BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//com.denhaven2/NONSGML ri_cal gem//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The Rotary Club of Doylestown will welcome Armene Modi\, foun der of Ashta No Kai (Japanese for &ldquo\;For A Better Tomorrow&rdquo\;) at its meeting scheduled for August 1\, 2012 at 5:30 p.m. at the Doyles town Country Club\, 401 Pebble Hill Road in Doylestown. Modi will be dis cussing her organization&rsquo\;s work to empower rural women in India b y providing educational and vocational opportunities.\nModi&rsquo\;s wor k began by accident in 1996. \; Originally from India\, she was work ing as an English professor in Tokyo when she read the book May You Be T he Mother of A 100 Sons and learned that 61% of women in India are illit erate. That spurred her start a project to increase women&rsquo\;s liter acy near her hometown of Pune\, India. From that project\, Ashta No Kai has branched out to provide literacy\, health and economic development s ervices in 10 villages of the Pune District of Maharashtra State\, locat ed on the western coast of India. These services include: \;\n\nProv iding bicycle banks that allow teenage girls to continue their educ ation by loaning them bicycles\, so that they can travel to and fro m schools that are located too far away for them to walk. \nDispensing h ealth education services such as preventative care information\, nu trition information\, and providing emergency basic health kits and medications \nHelping women to become economically independent via entrepreneurial and vocational training\, as well as providing access t o micro-finance via self-help saving groups. \n\nThe Doylestown Rot ary has helped Ashta No Kai with matching grants for various projects. & ldquo\;Thanks to Armene&rsquo\;s work with Ashta No Kai\, many poor wome n in India have been able to get themselves out of poverty and provide b etter housing\, healthcare\, and education for their families\,&rdquo\; said Doylestown Rotary member Bob Eichfeld. &ldquo\;We are happy to have Armene speak at our club and support her work with Ashta No Kai.&rdquo\ ; \; To learn more about Ashta No Kai&rsquo\;s work visit https://si tes.google.com/site/ashtanokai/home/news\nThe meeting is open to member and non-member business professionals and reservations are required for non-member visitors. \; Those interested in visiting the Rotary Club of Doylestown should contact Jo-Anne Atwell at 267-614-2293\, or by ema il at jepatwell@msn.com. The cost to attend is $20\, which covers the pr ice of dinner.\nAbout the Doylestown Rotary:\nThe Doylestown Rotary Club is comprised of business owners and professionals living and/or working in Doylestown\, PA and the surrounding communities. Founded on April 28 \, 1924\, the Doylestown Rotary was organized with a chartering membersh ip of 20.\nThe Rotary Club of Doylestown sponsors business card exchange s\, Four-Way Test Awards\, Scholarship Awards\, as well as events to rai se funds for other organizations in need. Over the years\, Rotary Club o f Doylestown has supported Doylestown Hospital\, the Delaware Valley Col lege Horse Show\, community athletic fields\, highway landscape improvem ents\, and organizations such as the March of Dimes\, Twilight Wish Foun dation\, Village Improvement Association\, the SPCA\, and the Bucks Coun ty Historical Society.\nSince 1965\, the club has hosted dozens of forei gn exchange students and sent as many local students abroad as part of t heir Student Exchange Program. The Rotary Club of Doylestown continues t o host and send abroad exchange students. It also sponsors the Central B ucks East Interact Club\, provides college scholarships to graduating se niors at all three Central Bucks High Schools\, sponsors a regional week end leadership camp for six Central Bucks High School students\, and sup ports an annual essay and speech contest for local high school students.  \;\nOn an international level\, the Rotary Club of Doylestown provi des financial support to Rotary International polio prevention programs\ , the Shelter Box program\, and to programs that assist Maasai villages in Kenya\, where monies raised have helped fund the drilling of five wat er wells. The final well project was completed and fully functional in J une 2011.\nThroughout the years\, the Rotary Club of Doylestown and its members have been \;leaders in the community and have practiced "Ser vice Above Self". For moreinformation about The Rotary Club of Doylestow n visit http://doylestownrotary.org. To \; learn more about Rotary I nternational visit www.rotary.org. URL:http://warminster.patch.com/events/armene-modi-founder-of-ashta-no-ka i-to-speak-at-doylestown-rotary-club-f6c757e1 SUMMARY:ARMENE MODI\, FOUNDER OF ASHTA NO KAI\, TO SPEAK AT DOYLESTOWN R OTARY CLUB LOCATION:401 Pebble Hill Rd\, Doylestown\, PA 18901: 401 Pebble Hill Rd\, Doylestown\, PA END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR