BRIARCRIER
Dec. 16, Friday Noon, The Briar's Rest., N. State Road, Briarcliff Manor NY Rotary Club
TODAY IN HISTORY
1773: The Boston Tea Party took place as American colonists boarded a British Ship and dumped more than 300 chests of tea into Boston Harbor to protest tea taxes.
MEETING LEADER: President Dean Dykeman
PLEDGE: Sy Yuter PATRIOTIC SONG: Sy Yuter PRAYER: Rachel Leihbacher
HAPPY THOUGHTS: Bishop John, bless all who celebrate Hanukkah and Christmas; Fran Wills, happy holidays to all; Kris Chittur, happy his guest speaker is here; Dean Dykeman, his daughters are visiting from their colleges.
ANNOUNCEMENT: Ernie, all should send their grapefruit money to him via Rotary - P O box 260 - Briarcliff , N.Y. - 10510
SPEAKER AND SUBJECT: Prof. Dr. Surendra Kaushik on Women's Empowerment Through Higher Education.
SUMMARY OF TALK
Pace Professor Kaushik founded and helped fund the Mrs. Helena Kaushik Women's College in Rajasthan India in 1999. It is committed to educating women where only 1.5% of women have achieved a college degree. The goal: educate a woman and you educate a family, and then a community, a society and ultimately a nation. There is no better tool for development than the education of women and their empowerment. He showed slides of a very impressive college.
Next Friday Dec. 23 meeting at The Briar's dining room. We will eat off the menu with Rotary giving $10 credit to each attendee. Dr. Bob Maher will speak on Christmas to Infinity.
Elinor Yuter, Reporter
Rachel Leihbacher, Expediter
