Apply to host a booth in the House of Friendship at the 2016 Rotary International Convention in Seoul, 28 May-1 June. This is an opportunity to showcase your club or district project, recruit members for your Rotary Fellowship, share information about your Rotarian Action Group, or market Rotary merchandise if you are a licensed RI vendor.
The application deadline is 30 September. Booth allocations will be awarded by 1 November.
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Members of the news media had gathered, along with the mayor of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, and a group of Rotary members, on the bank of the murky Detroit River. It was early August and the members were about to amaze the reporters on hand.
Jason Browne and Adam Barth, members of Rollin’ With Rotary, a four person team of Rotary members who visited a dozen cities this summer, dipped a bucket into the polluted water. The reporters watched as they poured the brownish water into a filter, part of a $1,000 survival kit that Rotary and its project partner ShelterBox distribute to disaster victims...
The Rotary Foundation earned a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, the largest and most prestigious independent evaluator of nonprofits in the United States.
This year’s top distinction is the Foundation’s eighth in a row, which places the Foundation in the top 2 percent of U.S.-based charities. In a letter to the Foundation, Charity Navigator President and CEO Michael Thatcher wrote, “Receiving four out of a possible four stars indicates that your organization adheres to good governance and other best practices that minimize the chance of unethical activities and consistently executes its...
Register online to take part in Rotary Day at the United Nations on 7 November. This annual event at UN Headquarters in New York City offers Rotary members and others a unique opportunity to learn how we work with the United Nations to advance peace and improve the lives of those most in need.
This year’s meeting highlights the UN’s 70th anniversary and Rotary’s longstanding relationship with the organization. The program will focus on the Sustainable Development Goals and recognize Rotary women of action from around the world.
Attendees are invited to meet at Rockefeller Center the morning...
Do you have an idea or project that you want to share with the Rotary world? Consider leading a breakout session at the 2016 Rotary International Convention in Seoul.
Submit your proposal by 15 October to share your successes with projects, efforts to strengthen membership, partnerships, leadership development, and more. The proposal form is available in English, Japanese, Korean, and Mandarin.
“Primarily Rotary seeks to apply the theory of service to business and community life....This is expressed in the first part of our code of ethics: To consider my vocation worthy and as affording me a distinct opportunity to serve society. He Profits Most Who Serves Best is a less ideal expression, but the suggestion of egoism is removed by the added words, Service Above Self.”
— Address to 1926 Rotary Convention, Denver, Colorado, USA
Please note that Ron Carr will be on vacation Sept 8 - Sept 22.
Any requests for changes, and the Spoke, should be sent to Westin Green.
Thursday, September 17, 2015
Carla Skinder Spoke
Forrest Cole Invocation
Jennifer Grant Greeter
Nathan Miller Song Leader
Paul Tierney Rotary Minute
Thursday, September 24, 2015
Jennifer Grant Song Leader
John P. Yacavone Greeter
Marion Steiner Rotary Minute
Paul Tierney Invocation
Steve Christy Spoke
Thursday, October 1, 2015
Dan Affeldt Spoke
Jamie Whyte Song Leader
Jennifer Grant Invocation
Nathan Miller Rotary Minute
Paul Boucher Greeter
Song leader: Marion Steiner Song: Home on the Range
Visiting Rotarians: None
Guests: Linda Oidtmann-Wife of Ernst Oidtmann
Raffle: Winning ticket drawn by Steve Whitman- not a winner
Announcements: Leadership Training at DHMC on Oct 3rd
September 8th Board Meeting
September 14th Salt Hill
Auction is right around the corner need more people signed up for the dinner, contract for the facility was signed with a commitment of 150 meals, only 45 signed up to date, need every Rotarian to get going and sign up
Also more donations are needed now!
John Y- has a Hammond organ to give away; Bill B mentioned that the Ghana Grant was a big success, please read e-mail sent on Sept 3rd ; Service committee Chair Ernst announced that a Rail Trail Cleanup is being organized for sometime in Sept/Oct., more to come
Brags: Jean-Bragged that her daughter started her last first day of School; Rich- dropped his daughter off at UNH last Friday; Carla –returned from Africa but will be returning to Africa in Oct for a couple more weeks ; Linda Copp- just moved her mother in Harvest Hill, directly upstairs of our meeting room
Jamie-son auditioned for the Trumball group and got a part; Don Had a great Presidents picnic and was surprised to see that there was enough room for everybody to park
Rotary Minute: Steve Christy
Speaker: Charlie Freeman-Civil Air Patrol Squadron Commander Gave a detailed talk about the Civil Air Patrol program and the Glider Academy.
CAP was Federally Chartered 501c3 in 1947. It is a volunteer organization and at the end of World War 11, CAP became the auxiliary of the United States Air Force. It runs three programs: Emergency Services, Cadet Programs and Aerospace Education. It is 80 % funded by the Air Force and the remaining 20% is funded through membership dues, state contributions and fundraising.
The Glider Academy provides the young cadets the opportunity to experience gliding and soaring through orientation flights and glider flight training.
Excerpted from Walter Hughes email on completion of this project:
We impacted 28,890 lives with this one project. We have $750,000 worth of projects that were started since your visit to Ghana. The summary of the project is:
We exceeded most of our goals. We completed twelve boreholes and one hand dug well. We repaired thirty-two boreholes instead of fifteen. We bought seventy-nine tablets instead of six desktop computers for four schools instead of just one school. We completed 116 microflush toilets instead of 131 toilets. We funded more computer labs than our plan. The project budget was $111,224.
This photo was possible because you cared enough to transform lives of children with a new borehole and wells. THANK YOU! Our new team leaves on Thursday for Ghana. The original photos showing the work and the signage for your clubs can be viewed at this link: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/koyjvm3g48oyakr/AADGhnW0v8OzkZRpK6qDcsmea?dl=0 . You can download the Dropbox software at www.dropbox.com/download. The final report is attached as well as the photograph of the children at the well.
If any of you know of someone whose life would benefit from a call or card from the "Sunshine Girl", please let Marion Steiner know. She can be emailed at msteiner@lakesunbank.com or home at 603-826-0081.
