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         The Gloucester Rotary Club "Makes Dreams  Real"

   The 2008-2009 theme of Rotary International is Make Dreams Real. For over 84 years the Gloucester Rotary Club has sponsored service projects to benefit our community.  We begin this Rotary year with the dedication of our "Centennial Project," the rebuilding of the Stage Fort Park playground. We have beautified the grounds, added equipment, and made the playground accessible to all. All members of the Gloucester Rotary Club can be proud to have completed the most ambitious centennial project in our Rotary District.

   Rotary International President D. K. Lee has asked the world's 1.2 million Rotarians to give particular consideration to the millions of children who never even have the chance to dream.  If we provide insecticide-treated bed nets, fewer children will succumb to malaria.  If we dig wells and address sanitation problems, more children will have clean water to drink and more hygienic surroundings. And if we carry out effective nutrition projects, we can save some of the almost five million children who die each year from undernourishment. Let's Make Dreams Real by giving these children the chance to grow up and have dreams of their own.

   The world's Rotarians have also determined to end polio this year. The disease has been eradicated in all but four countries. The Gloucester Rotary Club will do its share by asking its members and the community at large to give generously to the final stage of this heroic effort.  Our aim, as always, is to help ensure a better quality of life in our community and the world.  Let's Make Dreams Real.

Yours in Rotary,

Sinikka Nogelo
President Rotary Club of Gloucester

2008-2009

    . Fisherman's Memorial

            Gloucester, MA

               ^{Photo by J. Ciolino}