Sadly, Steve Stegeman who was to be our speaker is sick. So Kathy DeVries will be launching
our Holland Rotary Charities fundraising initiative. She will be leading our club through the first steps of the fundraising campaign that will run through the end of February 2023. More information to follow!
Rotarian Kent Fry gave a quick update on the Afghan family that the Holland Rotary Clubs and Central Park Reformed Church sponsored. Our family arrived in January and our formal relationship just ended at the end of September. Three of five family members are working and they are self-sufficient. The sponsors spent about $10,000 for resettling the family. David Beattie said he calls his experience the resettlement adventure.
Kent introduced Katie Carpenter from Bethany Services. She is the social worker who worked with our resettlement team. Bethany works in the following areas.
Vulnerable Kids - This includes adoption and foster services.
Refugees and immigrants - Resettlement services.
Global Families - This is a relatively new area. Bethany works in 7 countries to try to keep children in their home countries rather than having international adoptions.
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