THERE WILL NOT BE A MEETING NEXT WEEK, JUNE 4
Announcements/Business
- Run the Ranch will be this Saturday, June 1, 7:30 a.m. at Beaver Ranch. Registration is on-line at https://www.runningguru.com/E1.asp?eID=54556.
- Last week, Pat Hagan and Janine Payton presented the Rotary Scholarships at Conifer High School (3 scholarships) and Platte Canyon High School (six scholarships). Our Club Foundation gave nine $1,000 scholarships.
- Diana Phelps reported on RYLA. We are sending six students to RYLA and four to Young RYLA.
- Suzanne shared her story of when she was in a Chicago Rotary Club and went to Uganda twenty-three years ago to help make micro-loans for women. The project is continuing! Rotary started the project, but now all the loans have been repaid and the funds are now available for more loans, including for men. They have 800 loans out at this time.
- The Changing of the Guard party will be Sunday, June 7 at Dean and Leonor's house.
- Thanks for help with the 9 Health Fair and Veterans’ Rendezvous.
- The next Board meeting will be Wednesday, June 5, 6pm at Janine Payton’s home. All members are welcome. It will be a combined Board meeting, this year’s Board and the new Board.
Program: A Glimpse of Kenya
Dean McCall
Dean and Leonor McCall and Suzanne Barkley just returned from Kenya, visiting the projects that our former member, Carol Carper started . They took several suitcases of medical supplies, malaria test kits (which were funded by Interact Clubs), bandages, sanitation products and 120 canes.
They found that there is a dearth of basic supplies and poor infrastructure. A major focus for their visit was on people with disabilities. Carol has worked to design and implement a survey to identify the numbers of disabled in that region and their needs that are not being met.
Our volunteers also checked on the protected springs that our Conifer/Bailey Interact students raised money to build. Of the 13, twelve are working well. The report is that water-borne illness has dropped significantly! The springs are also a source of community gathering.
Other accomplishments included:
- They visited the farms that are supported by Sasa Harambee for sustainable agriculture and economic development.
- They visited the Small Home which provides care and education for children with disabilities. This is where the special playground is, that our own Wes Paxton and Conifer Interact kids built last summer.
- A visit to a Masai village and the Masai Mara---a huge grassland that melds with the Serengeti in Tanzania.
At the end of the visit, they want on safari and had wonderful photos of the animals and landscapes.
We invited them back for more show and tell!