Richmond Rotarian Josh Rosales and the Peres Clinic team had a fantastic time at Peres Elementary’s annual Back to School Fair on Saturday, Aug 17th! We raffled off several back-to-school care packages and introduced ourselves to parents and students.

Having a dental clinic on school grounds provides students with easy access to routine dental care. It also allows parents to continue working without taking time off for dental appointments.

This convenient setup helps reduce dental emergencies, thus increasing school attendance and improving students’ ability to focus in class.

If your child attends Peres Elementary School in Richmond, be sure to stop by the school’s front office to schedule an appointment!

Richmond Rotary’s International Committee has been involved with the Help a Life Foundation school project in Debre Markos, Ethiopia for many years thanks to our Club members Menbere Aklilu and Norm Lundberg.

Attached are youth and 2024 University graduation photos to give you an idea of how these girls have grown into successful women.

Emebet Geremew graduated from Wolayta Sodo University and is now a nurse. Bezawit Fekadie graduated from the University of Debre Markos in Business Management and works for Commercial Bank of Ethiopia. An example of just 2 of many young ladies who have become college graduates.

Richmond Rotary was proud to provide funding to support NIAD purchasing a portable handicap ramp with handrails and a set of 25 headsets to enable simultaneous Spanish translation. Thanks to Richmond Rotarian and NIAD Board member Karen DiDomenicis and Rotarian Henry Moe for being our liaisons on this project. NIAD artist Rebecca Jantzen said “The ramp! I could not have attended otherwise”.