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Virginia Palmer Elementary School
- We provide both financial support and hands on support for Virginia
Palmer Elementary School in the Sun Valley community in north Reno.
Rotary Youth Exchange (RYE) -
We participate in Rotary's international high school exchange program.
Ambassadorial Scholars -
An
international scholarship program for college and university students to study
for one year in a foreign country.
Group Study Exchange - This Rotary
Foundation program help foster international understanding and goodwill by
exposing young professionals and business people to their counter parts in other
countries.
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) -
This
is a one week summer camp that helps to develop high school leaders.
PolioPlus
- Rotary International is
leading the effort to eradicate polio from the world.
Matching Grants -
A Rotary Foundation
program in which two or more Rotary clubs in two or more countries partner to
support one Rotary sponsored program/project. Reno Sunrise has partnered
in several matching grant with its Twin Rotary
Club in Poland.
World Community Service
- A World Community Service project is born when Rotary clubs from
two or more countries join together to accomplish a community service project.
The WCS program links Rotary clubs needing extra help with clubs in other
countries that are willing to provide funds, materials, and technical and
professional assistance.
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Ghana Projects -
Four Sunrise Rotarians have traveled to Ghana to further International Service.
● October 2000 - Jon Greene & Martha
Greene participated in PolioPlus National Immunization Days
● November 2002 - Jon Greene spent four weeks in Ho, Ghana on a
clean water project
● July 2004 - Sue Collins and Jon Greene spent 4 weeks in
Ghana on a literacy project. At the same time Scott Tyler spent 3 weeks in
Ghana on a clean water project.
Centennial Park
- In 2003 - 04, along with other local Rotary clubs, we participated in the
funding and building of a family oriented park in a low-income housing program.
The Centennial Park Project was our Rotary Centennial Year project.
Veteran's Guest House
- In November of 2004 The Reno Veteran's Guest House leveled its building and
built a new facility. With the Reno Sunrise taking the lead, the area
Rotary Clubs raised over $70,000, and provided move-in labor.
Polish EMS Team
- In May 2004 Reno Sunrise hosted five Polish emergency medical personnel. They
spent two weeks in Reno visiting emergency medical facilities.
PolioPlus -
Four Reno Sunrise members have participated in PolioPlus National
Immunization Days. Jon and Martha Greene were in Ghana in October
2000; In November 2004 Jon participated again in Ghana NID.
Virginia Haliwell and Lyn Zanetti participated in NIDs in India in February
2003.
Rotaplast - Lyn Zanetti was part of a Rotaplast Mission to Santa Cruz,
Bolivia in November 2003.
Russian Water Project - In October of 2003 Ron Byrd
led a team to Vladivostok, Russia to
study their water supply. A year later a team came from Vladivostok to
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