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Oak Ridge Peace Forum donates $7,500 to Rotary Peace Centers

Posted at 1:14 am April 26, 2013
By Carolyn Krause Leave a Comment

Oak Ridge Peace Forum Donates to Rotary Foundation

Past District Governor and Zone 30 Coordinator Karen Wentz, right, presents a check for $7,500 from the Oak Ridge Peace Forum to Rotary Foundation Chair Wilf Wilkerson, left, and Rotary International President Sakuji Tanaka at Duke University. (Submitted photo)

The Oak Ridge Peace Forum has donated $7,500 of its net proceeds to the Peace Centers Endowment of The Rotary Foundation.

“The Rotary Peace Centers offer an avenue for extending peace activities throughout the world through its growing cadre of Peace Fellows,” said Fred Heitman, chair of the Peace Forum planning committee, which decided in early April to make the donation.

The Oak Ridge Peace Forum is sponsored by Rotary District 6780, which is now led by District Governor Jack Bailey of Oak Ridge.

More than 250 people attended the Peace Forum on March 9 in Pollard Auditorium. The planning committee consisted mostly of representatives of three Rotary clubs in Oak Ridge. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Clubs, Community, Nonprofits, Top Stories Tagged With: Fred Heitman, Jack Bailey, Karen Wentz, Oak Ridge Peace Forum, Peace Centers Endowment, Peace Fellows, Peace through Service, Rotary District 6780, Rotary Foundation, Rotary International, Rotary Peace Centers, Sakuji Tanaka, Wilf Wilkinson

Why is Rotary International president coming here?

Posted at 12:26 pm February 11, 2013
By Carolyn Krause Leave a Comment

Jack Bailey

Jack Bailey

For the second time since Rotary International was born in 1905 in Chicago, a sitting RI president will visit Oak Ridge. He will serve as keynote speaker and hear innovative ideas at the Oak Ridge Peace Forum on Saturday, March 9, at Oak Ridge Associated Universities’ Pollard Auditorium.

The only other time a sitting RI president spoke in Oak Ridge was in 2000 when Frank Devlyn of Mexico came here. Why will RI President Sakuji Tanaka of Japan be in Oak Ridge Mar. 8-10?

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Clubs, Community, Top Stories Tagged With: Bill Wilcox, Jack Bailey, Oak Ridge Peace Forum, Peace through Service, RI, Rotary Club of Oak Ridge, Rotary District 6780, Rotary International, Sakuji Tanaka, World War II

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