Contributed by Tom Seeley / Skaneateles Sunrise Rotary Club

District 7150

UPCOMING EVENTS, INFORMATION AND OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
Bulletin #2009-03 & 04 Date:  July 24, 2008

Programs

TODAY

- Tom Dwyer: Natural Images Gallery
July 31 – Timothy Herne: Scouting in Finger Lakes
August 7 – Club Assembly
August 14 –  District Governor visit
August 21 – Jonathon Beach Photography
August 28 – Philip D’Angelo: School rankings
September 4 – Club Assembly
September 11 – State of the Housing market
September 18 – Rotary on the Web

Suggestions for future programs are always welcome.  Please forward your ideas to Toni at tonicurt27@aol.com.

News & Notes

Ward returns to South Africa for Literacy

More than three years after helping to create an basic literacy program for women there, Ward Vuillemot returned to South Africa earlier this year to experience the results first-hand.  Ward reports being amazed at the success of the program in just three short years.

The literacy project provides for teacher training and education materials for adult literacy and numeracy program in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa serving the rural regions known as KwasNibela, about 200 miles north of Durban.

The program focuses primarily on women because they are typically the lowest members of society.  Without education, a typical women will have 12 to 13 children between the age of 12 and their late 20s, when many die due to complications, Ward said.  With proper education, women learn basic health issues and typically have six children with fewer health problems reported, if any.

As a result of the program’s efforts, 98 individuals have been employed, and each will teach on average 20 others basic literacy and numeracy skills.  Two individuals went from being illiterate to earning Bachelor’s degrees.

In addition to women, the program has trained prisoners and staff to teach literacy to fellow prisoners so that they will be productive members of society upon their eventual release.

The total cost of the project was estimated to be $22,800, of which $8,700 was supplied by The Rotary Foundation, with remaining amount coming from the participating districts, including our club.  The 19 participating District 7150 clubs and the D7150 Literacy committee supplied $3,500 of the total costs with the remaining amount coming from other districts and clubs in the USA, Canada & South Africa.

In addition to the District 7150 clubs, Literacy Committee and individual Rotarians, the project is shared by; The Seattle-International Club (Seattle Wa.) , West-Ottawa Club (Ottawa, Canada), Pitermaritzburg Club (South Africa) and District 7040 (USA & Canada). The clubs in our District 7150 that contributed to the project are: Auburn, Aurora, Baldwinsville, Camden, Camillus, Canastota, Cato, Chittenango, DeWitt, Fayetteville-Manlius, Fulton-Sunrise, Moravia, Oneida Shores, Oriskany Falls, Oswego, Sauquoit, Skaneateles, Skaneateles-Sunrise, Tully & Utica.

Club Business & Dates to Remember
Call to Order; Pledge of Allegiance & Invocation
Introduction of Guests/Visitarians
Happy Dollars & Fines

District Major Events
August  – Youth Exchange Welcome Picnic (date and time TBA)
Sept. 12-14 – District Conference, EdgeWood Resort, Alexandria Bay
November 1 – Rotary Leadership Institute, Canandaigua

Old Business

Committee Reports

Club Administration
President – Tom Seeley
Treasurer – Toni Feldmann
Secretary – John Paddock

Service Projects

Food Pantry – Daryle Pickering
Sea Scouts – John Paddock
Programs – Paul Frickey
Early Act – Tom Seeley
Fire Equipment – Chris Bruna
Service Committee – John Rooney
Winterfest & Craft Fair – Seeley/Krauter
Membership (& Retention) – Beckwith/Feldmann
Foundation/Community Recognition Torrisi/Krauter
Social Chair – Maggie Gilson
Sergeant at Arms – Daryle Pickering

New Business
Guest Speaker Tom Dwyer, Natural Images Gallery

Evening Club Programs

TODAY –  Phil Tierney, Volunteerism
July 31 – Peter Adams, Classification Talk
August 6 – Dirk Young Twin Birch, owning and operating dairy farm in Skaneateles

Officers & Directors

Officers
President – Thomas W. Seeley
President-Elect – John Rooney
Past President – Marion Krauter
Treasurer – Toni Feldman
Sergeant-at-Arms – Daryle Pickering
Secretary – John Paddock

Committee Chairs
Club Service – John Rooney
Food Pantry – Daryle Pickering
Membership – Sidney Beckwith
Program Chair – Toni Feldman
Rotary Foundation – Paul Torrisi
Social Chair – Maggie Gilson
Youth Exchange/RYLA – John Paddock

Members
Sidney Beckwith, Christopher Bruna, Dave Cutten, Robert DeWetter, Toni Feldmann, Paul Frickey, Maggie Gilson (visitor), Douglas Hill, Marion Krauter, John Paddock, Daryle Pickering, John Rooney, Thomas Seeley, Paul Torrisi, Michael Wahlrab, Rhett Weiss

Exchange Students
Sarah Bierbaum (Germany), Lucas Grob (Switzerland), Eddy Tasia (Belgium), Nico Avalle (Argentina)

TRY OUR ROTARY WEBSITES
Our District Website:               http://www.rotary7150.org/
Rotary International:                       http://www.rotary.org/
RYLA                                   http://www.rotaryryla.com/
Skaneateles Rotary:          http://www.skaneatelesrotary.org/
e-club                            http://www.rotaryeclubny1.com

SUNRISE EDITORS
Thomas W. Seeley           685-2311              Fax: 685-2460                           tws@mlsattorneys.com

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