International Women’s Day

Posted by Tim Arnold on Mar 9, 2016 in Africa, Family, Polio, Rotary, Water Projects | 0 comments

Today is International Women’s Day. As an old white guy, let me put my spin on this. I’ve met a lot of strong women in my life. Some as tough as nails and yet still so fragile in stature. A few are worth spending a little time talking about. First is my mother. Broken down with Arthritis her whole adult life, she carried on. Volunteered at Swedish Hospital on weekly...

International Polio Day

Posted by Tim Arnold on Oct 19, 2014 in Africa, My Causes, Polio, Rotary, Volunteering, Water Projects | 0 comments

Friday October 24th is international Polio Day. It may not mean much to most Americans, since Polio has been gone here in the states for over fifty years. Other parts of the world haven’t been as lucky. In 1985 there were 120 countries with over 300,000 new cases of Polio every year. Last year there were a few hundred cases in a handful of countries. All the cases came...

What’s your New Year’s resolution?

Posted by Tim Arnold on Dec 31, 2013 in Books & Writing, Family, My Causes, Polio, Rotary, Volunteering | 0 comments

Do something for America.

Polio close to being eradicated. Next clean water.

Posted by Tim Arnold on Jun 24, 2013 in Africa, My Causes, Polio, Rotary, Volunteering, Water Projects | 2 comments

Rotary, doing good stuff around the world.

Rotary solving problems around the world.

Young teenage girls sold into marriage in Ethiopia.

Posted by Tim Arnold on Jun 11, 2013 in Africa, Family, My Causes, Rotary, Volunteering, Water Projects | 0 comments

Young girls in Ethiopia, sometimes as young as fourteen, are sold so the rest of the family can have enough food to eat.

There are good days and bad. What’s you day going to be?

Posted by Tim Arnold on May 8, 2013 in Blog, Family, My Causes, My Path to Writing, Polio, Rotary, Wine | 0 comments

It’s fun to meet new people. One person you’ve never seen, heard of, or thought you’d meet.  If you ask enough questions you can find out a lot about her. You might hear about what has gone on in her life or what shaped her to be like she is today. Everyone has had good things happen to them and also a few bad, just like all the rest of us. Sometimes there is one...