23 Wednesday Jan 2019
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A few minutes ago the writer accidentally published a draft. Bear with the writer as she adjusts to the new block format.
Tomorrow be on the alert for the blog on the District 7600 Grant Management Seminar. You will not be disappointed.
27 Saturday Oct 2018
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Americana Buffet, Awards, Flourless Chocolate Cake, Foundation Awards, Jeff Paul, Keyboard, Music
How many of these usual suspects do you recognize?
A vegan plate with quinoa & vegetable stuffed green pepper is available and can be selected when you register on dacdb.com
A cash bar reception with light appetizers precedes dinner and attendees may purchase wine by the bottle for their tables.
Back by popular demand, we have Jeff Paul at the keyboard and this year he will be accompanied by his vocalist Kathleen Plutz. Showtunes, classics, and some oldie faves are in the repertoire.
Ken Hodge-Past Pierce Award Recipient
Forty-Four clubs will receive Foundation recognitions. Ten Rotarians from the district will receive District Service Awards. The Outstanding Alumni Award and the Pierce Foundation Leadership Award will be bestowed upon two very deserving Rotarians from District 7600. How many of your friends will be among the recipients?
The time is now to register. While you are at it, please register your spouse or significant other, or potential Rotarians, as guests. Wouldn’t suggest registering both your spouse and your significant other. Just a little joke.
04 Thursday Oct 2018
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District 7610, just north of District 7600, is a Peace Builder District having met the financial and programming requirements to achieve such a designation. The 7610 District Rotary Foundation Chair, Past District Governor Juanita Cawley, invites Rotarians to register and attend this informative and inspiring conference. See her information below.
Linking Pieces of Peace is a conference to connect people, ideas and projects. JOIN US for a day-long, interactive, action-oriented conference, (including lunch) open to Rotarians and others interested in tangible approaches to peacebuilding.
Register today on dacdb.com (7600) or at https://linkingpiecesofpeace.eventbrite.com
Specifics:
Every person is a piece of the puzzle when it comes to peacebuilding, and peacebuilding efforts are more effective through the linking of people, ideas and projects. Attendees will come to:
This event is a collaboration between Rotary District 7610 and NewGen Peacebuilders SM, a global peace education, training and mentoring program and process.
30 Monday Jul 2018
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You can still go on the dacdb.com calendar and register for one of the Sensational Trio of August Rotary Seminars or #STARS for short. You can choose between Membership, Foundation, or Public Image. Having trouble registering. Contact Carol Dois Woodward via Facebook Messenger. If you want to call, text, or email her, you will find all of her contact information on where? … dacdb.com, of course!
There are four pages of AGENDA — one overall agenda and a separate agenda for each of the seminars. This will give you the topics and speakers in advance. By the way, agenda is actually the plural of agendum, which is not really used anymore as the singular version of that noun. Agenda has become the singular usage and agendas is plural. Are you confused yet?
August 4th happens to be National Mustard Day. David Rosenthal (Hampton Roads)
Neva Lynde
passed along this factoid along to the blogger. How did he know? No idea. Anyway, in honor of mustard, we are asking each attendee of the #STARS to bring a new, unopened container of mustard to the Seminars on Saturday. Neva Lynde (James City County Satellite Rotary) suggested that we donate the mustard to the FISH Food Bank and she is willing to deliver the containers of the precious condiment to FISH.
David Rosenthal
This recognition of #mustard has ignited some lively conversations: District Rotary Foundation Chair prefers Amish stone ground mustard and/or mustard with horseradish; Jan Rowley prefers almost any Dijon-style mustard; and, David Rosenthal extols the virtues of stadium mustard. What is your favorite mustard?
So, sign up (for a couple of more days) for #STARS and decide which mustard to bring to Williamsburg.
19 Thursday Jul 2018
Posted in Foundation Giving, Training, Uncategorized
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#JointheStars, #STARS, Appaiah Ballachanda, Bob Preston, Chuck Arnason, Dianne Shannon Gordonn, District Rotary Foundation Committee, Foundation, JoAnn Meaker, LaShonda Delivuk, Membership, Mike Jallo, Million Dollar Year, Public Image, Rudy & Catherine Garcia, Sensational Trio of August Rotary Seminars, Shel Douglas, Stan & Debbie Wall
Good news. You have 16 days to register for the District 7600 #Join the STARS (#STARS for short!)
At least 3 members from each club should attend, if not more. There are three separate seminars and each Rotarian registers for just one of the seminars … either Membership, Public Image, or Foundation. The chairs or at least a member of each club committee in these areas should be present to learn:
Clubs, a message to all … want to excel in innovative club presence, reporting, and 
vitality … send as many club members as possible to be exposed to and ride the rockets that will send your club to the #STARS.
Register by July 28th on dacdb.com calendar and #JoinTheStars!
When you have registered consider, going on your facebook page and put #STARS into your post and mention that you have registered for one of the seminars. If you want to tell folks which one use a hashtag, e.g. #foundation or #membership or #publicimage. That will build the buzz for the seminars.
The Rotary Foundation books have closed for the 2017-2018 year. There will be some adjustments, but it is totally safe to report that in Past District Governor John Padgett’s and District Rotary Foundation Chair, Chuck Arnason’s past year, District 7600’s members donated 1.1 million dollars in total giving. More refined figures will be released soon, but needless to say, this is a B A N N E R year for District 7600. More on the other figures very soon.
Debbie Wall, District Secretary, (seated left) Stan Wall (seated) PDG Bob Preston (seated) & Catherine Garcia. Standing Left Rudy Lee Garcia, District Development Chair, and Appaiah Ballachanda, (white shirt). All at RI Convention in Toronto.
11 Monday Dec 2017
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We began a series on economic and community development district grants about a month ago. There were a few hiccups in the publication schedule … the District Foundation Awards Banquet, a week of vacation, and a most interesting Windows 10 upgrade which imposed some unexpected adventures with the publication platform. Today we offer the final article in the series about the 2017-2018 economic and community development district grants.
The District Foundation Committee awarded 19 district grants shared by 30 clubs. Of those 19 district grants, 7 were devoted in total or in part to Economic and Community Development. As published previously, grants in this area of focus encourage multi-club, co-operation, partnerships with local governments, corporations, or non-profits, and these grants create the opportunity to make sizeable, long-lasting regional impacts.
We described three of these grants in considerable detail already, but here we provide a brief synopsis of the 7 grants and the clubs involved. You can get more detail by logging onto dacdb.com and clicking on the ‘Grants’ tab.
Blackstone: A bus stop structure to protect riders from the element.
Bon Air: Safe ramps for homes in partnership with project:HOMES.
Chester: Improvements, remodeling, and repair to a regional K-9 training facility for law enforcement. Will allow training of K-9s to assist with the elderly and with youth.
Colonial Heights, Petersburg, & Petersburg Breakfast: Refurbishment of a deteriorated park to provide a safe playground for family outdoor activities.
Fluvanna: In conjunction with Carysbrook Elementary, this grant will create and stock an advanced STEAM lab for 3d and 4th graders, which enrollment population is expected to grow in the next few years.
Hampton Roads and Norfolk-Sunrise: Winterization, repair, and improvements to cabins at this Girl Scout Campground. The Campground has been an important regional resource for decades.
Prince George County: Improvement and enhancement of a Computer Resource Room at the Central Wellness Center. The Center is a recent adaptive rehabilitative use of a former county middle school. Under the auspices of the county Parks and Recreation Department, this facility will provide wellness equipment and classes, a computer lab, as well as high-speed broadband in an area of this rural county with limited access to such services.
In past years at every district training, the most frequent request was to have a way to share ideas among the clubs about their projects and activities. We humbly suggest that the district and club database (dacdb.com), the district website, and the almost universal facebook pages for district clubs are starting points.
“See” you on Thursday.
23 Thursday Nov 2017
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10 Tuesday Jan 2017
Posted in Rotary 7600 Foundation News, Training, Uncategorized
It is such an exciting Rotary time of year, isn’t it? Current club leaders are planning out the rest of their terms and incoming club leaders are on learning and planning curves as they plan for their 2017-18 year. Those arcs are not mutually exclusive. Cooperation and joint planning will result in a smooth transition. What’s ahead?
January 28: Rescheduled Presidential Retreat and PrePresidents-Elect Training Seminar or PrePETS for short (an homage to Bill Billings) in Richmond. This seminar is of particular importance to both Presidents and Presidents-Elect as there are joint sessions and separate session tailored to the unique needs of each office. If you didn’t register for the original event, now is your chance to do so on the district and club database (dacdb.com).
February 10 & 11: District Team Training Seminar at Chanco on the James in Surry County. This is a ‘by invitation only’ training event for the 2017-18 district leadership team. Members of the District Foundation Committee Team will attend only on Saturday, February 11 unless notified differently. Registration, however, is required on dacdb.com.
March 2-5: Presidents-Elect Training Seminar (Chesapeake PETS) in Chantilly, VA. Required training for current Presidents-Elect who will be Presidents in the 2017-18 Rotary year. Again, registration is on dacdb.com.
March 25: Grant Management Seminar (GMS) at the Colonial Heritage Golf Club in 
Williamsburg. Any club wishing to apply for a district or a global grant must have one or more representatives attend one of the three scheduled GMS events. This one is a hiney-in-the-chair-in-person seminar. There is a great Full Southern Breakfast and ends around noon. There will be additional GMS Webinars in April. One will focus on district grants and the other will focus on global grants. You may want to do all three :), but no extraordinary breakfast with the webinars. Registration will be available soon on dacdb.com for the March 25th GMS.
If you have questions about any of the above training events contact Carol Woodward. If she doesn’t know the answer, she can get it for you. Where can you find her contact info? Why, in dacdb.com, of course.
09 Wednesday Nov 2016
Posted in Rotary 7600 Foundation News, Uncategorized
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Bill Liepis, Caribbean, Child Health, Costa Rica, Economic Development, Global Grants, Liberia, Medical Team Training, Philippines, Rotary Internationa, Rwanda Uganda, The Rotary Foundation, Water
LET’S PUT THE “I” IN ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
By Bill Liepis, a Citation for Meritorious Service Recipient
As we enter Rotary Foundation month, it is timely to ponder the visionary impact of Arch Krumph on today’s Rotarians throughout the world community. As illustrated in the November Rotarian, the Foundation that started so humbly with one small donation in 1917 has truly become a “mighty lever to move the world”.
How do you and your club become a force in applying this leverage?
Bill Liepis
It’s as simple as being a player in an international (the “I”) global grant. Not all clubs are positioned or motivated to be the lead primary sponsor club. Yet it is a real possibility for any club to be a contributing player. By doing this you add pressure to the Foundation lever. Each dollar donated by a club or individual Rotarian to a global grant, receives a match of $.50 from the Foundation World Fund … your $200 becomes $300 to do even more good. Additionally, after accounting for all the D7600 club dollars promised for a given grant there will be an allocation of District Designated Fund (DDF) credits that will be converted to real dollars and matched on a $1:$1 basis by the World Fund when the grant is approved. The impact of these matches is gives even more lift to make a sustainable and worthwhile difference.
District 7600 clubs have a positive record of service in our local communities through the annual allocation of DDF to District grants and club self-funded projects. Why not consider how to” stretch your community” to do service in the Caribbean (child health), Costa Rica (economic development), Liberia (water), the Philippines (child health), Rwanda (medical team training), or Uganda (water). All these countries have in process applications being sponsored by D7600 primary clubs that are ready and willing to share the joy and satisfaction of doing good around the world with willing contributing partners. There is no bottom line for what a club might want to commit but rather the willingness to be a part of a bigger impact. And should your club have a member(s) that have a passion borne out of an association with an international club consider being the lead sponsor for D7600.
Whatever the motivation feel free to contact your D7600 Grants Team for more information, a global grants course “101”, or to point you to a contact for one of the in-process grants: Chuck Arnason, Stephen Beer, SuAnne Bryant, or Bill Liepis.
23 Tuesday Aug 2016
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Accessing Reports, Assigned Positions, Club Foundation Chairs, Club Foundation Reports, Foundation Advocates, My Rotary
This article by Debbie Wall (Colonial Heights), District Secretary and District Communication Officer, is the second in a series of three articles describing the steps for Club Foundation Chairs (CFCs) to take in order to access club giving reports. The first article (August 16) addressed setting up an account in ‘My Rotary’ which is the first step in the CFCs having such access. This week the article addresses ‘assigned positions’ which is step 2 which must be completed for the CFC to access his or her club reports.
Any club officer whose name has already been entered into the roster of club officers in My Rotary can enter the name of the Club Foundation Chair into the club’s assigned positions in My Rotary. The assigned positions are President, Secretary, Treasurer, Executive Secretary (if there is one) the Membership Chair, and the Club Foundation Chair. So it is likely that the President or the Club Secretary has already entered the CFC’s name. Ask them point blank if the name of the CFC has been entered into the assigned position in My Rotary. This is necessary even if the CFC for this year also served in the prior year. The name of any assigned position must be entered each year.
If you are the club’s Foundation Chair logon to rotary.org. Click on My Rotary. Click on The Rotary Foundation and then on Foundation Reports.
After Clicking on Foundation Reports scroll down the left side of the page until you see Club Giving. Click on View Reports.
If you can access the reports then you are all set up. If not, it is likely that the President or Club Secretary will need to enter your name into the assigned position pronto. This handy guide ‘ how to add club officer ‘ will make it easy as pie. Share it with your Club President or Club Secretary.
Want in-person help? Why not give your Foundation Advocate a call. There are nine of them who serve various geographic areas within our district. If your Club President or Secretary needs assistance entering your name into the assigned position in My Rotary, or if that has already been done and you need assistance navigating to your club’s reports or using them, your Foundation Advocate can provide that assistance. For your convenience click Advocates and their Clubs for a list of the Foundation Advocates and the clubs each Foundation Advocate serves.
Next week in episode 3 pf this series, the Foundation Giving Reports and how to use them will be explored
Your comments on this article are invited. Was the article helpful? How? How Not?
28 Tuesday Jun 2016
Posted in Rotary 7600 Foundation News, Uncategorized
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Adieu, Be a Gift to the World, End Polio Now Baseball, Jim Probsdorfer, Lead the Way, Squirrels July 7, Tides July 27
Stan Wall advises that Rotarians can secure tickets for the Flying Squirrels Game up til game day. Just check in with your club point of contact for the games who will obtain more tickets from Stan. And those of you in the Hampton Roads area, don’t forget that Tides game. Again, contact your club’s point of contact for tickets.
(reprinted from the June 2016 Foundation Features)
OK, the time has come; the deed is done. I plan to fade from the scene as your new District Rotary Foundation Chair PDG Chuck Arnason takes over on July 1. It has been a ‘magical journey’ for me as our District moved from Future Vision in 2013-14 to ‘current vision’ in 2014-15 and 2015-16.
Probs
During the last three years, we continued to set and achieve new goals, raise our standards in giving and grants, improve our internal processes, inform our Rotarians and promote our belief in The Rotary Foundation. I have been very proud to represent our District at numerous meetings and events and, as always, to meet and recognize our generous Rotarians who continue to ‘do good in the world’.
As our Foundation Newsletter has highlighted, as long as we remember “Why We Give”, understand “How We Give”, and appreciate “The Who Behind the Giving”, we will continue to be ranked in the top tier of Rotary Districts in the world in our support of The Rotary Foundation. My thanks to YOU and may YOU always ‘Lead the Way’.
08 Monday Feb 2016
Posted in Rotary 7600 Foundation News, Uncategorized
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District Training Assembly, Foundation Advocates, Grants Management Seminars, PETS, Presidents-Elect Training Seminar, Training Webinars
District Governor-Elect (DGE), Diane Hagemann, gathered most of her 2016-2017 District 7600 team last Saturday to preview the year, introduce her team, and encourage us all
to support Rotary International President-Elect John F. Germ prepare for our “Rotary Serving Humanity” year.
Past District Governor Chuck Arnason will be DGE Diane’s District Rotary Foundation Committee Chair (DRFCC). Chuck gathered his team in a sunny room facing the James River and engaged them in forward thinking about the year. More about the incoming Foundation team in a week or so.
Today please focus on your calendars and get some of these Foundation related events on your schedule, if you can, and share these dates with your Rotary colleagues. The registration is open for the February 20 Webinar on the District Calendar on dacdb.com. The other events are listed and further information can be obtained by clicking on the event title, though registration is not open at this time.
To get a head’s up about all upcoming events enjoy scrolling through the District calendar on dacdb.com with love.
18 Monday Jan 2016
Posted in Rotary 7600 Foundation News, Uncategorized
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'Bee A Gift to the World', Club Fundraising Analysis, District Assembly Training Seminar, Giving Awareness Campaign, Joy Report, PETS
Joy Kline has just compiled her Joy report, 2015 Foundation Report- Dec , which covers club Foundation giving, grouped by area, through December 31. These figures will convey the status of each club’s giving vis a vis a club’s giving goals. Clubs should really be at or above 50% towards giving goals or have plans in place for how those goals are going to be accomplished. The Club Foundation Chairs and the Foundation Advocates are key players in helping clubs assess and attain their giving goals.
Three or four thoughts for your consideration:
in Foundation giving. We will be playing on puns such as “Bee a Gift To the World.” It is fun, funky and has a lot to do with the frequent appearances of our District Foundation Bee throughout the year. Have some fun with it when you communicate with your clubs. Suggestion: Wear a bright lemon yellow shirt or sweater when speaking The Rotary Foundation. A bit of fun is not amiss.OK, enough for today. If there is anything, anything… anyone on the District Rotary Foundation Committee can do to help you perform your role, please don’t ‘BEE’ 
afraid to call or email and give us a shout … 804-691-8486 or woodwardcd@aol.com.
28 Monday Dec 2015
Posted in Rotary 7600 Foundation News, Uncategorized
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Anne Matthews, Be a Gift to the World, CFCs, Club Foundation Chairs, DG Gary Chenault, Jim Probsdorfer, Pierce Foundation Leadership Award, The Rotary Foundation
I extend my deepest thanks to the 64 Club Foundation Chairs (CFCs) for their efforts to encourage members to give generously to The Rotary Foundation (TRF) and for club participation in district and global grants.
CFCs are in the forefront is answering questions about the ever changing world of our Rotary philanthropic arm, engaging with club goal setting, keeping TRF present in the weekly club activities, and in celebrating our successes as we strive to ‘Be a Gift to the World.’
Anne Matthews, Charles Moncure, Jim Probsdorfer, and DG Gary Chenault.
The role of the Club Foundation Chair is so important that this year the District created and awarded the first annual James Pierce Foundation Leadership Award to recognize a dedicated, successful Club Foundation Chair. The inaugural award was to Charles Moncure of the Innsbrook Club, who not only performed in a superior manner as the Club’s Foundation Chair, he subsequently served successfully as a Foundation Advocate.
It is a dynamic role … inputting data, downloading, anaylzing, and using timely club reports, and just navigating the changing role of the Club Foundation Chair who is now in what are termed ‘assigned positions.’ These are the designated club leaders who have access to input data and retrieve management reports on the status of the cub.
The harder part may be taking the data and using it to help individual members relate to The Rotary Foundation in a personal, committed way.
The challenges facing the CFCs are many and sensitive, but without their efforts serving as champions for The Rotary Foundation, Rotary’s ability to make meaningful impact on the world would be diminished. So …
Thank you, Club Foundation Chairs. You are gifts to the world.
Probs
21 Monday Dec 2015
Posted in Uncategorized
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Bell Ringing, Chewbaca, Chuck Hobson, Diana Gulotta, Foundation Giving, Han Solo, Jim Probsdorfer, Joy Kline, November Joy Report, Red Kettle, Salvation Army, Tucker
Tucker are pictured here. The Williamsburg Club covered 95 shifts of 2 hours each ringing the Red Kettle bells. Many included their best friends in the effort. Other clubs rang the bells across the district and some are pictured on our facebook page ‘Rotary D7600 Foundation Committee’. Please visit and ‘like’. The Williamsburg Rotary has a Facebook page also. You will see more pictures of their members and pets there. Enjoy.
