THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY TOUR & Literacy project in Guatemala

Thank you Danielle Harder for your presentation and initiative on the Literacy project in Guatemala.

The Guatemala Literacy Project (GLP) is one of the largest grassroots, multi-club, multi-district projects in Rotary. More than 800 clubs and 90 districts have been working together since 1997 to improve education for underserved students in Guatemala.

ROTARIANS CREATE HOPE AS THEY WORK TO SAVE THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY

Thank you Adèle Grenouilleau for your presentation on THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY

Rotary Club of Willowdale is Proud to Host The MOMA Hope Statue which is making a "Monarch Butterfly North American Friendship Tour" this August to December between Alberta, Canada, and Michoacan, Mexico (where Monarch butterflies spend the winter months). The MOMA Hope Statue (MOther MAriposa) is a beautiful hand-crafted butterfly statue from Mexico. During its "North American Friendship Tour," the statue will raise $150,000 for Monarch Butterfly conservation in Mexico. The Statue has already raised $100,000 towards that goal.

Most of you have probably heard about the decline of pollinators and related efforts to reverse the situation through initiatives such as Operation Pollination and the Monarch Ultra Marathon. The Monarch Ultra is taking a different approach this year, with a beautiful Monarch statue being shipped by train from Alberta, through Winnipeg, Toronto onto Windsor and ultimately to Monterey, Mexico. This September, Rotary District 7070 (especially the Toronto area Clubs) has the unique opportunity to participate in the Monarch Hope statue tour (photo below) to promote pollinator protection, sponsored by the Monterrey Metropolitano Rotary Club (Mexico), Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railroad, and others. In addition, your Club is invited to contribute (NOT a requirement) towards a Global Grant (of $150,000) for habitat restoration in the forests of Mexico where the Monarch overwinters. This tour builds on last year’s 1^st Monarch statue event that raised more than $100,000 for oyamel firs.

MOMA Hope statue begins this year’s journey in Calgary/Edmonton. Next it’s on to Minneapolis, Winnipeg, Toronto, Windsor, Detroit, Chicago, Kansas City, Dallas, Houston, and several points south into Mexico ending its journey at the Monarch Biosphere Reserve (near Morelia, Mexico).

“ The District Environmental Action Committee has secured a few opportunities for the statue to be displayed within District 7070"