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Rotary Global History
"We live in the present, we dream of the future,
but we learn from the past."
Discuss this feature at
www.rghfforum.org
 MARCH
2010 PDG ALAN HURST
My friend Ray Krupa
asked me to join. I knew that the East Hampton Rotary club
provided scholarships to a number of high school students and
that they maintained a "playscape" at Memorial Elementary
School.
After joining , I met
Mike Benard, our youth exchange officer, who introduced me to
District 7980 Chair David Wolfe and the Rotary Youth Exchange
program. David introduced me to
RYLA, New Generations, and our GSE program run by the Barretts.
Brian and Linda Barrett opened my eyes to the possibilities of
the GSE program. I then had the opportunity to travel to Haiti
on a Rotary mission with PDG Dick Benson and Service Above Self
recipient Jerry Lowney.
Later my wife Gail and
I participated on an NID in Niger, West Africa and I had was
able to volunteer for a literacy trip to Project Amigo in
Colima, Mexico. I became involved with the Foundation
scholarship programs and had the distinct pleasure of meeting
many of our Foundation alumni.
Why am I a Rotarian?
People, opportunity and service.
PDG Alan Hurst
Central Connecticut Coast YMCA
Rotary District 7980
Governor 2005-2006
alanhinct@aol.com
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