Strongsville Rotary Raising Money to Educate Pakistani Women
Shooting of 14-year-old prompts local civic leaders to action
The Rotary Club of Strongsville is leading efforts to raise $10,000 for new and improved educational efforts for young women in Pakistan through the first-ever “Reach Within” campaign. Educational efforts will be executed by the Swat Relief Initiative, a nonprofit humanitarian organization in Pakistan, along with Rotary Clubs in the Swat district of Pakistan. Pledging $1,000 for the project, the Rotary Club of Strongsville emphasizes that Northeast Ohio citizens can participate in the campaign in a multitude of creative ways; everyone can reach within their hearts to make a difference. This includes, but is not limited to, promoting the “Reach Within” campaign through social networks, making a personal contribution to the efforts, or …
Kim L
1:08 pm on Monday, February 11, 2013
money that would be better spent at home. we send money to some of these countries to teach the children to read and write, and when they grow up all they seemed to have learned was how to write "Death to America " on signs more ›