Habitat for Humanity is all about helping people, and so is the service organization called Rotary. If you're reading this blog, you undoubtedly are familiar with Habitat. Rotary is another international organization helping change lives around the world. Rotary has 1.2 million members, with clubs in almost every country. Their motto is "Service Above Self" which Rotarians live by directing projects as simple as buying dictionaries for local students or as wide-ranging as providing healthy drinking water to a community in a developing country. Rotary's biggest accomplishment has been the virtual elimination of polio, thanks to 25 years of ongoing vaccination efforts. Like Habitat, Rotary's aim is to spread peace, goodwill and understanding amongst all peoples of the world.
Here in Columbia County, there are 3 Rotary clubs, all of which welcomed Habitat representatives to come and discuss the Women Build. Thanks to the Philmont, Northern Columbia and Hudson Rotarians for welcoming us, and to the Northern Columbia Club for donating $400 to Women Build.
We hope to see lots of Rotarians on the build sites in Hudson on June 7, our designated Rotary Day at both the Women Build and Traditional Build. Habitat and Rotary...the Perfect Partnership of Helping Hands.
- Taitia Shelow, proud Rotarian and Women Build volunteer
