The Rotary Club of
Savannah East
 
Chartered 1983
June 19, 2020
NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
A Message from Paul Goodnow
Dear Rotarians

We have received numerous requests from Clubs and Rotarians in our District who want to help in their communities during this virus crisis time.  To help answer these requests District 6920 is partnering with IVolunteer International and Shopping Angles to help meet the needs of shut-in senior citizens during the Corona Virus/COVID 19 crisis.   This is an opportunity for Rotary Clubs and individual Rotarians to have a positive, meaningful impact on the lives of the home-bound seniors.  

IVolunteer International is a 501(c)(3) organization started by former GRSP Student Nipuna Ambanpola to use technology and help charities who need volunteers who want to donate their time and talents.  
 
Shopping Angels was recently started by a group of college students in Nevada to help home-bound senior citizens connect with volunteers who will deliver groceries to them. Their movement has been featured on CNN, FoxNews, Insider, Today, and two weeks ago, got a “thank-you” from POTUS on live television. But their method of “matching” was done manually, so they were struggling to handle the traffic and increased need.  IVolunteer has partnered with Shopping Angels to bring this opportunity to Georgia and is using the IVolunteer technology to match seniors to volunteers in their communities.    

This is a great opportunity for Clubs and Rotarians to volunteer and to support the Shopping Angels work.  It is also a great opportunity to let our communities know what Rotarians are doing during this crisis (as Marjorie says “It is a press release!”)

To learn more please visit the IVolunteer Press Release https://www.ivint.org/press/ivolunteer-international-partners-with-shopping-angels-to-provide-free-grocery-delivery-service-to-high-risk-people-in-georgia-during-coronavirus/

To get involved please visit https://shoppingangels.ivint.org/.

Best Rotary Regards,

 

DG Mike Muldowney
DGE Steve Barnes
DGN Andy Lohn 
DGND Ed Presnell
June 12, 2020 - Zoom Meeting Recap
It was good so many Rotarians could join us today for our trip to Vietnam!  Gordon reminded everyone that Harriet Meyerhoff has designated RCSE as a place for people to make donations in Eric's honor.  If you would like to make a donation, please make a check out to RCSE and send it to PO Box 60822. Savannah, Ga 31420.  All money collected will be donated to The Rotary Foundation.  After all Rotary business items were discussed, Gordon introduced our speaker for today - Will Sandman.  
 
Will works for Avery Dennison and has lived in Asia for several years.  He has worked in China, Hong Kong, and is now currently working in Ho Chi Mihn City, Vietnam.  Avery Dennison specializes in a wide variety of labeling and functional materials: labels, hangtags, heat transfers, price sticker - things that are known as trims.  They have 30,000 employees globally and manufacture in 50+ countries.  It is a $6 billion dollar company and have contracts with Nike, Adidas, H&M, Walmart, and Gap (just to name a few).  Will is on the performance side of the business and is in Vietnam managing a group of people who are trying to determine how to increase sales.  In other words, where should they invest in order to get new business.  Will then showed us a presentation that he shows to clients in Vietnam.   Over the past 17 years, Avery Dennison's growth in Vietnam has been phenomenal and would be more if not for COVID-19.  
 
TheVietnam plant serves as a liaison between brand and factory.  There are 2800+ people at the Vietnam plant and it produces 30 billion hang tags per month.  Avery Dennison has to coordinate between the brand and factories and keep everyone happy.  They have their own internal grading system and rate 99.8% on reliability and flexibility.  Speed is key in this industry.  Brands want to manufacture their products and bring them to market quickly.  Avery Dennison does perform tests on their products before they can be sold to the factory.  Sustainability goals are at the core of everything they do. 
 
Vietnam has a growing economy which is great fit for Avery Dennison.  Will says he enjoys working for Avery Dennison because he likes being on a global team.  He enjoys living in Vietnam because it is affordable, has great people, has amazing food, is easy to get around, and there are communities of ex-pats that make you feel at home.  So far, there have only been 315 cases and zero deaths in Vietnam from COVID-19.  Will says this is because Vietnam shut it down when the outbreak first began.  If you have any questions about Will's career or Vietnam, Will would be happy to talk with you.  Please contact Gordon Matthews in order to get his contact information.          
Details for the June 19 Zoom Meeting  - 
 
All information will also be emailed the day of the meeting.
 

 

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Jun 19, 2020
SCCPSS Response to COVID-19 and plans for returning in the Fall
Jun 26, 2020
District 6920 Priorities for the upcoming Fiscal Year
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