ShelterBox Journey
Type: Story
Published: Feb 12, 2018
Posted by Ed Iskra on Feb 12, 2018 Jeannie McMaster Kendra Saville Shelter Box A few days later Kendra went online and signed up to become a ShelterBoxAt a Rotary fundraiser, Kendra met Ron and Claire Noseworthy, both experienced ShelterBox response team members, who talked to her about their experiences in disaster relief around the world.Ambassaor. Within a few hours a Volunteer Coordinator called her for an interview. She was convinced that "this was where she wanted to be" and soon found herself worki
ShelterBox Reaps Benefit of a Fun Concert
Type: Story
Published: Nov 01, 2017
Posted by John Borst on Nov 01, 2017 Concert Entertainment Mudmen Rotary Dryden Rotary Foundation ShelterBox Before the entertainment began Ron and Claire Noseworthy of the Kenora Rotary Club, one of Canada’s leading ShelterBox teams told the audience that ShelterBox relies on public funds to run the program, stressing they don't receive government or private financing. Ron said that right now
Shine for ShelterBox Dinner Raises Nearly $4000 for Emergency Disaster Relief Agency
Type: Story
Published: Feb 04, 2019
Posted by John Borst on Feb 04, 2019 Ambassador Linda Hiebert Rotary Club of Kenora ShelterBox Shine for ShelterBox Attendees listen to Kendra Saville on ShelterBox activities Organised by Drydenite and ShelterBox Ambassador Kendra Saville, in cooperation with the Rotary Club of Dryden, the dinner raised nearly $2,000 which was matched by a donation from the Rotary Club making for a very successful evening. Photos by Rtn Will
Fundraisers for ShelterBox
Type: Story
Published: Apr 15, 2022
Thank you so much to everyone who supported our recent Cook for Peace fundraiser where $20.00 from each food package sold was donated to ShelterBox in support of their aid to Ukraine.We raised over $3000.00 and Ecole Catholique De L'Enfant-Jesus joined in with a school student fundraiser and added $105 for ShelterBox! Thank you all! If you'd like to know more about ShelterBox's efforts in support of Ukraine, you can visit https://www.shelterboxcanada.org/the-ukraine-crisis.../.
Are You Ready to Make a Difference?
Type: Story
Published: Nov 15, 2015
Dryden Rotary Showcase Projects Public Speaking Contest Winners Dryden's Royal Conservatory of Music competition and Rotary's Public Speaking Contest - See more at: http://drydenrotary.org/Stories/rotary-s-performing-arts-evening-entertaining-and-educational#sthash.n8co5ZKA.dpuf One room school in Dhaka for working Mothers Evening to Support Literacy in Bangladesh Puts Rotary’s International Service Front and Centre - See more at: http://drydenrotary.org/Stories/evening-to-support-literacy-in-bangladesh-puts-rotary%E2%80%99s-international-service-front-and-centre#sthash.V3wmzhc0.dpuf Dryden Soccer Fields with Gary Nickle speaks to Club The Club has been working with the Dryden Soccer Assocation to build a "Club House" o
Amarok NGO Brings Club an Update on Dryden Sponsored Woman’s School in Bangladesh
Type: Story
Published: Jun 24, 2020
Posted by John Borst on Jun 24, 2020 Amarok Society Bangaldesh Cox's Bazar Mother's of Intnetion Slums literacy Tanyss Munro founder and CEO of the Amarok Society lead literacy project in Bangladesh, spoke to us on the school we sponsor in the city of Cox’s Bazar, a coastal city in the S.E. corner of that country. The Amarok Society brings a revolutionary solution to the chronic humanitarian problem of illiteracy among the working poor who live in slums. Amarok schools are not ordinary
International Projects
Type: Page
Published: Dec 04, 2022
The Rotary Club of Dryden provides financial support to the following international projects. Global Polio Eradication Rotary’s most notable current global project, PolioPlus, is contributing to the global eradication of polio. Rotary has been working to eradicate polio for more than 30 years and our goal of ridding the world of this disease is closer than ever. As a founding partner of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, we've reduced polio cases by 99.9 perc