Four Avenues of Service - International Service

Paul Rumble - Chair

Emergency Hospital officially opened in Tanjay!

Digital image above courtesy of Rotarian Jim Wilson, Milford Photo, Milford, CT USA

Milford Rotary is pleased to announce the completion of an emergency medical hospital in the City of Tanjay, Negros Oriental, Philippines . This will now allow the local community of 75,000 residents access to emergency medical care and preventative medicine that was not available previously. This wonderful project was made possible through the joint efforts of the Rotary Club of Tanjay and Milford Rotary with the cooperation of local government officials, without whose help this project could not have been successful. On November 29, 2003, a second delegation from the Rotary Club of Milford, Connecticut, travelled to the facility to participate in a much anticipated Opening Ceremony, attended by Provincial Governor George Arnaiz and many other provincial and local officials. The facility will be staffed by interns from Provincial Hospital, some 40 miles away.

Construction begins, November, 2002

Opening ceremony, November 28, 2004.

(l to r, Dr. Vince Batiancila (Milford,) Pres.Meo Villegas, Mayor Salma, Cyrus Settineri (Milford,) and Mariant Villegas. (See the completed facility in our photo album.)

Opening Day: Doy Banogon, (PP, Tanjay,) Dr. Vince and Cyrus, (Milford,) Provincial Governor George Arnaiz, and Tanjay Club President Meo Villegas tour the halls and discuss future needs.

Post-ceremonial snack in the new conference room!

(Photos courtesy of Cidni Mapa, VP and Information Officer, Tanjay Rotary Club)

Services to Haiti

Dr. Mitchell Quintner, Past Club President, and Milford Dentist, has over the past few years spent a week in Haiti providing needed Dental Care. He along with Gary Kientzler who is providing dental equipment and supplies are joined with Dr. Jerry Lowney programs in Haiti.

------------