Member spotlight: Kindness of a stranger
Apostolos Mamatas arrived in America armed with a full scholarship to study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. But things quickly turned bleak as his funding got delayed, and he had to work odd jobs to live. He slept wherever he could, frequently outside at the port in Boston. A Rotarian working on campus offered him a place to stay until his scholarship was sorted out. Mamatas stayed with the Rotarian, who is now deceased, for four weeks, eventually accompanying him to a Rotary club meeting where members discussed how to help the poor and homeless.
Mamatas knew all about poverty,…
