Wednesday, August 23, 2006  Snowball Express: Children who have
Lost a Parent Serving in Iraq/Afghanistan  Rotarians in District
5320 have been helping with a project called Snowball Express.
It's for all of the 1,200+ children who lost a parent serving in
the U.S. Armed Forces in either Afghanistan or Iraq. This is a
project of the Rotary Club of Costa Mesa, California, headed up
by Mike Kerr, a charter member of that club.  Take a look at  In
a nutshell, we're going to fly all the children and their
surviving parent/guardian to Southern California this December,
throw them a huge party and let them spend a day having fun at
Disneyland.  Herb Kelleher, the founder of Southwest Airlines,
has volunteered to fly all the families out on Southwest for
free. Oakley is hosting one of the events at their headquarters
in Foothill Ranch. Disney is on board. Celebrities are
volunteering. We're currently talking people in the Department
of Defense about how to notify the families. We want to include
a message for them t