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Basham uses Rotary scholarship to help humanity
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The little boy with Christopher Basham is from Chennai, India. This picture was taken in February 2012. Basham volunteered with an organization called Global Volunteers for two months, working in two orphanages.
McMinnville Breakfast Rotary Club has accomplished a first in its history by obtaining a $30,000 Rotary Global Grant, a prestigious scholarship from Rotary International.Representing Rotary as a Global Scholar is Christopher Basham, who has joined an elite group of scholarship recipients. He will be attending the prominent London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in London, England beginning in September. According to Breakfast Rotary Club member Rachel Killebrew, the scholarship is so difficult to obtain, club members have never attempted it.