Guatemala Recap

Last week five of the Dunn School students who went on the recent trip to Guatemala spoke about their experiences, each one giving their impressions of a different aspect of the trip. The highlight of the trip was helping to build a house for a family that had been living in a tine shed with a dirt floor.  Our club made this possible with a donation of $4000 to Constru Casa, a non-profit that builds homes for people who would not be able to afford one otherwise. 

Besides the Constru Casa project, the team visited Transitions Foundation where they make wheel chairs for the disWelcano near Antigua. A big thank you to Uli for organizing this and chaperoning the students.

 

ANNouncements

Happy Pi Day 2017  - 3.14.17

Wednesday 3.15 - The club will be serving dinner at the Solvang Senior Center.  Susan has everything well organized and has sent reminders to everyone who signed up to help.

Wednesday 3.22 - Denise will be hosting another event at the hospital to raise awareness of colon cancer.

Saturday 4.1 - The District Assembly will be in Oxnard.  Besides sessions for all the club officers, there will be a basic PRLS course.  You must sign up online if you want to attend. Click here to register.

The four local clubs are still planning an event for May 4 celebrating the court decision that allowed women to join Rotary.

Rotary is encouraging clubs to be Rotary Peace Builder Clubs.  President John is looking for a volunteer to chair a new Peace Builder  committee. 

Rotary has a new logo - The word Rotary along with the familiar Rotary wheel.  Look at the RI or district websites for multiple examples.

Several members of our club attended Solvang Rotary's fund raiser last Saturday.  It was a wonderful event and a good time was had by all.