President Steve presents Julie with a book th thank her for speaking to the club, thus launching a different way of honoring our guest speakers. The book will actually be given to Trumbull children.

Governor Reppenhagen speaks to the Club

On August 5, 2010, Julieanne Reppenhagen made her Official Vist to the club and spoke of the pressing needs in our community and the world and our club's success in addressing many olf these needs. She also challenged us to stretch do even more

Inbound Youth Exchange Student Etienne Le Penven arrives from France

On August 23 our Rotary Youth Exchange student, Etienne Le Penven arrived from France. He will be a student at Trumbull High School and will return home in June or July. Families in Trumbull interested in hosting Etienne for about 3 months in the Spring 2011 should contact Jim Lang (203) 377-1747.

Saving lives in Indonesia

Working with the Rotary clubs in Solo Kartini, Indonesia, New London, and two clubs in Westport we are engaged is reducing the risk of Dengue Fever in Solo Kartini in an very unusual way. The $36,000 Rotary Global Grant Project (the first Global Grant project in the world) began in July 2010 and continues through summer 2011. The lead US club is Westport CT with Trumbull's financial contribution at $2,500. About half of the cost of the project is funded by grants form Rotary International and our own Rotary District in Connecticut.

Dengue fever is spread by a day-biting mosquito, a cousin of the night-biting malaria mosquito. Victims of Dengue fever suffer severe bone damage and sometimes death from the disease. The insects breed in standing water such as large public water tanks used for public bathing. Working with the Indonesian government we will tile these tanks with white ceramic tiles so that health-care workers can easy see and remove the larvae twice a week. Early testing shows that this approach can make a significant impact and this project may serve as a model that can be used in other communities in Southeast Asia.

Fun with the Guv

When President Steve asked DG Jim Lang to introduce the guests at the table, he did a card trick to honor our visiting Governor, Julieanne Reppenhagen. Julie drew a card from our raffle deck, tore it in half since is was not the winning 10 of Clubs, but then discovered that the card she "freely" selected matched the card shown on the Cover of The Rotarian magazine. Jim encouraged members to read the article about Rotary's efforst to defend kids from the meth epidemic.

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The Trumbull chapter was formed in 1967 and, with 70+ members is one of the largest in Connecticut. Our success is due in part to the great fellowship we enjoy at our meetings coupled with projects that make a significant difference.

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