Past Presentations

Children from Haiti by a sand-filtered water dispenser installed by Rotarians.  Source:  Haiti Water Project.

“Serving our community and the world”

Rotary Club of Oak Forest

Electronics Recycling

(Jan. 17, 2006)

 

Hasna Abutier from Intercon Solutions.  This company is an electronics recycling company based in Chicago Heights.  They recycle computers, monitors, televisions, cell phones, and more.

 

Contact Information:

1001-59 Washington                                 Toll Free: 888-452-5642
11th and Washington                                Fax: 708-756-4094
Chicago Heights, IL 60411                        E-mail:
info@interconrecycling.com

Phone: 708-756-9838                               Web: www.interconrecycling.com

Tom Behrens, Night Ministries in Chicago:  www.thenightministry.org

Rotary Clean Water Projects

(Nov. 29, 2005)

 

Michael Slevnik presented Haiti Water Wells Project to Club.  Donation went towards providing clean drinking water to Haitian children.

 

1)  www.purewaterfortheworld.org - The roots of Pure Water for the World, Inc. began in 1994 when a dentist from the Brattleboro (Vermont) Rotary Club volunteered to help out a small Salvadoran village.

2)  www.rotarycleanwater.org - funds low cost water projects using club funds & individual contributions instead of using Rotary Foundation sources & matching grants.  Types of projects are:  wells, gravity feed systems, filter systems, wash stations, latrines, health & hygiene programs, & maintenance & repair projects.