This Weeks Meeting: July 2, 2009 NO ROTARY MEETING Happy Fourth of July

Rotary Club of Grand Rapids’ STRIVE Program STRIVE is a scholarship and motivational program targeted to high school seniors who want to improve their present educational status and their life prospects. Students academically ranked in the lower one-third of the class often have the same natural abilities and gifts as those who are in the upper two-thirds of the class. The difference is often motivation, attendance, work habits, self-esteem and success in the classroom. STRIVE is dedicated to addressing these factors. (Strive! - continued)

INDIAN TRAILS CAMP - CAMP OF DREAMS Indian Trails Camp is a remarkable facility that brings adaptive recreation to the lives of physically and mentally challenged campers. It is simple in theory, but daunting in task. Indian Trails provides a barrier-free camp setting in which those with disabilities can participate in all manner of activities the outside world is ill-equipped to provide. It is a place filled with fun, recreation and friendship. Campers learn perseverance, teamwork and self-reliance. They leave for home loaded up with love, respect, friendships and memories. (more on Indian Trails Camp...)

CALLING ALL COLORS “Men hate each other because they fear each other, and they fear each other because they don’t know each other, and the don’t know each other because they are often separated from each other.” - Martin Luther King, Jr. (more on Calling All Colors...)

The Grand Rapids Rotary Club is marking Rotary International’s Centennial anniversary by donating a major addition to Kent County’s Millennium Park. In keeping with the club’s dedication to community service and promoting world understanding, the Rotary International Playground will feature scaled down replicas of landmarks from around the world. (more on Millenium Park...)