We are happy to give a report of our Smyrna Rotary US Marine Corp Afghanistan Project. With Rotary generosity the club raised over $950 Dollars to send requested items to some great troops serving in Afghanistan. Today three boxes were shipped with over 137 pounds of goods. These gifts were boxed up, and each one inventoried for US Customs with the appropriate forms. Items included Sun screen, toothpaste and mouth wash, socks, face soap, Visine, vitamins, energy bars, mints, trail mix, sunflower seeds, beef jerky, spices and some Georgia Peanuts. All these items were their specific requests! These boxes are being sent to 1st Lt Frank Wilson who with the help of his gunnery sergeant will evenly split the gifts to the troops. We are honored to coordinate this project and look forward to perhaps hearing from these Marines in the weeks ahead.
Puerto Plata Water Project
This past year we teamed up with the Rotary Club of Smyrna, GA to work in two areas: Puerto Plata and Sabanenta de Yesica with Pastor Miguel Cancu. Our primary function was in partnership with the Rotary Club of Puerto Plata where we have furnished mattresses, mosquito nets, fumigation, and many bio-sand and double bucket water filter systems for schools, clinics, and in homes. The Rotary Club has been able to assist in the building a training school and delivered a van for use in transportation of water filter systems to the jungle area and use as an ambulance.
International Academy of Smyrna
The Rotary Club of Smyrna has raised $1500 to buy used books for the International Academy of Smyrna. This program has been completed and was very successful. The International Academy of Smyrna is a new public school that has opened its doors in 2007. In fact, we had originally planned to raise $1250 to purchase 200 books.
We exceeded both objectives ending up with $1500 and purchased 502 books from our book source and another approximately 70 books and 20 magazines from other sources. This is approximately five bookshelves of books! Laura Lyle, the Media Specialist of the school writes:
"I am sooooooooo excited about the titles and inventory purchased through the Rotary Club. Our Media Center is definitely beginning to look like a state of the art Library! Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU."
Cavalry Children's Home
The Rotary Club of Smyrna donationed 600 books and magazines to the Cavalry Children's Home in 2007.
Keep Smyrna Beautiful
Smyrna Rotary has been helping to Keep Smyrna Beautiful for 2008 and onward. Cleanups are four times a year. To get involved, let us know.
