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What is the Spring forecast?

30 Saturday Mar 2019

Posted by Carol Dois Woodward in Foundation Giving, Rotary 7600 Foundation News

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Baseball May 2 and May 16, District Training Assembly, End Polio Now Baseball, Giving Tuesday, Giving Tuesday April 2, Grant Mangement Webinar

The forecast is sunny with a chance of Baseball!

April is Maternal & Child Health Month:

April 2: District 7600 Giving Tuesday. Individual contributions matched up to $500. Must be made online in My Rotary to the Annual Fund. April 2 only. Accelerate your first or your multiple Paul Harris Fellow Recognition.

April 20: Grant Management Webinar. Attendance qualifies a club to apply for a Rotary grant. Attendees may attend in person or in the location of their choice by computer. Attendees will need access to wifi/internet connection. This is the final chance for a club to meet this attendance requirement. Registration is free and is on the dacdb.com calendar.

April 27: District Training Assembly & the Foundation, Public Image, and Membership Seminars (no separate August Seminars this year). The Grant Doctors will be on duty that day. Registration will be available next week on dacdb.com calendar.

May is Youth Service Month:

May 1: Clubs must have entered their Foundation Giving Goals for the year in Rotary Club Central to be eligible to apply for a Rotary grant. This is a new district requirement.

May 1: Clubs will need to have closed out any district grants for the 2018-2019 year to be eligible to apply for a district grant. All grant related processes are completed in the grants module on dacdb.com.

May 2: Polio + Baseball at the Norfolk Tides at Harbor Park.

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May 15: Deadline to submit district grant applications through the grants module.

May 16: Polio +Baseball at the Richmond Flying Squirrels at the Diamond.

May 23-26: Marshalling at the LPGA Tournament at Kingsmill.

Welcome home to the Costa Rica Literacy Global Grant Team:

This was a follow on visit to Costa Rica by members of the Rotary Clubs of Richmond, Huguenot Trails, James River, and South Richmond. This multi-year, multi-club global grant provides books in the English language for a regional Costa Rican school system. On previous visits Rotarians realized that there was a shortage of toothbrushes and toothpaste in the schools. So they chipped in on the side and brought along the much needed items. This grant was featured in the March issue of the Spirit of 7600 which can be found on rotary7600.org. A follow up article will be featured in the May issue of the Spirit.

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“a little rain must fall”, but not June 14th

20 Sunday May 2018

Posted by Carol Dois Woodward in Rotary 7600 Foundation News

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Rescheduled END Polio Now RVA GAME – June 14

Yes, more than a little rain fell on May 16th as area Rotarians in District 7600 attempted to assemble at the Diamond to watch the annual End Polio Now Baseball game.  Even the Flying Squirrels decided to take their acorns home for the evening.  Many End Polio Warriors made it to the Diamond and others were caught in downpours or traffic tie-ups attempting to get there.

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Norm & JoAnn Meaker

Club baseball ticket organizers should contact Garrett Erwin at the Flying Squirrels at 804-359-3866 x327.  The same number of tickets previously purchased by the club will be reprinted with the June 14 date.

Additional tickets may be ordered as well. Remember that $2 of each ticket goes to End Polio Now and is matched 2:1 by the Gates Foundation.  If you do the math that means that $6 for every ticket purchased goes to EPN.

And many thanks to the Rotarians who made the effort among whom were AG JoAnn and Norm Meaker above and below, AGE Shel Douglass, District End Polio Now Games Organizer Stan Wall, and District Polio Plus Chair Colleen Bonadonna.

More to follow soon.

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Shel Douglas (L), Stan Wall, & Colleen Bonadonna

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The fourth has been with us

04 Tuesday Jul 2017

Posted by Carol Dois Woodward in Foundation Giving, Training, Upcoming District Events

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End Polio Now Baseball, July 13 Richmond, July 24 Norfolk, We're This Close

Our commitment as Rotarians continues

by Chuck Arnason, District Rotary Foundation Chair

We are no longer this close, we are counting down to ZERO.

I was in the audience of nearly 40,000 Rotary members attending Rotary’s annual convention in Atlanta. During one session, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation renewed their longstanding support for ending polio. Rotary committed to raise $50 million per year over the next three years, with every dollar to be matched with two additional dollars from the Gates Foundation. This expanded agreement will translate into $450 million for polio eradication activities, including immunization and surveillance over the next three years. This critical funding helps ensure countries around the world remain polio-free and that polio is ended in the remaining three endemic countries: Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan.

Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and RI President John Germ DRFC Report Jun 2017-Picannounce new pledges toward the polio eradication effort at the Rotary Convention in Atlanta.  During the session, we heard the news that world governments and other donors have pledged to contribute US$1.2 billion total to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative for polio eradication efforts. The government funding will substantially help to close the US$1.5 billion funding gap, allowing partners to immunize 450 million children every year and support rigorous disease surveillance in both endemic and at-risk polio-free countries. While the government funding makes considerable headway in the fight to end polio, continued support from donors remains vital to achieve a polio-free world.

Next week or so we’ll look at the final giving numbers from 2016-2017.  It looks like it will be a ‘banner’ year.

Heads’ up folks … registration is now live for the 2017 Foundation and Membership Workshops on August 5.  Go to dacdb.com calendar and register.  You won’t be disappointed.

And don’t forget to contact your club End Polio Now organizer to register for the game in your area.  The Richmond Rotary Night at the Diamond is on July 13.  This week you probably need to get your tickets so all can sit together and boost the Rotary image with our End Polio Now tee shirts.  Just contact Debbie or Stan Wall for the shirts stan.debbie.rotary@comcast.net.

 

 

 

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The Rotary Foundation, our heart

23 Tuesday May 2017

Posted by Carol Dois Woodward in Foundation Giving, Rotary 7600 Foundation News, Training

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David Mansfield, Debbie Wall, DG Diane, District Training Assembly Memories, DRFC Chuck Arnason, End Polio Now Baseball, Foundation Breakouts, Giving Tuesday, July 13 Richmond, July 24 Norfolk, Rotary Nights at the Games, Stan Wall, Triton

A total shout out to the Foundation break out at the District Training Assembly

Thirty plus Rotarians attended the Foundation Breakout at the District Assembly.  They

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Denya Hankerson (Prince George) & Triton

were Club Foundation Chairs, Presidents-Elect, generous donors, district leaders, rank and file club members, and, of course, Triton.  The input and questions ranged from the very newbie and valuable questions to the experienced, nuanced questions.  All of these questions and insight are important.  It is a learning experience for all … for the attendees as well as the presenters.

 

Thank you for your commitment and interest.

Another total shout out to Stan & Debbie Wall and to David Mansfield as we navigate to the End Polio Now Baseball Games

July 13 is the date for Rotary Night at the Diamond in Richmond and July 24 is the Norfolk Tides Game.  Both games begin at 7:05 pm and a portion of each rotary game ticket sold will be donated by the teams to End Polio Now.

The WallsRTEE7 have red ‘End Polio Now’ t-shirts for sale, $10 for most shirts and $12 for the fulsome 2x and 3x sizes.  A dollar from each shirt sale goes back to End Polio Now.

With this shirt, we can turn the stadium bleachers red and really ramp up the Rotary and End Polio Now profile.

 

And one more total shout out to District Governor Diane and District Rotary Foundation Committee Chair Chuck Arnason for approving Rotary Giving Tuesday on May 30, 2017.

On Tuesday, May 30, every online Rotary donation by a District 7600 Rotarian of $100 or prouddonormore to the Annual Fund will be matched dollar for dollar with district recognition points.  This is only on Tuesday. Not Monday. Not Wednesday.  Tuesday!

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two major events …coming up

19 Tuesday Jul 2016

Posted by Carol Dois Woodward in Rotary 7600 Foundation News

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Norfolk Tides End Polio Now Game on July 27 …

Buy your tickets now.  Bring your families, neighbors, friends. First ball is at 7:05 pm. The The Richmond Squirrels side of District 7600 has already raised over $8000, when all of the matches and donations are factored in, to go towards ending Polio. Help the Tides game do the same or more. Questions? Contact David Mansfield through dacdb.com ‘Find a Member’.

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Annual Membership & Foundation Workshops, August 6 …

These two annual trainings have been held on the same morning at the same location since 2013 to allow club leaders and members to car pool and yet have separate training in two of the most important aspects of club functioning.  These are the only two topic focused trainings each year.

Membership Workshop:

Want to learn more about the changes coming out of the 2016 Council on Legislation and how it affects your club’s membership and fellowship efforts?   Want to learn more about how to attract new members, especially those under 35? Want to learn how to engage the new and tenured members so that the club keeps them involved and active in club activities?  Mike Jallo, District Membership Chair, has answers to these questions. Membership Committee Chairs and the club’s entire membership committee should attend this hands-on workshop.

Rotary Foundation Workshop:

RandyandEREYYou’ve heard there have been changes in Club Giving Banners.  What happened to Every Rotarian Every Year (EREY)?  What about Sustaining Members?  With these changes how does a club encourage giving to The Rotary Foundation?  Rudy Garcia and the Development team has answers to these and other questions.This is a great chance to meet the entire Development team.

Global grants?  $30.000 threshold?  How can my club come up with a project that big? Arecropped-honduraspediheart2.jpg there any clubs in the district that we can join with in a big global grant?  My club did apply for a District Grant, if we get the grant, how and when do we document our progress?  Everything is online now. Isn’t that hard to do?  SuAnne Hardee Bryant and her Grants team will answer those questions and allay those concerns.

Register on dacdb.com ‘Calendar’ … Why?

Because it is training designed to focus on two components of club health.  Register for either Membership or Foundation on dacdb.com.  Per person cost is only $35 and that is to cover the cost of the facility and the award winning Full Southern Breakfast. There will be door prizes and you can dress tropical comfortable.  The spouse can come along and shop at The Pottery nearby while you are in the workshop or book a tee time at Colonial Heritage. Doesn’t it sound great?  Food count is due by July 29, so please register now. Contact Carol Woodward at woodwardcd@aol.com for more information or to answer questions you may have about this learning opportunity.

 

 

 

 

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Skype in …

12 Tuesday Jul 2016

Posted by Carol Dois Woodward in Rotary 7600 Foundation News

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Chuck Arnason, End Polio Now Baseball, Foundation Workshop, Global Scholar, Rip Tide, Squirrels Baseball Game, Stan Wall, The Rotary Foundation, Zoe Romano

from the tractor seat of Chuck Arnason …

Two weeks in and it has already been an eventful Rotary Foundation year for me as the District Rotary Foundation Committee Chair … DRFC for short.

Colleen Bonnadonna and giant squirrel (2)The first of our two End Polio Now Baseball Games in Richmond on July 7 was a huge success.  Game Coordinator and now Assistant Governor Stan Wall and Debbie Wall, District Secretary, sold 1016 tickets, a record for the Richmond Squirrels Game.  Two dollars from each ticket was a donation to End Polio Now, the Squirrels threw in a bit more, and Debbie’s employer Sabra Dipping added another $2 for each of the 400 tickets that Debbie sold.  Add the matching contribution from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and our Richmond Squirrels game raised over $8000 for End Polio Now. At left District Polio Plus Coordinator, Colleen Bonadonna, under the watchful eye of that giant Squirrel, Nutzy.

At our District Awards Banquet in Williamsburg on July 9th our District’s Global ScholarChuck & Zoe, Zoe Romano,  Skyped in from Maine to share her plans for her two-year graduate program which will span three South American countries and will include academic semesters and semesters of volunteer teaching in under-served schools.  She especially praised Delmar Dayton of the South Richmond Club for his patience and persistence in the two years it took to steward her acceptance as a global scholar.

Bebo and RipTideSo two weeks in and there is another fantastic  End Polio Now Baseball Game in Norfolk on July 27th being organized by David Mansfield.  There is still time to get tickets for this Triple-A game. Join in with hundreds of area Rotarians doing their bit to eradicate Polio and have a heck of a lot of fun. Rip Tide will be so disappointed if you don’t show.  Check the 2016 Polio Plus Tides Baseball  flyer for more details.

Finally, capping off the first full month as the DRFC we have the August 6th Foundation and Membership Workshop in Williamsburg. The new District Rotary Foundation Team will be front and center in explaining the tweaks to Foundation Giving and Grants. I hope you can make it.  There is an award winning breakfast, door prizes, and tons, just tons, of great information on the Rotary Foundation.  Go on dacdb.com calendar and register, please.  Clothing is not optional, but tropical comfortable is recommended. Click 2016 Workshop Flyer for more information.

 

 

 

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End Polio Now Baseball & Probs’ Farewell

28 Tuesday Jun 2016

Posted by Carol Dois Woodward 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

Just a reminder of the upcoming End Polio Now Baseball Games, July 7 in Richmond and July 27 in Norfolk …

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.

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A fond farewell as your District Foundation Committee Chair …

(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.

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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’.

 

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District training assembly & change

26 Tuesday Apr 2016

Posted by Carol Dois Woodward in Rotary 7600 Foundation News

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Chuck Arnason, Council on Legislation, District Training Assembly, End Polio Now Baseball, Foundation Goals, Foundation Team, Joe Mulkerrin, July 27 Tides Baseball, July 7 Squirrels Baseball, Riptide, Shel Douglas

Clubs will have more autonomy in fashioning the timing and nature of club meetings and member engagement goals under new provisions out of the Council on Legislation this past week in Evanston …

New Rotary Year ushering in changes:

Zone 33-34 Director-Elect, Joe Mulkerrin,  on changes in Rotary meetings, engagement levels, and attraction methods as a result of the Council on Legislation meeting.  More details to follow soon.  Then Joe made the rounds of the breakouts.

Joe & Chuck DTA withnamesChuck Arnason,  incoming District Rotary Foundation Chair, introduced his team and goals in the Foundation breakout. It was well attended and included a number of club foundation chairs who asked incisive questions and offered practical suggestions for communication and process.  PDG/Director-Elect Joe also attended a portion of the meeting and encouraged us to stay committed to our goal of eradicating polio.  We’re in the last and hardest stages of eradication. Help that effort …

Attend the End Polio Now Baseball games:

July 7 – 2016 Rotary Night Flyer Richmond Flying Squirrels, headed by Co-Chair Stan Wall (Colonial Heights), and

July 27 – 2016 Polio Plus Tides Baseball  headed by Co-Chair Dave Mansfield.

Dave invited Riptide to attend the Assembly and he did drop by.  He had a great time.

Shel & Riptide

Shel Douglas (Prince George)  Riptide

 

Will the web classes below on dacdb.com will fit into your schedule?  Free and informative. Login to dacdb.com, Click on Calendar, scroll down and register.

 

 

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Time is of the essence …

22 Monday Jun 2015

Posted by Carol Dois Woodward in Rotary 7600 Foundation News

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Clubs are in the last stretch

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Many clubs are going full bore to be sure that they get their clubs’ and their members’ donations into The Rotary Foundation in advance of the June 30 deadline so that it counts towards their 2014 -2015 giving goals.  Checks mailed in with a postmark of June 30 will count towards the 2014-15 year as will any contribution made online by midnight by midnight on that date.

This banner report was released by our District Foundation Chair on June 15 so is a week old, but it may provide information that is helpful.  The data is changing daily. Banner Rpt – 11 June 15 (3)

Club Foundation Goals 2015-16

Club Foundation Chairs and Foundation Advocates should do a check this week on their respective clubs to confirm that the Foundation Giving Goals have been entered into Rotary Club Central at http://www.rotary.org.

In case you missed it 

Each club has designated a club member to be the Polio Plus Ballgame Coordinator to take ticket reservations for the July 9 Richmond Squirrels Game and the July 20 Norfolk Tides game. Consider contacting your club rep now to reserve your tickets.  It is a fun, fun evening.

Rotarians can now register for the August 1 Foundation & Membership Workshop.  Cost is only $25 per person and dress is casual.  Great morning of training and information. Logon to dacdb.com, click on ‘Calendar’, scroll down to the event on August 1, click on “Register Now’ and then all you need is your credit or debit card to register.

FounMemWkshp 15The registration interface on dacdb.com has been tweaked and works like a charm, but if you have  trouble, just contact Maryann Tetreault, the District Executive Secretary at office@rotary7600.org,

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So, the current Rotary year is racing out and the new Rotary year is racing in

08 Monday Jun 2015

Posted by Carol Dois Woodward in Rotary 7600 Foundation News

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2015 -2016 Club Giving Goals, Area Governors, Club Foundation Chairs, End Polio Now Baseball, Foundation Workshop

Rotary is never at low tide. Club Foundation Chairs, Foundation Advocates, and Area Governors have been working with their clubs’ Presidents and Presidents-Elect to achieve 2014-15 giving goals and to set, then document, 2015-16 giving goals.

This report published last week shows which clubs had entered those goals. It would be very helpful if the Foundation Advocates would follow up with their clubs who need help. You might remind clubs that, while the President-Elect is involved in setting Foundation giving goals those leaders in designated positions such as Secretary, Executive Secretary, Membership Chair, and Club Foundation Chair can actually input the goals into Rotary Club Central.

2015-16 TRF Club Goals 1.1 (3)  See the status of the clubs in your areas.

A look ahead for your calendars:

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Squirrels Fireworks

July 9 & 20 … End Polio Now:  The End Polio Now baseball games will kick start the Rotary year.  July 9 is the date of the Flying Squirrels game at the Diamond in Richmond and July 20 is the date of the Norfolk Tides game at Harbor Park.  Each club has appointed  a club member to take reservations and payments for tickets.

August 1 … Foundation/Membership Workshop:  This engaging, interactive double workshop will be held at the Colonial Heritage Golf Club.  More information will follow soon.

Personal:  Congratulations to Bob and I who are celebrating our 46th wedding anniversary today (June 8th).  As Indiana Jones said in Raiders of the Lost Ark … ‘It’s not the years … it’s the miles.”

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