Traveling Rotarians- Dr. Nick Giannone and Past President Dick Robie exploring AbuDhabi; Chopin Kiang is cruising with his wife, Joan, celebrating their 31st Anniversary; Anais and Buddy Watsky are off to the Bahamas with grown kids and grandkids; Ed and Robin Charlesworth are exploring more of South America and Antarctica; Isis Meijas visited Chicago see her dad; President Brittany and family dad fun at DisneyWorld, Ruby Powers experienced an awesome conference in Vegas- American Immigration Lawyers Association Business School of Immigration Attorneys as a conference committee member and speaker on the Modern Workplace..
Holiday fun in Houston - Wind Nguyen sold out of his photography offerings at the Art & Eats Festival, a portion of which will support foster children; Lynette Wilke took a break from volunteering with Rotary Youth Exchange for their family tradition of attending The Nutcracker; Jake Stein hosts his father, Robert Stein, his wife Carol, and parents-in-law, Ed and Robin Charlesworth for annual Christmas Dinner at Brenner's.
Rotarians at work - Isis Meijas is working on a new WaSH global grant to be implemented in Brazil.
The WASH Rotary Action Group was formed in 2007 by a group of Rotarians, recognized by Rotary International, and focused on WASH projects. Since then it has facilitated many hundreds of projects – helping clubs find partners, ensuring sustainability, stressing the importance of a needs-driven approach, and developing best practices. We encourage a holistic, integrated approach in which water is not the end in itself, but is rather the means to a better life and livelihood in the community. Most importantly, WASH Rotary Action Group links water and sanitation to improved hygiene, better health, and empowerment of the community – especially women, irrigation and agriculture, education and literacy and, ultimately, child mortality. Also, Anais Watsky and Ruben Santos interviewed prospective outbound exchange students for next school year. The Charlesworth's donated office space for them to conduct the interviews.
Cristal Montanez remains involved with Hope for Venezuelan Refugees Soup Meal Program which procured and delivered more than 6,805.93 kg pf locally produced commodities and distributed 10,522 hot soup meals.
Salvador Gonzalez is planning a global grant with Rotary Club Juarez Oriente (D4110) to provide prosthetic legs to amputees of scare economic resources.
Sympathy is extended to Stan Edwards on the loss of his grandmother. He and Kim returned stateside to attend her funeral in California. Additionally, Stan and Kim are getting closer to their wedding celebration in Antigua which will be February 1, 2023.