Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Sponsor Ken Brandt on his Ride to the Big Easy


                                
INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF
  MOTORCYCLING ROTARIANS (IFMR),
Motorcycle Ride to 2011 Rotary Convention in New Orleans
To Benefit POLIO PLUS   

       

Members of IFMR are planning a series of motorcycle rides to the New Orleans Rotary Convention to raise awareness of and donations for Rotary's POLIO PLUS campaign.  The eastern US group will be leaving from Albany, NY, on May 15 and plans to arrive in Baton Rouge, LA, on May 19 where it will rendezvous with other IFMR riders from other parts of the continent for a Grand Entrance into New Orleans on May 20.  Riders are hoping to raise an average of $1/mile for the distance they travel to New Orleans.  Proceeds will go to the POLIO PLUS campaign and help complete the $200 million matching grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help END POLIO NOW. 
Be a part of this campaign by sponsoring my ride. Our trip to N.O. is 1156 miles so I’m requesting from each E-town Rotarian to contribute a penny a mile ($11.56). All Rotarian donations will be credited to their Paul Harris account if they provide their Rotary information.
  More information about the ride or the POLIO PLUS campaign, contact me at 367 5223 or keystnken@aol.com 

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Rotarians in Action-- Mission to Brazil

There is nothing I can add to this, except to say that my admiration continues to grow exponentially for Dr. Joe Rebman and all those Rotarian volunteers who took part in the latest medical mission to Brazil...

CLICK THE HEADLINE-- "Rotarians In Action--Mission to Brazil" and it will take you the blog record of the trip... the photos are stunning and the results are phenomenal.

Tom Labagh, PP

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Celebrating our Foundation

"Rotary International‘s masterpiece is The Rotary Foundation.…It transforms our most daring dreams into the most splendid realities.…The Rotary world and even the political world are already aware that The Rotary Foundation is the most generous expression of Rotarian generosity — a generosity that not only brings benefits but also brings help and cooperation to solve the problems that affect mankind.…Only God achieves the impossible, but The Rotary Foundation achieves the best that mankind can possibly achieve." — 1990-91 RI President Paulo V.C. Costa"