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The Oswego Rotary Club #4855 in Rotary International District 7150, was founded March 29, 1927. It, along with the Oswego Sunrise Rotary Club, and the Oswego Rotaract Club serves the Oswego, New York area.
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What’s new on our web site?
2008-2009 Club officers and directors
Service assignments for July through September
Invitation to visiting Rotarians
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Rotary Minute on June 10, 2008: President Bill Crist presented Frank Sayer with a commemorative clock in recognition of his 60 years of service to Rotary. Frank also received a “Paul Harris Plus 5” award and a lapel pin for his significant contributions to The Rotary Foundation. Congratulations, Frank. It was an honor for all of us present at today’s meeting to share this moment with you!
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The Cyclone ‘Nargis’ in Myanmar clearly illustrates the necessity for the Disaster Relief Rotarian Action Group (DRRAG). When a natural or other disaster occurred, Rotarians most often wished to work with Rotarians. Moreover, rather than send a check to the Red Cross or C.A.R.E., Rotarians wanted to be immediately and intimately involved and to take action.
We (DRRAG) are a very new Rotarian Action Group and our purpose is to provide the opportunities for response. Operationally, DRRAG will provide a worldwide structure for Rotarians to participate effectively in disaster response and recovery that will be both a timely emergency response to victim needs (as we are now doing in Myanmar) and long-term help in furthering and assisting recovery.
As the humanitarian crisis worsened in Myanmar’s delta region after a powerful cyclone hit on 3 May, a response team of four specially trained ShelterBox volunteers moved into devastated areas on Thursday (08 May) to distribute more than 800 ShelterBox containers.
From the NYT (10May), “Six days after the cyclone churned through the coastal plain of Myanmar, it is clear the damage is great and that little aid has made it to the thousands of villagers along the sea south of Yangon. The smell of rot and death is in the air”
ShelterBox, a grassroots disaster relief organization supported by Rotary clubs around the world, was among the first charities to reach cyclone victims. It was important that they were able to accomplish this since desperately needed aid from many other international groups had been stalled at the border for days by Myanmar’s military government.
Rotarians, I invite you to join us, to work with us and to bring your unique talents and interests to this rapidly growing ‘Action Group’. We have included an application form on page 7 of our Myanmar newsletter.
Sincerely,
John J. Eberhard, QC LLD.,
RI Past Director
Chair, Disaster Relief Rotarian Action Group
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Frank Talk I, p. 64
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