Daniel Merrill was one of the students our club sponsored at Camp RYLA. He told us when he came back from RYLA that he was starting a club to help end human trafficing at Jesuit. That club was officially recognized and formed last week and will be holding its first meeting this week. Daniel will be coming to speak to us about this worthy cause.

You can check out their web site at http://www.notforsalecampaign.com

Past Speaker Profile:  Akanksha Sharma

Akanksha was an Ambassadorial Scholar assigned to Hong Kong. She came and spoke to us about her time in Hong Kong and traveling in the immediate area, meeting the people, working with the various Rotary Clubs, and helping the special needs children learn to speak English (a feat as she did not speak Chinese!). Akanksha was born in India, but came to the US. She went to college at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and was accepted to medical School at UT Southwestern. She put off medical school for one year to go to Hong Kong.

In Hong Kong Akanksha went to Rotary meetings every week and studied in the field of Marriage and Family Therapy at HKYU Family Institute. She traveled between China, Taiwan and the Philippines and became quite adventurous during her time in Hong Kong. Akanksha ate every food (well, almost every food) put before her and asked what it was afterward. She was afraid if she knew what she was eating she would not even taste it! She told us that the trip changed her life and that Rotary made it all possible.

Special Event: Rotary Resolution Run

January 16, 2010

For more information go to www.rotaryresolutionrun.com