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14 • Lake Arrowhead Rotary Club, 2013
...What is New in Rotary Continued from Page 3
commonly occurring between the ages of 1 and 3. SAM is a critical, global
health problem where more children die of SAM each year than HIV/AIDS,
tuberculosis, and malaria combined. The program is called Project Peanut
Butter led by the District’s Rotary Club of Palm Spring Sunup with a specially
developed formula added to peanut butter. The 2012-13 funds go towards
saving children in Malawi and the 2013-14 funds go towards saving children
in Sierra Leonne. The added benefit of this project is that it also fulfills another
area of focus “Economic and community development” by establishing an
industry in that country by growing peanuts for the peanut butter base.
Another program just being formulated in this District is a “Dual Adopt
a Village” program. Most people do not realize that funds that go towards
international projects can also come back to our local communities. This new
program being led by the Rotary Club of Palm Springs for 2013-14 attempts
to relieve a major poverty area problem in the Mecca area of Coachella
Valley in our District. This Global Grant project addresses problems in all six
areas of focus. It is being written so that Mexico’s District 4100 partners with
our District 5330 in a global grant whereby they adopt our “Village” in
Mecca and we adopt an equivalent poverty area in their “Village” possibly
Villa Zapata in Mexicali. As a result, local Rotarians can do an international
project in our own district and just right across the border.
DISTRICT GRANTS
Our district will continue to serve the community with projects that
meet community needs such as scholarships, vocational development programs,
programs to alleviate poverty, improve literacy, youth leadership
development programs, disaster preparedness and relief, health and medical
support projects, and various community enhancement projects. The
big difference next year is that expenditure of Rotary Foundation Funds is
now delegated down to the club level where they have more control of the
funds they contributed to the Rotary Foundation.
Our “Million Meals” campaign last year contributed enough food to
feed 750,000 meals for those in need in our District. Next year the program
is continuing but reorganized so that it can effectively raise well over
one million meals for our local communities.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Rotary is the leading
organization in providing
scholarships. Currently
District 5330 has
Ambassadorial Scholars.
Marko Perko III sponsored
by RC Lake Arrowhead Mt
Sunrise is at the University of
Edinburgh in the United
Kingdom studying
International Relations.
Sarah Ally Fiske Phillips
sponsored by RC Redlands
is also an International
Relations graduate student
at Chapman in Orange
Rim High senior Morgan Lester (center) with New
Zealand host parents Bob & Sue Benzie (left), and
parents Ruth and Mark Lester.
County. For 2013/14 District 5330 awarded two scholarships on Feb 2: a
$30,000 graduate-level scholarship to Christopher Howell sponsored by RC
Murrietta to Andrews Univ. in St Andrews Scotland studying Peace and
Conflict Resolution. Plus a $15,000 undergraduate scholarship to Kristen
Hook sponsored by RC Jurupa Valley as a freshman to the American
University in Rome studying Intercultural Communications. A third student
Taylor Hunt is an alternate for a probable third $15,000 scholarship. Contact
Betty Folsom 951-623-5965 for more information.
We are now also recruiting for one of 110 Rotary Peace Fellowships
which have a value of over $110,000 for our next generation peace leaders.
This program gives master’s degrees or professional development certificates
in peace and conflict resolution. Contact Karen Bradford 951-685-
8614 for more information.
Finally, also beginning July 1 our District Public Image Committee is
planning on a new, more dynamic website and public image campaign
where the public can identify needs in their communities and better
observe the status of District Rotary projects being accomplished throughout
the District and the world.
As you see, Rotary is entering a very exciting new era. If you want to
join and be part of this experience contact your local Rotary Club. You can
visit our District website at www.Rotary5330.net and my webpage by
selecting “District” then “Governor Elect.”