The Rotary Club of Juneau - Downtown Week of August 25, 2015

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This Week’s Program: New Generation Perspectives

UPCOMING

GREETERS

Cole Mitchell, a middle schooler and son of Bob and Rotarian Heather Mitchell

Kiley Stevens, a high schooler and daughter of Rotarian Lance and Marie Stevens

Christopher Lujan a high schooler and son of Jess and Rotarian Bridget Lujan

Kendri Cesar, a Juneau grad and attorney at Sonosky Chambers Sachse Endreson & Perry

2015-2016 Rotary International Theme:

August 25Clark GrueningBill Legere

September 1Annie CarpenetiThyes Shaub

September 8Jim AlterDick Knapp

September 1Samantha Abernathy and Judge Levy, Therapeutic Court Program

September 8District Governor Brad Gamble visits Juneau Rotary Club

VOCATIONAL SERVICE AWARDSNominations are being accepted through September 22 for Vocational Service awards. This is our chance to recognize service above self within our community. Nominate a business/employer, a nonprofit organization, a public sector program and/or an individual who has provided outstanding service in Juneau. Forms and information will be provided on your luncheon table. Soon, they will also be posted on the club’s website. Questions? See Wayne Stevens, Armando DeGuzman, or Sally Smith.

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ROTARY CLUB OF JUNEAU BOARD

2015-2016

President John Blasco

Immediate Past President Karen Morgan

President-Elect

Armando DeGuzman

Vice President Bridget Lujan

Secretary

Robyn Thomas

Treasurer Joe Keikkala

Administration

Sally Saddler

Community Service Sharon Gaiptman

Pam Halloran

PR/Communications Andy Mills

Foundation Chair

Robin Long

International Service Warren Russell

Membership Ruth Kostik

Youth Service

Virginia Stonkus Annie Carpeneti

Vocational Service

Wayne Stevens

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RECENT ROTARY PHOTOS

Former Club President Brenda Hewitt-Fuller is greeted by Mary

Becker and Dru Fenster on August 18, 2015 (Photos by J Allan MacKinnon)

Steve Hamilton, General Mgr of the Baranof Hotel, is welcomed to Juneau Rotary by John Blasco, pres; Sharon

Gaiptman, sponsor and Ruth Kostik, membership on Aug 18, 2015(Photos

by J Allan MacKinnon)

ROTARIAN MAGAZINE: THE LOST GIRLS OF SOUTH SUDAN AND THE ROTARIAN WHO FOUND THEMThe girls were alone. Their families were dead, or gone, or lost in the broken landscape of southern Sudan. They had nowhere to turn, and no one to turn to. Some lived in the market, others in the cemetery. When Cathy Groenendijk saw them, she couldn’t help herself. She offered them tea, then some food, then a place to sleep in her guesthouse.

“In the morning, we would sit together and talk about what had happened the night before,” Groenendijk remembers. “And what I heard I could not believe. I could not believe it.”

One girl’s father had died, and after the funeral, she never saw her mother again. She was living on the streets with some other kids when four men started chasing them. The other girls were faster. She fell behind and was caught and raped by all four men. Groenendijk knew a doctor who repaired the physical damage, saving her life.

Read the rest of this story online at https://www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/news-media/lost-girls-south-sudan-and-rotarian-who-found-them