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Kauai's Ambassador Britney Sussman |
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Britney Sussman, our Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar for 2009-2010, will speak to our club on Friday, August 27, 2010. Born and raised on Kauai, Britney graduated as valedictorian from Kauai High School in 2003, and went on to attend the University of Hawaii at Manoa. In 2008, she graduated from UH with a BBA in International Marketing, as well as a minor in Spanish.
Britney has always been passionate about travel and fascinated by Latin culture, so she was thrilled by the opportunity presented by Rotary International to live in Peru for a year and work with local clubs. Britney spent 4 months in Chiclayo, in Northern Peru, and 9 months in Lima, the capital. |
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“Rotary is the best in the world at linking people of goodwill around the globe and then gaining their cooperation and support to make the world a much better place to live and work.” RI President Ray Klinginsmith |
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Kaua`i Rotary Club Meetings |
| Rotary Club of Kalepa Sunrise | Tuesday, 7:30AM, Gaylords @ Kilohana | | Rotary Club of West Kaua`i | Tuesday, 5-8pm, Waimea Plantation Cottages | | Rotary Club of Poipu Beach | Wednesday, 7:15AM, Poipu Beach Broiler | | Rotary Club of Kapaa | Wednesday, Noon, Marriott Courtyard | | Rotary Club of Hanalei Bay | Thursday, Noon, Princeville Hotel | |
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2010-2011 Membership Listing |
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From the Gobi desert to the Pacific coast, Rotary clubs plant seeds for the future.Sometimes global problems seem so, well, global, especially when it comes to the environment. It can get downright overwhelming when you're constantly bombarded with headlines that scream, "EU Warns of Global Climate Chaos" (The Guardian) and, "Pollution in China out of Control" (Edmonton Journal). And then there are all the alarming statistics: The World Bank projected that, on average, 1.8 million people would die each year between 2001 and 2020 because of air pollution. In the contiguous United States, the past nine years have been among the 25 warmest on record, an unprecedented streak, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. But Rotarians are not ones to sit idly by, no matter how daunting the task seems. Maybe that's because they know a secret: Just as tossing a tiny pebble can cause a ripple across an entire pond, the smallest project can have profound global effects. Good ideas, after all, are contagious, especially if you're part of a worldwide network. |
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