We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/10/rotary_in_action.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:47:38 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification In this case, literally. My Rotary Club and our District support this effort. In fact, our District (starting first with our club two years ago) has been supporting efforts to help Iraqi children for over two years, via deployed members or their offspring serving in the Box. Roger is a Kansas National Guardsman who runs the Joint Visitors Bureau (JVB), which is a high-risk job, professionally - he handles all the visiting dignitaries. And in Baghdad, it can also be high-risk personally. Letter from Rotarian Roger Aeschliman from the Topeka Downtown Club and currently stationed in Iraq Howdy everyone, 1... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/10/rotary_in_action.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/10/rotary_in_action.html Thu, 12 Oct 2006 10:40:07 -0600 awesome. Every day I think about what makes people volunteer for organizations like Rotary or Red Cross- and what keeps the rest of the world from joining them. So many good things happen in these organizations. I cannot imagine my life without some sort of volunteerism in it. Donating cash is one thing, but when you put your own blood, sweat and tears into an unpaid position, well, the payback is simply the response you get from those you help. And that response cannot be replaced by any salary a paying job could ever offer me. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/10/rotary_in_action.html#comment-51513 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/10/rotary_in_action.html#comment-51513 Thu, 12 Oct 2006 12:24:47 -0600