Rotary District 7670

Our District Rotarians have a deep connection to District 3050 as a result of a Rotary Foundation Volunteer Service Grant that took place in 2007 when the roots of friendship were first planted. Subsequently we have participated in several Foundation Matching Grants

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Dear Rotarians, Everything has continued to go very well here in Dakar. I am finishing up my thesis about speech, language and voice disorders in Senegal.  I will defend it before an academic jury before I leave in July.  My time in Senegal as an ambassadorial scholar has been incredibly enriching.  Not only is this a period [...]

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US & Canada Based Response Teams en route LAKEWOOD RANCH, Fla., June 1, 2010-International disaster relief charity ShelterBox is responding to a devastating tropical storm, which has ravaged large parts of Central America and forced tens of thousands of people out of their homes. Tropical Storm Agatha struck Guatemala on Monday dumping more than 3 [...]

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Meal Packaging Events To-date as I am posting this information 385,272 meals have been packaged in our drive for 1,000,000 meals for Haiti.  There have been 3 successful events by teams 7, 2 and 5. Attached is a spreadsheet indicating the progress and our expected totals to-date. Here’s our scorecard to date. We are very [...]

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Haiti Earthquake Relief Efforts Summary 2 Above is a link to a document from February 2010 giving Summary to Rotary’s Relief efforts in Haiti.  Please click the link above to view and download the file. —————————————————————— Haiti update from Barry Rassin PRID 06-08 Haiti Earthquake Relief Efforts Summary District 7020 January 27, 2010 On Wednesday [...]

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The article link below was sent to us by Peace Fellow David LaMotte.  It is an article from The Hindu newspaper about his work in India. http://www.hindu.com/mp/2010/02/06/stories/2010020655200100.htm

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RFE 2010 Team to India Ready The RFE Team met on Saturday for their final orientation and are ready for their trip.  They depart on Wednesday January 13th and return February 2nd.  Their official RFE visit will be hosted by District 3060 in Surat, India.  However, District 3050, in Jaipur is hosting a heritage tour [...]

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Introduction This is a Matching Grant project initiated by the GSE Exchange with Nigeria in 2007.  Several clubs from the district participated in funding the project which was brought to us by PDG Lemmy. In a very elaborate ceremony which was attended by the Catholic Bishop of Otupko Diocese most Rev. Dr. Michael Apochi, the [...]

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Saturday evening the annual District 7670 Foundation Banquet was held in Hickory.  The evening was a great success with heavy attendance and great representation from the whole District. Keynote PRIP Frank Devlyn delivered the keynote speech, inspired us to support TRF and also recognized numerous Rotarians for their support of TRF and commitment to Rotary.  In [...]

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November 2009 Nicaragua Distribution Rotarians from District 7670, including 4 generations of District governors, traveled to Leon and Chinandega, Nicaragua in November 2009 to distribute 260 wheelchairs they had sponsored. Frank Dean, who is District Governor Designee Elect, and a most enthusiastic supporter, said it all: “I love it when a plan comes together.” It [...]

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