on the front lines fighting polio

17 Tuesday Jan 2017

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Rotarians from 7600 join NID trip

2016-nidPDG Stephen Beer (Innsbrook), Diane Waters (Brandermill), and Colleen Bonadonna (New Kent) are End Polio Now Warriors on a zone 33-34 NID trip to India.  Fortunately for us, Nancy Barbee, coordinator of the expedition, is publishing a blog documenting the trip.  You can read and follow the blog at 33-34poliowarriors.  You can have the blog posts come to you in your email account by submitting your email address once you have opened the blog at the link provided.  District 7600 is well represented.

2016 Facts -The Rotary Foundation

This is a handy, handy little fact sheet to demonstrate the generosity of Rotarian donors, the financial health of The Rotary Foundation (TRF), and the commitment of TRF to good works.  You can download it from this link and share it with your clubs. Enjoy The Rotary Foundation 2016 Facts.

 

The District Foundation 90-day calendar

10 Tuesday Jan 2017

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A look at the next 90-days in the calendar …

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 wayne-boggs-and-grant-cosingWilliamsburg.  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.

90-day priorities for club leaders

03 Tuesday Jan 2017

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Are you a current leader … president, club foundation chair, district grant project leader, a committee chair?

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Presidents should be registered or should be registering for the Presidential Retreat to be held on this Saturday, January 7 in Richmond.

Tasks for current club leaders to be working on or delegating in the next 90 days include

  • encouraging member engagement with the Rotary Foundation by giving early
  • assigning appropriate club leaders to be working on District Club Award nominations
  • encouraging your district grant project leaders to adhere to grant reporting requirements

Are you an incoming President (current President-Elect), incoming Rotary Foundation Chair, or incoming grant application lead?

Incoming Presidents (Presidents-Elect) should be registered or planning on registering for PrePETS also held in Richmond this weekend concurrently with the Presidential Retreat. Here you will be briefed

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  • about  Chesapeake PETS (Presidents-Elect Training Seminar) required for Presidents-Elects on March 2-5, in Chantilly, Virginia.  You should register now
  • district administrative changes to take place in the 2017-18 Rotary Year
  • intro to some of the 2017-18 district and global grant application requirements
  • intro (hands on) to ‘My Rotary’ and District and Club Database (dacdb)

Among your 90 day tasks are

  • confirming that all incoming elected club officers, assigned positions, and committee chairs are entered into My Rotary and into dacdb.com as appropriate (this cannot be done soon enough 🙂
  • setting club goals with your incoming board and confirming that the goals have been entered  into ‘My Rotary’
  • preparing to help your team apply for a district or global grant

If you can accomplish these tasks appropriate to your role then the rest is easy-peasy.

Take a breather & poke around rotary.org

28 Wednesday Dec 2016

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Have you heard about the Grant Center?

For many of us the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day is one of rest, recovery, reflection, and surfing the web.  Family members have returned to their own lives, the left-overs are about all eaten. The shipping boxes and spent wrapping papers have made their way to the bin.  Now with our laptops or tablets on our laps and our feet up on our ottomans, we can indulge ourselves in a bit of web surfing.

One of our favorites at the District Rotary Foundation Committee is the Grant Center on rotary.org.  With its roll out on December 14th, it is almost like a present for the holidays. (Hint … you will need to have or create a ‘My Rotary’ account to access the Grant Center.)

This Center provides general information, frequently asked questions, reference material. and guidance on applying for grants.  It provides an online grant application for global grants (district grants still originate within District 7600 grants module on dacdb.com).

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SuAnne Hardee Bryant, the District Foundation Committee’s Grants Chair and Bill Liepis, the Global Grant Chair, should be consulted first before beginning any actual grant application.  They can help anticipate the preparation necessary before starting a grant application online.

Happy New Year!

 

Thank you and happy holidays

20 Tuesday Dec 2016

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Rebecca and Chuck

As we enter the Holiday Season and 2016 draws to a close, it’s time to count our blessings and recall what we are thankful for during 2016.  I am thankful that through a Global Grant the district was able to purchase, ship, and install all needed equipment to create a permanent pediatric cardiac unit in Ruth Paz Hospital in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. The unit included a pediatric cardiac ward, operating room, and ICU. Through a Vocational Training Team (VTT) effort we were able to train local health workers to run the pediatric cardiac unit year-round.

I am thankful that we could send over $138,000.00 to clubs in our district in the form of district grants.  That amount was matched by over $200,000.00 from other sources to make a major impact on the communities in our district.  We were able to build a playground, renovate a park, provide free eye exams to underprivileged children, and so much more.

I am thankful for the generous Rotarians in District 7600 who provided the funds for these projects through their contributions to the Annual Fund.  This year’s giving is 20% higher than the same time last year.  This will mean more available funds in the years to come to do good in the world.

Yes, I am thankful that I was asked to be a Rotarian. It has changed my life!  What are you thankful for?

Chuck

STEAM Lab Maker Space … Fluvanna District Grant

13 Tuesday Dec 2016

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A gift that will last for years

This is a super time of year to highlight the good that The Rotary Foundation and Rotarians do.  Last week we featured a thank you letter from a citizen of Central Virginia expressing appreciation to the Rotary Clubs of Petersburg for their fundraising and club grant to the YMCA.

Today we feature a project, funded in part by a Rotary 7600 District Grant to the Rotary Club of Fluvanna.  Why  this feature?  In poking around the grants module in dacdb.com we found that Fluvanna is the first and only club to have submitted its district grant Final Report in the Grants Module complete with pictures.

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Fluvanna Rotarians at work

The STEAM Lab Maker Space has nothing to do with a sauna in a spa.  STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math.  Fluvanna Central Elementary School identified the need for a program to help elementary school students start on the path towards developing more STEAM competencies.  The District Grant applied for by the Rotary Club of Fluvanna ensures that the school has a Maker Space (Room 209) and the tools to provide such a program for the 250 students at Central.  The program will focus on 1st and 2nd graders enrolled now and in years to come.  “The ability to teach higher level critical thinking and problem-solving skills is essential for helping prepare students for entry into not just secondary and post-secondary educational settings, but also to better prepare them to integrate into the future workforce.” About a third of the club’s members were engaged hands-on in unpacking and setting up equipment and the grant partner organization and recipient ordered and received the needed equipment and supplies.

Congratulations to the Fluvanna Club on this innovate project and for not waiting for the deadline to submit your Final Report.

a citizen’s recognition of Petersburg Rotary Clubs

06 Tuesday Dec 2016

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Rotarians know what we do, but it is great when a non-Rotarian acknowledges the role that Rotary plays in making communities better.  This Letter to the Editor in the Progress-Index on November 27 expressed appreciation of the efforts of the Petersburg Rotary and the Petersburg Breakfast Rotary in assisting the YMCA.  We express thanks to the Progress-Index for permission to reprint this sincere letter in Rotary District publications. Thanks also to Kayla Pitchford for taking the time to recognize Rotary. Kayla, you belong in Rotary:)

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We note here that the Petersburg Rotary Clubs along with the Colonial Heights and Prince George Rotary Clubs are part of a district grant to be completed this year to help restore the Wilcox Conservation area at Lee Park.  The work of Rotary is noticed regardless of how we make it happen.

December cometh … news you can use

29 Tuesday Nov 2016

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Have you recovered from the turkey, ham, stuffing, and pies?  Good.  This is a busy time of year in the world of The Rotary Foundation.

Be aware of these tax recognition deadlines sent in by our Zone 33 Giving Officer Erin Groble whom you met her at the Foundation Awards Banquet and Rudy Garcia, our District Development Chair.

” Dear district 7600 leaders,

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Erin Groble

As we approach the end of Rotary Foundation Month, Rotarians worldwide are energized by the Rotary Foundation centennial message. Annual Fund giving worldwide is up 11% through the end of October. And, on the heels of World Polio Day, giving to the PolioPlus Fund has increased nearly 22% from this time last year, as Rotarians are responding with urgency to the call to eradicate Polio.

 

 

 

Year-end stock & IRA roll-over gifts

As the end of the tax year approaches, now is a great time to promote gifts of appreciated securities and other gifts from investments prior to the new year.

#GivingTuesday is 29 November

Consider making an online gift to the Foundation and encourage Rotarians in your district to do the same. This is a great tactic to help clubs reach their centennial giving goals. Once you give, use the new Facebook frame to show that you’re a proud donor.

  • The club with the highest number of donors who make personal online contributions to The Rotary Foundation on 29 November (CST) will receive a copy of the Centennial book. 
  • The district with highest number of donors who make personal online contributions to The Rotary Foundation on 29 November (CST) will be recognized in the Rotarian Magazine.

TRF awarded World’s Outstanding Foundation for 2016

The Rotary Foundation earned top marks from the Association of Fundraising Professionals. “The award honors organizations that show philanthropic commitment and leadership through financial support, innovation, encouragement of others, and involvement in public affairs. Some of the boldest names in American giving.” Read more on rotary.org.

Online Giving interruption

From 3-5 December, Rotary.org users may experience interruption due to enhancements being made to the website. During this weekend period, Rotary.org users may be unable to complete transactions online, including making contributions, registering for the convention, running reports, accessing grant information, and updating member information. Rotary staff will minimize interruptions as much as possible. Please be advised and share with your districts and clubs.

End-of-Year Giving Deadlines

Make sure to share the calendar year end giving deadlines.

  • Online contributions need to be authorized by midnight, 31 December 2016 CST
  • Credit card contributions made via fax (847-328-5260), phone (866-976-8279), and mail must be received prior to the close of business (5pm CST) on Friday, 30 December 2016
  • Check contributions must be postmarked by 31 December and must be received by 5 January 2017.
  • Securities must be received in The Rotary Foundation’s gifted securities account by Saturday, 31 December 2016.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. I hope everyone’s holiday season is off to a wonderful start!

Best wishes,

Erin Groble.”

Thank you D7600 Rotarians

22 Tuesday Nov 2016

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District 7600 Rotarians are truly a generous lot … thank you!

Because of your generosity our District set a new per capita giving record for the 2015-16 year and a new record for total Annual Fund giving. You are amazing gifts to the world.

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And our generosity continues …

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Joy Kline, our District Annual Fund Chair, reports that the 7600 clubs are already contributing in a big way. Joy recently reviewed the October figures for Foundation giving and found  that we have 15 clubs that are at 33% or higher on their goal—we are roughly a third through the Rotary year.

The Church Hill and Fluvanna Clubs are already exceeding 100% of their goals.

Our district year to date giving is $78,880 as compared to $69,223 as of October 2015.

Joy compiles a very handy Joy report each month.  In January we will begin disseminating the monthly Joy Report, however, if you’d like to see the October report feel free to contact Joy.

Thank you, again Rotarians.

FYI …

Significant functions on My Rotary (rotary.org) will be interrupted at various times during the weekend of December 3-5 as end of year and regular website maintenance are performed.

Have a great Thanksgiving!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And a great time was had by all …

15 Tuesday Nov 2016

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“And the award goes to …”

Amazing how time flies … the signature annual events of the District Rotary Foundation Committee, the Foundation Awards Banquet and the Friends of the Foundation Reception  are behind us.

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DGs Chenault, Beer, Arnason, & Probs by Bill Billings

Last Thursday  160 Rotarians from across the district came to the Banquet to watch others receive and to receive themselves over 126 individual and club awards.  But it wasn’t just an evening of awards and pats on the back.  It was an evening of warmth, humor, congeniality, and sharing.  Did we mention food? It was also an impromptu ‘roast’ of Jim Probsdorfer whose final year as the District Foundation Committee Chair was being recognized.

The Friends of the Foundation Reception is an event funded in part by the District Budget (not Foundation funds) and by generous sponsors to recognize and to thank Major Donors, members of the Bequest Society, and members of the Paul Harris Society.  Two new major donors were presented with their crystals at the Reception …Sam Shiplett (James River -Richmond) and Bill Sharp (Warwick). This year our generous sponsor was The Rotary Club of James River (Richmond) VA.

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John Smarge by Bill Billings

The Foundation Awards Banquet is self-funded by the attendees of the Banquet and includes some or all of the expenses for the keynote speaker and any special guests.  This year Past Rotary International Director John Smarge was our keynoter and Erin Groble, recently appointed as the Major Gifts Officer for Zones 33 and 34, were our guests.  It was Erin’s first visit to a district and we made quite an impression, hopefully a good one.

More detail will be provided in the District Newsletter, The Spirit of 7600, to be published later this month, but for now congratulations to all who received awards and special shout outs to The Rotary Club of James River (Richmond) VA on becoming only the third in the world and the first in the USA … 100% Paul Harris Society Club; to Jerry Fields on being awarded the Outstanding Alumni of the Year Award, and to Bill Stramm on becoming a recipient of the Pierce Foundation Leadership Award.

 

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John Smarge, DG Diane, and Bill Stramm, later in the evening the recipient of the Pierce Foundation Leadership Award  by Lisa Clary

 

 

The “I” in global grant

09 Wednesday Nov 2016

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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?

 

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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.

 

 

Only 3 days left to register for D7600 Foundation Awards Banquet

01 Tuesday Nov 2016

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Register for the Awards banquet by November 3rd

Your registration at the dacdb.com  Calendar  for the November 10th event will provide you with a cash bar for socializing, a scrumptious Americana Buffet, and a chance to celebrate the 2015 -2016 record breaking giving year for District 7600. We achieved a new record for per capita giving and for total annual fund giving.  It was our second best year for total giving.

Hear more from keynoter, John Smarge, on the future

John, a past Rotary International Director, has a brand new presentation on the current importance of The Rotary Foundation and its growing influence on promoting the health, peace initiatives, and economic projects around the world.

Meet Erin Groble, our Zone’s Annual Fund Officer

Erin accepted this appointment in July and will be visiting our district for her first time.  In fact, we are the first district she has visited. Let’s make it memorable.

Congratulate deserving clubs and individuals

Banner & certificates will be presented to clubs and special individuals will be receiving service awards.  We will also be recognizing the Alumni of the Year and the Pierce Foundation Leadership Award.  The first US 100% Paul Harris Society Club will also be recognized.  Yes, it is in our district.

And there’s more … but come and enjoy it all in person

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Only 9 days to register for Foundation Awards Banquet

25 Tuesday Oct 2016

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Planning event around food is tricky …

Rotarians are notorious for registering late for events, even for events that include a meal. Some Rotarians even expect to be able to do a walk-in registration at the time of the event. This is very, very hard on the organizers of the event and the facility providing the meal.

So … please register now …

Logon to  dacdb.com. Go to the Calendar tab.  Scroll down to the Banquet on November 10. Click on register now. Pull out your credit card and ‘Just do it’. While you are at it, register your spouse as well.  Only $45 per person for a scrumptious Americana Buffet. Adult beverages available for purchase. Questions?  You can call, text, or email Carol Woodward if you need more information.  All of her information is on, you guessed it, dacdb.com by clicking on ‘find a member’ and entering her name.

Come help celebrate, in this the Foundation’s 100th year, as the current District Rotary Foundation Chair Chuck Arnason helps the Past District Rotary Foundation Chair James Probsdorfer celebrate the last year of Prob’s tenure during which the district broke two giving records.  Come learn what those records are.

What are the highlights?

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Erin Groble

The presentation of 126 awards to over 50 clubs and individuals, presentation of the Alumni of the Year and the Pierce Foundation Leadership awards to singular individuals, a knock-out keynote speech by Past Rotary International Director John Smarge, and a chance to meet Erin Groble, the Rotary International Annual Gifts Officer for Zones 33 & 34. are among the highlights.  Erin was selected for this position in July of 2016 and this is her first visit to District 7600.

Because of you, District 7600 is #23 of all the world districts in giving.  Come celebrate our success!

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tired of politics? apply for a global grant

11 Tuesday Oct 2016

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Yes, it is a tad more complex than that, but:

Many clubs in the district have experience with district grants.  Far fewer clubs have experience with global grants.  The deadlines for round 1 and round 2 of district grants have come and gone, but global grants are on a rolling deadline.  If your club or your club and sister clubs are thinking about building a global grant there is time to do that.

Where do you start?

The first place to start is by looking at the grants documents that are on this the

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documents page on this website. Go to that page and scroll down to SuAnne Bryant’s pretty picture and look at the slides and other links she has placed there.

 

SuAnne is the District Grants Chair and is eager to encourage global

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grant engagement by clubs in District 7600.  Her Global Grants Chair is Bill Liepis of the Western Henrico club and is the lead on all matters relating to district grants.  Both SuAnne and Bill can be found via dacdb.com.  Log on to dacdb.com, click on  ‘find a member’ , type in one of their names, and click on search.

 

If you have already reviewed some of the material available you will have a head start on what questions you need to ask to get started.  Review of these materials will also give you a jump start by helping prepare you for the Grant Management Seminars which will begin in the spring of 2017.  In-person attendance at a Grants Management Seminar is a requirement of The Rotary Foundation to be eligible to receive a rotary grant.

There are additional resources on MyRotary relating to global grants.  There are even video classes on this and other topics.

In the next few weeks watch this space for more local information on global grants … the top five things to know, what global grants are underway in the district, what global grants are being developed and looking for partners, global scholars, and other key topics.

On another note … District Foundation Awards Banquet

Register now on dacdb.com calendar for this November 10th event. Be among the 52 clubs and 132 awards to be granted.

 

 

Lingering glow from District Conference

04 Tuesday Oct 2016

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From District Conference to Foundation Awards Banquet … the glow continues

Excitement is growing about the Foundation Awards Banquet as it has already been announced that District 7600 achieved two record breaking giving milestones in the 2015-16 year.  The generosity of its clubs and members put District 7600 at #23 in giving out of all of the Districts in the world. Congratulations and thank you to all Rotarians in 7600.

The successful giving year means that there will be a robust Foundation Awards ceremony at the 2016-foundation-awards-banquet on November 10 at the Colonial Heritage Golf Club in Williamsburg.  The District Foundation Committee will be notifying clubs and individuals of their awards shortly and inviting them to participate in the awards ceremony.  By the way you can register NOW for the District Foundation Awards Banquet at the calendar  tab on dacdb.com.

Looping back to the District Conference … India

There were so many amazing, riveting presentations at the District Conference.  One colleen-and-cora-nid-indiabreakout that this writer particularly enjoyed was the Engaging Humanity in India – National Immunization Day (NID)  presented by Colleen Bonadonna (New Kent) and Cora Huitt (Bon Air).  The breakout was a sensual visit to a typical NID in India.  From soft lights, incense, tea, bindis, and actual photographs from NIDs in which Colleen and Cora had participated, the session was a sampling of the adventures volunteers experience on NIDs.  These two 7600 Rotarians demonstrated that it is not only our donations, but the time volunteered by Rotarians by which we Embrace Humanity.

Back at the Conference … Citation for Meritorious Service

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Lynn & Jim Probsdorfer & Past Rotary International Director Sam Orowi

Each year each District nominate a deserving Rotarian to the Trustees of The Rotary to recognize outstanding service of a to The Rotary Foundation by awarding the Citation for Meritorious Service to that exemplary individual.  Only one such citation may be awarded each year in the District.  This year  James A. Probsdorfer (Warwick) was the recipient of the Citation for Meritorious Service.  Jim or Probs, as many call him, richly deserves this special recognition. This Past District Governor and immediate Past District Rotary Foundation Chair steered the District through ‘Future Vision’ (remember that?) into the emerging and now solidified grant and grant management model.  Change can be hard, especially for Rotarians. Probs helped make it happen with grace. Each year during his chairmanship the district broke at least one or two giving records.  Yes, #23 in the world. Congratulations, Probs.