July 2014 With over a year in the planning, the Morgan Hill Rotary Club partnered with Techcon Monument Construction Inc. to install a new Bocce Ball Court for senior citizens at the Morgan Hill Centennial Recreation Center. While we were at it, our Club members got their hands dirty preparing the site for construction and then installed the landscape for the finishing touch on a gift that will keep on giving for years to come.

November 2014 In order to recognize Jerry Dommer for his exceptional service to the young girl with disfigured teeth, President Peter presented him with a Rotary“ Distinguished Service Citation.” Jerry’ s thoughtful dedication to improving the quality of life for the young girl exhibited exemplary personal“ Service Above Self,” which has had a ripple effect through the club. Providing care for children with severe inflictions has become Jerry’ s community service idea.

A half a dozen Rotarians flew to Guadalajara, Mexico, to visit their sister club in Ameca, Mexico for three days and present 13 computers. A tour of other local work provided by Rotarians included the schools where small kitchens were built for the students, the Red Cross facility with an ambulance that was donated a few years ago, and to whom Lesley Allen brought medical supplies, and the fire station in Ameca which was the recipient of 22 fire uniforms for the bomberos

September 2014 A Rotarian from the Rotary Club of Gbagada South, in Lagos, Nigeria, District 9110, Adenike Adeleye visited all of the clubs in Area 6( Morgan Hill, Gilroy, Gilroy Sunrise, San Juan Bautista, Hollister, and Almaden Valley) to say“ thank you” for supporting the Rotary Foundation Global Grant project. The project involved the drilling of 6 wells to produce“ disease-free” drinking water. That is, water that doesn’ t contain bugs or bacteria that make you sick, or worse. Clean water is an uncommon commodity in much of the developing world. Almost twenty percent of children in Nigeria do not make it beyond five years old due to water-borne diseases

December 2014 The Rotary Club of Morgan Hill Rotary Endowment enrolled the foundation into AmazonSmile. Amazon. com has established a mirror website named www. smile. amazon. com, where one can purchase virtually all of the products available on their regular website. Our Club is now one of their registered charities. The AmazonSmile Foundation will give our Club 0.5 %( one half of one percent) of all Amazon purchases to anyone who designates Rotary Club of Morgan Hill Endowment as their charity.

January 2015 The Rotary Club of Morgan Hill provided support for the 2015 Rotary International Rose Bowl float.

February 2015 Representatives from local Interact Clubs and District Interact International President Elizabeth Hoang presented the 2015 District Interact Project named“ Home Sweet Home”. This project will adopt villages in Kenya to provide skill training, education, care packages, clinics, and medicine to help them sustain their lives in their home.

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