Next Club Meeting

FEBRUARY MEETING The ANMP Rotary Club will meet on Monday, February 13, 2023 at the Table of Grace 365 location, 3845 Doris Lane, Round Rock, TX 78664. Come early at 6:30 p.m. for a social time before our meeting begins at 7:00 p.m. Our program presenter will be District 5870’s Public Image Co-Chairs Patrick Harrison and Amber Scarborough. Come join us to hear from this award-winning Public Image Team. They will show us how the effective use of Public Image and Public Relations can help us strengthen our efforts to grow our club.

 

Members are reminded to continue reaching out to potential sponsors and silent auction donations for the 2023 Bowl-a-thon, to be held at Highland Lanes on April 23.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following is a message from Trudy Marshall, founder of Libraries of Love. Trudy is a member of the Rotary Club of Pflugerville. If you are able to help sponsor, please reach out through the Libraries of Love website or contact Sarah Gunderson, who can introduce you to Trudy via email. If you'd rather not sponsor, you can still give a one-time donation online. https://librariesoflove.org/

 

Libraries of Love was started in 2005. It now has 39 school libraries in Uganda, 6 in Kenya and 3 prison libraries. It provides each school with books equal to three times its number of students. It also provides book shelving, painting and new ceilings if needed, plus sheer curtains to keep the dirt out, but let light in. Librarian training is constant.

The kids are out of school now until the first week of February. Exceptions are those in 7th and 11th grades, which are key grades that have to take the dreaded exams to see where they will go next year - a good school or?  Also, some of our college students that are doing internships or taking exit exams are still in school.

School fees here have skyrocketed. It's crazy. The government gives the schools 2,000 schillings per child - which is about seventy-five cents. That should pay teacher salaries and help feed kids.

I am probably going to need extra sponsors since fees are so high - so if you know anyone, please let me know.

Examples of things required for a primary boarding student:  School fees, books, registration, development, ream of paper, special program, dictionary, pocket money, atlas, toilet paper, omo clothes washing soap, school file, scrubbing brush, medical fees, sugar, washing soap - 5 bars, hair shaving fee, Vaseline, shoe polish, toothbrush and toothpaste, bathing sponge, bathing soap, juice, and dry eats. Plus, we buy uniforms first term and shoes second term!

We try to keep kids at home to go to local schools, but many times it isn't possible. It isn't safe for them to walk the long distance to school.

We appreciate you!  13 college graduates now - and more to come!