Rotary District 7730

Now is the Time to Send Your Rotary Foundation Contributions!

Send The Rotary Foundation contributions to this address:

NOTE: Please don’t let your club be a non giving club. Let me know if I can be of assistance to you, please call me.

Nancy Barbee
Annual Program Fund Chair

Jamie Fumo, Ambassadorial Scholar, on YouTube

2006-07 Ambassadorial Scholar Jamie Fumo addressed our District Conference from Australia through the hi-tech magic of YouTube. If you happened to miss it, you can watch Jamie on YouTube now:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVTKhr3K4_g

Buy Your Tickets for the Southland Breakfast, Salt Lake City

Five (5) tickets are still available for the Southland Breakfast at the Rotary International Convention in Salt Lake City– $35.00 each. Those interested should contact DGE Wilson Ray at 910-843-4277 or E-mail bronco549@aol.com.

District Governor Installation, July 12, 2007

District Governor Installation for DG 2007-08 Wilson Ray will be on July 12 in Lumberton at 6:30 pm. Invitations are forthcoming

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 Rotarian efforts to alleviate hunger through World Community Service.

Rotarians have rallied to the aid of nearly 3.5 million people affected by famine in Niger, one of the world’s poorest countries. The West African country is, at the best of times, prone to severe food shortages resulting from insufficient rains. The two Rotary clubs of Niger, both based in the capital of Niamey, have set up a crisis committee and a bank account to coordinate and facilitate relief efforts. In addition to contributing approximately US$1,000 toward a disaster fund, the Niamey clubs are helping with
the collection and distribution of emergency relief, including bags of rice from Rotary clubs in Côte d’Ivoire, and mosquito nets from Dakar, Senegal. The crisis committee is also working on procurement and transportation of food items, creation of cereal banks and a food exchange program and the purchase of life-saving medicine. Rotary Volunteers are also sought to help promote vegetable gardening and the growing of off-season crops by irrigation. This is a long-term effort aimed at improving food security, diversifying food sources, and creating income-generating opportunities for farmers.

We need to remember that even small gifts make a huge difference to people in need. World Community Service, and the support of Every Rotarian, Every Year is a way for our club to make a real and lasting difference.

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

Lead the Way!