Covington Rotary Club

Covington Rotary Club Collecting New Shoes for Orphans

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:50:22 -0600

For Immediate Release

February 1, 2012

Covington, LA – A simple pair of children’s shoes may not look powerful, but they can make a big difference in the lives of orphans around the world.

The Covington Rotary Club, as part of Rotary District 6840, is teaming up with Buckner International to ask local residents to collect shoes for children in need. The annual nationwide “Shoes for Orphan Souls” shoe drive is seeking to collect more than 250,000 pairs of new shoes, socks and shoestrings, with a nationwide campaign. Since 1999, Buckner has sent more than 2.2 million pairs of new shoes to vulnerable children in 74 countries around the globe, including the United States.

“We have seen the smiles that a new pair of shoes brings to children in the orphanages we visit, and we want to extend that same joy to others like them,” said Rachel Garton, director of Shoes for Orphan Souls. “Because of Rotary’s commitment to this program, we can continue to increase the number of kids who will benefit.”

“Millions of children reside in orphanages throughout our world,” Garton said, “and those orphanages are not receiving enough money to care for the children’s most basic needs, like shoes and socks.”

An unexpected benefit of donating new shoes is the sense of satisfaction on the part of the person who gives. “At Buckner, we say new shoes are good for the soul – yours and theirs,” Garton said. “A person who gives can’t help but feel as though they also have received a great gift.”

Only BRAND NEW shoes, socks, and shoelaces can be donated due to customs regulations. Donated items should be in children and teen shoe sizes.

Garton emphasized no donation is too small. “Most of the donations to the shoe drive have come from families giving one or two pairs of shoes. Every one pair of shoes makes a big difference to the child that receives them.”

You can drop-off new shoe donations at:

Campbell’s Coffee & Tea

516 S. Tyler St., Covington, LA 70433

By March 31, 2012

For more information about Shoes for Orphan Souls or the Covington Rotary Club, please visit www.shoesfororphansouls.org & http://www.covrotary.org.

2010-11 Rotary International and Rotary Foundation Annual Report

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:29:00 -0600

December 2011

Dear fellow Rotarian:

I am pleased to share the 2010-11 Rotary International and Rotary Foundation Annual Report.

Rotary’s annual report offers a firsthand look at how Rotarians are responding to a range of needs, with support from RI and its Foundation. The report also highlights the generosity of Rotarians to The Rotary Foundation and to Rotary’s top priority of global polio eradication. For those who would like a more detailed look at Rotary finances, the audited financial statements are available for download.

I am also pleased to announce that we have developed a website for the report that incorporates video and other resources not available in the print edition. This new website debuts in all Rotary languages on 13 January, before the start of the 2012 International Assembly. As a result, we are able to eliminate an expensive international mailing of the report and replace it with an email message to all Rotary club presidents and district governors that directs them to the site.

As a Rotary senior leader, coordinator, or committee member, please share our annual report with other Rotarians, as well as anyone who may be interested in joining, partnering with, or donating to Rotary. Encourage people to visit www.rotary.org/en/annualreport after 13 January, or order additional print copies atshop.rotary.org to distribute at your Rotary club.

Having just completed six months as your new general secretary, I appreciate all that Rotary accomplished last year. Our organization is poised to strategically meet the challenges of the future with strength, boldness, and vision. I encourage you to review this report carefully, and I welcome your comments.

Sincerely,
John Hewko
General Secretary
Twitter: @johnhewko

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Click the link above to see the latest Rotary Foundation Future Vision newsletter.

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Deacon Mark Coudrain of St. Joseph’s Abbey Woodworks, the ministry created to build caskets, presented at the Covington Rotary club meeting on September 13. Rotarians and guests heard the history of the casket-building ministry that was officially launched on All Saints Day in 2007. Deacon Coudrain discussed the reasons behind launching this new ministry as well as the legal battle that ensued in the following years. A federal judge ruled recently that the monks at St. Joseph’s Abbey could sell caskets to Louisiana residents despite the cease and desist orders issued by the state funeral board. The case in currently in appeal and is expected to remain in court potentially for years to come, but the Abbey now has clearance to sell their handmade cypress caskets to the public in the state where the caskets are manufactured. A beautiful handmade box donated by the Abbey was given to raffle winner Kim Kirby at the end of the meeting. For more information about the Abbey’s woodworking ministry, visit http://saintjosephabbey.com/woodworks.php. To find out more about the Covington Rotary club, visit http://www.covrotary.com.

Pictured from left are Deacon Mark Coudrain, Kim Kirby, and Lauren Coudrain.