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Our Co-President, John Hansen, is currently in La Paz, Mexico. He has been sharing pictures and information about our club projects, especially Barani School in Kenya, and the Brain Bikes here in the Shuswap. He sends these pictures.

John is in the back row, in the brown plaid shirt.

John is receiving a club banner from the La Paz Rotary Club.

Recent Speakers

January 21, 2020 - Habitat for Humanity in Salmon Arm

Right to left, Bill Miller, Rex Landis and Acting Chair, Mark Ellis

Bill Miller, Executive Director and Rex Landis, Procurement & Donations Coordinator, for Habitat for Humanity spoke to the club about the goals and work that Habitat for Humanity does. They outlined plans for building a 22 unit seniors' housing complex on 10th Avenue NE in Salmon Arm to begin construction this summer.

They also announced that a Habitat for Humanity Restore store will open in the spring at Cenetoka Mall. It will sell new and gently used furniture and building supplies. The funds from these stores are used for their housing projects.

January 7, 2020

Gudrun Malmqvist, a member since September 2018, was born in Kilifi, Kenya, close to our sponsored school in Barani. She lived in parts of Africa before coming to Salmon Arm in 2010 with her husband and children. Gudrun (right) is shown here with President Elect, MJ Berezan.

For more information about previous speakers, click "Read More" below.

Spelling Bee

Despite the early morning wake-up call, the Mad Hatters, Shuswap Rotary team at the Literacy Alliance of the Shuswap Sociey (LASS) ate a great breakfast and had a hilarious time spelling on Wednesday, May 8. The 8 team members are shown, from the left: Sherry Gilroy, MJ Berezan, Barb Hay, Kathy Dunfield, Sue Ackerman, Bev Wice, Pam Wenzel and Lynne Gulliford. Shuswap Rotary contributed $600 to the registration and the team members contributed over $400. The event raised over $11,000 for literacy activities in the Shuswap, from Books for Babies to Cyber Seniors Computer Tutoring and many other programs.

Annual RJ Haney Cleanup

A huge thank you to everyone that turned out for the Haney Clean-up. It was a smashing success. We had lots of help from the scouts and cadets, just amazing. The army Rangers sent 30,the air cadets 10 and the scout 10. All told, there was 145 registered volunteers. Three cheers for Panago Pizza, Shuswap Rotary and Steve Genn who arranged for the pizza, wings and salad. Steve ordered for 90 but it was a generous 90 and all were fed. Susan at Haney said that the clean-up exceeded her expectations. She was thrilled. Thank you Sherry for organizing the cadets & scouts.

A job well done everyone. For more photos, click Read More.

Guillermo Hernandez Arrives From Spain

Our new exchange student, Guillermo Hernandez arrived safely Thursday night (August 23) from Alicanté, Spain. He is a charming boy and it’s been a pleasure getting to know him. 15 years old with a birthday on Dec 28th. He will be attending SASS in grade 11. His English is fairly good and he likes to eat anything. He plays the drums & piano. He rows back at home and likes soccer & basketball.

Barani Dancers WIN National Competition

At Barani Primary School in Kenya 24 girls, aged 7 to 9, have been singing and dancing their way through various levels of school music festival competitions and winning each to reach the National finals in August 2018. As part of their school music program they learn to perform tribal based songs which include dancing and acting out traditional stories. These girls, who have never travelled farther than they can walk from their simple mud homes near the city of Mombasa, now find themselves travelling 700 km with 2 teachers to compete in the country’s top educational music festival.

In a country where most families and schools do not have funds to pay for travel and costumes, these girls received financial assistance from generous individual Rotarians and Friends of Rotary which made going to Regional finals and National finals possible. These young girls, through their winning performances, are gaining confidence, self respect and self esteem which are foundations for future leaders in Kenya, one of the aims of Shuswap Rotary through its Kenyan projects.
Shuswap Rotary provides 550 lunches daily for needy students at Barani Primary School. It also sponsors 20 students to complete Grades 9 to 12 in a country where there is no government funding of secondary schools.

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Posted by Mike Boudreau on Jan 04, 2014

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