The mayor of Iyo, Japan, along with a group of middle school students, came to visit Salem recently, resuming exchange visits that have taken place in the past. Mayor Takechi was the guest speaker at East Salem Rotary on August 25th, and club member Katsumi “Chuck” Itoh helped translate his remarks. Many thanks to Katsumi […]
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East Salem Rotarians have been busy with several community service projects so far this Rotary year. Here’s what we’ve been working on since the beginning of July: Kroc Center Back to School event – August 17Market Street Cleanup – August 21Fun Family Friday neighborhood book giveaway at Northgate Park – August 27 Firefighting & Medical Supplies, Fire Truck
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Numerous East Salem Rotary Club members and friends showed up on Saturday, October 16th to celebrate and send off the fully loaded fire truck that is now headed to Guaymas, Mexico. The participants, including East Salem Rotary club members and the president of the Salem Creekside Rotary Club, all signed a helmet to be included
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A big thank you to all who turned out on Saturday, September 4th to help load donated medical and firefighting equipment and supplies to be delivered to a volunteer fire department in Mexico. Erik Larson, international service committee chair, worked with Raul Garza of the Woodburn Fire Department and Juan Armenta of the Hubbard Fire
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Our community service committee co-chairs, Maureen Casey and Rhonda Prodzinski, have helped oversee our club’s service projects for this Rotary year, and it has been quite a productive year. We have conducted an average of one project per month, with a wide variety of projects to appeal to club members’ interests. We have provided many opportunities
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Thanks to all who attended the fundraiser at Pietro’s Pizza to support ShelterBox, a disaster relief organization that provides emergency shelter for communities around the world devastated by disasters. Three Rotary inbound exchange students in the Salem area, including our student from Denmark, sponsored the event. They raised approximately $1340, including donations made by our
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Thanks to the work of the International Service Committee (Phil, Erik and Dagmar), fire equipment and medical supplies donated by several Oregon fire departments have arrived in Culiacan, Mexico to support their volunteer fire department. Supplies included turnouts, oxygen tanks, boots, helmets and various medical supplies. Erik Larson and Phil Sperl, along with Woodburn firefighters,
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Thanks to the work of our International Service Committee, fire equipment and medical supplies are en route to Mexico to support the Culiacan, Mexico volunteer fire department. These items have been graciously donated by the Portland Fire Department, Lane Fire District, Pleasant Hill Fire District and the Woodburn Fire Department. Phil Sperl drove the truck
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October 24th is World Polio Day. Polio ravaged the lives of hundreds of thousands of people every year, mostly children, before Rotary made a commitment to eradicate polio. Thanks to the commitment of Rotarians since then, we now have fewer cases of polio than at any time in history. Only three countries are still polio-endemic;
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Rotary District 5100 District Governor Larry Hatch was the guest speaker at last week’s club meeting. He talked about the district’s initiatives and goals for the 2018-19 Rotary year. He also presented a Rotary Club Champion award to Phil Sperl, in recognition of his tireless efforts in seeking out international projects for the club to
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