Rotary District Grant Awarded

The team is taking pre-orders for goods
made by the girls at Street Girls Aid

Books will be purchased in Ghana
for the libraries that the
girls and volunteers
 will build

Books will be available in
libraries within the creches
for the girls and their babies

Rochester Rotarians District Governor Elect Karel Weigel and Judy O'Fallon, grant mentor, presented Austin Rotary Club President Scott Anderson with the District 5960 Grant check on October 28, 2013 for $12,000 for The Ghana Street Girls Grant Phase 3.

Kathy Stutzman from the Austin Rotary Club and PDG Cathy Smith from the Fridley/Colunbia Heights Rotary Club will be leading a team of volunteers who will be leaving for Ghana on January 24th 2014. Updates about the team and the on-the-ground work they will be doing in Accra will be posted as they prepare for the experience.

The team will have a planning meeting on November 2nd at 2:00 at Family Means in Stillwater, MN Skype options are available and need to be pre-arranged.

Opportunities for engagement will be discussed at the November 2nd Team  meeting for people and organizations who want to support this effort and yet,

During Phase 2 (the planning phase) the girls were asked
to respond to this question...how would you answer the question?

may not be able to travel to Africa to work with Street Aid and the girls. 

Opportunities include sponsoring libraries, sets of books to stock in the libraries, purchaing goods that the girls make, sponsoring the travel team...the opportunities are endless!  If you are interested in learning more about how you can support this project, send an e-mail or contact one of us through the blog and a team member will connect with you.

Kathy Stutzman, Scott Anderson, Karel Weigel, Judy O'Fallon
present the District 5960 grant of $12,000 to the Austin Rotary Club

What Do You Want Out of Your Life?

What a day...working on a mentoring process, the electricity went down in the middle of the day - which eliminated the sound and flurrying papers from the fan...but then it got HOT! When we went in to see the girls who were sewing the handmade goods that many of you have ordered, we walked out drenched.

So many life lessons today we could fill a book, but "What Do You Want Out of Your Life?" as one of the topics of discussion was a highlight...oh my goodness we are learning so much! After work we went to eat at a local chicken joint down the street, swam a little, shopped a little and got right back to preparing for tomorrow - which will be a drill down on mentoring part II.

Too many thoughts and words are in my head and are tumbling out of my ears, so I will simply post some of the sights from today...enjoy...and keep those comments, "likes" and "shares" happening - it helps to keep us connected to our friends and family.

                                  

               

Our pizza hut