DG Ray remembers the life of Past Rotary International President Cliff Dochterman. Cliff passed away last week, and he was not only a passionate and active Rotarian, but was instrumental in getting the Rotary board to move forward with the eradication of polio.
DG Ray appreciates the support everyone gives to eradicate polio, and the support, wisdom, and judgements everyone in the District makes when trying to see our way through the COVID virus.
Past Rotary International President Cliff Dochterman passed away this past week. Cliff served as RI President in 1992-1993 and he continued to share his insights, wisdom, and humor with Rotarians worldwide until his passing. Cliff did his utmost to motivate fellow Rotary Club members to achieve their best and to serve the communities in which they live, was instrumental in Rotary joining the fight against polio, and was the founder of the International Fellowship of Scouting Rotarians. Click here to find out more about the Cliff Dochterman Award.
Colorado Women’s Day has an MOU with Rotary WASH District 5450 to help raise funds for essential WASH projects through our annual conference March 10 & 11, 2022. The eight awards that will be presented have an important role in this celebration. Click Here for Event Information, and Click Here for Nomination Information.
WANTED: A PAST CLUB PRESIDENT!Rotary District 5450 is accepting nominations for our 2024-2025 District Governor. Are you looking for a challenging, rewarding leadership position to help inspire Rotarians to do great things?Click Hereto learn more.
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 NOVEMBER 10, 2021 - Click Here
CLUB CONNECTIONS
JOIN ROTARY ECLUB ONE TO CELEBRATE THEIR 20TH ANNIVERSARY - Club Presidents and one or two representatives of each Club are invited to join the celebration on January 8, 2022 at 7:00 am MST via zoom. This is a wonderful opportunity for Clubs of our District to get to know each other better and to strengthen our connections. Click Here for more info and to learn how to RSVP by Dec. 12, 2021
DENVER LODO member Byron Kominek was the focus of a story on National Public Radio for his agrivoltaic farm in Loveland. Kominek's farm, rebranded as Jack's Solar Garden (Jack is his grandfather's name), is part of a burgeoning industry known as agrivoltaics. It's a relatively new field of research and Kominek's farm is one of only about a dozen in the United States known to be experimenting with it. But agrivoltaics is drawing particular interest in the West, now in the grips of a 22 year megadrought. Click Here to read more...
CENTENNIAL member Eric Hauff is working to share the Paul Harris Fellowship around the world. Eric's work takes him around the world, including Nigeria, where he was able to encourage his friend Femi to join Rotary, and gift him a Paul Harris Fellowship. What better way to welcome a new Rotarian than to also honor him as a Paul Harris Fellow? Click Here to read more...
DENVER CHERRY CREEK raised $2,000 to supply school supplies to 500 students in La Ceiba, Honduras - the amount was doubled through a matching District grant. Honduras has been hard hit by two hurricanes. The club had previously aided the area through two annual dental missions and assistance to local schools. Click Here to read more...
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 NEW): 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...
HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND 'TIS THE SEASON!
HAPPY DECEMBER DISTRICT 5450! WE CELEBRATE THIS MONTH’S THEME AS DISEASE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT MONTH!
Did you know that Disease Prevention and Treatment as an Area of Focus, is the number one requested and approved The Rotary Foundation Global Grant? In last fiscal Rotary year 2020-2021, it made up over 800 out of 2000 total Global Grants or 40% plus of all grants approved.
This season, try and send out holiday cards to your circles that support you as a Rotarian and your Rotary club. Give an update and highlight all the work Rotary is doing within this month’s theme. It may just inspire others to work towards more collaborative solutions, plus find a few members or two! #EachOneBringOne Read more...
THE ROTARY FOUNDATION SPECIAL 2021 UPDATE: Giving works because Rotary works. We are proud that 90.8 percent of donations go straight to supporting our service projects!Read more...
GRANTS MANAGEMENT UPDATE:As a reminder to continue to send in your memorandums of understanding documentation and your final 990 submittals as you can this month. Up to date lists for clubs that are qualified can always be found at the district website.We have a great grants review team ready for 2021-2022 grants projects, so reach out and say hello when you can. Our team is ready to help and guide your project's success! Grants5450@gmail.com is the team’s email address.
POLIO PLUS BREAKING NEWS - Last week, Afghanistan completed a four-day country-wide Polio Vaccination Campaign targeting ten million children, including 3.3 million who were missed since 2019 by the house-to-house vaccination ban. No new Wild Polio cases were reported this this week in the final two Polio Endemic countries.Read more...
SCHOLARS CORNER:We have multiple scholarship applicants now for next year’s Rotary Scholars program from District 5450 and will be interviewed during December for the selection of one scholar for the next Rotary year, 2022-2023. We are looking forward to selecting a highly qualified deserving applicant. Your donations to The Rotary Foundation support our scholars every year. We have multiple alumni from this program from our district doing good in the world in and out of Rotary.
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