Posted by Betty Issacs on Aug 11, 2017
 
August 11, 2017
Announcements:
                  Clippers Game this coming Sunday August 20th spearheaded by Pete Georgiton Go to Club Runner to sign up. Tickets are $14 and game starts at 5:05.
                  Rotarians had a successful Wine Wednesday this past week. There will be a Wine Wednesday  on the 2nd Wednesday of each Month at The Village Wine Shop, 9280 Dublin Rd., Powell.
                  Next two Fridays we Roberta Kayne will be collecting electronics of all kinds to benefit MCS at T.O.U.C.H.
                  Next two Fridays Claudia Trusty will be collecting school supplies or money for school supplies.
                  This coming Tuesday there will be a marketing planning meeting at Wolf Lant’s office to come up with Blarney Bash marketing strategies.
Cindy Groeniger thanked everyone particularly Andy Keeler for their help at Irish Festival. All who participated had a great time and Andy did a great job organizing again this year.
Dave Williams was Sargent- at-Arms:
                  Guests: Price Finley District Rotary Foundation Chair
                                    John Mederos District Global Grant Chair
                                    Brad Reinbolt
                                    Steve Heiser Asst. Governor
                                    Frank Dilenschneider Rotarian Guest Hilliard Club
 
Nick Glimsdahl , Chair of the International Committee, introduced Mohan Viddam to present an update on the Global Grant for Water Purification  project to provide water purification equipment to villages in cooperation with  Community Pure Water (CPW) organization in the parts of India.
 
Mohan gave an impressive presentation of how the purification system actually works and how it is introduced to and set up in communities along with the corresponding commitment that needs to be made by the village and CPW. A big part of this is educating the villagers on the benefits of clean water and presenting it in a way to show the economic benefit to them and their families.
Announcements:
                  Clippers Game this coming Sunday August 20th spearheaded by Pete Georgiton Go to Club Runner to sign up. Tickets are $14 and game starts at 5:05.
                  Rotarians had a successful Wine Wednesday this past week. There will be a Wine Wednesday  on the 2nd Wednesday of each Month at The Village Wine Shop, 9280 Dublin Rd., Powell.
                  Next two Fridays we Roberta Kayne will be collecting electronics of all kinds to benefit MCS at T.O.U.C.H.
                  Next two Fridays Claudia Trusty will be collecting school supplies or money for school supplies.
                  This coming Tuesday there will be a marketing planning meeting at Wolf Lant’s office to come up with Blarney Bash marketing strategies.
Cindy Groeniger thanked everyone particularly Andy Keeler for their help at Irish Festival. All who participated had a great time and Andy did a great job organizing again this year.
Dave Williams was Sargent- at-Arms:
                  Guests: Price Finley District Rotary Foundation Chair
                                    John Mederos District Global Grant Chair
                                    Brad Reinbolt
                                    Steve Heiser Asst. Governor
                                    Frank Dilenschneider Rotarian Guest Hilliard Club
                                  
 
Nick Glimsdahl , Chair of the International Committee, introduced Mohan Viddam to present an update on the Global Grant for Water Purification  project to provide water purification equipment to villages in cooperation with  Community Pure Water (CPW) organization in the parts of India.
 
Mohan gave an impressive presentation of how the purification system actually works and how it is introduced to and set up in communities along with the corresponding commitment that needs to be made by the village and CPW. A big part of this is educating the villagers on the benefits of clean water and presenting it in a way to show the economic benefit to them and their families.
 
To date Dublin AM Rotary has contributed $50,000 to this project and have been instrumental with Mohan’s leadership in establishing water purification in 36 villages helping 70,000 people have clean water.
 
Mohan’s Concerns going forward include:
                  Working with local Rotary Clubs in the parts of India where these plants are being set up
                  The Installation capacity of CPW
                  Better ways to educate the villagers which are currently running where about 50% of the villagers are utilizing this clean water.
                  What State Governments’ plans are to provide safe water to these villages.
 
Mohan’s Goals:
                  DAM to partner with other Rotary Clubs in 6690 District
                  Develop standardized Training
 
You can see Mohan's presentation here.