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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.”
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