President Alan Jones receiving the award from DG Mike Gardner
The winning team from Great Missenden with the prize,
Lectern.
From L to R: George Tyler (Sr. Vice P), Alan Jones (President)
and Gavin Plews (International Chairman).
ROTARY CLUB OF GREAT MISSENDEN
Winner of District 1260 Club International Award
SUMMARY OF INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES, 2001-02
Overall:
The club members have been engaged in
quite a wide range of projects -
not only in achieving a good balance of activities consistently within
International but also with other avenues of service in the Community, Youth,
Vocational and Foundation.
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President Alan Jones receiving the award from DG Mike Gardner |
The winning team from Great Missenden with the prize,
Lectern. |
International:
1. Matching Grant project
has been approved by RI for a Shea Nut Crusher in Tamale, Ghana. It will help
local women in making shea nut butter. [Details
in the Dist. International website for the benefit of other clubs who may be
thinking of a matching grant project].
2. World community service
project with Thane Hill Rotary Club (near Bombay, India) to provide
play-ground equipment for disadvantaged/disabled children in a school. The local
Rotary Club has adopted the school, and an UNICEF representative inaugurated the
garden/playground equipment. The link with Thane Hill itself was established in
the previous year as Great Missenden contributed to the Gujarat relief efforts
through that club. [Details
in the website]
3. Shoe box Scheme: Great
Missenden have organised mobilisation and delivery of over 1500 shoe boxes this
year. The target has exceeded several hundred during each of the last few years.
Involving a great deal of the local community in doing this through Light House
project, itself an inspiration from a club member.
4. Other Box-schemes:
Supported one shelter-box, two emergency boxes and six aquaboxes.
5. Financial support to Riders
for Health.
6. Support two children in
India - to get them out of "child labour" via Joe Homan's
Trust. The club has supported two children every year for a number of years.
7. Small financial support to a
local person, Laura Smith, for her teaching expedition to Nepal
8. Support Lake Victoria
School in Southern Africa, for Aids orphans.
9. Great Missenden have
remained as one of the top contributors in the District for Foundation
for a number of years, which again supports many International projects.
10. The club has been mixing
fun with international spirit - in fund raising such as the duck race as
well as during a weekend trip to Amsterdam.
Guru Guruswamy
23 Apr 2002
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