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“It’s Week ONE of RI’s Month of Maternal and Child Health
An estimated 5.9 million children under the age of five die each year because of malnutrition, inadequate health care, and poor sanitation — all of which can be prevented. Rotary provides education, immunizations, birth kits, and mobile health clinics. Women are taught how to prevent mother-to-infant HIV transmission, how to breast-feed, and how to protect themselves and their children from disease.
More than $102 million (USD) has been spent by Rotary International on Global Grants targeting Maternal and Child Health
Haiti has the highest maternal and infant mortality rate of any country in the western hemisphere. Rotary provided a fully equipped medical Jeep to volunteers and midwives to reach mothers and children in remote areas.
Cancer screening: Rotarians provided a mobile cancer screening unit and awareness trainings around Chennai, India, where there is a high mortality rate of women with breast and cervical cancer due to late diagnosis.
Preventing injuries and deaths: Rotary members launched a $3 million, five-year pilot to save lives of mothers and children during home deliveries in Nigeria. Since 2005, they’ve also repaired 1,500 obstetric fistulas — 500 more than their initial goal — restoring dignity and hope to vulnerable mothers.
“If mothers are empowered and healthy, so are their families, leading to an alleviation of poverty and hunger.” Robert Zinser, co-founder of the Rotarian Action Group for Population and Development and retired president for Asia at chemical giant BASF”
– Submitted by: Christopher W Knapp, District 6000 Foundation Chair
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A few more gems from our fun and grateful experience reading to the Challenger Elementary kids on Dr. Seuss’s birthday!
Is that Dr. Seuss himself in one of those pictures?
“Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.” – Dr. Seuss
#ServiceAboveSelf #DrSeuss #TRF #trfrotary #grateful #Rotary
Thank you to Shane Zutz for bringing us an update on all things DigiKey at our meeting yesterday! We appreciate you being a Rotarian and your willingness to keep us updated on such an impressive company!
#DigiKey #TRF #TRFRotary #Rotary #ServiceAboveSelf
Thank you to the Riverfest committee from the Thief River Falls Chamber of Commerce for presenting at our 3/26/24 Rotary meeting!
Also, happy belated birthday to Richard Laager and CONGRATULATIONS to Dick Sjoberg Sjoberg’s Cable Tv IncSjoberg’s Cable TV on 41 years as a Rotarian! That is beyond impressive and we appreciate your commitment to “Service Above Self” helping people both locally and worldwide for 41 years!
#trfrotary#Rotary#ServiceAboveSelf#riverfest#TRFChamberOfCommerce#TRF
We are looking forward to our speakers today for our Rotarians and Guests! There have been a lot of updates with the Chamber of Commerce and Riverfest recently so we are excited to hear about them.
3/26/24 3/26/24 Riverfest Committee
4/2/24 Digi-Key update by Shane Zutz
4/9/24 Travis Giffen – Public Works Director, hosted by Richard Baker.
4/20/24 Not on Tuesday or at the legion – Social at our fellow Rotarian’s home, Dave Beito, for the King of Wings competition preparation and sauce picking.
4/23/24 Close-Up Students hosted by Rhonda Stucy.
4/30/24 Guest Rotarian – Joe Wiegand, Theodore Roosevelt Reprisor & Goodwill Ambassador. Hosted by Rhonda Stucy.
Whether you are already a Rotarian, have been a rotarian, or want to learn more about what being a Rotarian is all about. We would love to have you join us for our meetings.
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Did you know that today is World Water Day?
Water is something we all need to survive. But 2.2 billion people still live without safely managed drinking water. That’s more than 1 in every 4 people.
Rotary members work to keep people healthy and can even strengthen communities through projects that help people get access to clean water, sanitation, and hygiene. Rotary also has a new collaboration with the United Nations Environment Program that empowers members to clean up, protect, and monitor their local waterways.
#WorldWaterDay #Rotary #TRFRotary #ServiceAboveSelf
#Water
We are excited about what our neighbor Rotarians are up to!! The Rotary Natural Play Hill and Bike Park, sponsored by the FM Rotary Foundation (the charity established by the 5 Rotary Clubs of Fargo-Moorhead), in partnership with Moorhead Parks. The Play Hill is perched atop one of the few hills in Fargo-Moorhead and overlooks the Red River, including over 20 Play features to bring out the sense of adventure and freedom we remember from our childhoods. This $1 million project that will open in June involved hundreds of planning meetings over a 5-year period, 300 donors (and counting!), dedicated leadership by many volunteers, and a strong attention to detail.
https://www.fmrotaryfoundation.org/page/natural-playground
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Thank you Tessah Vikre – Director of LifeCare Pregnancy Center, for being our guest speaker at our Rotary meeting yesterday! Here’s the website if you want to learn more about the work they do lifecaretrf.org
Exciting news, they will have a new name and location soon.
Thank you Teri Averill for hosting Tessah!
Also, happy belated birthday to Jim Daag on Monday and congratulations on your 22 year Rotary anniversary Kermit Genereux!
#ServiceAboveSelf #trfrotary #Rotary
We are looking forward to our speaker today for our Rotarians and Guests!
3/19/24 Tessah Vikre – Director of Lifecare Pregnancy Center hosted by Teri Averill
3/26/24 3/26/24 Riverfest Committee
4/2/24 Digi-Key update by Shane Zutz
All at the Legion at Noon.
4/9/24 Field Trip – Airport Tour at the Thief River Regional Airport
4/20/24 Not on Tuesday, Social at our fellow Rotarian’s home, Dave Beito, for the King of Wings competition preparation and sauce picking.
4/23/24 Close-Up Students hosted by Rhonda Stucy.
#ServiceAboveSelf #trfrotary #Rotary
Thank you, Gretta Grzadzielewski, for sharing your essay, “Begin With the End in Mind” and Brynn Olson for sharing yours, “What is The Miss America Organization?” At our Rotary meeting on Tuesday. It was our pleasure to hear your essays in person and we were all extremely impressed by your passion plus the content and quality of your essays.
Thank you to Katie Hahn, LHS Interim Dean of Students, and Lisa Semanko, LHS English Department Head and Adjudicator, for attending our meeting and helping us celebrate Gretta, Bryn, and Gracie Jensen (who was not able to make it) as well. Lisa was even kind enough to step in and read Gracie’s essay for us and she did a phenomenal job.
Last but not least, thank you to our Rotarian and Rotary Essay Contest Chairperson & Adjudicator, Paul Burnett for hosting our guests and executing this contest so we could celebrate these impressive students. The future is bright with students like them.
The essay could deal with any topic of the student’s choosing, but they must have applied the principles of The Rotary 4-Way Test: 1) Is it the TRUTH?, 2) Is it FAIR to all concerned?, 3) Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? and 4) Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
Our upcoming meeting schedule for our members and guests:
3/19/24 Tuesday Vikre – Director of Lifecare Pregnancy Center hosted by Teri Averill
3/26/24 Riverfest Committee
4/2/24 Digi-Key update by Shane Zutz
All at the Legion at Noon.
#TRFRotary #LHSSTudents #BrightFuture #ServiceAboveSelf #Rotary #truth #fair #goodwill #friendships #beneficial
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