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Due to Covid-19 the meeting location may change. Check back here or on our Facebook page for the latest information.
The COVID-19 pandemic has made it clearer than ever that hand washing — which requires a safe water source — is essential to our health. Yet more than 2 billion people worldwide don’t have access to clean water. Since 2014, The Rotary Foundation has invested more than $51 million in global grants to enable clubs to carry out projects that help people around the world with clean water, sanitation, and hygiene.
For World Water Day on March 22nd, learn how you can get involved in a water project and give to support our work in this area through Rotary Foundation's Donate page. Click on the Areas of Focus tab and choose Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene.
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Family Advocates celebrated its 30th Anniversary last year in advocating for at-risk children and families.
The Court Appointed Special Advocate Program began in 1990 and provides screened, trained, and supervised volunteers who speak for the best interest of abused and neglected children in La Porte County.
Harmony House is the supervised visitation and safe exchange program that provides safe access for children to continue and build their relationship with their parent(s). Non-custodial parents spend parenting time in a home-like setting where they can experience normal family time. Safe exchanges provide parents in high-conflict relationships an opportunity to exchange their children for weekend visitation without conflict.
The Court Youth Advocate and Community Youth Advocate Programs provide screened, trained and supervised volunteers who mentor at-risk youth who are referred either by the courts or schools in La Porte County.
Rick Harnish co-founded the High Speed Rail Alliance in 1993 with a passion for revitalizing the region he grew up in, lives in, and loves. The Alliance builds the political will for systemic change by advocating for integrated rail and transit networks connected by 200+ mph high-speed lines. By connecting cities, towns and airports, the high-speed trains will dramatically expand economic opportunities and slash carbon emissions. A native of the Chicago area, Harnish has been MHSRA’s executive director since 2001. His perspective on trains and transportation policy has appeared in Bloomberg, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Politico, Governing, the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Magazine, Crain’s Chicago and many other publications, in addition to various NPR programs. He has achieved notable successes and progress in MHSRA’s three focus areas: advocacy, education, and research. Harnish’s work is informed by his strong commitment to researching and learning from global best practices. He has ridden high-speed trains—often in the context of leading small groups—in Belgium, China, England, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Spain, and Turkey, and he draws on a global network of colleagues with expertise in trains and transportation policy.
Rick presented the way European countries developed their high speed rail systems and showed what it would take to develop a system in the U.S. To read more about the Midwest High Speed Rail Alliance go to www.hsrail.org/midwest.
This year marks the 10th year of the war in Syria. Described as the worst humanitarian disaster of our time, the conflict has caused untold suffering for more than 12 million people. Families continue to flee unspeakable violence, only to find themselves in crowded displacement camps facing the life-threatening danger of coronavirus and freezing winter temperatures.
Syrian families are in desperate need of shelter, blankets, warm children’s clothes, and hygiene materials to keep them safe and protected. While ShelterBox remains committed to doing everything they can to help families displaced by the violent conflict, there is an ever-increasing need for humanitarian aid.
Most recently, snow and high winds, followed by torrential rains, created extreme flooding within the camps, forcing more than 20,000 families to abandon their tents. Many families are living in public spaces, making them even more vulnerable to contracting COVID-19, while others are sleeping unprotected outside in harsh conditions that typically fall below zero at night.
Shelter Box needs your support now more than ever to provide families with essential supplies to protect them from contracting the virus and help them make it through the winter. Thank you for enabling this lifesaving work.
Each year Rotary awards up to 80 fully-funded fellowships for experienced professionals seeking to earn a Professional Development Certificate in peace and development studies. The yearlong program is designed for working professionals and requires 11 weeks of onsite participation. Apply by 15 May!
Do you have what it takes to be a Rotary Peace Fellow? Do you know someone who does? Learn about the program and how to apply.
Duty Roster
MAR 18, 2021
Greeter
Welborne, Jim
Sargeant at Arms
Bausback, Jon R.
Mar 25, 2021
Greeter
Welborne, Jim
Sargeant at Arms
Eaton, Katie
In Memoriam
Harry Johnson, who was a former Michigan City Rotarian, passed away this week. He was the Duneland District manager for NIPSCO until his retirement several years ago. He was 93 years old.
Karen Biernacki, Family Advocates
Rick Harnish
This year marks the 10th year of the war in Syria. Described as the worst humanitarian disaster of our time, the conflict has caused untold suffering for more than 12 million people. Families continue to flee unspeakable violence, only to find themselves in crowded displacement camps facing the life-threatening danger of coronavirus and freezing winter temperatures.
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