OPENING: Donald Ira Pendleton was at his post as Sergeant-at-Arms meeting and greeting members and visitors to the 3770th meeting of SGR. Ray Robinson helped members struggle through a shaky rendition of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic." Andy Anderson invited members to follow him in the Pledge of Allegiance and Dan Strobell asked for the blessings of heaven on the meeting and the meal. Richard Brown dazzled members in his "first ever" Horseplay while Phil Hall collected the fines on behalf of Community Education’s Kids Space program.
PROGRAM: Linda Baker introduced Drew Cahoon, a retired dentist and visiting Rotarian from the Raymond, Alberta Rotary Club who spoke on the "Power of a Dream and a Commitment" project to bring much needed dental care to the people of Uganda. He joined Rotary after a near fatal accident and got involved immediately in a project to collect books for the African country. "20,000 books later, I was hooked and began researching the country’s other needs," noted Cahoon. What he found was shocking - to himself and to everyone who heard his story! There are currently only 156 dentists practicing in a country of 27 million people.
Through the Rotary 3H program (Health, Hunger and Humanity), Cahoon was able to begin the process of finding additional financial support as well as dentists and other technicians willing to help him in his efforts. Through such organizations as Rotary International, the LDS Church, DentAid and others, the Rotarian and others were able to raise nearly $500,000 to replace equipment and enhance the services provided by the Makawere University Dental School - including 20 new chairs and state-of-the-art x-ray equipment. Cahoon also noted he has made a commitment to travel three times a year for a period of three weeks each visit to Uganda and extends an invitation to any Rotarians to come along. For more information, Drew Cahoon can be reached at
dgcahoon@gmail.com.
OPENING: Donald Ira Pendleton was at his post as Sergeant-at-Arms meeting and greeting members and visitors to the 3770th meeting of SGR. Ray Robinson helped members struggle through a shaky rendition of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic." Andy Anderson invited members to follow him in the Pledge of Allegiance and Dan Strobell asked for the blessings of heaven on the meeting and the meal. Richard Brown dazzled members in his "first ever" Horseplay while Phil Hall collected the fines on behalf of Community Education’s Kids Space program.
PROGRAM: Linda Baker introduced Drew Cahoon, a retired dentist and visiting Rotarian from the Raymond, Alberta Rotary Club who spoke on the "Power of a Dream and a Commitment" project to bring much needed dental care to the people of Uganda. He joined Rotary after a near fatal accident and got involved immediately in a project to collect books for the African country. "20,000 books later, I was hooked and began researching the country’s other needs," noted Cahoon. What he found was shocking - to himself and to everyone who heard his story! There are currently only 156 dentists practicing in a country of 27 million people.
Through the Rotary 3H program (Health, Hunger and Humanity), Cahoon was able to begin the process of finding additional financial support as well as dentists and other technicians willing to help him in his efforts. Through such organizations as Rotary International, the LDS Church, DentAid and others, the Rotarian and others were able to raise nearly $500,000 to replace equipment and enhance the services provided by the Makawere University Dental School - including 20 new chairs and state-of-the-art x-ray equipment. Cahoon also noted he has made a commitment to travel three times a year for a period of three weeks each visit to Uganda and extends an invitation to any Rotarians to come along. For more information, Drew Cahoon can be reached at dgcahoon@gmail.com.
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