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WHITE SOX vs. POLIO !
US Cellular Field
Aug 23, 2016
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
 
Foundation Dinner Planning Committee
Go-To-Meeting
Aug 26, 2016
9:30 AM – 11:00 AM
 
Inbound Orientation/RYE YEO/YEC Training
To Be Determined
Aug 27, 2016
9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
 
Grants Management Training--P.E., Grant Chair
Trinity Lutheran Church
Sep 10, 2016
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
 
District Golf Outing - Rochelle
Sep 13, 2016
 
Friendship Exchange Committee
CGH Medical Center
Sep 17, 2016
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
 
Zone 28-29 - 2017-18 Leadership Training/Institute
Renaissance Cleveland Hotel
Sep 28, 2016 1:00 PM –
Oct 02, 2016 11:00 AM
 
World Polio Day Cleveland Orchestra Celebration
Oct 23, 2016
3:00 PM – 10:00 PM
 
Outbound RYE Interview
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Nov 05, 2016
9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
 
Foundation District Seminars
Nov 05, 2016
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
 
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2017: Plan to attend district, international conventions
 
Celebrate together in Utica ...
Plan to join the excitement at our District Conference April 28 to 30, 2017, at Starved Rock State Park Lodge and Conference Center.
We'll bring the sounds, cuisine and fun of New Orleans up-river to Utica, Illinois!
A sample of what you can expect:
  • Golf & mini-golf Friday afternoon
  • Dixieland Jazz Friday night
  • Creole and Cajun cuisine all weekend ... and a recipe exchange
  • Youth Leadership Program Saturday
  • Hikes, ghost tours and area sites Saturday afternoon
  • Zydeco music Saturday night
Registration and more details to come on our website; call 815-667-4211 for room & cabin reservations.
     
 
... And celebrate together in Atlanta
The Rotary Foundation is turning 100! 
Let’s celebrate together in the city where it all began in 1917. 
The Rotary Convention travels to Atlanta June 10-14, 2017. 
We’ll look back proudly over a century of “doing good in the world” — and look ahead to the challenges Rotary will tackle in the century to come.
It promises to be the best and biggest party in a hundred years!
Register now and save: Sign up before Dec. 15 for early savings at www.riconvention.org.
 
Represent 6420! The latest numbers are in….
  • Number registered: 43
  • Goal: 50
  • Stretch goal: 75 (from our 1,756 members in 48 clubs; tools and ideas to promote attendance can be found here)
 
See 'growth' in Harvard in just 10 seconds
"Harvard Community Garden -- Feeding Each Other, Growing Together"
 
 
 
This project, shared at the 2016 D6420 Conference, has the distinct honor and pleasure of being a featured District Community Project for Rotary International.
 
Here's a sample of what eight Harvard club members have done over four years (via a 10-second time-lapse video) to help a community come together around feeding, growing, friendship and the future.
 
Harvard's project will be part of a District Community Grant video seen by Rotary clubs around the world. Awesome! Stay tuned....
 
District Foundation roundtable Nov. 5
If you are your club’s Foundation chair or president (OK, presidents-elect are welcome, too), this event is especially for you. 
 
It is scheduled from 3 to 4:45 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, just preceding the Foundation Dinner (social hour begins at 5 p.m.) 
 
We hope that pairing these two events will encourage you to attend both. Special guests PDGs Chris and Penny Offer from District 5040 will be with us for the entire afternoon and evening so we can take advantage of their wisdom.  
 
There will be no charge for attending. 
 
In addition, we hope many of you will remain for the dinner and include a guest. 
 
If we know in advance that guests/spouses will be attending and that it is more convenient for you both to arrive at the same time (such as 3 p.m.), we will work on planning an activity for those not attending the roundtable.
 
More details will be forthcoming.  
 
Ruth Lee, DRFCC 2016-2018
PDG 2013-2014
From your Foundation: Good news, but ...
Greetings Rotarians!
 
Our district’s year-end report is just in from Rotary International.
 
First, the good news. We exceeded both our Annual Fund and PolioPlus goals for 2015-16. Our clubs collectively set an Annual Fund goal of $126,018, and we invested $138,439. Our PolioPlus goal was $23,012 and we invested $37,363. In addition, $39,243 was committed to the Endowment Fund (our highest previous total was $8,387 the year before). Job very well done in relation to our goals.
 
Now, a bit of reality. The Annual Fund goal for 2015-16 of $126,016 was almost $20,000 below our goal in 2013-14, which we didn’t achieve.
 
Investing in the Foundation between those two years was almost equal.
 
Investing in 2014-15 was very low at $120,634. As you know, those figures are key in determining how much money is available in District Designated Funds to support our scholars and district grants. We had seven non-giving clubs this past year.
 
It is important to note that our per capita giving increased to $76.14, a good thing, but the increase was due to decreased membership, a bad thing. Membership does matter!
 
Read more...
Grants training: A must ... so sign up now!
All clubs planning/considering/submitting a 2017-2018 Grant Request MUST be qualified.
 
To be qualified the President Elect MUST attend one of the Grant Management Seminars, and the Club's Grant Chair MUST have been trained in Rotary years 2014-2015, 2015-16 or this year, 2016-17.
 
IT IS MANDATORY TO ATTEND FOR THE FULL 3-HOUR TRAINING SESSION.
 
Register on www.rotary6420.org for one of the training sessions. District 6420 Grant Management Seminars for 2016-17 are scheduled:
 
Rockford club's 100th: The day in photos
Rockford Rotary submitted a handful of photos from member Tom Clabough from the club's centennial celebration this June.
 
From left: Rockford Mayor Larry Morrissey and daughter Sophia, Centennial Committee Chair Tom Michalowski, Rotary International Vice President Jennifer E. Jones and Rockford Park District Board of Commissioners President Ian Linnabary stand near the Rockford Rotary centennial cake at the Rotary Labyrinth dedication June 15 at Linear Park, Rockford.
 
Ribbon cutting for the Rotary Labyrinth dedication at Linear Park. Rockford Rotary President Russ Johansson was assisted by neighborhood children, Rotarians and friends.
 
RI Vice President Jennifer E. Jones and District Governor Jim Nelson, a member of Rockford Rotary, at the centennial dinner held at Mauh-Nah-Tee-See Country Club, Rockford.

City of Rockford Pipe Band members added an impressive touch to Rockford Rotary’s centennial dinner.
 
Rockford Rotary Past President Kathy Kwiatt-Hess and husband Bob stand for the champagne toast.
 
Rockford Rotary President Russ Johansson presides over the centennial dinner.
Photo Albums
2016 District 6420 Conference
District 6420 trip to RI headquarters
RYLA Camp 2016
2016-17 District Governor Scott Shore's installation

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