FROM ROTARACT TO NEW WEST BOISE ROTARY CLUB? YES!!

Who are the people mugging for a shot in picture #1?  Why, on the left is Andy Wood.  In the middle is Rod DeArmond of the Emmett Club, a special representative to DG Terry Gilbert.  And on the right?  That's Melissa Weymouth who along with Andy just returned from a water filtration project in Peru.  Rod will serve as a mentor and organizer for the new club.

With the help of District 5400 and sponsoring clubs, these service-oriented young professionals intend to start a new West Boise Rotary Club.  This will be an energetic hands-on early-evening club focused on organizing Rotarians primarily in south Meridian and the Kuna area.

Energetic?  I should say!  The pictures above were taken a few days ago when Melissa and Andy were in San Felipe, Peru, where their Rotaract Club and Boise Metro have sponsored a guinea pig project for several years (Umm, good!).  The clubs have now turned their attention to a clean water project for San Felipe.

In picture #2, Andy pours water into a filtration system.
In picture #3, Melissa poses at the San Felipe School with two Peruvians, Wilmer (left) and Richard (right).   

While Andy and Melissa are serious about "Service Above Self," they love fun, too.  In the pictures below taken at the Rotary Sun Valley Convention Friendship House in 2009, we caught Melissa admiring someone's muscles and Andy and his wife Jess serving what looks like Playdoh.