Blair Rotary Newsletter
"Make Dreams Real"
August 11, 2008

 

 

Please keep the evening of Saturday, October 18th open for a new club fund raiser which will include a wine and cheese reception followed by a dance featuring a live band.  Tickets will be $25 per person and all club members will be asked to help sell tickets.  A sign up sheet for volunteer support will be distributed at an upcoming meeting.  We'll need a great deal of help so please keep the date open.

 

Reminder: attendance should be at least 60%, if you can't make a meeting you can do a make-up on the web at the following address: http://www.rotaryeclub7890.org/makeup.htm

 

Notes from August 12th Meeting - Program Chair Sarah Chatt

The program for the day was a special visit from Kathy Brechbill and Stacie Sparacino from the Joseph's Coat/Washington County Food Pantry.  The Blair Rotary Club was honored to present a check to the organization for $2,060.25 which was the proceeds of a Rotary District Simplified Grant.  Grant funds will be used to purchase commercial cleaning equipment for the store. Kathy indicated that the receipt of these funds to purchase the cleaning equipment will enable the organization to better serve its clients and "free-up" resources.

Josephs Coat, located at 1737 Washington Street in Blair, is a thrift store designed to make affordable clothing and household items available to the community.  In turn, all proceeds from the thrift store are used to stock the food pantry for those in crisis situations.  Additional funds are given to the Good Samaritan Fund.    If you would like additional information on the store please call 426-0440.

Rotary Question of the Week

 
What is an Ambassadorial Scholarship?

 

Rotary Fact of the Week (from the RI or District Website)

Ambassadorial Scholarships, The Rotary Foundation's oldest and best-known program, was founded in 1947. Since then, nearly 38,000 men and women from about 100 nations have studied abroad under its auspices. Today it is the world's largest privately funded international scholarships program. Nearly 800 scholarships were awarded for study in 2005-06. Through grants totaling approximately $500 million, recipients from about 70 countries studied in more than 70 nations.

The purpose of the Ambassadorial Scholarships program is to further international understanding and friendly relations among people of different countries and geographical areas. The program sponsors several types of scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students as well as for qualified professionals pursuing vocational studies. While abroad, scholars serve as goodwill ambassadors to the host country and give presentations about their homelands to Rotary clubs and other groups. Upon returning home, scholars share with Rotarians and others the experiences that led to a greater understanding of their host country.

Generous contributions from Rotarians worldwide represent a continued faith that today’s Ambassadorial Scholars will be tomorrow's community and world leaders.

Thought of the Week

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear." Mark Twain

 

August Birthdays
Jim Nelson - 5th
Neil Smith - 20th
Kirk Hutton - 24th

 

 

SERVICE Above Self!