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Banquet Registration Extended!

01 Thursday Nov 2018

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Registration extended till November 4th!

If you haven’t registered yet for the District 7600 Foundation Awards Banquet, you still have a few days to sign up on dacdb.com.  We want a great turn out to help celebrate the generosity of the D7600 Clubs and member donors.  After all, 2017-18 is our very first M I L L I O N Dollar giving year.

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How you can help, dear reader:

First off, register yourself and/ or your spouse/significant other, so you have someone to chat with on the road.

Secondly, if you are reading this on Facebook, “like” it and write a comment about your own Rotary Foundation story. Do this even if you have already registered. Next share it to your own timeline or any Facebook page on which you may post.

Finally, there are fourteen clubs which are on the Awards list which have not had anyone from the club register. If you can put a bug in the right persons’ ears to get those clubs represented, it would be super much appreciated.

Those 14 clubs are:

Bon Air, Brandermill, Emporia, Farmville, Great Bridge, Mechanicsville, Newport News, Norfolk Sunrise, Petersburg, Powhatan, Richmond, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, Virginia Peninsula.

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If you have any questions about the Banquet, please reach out to Carol Dois Woodward at Facebook Messenger, by DM at twitter @caroldwoodward, or by email at woodwardcd@aol.com.  Really just contact her. You can also find her cell phone number on dacdb.com.  She would like to help while there is still time to get you registered. Walk-ins will not be allowed so please reach out before November 4.

Foundation Awards Banquet – Zoe

28 Sunday Oct 2018

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Another reason to come to the Foundation Banquet:

Zoe Romano, our most recent District Global Scholar, has just returned from her two years of graduate study and volunteer teaching in South America and she will be our Keynoter at the Banquet.

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Zoe was nominated to District 7600 as a Global Scholar candidate by the Rotary Club of South Richmond (SRRC to those in the know). She and SRRC had developed a relationship when she ran the Tour de France route to raise money for medical supplies for children as part of an SRRC project.

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Because of that relationship the South Richmond club committed to the sometimes frustrating and long-lived application process for Zoe. The District approved her candidacy and allocated funds to her scholarship. Fortunately, The Rotary Foundation supported her application in April 2016, and the entire South Richmond club went on vacation.

We don’t want to share too much more here because we want there to still be some things for you to learn about her on November 8th.  We will tell you that since returning from her studies, she and William Byers have married, honeymooned, and are now free to join us as we honor our clubs and members for their generosity in this first mi$$ion dollar year of giving in District 7600.

Please come and meet Zoe and William on November 8th in Williamsburg. You will also have the chance to talk with some of the SRRC folks if your club has an interest in supporting the candidacy of a global scholar. Register on dacdb.com

 

Why wait to register for the Foundation awards banquet?

25 Thursday Oct 2018

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Please don’t miss out on the Awards Banquet!

Tuesday, October 30, the headcount for the Foundation Awards Banquet must be made to Colonial Heritage, and this is being written, on, yikes, October 25th! Please register as soon as you read this on dacdb.com.

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What will happen on the evening of November 8th?  We’ll see the clubs recognized which in 2017-18:

  • achieved $250 + in per capita giving (there are 18 of them)
  • were the top three per capita giving clubs
  • were among the 26 100% Foundation Giving Clubs
  • were among the 25 EREY Clubs
  • were among the 28 clubs with over $1,500 to End Polio Now

There are just a few of the highlights from the evening of celebration the 2017-2018 giving year.

Come and join the celebration of our first Million Dollar Giving Year!

Past District Governor John Padgett and District Rotary Foundation Committee Chair

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PDGs Bynum & Padgett

Chuck Arnason want to thank each and every one of you!

D7600 Foundation Awards Banquet

15 Monday Oct 2018

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2017-2018 Foundation Awards Banquet November 8, Colonial Heritage Club:

T1718_ENThe 2017-18 year was very rewarding for District 7600.  Our members and clubs contributed or bequeathed over one million dollars ($1,000,000) to The Rotary Foundation. It is our first Mi$$ion dollar year. And we have every member and club contributor to thank!

Yes, the theme for Past District Governor John D. Padgett’s year was definitely about Rotary: Making a Difference. 

Join the District at the Rotary Foundation Awards Banquet on November 8, at the Colonial Heritage Golf Club, in Williamsburg and help celebrate the generosity of the Rotary Clubs and Rotarians who will be recognized on that evening.

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Our Keynote Speaker is Zoe Romano, our District Global Scholar. Zoe was endorsed by the Rotary Club of South Richmond for the Global Scholar program and nominated to the District which approved her and endorsed her to Rotary International. She has completed her two years of study in Central and South America, returned to her home in Maine, and married her fiance, William Byers, on the weekend of our District Conference, of all things.

As always, register on dacdb.com. Consider bringing your spouse, a newer club member, and/or one of  Rotaractors as guests.  Click HERE to see a full-size flyer of the image above.

More in the next blog about the awards. Hope to see you on November 8th.

Happy Rotary Foundation Month

03 Friday Nov 2017

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Time of celebration in District 7600!

Having broken three giving records … per capita, annual fund, and total giving, the district is up for a celebration next Thursday night on November 9th at the Colonial Heritage Golf Club at our annual Foundation Awards Banquet.  We really hope you are among the Rotarians planning of sharing in the celebration.

Waging peace … an area of focus.

A number of District 7600 Rotarians joined Rotarians from our neighboring District 7610, at a Peace Conference in Fredericksburg last week.  Among the speakers was Pat Schafer whom many of us met and learned from at the District Conference in September.  Pat shared, again, the message about building structural environments for peace and conflict resolution.  She was joined by some remarkable Rotary Peace Scholars, who though young, were already well educated, well traveled, and already committed to building a more peaceful world in their own realms of endeavor.

 

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Chuck Arnason, Reem Ghunaim, PDG 7610 Juanita Cawley, Matt Ford, Pat Schafer

Matt Ford is an analyst with the World Bank and is learning how income disparity, low national Gross National Product, and climate change contribute to conflict.  Reem Ghunaim is the Executive Director of the Rotarian Action Group for Peace based in Portland Oregon.  Reem is originally from Palestine and Matt is from Australia and both are Peace Scholars from the Duke-UNC Peace Center.

The conference was inspiring, informative, and challenging.  Building peace is hard work.  You can learn more about the roles Rotarians can play in waging peace by joining the Rotary Action Group for Peace at www.rotarianactiongroupforpeace.org

 

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Can you find D7600 District Governor, Ronnie Chantker?

 

 

 

Foundation Banquet Ahead

27 Friday Oct 2017

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no lie … it is time to register for the District Foundation Awards Banquet!

Change of plans:

In last week’s blog, we promised to feature one or more of the district economic & community development grants and, in due course, we will do that, but …

 

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Photo Credit Bill Billings (Rotary Club of Franklin)

We are only one week away from the registration deadline (November 2)  for the District Foundation Banquet at which stellar Foundation giving clubs and outstanding Foundation leaders will be recognized.  Thirty plus clubs will be receiving banner awards and a number of individuals will receive praise for their dedication to The Rotary Foundation.

 

The dinner is the World Famous Americana Buffet dinner with a large variety of food to satisfy individual tastes. There is also the opportunity, for those who wish to be more civilized, to purchase wine, by the glass or by the bottle, for their tables.  We need not mention the cash bar and appetizers prior to the dinner.

Attire is business formal, but you know Rotarians.  This is not a stuffy event, though.  Register your spouse while you are at it and, voila, instant date night at the Colonial Heritage Golf Club in Williamsburg. And/or register one of your younger or newer club members as your guest, so they can get a chance to see how friendly, warm, and encouraging District activities can be.

David StovallThe keynote speaker, is David Stovall, the Rotary International Director-Elect from Zone 34.  David is an aviator, long-time Rotarian, and avid funster. You will enjoy meeting him as he prepares to begin his term as a Rotary International Director in 2018. Hope he wears that hat.

All of you know the drill to register.  Pull out the credit or debit card.  Go to the dacdb.com calendar.  Scroll down to the date, November 9, and register for the Banquet by November 2nd, please.  Don’t like doing it that way, call the District Executive Secretary, Maryann Tetreault, before 12:30 a.m. any weekday morning and she will help you out.

Hope to see everyone there.  We have a lot to “crow” about.

Economic & Community Development Grants

19 Thursday Oct 2017

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There are 6 Areas of Focus in the Rotary Foundation world … Economic & Community Development is one of them:

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IPTC Creator: Alyce Henson     IPTC Credit (c) Rotary International

We cruise Rotary Images on http://www.rotary.org from time to time.  When you pull up Rotary Images you can input a search term to pull up a cluster of photos meeting that search criterion.  This photo is one of the images which popped up when we searched “Economic and Community Development.  In the photo, Christopher Castro (center) of the Rotary Club of Brentwood, New York, is in Nan Sema on the island of LaGonave, Haiti.  He is helping to secure solar panels on the roof of a local clinic.  With Rotary Foundation Matching Grant 73919 Rotarians from District 7250 and Haitian Rotarians, staffed a week-long medical clinic, installed a laptop and satellite to be used to for telemedicine and converted the community center’s power source to solar energy. After the 2010 Haitian earthquake, Port Au Prince residents fled to the island, increasing the population by 30%, creating stress on the available services on this small island.

 

The thought came to mind that with the recent ravaging of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and other weather destroyed communities, such a similar grant effort might be considered.  The uses for such projects are so many … water pumping & purification, fire & ems (any first responder) services, schools, communications … so many possibilities.  Just planting a seed …

Local Economic & Community Development Grants

The first round of District 7600 grants have been awarded and round 2 grants are in the bin.  In the next issue of this blog, we’ll report on some of the District Grants which had the economic and community development identified their primary area of focus.  Helping communities overcome barriers to employment, transportation, health, education and other community enhancers is a worthy Rotary goal. It will be informative to learn what some of our local clubs are doing in this arena.

Don’t forget to register for the District Foundation Awards Banquet (November 9) on the dacdb.com calendar.  Enough said for now. 

 

Register for the Foundation Banquet

05 Thursday Oct 2017

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Recognition of Clubs for support of The Rotary Foundation.

November 9, 2017, is the date of the 2017 Foundation Banquet.  It is at this event that clubs are recognized for various levels of support for The Rotary Foundation (“TRF”).  It is both heart-warming and educational.  It is also a chance to invite spouses to an elegant Rotary dinner where they will see the results of their loved one’s Rotary efforts.  It is a great sharing evening.

 

We are honored this year to have Ron Ferrill, Rotary International Director for Zones 33 and 34, as our keynote speaker.  If you haven’t heard him speak before, you are in for a treat.  Of course, he knows so much about Rotary, but he is also a world-class raconteur and joke teller.  You’ll want to jot down some of his stories.  We’ll provide more details about his biography in the next few weeks, just to whet your appetite.

This year there will be a number of awards presented considering that we broke records last year in TRF giving.

As part of Rotary’s year-long centennial celebration of The Rotary Foundation during the 2016-17 year – the global membership organization’s charitable arm, Rotary clubs raised $304 million to support positive, lasting change in communities around the world.

DRFC Report Jun 2017-PicWe set our own records during the Centennial Year.  The members of District 7600 established a new high in Per Capita Giving of $229.40, which is an 8.5 percent increase over our previous high of $211.44.  That places the members of our district in the top 5 percent of giving Rotarians worldwide.  We also set new highs in Annual Fund giving of $632,444 and Total Giving of $791,292, placing District 7600 at second in Zone 33.  What an awesome accomplishment!

So, please register before November 2 for this fabulous event.  The registration is open on dacdb.com calendar.  The cut-off date for registration is November 2.  It is necessary to have a cut-off date because planning food for an audience of that size requires lead time.  We know you understand.

Publisher’s Note:  The usual publication day for our weekly blog will now be on Thursdays.  For years we have called it the Tuesday blog, but schedules change from time to time.  Hope you are still on board.

Peace & Quiet … for a bit

28 Thursday Sep 2017

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Speaking of Peace …

One of the speakers at District Conference was a Peace Fellow, Patricia Schafer.  She spoke eloquently of how conflict resolution and leadership skills being learned at an early age can contribute exponentially to the cause of peace.  Many of our 7600 Rotarians have attended the annual peace conference at the UNC-Duke Peace Center held each spring.  We are fortunate that District 7610, directly to our North, has an active Peace and Peacebuilders initiative ongoing in its District.  Their annual Fall Peace Conference will be held on October 28 in Fredericksburg.  One of Patricia’s special interests is the NewGen Peacebuilders initiative wherein young folk ages 14 to 24 receive training in conflict resolution and solutions building.

Unfortunately, the 28th is also the date of our District’s Interact-Rotaract Training Conference.  This is a very hard choice for many, but please see what you can do to attend or support either the Peace Conference or the Interact – Rotaract Training Conference.  Every club with either an Interact or Rotaract Club should plan on helping its students participate.  If not engaged in the Interact or Rotaract program in your club, perhaps you would consider attending the Peace Conference.

Registration for both conferences is available on our District 7600 dacdb.com calendar.

Speaking of Quiet …

Most of us survived the Spirit of 7600 District Conference in good order.  Though there were lots of learning opportunities, there was also a lot of fun going on.  Some wee drinks of a special draft beer, or a few sips or two of wine were had, and then there was that 70s party.  Oh, my.  Many of us need to rest up and get ready for the Foundation Awards Banquet on November 9, 2017.  We had a banner year in the 2016-2017 Rotary year, so we expect a lot of interest in attending the Award Banquet at the Colonial Heritage Golf Club in Williamsburg on November 9th.  Registration on the dacdb.com calendar for that event will be available during the week of October 2, but get November 9th penciled into your and your spouse’s calendar now.

 

 

 

 

 

 

60-day outlook for Rotary 7600

19 Tuesday Sep 2017

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First, an update on Irma & Harvey relief

Those hurricanes just keep coming.  See this updated relief message from the District Rotary Foundation Chair, Chuck Arnason:

“With the devastating results of Hurricane Irma to the Caribbean and Florida, the District 7600 leadership has decided to send the funds collected in our current hurricane disaster relief drive to both areas. The Rotary Foundation has two Donor Advised Funds to support the hurricane relief efforts for Harvey and Irma. District 7600 funds collected through the month of September will be divided between the two areas.

Please continue to make checks payable to “Rotary 7600 DAF” and mail them to:

PDG Bill Pollard
4140 Duke of Gloucester Drive
Chesapeake, VA 23321

If you would like information about a specific Rotary district’s efforts, please contact me.”

Yours in Rotary Service, Chuck

Tweak calendars for the 60-day outlook

September 22 – 24.  District Conference Conference.  Sure hope you are attending. It just wouldn’t be the same without you.  If you haven’t registered yet and you want to, contact Maryann Tetreault at the District Office. 757,603.6277. Office Hours 8:30 am -12:30 pm.

October 24.  World Polio Day.  Great opportunity to help your clubs’ Interact & Rotaract Clubs plan Polio Plus fundraisers and Polio Awareness activities. Purple Pinkie and Polio Plus Crocus sales are always fun and fundraising activities.

October 28. Interact – Rotaract Fall Training Conference. Christopher Newport University.  Clubs are urged to sponsor their Interact & Rotaract Clubs so they can send members to this excellent leadership training adventure.

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Want more info?  Contact one of the Interact Co-Chairs … Charlie Firestone or Maureen Patterson or the Rotaract Chair Alexandria Ritchie.  We prefer to not post their personal contact information on a public platform, but you know where you can find them … on dacdb.com … “Find a Member”.

November 9.  Foundation Awards Banquet. Colonial Heritage Golf Club. Williamsburg. Registration for this world-class event will be available on dacdb.com calendar during the week of September 25.  Who will be awarded the Outstanding Alumni Award and the James PIerce Foundation Leadership Award?  This is also a great event to bring your spouse or significant other.  Let’s see … is “spice” the plural of spouse?

 

Fall is upon us … Upcoming Events

05 Tuesday Sep 2017

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District Conference – Sept 22 – 24:

There is still time to register on the dacdb.com Calendar.  Come for the entire conference or pick a day or a dinner.  There is a lot offered this year.  You can learn more on www.rotary7600, including this nifty schedule of events.  Remember that registration is on dacdb.com Calendar.

Silent Auction at Conference to benefit Polio Plus- Sept 23:

 

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Colleen Bonadonna (L) And Diana M. Waters on 2017 National Immunization Day in India.

Colleen Bonadonna of the New Kent Club and the District Polio Plus Chairs shares this information on the silent auction. Silent Auction at District Conference to Benefit Polio Plus,

Round 2 ($25,000) of District Grant Deadline Oct 2:

The first round of District Grant applications has been approved and there is $25,000.00 remaining in the block grant allocation. Round 2 opened on September 2 with a closing deadline of Monday, 2 October 2017. If you plan to submit an application, please read the directions closely as incomplete submissions will not be considered.

Help is available through your Area Governor, Grant committee members or me. We will review draft applications for procedural deficiencies. Your grant will be evaluated by the committee based on the checklist (2017-18) Final and the selectees will be announced on or about 16 October 2017.

Yours in Rotary Service,
Chuck
District Rotary Foundation Chair

Save the date for the District Rotary Foundation Awards Banquet – Nov 9:

The Banquet will be at the Colonial Heritage Golf Club in Williamsburg on November 9 with light pre-dinner refreshments, music, and a cash bar.  Registration for the Banquet will be available on dacdb.calendar on September 25, 2017.  More details to follow soon. Carol Woodward may be contacted for more details as the details are available.

 

Time for D7600 to celebrate

15 Tuesday Aug 2017

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District Conference … heading into a great Rotary year!

DGE John Padgett and Al Rossendaal2District 7600 is riding high this year!  We have a committed leadership team lead by District Governor John Padgett, who is a terrific guy, even if a bit sartorially adventurous. Past District Governor and District Rotary Foundation Chair, Chuck Arnason, is in a celebration mode with three Rotary Foundation giving records having been broken in 2016-17 under his and Past District Governor Diane Hagemann’s leadership.

How can you be part of the celebration?

District Conference: Attend the District Conference September 22-24 in Norfolk.  Can’t Beegeesattend the entire conference? There is a one-day ticket registration available. Prefer social activities well, there is a commemorative special draft beer, ‘Spirit of 7600’, a wine tasting, a river cruise, and just lots of fun at the House of Friendship which will showcase club activities, projects, and fundraisers. You can register now at dacdb.com calendar.  Don’t wait … ‘Just Do It!’

Foundation Awards Banquet: Most of you know about this event from having attended before.  It is one of our 7600’s favorite dining events.  This year on November 9,  in Williamsburg,  a few things are being ramped up, so be prepared for an evening that is a tad shorter and for some other surprises to make it a memorable evening.  Along with clubs receiving awards for outstanding giving, the district will also be awarding the Outstanding Alumni Award, and the James Pierce Foundation Leadership Award. Registration and further details will be available beginning on September 25, you got it, on dacdb.com calendar.

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Don’t forget to peek at live videos from the 2017 Foundation Workshop.  Click on documents & videos at the top of the page.

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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

 

 

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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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.