Searching for Service

This episode originally aired September 24, 2023:

Brian Gower discusses the partnership of World Vision and Rotary, the history of that and then Projects of Scale.

This episode is a special encore presentation:

Nate shares the story about how he got involved in making beds for children that don’t have beds. His path to growing the chapter and stories of the impact the organization is having. You can see more about the story in videos on the Facebook page https://m.facebook.com/SHPbeds/. Nate also talked about how people can get involved. They have 4 dates coming up when people can help build beds and the dates are below. You can also find more information about how you can help in the link below. https://shpbeds.org/chapter/mn-twin-cities-s/

Bernis Executive Director and Founder of Planting Change Foundation Joins us today to talk about the work his orginization is doing in Nicaragua and how Rotary has been supporting that work. Bernis shares what drove him and how the orginization was started. Listen to hear stories about the impact Planting Change is having, their future vision and how you can support them. Find out more at https://www.plantingchangefoundation.org/ and if you would like to their community water lab program go to https://chuffed.org/project/pcf-water-lab-school-program.

President and CEO of Meta House Valerie Vidal joins us to talk about the work Meta House is doing to support women find sobriety while trying to keep their family together. She talks about her journy to becoming the President and CEO as well as shares some touching stories about the people they are helping. Find out more about Meta House www.metahouse.org.

Brian joins us on the show to talk about Project Zawadi and Access 2 Tanzania. Brian shared his journey to starting the non profit Project Zawadi and then the Access 2 Tanzania business to support workers in Tanzania. He shares stories about the impact they are having and how the model they created is expanding across their country. Find out more about both organization at https://projectzawadi.org/ and access2tanzania.com

Mary joined the show today to talk about Camp Enterprise. Camp Enterprise is a 3 day camp for high school students and brings them together in small groups to work on a common case study. They work with Entrepreneur mentors during their journey as they learn together. Find out more https://www.campenterprise.org/

Erica joins us today to talk about one of the Rotary International’s 7 main causes Clean Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene(WASH). As the focus manager of the WASH program Erica talks about what work is being done around the world related to WASH and how Rotary is continuing this mission. She shares some great stories and perspective about this work. You can find out more www.rotary.org/en/our-causes/providing-clean-water

Kate Van Slyck joins the show today to talk about her expierience with the Peace Corp. She shares some great stories about the impact of the work. We also talked about Rotaty’s connection.

Shawn Hanson with The Outreach Program of Brainerd Lakes join us on the show to talk about how the program is helping support people dealing with hunger in their community. She shares how they source and get their highly nutritious food out to families. Listen in to hear touching stories about the impact they are having and how they have been partnering with Rotary. For more information about The Out Reach Program of Brainerd Lakes go to: https://outreachprogrambla.org/

Mike joined us today to talk about one of the newest and fastest growing clubs in Rotary the Global Traveler Club. We talk about how the club formed and grew so fast. Mike shared some of service trips they have done and all the upcoming trips the club has in the next year and a half. Find out more https://rotaryglobaltravelers.com/ .