USO of MISSOURI, INC.

Speaker Name: Mike Nolan
Speaker's Title: USO Speakers Bureau Committee Chair
Program Title: Until Everyone Comes Home
Comments from Des Peres Rotary Club President Kara Dreste:

"A good presentation... timely topic.......a very good presentation on history of USO in St. Louis....Good stories to share.....I think everyone enjoyed it.....no one left early!!!"

The USO of Missouri, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-for-profit dedicated to the enhancement of life of the US Armed Forces personnel and their families worldwide. Created in 1941 by President Franklin Roosevelt, the USO continues to be the premier civilian organization dedicated to the morale, welfare, and recreation of today's military.

 Mike Nolan

Peace is Possible! - Rotary Foundation Peace Programs

Basic information about the Rotary Foundation Peace Fellows program and the Peace and Conflict Studies program, with profiles of graduates of the Peace Fellow program who are already making a difference in the world today, through their work in conflict resolution in such locations as Darfur, Iraq, Cambodia, etc.

Speakers:
Kate Schwadron, President, Lambert Airport Rotary Club
Howard Schwadron, President, Louisiana Rotary Club
or District Foundation Chairman Todd Lindley at

Group Study Exchange 2007

Our GSE Team arrived back home from south-central India in mid-February 2007. They are eager to provide programs about their experience to our Rotary clubs.

Please email Team Leader Susan Cobb to set up a club program from Sue or one of the team members from your area.

GLOBAL MEDICAL BRIGADES

Speaker Name: Anna Alexandrov and/or Ba Huynh
Speaker's Title: President and Vice President of Finance, St. Louis University Chapter
Comments from Lambert Aiport Rotary Club President Kate Schwadron:

"Anna & Ba gave a very interesting and inspiring program. Their passion for facilitating missions to Honduras to provide medical outreach is invigorating, and they are part of a well-organized NGO with proven success. Anna & Ba are just forming the St. Louis University Chapter of this nation-wide college student program."

 Anna Alexandrox    or   Ba Huynh

Group Study Exchange 2006

This team came back in late April, 2006, eager to provide programs about their experience to our Rotary clubs.

Please email Team Leader Lowell Peterson to set up a speaking engagement.

PolioPlus - 2 different programs:

1. PolioPlus - National Immunization days in Niger, West Africa

A narrative of our National Immunization Day trip to Niger, the poorest nation in the world, with updated information on the current status of Rotary's efforts to eradicate polio and discussion of the role of Rotary in developing nations.

2. PolioPlus - Update and Look Ahead

For those clubs which have already heard our program on Niger and/or Nigeria National Immunization Days, this new program takes a longer view of National Immunization days and provides new information about the exciting advances in global health care made possible by the PolioPlus effort.

Speakers:
Kate Schwadron, President, Lambert Airport Rotary Club  or

Howard Schwadron, President, Louisiana Rotary Club

Korea - from Ambassadorial Scholar's viewpoint

Speaker Name: Kyootai Lee
Speaker's Title: Ambassadorial Scholar at UMSL from Korea
Rotary Club: hosted by the RC of Lambert Airport

Group Study Exchange 2005

Our GSE Team is back from Bolivia and are eager to provide programs about their experience to our Rotary clubs.

Please email Team Leader Ed Doyle to set up a speaking engagement.

Esperanto - the language of peace

The first Fellowship in Rotary International was created in 1928 to facilitate communication between Rotarians in England and France.  The Rotarian Friends of Esperanto are now proposing that Rotary clubs throughout the world encourage their members to learn Esperanto in addition to ethnic languages in order to facilitate communication with Rotarians in other lands.

Program Topic: Rotarian Friends of Esperanto
Program Title: Global Communication in Rotary International
Speaker Name: Ronald J. Glossop, Ph.D.; Prof. Emeritus, So. Ill. Univ. at Edwardsville
Rotary Club: Honorary Member of Alta Paraiso de Goias, Brazil, D4530

Group Study Exchange 2004

Our GSE Team that went to Italy in May/June 2004 is eager to provide programs about their experience to our Rotary clubs.

Please email Team Leader Larry Jackson to set up a speaking engagement.

Three biggest issues facing corporate executives
A coach's perspective

Speaker Name: Beverly Berner, Prof. Certified Coad
Rotary Club: RC of St. Louis

Buying and Selling Privately Held Businesses

Bob gave an excellent program to Overland Rotary. Very well done.

Program Title:  Buying and Selling Privately Held Businesses
Speaker Name: Bob Hulett
Title: CEO and Chairman
 

Caring Solutions

Caring Solutions is an organization serving people with mental retardation and developmental disabilities in the greater St.Louis area. I can show a short 8 minute video about the program and talk about our services as well as the services and support needs in the State of Missouri for people with disabilities. Many people are in crisis and/or come from abusive homes. I can share specifics with Rotary colleagues on how to help and how to get help. I am willing to speak at any Rotary club in the St.Louis area

St. Louis Area Regional Abduction Alert (SARAA)

Overland Rotarian Terry Milam is available to talk to our Rotary clubs about the SARAA system, which spreads information quickly through local TV and Radio about child abductions. Similar to the Amber Alert system in other locations.

Appropriate Choices for Missouri's Mentally Retarded Citizens

-need to have appropriate choices available for our mentally retarded citizens.

Speaker Name: Bertram Sterbenz, Jr.
Title: President, Greater St. Louis Parents Advocacy Group for Mentally Retarded Citizens, Inc.

Group Study Exchange 2003

Our GSE Team is back from South Africa and are eager to provide programs about their experience to our Rotary clubs.

Please email Team Leader Bob Copie to set up a speaking engagement.

Rotary Youth Exchange

The Rotary Foundation

Membership Development and Retention

Program Title: Help build your clubs
Speaker Name: Greg Yank
Title: District Governor, D6510
Rotary Club: O'Fallon, IL