ShelterBox has committed emergency shelter for up to 2,000 families in Kenya as the worst drought in 60 years continues to cause chaos throughout the region.
This Close from Rotary International on Vimeo.
This Close from Rotary International on Vimeo.
On May 24, 2011, in a speech to 19,000 Rotarians, Bill Gates challenged the organization to make polio a disease of the present so it can become a disease of the past.
Over 25 years, Rotary International has contributed more than $1B to eradicate polio, and has teamed with the foundation to raise $555 million and help stamp out “the final 1 percent.” At Rotary’s annual convention of Rotarians from 160 countries, Bill urged members to keep the issue alive globally and with their local government leaders.
RI President, Kalyan Banerjee and his wife Binota being received in Bangalore, India on 13th July. Photo : Kishore Shampur
A new Rotary year has begun, and with it several programs aimed at supporting and strengthening clubs and districts. In addition, a fresh slate of leaders take over at the club, district, and international level.
Kalyan Banerjee, of the Rotary Club of Vapi, Gujarat, India, is Rotary’s 101st president, and the third from India. Read a profile of Banerjee from The Rotarian. William B. Boyd, of the Rotary Club of Pakuranga, Auckland, New Zealand, has taken over as Rotary Foundation trustee chair.
Helen Austin, a singer and songwriter in the Comox Valley on
Vancouver Island wrote a song to help us celebrate 25 years of women
in Rotary. You can see the video and listen to the song here:
Last night our outgoing president Ian Durham gave an excellent presntation on his time serving in Vietnam. Ian was an engineer who drove big machines clearing pathways in teh jungle amongst other jobs. One of his mates driving a D8 was hit by a Rocket Propelled Grenade RPG which set the dozer on fire. Ian tells us that there was plenty of shrapnel that inflicted the most damage to his mate who eventually recovered. These amongst many stories told by Ian last night.
Below are some photos form Ian’s trip to Vietnam long after the war.
FAREWELL TO PAST PRESIDENT MAX CHAPMAN P.H.F.
Max has been a loyal and hard working member of Coolamon Rotary for 19 years now. Max joined our club on the 1st July 1992. Max and Sue Chapman have now moved to Wagga Wagga and started a new business there. Rotary has not lost Max as he is joining the Wagga Wagga Sunrise Rotary Club on Tuesday 21st June.
We will miss Max and Sue Chapman. Over the years Max has held just about every position in our club and was President in 2002-2003.
Max and Sue often held open garden days at their farm “Kiambo” which raised many thousands of dollars for various Rotary projects including Shelterbox. Here are just a few photos:
WE WILL MISS YOU MAX AND SUE YOU WILL BE WELCOME BACK AT OUR CLUB ANYTIME!
COOLAMON’S LOSS; SUNRISES’S GAIN; HAVE FUN MAX.
