Group Study Exchange to Greece Presents Program
May 5, 2012
By: Stephen Kent
GSE Member Liberty Starkweather
Liberty Starkweather presented a slide show and talk about the
Group Study Exchange (GSE) trip to Greece taken last Fall. The group of 5 young professionals, plus one Rotary advisor, spent a month in the Greek Islands visiting Rotary Clubs, businesses and cultural sites. The month long trip
The team spent their month mainly in the islands around the south part of the country. They visited two sites on the mainland. The team went on to visit many landmarks around the area as well as businesses and vocational stops.
The first stop was in
Athens where the team met and visited with the Greek team that came here last year. Golf being a favorite sport in Greece, the team visited the one golf course in the area. When they told the Greeks how many golf courses there were in the Michigan district the Greeks were overwhelmed.
The team also visited
Crete and the Rotary club of
Heraklion Candia. They went on to the club in
Syros as well as the
Rotaract Club of Ermoupolic. There was a district gathering in
Patmos and the club and Rotaract Club in
Rhodes. The team visited
Kos,
Santorini and
Patra.
GSE Team (clockwise from top left)
Liberty Starkweather, Steve Magstadt,
Tonya Tracy, Jeanna Zehnder,
TJ Scheid
While on Crete the team visited a school. Liberty said students will typically attend from 8:00 to 3:00 much as a US student would. After school, however, students may well be thrown into additional classes that run from 3 to 8 pm and address the student's specific interests.
The team traveled between islands on large ferries; boats much larger than what one might see around Mackinaw Island in Michigan. When leaving Crete the entire Family of Rotary came out to see the team off, including spouses, children and dogs.
The team reported having a wonderful trip and the opportunity to learn a great deal about another country.
More information is available at
www.greecegse2011.blogspot.com/
CLUB NEWS and ANNOUNCEMENTS
The
Thesaurus Project deliveries are running behind schedule and teachers are anxious to get the books. If you've signed up be sure to get your books and deliver them. Talk to
Rich Milster or
Chuck Cusick if you have questions.
Brenda Scramlin is heading the
Camp Rotary committee. The club hopes to sponsor about a dozen students this year. If you have candidates, please see Brenda.
The
District Conference will be held on May 4 and 5 in Frankenmuth. Members are encouraged to attend one or more sessions.
The club will pick up half of the registration fee for any member who requests it.
Visit the
District website for more details.
The club continues to recruit
new members. Talk to any of the club officers if you have prospects. Be sure to invite friends and prospects to hear the Lt. Governor on April 10th.
The
International Night committee continues to meet and plan this year's event. Be sure to let
Lee Newton or
Kim Prime know how you can help with this year's event!
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DATES TO REMEMBER
The Annual Golf Outing will be held Monday, June 25.
Visit
RotaryBayCity.org
or see Tim Holsworth for details.
International Night is scheduled for October 11, 2012.
Upcoming Programs
(See the official schedule at
RotaryBayCity.org )
May 8, 2012: Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan
will be presented by Jan Barker, who will tell us about the exciting things happening with the Girl Scouts as they celebrate their 100 year anniversary.
May 15, 2012: Kristal Corrion will present the proposed vision for the reuse of the former Hampton 5 movie Theater
as a
Community Empowerment Center .
Rotary is an intimate affiliation of carefully selected business and professional people,
having as its objective the promotion of high ethical standards in private, commercial
and civic life, and dedicated to the ideal that the basis of all worthy endeavor is unselfish service.
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