Cosmopolitan International Projects

 

 

 

 

As a member of Cosmopolitan International, the River City Cosmopolitan Club supports the goals, projects and objectives of our International organization.  We believe that by working and serving together, we can enrich the lives of others through Unity, Service & Action.

 

Cosmopolitan International’s current project is raising $750,000 for INGAP (Islet Neogenesis Associated Protein) research, as a possible cure for diabetes.  This research is being conducted at the Strelitz Diabetes Institute, which is located at the Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia.  As of July 2005, the River City Club has donated a total of $14,500 to help fund INGAP research.

 

Other Cosmopolitan International projects that the River City Cosmopolitan Club has supported and helped fund include:

 

  • Cosmopolitan Diabetes Center – University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri)

 

  • The Diabetes Institutes – Eastern Virginia Medical School (Norfolk, Virginia)

 

  • Valerie Millar Diabetes Outreach Network – University of South Dakota (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)

 

The River City Cosmopolitan Club has three club memberships in the Cosmopolitan Diabetes Foundation’s Beacons Fund.  The Beacons Fund is an endowment designed to assure the perpetual duration of Cosmopolitan.  Money placed in the fund is safely invested and the principle is never utilized.  The interest obtained from the investment is used to fund grants and expenses set forth and approved by the Foundation’s Board of Directors.  Each Beacons membership consists of a $1000 donation to the Foundation.

 

The River City Cosmopolitan Club also partners with the Sturgeon Valley Cosmopolitan Club, in St. Albert, Alberta Canada, in the Clubs Across the Border program.  This program teams up U.S. and Canadian Cosmopolitan Clubs, who contribute to their respective Beacons Fund (Northern Beacons in Canada) in their partner clubs name.

 

The following River City Cosmopolitan Club members are also individual Beacons Fund members: Gary & Susie Bartlett (3 memberships), Bob & Carol Boncella, Steve & Jamie Hanna, Kevin & Cindy Harmon, Mike & Phyllis Hertling, Jack & Pat Hohman, Tommy & Denise Johnson, Mike & Diana Klopfenstein and John & Helen Scanlon.

 

To learn more about the Cosmopolitan International organization, please visit their website at www.cosmopolitan.org.