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The Thanksgiving weekend has come and gone and we will soon be full bore into the December holiday season. If you had an opportunity to check out the latest Governor video you’ll recall that there was mention of my conversation with Brian Gray, President of the Paradise, California Rotary club. (Much like a street in Show Low by the way, the name of this town, Paradise, is thought to have originate from the term Pair of Dice.) Every Rotarian in the Paradise Rotary Club, all 67 of them, lost their home in the Camp fire in northern California. Many lost their truck or car, their business and their job. A fund for assistance has been set up: paradisestrong.org Please consider a donation in order to help these fellow Rotarians as well as their friends and neighbors in what will surely be a long recovery effort.
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March 25, 2019
Scottsdale Sunrise Rotary Club toured Raising Special Kids, Ability 360 affiliates as well as the $12,500,000 Special Needs work out facilities. The world championship para Olympic rugby team as well as many other championship teams train in these state of the art facilities. The blind even play basketball with special noise making balls. We have worked with Raising Special Kids for 15 years or so and we are planning on doing a collaborative fundraiser with them in 2020. This group does so much for our special needs community and we are happy for all they do for our Special Day for Special Kids day. We loved that they had a bunch of pictures of Special Day for Special Kids on their wall. Great to see Arizona taking excellent care of their special needs population.
SEDONA – (November 29, 2018) – The Rotary Club of Sedona Red Rocks recently awarded a grant for thirteen new child car seats to Sedona Fire District. The club provided the car seats through a District Matched grant to the fire district to ensure that the needs of the community are met. “Proper use of safety seats have been shown to significantly decrease child injuries and fatalities if a collision occurs” said Eric Walter, Community Integrated Paramedic and National Child Passenger Safety Technician. As a Rotary group we felt this helps further the safety of our community and children. “Through grants like this one, the fire district is able to ensure local families in need have access to car seats” stated Kris Kazian Fire Chief and President of the Rotary Club of Sedona Red Rocks. We would like to remind everyone that specially trained car seat technicians at fire departments near you are happy to look over any car seat and make sure it is installed properly and in Sedona if you need a new one, we have one for you. 