Seeds for Peace

 

Linda LeTendre, the speaker at yesterday's meeting, is shown with Kristen Stanley in background, along with Mike Williams on Zoom screen and a few other Malta Rotarians in mirror.

Linda, a member of the Burnt Hills Ballston Lake Rotary Club, spoke about Seeds for Peace, a local nonprofit which donates seeds to people who need them in places ranging from Bosnia to Haiti, multiple countries in Africa, and the United States. The organization is looking for new volunteers, for tasks ranging from sorting and packing to serving on the board. It also can use cash donations.

Paul Phillips, a Malta Rotarian who has for many years done volunteer work in Uganda, said gardens have become increasingly important for food supply there with much of the economy shut down because of the Covid pandemic. Seeds for Peace, he said, was a great help in supplying the garden of a school in northern Uganda which is sponsored by AOET.

Also at the meeting was District 7190 Governor Rich Griesche, who told us he and Sue Austin are working to distribute donated plastic face shields to institutions such as schools, where band members, for example, can play instruments with them whereas they could not while wearing masks. 

Rich is also planning a November 24 evening fund-raiser on Zoom for the Rotary Foundation, with participation from Jennifer Jones, who is slated to become the first female president of Rotary International in 2022-23.