MEDIA RELEASE                                   
 
June 13, 2016
Rita Claverie de Sciolli, Guatemalan Ambassador to Canada, will be one of two special guests at the Rotary Club of North Bay’s Third World Literacy dinner fundraiser at the Davedi Club on June 25th. The doors open at 5:30 pm, followed by dinner and entertainment at 6:30 pm.
 
The Rotary club will also be honouring Tony Demarco, 2010 Davedi Club Order of Merit recipient, with a Paul Harris Fellow, the highest honour bestowed on individuals by The Rotary Foundation.
 
Proceeds from the evening will go towards supporting the club’s ongoing projects, in part with The Rotary Foundation, to address basic education and literacy needs around the world, including the Guatemala Literacy Project.
 
Tickets are only $30 and may be purchased by contacting Colin Thacker (cthacker@sympatico.ca / 705.494.8339), Jim Marmino (jmarmino@sympatico.ca / 705.472.8299) or rotaryclubofnorthbay@gmail.com.
 
Rotary Club of North Bay Past President, Colin Thacker stated, “We are pleased to be partnering once again with the Davedi Club for such a worthy cause.” “Literacy is one of Rotary Foundation’s six areas of focus and is an area the club has been actively involved in over the past 6 plus years”, Thacker added.
 
Worldwide, 67 million children have no access to education, and more than 775 million people over the age of 15 are illiterate. Rotary International and The Rotary Foundation support educational projects that provide technology, teacher training, vocational training teams, student meal programs, and low-cost textbooks to communities. Rotary’s goal is to strengthen the capacity of communities to support basic education and literacy, reduce gender disparity in education, and increase adult literacy.
 
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