January 18, 2020 - Rotarians from the Kyrene Rotary Club and the Tempe Downtown club spent two hours helping the staff at T4T.
Wally, Doug, Andy, Ken , Soni, Scott and Lynette from the Kyrene Club, along with help from Cathy and Dave worked hard and accomplished several tasks. Lynne, Dana, Fred, and Don from the Downtown Club also contributed to the assembling of many journal folders. Below are a couple of other photos of the volunteers.
January 16, 2020 - The first session of the 8 week AWIM project began today. You can watch weekly activities HERE
There are 24 students in the class at Kyrene del Pueblo Middle School. The science teacher, Brandon Gritz is leading this project for the 6th time. The Kyrene Rotary Club has 9 volunteers that work with 8 teams of 3 over the entire project. Dave Kline, Doug Bock, Andy Wangstad, Bill Perkins and Ken Pollock are club members. Dave DePrator, Jim Durham, Lourdes Kline, and Skip Pollock are friends of Rotary who round out the volunteer group. We are looking forward to another fun-filled and rewarding project. (The volunteers usually have brunch together after the session) You can watch weekly activities HERE
Here are a couple of pictures of Andy and Doug with their teams.
January 11, 2020 - Exchange student Remy joined several members of our club to help build a house for Habitat. The Kyrene Rotary Club has been volunteering with Habitat for 15 years.
And here are some more photos showing most of the volunteers, the Rotarian volunteer group, and my "portrait" with the exchange students. The Rotarian volunteer group picture includes the 3 exchange students, 2 of the family who will own the house, and Jason Barlow, CEO of Habitat for Humanity - Central Arizona. Rotary District Governor David Simmer came by and spent more than an hour with us midday, a pleasant surprise!
Thanks to all the members who came. We got a lot of work done in prep for the pre-drywall inspection. Special shout out to Machel and Brent for arranging and transporting the exchange students. I was pleased to be back on a H4H jobsite AND to last the day! This was the 14th or 15th house we - Kyrene Rotary & friends - helped build and nearly the 20th time we did so. FYI "our" houses through the year were mostly financed by the East Valley Lutheran HFH Coalition.
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January 6, 2020 - Remy, our exchange student from France, told us about his home and country.
Remy told us he lives in a house that was built about 1830 with his parents and 2 younger brothers . His home town is Le Thor which is about 15 miles from Avignon. He said that he lived about 5 miles from his high school of 12,000 students. His school starts the day at 8 or 9 and ends at 4 or 5 with a two hour lunch. He showed us pictures of his village, nearby famous buildings, and the terrain.
Remy wants to study political science with a goal of being a diplomat in the future. His presentation was well organized and his English skills are excellent. Club members enjoyed learning more about this impressive young man.
In the first photo he is congratulated by President Wally. The next photo shows him with his host mother who has a son, Tanner, who is currently an exchange student in Belgium. His host mother was also an exchange student several years ago.
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January 18, 2020 - Rotarians from the Kyrene Rotary Club and the Tempe Downtown club spent two hours helping the staff at 
January 16, 2020 - The first session of the 8 week AWIM project began today. You can watch weekly activities 
January 11, 2020 - Exchange student Remy joined several members of our club to help build a house for Habitat. The Kyrene Rotary Club has been volunteering with Habitat for 15 years.
And here are some more photos showing most of the volunteers, the Rotarian volunteer group, and my "portrait" with the exchange students. The Rotarian volunteer group picture includes the 3 exchange students, 2 of the family who will own the house, and Jason Barlow, CEO of Habitat for Humanity - Central Arizona. Rotary District Governor David Simmer came by and spent more than an hour with us midday, a pleasant surprise!
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January 6, 2020 - Remy, our exchange student from France, told us about his home and country.
In the first photo he is congratulated by President Wally. The next photo shows him with his host mother who has a son, Tanner, who is currently an exchange student in Belgium. His host mother was also an exchange student several years ago.
January 6, 2020 - 3 new members, John, Joni, and Oliver, were inducted into the club today. We look forward to their active participation
