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Dear DG Patricia:
I contacted you after the Rotary International Convention in Sydney and hope that your governorship is going well now that you are into the second month. We began our fiscal year for Alliance for Smiles at the same time as Rotary and have a number of missions lined up between now and the end of June. We especially will be having one in March to Bangladesh where we have great relationships with the Rotary Club of Gulshan Lake City and will be planning to write a VTT Global Humanitarian Grant. We will be most likely writing another grant application for a June 2015 mission but that site has not as yet been determined. Last year we were successful in getting two VTT grants -- one for two sites in China and another Tanzania -- and a third Global Grant for Nigeria. We are going to try for grants for China as well but will be meeting with Rotary Clubs in Hong Kong to determine if they want to do it again and act as the host club.
So, my primary concern right now is getting the process going and donations pledged. The VTT Grant that the Kingspark Rotary Club completed for China involved 26 Rotary Clubs in 4 countries. We would love to have more Rotary Clubs and Districts buy into these grants and for the Bangladesh and June grants have two Rotarian volunteers in Georgia ready to write them.
I look forward to hearing from you about the possibility of this type of a collaboration. There will definitely be opportunities for individuals to volunteer both in medical and non-medical slots for these missions.
Light the Way!!!
Yours in Rotary,
Anita Stangl, President and CEO, Alliance for Smiles, Inc. http://www.allianceforsmiles.org/
President, The Rotary Club of San Francisco 2006-07
President, The San Francisco Rotary Foundation 2012-15