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The proceeds from the “Taste of Aurora” benefit our community in many ways: |
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| Educationally, students in Aurora and Streetsboro school districts benefit through scholarships, foreign exchange programs, speech contests, and leadership programs. |
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Internationally, Sparrow Village Project will continue to grow in its
ability to provide a hospice solution to dying or orphaned children,
worldwide. www.sparrowvillage.org
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 Child from Sparrow Village Hospice Dome of Sparrow Village |
| We continue to work with the 'Gift of Life" program, helping children from underdeveloped countries receive heart operations. www.giftoflifeinternational.org |
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| Rotary is the lead private sector contributor and volunteer arm of the global partnership dedicated to eradicating polio, which includes the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. |
 Polio drops for child in India |
| Locally, our community service projects benefit by Rotarians working with the Salvation Army, Audubon Society, and Kiwanis & Rotary sponsored Moebius Nature Center, and county parks and libraries. |
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| Aurora Rotary donated a police dog to the Aurora Police Department. |
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| The Rotaract Club at Hiram College is developing a program called Children of the Dump designed to work with other high schools and colleges through Rotary Clubs and their existing Rotaract Clubs (college Rotary Clubs) and Interact Clubs (high school Rotary Clubs). Its future intention is to train adults, high school students, and college students in a leadership, values, and problem-solving program designed to locate and train a few select people who live in impoverished areas to be become successful "grass-roots" entrepreneurs. Many educational institutions already have courses and programs involving travel, both domestically and internationally, for humanitarian purposes. Students going on these trips often receive course credit and gain experience and insight into human suffering. |
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| The Interact Club at Aurora High School will be introduced to a successful international project called SSSSH. SSSSH is designed to encourage others to perform anonymous acts of kindness for total strangers . SSSSHing has been discovered to bring about community unity, similar to what occurs during search and rescue operations after a tornado, but without a tragedy. It is proven to teach others through example the benefits of celebrating diversity. And best of all, it gives the poorest of the poor an opportunity to give to others, creating new realizations of joy and a special understanding into one of the many remarkable benefits of being human. SSSSH has been promoted by PEOPLE Magazine, CNN, ABC Good Morning America, and the Discovery Channel. |
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Students of
the Month
- Two students are
selected each month by teachers in their respective schools
based on the following criteria: |
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The Rotary Club of Aurora has donated funds to purchase a Police Dog for the Aurora Police Department.
