Thanks to a team effort, the Rotary Pedestrian Bridge in Tara now has a new sign.
In partnership with a Tara and Area Outreach Food Drive, the Rotary Club of Tara is hosting "Light up Tara", a home and business decorating contest.
While the need for a foot bridge had been a topic of conversation in the small community of Tara, Ontario for years, the hard work of the Tara Rotary Club, coupled with support from the community is what finally brought it to fruition.
The former Ann Street Bridge, a car bridge that crossed the Sauble River to connect Ann Street with Park Road, washed out in 1948 following a particularly hard winter and subsequent flooding.
Throughout India and around the world, Rotary clubs are celebrating a major milestone: India has gone three years without a new case of polio. The last reported case was a two-year-old girl in West Bengal on 13 January 2011. To mark this historic triumph, Rotary clubs illuminated landmarks and iconic structures throughout the country with four simple but powerful words, "India is polio free."The three-year achievement sets the stage for polio-free certification of the entire Southeast Asia region by the World Health Organization. The Indian government also plans to convene a polio summit in February to commemorate this victory in the global effort to eradicate polio.
What is it like taking a large team to Africa? It has probably been one of the most rewarding experiences in my life. In mid February, I began leading Rotary members from all over the East Coast of the United States through Ghana. I’ve tried to give the team a warm Ghanaian welcome like I’ve received on my earlier trips. A large trip is a real blessing because each person sees Ghana and our work in a different way.A highlight for the team was greeting the chief of Sagadugu. The team got excited about buying goats and food for children in the villages where I support eight churches. It was good to see the pastors of most of the eight churches, and I had to explain that we were just passing through on our way to Bolgatanga.
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