Please plan to join our Zoom Foundation Celebration on Saturday evening, May 22. This event will replace the 6040 Foundation Dinner that we had to cancel, due to Covid last November. This will be a fun evening where we will celebrate the Foundation results of the ’19 -‘20 year and the Kimbrough Challenge made possible by a successful legacy dinner in 2017 and the generous donation by Ed and Margaret Kimbrough from the Huntsville Club.
Our guest speaker will be Brenda Cressey. Brenda made Rotary history when she became the first woman to serve as The Rotary Foundation Trustee’s Chair. For many years, she has been involved in significant Foundation and Polio fundraising efforts for The Foundation.
This event is a significant part of our annual fundraising efforts for the Foundation. The funds available for District and Global Grants in 3 years are determined by our Annual Fund contributions this Rotary year. Throughout the evening we will have the opportunity to participate in raffles and auctions that will take place online this year. Clubs and Individuals can also contribute by being a sponsor of the event.
Several Clubs are planning their own watch parties. They are planning to gather as a Club, in small groups or as individuals to enjoy and participate in the Celebration via Zoom. I am looking forward to seeing everyone around the District that evening as we Celebrate all the good The Foundation does locally and around the world.
Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) Part I is coming to you online via Zoom in April. An agenda is attached for your convenience. Also attached are couple of documents: "Preparing to Participate in RLI Part I Online 2021" and " Tips for Participating in an online meeting". They both give you the guidelines for the class. Please note that you must attend all nights in the April session.
The dates are noted below:
Tech Night-Tuesday April 13 from 5:30 to 6:00 Night One - Monday April 19 from 5:30 to 8:15 Night Two -Monday April 26 from 5:30 to 8:15
Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) Part I is coming to you online via Zoom in April. An agenda is attached for your convenience. Also attached are couple of documents: "Preparing to Participate in RLI Part I Online 2021" and " Tips for Participating in an online meeting". They both give you the guidelines for the class. Please note that you must attend all nights in the April session.
The dates are noted below:
Tech Night-Tuesday April 13 from 5:30 to 6:00 Night One - Monday April 19 from 5:30 to 8:15 Night Two -Monday April 26 from 5:30 to 8:15
The cost is $20 and you can register at www.hoa-rli.org. You or your club can pay online or send me a check mailed to 861 Fairway Drive, Suite B, Chillicothe, MO 64601. You can also pay me at Venmo @JulieMc. If you have trouble registering, let me know and I'll be glad to sign you up. Don't delay if you wish to sign up for this class as there is a limit on how many can sign up and my classes have been full. If you have any questions, please let me know. My contact information is noted below.
As you may have heard, 2021 marks the 20th anniversary of the Shoes for Orphan Souls project in Rotary District 6040 – and this is the start of “shoes season!”
Since the start of the program in 2001, District 6040 Rotarians have generously donated 356,000 pairs of shoes. (That’s three hundred fifty-six thousand lives touched by YOUR generosity. So far.)
For this anniversary year, our Shoes Cheerleader, Larry Lunsford, has issued a challenging but inspiring goal: to collect 20,000 pairs of shoes for distribution to orphans and other vulnerable, economically challenged children in Honduras!
To help in achieving that goal, he has prepared a challenge video, which you can see on the D 6040 Facebook page or on YouTube. https://youtu.be/2sunz-9lkRc Now, we need your help.
Please begin the process of collecting shoes, appointing your shoes drive chairperson and rallying your club and your community to the effort. (The video has details.)
Go to the District 6040 Facebook page, “like, comment and share” this video to your club’s Facebook page, to help give the project visibility to your members and throughout the community.
If practical, please show this video at an upcoming club meeting to inform and challenge your members to great levels of – as the video says – uncommon generosity.
Let’s make 2021 a great year for shoes, and for the children of Honduras.
Thank you for your efforts, and for being a Rotarian!
