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Rotary Club proposes Peace Poles at Oregon City schools
Summary
A Rotary Club member proposed installing Peace Poles at district schools, offering funding, plaques and programming; board members asked district legal staff to review gift and display rules and vandalism/maintenance responsibilities.
Leah, a Rotary Club of Oregon City member who also works for Oregon State University Extension, told the Oregon City School Board during public comment that the club wants to fund and install “Peace Poles” at district schools and help coordinate ceremonies, curricula and PR.
The poles, Leah said, bear the message “May peace prevail on earth” in multiple languages and can include a QR code linking each pole to a global map of Peace Poles. The Rotary Club has about $5,000 currently available and Leah said she would request an additional $5,000–$8,000 from the Rotary Club Foundation to phase installations across schools.
Rotary offered to pay for the poles, a donor plaque and a QR…
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