Rotary District 7730

Riegelwood Tornado Fund

Many thanks go to the Wallace Rotary Club for your contribution of $800.00 to the Riegelwood Tornado victims. Wallace Rotary joins Swansboro, South Brunswick Islands, Wallace, Fayetteville, Shallotte, Fayetteville Lafayette, Cape Fear Rotary, and Red Springs. Thank you all for your support.

Inspired by the generous support from many of our Rotary clubs, the trustees of the District Emergency Fund agreed earlier this week to contribute $20,000.00 from the fund to the Riegelwood victims.

Checks can be mailed to me or directly to “Wesley UMC Tornado Fund”, PO Box 116, Riegelwood, NC 28456. If mailed directly, please inform me of your contributions.

News from the Boys & Girls Home, Lake Waccamah

Thank you to the Wallace Rotary Club for your generous donation of $1,000 to the Rotary Cottage at the Boys and Girls Home.

Congratulations to Brian Garrett, Assistant Governor for Area 4, for having been selected to serve on the Board of Trustees for the Boys and Girls home for 2007. Brian will be the Rotary representative on the board.

Mark your calendars for February 11, 2007 when we will celebrate the rededication of the Rotary cottage at Boys & Girls Home, Lake Waccamah. The day will begin at the 11:00 a.m. chapel service followed by a meal with the Rotary boys at 12 noon and a tour and rededication of the cottage at 1:00.

The boys at the Rotary Cottage are on a basketball team. The schedule of their home games appears below (with the last 2 in Myrtle Beach). Please encourage your fellow Rotarians to join us at the Boys and Girls Home for these games and support our boys at the Rotary cottage.

2006-2007 Rotary Cottage Basketball Schedule (ALL HOME GAMES EXCEPT TOURNAMENT)

Support the Rotary Cottage at the Boys & Girls Home through our website:

The Barnes and Noble link on the Home page - http://www.rotary7730.org

Full Belly Project Update

President Sheryl Casey of the Fayetteville LaFayette Rotary Club has stepped up and joined the Full Belly Peanut Sheller Project as a club sponsor. Fayetteville LaFayette joins Beaufort-Olde Towne, Clinton-Sampson County, Maysville, Morehead City- Lookout, Wallace, Wilmington, Wilmington East, Wilmington West, Jacksonville, Southport, Whiteville, and South Brunswick Islands

It’s easy to become a sponsor – $10.00 per member to Our Rotary Foundation and sign a form donating the points! Contact Bevin@RLI33.org for information on how to sign up!

The following Attendance Reports are past due

Morehead City Navigators

Elizabethtown

Rotary Foundation Thought of the Week

Brought to you each week by PDG Bevin Wall, District Rotary Foundation Chair; and reproduced courtesy of www.rotary.org

This week’s Rotary Foundation Thought is about how Group Study Exchange can make a difference.

A Rotary district in western Australia and a district in Arizona planned a unique cultural exchange with indigenous peoples from their countries. The Australian district recruited a team of all aboriginal Australians and the U.S. district recruited a team of Native American members Through Group Study Exchange, these young professionals were able to share their own experiences and learn about the cultures of the indigenous peoples. The Group Study Exchange program is a one of a kind experience for the team members and the Rotarians who participate in sending and hosting these groups of young men and women. Now more than ever we need to increase our knowledge and understanding of different countries and cultures. We are fortunate to have that opportunity by participating in the programs of our Foundation.

For more information on giving or program participation, contact PDG Bevin Wall District 7730 Rotary Foundation Chair at Bevin@RLI33.org.

Invitation to Participate in National Immunization Day against Polio INDIA – February 2007

http://www.kerala-tours.net/India%20NID%20and%20Water%20Project.htm