District 7930 eBulletin

October 16, 2017

Update on Healthy Kids Global Grant

Posted by Bob Gravino on Oct 15, 2017

Lonnie Hackett, last year’s recipient of a District 7930 Global Grant, has been awarded a $35,000 Rotary Global Grant Scholarship and is studying this year for a Master’s Degree in Public Health Administration at Oxford University in the UK.

Lonnie is a 2014 Bowdoin College graduate and the Founder and President of Healthy Kids/Brighter Future (HK/BF), a non-profit organization working in Zambia to deliver health care to children by educating elementary school administrators and teachers to recognize illness in their students and provide them access to government clinics in their communities.

Veterans Honored with Cruise

Posted by Bruce Mauch on Oct 15, 2017

The Rotary Club of Chelsea in conjunction with the Winter Hill Yacht Club treated 100 veterans and their families from the Chelsea Soldiers Home and surrounding areas to a two hour cruise of the Boston Harbor.

The veterans were treated to a light breakfast prior to the cruise and lunch after the cruise. Eighteen members of the WHYC donated their boats and crew for the cruise. The Lowell High School Air Force ROTC program provided eight ROTC cadets to help with feeding the veterans. Speakers prior to the cruise included Lt. Dol. Mike Harmon, USMC retired, Lowell High School Aerospace Instructor and ROTC advisor Lt. Col. Eileen Ironfield, Air Force retired, Byron Bishop, Director of Somerville Veteran Services and New Hampshire State Rep. Sgt. Al Balbasara, USMC retired.

This annual event by the Rotary Club of Chelsea and the Winter Hill Yacht Club to honor our veterans had veterans from all branches of the service and all military conflicts since the Viet Nam War participate.

Improve upon a Vital Skill: Public Speaking!

Posted by Thomas Hankard on Oct 09, 2017

Rotary Means Business

Wednesday, November 1, 6pm

McLane Middleton Law Center, Woburn

Info/Register Here

Network with friends and Rotarians and learn on how to improve your presentations – on-the-phone, one-on-one and one-to-group. Speaking before a group is the #1 fear in America. This workshop will help you to control nervousness and be more effective in all your presentations. This workshop will help you to assess your current level of skills and strategies and give you some best practices to raise your presentation fitness to new heights.

Not only is this a great skill to improve, we will all learn from a fellow Rotarian! Arlington Rotarian Kevin Greeley is the Founder and President of Greeley Communications Inc. He was a 10-year professor, debate and golf coach at Emerson College in Boston. He has trained business professionals across the US and he will be sharing his expertise at Rotary Means Business on November 1!

Arlington Rotarians Join Paul Harris Society

Posted by Bob Gravino on Oct 15, 2017

Bill Hayner and David Wyman of the Arlington Rotary Club are presented with Paul Harris Society chevrons and District 7930 pins at the October 4th Arlington Club meeting by Bob Gravino, District Paul Harris Society Chair. Bill and David were recognized for their commitment as Paul Harris Society members to ensure that Rotary has the resources needed to carry out our missions of advancing world understanding, goodwill and peace.

The Paul Harris Society is a formal recognition program to honor generous Rotarians who contribute $1,000 or more annually to The Rotary Foundation.

DG David Gardner Visits Peabody Club

Posted by Bob Gravino on Oct 15, 2017

District Governor Dave Gardner recognized Peabody Rotarian Peggy Pedro as a member of the Paul Harris Society with a PHS Chevron and a District 7930 pin at a recent Peabody Rotary Club meeting. Dave was assisted by two Peabody Rotarians who were awarded PHS Chevrons at a Club meeting in July; Alyse Barbash and District Governor Elect Bob Wood. The Paul Harris Society is a formal recognition program to honor Rotarians who contribute $1,000 or more annually to The Foundation, allowing Rotary to fulfill the promises we make to improve our communities and communities around the world. In his visit Dave addressed Rotary's challenge of retaining and gaining members and encouraged each club member to invite two people to a meeting or service project over the next few months to demonstrate the good that Rotary does.

Share Your Club's Stories

Posted by Tracy Arabian on Jul 23, 2016

Has your club recently hosted an event or project or are you planning something in the near future that you would like to share with your fellow District 7930 Rotarians?

The weekly eBulletin depends on the content provided by clubs, so please submit your stories and we will publish them on the district website and in the next eBulletin. Stories that showcase your club or event should be submitted via the website portal at this link.

The deadline for submitting items for the weekly District 7930 eBulletin is Friday morning in order to be included in the following Monday's edition. If the eBulletin being prepared is getting to be too long and the story submitted is not time-sensitive, we may choose to delay including it until the following week.

If you want some guidelines on creating stories, please read more!