Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center’s Annual Spring Conference
By: Bob Gravino, District Endowment & Major Gifts Coordinator, Bath Sunrise RC
Kathy and I attended the Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center's Annual Spring Conference on April 11, 2026, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. We found it motivating, encouraging and exciting. The Conference was one of the most worthwhile Rotary Foundation events that I have ever experienced.
The candidate for the 2024-2026 Rotary Peace Fellowship that District 7780 interviewed in the Spring of 2024, Hanan Kadi Abafita, a medical doctor from Ethiopia, was strongly endorsed by the District Rotary Peace Center Committee and was selected by The Rotary Foundation as one of twelve Rotary Peace Fellows to attend the program at Duke-UNC Chapel Hill beginning in August 2024. In early May 2026, Hanan gave the commencement talk at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. Hanan was number one in the 2024-2026 Class of Rotary Peace Center Fellows, co-president of the Gillings School of Public Health International Association, and was awarded a Masters in Public Health with an Applied Epidemiology Concentration.
District Foundation Committee Invites All to Three Dog Day
By: Aileen Dugan, Foundation Committee Chair,
Portsmouth RC, and Tom Talbott, DGDN, Portland RC
The 7780 Foundation Committee is prepping for a “Three Dog Day” and we want you to be a part of it!
“Wait! What in the world is a “Three Dog Day?"
It’s a special District 7780 Rotary Foundation Celebration event built around one unforgettable moment:connecting three veterans with three specially trained companion dogs. The event will be anchored by a grant from incoming District Governor Michele Bois-Gilbody, but we need your support to make it a reality.
