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加拿大
Canada
When leaders at the Rotary Club of St. Thomas in
Ontario noticed a lack of engagement, the club adapted by
adjusting its schedule to allow more time for service. The
result has been astonishing, with an energized mission and
growing interest by prospective members, says Barbara Warnock, immediate past president of
the club. "Meeting every week was a deterrent to new members, and we felt that we needed to
have more active participation in local projects," says Warnock. The club now meets the second
and fourth Wednesdays of the month, with the other Wednesdays designated for volunteering
at two local organizations: Grace Café, a street mission and soup kitchen, and Harvest Hands,
which collects and distributes edible foodstuffs that would ordinarily have been discarded. "Our
Rotarians have embraced this work to contribute to feeding those in need," Warnock says.
安大略省聖托馬斯扶輪社的領導階層注意到社員參與度不足d於是調整了社團日程d以便
騰出更多時間參與服務活動f該社前任社長芭芭拉‧沃諾克表示d這項調整帶來了令人驚訝
的效果d社團的使命感更加強烈d潛在社員的興趣也日益增長f沃諾克說j每週例會對新社
員來說是一種阻礙d我們覺得需要更積極地參與到當地的公益計畫現在d該社每月第二和第
四個星期三舉行例會d其餘星期三則安排在兩個當地機構做義工j一個是街頭救濟站兼施粥廚
房恩典咖啡館d另一個是收集和分發原本會被丟棄的可食用食品的豐收之手f沃諾克
說j我們的扶輪社員積極參與這項工作d為幫助有需要的人貢獻力量f
菲律賓
Philippines
Many people in the Philippines lack access to affordable dental care. To address the
problem, members of the Rotary Club of Bacolod Central launched Project Smile, which
provides dental care to teachers at public schools. Rotarians screen recipients and schedule
extractions, fillings, and fittings. The club pays the costs not covered through the volunteer
care of the Negros Occidental chapter of the Philippine Dental Association and supplemental
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