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D7600 & Global Water Grants

14 Friday Dec 2018

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

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Colleen Bonadonna, District 7600 Foundation Committee, Fighting Disease, Ghana, Ghana Global Water Grants, PDG Chuck Arnason, PDG Stephen Beer, Prince George Rotary, Providing Clean Water, Schools, Shel Douglas, Walter Hughes, Water & Sanitation

Clean water, toilets, & schools, oh my …

Rotary District 7600,  clubs in the district, as well as districts and clubs throughout the US and in Ghana, have committed funds and volunteers to a series of water and sanitation global grant projects in Ghana.

These grants, spearheaded by Walter Hughes of District 7570 and greatly aided by grant writer, Shel Douglas, Past President of the Prince George Club and Assistant Governor of Area 6, will also include basic school buildings complete with libraries filled with books.  There will be volunteer work trips, one of which is coming up in late January and three of the volunteers on that trip will be Walter, Shel, and Past District Governor Stephen Beer.

Walter visited the Rotary Club of Prince George County on December 12 and provided the club with information about the water & hygiene grants in particular, but also about the Rotary Water & Hygiene Area of Focus (or Cause, if you will).  On hand were PDG Stephen, PDG & current District Rotary Foundation Chair, Chuck Arnason, District Polio Plus Chair, Colleen Bonadonna, and non-Rotarian visitors and guests interested in health, education, clean water, and sanitation.

Walther Hughes addressing Prince George Rotary

The presentation is provided here as a video and runs about 20 minutes. Watch it if you can, but if not, know that the gist of Walter’s message is that access to sustainable potable water, hygienic sanitation, education, and maintenance training,  not only fights disease but also provides economic development opportunities for isolated areas. These opportunities build the ability of communities to continue improving their own facilities, resources, and futures.

Shel Douglas & Walter Hughes

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Preventing Disease:

27 Tuesday Nov 2018

Posted by Carol Dois Woodward in Rotary 7600 Foundation News

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Shel Douglas

Every Month is Foundation Month

Most Rotarians think of November as The Rotary Foundation Month.  And it is. But as we prepare to leave November, it is well to remember that every month is an opportunity to share in the good works of The Rotary Foundation, both by giving  and by volunteering.

December is Prevention of Disease and Treatment month.  One key of disease prevention is having access to safe drinking water and sanitation. 

Evert Month is Rotary Foundation Month
Meme by Debbie Vance
As you will read in the December issue of the Spirit of 7600, which will hit your email accounts this weekend, there is an article about a global grant in Ghana in which our District and two of our clubs, Prince George and South Hill, are participating. Shel Douglas, Assistant Governor for Area 6, will actually deploy on one of the trips to Ghana.
 
This global grant project, being completed in phases, will drill boreholes for safe water, install micro-flush toilets, build schools, and educate local communities on how to maintain their wells and other equipment.

To whet your appetite, here is a 4-minute video to share in this adventure of disease prevention and to see what Shel will be seeing when she has feet on the ground in Ghana.

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#STARS & National #Mustard Day Scored

06 Monday Aug 2018

Posted by Carol Dois Woodward in Foundation Giving, Membership, Public Image, The Rotary Foundation, Training

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#STARS, Appaiah Ballachanda, Bill Billings, Chana Amaro, Chuck Arnason, Colonial Heritage Williamsburg, David Rosenthal, Dianne Shannon Gordonn, District Rotary Foundation Chair, Don Vaught, FISH Food Bank, Fun, Jan Rowley, JoAnn Meaker, Joy Kline, LaShonda Delivuk, Membership, Mike Jallo, Mustard, National Mustard Day, Neva Lynde, Public Image, Rudy Lee Garcia, Shel Douglas, Stan Wall, SuAnne Hardee Bryant, The Rotary Foundation

Over 100 attended the Sensational Trio of August Rotary Seminars (#STARS):

It was a day filled with information, suggestions, innovative ideas and just a little bit of fun. We were all there to equip ourselves to “Be the Inspiration”. The Colonial Heritage Country Club in Williamsburg may never be the same. And Rotarians are innovative. Sometimes they switched seminars.  Gotta love these D7600 Rotarians

Public Image or How to share our Rotary stories:

Lead by the District Newsletter Editor and Public Image Chair, JoAnn Meaker, the 25 or so Rotarians in the Seminar, enjoyed intimate surroundings, printed materials, and demonstrations of the EZ Bulletin feature on dacdb.com.  LaShonda Delivuk, Public Image Chair from District 7570 also inspired the attendees with her presentation on the interplay between membership and public image.

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Membership, It’s the only thing!

MembershipShelDouglas (2)The takeaway, oft repeated in the plenary sessions was “Membership, it’s the only thing.” 35+ Rotarians in the Membership seminar were led capably by District Membership Co-Chairs, Mike Jallo, and Shel Douglas.  LaShonda Delivuk also spoke in this session about the synergy between membership and public image.  No one will know our Rotary stories unless we have members to share their stories and unless our members share them.

The Rotary Foundation: How our good works are funded:

Approximately 42 Rotarians attended this session. Chuck Arnason, Rotary District Foundation Chair, and his team of Rudy Lee Garcia (Development),  Joy Kline (Annual Giving), Bill Billings (Endowment),  Appaiah Ballachanda (Paul Harris Society), Stan Wall (Polio Plus),  SuAnne Hardee Bryant (Grants), and Don Vaught (Grants Auditor). Just when one thinks there is nothing new to learn, Foundation-wise, there arise new requirements.  In this session, SuAnne focused on global grants, and our featured speaker Shel Douglas spoke on the more formal Community or Needs Assessments required of global grant applications.  The materials from The Rotary Foundation Seminar on d7600foundation.org on The Foundation Workshop Materials 2018 page.  There were no slides or handouts for the Paul Harris Society (PHS) as Appaiah is a walking cheerleader for the PHS.

The learning was not the only fun:

JoAnn Meaker designed the STARS meme and hashtag #STARS to help promote the workshops.  Dana Rieves, JoAnn Meaker, and Prince George Electric Cooperative provided the stellar door prizes.  David Rosenthal made all aware that it was also National Mustard Day. We decided to inspire every registrant to bring a new, unopened container of mustard to donate. Those who forgot often donated cash instead. Neva Lynde and her fellow James City County Satellite Club volunteered to carry the mustard to the FISH Food Bank.

The photos are part of the fun … thank Dianne Gordonn, Bill Billings, Jan Rowley, Chana Amaro and others who took many photos and shared them freely.

National Mustard Day Collection (2)

We are all now ready to “Be the Inspiration”.

 

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#STARS and #Million$Year

19 Thursday Jul 2018

Posted by Carol Dois Woodward 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

#STARS 16 Days & Counting:

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:

  • best practices
    • Foundation led by Chuck Arnason & Team
    • Membership lead by Mike Jallo & Shel Douglas
    • Public Image led by JoAnn Meaker & team
  • latest Rotary International messaging in each seminar
  • requirements in the documentation updates for clubs activities & projects
  • latest grant requirements with a focus on Community Assessments
  • Lashonda Delivuk, D7570 Public Image Vice-Chair, speaking in both the membership & public image seminars

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Clubs, a message to all … want to excel in innovative club presence, reporting, and starsvitality … 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.

Million$Year … 2017-2018

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.

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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.

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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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Colleen Bonadonna, End Polio Now Baseball, Flying Squirrels, Garett Erwin, Gates Foundation, JoAnn Meaker, June 14, Norm Meaker, Rescheduled Game June 14, RVA, Shel Douglas, Stan Wall, The Diamond

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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Facebook live video and learning

08 Tuesday Aug 2017

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

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Annual Giving, Appaiah Ballachanda, Bill Billings, Chuck Arnason, Colleen Bonadonna, Don Vaught, Endowment, Facebook Live Video, Foundation Workshops, iPhones, Joy Kline, Nancy Barbee, Paul Harris Society, Polio Plus, Sarah Hanbury, Shel Douglas, SuAnne Hardee Bryant, Tablets

The attendees at the Foundation Workshop had an adventure:

The 45 or so attendees at the Foundation Workshop who had brought their smartphones, Rotarians Facebooktablets, or laptops got the chance to engage with live videoing of the topics presented by the superior Foundation leaders on August 5. After turning their volume down on their devices they were invited to join the live videos, adding comments, and posting “#rotary7600”  periodically.  There were a few amusing discoveries, e.g., one must have a Facebook account to join in, but a couple of folks signed up that day.   Others were delighted to see how easy it was to join in on the fun on their smartphones.

None of this would have been possible without the able phone camera work by Sarah Hanbury and Shel Douglas of the Prince George Club, who served as the mentors and videographers at the workshop.  These videos are about 15 minutes or so in length and were videoed by topic.  They can all be seen by scrolling down the District Foundation’s Facebook page, clicking on the big arrow in the middle of the image, and turning the sound up on your device.  OR you can view all of the videos on the ‘Documents & Videos’ tab on this website.

We are also exploring how to upload them to YouTube and to the District Website, but did you know that you can share the videos from Facebook to your own club’s Facebook page or at least the administrators or editors for your club’s page can.  Talk with them about it.

For the moment … here we share one of the videos.  This is Joy Kline Annual Fund Chair for the District Foundation Committee extolling how well the District did this last year in exceeding our giving goals.

A favor please … if you are reading this page and have not done so already … navigate to the top of the page and subscribe by email.  That way you will get a weekly email from this page with the update for the week.  How easy is that?

 

 

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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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