January 25, 2024 Meeting Summary

Presiding: Randi Downham

Meeting Room setup/takedown and general problem solving: Tom Mangan & Team

Introduction of Guests: Dave Hansen

Junior Rotarians/RYLA/Young RYLA/Exchange Students: Jasmine, Sam, Mari

Rotaract/Interact Students:

Humor: Terry Roark

Foundation Drawing: Kerry Greaser won $10 with over $498 in the jackpot.

 

 

Rotarian of the Week: Anna Cramer nominated John Evans for donating the cost of a mammography machine to Laramie Reproductive Health.   

 

Songs: Happy Birthday, Beer Barrel Polka

 

Program: Project Cure, Dianna Fetter

 

Introduction: Tony Hoch

 

Diana Fetter is a Rotarian out of Denver. Project Cure is a collaboration that has existed for 35 years in over 135 countries. They deliver health and hope to the world.

 

Prject Cure is the largest distributor of medical supplies and equipment. The group started in a garage and now ships 4-5 40-foot cargo containers every week. Countries need help with medical relief. The nonprofit functions with 100s of volunteers at seven warehouses in the U.S.

 

Project Cure representatives will go into a country and access facilities that are eligible for being shipped goods. They have sent 2,041 containers since inception in 1987. This is more than $74 million in medical supplies and equipment.

 

Project Cure has 35 staff and has 30,000 volunteers. Donations come from unused consumables, basically anything medical that doesn’t need to be plugged in. They also except gently used bio med items.

 

These come from U.S. hospital systems with items still in the sterile packaging with good expiration dates. They have less than 3% overhead. Besides shipping cargo containers, Project Cure also has train-the-trainer programs, kits that carry small amounts of critical emergency items to carry into small areas, and kids backpacks that contain first aid, a toy, sanitary items, and a snack.

 

One cargo container costs $30,000 to ship. Each container usually contains about $450,000 worth of items.

 

Project Cure has received 270 grants from more than 100 Rotary clubs, and Rotary has donated more than $20 million worth of donated medical supplies.

 

There is an Encampment resident who visited Ukraine. He is now working to fundraiser for containers to send medical supplies to Ukraine.

 

Response:  Caitlin White

 

 

January Birthdays: Craig Cook, Pam Dunnuck, Eric Feuerstein, Nicole Hauser, Kristen Peterson

 

Rotary Anniversaries: Shaun Bullock (1 year); Hanna Eslinger (4 years); Becky Maddox (9 years); John Evans (17 years); Rolf Peterson, Mario Rampulla, Loren Richards (18 years); Tim Stamp (24 years); Ron Van Ekeren (28 years); Phil Nicholas (40 years); Mark Mader (43 years).

 

Of the things we think, say, or do:

•Is it the Truth?

•Is it Fair?

•Will it build Good Will and

  Better Friendships?

•Will it be Beneficial to All    

  Concerned?

 

The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:

•FIRST. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;

•SECOND. High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society;

•THIRD. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business, and community life;

•FOURTH. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.

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Spoke Editor: Caitlin White, 307-630-1965, cwhite@acplwy.org