Chariho Rotary Club November 19 Italian Night Dinner will benefit Philippines typhoon relief
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From Dave Henley
Chariho Rotary Club will dedicate
funds raised at this year’s annual Italian Night Dinner on Tuesday to aid
relief efforts in the wake of the devastating typhoon in the Philippines.
Proceeds will go to the purchase
of two Shelter Box units. Each ShelterBox supplies an extended family with a
tent and essential equipment to use while they are displaced or homeless.
ShelterBox,
a Rotary International Project Partner, responds instantly following natural
and other disasters by delivering boxes of aid to those who need it most.
ShelterBoxResponse Team members
are already on the ground in the Philippines carrying out assessments in Cebu,
Bohol and Tacloban. With 500 tents set to arrive on Wed. Nov. 13, ShelterBox
aims to help up to 4,000 families and has launched a Typhoon Haiyan Emergency
Appeal.
The Chariho
Rotary Club Italian Night will be held on Tues., Nov. 19, at Richmond Country
Club, 74 Sand Pond Road in Richmond. Seatings are available from 5 p.m. until 8
p.m. Tickets to the dinner cost $10.00 for adults, $5.00 for children, and are
available from any Chariho Rotarian or by contacting event chair Jeff Duscha at
(401) 595-5837 or by email at jsduscha@washtrust.com.
In addition to
international project support, funds raised by The Rotary Club of Chariho are
returned to our community in projects such as the Courtyard at Chariho Senior
High School, annual scholarships for local students, to assist local food
pantries, and support of programs at Wood River Health Services and The Arcadia
Branch of the Ocean Community YMCA.
Rotary
is an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide who
provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations,
and help build goodwill and peace in the world. In more than 160 countries
worldwide, approximately 1.2 million Rotarians belong to more than 30,000
Rotary clubs.
Rotary club membership represents a
cross-section of the community's business and professional men and women. The
world's Rotary clubs meet weekly and are nonpolitical, nonreligious, and open
to all cultures, races, and creeds.
In our area, Chariho Rotary provides donations to
multiple charitable causes, sponsors blood drives, provides volunteers at the
RICAN food pantry, awards some $16,000 each year in scholarships, and most
recently provided labor and funds to build the Chariho High School’s new courtyard.
The
Rotary Club of Chariho is accepting new members. The Club meets Tuesdays at
6:30 p.m. at Richmond Country Club, 74 Sandy Pond Road in Richmond, and can be
reached by calling David Henley at 401-935-9771, by email through the club
Website, www.charihorotary.org, or
by mail at Rotary Club of Chariho, P.O. Box 543, Hope Valley, RI 02832.