Rotary International Convention from Atlanta Georgia (Aired on October 21, 2017 and October 22, 2017)

Atlanta 2017 Rotary Convention, part 4 (Aired on October 21 & 22, 2017)

Some 35,000 Rotarians from around the world came to the Atlanta Rotary Convention, but somehow the RadioRotary team of Jonah Triebwasser, Sarah O’Connell, and Kathy and Dave Kruger keep running into Rotarians from back home, including District 7210 Governor Jim Damiani and a Past President of
Jonah’s Red Hook Club, Sue Simon. The RadioRotary team also learned of fascinating projects from other American Rotarians, including the prospect of even more collaboration between Rotary International and the U.S. Peace Corps and a vision screening projct for elementary schools undertaken by the Cincinnati
Rotary. The Chicago Far North Rotary is working to bring specialized water carriers, called hippos, from South Africa to places in Haiti that lack access to running water.

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Learn more:
United State Peace Corps
Partnering for Peace (Facebook)
Rotary Club of Bahía de Caráquez (Facebook)
Rotary Club of Coconut Grove, FL
Red Hook Rotary
Rotary Distract 7210
Rotary Club of Chicago Far North

 

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October 28, 2017 · Posted in Environment, Hudson Valley, International Programs, Peace, PolioPlus, Rotary Club Projects, Water Projects  

Kingston Italian Festival (Aired on September 30th, 2017 & October 1st 2017)

The Italian Festival in Kingston (Aired on September 30 and October 1,
2017)

Rotarian Tony Marmo (Highland Club) and Frank Faluotico visit RadioRotary to describe the Italian Festival in Kingston, NY, a fundraiser for Ulster County’s Italian American Foundation, an organization dedicated to promoting and preserving the Italian heritage of the country. Both were among the founders of the 501(c)3 nonprofit group in June 2015. The Foundation is similar to a Rotary Club in that it primarily raises money to give back to the community, especially in scholarships for Italian-American high-school students to attend college. The Festival features many vendors purveying Italian foods to eat on the spot or to take home as well as other goods. There is Italian music from folk songs to opera (not to mention Sinatra songs) and dances, such as the famous tarantella. The Italian Signor and Signora of the year are presented. Held in the historic Roundout section of Kingston, the many local restaurants also participate in the event.

Learn more:
Ulster County Italian American Foundation
National Italian American Foundation
Highland Rotary Club

 

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October 28, 2017 · Posted in Arts & Letters, Events, Hudson Valley, Nutrition  

Mike Frazier on Rhinebeck Rotary Youth Exchange (Aired on October 14th and 15th, 2017)

 

 

 

Learn more:
Speaking Books
Rotary Action Group for Peace
Mediators Beyond Borders
Wickes/Arborists
Suffern Rotary:
Roots of Peace
Rotary in Hungary
Ian Riseley’s Tree-Planting Initiative

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October 28, 2017 · Posted in Education, Environment, Hudson Valley, Humanitarian Service, International Programs, Literacy, Peace  

Rotary International Convention in Atlanta Georgia (Aired on October 14th and 15th

Youth Exchange: School Year and Summer (Aired on October 14 & 15,
2017)

Youth exchange (YEX) has long been a principal way that Rotary International promotes peach through friendship and cultural understanding. Rhinebeck Rotarian Mike Frazier is the coordinator for District 7210 of a new way for Rotary to support international youth exchanges, known as summer youth exchange or more formally as short-term youth exchange. In this program a family from one country exchanges for a few weeks or a month with a family from the other country. This is different from the regular school-year exchange in which the student who is incoming from another country or outgoing to one stays with three different host families; there is no reciprocal arrangement. The school-year exchange includes learning the language of the country visited, which is not a part of the short-term exchange. In both programs, a host Rotary Club must sponsor the exchange and the applicants are vetted both by the locals clubs and YEX officers from the District.

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Learn more:
District 7210 Youth Exchange Programs
Rotary Youth Exchange
Rotary Youth Exchange
Rotary Short-Term Youth Exchange
District 7210 Summer Youth Exchange
Rhinebeck Rotary

 

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October 28, 2017 · Posted in Hudson Valley, International Exchanges, Rotary District 7210, Youth  

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