Newsletter - Archive  Nov 19, 2008

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P.O. Box 620700                                                   Russ Ketron                                                             Sandra Pugh 

Woodside CA 94062-0700                                District Governor                                                       Club President

                                                      http://wpvrotary.org                                          

Regular Meeting                                                                                November 19th, 2008

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Wednesday with breakfast by Encore Performance Catering, fellowship, project updates and an interesting speaker from the community.

Guild Hall, Woodside Village Church, 3154 Woodside Road, Woodside, California

Guests are welcome!

This Week's Program:  Life As A WWII POW 

Program Chair, Dave Hyman, will introduce Hap Halloran who will talk about his experience as a POW in Japan during World War II. 

Last  Week's Program:   World Neighbors  Ken Broome introduced Gregg Biggs who is the west coast representative for World Neighbors.  Our club partnered with World Neighbors in the past on an agriculture project in Oaxaca, Mexico.  Gregg talked about the recently approved Rotary 3-H grant which grew out of Florence Cassasuce's work on clean water.  $327,000 has been approved to provide clean water, latrines, fuel efficient stoves, agricultural assistance and microcredit to villages surrounding Lake Atitlan in Guatemala.  Gregg also talked about World Neighbor's work in Kenya, a country suddenly thrust into the international spotlight.

Next Week's Program:  Happy Thanksgiving!  There will be no meeting next week due to the Thanksgiving holiday.   The December 3rd meeting will be the 2nd annual Christmas cookie baking party at Dave's kitchen.  Please bring an unwrapped toy for the Toys for Tots program. 

Coming Events:

Next Board Meeting:  Tuesday, December 2nd, 7:30am, Church Library 

Christmas Party:  Saturday, December 6th at Sandie's house

District Assembly:   Saturday, March 28th, 8:00 - 1:30, San Mateo Community College

District Conference:  April 17th - 19th, Portola Plaza, Monterrey, www.rotary5150.org

Announcements:   Have you had a look at the Rotary International website lately for what is going on in Rotary's world?  www.rotary.org   How about finding out about what is going on in the district?  www.rotary5150.org