Our annual Rice and Beans drive has started. Our goal is $2,000; we are currently at $500.
RYLA is coming up. There are 87 students committed to RYLA with 3 sponsored by our club.
Dean Constantine said all the tickets were handed out and paid for except for Dave Simon's who he said he would contact.
RYLA needs counselors. If you are interested, contact Jennifer or David.
Davis received a certification of appreciation for serving as a science fair judge at Kit Carson Elementary School.
We have two club members who have committed to be RYLA counselors and one who will be a guest speaker.
Greg mentioned the possibility of our club linking up with one of the 22 Rotary clubs in the Ukraine.
We disbursed checks to the recipients of the 2025 Don Chalmers Grants. A check was given to Robin Hill, Chief Advancement Office for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Central New Mexico for $20,000. A check for $5,000 was given to Matt McCluskey from New Mexico Friends of Foster Children. Dennis Comstock, Head of School, from Horizons Albuquerque received a check for $10,000. New member, Kaleigh Hubbard, accepted a check for $10,000 for NM Kids Matter, where she is a board member. Lastly, Jim Heering, Pathways Academy, received a check for $10,000 where it will be used to fund nine scholarships. Recipients will be invited back to the club to tell us about how the spent the money and its impact.
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50 Things Every Rotarian Should Know About Rotary
29FUNCTIONAL LITERACY PROGRAM
It has been estimated that a billion people -- one-fourth of the world's population -- are unable to read. Illiteracy of adults and children is global concern in both highly industrialized nations and in developing countries. The number of adult illiterates in the world is increasing by 25 million each year! In the United States, one quarter of the entire population is considered functionally illiterate.
The tragedy of illiteracy is that those who cannot read lose person independence and become victims of unscrupulous manipulation, poverty and the loss of human feelings which give meaning to life. Illiteracy is demeaning. It is a major obstacle for economic, political, social and person development. Illiteracy is a barrier to international understanding, cooperation and peace in the world.
Literacy education was considered a program priority by Rotary' original Health, Hunger and Humanity Committee in 1978. An early 3-H grant led to the preparation of an excellent source book on the issues of literacy in the world. The Rotary-sponsored publication, The Right to Read, was edited by Rotarian Eve Malmquist, a past district governor from Linkoping, Sweden, and a recognized authority on reading and educational research. The book was the forerunner of a major Rotary program emphasis on literacy promotion.
In 1985 the RI Planning and Research Committee proposed, and the RI board approved, that the Rotary clubs of the world conduct a ten-year emphasis on literacy education. Many Rotary clubs are thoughtfully surveying the needs of their community for literacy training. Some clubs provide basic books for teaching reading. Others establish and support reading and language clinics, provide volunteer tutorial assistance and purchase reading materials. Rotarians can play a vitally important part in their community and in developing countries by promoting projects to open opportunities which come from the ability to read.
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