Sunday, April 15, 2007

District 4700

District 4700 is in the Southern most State of Brazil. Rio Grande do Sul means "Long River of South”.

In the map to the right district 4700 is in South Eastern Brazil (noted in light pink), central in the southern most region.

Our first activity, May 17th, is to attend the District Conference in Passo Fundo. We will be hosted by Rotarians throughout the District as we travel to Getulio Vargas, Erechim, Lagoa Vermelha, Vacaria, Caxias do Sul, Garibaldi, Flores da Cunha, Bento Goncalves, Sao Marcos, Veranopolis, Nova Prata, Gramado e Canela, Lajeado e Estrela, and Teutonia. Our visit will end on June 13th with our return to Canada.


District 7820



Geographically, District 7820 is one of the largest of Rotary Districts. We are a family of 46 Rotary Clubs and 1800 Rotarians we include the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland & Labrador; Isles de la Madeleine and Frances, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon (France). Our current clubs are enclosed within a giant triangle formed by Yarmouth in the southwest, Labrador City-Wabush to the north (1025 air kms) and St. John’s (1185 air kms) to the southeast. Our 93 year legacy of service to the local and global community is a proud one.