Go to Jamaica with Rotary
Amber Fisher (Rotary Club of Elyria) and Mel Honig (Rotary Club of Sylvania) are in the process of preparing a Rotary International Global Grant with an Area of Focus of Basic Education and Literacy. The Rotary Club of Elyria is sponsoring the Grant. The Grant will also have a Vocational Training Team aspect as we continue to support preschool education in Jamaica and Belize. The Grant will cover two missions to Jamaica when over 40 resource centers will be opened in preschools in the Westmoreland District of Jamaica. As of now the team make-up is:The two Team Leaders (one for each mission) are Mel Honig and Amber Fisher, although Amber and Mel are planning to go on both missions.
Team members are:
- IT specialists Kent Iler and Stephen Hosler from the Rotary Club of Elyria
- Librarian Susan Schafer from the Rotary Club of Sylvania
- Preschool Educators: Barbara Walters (University of Lourdes Professor) and Elana Juarez (Preschool music and dance educator)
- IT Specialist Justin Kendall
- Sports Education Professional Ken Katafias from the Rotary Club of Sylvania. Ken is not planning to go on any of the missions.
Kent Iler, Amber Fisher and Susan Schafer have been on one previous mission to Belize, while Justin Kendall and Elana Juarez have been on 4 Belize missions. Mel Honig has been on 7 missions to Belize and one to Jamaica.
The membership of the VTT has not been finalized. In fact we can add new team members once the Grant receives approval from Rotary International. If you are interested in becoming part of the team please contact Amber Fisher (afisher@murrayridgecenter.org) or Mel Honig (gailmel75@yahoo.com). The team will be augmented by Rotarian and non-Rotarians in Jamaica as we work together to help improve learning opportunities for preschool age children.