Lander Wyoming
Club Information
Welcome to our Club!

Service Above Self

We meet In Person
Wednesdays at 12:00 p.m.
Oxbow Restaurant
170 E Main St
Side Meeting Room
Lander, WY 82520
United States of America
Club Leadership
President
President Elect
Immediate Past President
Polio Chair
Treasurer
Bookkeeper
Secretary
Director
Director
Director
Rotary Foundation Chair
RYLA/YRYLA Chair
Club Administration Chair
Grants Chair
Program Chair
Public Relations Chair
Membership Chair
Service Projects Co-Chair
Service Projects Co-Chair
Here is what is happening in our club
Ukrainians Grateful for Solar Cell Phone Chargers;
Work Begins on Second 100
 
Dear Ken, You and your friends are in prayers of wonderful families in Sumy region. Many lost their houses and moved to new accommodation. One family really touched my heart as they had 15th child on the day when panel arrived...People feel the love of unknown people in Wyoming and so happy for your help. They are asking for special blessings for you and Rotarians.
 
The Lander Rotary Club has now shipped 100 solar cell phone chargers to the people of Ukraine and efforts have begun to send another 100 chargers as soon as possible.  And the chargers are appreciated by the Ukrainians!   The opening message was received recently by Ken Schreuder, the organizer and leader of the project, from a distributor of the chargers in Ukraine.
 
The chargers have been shipped to Rotarians for distribution to schools, hospitals, small military units and others to enable them to charge their cell phones to receive air raid alerts, evacuation orders, and other communications to enable them to stay in touch with authorities, friends and relatives. Russian missile and drone attacks have destroyed much of the electric infrastructure since the war against Ukraine began almost three years ago.
 
The club’s Board, at the request of the Service Committee, has approved undertaking a District-wide fundraiser or raffle to help raise the $12,000 needed to purchase the second 100 solar panels to be converted to chargers and shipped to Ukraine.  The club received a District Grant for almost $5,000 to cover part of the project costs this year, but that Grant cannot be repeated.
 
(See additional pictures in the Photo Album in right-hand panel)

 

Rotary Responds to Potential U.S. Withdrawal from WHO

On January 23, 2025, Rotary International issued the following statement concerning the United States' announced intention to withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO).

Rotary notes the recent announcement that the United States intends to withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO), a partner in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). We remain resolute in our mission to eradicate polio. As a founding partner of the GPEI, Rotary has for decades worked closely with all the GPEI partners, the U.S. government, and other governments to end polio worldwide. This effort has reduced the number of children paralyzed by polio by 99.9% since 1988. The global effort to eradicate polio has innovated many times over the years to come close to protecting every last child. 

Although this decision creates new challenges, Rotary remains dedicated to ensuring that every child is protected from this preventable disease. We are confident that the GPEI will continue to adapt, to innovate, and to implement effective strategies to keep polio vaccines available for every child in the United States and around the world, especially those in the most challenging and remote regions. The most important decisions leading to a polio-free world are made every day by parents who present their children for vaccination.  

We remain committed to working with all GPEI partners to fulfill the promise of a polio-free world. Together, we have ended smallpox, and together, we can ensure that polio becomes the second human disease to be eradicated from the planet. 

Final 2024 Wild Polio Case Total 93 - Afghanistan 25, Pakistan 68
 
 
          
 
 
The Lander Rotary Club’s largest international service project ever – and its first Global Grant project – is going full strength in Rwanda, in eastern Africa, despite challenges from food poisoning, spider bites, broken toilet seats, and lukewarm (or no) showers, among other things.
 
Lander Rotarians Maria Kidner and Cassy Venters are leading the Vocational Training Team, which has spent its first four weeks in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, training a “core team” of
nurses to diagnose and treat strep throat in children and help prevent often-fatal rheumatic heart disease in older children and young adults.  This “core team” will then teach these same skills to village nurses in several hospital districts in Rwanda in the final two weeks.

The total grant for the project is $123,096 and is being funded through donations from numerous Rotarians and non-Rotarians, Rotary Foundation funds from various Rotary Districts, Lander and other Rotary Clubs, and $30,000 from The Rotary Foundation.  Its first week in Africa, the team visited Lusaka, Zambia, at the invitation of Zambian government officials, to discuss replicating the training project throughout Zambia.  The Zambian officials were enthusiastic about developing the training program there.
 
You can follow the team’s work on Maria’s blog, https://www.leapleadership.org/blog, and on Cassy’s Facebook page (Cassy Dierking Venters).  Pictured: A school teacher instructing on the use of flip charts (L) and participants engaged in skills practice (R).
 
      
 
 
Mailing Information:
P.O. Box 502
Lander, Wyoming  82520
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays:
  • Sam Lightner
    February 15
  • Bill Alley
    February 23
  • Jim Kniola
    February 25
Spouse/Partner Birthdays:
  • Lorrie Pozarik
    February 12
  • Jim Kniola
    February 25
Anniversaries:
  • Lisa Dawson
    Eric Perkins
    February 2