Corporals.
Not long afterward, they're out for a walk and Mick says
,
"Hey, Paddy, there's the NCO Club;
let's you and me step in."
"But we’re only privates," protests Paddy.
"We’re Lance Corporals now," says Mick,
pointing to his
stripe and pulling him inside.
"Now, Paddy, I'm a-gonna sit down and have
me a drink."
"But we're privates," says Paddy.
"You blind, boy?" asks Mick, pointing again at his
stripe
. "We're Lance Corporals now!"
So they have their drink,
and pretty soon one of the Army lasses
comes up to Mick.
"You're cute," she says,
"and I'd like to date you,
but I've got a bad case of gonorrhea."
Mick pulls his friend to the side and whispers,
"Paddy, go
look in the dictionary
and see what Gonorrhea means.
If it's okay, give me the
okay sign."
So Paddy goes to look it up, comes back
, and gives Mick the big Thumbs Up.
Three weeks later Mick is laid up in the infirmary
with a terrible
case of gonorrhea.
Mick says to Paddy,
"Why did you give me the thumbs up?"
"Well Mick, in the dictionary,
it say gonorrhea affects only
the privates
and we're Lance Corporals now! "
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