Our speaker for June 20, 2007 was Dr. Robert Smoak who spoke of his missions work in various countries. Dr. Smoak has been traveling to underdeveloped countries since 1999 when he started volunteering with a group called United Methodists Volunteers in Mission. This group was actually started in Bamberg by Dr. Mike Watson and Rev. George Strait. It is now nationwide and looks to send groups of professionals to help underdeveloped countries with medical care, agricultural issues and access to water and nutrition. This past February Dr. Smoak went to Nicaragua with a group out of Illinois and was struck by the number of times he saw trucks with the Rotary International emblem and the work being done with those trucks. Many times he saw those trucks pull into a village with food to feed the residents. He also saw the Rotary truck pick up a truck full of kids and take them to school. He thanked Rotary for the work being done internationally and encouraged the Club to continue to think both locally and internationally in terms of helping others. At the conclusion of the meeting President Matt Way presented a check to Dr. Smoak in the amount of $610 half of which was collected from individual members and half coming from the Club. This donation will help pay for medications for Dr. Smoak to take on his next trip to Nicaragua in August. Our speaker for June 20, 2007 was Dr. Robert Smoak who spoke of his missions work in various countries. Dr. Smoak has been traveling to underdeveloped countries since 1999 when he started volunteering with a group called United Methodists Volunteers in Mission. This group was actually started in Bamberg by Dr. Mike Watson and Rev. George Strait. It is now nationwide and looks to send groups of professionals to help underdeveloped countries with medical care, agricultural issues and access to water and nutrition. This past February Dr. Smoak went to Nicaragua with a group out of Illinois and was struck by the number of times he saw trucks with the Rotary International emblem and the work being done with those trucks. Many times he saw those trucks pull into a village with food to feed the residents. He also saw the Rotary truck pick up a truck full of kids and take them to school. He thanked Rotary for the work being done internationally and encouraged the Club to continue to think both locally and internationally in terms of helping others. At the conclusion of the meeting President Matt Way presented a check to Dr. Smoak in the amount of $610 half of which was collected from individual members and half coming from the Club. This donation will help pay for medications for Dr. Smoak to take on his next trip to Nicaragua in August. 
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