Rotary's Area of Focus:  "Basic Education and Literacy"
Project:  Educational Material for Parker Elementary School for International Studies in Galveston ISD:
Cost:  From $2.27 to $42.24 (please order soon since delivery to the school is via UPS Ground)
Details:  On the morning of Friday, April 29th, our Inbound Rotary Youth Exchange (RYE) Students will visit the students at this elementary school as ambassadors for Rotary District 5890, and their home countries.  On behalf of Rotary District 5890, our RYE Students will present education items we order to the teachers and students during their visit.  
 
Here's how you and your Rotary club can help:
We've spoken to the school counselor, and she says that their teachers need educational materials for their classrooms.
She gave us the following links for specific items in the "Teachers Store" at Scholastic.Com.
Steps for placing an order: (It only took 5-minutes for me to set-up an account, order, and pay with my credit card.)
1.  You and your Rotary club can order Reading Games, Educational Puzzles, and Math Games at the links below.
2.  Since the items will be shipped directly to Parker Elementary, the counselor gave authorization to register as a educator at their school to order items.
3.  To set-up your account, click one of highlighted links below.
      Enter "Rotarian" in front of your first name so it appears on the shipping label and the school will know it's a donation from a D5890 Rotarian.
      Example:  "Rotarian Michael" or "Rotarian Mary", then continue with your last name as usual.
4.  Enter your email address, and a password, then for "School Location" select "United States School".
      Then State:  "TX", City: "Galveston", and scroll down in the dropdown menu and select "Parker Elementary School, 6802 Jones Rd".
      On the next page under "Administrator", select "Other Educator", and on the next page you can skip the questions by clicking continue.
5.  Once you've registered, order several of your favorites using your personal credit card (the school won't have access to your credit card details):
      Click here to for Reading Games.    Click here for Educational Puzzles.    Click here for Math Games.
6.  Once you've placed the order, Scholastic.com will then ship the items you order directly to Parker Elementary.  
      The counselor will store the items until our RYE students arrive on April 29th.
7.  Don't want to order from Scholastic.Com?  Then you could purchase quality educational puzzles at your local Barnes & Noble, Half Price Books, etc.
      However, you'll need to bring the items with you to the conference and drop them off at our Rotary 5890 District Conference Registration Desk (2nd floor) on:
      Thursday, April 28th or before breakfast on Friday, April 29th.
8.  The morning of Friday, April 29th, our Inbound Rotary Youth Exchange Students will officially present all items to Parker Elementary School.
 
Rotary's Area of Focus:   - "Disease Treatment and Prevention"
Project:  Community Blood Drive - Roll Up Your Sleeves and "Be A Gift To The World by Giving The Gift Of Life":
DG Nick asked our D5890 Rotary clubs to hold blood drives in our communities, and we're having one at the conference!
Blood donations made by your Rotarians at the conference will be credited to your Rotary club!
With:  Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center, Galveston
Where:  At the San Luis Hotel in our District Conference Expo Room on the 2nd Floor
Date:  Friday, April 29th
Time:  1 PM until 5:30 PM
The Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center staff will set-up their equipment inside our District Conference Expo Room on the 2nd floor of the San Luis Hotel.
The Plenary Sessions on Friday end for the day around 3 PM, so encourage your family members to donate between the 1 PM - 3 PM, then you can donate before 5:30 PM.
Walk-ins will be welcome, or you can reserve your time by clicking here.
"Frequently Asked Questions" about donating blood (medications, illnesses, travel, etc):  http://www.giveblood.org/faq.aspx   
 
For details, please click here for a story on the D5890 website, or copy and paste this link to your browser:  http://portal.clubrunner.ca/50025/Stories/two-great-community-service-projects-at-our-2016-district-conference-in-galveston
For a Project Fact Sheet about both projects, please click here or copy and paste this link to your browser:  https://clubrunner.blob.core.windows.net/00000050025/en-ca/files/homepage/2016-district-conference-service-projects/D5890-Conference-Service-Projects.pdf
 
Please contact me with any questions at (713) 598-7129 (Cellular), or cjsb@suddenlink.net.
 
For the love of Rotary,
Charlie Buscemi  
Deirdre Murray
James Alfaro
Tommie Buscemi
2016 District Conference Service Project Committee