Weekly Bulletin for April 15-21, 2011
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| Dan Strobell of the St. George Rotary Club with Provo Rotary President Steve Tolley. Upcoming Provo Rotary Programs and Events April 21: Christopher Lindsay, Clear Horizons Academy, Teaching Children with Autism April 28: Wally Brown, The Shelter Box May 5: Paul Warner, Executive Director America's Freedom Festival May 12: Glen Parker, Director, Aspen Grove Family Camp May 19: Jon Anderson, Partner/Principal Broker, Commerce Real Estate Solutions May 26: Kevin Worthen, Advancement Vice-President of BYU June 2: Freedom Festival annual Prayer Breakfast (luncheon) featuring Michael McLean Provo Rotary Social Schedule for 2011 May 7: Torch Run at UVU to raise awareness and funds for Polio Plus May 12-14: Annual District Conference in Cedar CityMay 26: Girls Night party BYU Skyroom dinner and play Diary of Anne Frank June 23: Annual Boys Night at the ballpark, Orem Owlz v Casper Ghosts August 4: Annual adult summer party at Jolley's Ranch September 15: Annual golf party at Wasatch Mountain State Park December 15: Annual Christmas party at Riverside Country Club |
President Steve Tolley announced that matching funds are still available for those who wish to become Paul Harris Fellows or who wish to pay for a fellowship in the name of someone else.
Don Jarvis announced a new award that our club will be awarding periodically: The Service Above Self award. A simple one-page application is available at club meetings.
Andy Anderson served as sergeant.
Steve Tolley introduced today's speaker, Dan Strobell, from the St. George Rotary Club. Their club is involved in an ongoing service project in Guatemala to build concrete block cooking stoves in the homes of impoverished families in the Guatemalan highlands.
He explained that for generations women in many villages spend most of every day gathering firewood and water. They spend so much energy just to survive that their families have lived in poverty for generations. Most villages have no electricitiy. They cook over an open fire inside their small mud or wood homes. 900,000 women and 587,000 children die each year from smoke inhalation. Many children fall into the fire and are seriously burned.
By building a square concrete block cooking stove in the middle of the home, where there was typically an open fire, the wood burns more efficiently, a stovepipe takes the smoke out of the home, and the interior air of the home is cleaner and more healthful.
The St. George club and their affiliated Rotary clubs in Guatemala will build around 200 such stoves this year. The cost for materials is around $130 per stove. The money is provided by a grant from the Utah Rotary district and from individual donations. At the conclusion of the presentation our club awarded a check for $3,000 which will pay for materials for more than twenty stoves.
