Happenings:

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Board of Directors Meeting  ​February- Following regular membership meeting, Date: TBD

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​Monday Morning Meeting- 7:00 am
Journal Press/Small Business Center
(Meeting to be held at Bob Mitnick's space on the ground floor level.)

​February 24- Next Meeting
February 3 -  Topic: Vermont Adult Learning Services  
                       Poultney Cohort and SWFI Initiative
                       Speakers: Chrispin White and Whitney Lamy.
                       02/03 Meeting (pdf's) Handouts 


PRESIDENT'S DAY: NO MEETING

 ROTARY DISTRICT 7870 
Nancy Russell - District Governor ​

         District Governor Visitation
Brings Message of 
NEED = SERVICE
Connecting Communities to Rotary

​Greetings From Your District Governor​

Global Grants Update

 The Global Grant project for safe water, sanitation, and hygiene education in Trojes, Honduras was finalized in December and allows for the continuation of efforts directed by Pure Water for the World and supporting Rotary Clubs, Poultney included. It should be noted that this project for Poultney Rotary was membership driven and funded, along with donations from others. This was a high priority area but could not be supported within our budget.

Service trips, organized through Pure Water for the World, are planned for Trojes in April and June 2020. For further details on this service opportunity go to:  https://www.purewaterfortheworld.org/donate/service-trips/

A second Global Grant, supported with some Club funding, was approved in 2019 and will support future efforts to provide medical equipment and training in South Africa.

This tweet came on January 23:
From: lunga mfingwana
@lunxion
Inspiring words from USA @Rotary rep, they played a great role in donating towards making training pediatric Pulmonologist, enhancing pediatric lung dismanagement.
@HospitalTrust
#Siyabonga​
With video of Assistant DG Randell Barclay speaking

Supporting Education

Rotary International

Basic Education and Literacy Clip

                     HOW ROTARY MAKES HELP HAPPEN
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Poultney Rotary and Youth Program

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Poultney Rotary sponsors an Interact Club at Poultney High which is getting geared up as the new school year starts. 

Students in the District in need of school supplies are now getting some of those items in backpacks. This effort is a continuation of a previous effort between the Club, Interact advisors and Interact members.
This and other service projects helps to reinforce the importance of community.

How will you connect the world?
Our Rotary service connects us to people who share our values and want to take action for a better world. It connects us to people we might never otherwise meet, people who are more like us than we imagined. And it connects us to people who need our help, allowing us to change lives in communities around the world.

Rotary is implementing a new strategic plan, but the real work of shaping Rotary’s future lies with you as we adapt and grow for the future. RI President Mark Daniel Maloney challenges you to strengthen the many ways that Rotary Connects the World by building the connections that allow talented, thoughtful, and generous people to unite and take meaningful action through service.

International Presidential theme
​2020-21: Rotary Opens Opportunities

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RI President-elect Holger Knaack’s theme for 2020-21, Rotary Opens Opportunities, asks Rotarians to create opportunities that strengthen their leadership, help put service ideas into action, and improve the lives of those in need.