Past Programs
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards
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Date: Apr 19, 2010
This Week's Program will focus on Rotary Youth Leadership Award Camp - RYLA - that will be held in Heber AZ Thursday, April 29th through Sunday May 2nd. Our eClub program is sponsoring two outstanding young people to RYLA this year -- you'll have a chance to meet them in a couple weeks.
At RYLA, students are divided into teams and given a community, regional or global problem to solve using a team approach. This resolution is presented on Sunday morning as a skit. There will be a high & low wire challenge course, lectures & problem solving group activities. All eClub members are invited to attend even for just part of a day. Please email Pam Cohen to let her know you are coming.
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The Brookwood Community
Speaker: Gary Mathews
Date: Apr 12, 2010
This week, Gary Mathews of The Brookwood Community near Houston, Texas, tells us about the variety of programs that they provide to adults with a variety of challenges. In addition to giving these adults dignity and the opportunity to live among friends, Brookwood involves the larger community in ways that bring forth the humanity of those our society would regard as "normal."
You are invited to learn how a dream for a few special children to have fulfilling lives became a community success for many, many families through this story.
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The Shoebox Project
Speaker: Bill Smale
Date: Apr 05, 2010
Having the opportunity to see the smiles of children and the thanks of those in need is one special component of participating actively in a Rotary project. A member of the Rotary eClub of the Southwest USA, Bill Smale, was able to see much of the evolution of a project that developed out of friendships and a genuine interest in others. Sit back and enjoy Bill's story of kids, food, and friendship!
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From Books to Brilliance
Speaker: Kim Covill
Date: Mar 29, 2010
Kim Covill is a fluent speaker of Spanish and the founder and president of From Books to Brilliance, an organization working to promote literacy in impoverished communities. In this program, she tells her story of visiting a small town in Nicaragua and how it brought a new focus to her life.
Kim lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and is not only new to our club, but new to Rotary! Please welcome her by enjoying the story she has shared with us.
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Hubli, Then and Now
Speaker: Ray Myers
Date: Mar 22, 2010
This week's program is a story of how things do and don't change over time. Ray Myers, a member of the Office of Educational Technology in the U.S. Department of Education, was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Hubli in the state of Karnataka in the late 1960s. In 2008, he had the chance to return to India, and today he shares that story with us.
His return was made possible in part by the efforts of the Deshpande Foundation, which is known for its work in innovation, entrepreneurship and international development. Please take the time to learn more about their efforts at: http://www.deshpandefoundation.org/
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