Rotary International President, Jennifer Jones, Canada District 6330 Governor, Mike Chaffee (Flint, Michigan) Club President, Sue Storie (2022 23)
District website: https://rotary6330.org/
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Rotary Monthly Themes (Rotary calendar) & Rotary Vision Statement 1 3 Coming Events 4
IMPORTANT ROTARY INFORMATION 5
RI President Jennifer Jones’ December message 6 Please donate to The Rotary Foundation 7
ROTARY’S DECEMBER FOCUS DISEASE PREVENTION/TREATMENT 8
THE ROTARY FOUNDATION 10
FROM D6330 11
UKRAINE NEWS 12 Rotary responds 13
UNITED NATIONS’ DATES 14
POLIO NOW 15
ROTARY ACTION GROUPS 17
ESRAG Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action Group 17 WASH Rotary Action Group 18
ROTARY’S CORE VALUES 19
How to tell friends about the Passport Club + our 2022 23 Club President 20 PEP Project 21 Club Activities 22 Speakers’ Passport Wednesday, January 4 24 A little bit of Rotary fun and Service 25 Club Get Together in Strathroy 26 Friendship Exchange Award Winners BONUS! 27 Happy Chats 29
30 31 32 33 D6330 Graphic and AGs 35 Humour 36 Inspiration Rotary 36 Support our Sponsors 37 References and a Food Bank challenge for December 38
Object of Rotary Four Way Test Rotary’s Code of Conduct Rotary’s Vision Statement & Rotary Foundation
The Calendar below shows Rotary’s monthly themes.
Month
July Transition month/New beginnings
August Membership and New Club Development
September Basic Education and Literacy
October Economic and Community Development
November Rotary Foundation December Disease Prevention and Treatment
January Vocational Service February Peace and Conflict Prevention/Resolution March Water and Sanitation
April Maternal and Child Health May Youth Service June Rotary Fellowships Click the flags below
While sitting with a group of Rotary leaders outside of Lusaka Zambia, I ask a question: “How many of you have ever had malaria?” Every had in the room goes up. They even begin to tell me about the first, second, or third time they eperienced the disease, one of the main causes of death and sickness in many developing countries.
They are fortunate. They have access to medical treatment and lifesaving medicines. For the people of rural Zambia, their story is very different.
On a wooden bench in a small village, I sit with Timothy and his youbng son Nathan. With a camera crew capturing our conversation, he tells me of the itme Nathan showed signs of malaria. He brought the boy to the nearby home of a community health worker, where Nathan quickly received medicines that in all likelihood saved his life.
Calmly, Timothy tells me about his other son’s bout with the disease a few years earlier. He had to raace that son to a medical clinic more than 5 miles away. Riding a bike and carrying his child on his back, he tells me, he could feel his son’s legs turn cold and then his little body go limp.
As he finally entered the clinic, he screamed for help, but it was too late. The camera stops rolling, and we sit in silence. He begins to weep, and I hold him tightly. “I lost my son, I lost my son,” he says. This story is all too familiar for the families we meet over the next rew days. And yet there is hope.
Partners for a Malaria Free Zambia is Rotary’s first Programs of Scale grant recipient, and it is saving lives.
Across two provinces of Zambia, 2,500 volunteer health workers have been selected by their communities. They are trained to bring medical care closer to those who need it, and they are able to diagnose and treat malaria and other ailments.
I invite you to read about Rotary parterships that create lasting change.
JENNIFER JONES President, Rotary International“Imagine, a world that deserves our best where we get up each day knowing that we can make a difference.”
If you have the power to make someone happy, do it. The world needs more of that.
Plan to donate today to The Rotary Foundation the engine that runs Rotary!
October 24, 2022 at 6:00 a.m. EDT
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Bill Gates told me this month his philanthropic foundation was committing an additional $1.2 billion to vanquish polio a disease that’s come so close to eradication over the past 15 years that anyone younger than 20 could be forgiven for thinking it’s already happened.
It’s a classic case of out of sight, out of mind. Although wards of children kept alive inside iron lungs are a distant memory, the threat persists
One group hasn’t lost sight of that. Rotary International has invested $2.6 billion in polio eradication since starting a vaccination campaign in the Philippines in 1979.
“We’re sticking with it until we finish the job and keep our promise to the children of the world,” Carol Pandak, the Chicago based director of Rotary’s PolioPlus program, told me over Zoom.
Polio transmission has never stopped in Pakistan and Afghanistan. A mutated strain derived from the live virus used in the oral vaccine is spreading in non immune people across parts of Africa, Asia and Europe, where it’s already paralyzed hundreds of children this year.
Outbreaks were also detected in the US, UK and Israel in recent months. And in June, an unvaccinated man in New York’s Rockland County contracted the disease. It’s a tragic reminder that “polio is still is a plane ride away,” Pandak said.
Stopping polio will require $4.8 billion in funding to provide 370 million children annually with vaccines and other essential health services through 2026, according to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, of which Rotary and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are partners. That’s on top of the nearly $19 billion the program has received since it began in 1988. The effort thus far has driven down cases worldwide by 99.9% and created what Pandak said is the world’s largest public health footprint.
Pandak, who’s worked on polio for 22 years, said she’s optimistic negotiations with the Taliban will give vaccinators better access to children in Afghanistan, and that vaccine hesitancy can be overcome in Waziristan, a mountainous region of Pakistan that’s become polio’s most tenacious stronghold.
“Rotary is good at going to the governments and talking to them,” Gates told me.
Polio transmission has never stopped in Pakistan and Afghanistan. A mutated strain derived from the live virus used in the oral vaccine is spreading in non immune people across parts of Africa, Asia and Europe, where it’s already paralyzed hundreds of children this year.
Outbreaks were also detected in the US, UK and Israel in recent months. And in June, an unvaccinated man in New York’s Rockland County contracted the disease. It’s a tragic reminder that “polio is still is a plane ride away,” Pandak said.
Stopping polio will require $4.8 billion in funding to provide 370 million children annually with vaccines and other essential health services through 2026, according to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, of which Rotary and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are partners. That’s on top of the nearly $19 billion the program has received since it began in 1988.
The effort thus far has driven down cases worldwide by 99.9% and created what Pandak said is the world’s largest public health footprint.
Since it was founded more than 100 years ago, the Foundation has spent more than $4 billion on life changing, sustainable projects.
With your help, we can make lives better in your community and around the world.
The Rotary Foundation helps Rotary members to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace by improving health, providing quality education, improving the environment, and alleviating poverty.
• For as little as 60 cents, a child can be protected from polio.
• $50 can provide clean water to help fight waterborne illness.
• $500 can launch an antibullying campaign and create a safe environment for children.
How
The Rotary Foundation transforms your gifts into service projects that change lives both close to home and around the world.
impact can one donation have?
do you want to get involved in the causes you’re most passionate about?
Imagine Rotary.
How do you imagine your club in five years’ time? What great service projects will be completed in your community or in the world? What new members will be attracted to join your efforts? What lives will be impacted and changed forever because of your work?
Having spent most of my working career in the non profit world membership organizations like ours place a high emphasis on growth. I believe it our responsibility as Rotarians to create club cultures and club experiences that are inviting, rewarding and fun for prospective members.
What barriers need to be addressed so everyone may have a great Rotary experience?
What assistance does your club need to grow?
I am fortunate after a two year hiatus to be able to visit your clubs in person and to meet each of you. Please also invite me to your service projects and fundraisers.
Let’s have fun this year, do good things in the world and ask others to join us on this journey. Lots of questions here. Let’s find out the answers together!
Find out how Rotary districts can apply for a grant from the Disaster Response Fund.
Now through 31 December 2022, districts can apply for grants to provide relief such as water, food, shelter, medicine, and clothing to refugees or other people affected by the crisis. Districts should work closely with local officials and groups to ensure that the funding will meet a specific community need.
Ukraine has 62 Rotary clubs and six satellite clubs with about 1,100 members, and 24 Rotaract clubs with more than 300 members. District 2232 (Ukraine and Belarus) formed a committee to help people affected by the crisis.
December 1
World AIDS Day
December 2
International Day for Abolition of Slavery
December 3
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
December 10
International Human Rights Day
December 12
International Universal Health Coverage Day
December 20
International Human Solidarity Day
December 27
International Day of Epidemic Preparedness
Summary of new polioviruses this week:
• Afghanistan: two WPV1 positive environmental samples
• DR Congo: six cVDPV1 cases and 17 cVDPV2 cases
• Nigeria: three cVDPV2 positive environmental samples
• Yemen: four cVDPV2 cases
For more information, click here http://polioeradication.org/polio today/polio now/this week/
Click here to learn the difference between Wild Polio Virus (WPV) and Vaccine derived Polio Virus. (VDPV)
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative is a public private partnership led by national governments with six partners the World Health Organization (WHO), Rotary International, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Gavi, the vaccine alliance.
Its goal is to eradicate polio worldwide.
Today, the two countries of focus are Afghanistan and Pakistan as they have never stopped transmission of endemic wild poliovirus. The countries are working to deliver vaccination services to their people, to carry out sensitive disease surveillance and to cooperate to immunize migrating populations across their common border.
GPEI also supports countries that experience or are vulnerable to the rise of vaccine derived polio viruses (VDPVs), which only occur when polio vaccination rates are low.
When VDPV cases occur, high levels of vaccination, robust surveillance, and rapid outbreak response are critical.
GPEI is also working to strengthen surveillance and immunization systems in the African and Eastern Mediterranean regions of the World Health Organization to ensure that polio has truly ended and immunity against the virus improves.
In many countries of the world, surveillance against polio is maintained through the GPEI, and vaccination activities continue, to make sure children remain protected as long as there is polio anywhere.
Click here to read more.
Click here to view a short video on ESRAG and the Environment focus.
Click here to catch up on archived ESRAG newsletters.
Click here to view a short video on other ways of reducing plastic use.
Click here to review a listing of global water projects in progress or awaiting further funding,
Rotary is a global network of 1.4 million neighbors, friends, leaders, and problem-solvers who see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves.
Solving real problems takes real commitment and vision. For more than 115 years, Rotary's people of action have used their passion, energy, and intelligence to take action on sustainable projects. From literacy and peace to water and health, we are always working to better our world, and we stay committed to the end.
Learn more about our structure and our foundation and our strategic vision.
The Passport Club members are encouraged to join local (and other) clubs to learn more about Rotary, get to know other Rotarians, gain a new perspective and appreciation for Rotary and Rotarians. Here is a list of online clubs where you can earn a make up along with learning a whole lot more about Rotary! Why not visit them all?
• Rotary E Club of Canada One Rotary On Demand, Where you want, When you want!
• Rotary Club of One World
• Rotary E Club of World Peace
Click here to attend this week’s posted meeting of E Club of Canada One. These meetings are posted online and available 24/7!
Stay tuned, engaged, and plan to participate!
Per half year for 2022 2023: $35.50
All clubs are billed $1 per member on their July invoice to help defray the costs of the Council on Legislation. Some invoices may include variable charges for Rotary magazine (other Rotary regional magazine subscriptions are billed separately) and variable fees for insurance (U.S. clubs only).
See the Manual of Procedure for more information.
Rotarian Kitty volunteered on November 16 to help the Rotary Club of Sarnia in its participation at the Sarnia Chamber of Commerce Business Showcase held at DeGroot’s Nursery. Rotary Club of Sarnia had agreed to host a bar for the event and required helpers with Smart Serve accreditation. Kitty had earned that certification quite a few years earlier and it was still valid. A great opportunity to help out with Rotary Team Smart Serve.
As you see below, Kitty, along with Rotarian Jamie Pole, “flew in” by the Bluewater Bridges to help. Others involved were Rotarians Heather Martin, Carolyn Leaver Luciani, and the club President, Rick Marsh.
Bottom row left Carolyn and Rick. Centre, Heather.
Detective Constable Jeff has been a police officer for 22 years, working in the Headquarters Detention Unit, Uniformed Patrol, and now Financial Crimes Unit. He is currently the elder abuse specialist for the unit.
Detective Constable Jeff will be discussing the various types of frauds mass marketing, phishing scams, identity theft/fraud, money mule, and some crypto currency.
Also, he will talk about some of the signs it’s a fraud, how to protect yourself from fraud, and what to do if you have been victimized.
This will be a very informative presentation. Please feel free to bring a guest.
Regardless of which side of the border you’re on, the Fraud is still the same. These criminals just adapt the pitch.
Plan to join!
Posted on November 24, 2022 by rotaryservice
By Gianna Consalvo, Rotary Service and Engagement Staff
The 2022 23 Rotary Friendship Exchange Photo Award theme was Rotary Friendship Exchanges Re-Imagined. Through Rotary Friendship Exchanges, we experience new cultures, expand our global understanding and perspectives, and immerse ourselves in unparalleled travel and service experiences while building life long friendships. During the past two years, we’ve been inspired by the new ways that our districts have re imagined participation in Rotary Friendship Exchanges. Submissions showcased innovative ways districts have re imagined the Rotary Friendship Exchange program to fit evolving needs.
Winner: Districts 9210 (Zambia) and 7010 (Ontario, Canada)
Between April and May of 2022, District 9210 had a successful inbound Rotary Friendship Exchange from District 7010, Ontario, Canada. They home hosted a team of 14 Rotarians and 2 non Rotarians.
This exchange should have taken place in April 2020 but due to Covid-19, all activities were postponed until 2022. The relationship between the two districts became stronger, made possible as they continued with virtual meetings until they were able to travel internationally.
Hosting responsibilities were shared between clubs across three regions throughout our country: Central, Southern, and Copperbelt. Activities included fellowship dinners, presentations, and project visits.
Runner Up: Districts 1860 (Germany) and 9212 (Africa)
In 2020, Districts 9212 and 1860 wanted to conduct a Rotary Friendship Exchange but were stalled by pandemic lockdowns. Finally, in May 2022, the 11 member German team visited projects of District 1860 in Kenya and participated actively in the District Conference and Assembly in the city of Diani.
Especially advantageous was the fact that four Rotaractors were part of the German team. The mixture of young and old gives the team an inner dynamic and brings Rotarians and Rotaractors closer together. The hosts made a point of accommodating the guests privately. At Rotarian meetings in which they participated, travel funds were donated to the German team as part of the “Happy Dollars campaign”, which they found very touching. Many new contacts were made and joint projects were outlined at the District Conference and Assembly. The return
visit of the team from Kenya took place in June 2022. Three clubs Rotary Club Ingelheim, Rotary Club Bad Bergzabern, and Rotary Club St. Wendel arranged the program. The hosts made a point of accommodating the guests privately. Now the Kenyan team knows that the best tasting wines come from District 1860. Especially important was the active participation of the Kenya Rotary Friendship Exchange team at the district conference in Mannheim.
In their own words: Imagine going on your first Friendship Exchange from District 7680, USA. The plan is to visit District 2430 in Central Turkey, from Ankara to the Black Sea, from Cappadocia to Istanbul. You have no expectations. You realize there will be new people, different religions and cultures, and language challenges.
Just imagine what might unify the trip into one cohesive memory that would ultimately encapsulate it all. This picture tells our story. The venue is a small town in Eastern Turkey.
There is a parade bringing awareness to polio eradication. There are local folk and Rotarians, men on crutches, and women in wheelchairs. The local Rotarians ask us to participate. So, Rotarians Ineke Wilson (originally from the Netherlands) and Maya Tsekova (from Bulgaria) grab a banner. They are soon joined by another Friendship Exchange Team member from District 9110 in Nigeria. The parade continues and a local woman and her son gesture that they would like to join. They are warmly welcomed.
After marching for a mile and promoting a common cause, those artificial barriers of language, religion and culture disappear and are replaced by non judgmental mutual respect a Rotary language of love. In the end, holding that banner was an international coalition that included a Dutch American, a Bulgarian, a Nigerian, a Muslim woman from Turkey and her son all working toward a central goal. They were all brought together by the Rotary Friendship Exchange. In Turkish, the sign read “End Polio Now!” This is Rotary International at its best!
Do you have a Rotary Friendship Exchange planned for this Rotary year? Find an exchange partner using the Exchange Finder Map and save those pictures to participate in next year’s award!
NOTE: Rotary Friendship Exchange (RFE), an international exchange program for Rotary members and friends, allows participants to take turns hosting one another in their homes, clubs, and communities. Traveling as individuals, couples, families, or groups, RFEs include Rotary members and friends. Participation in an RFE can be centered around a shared vocation, learning about the culture of your host country, or on a service project. Whether your exchange focuses on one of these topics or incorporates all three, you’re sure to have a fantastic experience in fellowship with Rotary members. Exchanges can take place virtually, in person, or incorporate elements of each throughout the exchange process. In 2020, the Rotary Friendship Exchange Award was established with the goal of recognizing one district that had outstanding participation in the program throughout the year. Participating districts submit a photo or short essay for consideration. Read more about past winners from 2020 21 and 2021 22
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Area Description Area Governor
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North Bruce Peninsula from Wiarton to Paisley, including Southampton, Port Elgin Sonja Glass 2
Western northern Bruce Peninsula, including Kincardine, Walkerton, Hanover, Goderich Rosemary Davis 3
Mid-southwestern Ontario, including Listowel, St. Mary’s, Stratford, and Stratford Festival City Paul Roulston 4 London area 5 clubs Howard Shears 5
West to St. Clair River including Sarnia, Watford, Grand Bend, Petrolia Mike Hurry 6
In the U.S., west of the St. Clair River, including Fort Gratiot, Port Huron, south to Marine City and Algonac
Diane Ives 7
In the U.S., further west from St. Clair River including Genesee Valley, Flint, south to Fenton Allen Tucker 8
Eastern Northern Bruce Peninsula, including Meaford, Owen Sound, Chesley, Markdale, and Thornbury Patrick Petch
In the U.S., west of St. Clair River including Clio, Lapeer, Imlay City Jeffrey Ferweda 10
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Just north of Lake Erie, including Strathroy, St. Thomas, St. Thomas Railway, and London Lambeth Gerry Janssen
Three women and three men are traveling by train to a conference. At the station, the three men each buy tickets and watch as the three women buy only a single ticket.
”How are three people going to travel on only one ticket?” asks one of the guys. ”Watch and you’ll see,” answers a woman. All of them board the train.
The men take their respective seats, but all three women cram into a restroom and close the door behind them. Shortly after the train has departed, the conductor comes around collecting tickets. He knocks on the restroom door and says, “Ticket, please.” The door opens just a crack and a single arm emerges with a ticket in hand. The conductor takes it and moves on.
The men saw this and agreed it was a clever idea. So, after the conference, the men decide to copy the women on the return trip and save some money. When they get to the station, they buy a single ticket for the return trip. To their astonishment, the women don’t buy a ticket at all.
”How are you going to travel without a ticket?” says one of the perplexed men. ”Watch and you’ll see,” is the answer.
When they board the train the three men cram into a restroom and the three women cram into another one nearby. The train departs.
Shortly afterwards, one of the women leaves her restroom and walks over to the restroom where the men are hiding. She knocks on the door and says in a low voice, “Ticket, please.”
A truck driver was doing his usual delivery to the Mental Hospital. He discovered a flat tire when he was about to leave. He jacked up the truck and took the flat tire off. When he was about to replace the flat tire with the spare tire, he accidentally dropped all the nuts into a storm drain. Realizing he can't fish the nuts out, he starts to panic.
A patient walking by asks him what happened. The driver told him his problem. And the patient said "Can't even fix such a simple problem! No wonder you are destined to be a truck driver."
"Here's what you can do, take one nut each from the other 3 tires and then tighten them on to the spare. Then drive to the nearest garage and replace the missing ones, easy as that!"
The driver was very impressed and asked: "You're so smart but why are you here in a Mental Hospital?"
Patient replied: "Hello! I may be CRAZY, but I’m not STUPID!!”
I've learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow. Age 49
I've learned that singing "Amazing Grace" can lift my spirits for hours. Age 50
I've learned that motel mattresses are better on the side away from the phone. Age 51
I've learned that you can tell a lot about a man by the way he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights. Age 52
I've learned that keeping a vegetable garden is worth more than a medicine cabinet full of pills. Age 53
I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you miss them terribly after they die. Age 55
I've learned that making a living is not the same thing as making a life. Age 58
I've learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance. Age 62
I've learned that if you pursue happiness, it will elude you. But if you focus on your family, the needs of others, your work, meeting new people, and doing the very best you can, happiness will find you. Age 65
I've learned that whenever I decide something with kindness, I usually make the right decision. Age 66
I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one. Age 82
I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love that human touch, holding hands, a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back. Age 85 …author unknown
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Rotary Club of Hobart. The Rotary Book of Readings. Inspiration to Change the World.
Rotary International. Honoring Our Past: The Words and Wisdom of Paul Harris. Evanston, Illinois: 1996. (925 EN)
Rotary International. Rotary Basics. Evanston, Illinois. (595 EN)
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