DG Ray reminds us that the upcoming District Conference will focus on youth mental, well-being and empowerment. Registration is open for the April 29-30 event.
The April Rotarian magazine includes information on how to support the crisis in Ukraine, stories from Rotary members in Ukraine, and a touching memorial of Past RI President Cliff Dochterman.
Presentations include:Human Trafficking, Interact/Young Rotarians Stories & Hands-On Service Project "Capes for Kids", Self-Care & Rescue, and Empowering Young Boys & Girls
Join your fellow Rotarians for an informative day on how we can all empower youth - our future leaders and change-makers! Learn what other clubs are doing in the House of Friendship, and celebrate all the good Rotary does throughout our communities and the world!
THE DISTRICT IS HERE FOR YOU
BOULDER COUNTY/MARSHALL FIRE RELIEF FUND: Thanks to all the Rotarians in the District and across the country who have contributed over $147,000! The District's Natural Disaster Response Committee is working with local communities to best determine how to help. To date $46,000 has been donated to the YMCA of Northern Colorado: $6,000 to help affected families with childcare and $40,000 to send children to a 10 week summer camp. More information will be coming on how Rotarians can volunteer to help with camp projects and teach the four-way test.
PR COMMITTEE UPDATE: New PR tools are available to the clubs including a new club brochure. If you need marketing help, reach out to us by clicking here.
DO BUSINESS WITH OTHER ROTARIANS! JOIN THE DISTRICT'S ONLINE DIRECTORY! Register now for only $5 per year!Let other Rotarians know how to reach you! http://rotary5450.business/ - learn more and read about the features: Get details HERE...
CLUB MEMBERSHIP & GIVING REPORT MARCH 10, 2022 - Click Here
CLUB CONNECTIONS
Finding friendship and fellowship in service to community - Philip Clarke, a new member of Highlands Ranch Rotary Club, has been published in the Denver Post e-newsletter and the HUB. His story tells of taking his own advice on "making new friends as an adult and jokingly referred to the ancillary benefit of increasing the turnout at my funeral" by joining a service club. His search led him to Rotary. Click Here to Read the Full Article
Boulder Rotary works to help connect reservation homes to clean water. For the Oglala Lakota Sioux Tribe in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, access to clean water is a daily obstacle. The tribe is one of dozens of Indigenous tribes across the United States that are faced with a shortage of safe water and as a result, their population is experiencing various fatal illnesses. Click here to read how Boulder Rotary is helping.
Denver Cherry Creek Rotarian Sarah Werner received the Unsung Heroine Award at the 2022 Colorado Women's Day Event! The Unsung Heroine award is given to women for their good works in the community, especially volunteer service, service which improves lives of women and children, service that positively impacts those most in need in the community, or those who inspire others by demonstrating courage through difficult situations. The Unsung Heroine is one who has made quiet but impactful achievements. Congratulations Sarah!
Post your story on your club's website or Facebook page, and then send the link to office@rotary5450.org.Doing so will give your club more exposure - readers will see the story on your club's site, which will let them know more about your club and members.
THE ROTARY FOUNDATION
The Rotary Foundation Mission (7/2021): The Rotary Foundation helps Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace by improving health, providing quality education, improving the environment, and alleviating poverty.Click the links below to read the full stories...
ROTARIANS SUPPORT ANOTHER NEEDED LARGE HUMANITARIAN EFFORT IN UKRAINE: Austrian aid convoy drives all night to deliver supplies for Ukraine.Read this moving recollection by Austrian Rotaractor Sebastian Adami who traveled 1,100 kilometers with the convoy to deliver medical supplies, food, sleeping bags and generators to the Polish-Ukraine border.
Maternal and Child Healthis one of the seven Areas of Focus and is the Rotary theme for April. 222 million women who would prefer to delay or avoid childbearing lack access to safe and effective contraception. Click here to learn how you can take action.
ROTARY PEACE CENTER FELLOWSHIPS: Does someone in your network have a passion for cultivating communities of #peace? Applications for our #Rotary Peace Center Fellowships for the 2023-24 academic year are now open. Learn more about our fully-funded masters or certificate programs here: https://on.rotary.org/34EPnhD. Rotary Peace Centers are a program of The Rotary Foundation and all donations help fully support our scholars in these Peace Center Fellowships. Donate now at https://www.rotary.org/en/donate.
PAUL HARRIS SOCIETY IS THE SWEET SPOT!Despite the COVID disruption in our customary Rotary life, District 5450 Rotarians have continued to step up. The people we serve need our help even more now. We know that The Rotary Foundation is not only THE GO-TO Foundation for Rotarians worldwide, but it is an excellent central hub for all of our financial giving. Click here to read more about becoming a Paul Harris Society Member.
CALLING ALL PRESIDENT ELECTS!Great job attending all of your PETS sessions! Here are the Rotary Foundation PE top 3tips of the month:
In the next few weeks, please work with your Rotary Foundation or Club Foundation chair to determine dollar amount goals for Annual Fund and PolioPlus for the Rotary year 2022-2023 and report those goals on Rotary Club Central by May 1st.
By June 1st, please work with your chairs to select and prepare your foundation (Club and or Rotary) committee members for 2020-2021.
Finally by July 1st, please create subcommittees or teams as needed to help solidify your work in the upcoming year with PolioPlus, Annual Fund giving, Rotary Foundation education, and grants/projects, etc.
Best to you at the start of an incredible journey leading your club! Please contact Dave Willman, Rotary 5450 Foundation Chair, at foundation@rotary5450.org if The District 5450 Rotary Foundation Team can help in any way.
RAISE FOR ROTARY CAN BE YOUR EASIEST FUNDRAISER!Raise for Rotary is a Rotary Foundation fundraising tool where individuals and teams can create fundraisers to celebrate or acknowledge events in their lives by raising funds for Rotary Foundation causes. Doing Good in the World Together - Fundraise for The Rotary Foundation to help bring life-changing projects to every corner of the world.
Check out HOW with the Raise for Rotary video tutorials on how to create a fundraiser, create a team, edit your fundraiser, or engage more donors. The latest tutorials will help you and your club with your philanthropic goals at the following link: https://raise.rotary.org/howto#tip1
