What club accomplishments are you the most proud of?

Rotary International News -- 14 July 2011

Students at a middle school in Les Cayes, Haiti, study in the library where local Rotarians donated text books. Rotarians helped improve access to education, feed the hungry, and conduct other service projects during the 2010-11 Rotary year. Rotary Images/Alyce Henson

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Rotarians in Alamo, California, USA, partnered with District 2980 (India) last Rotary year to provide computers, software, lab equipment, and hygiene facilities for as many as 5,000 schoolchildren in Tamil Nadu through a Rotary Foundation Global Grant.

"Their joy was our joy," says Vishwas More, a member of the Rotary Club of Alamo. "We were delighted and happy to see the children benefit."

During the 2010-11 Rotary year, Rotarians took part in local and international service projects, launched initiatives to increase membership, and held signature events in their communities. Members of RI's official LinkedIn group recently shared the club accomplishments they were the most proud of.

Jim Cunningham, a member of the Rotaract Club of Chicago Southland, Illinois, USA, mentioned his club’s partnership with Feeding Children Worldwide to provide 2,160 meals for orphans in Mexico. "The rice, soy, and dehydrated vegetables fortified with vitamins came unpacked, and our members weighed, bagged, and boxed the food," says Cunningham.

Other club accomplishments included:

The Rotary Club of Sherman Oaks Sunset, California, held its annual dance marathon, Dance for the Children, to benefit PolioPlus. "Nearly two-thirds of the money donated came from outside Rotary, such as friends and family," notes club member Mel Powell. Through Facebook, the club shared its idea with Rotarians in the United Kingdom and Sweden who are planning similar events, with the idea of eventually creating a worldwide dance marathon for polio.
The Rotary Club of Paterson, New Jersey, adopted one of the poorest schools in its district and brought teachers’ supplies, children's coats, art projects, and gardening projects on Dr. Seuss Day. Club members also read to the children. "We have had a long-term relationship with these children," notes Bonnie Sirower. "Many of them live in the projects. The children have so few opportunities."
Members of the Rotary Club of Guelph Trillium, Ontario, Canada, provided supplies for a girls’ school in Uganda and held their annual Scotch Nosing fundraiser for PolioPlus. Attendees who donated US$125 to End Polio Now received a multicourse dinner and the opportunity to sample various brands of single malt Scotch whisky.
Members of the Rotary Club of St. George, Utah, installed wood-burning stoves for villagers in Guatemala to replace open-pit fires, part of an ongoing international project that has provided more than 75 stoves.

What club accomplishments from the 2010-11 Rotary year are you particularly proud of? Share them in the comments section below.

15 Comments:

At 12:01PM on 11 August 2011, john klaiber wrote: Our Rotary Club supports the Communities in Schools program, which gives children with the resources they need to succeed in the classroom. I also think Rotary, in general, does not get enough credit for the amazing ways we touch people every day.

At 12:15PM on 4 August 2011, Kiki Rorsch wrote: RC Leiden an RC Leiderdorp initiated a yearly project (since 2005) with 4 other RC's to give elderly (isolated and immobile) persons the chance to attend their town's historical festivities on October3 (liberation of the Spanish siege in 1574). The guests are individually collected by car at 10:00 a.m. and after a full morning-program with traditional dishes and entertainment they are given the opportunity to watch the Great Parade, comfortably seated under tents and blanquets along the streets of Leiden. Throughout the whole day the elderly are personally chaperonned by their own Rotarian, who takes care that they are safely returned to their homes in the late afternoon.

At 9:34AM on 2 August 2011, Bharat Patel wrote: Rotary Club of Vapi Dist 3060, last year we provided medicine to poor people who were hospitalised worth 6000 US $ and also collected 4260 units of blood in one year, and also provide dialises for just less then 3 US$.

At 2:53PM on 27 July 2011, Ross Watt wrote: I am the current President of the Rotary Club of East Toowoomba in Queensland Australia and a project our Club is particularly proud of was started by one of our memebrs about 8 years ago. He identified a need to help disenfranchised students who did not fit the "normal" school model. He gathered a few memebers to set up a facility (room) provided by the local Concil and encouraged a number of active and retired teachers/University lecturers to become involved with these students who then progressed at their own pace. The concept continued to grow and now there is a refurbished building for "Flexi School" that is now associated with the State public school system and over 100 students get an opportunity to gain a valuable education. Recently the School won a national competition for their effots and the most satisfying thing is to see the incredible change in so many young folks, with a number now going to university.

At 3:05PM on 27 July 2011, Mary Chapman wrote: We sponsored two new Rotary clubs. ....one my year as President. Mary Chapman Peachtree City, Ga.

At 10:26AM on 25 July 2011, PDG Dr.Vijendra RID 3150 India wrote: My home Club RC Kothagudem RID 3150 and RC Minneapolis Club no.9 RID 5950 is having a great MG on going project of Reaching the Un-reached and Service at Door step to the Amputees to restore Human dignity and Self respect by providing Jaipur Limbs through a Mobile Limb Center (Workshop on Wheels) fabricating and fitting 10 Jaipur limb a day in their own Community at a nominal sponcership contribution of INR 1500/- ( US$ 35 approx.)

At 11:11AM on 21 July 2011, TINA OKHUMHALE (RC ASOKORO) wrote: It was quite interesting and really touching when I saw school pupils we gave the Dictionary 4 life. I could see in thier eyes how happy and ecstatic they were,to receive such a beautiful and colorful dictionary. Villagers in the community we dug a water borehole danced for hours during,just to show us thier appreciation. Rotary is really good and touching lives

At 9:59AM on 18 July 2011, Prakash Saraswat wrote: Our Club provided a School Bus to Asha Deep Special School under a Matching Grant project with RC Overland, District 6060. The grant of $20k changed club from a slow and doing-nothing kind of club to a community service club doing matchging grants as a habit

At 9:58AM on 18 July 2011, M K Jha wrote: really heart touchy deeds done by rotarians

At 9:19AM on 18 July 2011, Sayeed A. Chaudhury wrote: We, the Rotary Club of Sonargaon Dhaka, Bangladesh RI District 3280, arranged a free medical camp in Dec 2010 to treat people, mostly children, with the condition of cleft-lip.Mostly poor people took this opportunity and it was a life-changing action for them. Another project we were involved in was a 'Tree Plantation" campaign in Feb 2011 in Bhanga about 50 miles West of Dhaka where we planted trees to improve the environment, among other things. Now we have a plan to put tube-wells for drinking water at a place 20 miles East of Dhaka, and also to continue with the cleft-lip program.

At 9:09AM on 18 July 2011, Peter Majane wrote: The Rotary Club of North Reading Massachusetts USA installed refrigerators at the local food panty.

At 4:06PM on 15 July 2011, pp, adg,phf badreddine ghazzaoui wrote: we are proud in rotary club saida,lebanon,district 2450 to achieve installation of water filters in 45 public schools, provide a school bus for mentally challenged kids in happy home, 20 electrical beds for elderly people in daressalam hospital

At 3:32PM on 15 July 2011, trish boyle DG 2010-2011 wrote: We organised a project to give 100 bikes to 100 children. This was done using money that would have been used as a speaker for our conference and getting five clubs to work together to organise the project. Rotarians had to work together assembling the bikes, acquiring helmets locks etc and working with schools to choose the kids. Alongside this a local cycle park was refurbished to give them a place to ride for free. This was a highlight of our conference when we bussed rotarians to the local velodrome and presented theses bikes as a surprise to these kids. Avery special moment I was proud to be part of.

At 10:43AM on 15 July 2011, PE (Capt) Christopher Bek wrote: Rotary E Club of Singapore charter on 11-1-11 and barely five (5) months in service we have done a few projects that make our Club proud. We manage to arrange for 1,000 blankets to be sent to Japan Tsunami. We acquired an ambulance to serve the needy in Singapore. Lastly, we help a Thai teenage National that had fall into the MRT track and we had help her with a motorised wheelchair (S$2,500), we gave her S$7,000 in cash and pay for her hospital bill (S$45,022). We also arrange her Birthday Party, send her to the Airport in Singapore to Thailand and got a Rotarian Lawyer to handle her case suing the Authority for S$3,400,000. Today we are planning to do a Day Care Centre for children who comes from single parents. Please view our website at www.rotaryeclubofsingapore.org for more information. See Youtube @ Nitcharee for Rotary Public Relation (involving our Rotary E Club of Singapore)

At 10:42AM on 15 July 2011, Esper wrote: gathering the less fortunate children whose parents work even on Sundays and holidays within my neighborhood every Sunday for bible reading, review and prepare thier school assignments so that they are prepared when they go to school the following day (Monday).

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