13 year old Everado Ismael Perez Perez is a student in the scholarship program at Colima,. Mexico.  He is one of about 60 junior high school students who receives funding from organizations such as Rotary clubs that enables him to continue attending school through the secondary grades and beyond.  Everado is responsible for maintaining a GPA higher than 8.5, performing 10 hours of community service a month. attending a weekly homework club, and writing to sponsors regularly.  Our club sponsored Everado last year. Every month we received an engaging letter from him in which he told us about his family, his school and his life in Nuevo Naranjal, Mexico. 

On Thursday, Aug. 22, club members, Bastion Place staff and residents, Salmon Arm Mayor Alan Harrison and other volunteers, guests and supporters gathered at Bastion Place to celebrate the completion of the Rotary project that included the addition of new patio furniture, contained planters, two barbecues, a storage shed and a gazebo.

 

 

Last December, District 5060 International Chair Carol Eamer received a request for $3000 USD to purchase books for a school library in La Cuesta, a small village in southern Honduras. Carol passed on the request to District 5060 clubs, five of whom responded. The Rotary Club of Salmon Arm donated $500 USD to this project.