Rotary event on Oct. 17 to benefit local charitiesPosted Sep18, 2008 at 03:18 PMThe Rotary Club of Roanoke Valley will sponsor a benefit dinner, dance with games and live and silent auctions, to benefit three local charities Friday, October 17, at the Salem Civic Center. The Rotary Club, which is part of Rotary District 7570 of Rotary International, is expected to raise more than $20,000 for the Roanoke Valley charities. The charities are Virginia Amateur Sports, Project Lifesaver and the Roanoke Valley Speech and Hearing Center. During a recent planning meeting for the event Tarek Moneir, president of the sponsoring Rotary Club, made the following comments to the membership concerning this year’s benefactors:
“Virginia Amateur Sports of Roanoke develops and promotes amateur athletics throughout the Commonwealth by stressing the benefits of physical fitness and a healthy lifestyle. The various events sponsored by VAS in Virginia include the Coventry Commonwealth Games.
“The Roanoke Speech and Hearing Center provides diagnosis and speech, language and hearing therapy to indigent children in the Roanoke Valley.”
Moneir continued, “Project Lifesaver is an under-funded program of the Roanoke County Police Department that provides wrist locator beacons to handicapped individuals who are prone to wandering. Individuals with beacons can be located in a matter of minutes, rather than hours or days. The funds are specifically identified to provide additional beacons and location electronics."
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