Fundraising is underway for a 9/11 Memorial to be constructed next to the Shawnee Township Fire Department.
One of the memorial organizing group’s founders, Jeff Rosebrock, spoke with Lima Rotary Club Monday about why the group is seeking the memorial.
The group wants to make sure no one ever forgets the events that day that changed the world, Rosebrock said. He said he often gets asked why.
“Most importantly, to remember that day, the impact had on this community, and country, and how everything changed that day,” Rosebrock said. “We also want to teach our children how important that day was. It was like throwing a rock into a pond, with its ripples going out and out.”
The memorial has a location, near the Shawnee Township Fire House, and a commissioned design from Pat Beam. The group has also secured artifacts from all three 9/11 sites, Rosebrock said.
The club welcomed new members who will be completing orientation activities before receiving full membership.
The club presented another round of $1,000 scholarships to nontraditional students.
The Lima Rotary Club was pleased to honor Harry and Myrna Shutt and Leo Hawk today with Paul Harris Fellowships for their outstanding contributions to the Rex Perry Memorial Golf Outing.
This Monday at Lima Rotary Club, it was time again to preview the high school football season that is upon us.
Vince Koza, sports marketing director for Childers Media Group, organized and facilitated the program, talking with area football coaches to preview their seasons.
This fall, several new coaches are new to high school football programs. One of those is actually a familiar face to local football fans. Jerry Cooper spent many years in the Lima area coaching, and has returned with Shawnee High School Indians.
Why did he come back?
“We’ve always considered Lima home,” Cooper said. “There’s no place like Northwest Ohio to experience high school athletics and football.”
How good will they be?
The Indians return 17 letter winners from last year.
“We’re trying to instill some discipline, and attention to detail,” Cooper said. “How good we’ll be is determined by how hard we’ll work.”
Allen East, Ada, Perry, and Bath also have new coaches.
Several teams in the area hope for playoff runs, including Spencerville, Delphos St. John’s, and Lima Central Catholic.
Submit your questions now for the police chiefs' roundtable discussion on October 1.
The second roundtable on October 1 will be a gathering of police chiefs in our area. This will be an arresting () panel discussion on the issues and programs. Please send your questions to Chuck Wolfe before September 15.
Our third roundtable on Monday, October 29, will feature area religious leaders discussing their faith and pressing community issues that exist. Lima has a diverse religious community and you have an opportunity to hear and meet them. This promises to be uplifting program. Submit your questions by October 15.
Here is the August newsletter from the Water and Sanitation Rotary Action Group. They're doing good work!
B.R.E.W. Supports WASRAG
A very significant event during this year's Rotary Convention in Toronto, Canada, was a reception at the George Brown Culinary College hosted by the Rotary Fellowship Group - Beers Rotarians Enjoy Worldwide (B.R.E.W.). A good time was had by all, and a very generous donation of $3,500 was made by B.R.E.W. to WASRAG. Pictured is Moses Aryee, B.R.E.W. Chair, handing the check to WASRAG Chair Emeritus Ron Denham.
The funds being donated will serve to fund Rotary club projects that have been technically reviewed by WASRAG. BREW has agreed to donate 25% of its revenue to WASRAG, some $6000 over the past two years.
The spread of polio is directly related to poor water and sanitation. To help in Rotary's goal to eradicate Polio, WASRAG is holding its First World Polio Day Competition, focused on recognizing projects that improve the quality of water and/or the level of awareness of it in YOUR Community.
There are two prizes:
- $500 US for the Best Project (one with the most impact)
- $500 US for the Most Innovative Project
Use your imagination! The bottom line is to educate your community on the importance of protecting its water sources. Deadline for entries is December 1, 2018. Get more information on the competition by going to https://wasrag.org/page/world-polio-day
They are encouraging Rotarians from October 24 - 28, 2018 to clean up a river, beach or lake in your area. Get the community involved. Follow the activity on their Facebook page.
100,000 Children by the end of 2019
Rotary clubs and districts in five countries have already pledged their support for Operation Toilets, as it undertakes the ambitious plan to bring water, sanitation and hygiene to 100,000 children.
This initiative, spearheaded by the Rotary Club of Box Hill Central, Melbourne, Australia, recently released their website that provides information on past, current, and upcoming projects at http://www.operationtoilets.org.au While they have many partners already, they are looking for more to expand the impact.
If it's simple in theory, why is it so hard to practice?
The UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia has partnered with the NGO development organization BRAC has initiated a competition with $5,000 in prize money. The deadline to apply is September 10, 2018.
They are looking for innovative solutions from the eight countries in South Asia that can be implemented at scale.
District 9101 with the construction and renovation of five washroom units, comprising of 19 latrines, had a significant impact on the schools and market of Dialakorodjii, Mali.
A Headmaster of one of the schools involved said, "The renovation will increase the use of latrines, especially by girls. Teachers now have a decent place to go. Thank You Rotary, Thank You WASRAG!"
The project also involved installing a washroom unit, of four latrines, for the local market. This made the market more viable for the vendors and convenient for the public.
The Rotary Club of Vermillion, OH has already successfully completed a Global Grant that brought training and 324 bio-sand water filters to 76 schools in Mirebalais, Haiti area.
Following the success of the initial project all 63 clubs of District 6600, where the Vermillion club is located, agreed to support a more ambitious project. With some momentum, District 6290 and other clubs agreed to participate in a multi-District, multi-phase Global Grant project to bring bio-sand water filters to 1,100 households in Limonade, Haiti.
Recently, five members of the Rotary Club of South Launceston, from Tasmania, Australia, spent 15 days in Fiji building a clean, sustainable water system for the Natusara Primary School.
Research indicates that deaths due to unsafe water, sanitation, and hygiene have decreased by 25 percent.
However, researchers estimate that inadequate hand hygiene still results in nearly 300,000 deaths annually, with the majority of deaths occurring among children younger than five years old.
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