Rotary District 5020

	District 5020 Governor (that's ours) publishes a monthly newsletter, Clik here for the Newsletter & what other Clubs are doing
District Governor Judy Byron District Website
	Assistant District Governor Nanaimo Area: Barry Sparkes brsparkes@telus.net

Rotary International News

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• Former Rotary Youth Exchange student designs a backpack bed for the homeless
• Thursday, 16 May 2013, 12:23 PM
• Melbourne-based nonprofit has distributed more than 3,000 portable sleeping units to charities and shelters throughout Australia.
• Rotarians take part in Immunization Days in Côte d’lvoire
• Friday, 3 May 2013, 11:02 AM
• Thousands of volunteers mobilize public support and vaccinate millions of children against polio.
• Council approves dues increase, unlimited e-clubs
• Friday, 3 May 2013, 11:01 AM
• Representatives support a number of measures designed to strengthen Rotary and increase membership.
• Litter-buster keeps her city clean
• Thursday, 9 May 2013, 09:13 AM
• Rhode Island Rotarians recruited friends and family members to pick up trash during month-long campaign.
• Register for the RI Convention in Lisbon, Europe’s friendliest city
• Tuesday, 7 May 2013, 05:28 AM
• Lisbon has scored a number of honors from travel sights and publications including friendliest city and best value for the money.
• Global Vaccine Summit yields US$4 billion in funding commitments to polio endgame plan
• Thursday, 25 April 2013, 11:31 AM
• Rotarians’ advocacy with governments key to increased funding of the fight to eradicate polio.

Disaster Aid Canada

• When despair turns to hope...
• Could you imagine what it would be like to lose everything, watch your children suffer through lack of food and water and not be able to give your family the security of basic shelter? These are the questions we ask every day. How can we assist these people around the world to have security as a family unit and a glimmer of hope for their future?

  We are constantly moved by the generosity and commitment of fellow Rotarians, their friends and associates here and around the world who support Disaster Aid Canada's humanitarian aid delivery - delivered by Rotarians to those most in need with accountability and dignity.

  Disaster Aid Canada, together with our international Rotary partners continues to assist refugees in the Horn of Africa, especially the most at risk at a newly created camp.

  At the time of writing, another two containers of Family Survival boxes are being delivered to house the frail and most at risk. The magnitude and complexity of this disaster is enormous with shelter, water, sanitation and food being the priorities.

  With the support of fellow Rotarians, we will continue to assist and turn despair into hope.

  We need your continued support ...

  In our first twelve months of serving those most in need, deploying to Pakistan, the Sudan, Haiti and the Horn of Africa, and with a commitment to assist Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar, Belkys Lopez in the Sudan again, we need your help in replenishing our stocks. For a family that has lost everything, $750 buys the security of a home ... and an opportunity to rebuild their lives.

  Quite simply, the more Family Survival boxes we have in stock, the more families we assist in the Rotary spirit.

  And please remember, Disaster Aid Canada really is the essence of Rotary service. As a project of the Rotary Club of Royal Oak (D5020) its members (and their families and friends) continue to provide a selfless, ongoing commitment - in so many ways - to this real 'Rotary Club' humanitarian project.

  We welcome your contact to discuss how as Rotarians, we can help put smiles back onto so many faces through the delivery of our 'boxes of hope'.

• DART Training

• We are currently accepting applications for our next DART training program. You should be fit and healthy and prepared to spend up to two weeks on deployment in a foreign country.

  Contact us for complete requirements to become a DART (Disaster Aid Response Team) member and help us to help others worldwide by delivering our aid on behalf of our Rotary Club supporters, their members and friends.

• FIRST SCHOOL TO HAITI

• Thanks to the Rotary Club of Qualicum Beach, in British Columbia for their donation of a Disaster Aid four room school for the children of Haiti. Here are some of the delightful recipients outside one of the classrooms.

  

   

	Disaster Aid Water Purification Plant Skyjuice

Shelter Box Canada News

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• Tandem 10,000 challengers make it to Denver
• Tandem 10,000 challengers make it to Denver
• Social media and cause marketing propel ShelterBox USA aid in Haiti
• Her Royal Highness, Duchess of Cornwall Hosts ShelterBox Leadership in her Home in London