SMOKY HILL ROTARY CLUB - AURORA COLORADO

INTERNATIONAL SERVICE

Bringing A World Project To Reality!
The Smoky Hill Community Extends
Beyond the Aurora City Limits...

In the small Romanian town of Oradea a non-profit Romanian foundation called Fundatia Increderea educates teens in the local schools about alcoholism and drug use. The foundation also has an outreach to several orphan-related organizations, providing counsel, on-hands therapy and needed supplies for orphans from 3 months to 14 years of age.

Operating on meager funds, the foundation was in dire need of permanent housing for their operations and for a rehabilitation center. Alcoholism and drug use are directly connected to the estimated 300,000 orphans in the small country of Romania.

Some Smoky Hill members made a trip to Romania to view the construction.

In a joint venture with Fundatia Increderea and Smoky Hill Rotary Club, the funds necessary to make this building inhabitable were provided. The building has received a new roof, new underground plumbing, new electrical wiring, new walls, new doors and extensive grounds clean-up and improvement. New windows, ceilings, bath plumbing fixtures, flooring, wall finishing, electrical fixtures and more were also provided.

Smoky Hill Rotarian Tim Youngpeter, a general contractor, provided oversight to construction via phone and email.

The Rotary Club in Wales, Great Britain has provided substantial financial support for the day to day operations. The Cluj-Napoca Rotary club, in a nearby Romanian community, has joined with Smoky Hill to charter a new Rotary club in Oradea. The completion of this charter will be completed before the end of the year 2000.

Smoky Hill members will again visit Romania to be present for the charter presentation.

The Smoky Hill Rotary Club project in Romania was awarded the World Community Service Award from the Rotary Club of Denver Mile High in 1999 for a project that has made a significant contribution to world understanding and peace.