The Meeting was called to order by President Tara Lawson at 12:10 p.m.
Attendees sang “Happy Birthday” led by Rtn. Aaron Schaffer
Introductions:
Visiting Rotarians: Heather Cordon-Croskrey (Daybreak CR) & Michelle Beisker (CR Downtown rotary)
Visitors: Enzo Nagao, guest of Rtn. Heather Croskrey and Preston McIntyre, guest of Rtn. Sean McIntyre.
Rotary-related Announcements:
President Tara Lawson thanked Rtn. Brent Carstensen who attended the Rotary District Grants Seminar and recently finished our grant to help support our Library Project at the new Towncrest Neighborhood Center.
She also highlighted the Kilimanjaro Library Project – Jocoa Kerschen is a WAS alumni who reached out to her late last year about trying to start a library in Tanzania, where he has been a Peace Corps volunteer for over 18 months, teaching science to students.
- Our club has connected with Books for Africa, which has found a matching donor, and the Regina Foundation provided $1,000 seed money to open the fundraising link
- Jocoa’s ultimate hope is that this will get students reading, test scores will increase, and the local school district will eventually invest in libraries
- https://www.booksforafrica.org/donate/donate-project/tanzania/-kilimanjaro-library-project.html
Rtn. Patty McCarty, spoke on behalf of the Rotary Common Future Committee. She noted that Rotary is for everyone and club members are invited to join the Pride Parade coming up on Saturday, June 21. Please join us if you are interested.
Rtn. Linda Farkus, announced that RYLA has invited Rotarians to join them for a day. Let Aaron or Linda know if you are interested and you can carpool.
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