January 2017 Greeting       Happy New Year! I hope 2017 will bring you all joy and continue our good work in the world through Service Above Self. Even though 2016 is over, the 100 year celebration of the Foundation is still in full swing. It will culminate at the International Conference in Atlanta in June. If you've never attended a conference, this is a great opportunity to do so. I am working on a Global Grant for water accessibility in Pignon, Haiti. If you or your club are interested in participating, please call or email me for more information.   Yours in Service, Michelle Bell Foundation 101   Foundation 101 - Chapter 7     In February 1978, then President Jack Davis of Bermuda had invited Dr. Robet Hingson to speak to the board about his "peace gun." Dr. Hingson was a fellow Rotarian who had invented this instrument that enabled mass immunizations to take place at a rate of one thousand per hour.  During the meeting, Dr. Hingson demonstrated his peace gun and urged a closer relationship with Rotary in sponsoring childhood immunizations.  President Davis then suggested a special campaign to commemorate Rotary's 75th anniversary, just two years away and asked:  "Might we launch such a program emphasis at the 1978 convention (to wipe out childhood diseases)?"  With the World Health Organization's designated "Year of the Child" coming up in 1979, the Board approved the program that would then become known as "The 3-H Program."  The name stands for  The Health, Hunger and Humanity Program.  With the original 75th Anniversary Fund having raised $7.2 million in just two years, the 3-H Committee realized they needed to narrow their defining focus.  These were the established priorities for each goal:   Health:  Priority one was the prevention of polio, priority two was primary health care and health education, and priority three was treatment and rehabilitation. Hunger:  Priority one was water resources, with emphasis on education and demonstration, priority two emphasizes agricultural education and demonstration. Humanity:  Priority one was literacy, priority two was vocational training and priority three was emergency assistance. Gunderson Nature Park     The Eldora Rotary Club received a grant that partnered with several other groups to design and create the Gunderson Nature Park.  The land for the park was donated by Bob and Mary Lou Gunderson for the enjoyment of the community, wildlife habitat and to benefit water quality.  A twelve acre park, the land consists of prairie, savanna, wetland and a third of a mile paved trail through wildlife habitat.  The Rotary grant was used toward the design, creation and installation of Interpretive Exhibits in the park.  Cooperating together to create the park and exhibits were:  Bob & Mary Lou Gunderson, Resource Enhancement and Protection Program, City of Eldora and the Iowa Natural History Foundation with support from the Eldora Rotary Club, John R. Woods Foundation, the Throssel Family (in honor of Lew and Delores Throssel), the Eldora RAGBRAI fund and the Iowa River Greenbelt Resource Trust.