Clarence Rotarians are well familiar with a group called WNY Heroes, which is a veteran's help organization run for and by military veterans to assist any military service personnel in need. After founder Chris Kreiger made a very powerful presentation at a club meeting, Clarence Rotarians started formulating a plan to get involved.
The opportunity arose to sponsor a dog for training specific to the needs of returning servicemen and servicewomen for support and, with the help of WNY Heroes, a Clarence resident was located for a service dog.
Rotarian Jim Morabito was invited to meet via Zoom with the organization and reported back to the board that it was one of the most moving experiences of his life. Jim passed along to the club board comments relating to all the good the Rotary Foundation does worldwide and that the club involvement with WNY Heroes ranks right up there with anything we've done. It reminds Jim of what he first heard PDG Art Wing pass along years ago: "What we do for ourselves dies with us............what we do for others lasts forever." Paul Harris.
Jim commented, "All of us in Rotary are fortunate to be able to assist in ways we can't even imagine."
Pictured are US military veteran Francis Cote` and his service dog which is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Clarence.
