Youth and inspiration, a great combination!

2nd year students at University of New England Dental School

This group of future dentists at University of New England in Maine found time to have a quilting party for Wrap-A-Smile.  And look what they accomplished! Led by young Rotarian Katelyn Pierson they produced a happy pile of quilts to be shared with our Rotaplast patients.

Katelyn is a graduate of RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awakening) and is very active with the Scarborough, Maine, Rotary Club.  As a future dentist she states "this touches my profession greatly and is helping me find the link between my long connection to Rotary and my fellow dental students."  After learning about Wrap-A-Smile and Rotaplast she presented the quilting workshop idea to her classmates and to her Rotary club which contributed financially for the materials involved.

Quoting from the January D7780 Rotary District Newsletter:

"The Scarborough Rotary would like to thank Katelyn Pierson for her leadership and dedication to Service Above Self.  Even with the demands of becoming a dentist, she has made time for Rotary.  We believe Katelyn is helping to bridge Rotary of the past to Rotary of the future by making Rotary relevant to the lives of people in the present."

  I couldn't have stated that any better!  Thank you Katelyn and friends.

As we often say in Rotary, all it takes is one Rotarian with a good idea to make things happen!

Katelyn Pierson