
Missouri Guard works to improve Afghan farming production
Seven thousand miles away, a plaque on a well house states, “Each of us had only a little, but together, more than enough — Inshallah.”

Seven thousand miles away, a plaque on a well house states, “Each of us had only a little, but together, more than enough — Inshallah.”

AWESOME! That’s the word describing the Panama humanitarian project undertaken by District 6080 Clubs this year, according to Panama Project committee chair Jim Wieberg of the Jefferson City Breakfast Club. Rotarians throughout District 6080 collected four pallets worth of clothing, sporting and ambulatory equipment and books to help destitute populations in Panama – that’s 150
At Zones 24 and 32’s director Bryn Sykes suggestion, we are all working together to get donated supplies to the right area. We are asking that cash donations be made to one fund, the Walter D. head Foundation if Rotary District 7490, c/o Calisto Bertin (our DGN), Bertin Engineering, 66 Glen Avenue, Glen Rock, NJ 07452.
Rotary District Governor Mark Pearce is proud to announce that a Missouri educator has been chosen as a Rotary World Peace Fellow, to study international peace and conflict resolution at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand during the summer of 2013.

Although the Lake Ozark Daybreak Rotary helps nearly 40 local organizations plus international projects across the world, the Buddy Pack Program is one of their signature efforts as their focus is to improve the lives of children.

Members of the Interact Club and Student Government Association organized drug prevention activities during Red Ribbon Week for Waynesville Middle School students last week.
Over 220 Rotarians attend the District Conference in Branson this past month, and I’ve yet to run into anyone who wasn’t pleased by the fellowship, conversations, speakers and informative break-out sessions that filled the agenda.

Many of you may have seen Missouri’s own Ray Klinginsmith on the stage at the RI International Conventions in Los Angeles, Montreal, or New Orleans or at the International Assembly in San Diego, but this time you’ll have the opportunity to greet him, shake his hand, and maybe even get a picture taken with him, when you attend the District 6080 Foundation Banquet, November 17 at Country Club Resort in Lake Ozark.

Do you know of someone who has great hope and passion for peace? Perhaps they would be an ideal candidate for Rotary’s Peace Scholars program.

Springfield SE took top honors in the Rotary District Conference 4-player scramble golf tournament this past weekend on the Payne Stewart Golf Course in Branson. The team of Brent Baldwin, John Horton, Kevin Killian and Bill McNeill shot a combined round of 62 on a wind-slapped course. Springfield North and Lake Ozark Daybreak were close