ImageThe Speaker's Committee continues to give us good reasons to get up early on a Friday mornings.

Recent speakers have included, among others, Dave Kott, Erica Shell Castro, and the club's own Steve Smith.

Dave Kott, Chair of District 6690 Rotary Foundation, discussed how Rotary's Foundation works at the local, district, and international levels, as well as giving us interesting facts about and ways to give to foundation locally or at the district or higher levels.  In this video, he thanks a few members of Dublin A.M. who have been playing important district roles as well as setting out the Rotary Foundation's main goals and areas of focus.   

Erica Shell Castro is the Executive Director of Montaña de Luz. This "Mountain of Light" is a home for children HIV/AIDS in Honduras. Erica notes that "Montaña de Luz began as a place of rescue and hope for children living with HIV/AIDS, at the top of a small mountain in south central Honduras.  In 2001, it welcomed its first child, and by 2010 it had grown to be a home for 35 children of all ages, complete with clean living quarters, purified water, proper medical care, loving staff, educational support and a nurturing family atmosphere." Advances in medicine have allowed it to become a launching pad and not just a hospice, but the need for help is still great. Visit their website for more information.

Steve Smith gave us an update on curling, a fun and accessible Winter Olympic sport, which (amazingly enough) one does NOT have to be young and formidably athletic to enjoy immensely.

Steve began with this video from the Columbus Dipspatch, taken of members of his curling club, setting out the basics of the game, including scoring.

He then presented on the sport's history, Olympic tradition, and fun factors, as we see in this video.

If you'd like to see a speaker on a particular topic or know of someone who would make an interesting speaker, please let Faith Williams know.

 

Don't forget you can see more great club photos on our Facebook Page and our Flickr page, as well as videos of the speaker's presentation on our Youtube page.