Last Week: Tashyra "Shy" Jackson; Classification Talk
Tashyra "Shy" Jackson presented her classification talk entitled, "Faith Like Wildfire". Shy says, "The biggest ingredient to who I am is not sugar and spice; or any of my many other amazing qualities (big on humility), it my faith. Faith so big, so bold, so courageous that it burns right through my own self doubt."
Shy is the Director of Operations and Co-founder of Hope Restores, a resource center for African Americans. She got into this line of work because she was passionate about helping people and passionate about equality.
Together, we will learn about the connection between membership, public image, and humanitarian service through The Rotary Foundation. Through joint discovery and development of creative ideas, attendees will find ways to sustain and increase membership growth, increase Rotary Foundation giving and project engagement, and enhance public image in their communities. The workshop will incorporate RI President Gordon McInally's theme of "Create Hope in the World" and Rotary's Strategic Plan.
Those attending a Vibrant Club Workshop will jointly discover and develop creative ways to achieve and sustain membership growth and retention, to increase Rotary Foundation giving and project engagement, and to gain enhanced public image in their communities.
You can also register for a cranberry bog tour and museum tour are separate items. Go hereto register for the cranberry bog tour and here for the museum tour.
The Youth Exchange Cultural Celebration is a wonderful opportunity to learn about exchange students in our area and give them a warm welcome! For the meal, the students have hand-picked recipes they think you will love, to celebrate their culture.
Please consider attending. Proceeds of this event help to support our exchange students on their end-of-year trip to the East and West coasts.
The event will be held at The Main, 422 Main Street in La Crosse. Tickets are $35 in advance and $40 at the door.
Featured dishes from Finland, Denmark, Vietnam, Peru, and India.
Sometimes, it pays to remember the saying: “charity begins at home.” This week’s
Foundation Minute is a story about a Zone 29 district members, D-6000 and D5970. This story is about using The Rotary Foundation Vocational Training Grant model in a repetitive, efficient and effective manner and working with other NGOs.
Annually in Brazil, Mexico, Bolivia, Colombia, Argentina, and Ecuador, more than 7700 children born with clubfoot abnormalities will have their conditions corrected and disabilities prevented by orthopedic surgeons trained in the Ponsetti Method by vocational training teams funded by Rotary Foundation Global Grants. Six Global Grants, totaling $550,000, were sponsored by Rotary clubs in Districts 6000 and 5970 and supported by the Rotary Action Group for Clubfoot, organized by Iowa Rotarians.
The Rotary Club of Ankeny in collaboration with Blessman International, an NGO
founded by Iowan Dr. Jim Blessman sponsored a $200,000 Global Grant to construct 35 non-polluting sanitation facilities in early childhood development centers in disadvantaged rural communities surrounding Polokwane and Mokopane, South Africa. The facilities are providing for basic human dignity by replacing open defecation and eliminating the horrific danger of drowning in pit latrines for more than 1,000 children. To multiply the benefits of the project and to assure its sustainability, the grant also funded training in the use and maintenance of the facilities for the school staffs and instruction for the children on hand washing to improve hygiene and health.
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