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Poliana Bellan Wilson: âI love to lend a hand to othersâ
Wilson provides assistance as an interpreter and social media expert.
Poliana Bellan Wilson â Courtesy Poliana Bellan Wilson
In 2017, Poliana âPoliâ Bellan Wilson left her home in Sao Paulo, Brazil to attend a Rotary convention on Marthaâs Vineyard. Wilson had been very active in the Rotaract Club in Sao Paulo since she was in her teens. Rotaract is an international youth program founded by Rotary International; today there are over 10,000 clubs in 180 countries.
Wilson had no previous connection to the Vineyard and really didnât know that much about it. But while she was here she not only made professional connections but she made a personal connection as well. She met Adam Wilson, a fellow Rotarian and renewable energy consultant on the Island. When she returned home, Poli and Adam talked online, the relationship heated up and Adam went down to v
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Ocean State Job Lot donates coats to veterans
From left: Sheriff Bob Ogden, Tisbury Chief Mark Saloio, Oak Bluffs Chief Erik Blake, veterans outreach coordinator Bob Tankard, Chilmark Chief Jonathan Klaren, and West Tisbury Chief Matt Mincone help deliver coats to veterans in need. Lucas Thors
Veterans on-Island received 10 brand-new winter coats that were donated as part of a charitable initiative by Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation and the Massachusetts Military Support Foundation.
More than 4,000 coats were donated to veterans and support organizations across the commonwealth. Over the past four years, the Buy, Give, Get program has donated more than 65,000 coats to veterans in need during the holiday season.