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Thanks to AllThe Tacoma North Rotary mission focuses especially on youth. Some of our efforts include: -iPads for classrooms of autistic kids -College scholarships for minority students through Palmer Scholars Foundation -Bicycles for kids in partnership with the boys and girls clubs -Weekend food backpacks for disadvantaged students in partnership with Food Connection at St Leo's -School supplies for disadvantaged students -Support for the fight to eradicate polio through the Rotary International Polio Plus Program: https://www.rotary.org/en/news-media/africa-brink-polio-eradication -Uganda water well and demonstration farm project Earth Day Tacoma North Rotarians help plant 70 trees October 14 around Reed Elementary school in observance of Earth Day. Tacoma School District, the City of Tacoma and local community groups teamed up to accomplish a community building project that will better improve the air quality and aesthetic in the Jennie Reed neighborhood. Visit https://tacomaweekly.com/front-page/students-plant-trees-for-better-air-quality-at-jennie-reed-elementary/ for more details.  Tacoma North supports Palmer Scholars The Palmer Scholars mission, like Tacoma North Rotary, focuses on helping youth in the greater Tacoma area. In addition to financial assistance, TNR Rotarians help Palmer Scholars staff review scholarship applications and provide mentors to successful students.  "No Straw" Initiative Recently our Club members and guests learned more about the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium "No Straw" initiative. Plastic drinking straws are one of the major polluters degrading our waterways and oceans. Suzanne showed us ways we can help keep plastics out of our waterways and how conservation can be fun! #rotary #rotary5020#makingadifference
Weekend Meals for Kids Tacoma North Rotarians presented a check for $2,500 to Food Connection for their backpack program that provides take-home food for the weekend so kids can have enough to eat when not in school.  |
Today's Quote "How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
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Quote of the Week -None of us has an identity except as part of our families, our friends, our society,our faith, our world. Connection with others validates our lives. Harold Clurman |
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