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CONYERS — This holiday season, the Rotary Club of Rockdale County is partnering with the Rotary Club of Conyers and Rockdale Emergency Relief (RER) to make sure no child in Rockdale County faces an empty stocking on Christmas morning. Together, the two Rotary clubs aim to raise $16,000 — each club
Megan Thorstad, Sun Post
The Crystal-New Hope-Robbinsdale Rotary Club (Minnesota, US – D 5950) recently made a financial contribution to Mano a Mano International for the construction of farm ponds along the Mizque River in the Omereque region of Bolivia. The Omereque area is a mountainous, agricultural region which sometimes experiences severe drought —
Tim Macvean, The Inter-Mountain
With May being “Older Americans Month,” Elkins Rotarians (West Virginia, US – D 7530) learned about the importance of elder abuse prevention during their Monday meeting. Mandy Weirich, programme manager for Healthy Home, and Kathy Stalnaker, community service manager for the Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR), shared information
Olayinka Latona, Vanguard
The representative of Rotary International President, Mary Beth Selene, is in Nigeria to mobilise financial support for polio eradication. Selene, a member of Rotary Club of Madison West Towne (Wisconsin, US – D 6250), said the new intervention is part of the global confidence that polio can be eradicated in
David Dinell, Derby Informer
The planned Decarsky Park will get a dressed-up front entrance. That’s because the Rotary Club of Derby (Kansas, US – D 5690) has donated $13,000 to the city to provide the park with 18 large shade trees in its entry plaza, along with other features. The park will be on
Hot Springs Village Voice
At its April 19 meeting, the Rotary Club of Hot Springs Village (Arkansas, US – D 6170) heard from Rotarians Paul Bridges and Lindsey Ray who, along with Gary Jacobs, will spearhead the club’s effort to provide wheelchairs for people in need, which has been called a life-changing event for
tpgonlinedaily.com
In a first-time-ever collaborative project, five Santa Cruz County Rotary clubs (California, US – D 5170) joined forces. Nearly 50 volunteers sanded and painted support pillars, benches, and picnic tables. They also installed a new dining room floor and baseboards in the HSC dining hall of the Homeless Services Centre
Christopher Huff, T&D
Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago,” wrote business magnate, investor and philanthropist Warren Buffett. And that will be the case years from now when the trees planted by the Rotary Club of Orangeburg-Morning (South Carolina, US – D 7770) in
Teri Nehrenz, Mesquite Local News
On Saturday, April 28, a little bit of beauty was added to the ballfield at Beaver Dam Jr/Sr High School. According to Jake Noll, Mesquite Rotary Club (Nevada, US – D 5300) President, the Rotary District Governor has asked the local club members, “Please plant a tree for every member
South Pasadena Review
On Saturday, April 28, approximately 50 Rotarians from the South Pasadena and San Marino clubs (California, US – D 5300) and their families and friends travelled to Tecate, Mexico to build a house – in a day. Working with Corazon Inc, a non-profit organisation that provides services to Northern Baja
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Congressman Adam Kinzinger calls human trafficking modern slavery, and says the way to defeat it is to bring awareness to the issue. Kinzinger, R-Channahon, who represents Illinois’ 16th District, made a quiet stop at Faranda’s Banquet Centre in DeKalb on Saturday to speak at the Rotary District 6420 conference. The
