Service Central
The Changemakers Rotary Service Committee has been working on our first project! As we develop our relationship with Family Health La Clinica our first project will be a 30 day pilot program to provide requested personal and other items to La Clinica's patients. La Clinica indicated to us that many of their patients are unable to afford the most basic items required for personal care. So from July 1 to 31, club members will make a difference by selecting from a list of requested items, and then forwarding either the items or the cash to a central location. The list of items will be available in the coming days. Our goal is to have ALL members participate in some way, large or small. We're also hoping to be able to give members an opportunity to do hands-on service by helping to distribute the items. More on that in the next week.
With success in this small pilot program under our belts, we will hope to proceed to planning the next longer term project to support La Clinica, focused on assisting in the purchase of Blood Glucose Monitors which are desperately needed. This project will require us to leverage our Rotary contacts and experience and may even involve our first District grant.
On the international level, an important opportunity is being offered by our own D6250 Foundation: $30,000 in 30 Days Here's some information about it:
Nila is a refugee. Nila left behind soldiers and neighbors in Zaporizhzhia and attends Rotary Club meetings in her temporary home of Olstyn, Poland. There she met Irma, a fellow Rotarian and friend of D6250. Together, Nila and Irma are leading efforts to do the most good in the best way for the people and soldiers in Zaporizhzhia. Devastated by battles, without access to medical care, in desperate need of intensive humanitarian aid, Rotary Club of Olstyn Varnia, plans to send first aid kits in two sizes. The small kit will be designed to strap to a belt and the large kit will fill a backpack. The kits are intended for use not only by medics, but also by other people in the conflict area who are able to provide emergency first aid, saving health and life. The kits have been conceived and designed in consultation with military and medical leaders serving on the front line. Few opportunities to serve are so immediately necessary. Few opportunities will connect you so intimately with lives saved and tended. Will you help?
We hope to raise $30,000 in 30 days – half of the project’s total cost. Gifts can be sent to our D6250 Foundation via the link below. Whether or not you have given to help Ukraine, we hope it will be your pleasure to help again. No gift is too small. Join other Rotarians from D6250, including some from the Changemakers Rotary by https://www.paypal.com/donate?
We hope to raise $30,000 in 30 days – half of the project’s total cost. Gifts can be sent to our D6250 Foundation via the link below. Whether or not you have given to help Ukraine, we hope it will be your pleasure to help again. No gift is too small. Join other Rotarians from D6250, including some from the Changemakers Rotary by https://www.paypal.com/donate?
Our service is also welcome at neighboring Rotary Clubs in their service projects. Many hands make light the work; we encourage you to reach out your hand to make a difference in your community.
And of course, random acts of kindness are always welcome!
Cheryl Mader
"There is always light, if only we're brave enough to see it"