Further violence interrupted the polio vaccination process in parts of Pakistan last week, but the Pakistani government still plans to persevere in the effort to eradicate polio.
Yesterday, six vaccination workers, all women, were gunned down in Pakistan due to their involvement in the polio eradication effort.
Photos by photographer Linda Nichols. Additional shots can be purchased at a reduced rate from the web site www.lindastudio.com.
Adjacent Rotary District, 6040, is putting together a Rotary Friendship Exchange (RFE) to the Dominican Republic and they have extended an invitation to Rotarians in our district.
Congratulations to the clubs that are using the Sustaining Membership process to stratify their giving to the Rotary Foundation’s Annual Programs fund (APF).
Your vote could help Rotary give airline miles for humanitarian projects — and be first this year for United’s 10 Million Charity Miles Giveaway!
Our District’s Club support Director, Don Alberti, has compiled a condensed summary of District 6080’s history and summary accomplishments. Don has been actively involved in event set-up, training, planning, implementing and concluding many of them, so I thought he would be the ideal person to tell the tale of District 6080.
This year, we have 16 Inbound students living across the District and enjoying their new American experiences with their Rotary club members, YEOs and counselors, host families, and schools and communities. We also have 15 Outbound students who are living in Japan, Turkey, Italy, Switzerland, France, Spain, Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia, Peru. The District RYE Committee
WMDS Interact students put the finishing touches on ornaments they are creating for their booth at Christmas on the Square.
The Nixa Rotary Club packed small boxes with t-shirts, socks, batteries, mints, healthcare products, granola bars and duct tape as part of the “Shoe Box for Soldiers” campaign. The club hopes that, not only will the products be found useful, but that the soldiers will also realize that their are folks back home who care
