The second week of August found the Mãos Juntas Team rising early to present to two 6440 Rotary Clubs: Lake Forest/Lake Bluff and Barrington Breakfast. The entire team was able to be at Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Club and it was nice to see everyone once again. We muddled through technical issues and had a good time sharing our experiences in Brazil.
Ronnie presented the flags given to her in 4480 for her sponsoring club and presented gifts she brought back from Brazil to past president, Len Dedo, and her sponsor and professor, Ron Hirasawa. The Team gave President Fredric Lesser a university back pack from a Brazilian University to be auctioned for a contribution to Foundation.
The next morning, technology went smoothly and, accordingly, Team enthusiasm was high. Mike Martinez, who introduced us (btw: he joined Rotary after his Sweden experience as a GSE team member, under the leadership of Long Grove Rotarian, Jim Runnfelt) was given one of our Maos Juntas Team pins. Dave Waring, who gave our team member, Cindy, a polio plus vest (worn in India on a polio eradication mission) to present to a Rotarian in 4480, got to see the presentation in our slide show. Again, the current president, this time Gary Ecklund, was given a pen/pencil case and three pens from a university in Brazil for an auction contribution to Foundation. This is one of the ways we are using to say thank you to Foundation and the Foundation (Paul Harris, et al) contributions of all the 6440 Rotarians: this is what funds the GSE program! Thank you!
And, thank you Lake Forest/Lake Bluff and Barrington Breakfast for being great hosts to the Mãos Juntas Team.
To all the Rotary Clubs in the 6440 District – if you would like us to present our journey to 4480 in Brazil to your club please contact me Team Member Chris Arce at christinaarce@yahoo.com or our Team Leader Donna Gulley at donnalee127@yahoo.com. We look forward to hearing from you!
Love & Halloos