Quinn Tierney
Posted by Steve Frazier
Our speaker on March 17, 2009 was Quinn Tierney who is the District Vocational Service Chair. He's a member of Minneapolis #9 and has been our contact point person for a few of our club projects.
Mpls #9 started the dictionary project in Minneapolis three years ago. During the first two years, the Minneapolis Public Schools didn't participate so they donated dictionaries to the 3rd grade students in parochial and private schools. This year, the club was able to donate a dictionary to each 3rd grade student in a school in the city of Minneapolis. Thw founder of the program, Mary French lives in South Carolina, and visited Mpls 9 and spoke on last Friday. So far, the program has given 10 million dictionaries to 3rd graders in the United States.
Another project that Quinn spoke about is the Wheelchair Project. Last year, 22 clubs in the district provided adult tricycles to disabled adults in India. The units are assembled in India, and given to adults who are unable to walk. Last year, 417 adults received these specially designed trikes. DG Chris Holm fully backs the project, and this year every club in the district has donated to the project.
Quinn also spoke about the upcoming District Conference on April 25th and 26th. The sessions will be held at IDS Center and the Minneapolis Club. There will be a trade show highlighting some businesses owned by Rotariansas well as the dinner highlighting the student exchage, and some interesting speakers. Full info is on the District Website (there is a link to it on our club website). (Story by Tad Shaw)
Mpls #9 started the dictionary project in Minneapolis three years ago. During the first two years, the Minneapolis Public Schools didn't participate so they donated dictionaries to the 3rd grade students in parochial and private schools. This year, the club was able to donate a dictionary to each 3rd grade student in a school in the city of Minneapolis. Thw founder of the program, Mary French lives in South Carolina, and visited Mpls 9 and spoke on last Friday. So far, the program has given 10 million dictionaries to 3rd graders in the United States.
Another project that Quinn spoke about is the Wheelchair Project. Last year, 22 clubs in the district provided adult tricycles to disabled adults in India. The units are assembled in India, and given to adults who are unable to walk. Last year, 417 adults received these specially designed trikes. DG Chris Holm fully backs the project, and this year every club in the district has donated to the project.
Quinn also spoke about the upcoming District Conference on April 25th and 26th. The sessions will be held at IDS Center and the Minneapolis Club. There will be a trade show highlighting some businesses owned by Rotariansas well as the dinner highlighting the student exchage, and some interesting speakers. Full info is on the District Website (there is a link to it on our club website). (Story by Tad Shaw)