Ypsilanti President's Report:Hello everyone! The Ypsilanti Rotary Club has finished the search for this year's "Richard Easterbrook Community Service Award". The award banquet is scheduled at the Thompson & Co. restaurant on September 30.
These are my objectives for the club in the upcoming Rotary Year: 1) Procure an International Grant for a Community Feeding Program/ Education Program/ Assisting Mothers Program in Cristo Rey, a community near Managua, Nicaragua, 2) Get Rotary Youth Exchange, Rotary INTERACT off the ground, and increase #s in RYLA, 3) Maintain or Increase Current Club Community Support Projects, Adding to the List, 4) Growing Our Club Membership, 5) Any Potential Projects Our Members May Suggest.
A LOOK AHEAD:
* 9/30, 6:00 Richard Easterbrook Community Service Awards will be held at the Thompson & Co. restaurant banquet room. (by invitation only)
* 10/7, 12:00 (Rescheduled), Stephen Ahles, Project SMART: A Rotary Action Group-Addiction Prevention Project that includes five (5) programs to eradicate the addiction crisis and reduce the pharmaceutical chemicals affecting our water supply in your community. S= School Education Program, M= Medicine and Drug Disposal, A= Awareness of Naloxone training/distribution, R= Recovery from addiction, T= Treatment of addiction. This one is a Must Attend!
See you at Aubree's Pizzeria, Whittaker Rd!
In Rotary Service,
Steve, your Club President
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