Rotary International President, Stephanie Urchick (Pennsylvanie, USA) District 6330 Governor, Katherine Hahn (Rotary of Stratford, ON) Club President, Mariann Timmers (2024-25)
District website: https://rotary6330.org/
District 6330 Governor 2024-25
Katherine Hahn
Rotary Club of Stratford
Focus on Adaptation
The Calendar below shows Rotary’s 2024-25 monthly themes.
ROTARY CALENDAR and THEMES
Month
Theme
July Maternal and Child Health
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 Environment
May
June
Youth Service
Rotary Fellowships
MATERNAL & CHILD HEALTH Month of July
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ONLINE Wednesday, July 3 at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time
HAPPY CHATS ONLINE – JOIN US! Every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time
NEW ROTARY YEAR 2024-25 NEW RI PRESIDENT STEPHANIE URCHICK Begins July 1, 2024
CLUB CHANGEOVER EVENT July 6, 2024
FOCUS ON MEMBERSHIP AND NEW CLUBS Month of August Rotary Anthem
Right click here to open the link and listen to the Rotary Anthem! Click here for We are the World.
IMPORTANT ROTARY INFORMATION
2024-25 RI PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT, 2024-25
Stephanie Urchick
Pennsylvania, USA
RI President Stephanie urges all members to “grow the Magic of Rotary by adding new members to our Rotary family and providing wonderful experiences to those already involved.”
“Unlock the Magic of Rotary by unlocking the power of women and girls. Advance the Magic of Rotary by fundraising to help change the world.”
“Together, we can make every club and every district ‘simply irresistible.’”
RI PRESIDENT Stephanie Urchick
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT JULY 2024 MESSAGE
Toward a greater vision
Rotary is at its best when we foster a sense of inclusion and belonging in our clubs. In fact, I would go so far as to say that belonging is The Magic of Rotary itself.
With a focus on inclusivity and belonging, it is easier to be united in a common purpose. When we are committed to one another and focused on our goals, we are most effective.
Rotary’s Action Plan can help. The Action Plan comes with tools you can use to collect feedback, assess your club’s strengths and weaknesses, and address challenges.
The world is changing, and our clubs can’t afford to stand still. But the changes we make need to be consistent and strategic – building on one another toward a greater vision. The Action Plan can help you work toward that vision and create effective change within your club. Following the Action Plan and addressing suggestions from the community will go a long way to fostering the sense of belonging we want all Rotary members to feel in their clubs.
That’s why expanding our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion is so important. Committing ourselves to each other’s well-being is the first step to expanding our reach, allowing us to spread Positive Peace in these troubled times.
Peacebuilding is one of our top priorities, and one of the most effective ways we can build peace is with our Rotary Peace Fellowships, through which peace and development professionals learn how to prevent and end conflict.
We offer the fellowships through our Rotary Peace Centers at leading universities around the globe, where more than 1,800 Rotary Peace Fellows have graduated. And thanks to a $15.5 million gift from the Otto and Fran Walter Foundation, we can continue supporting peacebuilders in more regions with that next peace center at Bahçeşehir University in Istanbul.
Opening another peace center is a monumental achievement, and it is my great honour to invite you to celebrate at next year’s Rotary Presidential Peace Conference at the Istanbul center. The three-day conference 20-22 February will highlight the many ways our family of Rotary advances peacebuilding. Registration for the conference is officially open. I hope to see you there.
The 2025 Rotary Presidential Peace Conference has great potential for our peacebuilding efforts – but only if we have your support.
The truth is, we’re not going to bring peace to the world, end polio, or grow membership by waving a wand and saying some funny words. It’s up to you! You create the magic with every project completed, every dollar donated, and every new member inducted.
I love my Rotary family and I know you do too. That’s why I know that together, we can make every club and district simply irresistible. This year, let us change the world by embracing The Magic of Rotary.
STEPHANIE URCHICK PRESIDENT, ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
A little background
Stephanie Urchick is a member of the Rotary Club of McMurray, Pennsylvania, USA. She will serve RI as president in 2024-25.
She has been an RI director and Rotary Foundation trustee. She has served RI in numerous capacities, including as training leader, regional Rotary Foundation coordinator, and RI president’s representative.
In addition, Stephanie was a representative and member-at-large to three sessions of the Council on Legislation.
Stephanie has also served as chair of the Rotary Strategic Planning Committee and The Rotary Foundation’s Centennial Celebration Committee, as well as a member of various Rotary committees, including the Election Review Committee and Operational Review Committee.
A Rotary member since 1991, Stephanie has participated in a variety of international service projects, including National Immunization Days in India and Nigeria. In Vietnam, she worked with clubs to help build a primary school and travelled to the Dominican Republic to install water filters.
A student of several Slavic languages, she has mentored new Rotary members in Ukraine and coordinated a Rotary Foundation grant for a mammography equipment and a biopsy unit for a hospital in Poland. In its commemorative book, the Rotary Club of Krakow, Poland, noted Stephanie as a key figure for helping the rebirth of Rotary in post-Communist Poland.
Stephanie has been helping to partner clubs and districts in the U.S. with Rotary clubs in Albania, Kosovo, and Ukraine for humanitarian and educational services.
Stephanie’s professional background is in the higher education, consulting, and entertainment industries. She received her doctorate degree in Leadership Studies from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and has been recognized and awarded by The Rotary Foundation and numerous community and international organizations. Click here to read the full article.
PLAN TO DONATE TODAY TO The Rotary Foundation (TRF) – the engine that runs Rotary!
THE ROTARY FOUNDATION TRUSTEE CHAIR
JULY 2024 - MESSAGE
The engine that powers us
This month, we begin a new journey together to celebrate The Magic of Rotary. So buckle up for an exciting trip!
If Rotary is a beautiful car that you are proud to drive, The Rotary Foundation is the engine that propels it to your chosen destination. And it’s the strengths of Rotary – especially you and our other incredible 1.4 million members – that make The Rotary Foundation powerful.
Like many new members, I knew little about The Rotary Foundation when I joined Rotary. However, everything changed in 1985 when, as incoming president of my club, I attended my first Rotary International Convention with my wife, Gay, in Kansas City, Missouri. We will never forget the thunderous support the audience showed for Dr. Albert Sabin, creator of the oral polio vaccine, who called upon Rotary to vaccinate the world’s children. It marked the dawn of PolioPlus, a pivotal moment in Rotary’s commitment to children worldwide, and I was there!
You, as a member of Rotary, are also a part of The Rotary Foundation. You are part of a worldwide movement that implements global grants to build sustainable systems for clean water and sanitation where there are none. You help train peacebuilders in a world plagued by unrest. And through supporting the Foundation, you help people rebuild their lives after natural disasters.
This is the magic of The Rotary Foundation. But let’s remember that magic doesn’t happen on its own, which is why I am counting on your support and engagement this year.
To accomplish more good throughout the world, The Foundation trustees have set an ambitious fundraising goal of $500 million for 2024-25. Achieving this goal will require the support of everyone reading this message. It will also help us reach our goal of building the Endowment Fund to $2,025 billion by 2025.
To help us keep financial support of the Foundation at the forefront throughout this year, I have developed Mark’s Magical Markers – a set of specific targets to help us achieve our overall goals. The first Magical Marker focuses on personal commitment, particularly to the Annual Fund, which supports the grants, scholarships, and vocational training teams that make the magic happen. Please contriute what you can to the Annual Fund no later than 31 August.
This year, let’s fuel the engine that takes us around the globe to do good. Let’s unleash The Magic of Rotary through the Foundation. And let’s make this year an unforgettable one – for us and for the people whose lives we will touch.
MARK DANIEL MALONEY Foundation Trustee Chair, 2024-25
SERVICE ABOVE SELF – THE OBJECT OF ROTARY
The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:
FIRST – The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service.
SECOND – High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society.
THIRD – The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business, and community life.
FOURTH – The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.
The Rotary Foundation transforms your gifts into service projects that change lives both close to home and around the world.
How do you want to get involved in the causes you’re most passionate about?
Our 2024-26 Rotary International Director for Zone 28 & 32
Chris Etienne, 2024-2026 Rotary International Director for Zone 28. She follows Director Drew Kessler (from Zone 32) and serves on the board as of July 1, 2024.
Chris is an Associate Broker for Harbor Sotheby’s International Realty and Director of Leasing for Bay Harbor Company in Bay Harbor, Michigan. She has had a career in real estate since 2001 and has been in sales for more than 30 years, previously as Vice President of Treasury Management Sales for National City Bank.
Chris is currently serving as Vice President of the Emmet Association of Realtors. She obtained her bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland European Division in Heidelberg, Germany, and her MBA from Lake Superior State University. She serves on the board of trustees of North Central Michigan College and as chair of the North Central Michigan College Foundation board.
Chris joined Rotary in 1990 and is honored to be a member of the Rotary Club of Petoskey, Michigan in District 6290 since 1991. She has served as club president, district governor, district membership chair and district Rotary Foundation chair.
She is currently serving as district Peace Fellowships chair. Chris has served at the zone level as facilitator, learning leader, lead training coordinator, Institute chair, Rotary Coordinator and Regional Rotary Foundation Coordinator. She has served Rotary International as training leader at the International Assembly, President’s Representative, 2023 Regional Leaders Global Institute lead trainer and assistant moderator, and on the convention promotions committees for Sao Paulo, Hamburg, and Houston.
She is currently serving as moderator for the RI Global Support Seminar and RI Global Philanthropy Seminar, on the WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) Rotary Action Group Board of Directors and is chair of the HANWASH (Haiti National Clean Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Strategy) Champion Partnerships subcommittee.
Chris is passionate about the work of The Rotary Foundation and has participated in National Immunization Days (NID) for polio eradication in India and Nigeria.
She is a recipient of The Rotary Foundation Citation for Meritorious Service and most recently The Rotary Foundation Distinguished Service Award.
Chris and her husband, Dennis Lindeman, are Major Donors and members of the Bequest Society. She and Dennis reside in Petoskey, Michigan.
Chris Etienne
HOW ROTARY MAKES HELP HAPPEN
Rotary makes high-quality health care available to vulnerable mothers and children so they can live longer and grow stronger.
We expand access to quality care, so mothers and children everywhere can have the same opportunities for a healthy future.
An estimated 5.9 million children under the age of five die each year because of malnutrition, inadequate health care, and poor sanitation all of which can be prevented.
Linked through sister cities, Rotarians save newborns in Brazil
By Vanessa Glavinskas Photographs by Robert Gill
A mother is in labor, and she’s frightened. Her baby isn’t due for three months. The closest hospital is 30 miles away, and although she makes it there in time, the baby is born weighing barely 2 pounds.
And there’s another problem.
The hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit has only seven incubators, and all are in use, so the baby must be transferred to another hospital to receive the critical care he needs. If he survives the transfer, his parents will need to find a way to make trips to that hospital for months.
Many new mothers were facing similar situations at Dr. Leopoldo Bevilacqua Regional Hospital, a state-run facility in Brazil’s Ribeira Valley. Lack of equipment meant some of the hospital’s most vulnerable newborns had to be transferred, which was a factor in São Paulo state’s high infant mortality rate.
“There are two realities here: people who can pay for a private hospital and those who can’t,” says Lina Shimizu, who spearheaded the project for the Rotary Club of Registro-Ouro, Brazil. Those who can’t, she says, often have to travel long distances to get to a state-run hospital such as Leopoldo Bevilacqua, which serves 24 towns.
The Rotary Club of Registro-Ouro and the Rotary Club of Registro partnered on a Rotary Foundation global grant with two clubs in Nakatsugawa, Japan.
Through the partnership, Brazilian Rotarians raised $172,500. They funded equipment including five incubators for the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), which nearly doubled the hospital’s capacity to care for fragile newborns. In 2013, 129 babies were admitted to the NICU; since the completion of the project, the hospital has been able to care for about 220 babies per year.
Other equipment provided through the grant included five ventilators, a bilirubin meter, three heated cribs, five vital-sign monitors, and a super LED microprocessed phototherapy unit to treat babies with jaundice. The grant also funded the cost of publicity to inform residents about prenatal care workshops conducted by area health workers. The publicity campaign aimed to reach mothers in remote areas who may not know what services are available to them or about the importance of prenatal care and breast-feeding.
Click here to read more
PROGRAMS OF SCALE GRANT-WINNER
Together for Healthy Families in Nigeria helps families focusing on the fundamental needs of women
By Diana Schoberg Illustrations by Gwen Keraval
In March 1994, at the Anaheim Hilton and Towers, Emmanuel Adedolapo Lufadeju and Robert Zinser struck up a conversation. The two men were district governors-elect, and they had traveled to California Lufadeju from Nigeria and Zinser from Germany for Rotary’s annual International Assembly. As they spoke, the men discovered that their interests overlapped.
Zinser listened intently as Lufadeju described a visit he’d recently made to a hospital maternity ward in Nigeria. At the time, five out of 100 babies in that country died in their first 28 days. Lufadeju had learned that the high rate of newborn fatalities resulted, in part, from poor prenatal and maternal care.
Zinser spoke up. “I can help.”
In 1995, Lufadeju and Zinser started a small maternal and child health-care project in Nigeria’s northern state of Kaduna. Today, their interventions have spread across the country and are changing the lives of millions of families all because of that serendipitous encounter 28 years ago. “The story of our project is a story of Rotary friendship,” Lufadeju says. “I thought it was something I would do as governor and go away. But it has lasted the better part of my life.”
In June, The Rotary Foundation announced that the program, known as Together for Healthy Families in Nigeria, is receiving the Foundation's second $2 million Programs of Scale grant, an award that will build on the program's past success to accomplish even more in the future.
"This is really about changing the way societies and health systems address the fundamental needs of women," says John Townsend, chair of the Rotary Action Group for Reproductive, Maternal, and Child Health, and chair of the ethical review board at the Population Council. "And that's important because women are the drivers of family and development. If a woman dies or is seriously disabled, the entire family is affected."
Ultimately, Together for Healthy Families in Nigeria wants to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality in the target local government areas by 25 percent. To do so, it aims to improve maternal health and access to family planning services while strengthening health systems at the national, state, and local levels. It also aims to increase the use of maternal care and family planning services by educating community members about their benefits, and to train health care workers to improve skills and track data on maternal and neonatal deaths so that interventions can be tailored to specific needs.
Together for Healthy Families in Nigeria is sponsored by Rotary District 1860 (Germany) in partnership with Districts 9110, 9125, 9141, and 9142 (Nigeria), as well as the Reproductive, Maternal, and Child Health action group. Rotarians and Rotaractors in Nigeria coordinate project activities, oversee training, lead advocacy efforts, and engage with the government.
At right, A mother helps weigh her child as part of a growth monitoring and promotion exercise at Dei Dei Comprehensive Health Centre in Abuja, Nigeria.
Photograph: Courtesy of Jan-Peter Sander/RMCH
Members in Germany lend their technical and administrative expertise to support management, monitoring, and evaluation. The group has applied for funding from Germany's Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, which has been contributing since the very first project, including $1.36 million toward the most recent global grant project.
"Right from the beginning, they were the co-funders," Zinser says. "Not once, but always. You can convince somebody once for co-funding, but if you convince them year after year, you are on the right track."
Click here to read the full article
Welcome to Rotary Hand Up – District 6330
Hand Up is an association of Rotary Clubs within District 6330 formed around 30 years ago with the goal of providing international humanitarian aid through the use of Global and District Grants by offering a helping hand to those less fortunate than ourselves.
Initially Hand Up focused on water, economic and maternal health projects in Cameroon. Unfortunately, due to civil unrest and the unstable political climate Hand Up has temporarily suspended operations in this part of Africa.
More recently Hand Up has been implementing similar projects in Guatemala. (scroll down to see some recent project examples)
You can help by:
• Joining our team. We typically meet every 2 months via Zoom to review project ideas and monitor the status of approved projects.
• Asking your club to donate.
• Making a personal donation to a project. These are eligible for a tax receipt and also count towards Paul Harris points.
• Asking for a speaker from Hand Up to make a presentation to your club on the latest projects and opportunities to help.
To find out more about Hand Up, contact us:
Don Moore, Secretary (Email: dinty@wrightman.ca) (Tel: 519 881 7564)
To donate by mail - Mail cheque payable to:
Rotary Hand Up
Bob Carson, Treasurer 525 9th Street E Owen Sound, N4K 1P4 Ontario, Canada
For more information, click here.
Our club member, Nancy Ottewell, is a member of Hand Up. We can learn much from her!
U.N. INTERNATIONAL DATES TO NOTE (plus
World Population Day
July 11
World Youth Skills Day
July 15
Nelson Mandela International Day
July 18
World Drowning Prevention Day
July 25
An estimated 236,000 people drown every year, and drowning is among the ten leading causes of death for children aged 5-14 years.
World Hepatitis Day
July 28
International Day of Friendship
July 30
World End-Human-Trafficking Day
July 30
Summary of new polioviruses this week, cases and positive environmental isolates:
• Afghanistan: one WPV1 case and 10 positive environmental samples
• Pakistan: three WPV1-positive environmental samples
• Chad: one cVDPV2-positive environmental sample
• Côte d’Ivoire: one cVDPV2-positive environmental sample
• Guinea: two cVDPV2-positive environmental samples
• Nigeria: three cVDPV2 cases
• Senegal: two cVDPV2-positive environmental samples
• South Sudan: one cVDPV2 case and one cVDPV2-positive environmental sample
• Zimbabwe: two cVDPV2-positive environmental samples
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)
Endemic countries. Polio remains endemic in two countries Afghanistan and Pakistan. Until poliovirus transmission is interrupted in these countries, all countries remain at risk of importation of polio, especially vulnerable countries with weak public health and immunization services and travel or trade links to endemic countries.
Outbreak countries. Outbreak countries are those that have stopped indigenous wild poliovirus but are experiencing re-infection either through the importation of wild or vaccine-derived poliovirus from another country, or the emergence and circulation of vaccine-derived poliovirus.
All countries remain at risk of polio until the disease has been completely eradicated from the world. Until then, the best way for countries to minimise the risk and consequences of polio infection is to maintain strong population immunity levels through high vaccination coverage, and strong disease surveillance in order to rapidly detect and respond to polio.
To stop these outbreaks, it is necessary to fully implement international outbreak response guidelines.
Key at-risk countries. Low levels of immunity and surveillance leave countries at risk of polio returning. To ensure that every country stays free from polio, it is essential to reach every child with polio vaccines and to strengthen disease surveillance.
The countries on this at-risk list include Burkina Faso, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tajikistan, Uganda.
Travel advice
WHO’s International Travel and Health recommends that all travellers to polio-affected areas be fully vaccinated against polio. Residents (and visitors for more than 4 weeks) from infected areas should receive an additional dose of OPV or inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) within 4 weeks to 12 months of travel.
FURTHER SUCCESS!
WHO commends Iraq’s world-first in polio transition
2 April 2024
As of January 2024, Iraq has achieved the polio transition process in full. It is the first country among the polio transition priority countries to achieve this remarkable feat.
Polio transition – what is it? Polio transition involves repurposing polio assets – knowledge, network and infrastructure – to strengthen the broader public health functions of a country within the overall context of strengthening the national health system. These wider functions include immunization, vaccine-preventable diseases surveillance, and emergency preparedness and response.
To safeguard polio essential functions through sustainable resources, it is crucial to achieve the full transition by shifting from external to domestic financing. In turn, successful polio transition and the integration and maintenance of polio assets to strengthen routine immunization, disease surveillance and outbreak response have social and economic benefits and offer a very high return on investment.
Dr Hanan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, commended Iraq’s public health win and the positive impact it will yield: “I would like to congratulate Iraq for the achievement of polio transition in full in a considerably short period of time. This is a great step towards enhancing the health system’s resilience and regaining its capabilities to better serve the Iraqi population, making the best use of the polio programme assets.”
Iraq’s success in polio transition and integrating polio assets into the national health system will ensure sustainable funding of polio essential functions through domestic financing to maintain the country’s polio-free status.
KEEPING GENDER IN MIND TO STOP WILD POLIO IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
Officially stopped! On 14 May 2024, the wild poliovirus outbreak in Malawi and Mozambique – which paralyzed nine children across the countries between February and August 2022 – was officially stopped
The virus, linked to a strain originally found in Pakistan, was unable to regain a foothold in the African region.
Incredible achievement! This incredible achievement was made possible by the tireless efforts of health workers and authorities across five countries – Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Over two years, with support from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), they reached more than 50 million children through massive, coordinated vaccination campaigns and set up 15 new wastewater surveillance sites to quickly detect and respond to any trace of polio.
But that wasn’t all. The gender norms, roles, and relationships that can impact a health worker’s ability to access every household and guide a family’s decision to vaccinate their child were considered every step of the way.
From planning campaigns to dropping the vaccine in children’s mouths, acknowledging and addressing these nuances was key to ensuring that every child was protected from this devastating disease.
Click here to read the full article.
ROTARY’S POLIOPLUS SOCIETY COMPELLING REASONS TO JOIN
Commitment to Ending Polio: The PolioPlus Society is dedicated to eradicating polio worldwide. By joining, Rotarians can directly contribute to this important mission, helping to ensure that polio is permanently eradicated.
Making a Difference: The contributions from PolioPlus Society members fund critical immunization campaigns, surveillance efforts, and public health initiatives. Members have the satisfaction of knowing their efforts are making a tangible difference in the fight against polio
Global Impact: The PolioPlus program is a global initiative, and being part of the society allows Rotarians to be part of an international effort. This helps build a sense of global community and solidarity among members.
Legacy of Service: Rotary has been at the forefront of the fight against polio for decades. By joining the PolioPlus Society, Rotarians can continue this legacy of service and contribute to one of Rotary's most significant humanitarian achievements.
Networking Opportunities:
Membership in the PolioPlus Society connects Rotarians with like-minded individuals who are passionate about public health and humanitarian efforts. This can lead to valuable networking opportunities and collaborations.
Personal Fulfillment: Contributing to the eradication of polio can be deeply fulfilling. Knowing that one’s efforts are helping to eliminate a debilitating disease and prevent future generations from suffering can provide a strong sense of personal accomplishment.
Joining the PolioPlus Society allows Rotarians to be actively involved in one of the world's most important public health initiatives, reinforcing their commitment to Rotary's values and the goal of a polio-free world.
Make Polio History
We have a historic opportunity to get to zero cases, but if we don’t keep working, polio could quickly make a comeback, paralyzing hundreds of thousands of children again in our lifetime. The GPEI has the knowledge and tools to end polio for good, but we need your help to finish the job.
Join the Make Polio History campaign by raising your voice in support of polio eradication to tell donors, polio-affected country governments and other global partners that eradication is possible and urgently needed now.
Click here or the graphic at right to view a short inspiring video -
The WASH Rotary Action Group was formed in 2007 by a group of Rotarians, recognized by Rotary International, and focused on WASH projects. Since then, it has facilitated many hundreds of projects – helping clubs find partners, ensuring sustainability, stressing the importance of a needs-driven approach, and developing best practices.
We encourage a holistic, integrated approach in which water is not the end in itself but is rather the means to a better life and livelihood in the community.
Most importantly, WASH Rotary Action Group links water and sanitation to improved hygiene, better health, and empowerment of the community – especially women, irrigation and agriculture, education and literacy and, ultimately, child mortality.
Click here to see how Climate Change is affecting Antarctica.
The above photo was taken at the Rotary International Convention in Singapore at the ESRAG booth in the House of Friendship.
ESRAG Chairs line (Pat Armstrong (2022-23), Yasar Atacik (2023-24), Yavuz Atila (2024-25), Ludwig Kalthoff (2025-26) at the ESRAG booth - House of Friendship at Rotary International Convention (RICON) 2024 in Singapore, with Judith Diment, Dean of Rotary Representatives to the UN and other international agencies.
And below – beginning on the next page -
HANWASH and partners are working with and supporting local stakeholders to deliver safe, affordable, and sustainable water and sanitation to everyone in Haiti
WE NEED YOUR HELP!
Your support will help us achieve our goal of providing thoughtfully managed and sustainable clean water and sanitation to all the citizens of Haiti
Click here for the current HANWASH newsletter
Click here for archived newsletter
How did Haiti get to where it is today?
It started in 1804, 220 plus years ago. The world’s first example of a formally enslaved black people overthrowing the colonial power. It declared itself a free republic, the first free black republic. And that movement inspired slave rebellions around the world. But it also put fear into the hearts of leaders whose countries depended on those slaves for economic imperialism and power.
Since then, the story of Haiti has been one of foreign interventions, one after the other which interfered with Haiti’s politics rather than influenced it for the better.
One hundred twenty-five million francs in reparations imposed by France in 1825 as a fine on Haiti for overthrowing the colonial power. It took Haiti 122 years to pay off the debt.
The US military occupation in 1919 – 1935 which effectively destroyed the country’s coffee industry, and the rice and trade policies of the Clinton administration which left the Haitian rice industry in tatters.
And more recently the US Parole Program which is bleeding the country dry of its smartest and most motivated people.
Click here to read more
In 2004, Haiti Outreach visited communities to survey wells and boreholes, and found that approximately 50 percent of them were non-functional.
Over 3,000 Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) do work in Haiti. It is the intention of HANWASH to create collaborations with as many NGOs as possible that are interested in developing sustainably managed clean water sources and improved sanitation.
HANWASH organizations that do not adhere to the HANWASH core values, and in particular, do not believe in sustainable management, which inherently requires a fee for service.
HANWASH is committed to the development of sustainable managed clean water does not consider any of them to be “competition,” except for those infrastructure and not being a relief organization.
HANWASH is also not intended to compete with engineering firms, well drillers, or any other businesses that operate in order to develop or maintain clean water and sanitation infrastructure. To the contrary, HANWASH will hire and employ them as needed.
Click here to read more.
HANWASH (Haiti National Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Initiative) is a collaborative national initiative to provide safe, sustainable, and affordable water and sanitation to all the citizens of Haiti, along with the associated health, community and economic benefits. This initiative is led by Rotary International District 7020 and DINEPA (the Haitian Government’s National Directorate for Water Supply and Sanitation), along with other nongovernmental organization (NGO) partners, such as Haiti Outreach.
In 2010, the United Nations General Assembly recognized the human right to water and sanitation.
In 2015, the United Nations declared 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) for the world to achieve by the year 2030.
SDG #6 is clean water and improved sanitation facilities for everyone in the world.
HANWASH is committed to work to achieve that goal for the people of Haiti.
Click here to read more.
Click here to stay up to date with the HANWASH Haiti blog. Rotarian Sheila Bethel, right, publishes the HANWASH blog. (D7020)
Front and centre, green shirt, PDG Robert Leger from Haiti (D7020) – Back row, PDG Jeremy Hurst, Cayman (D7020)
ROTARY’S CORE VALUES
WHAT
IS ROTARY?
Do you need a make-up? missed meetings?
To learn about other Rotary clubs?
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!
Club President for 2024-25 – Mariann Timmers
OUR CLUB PROJECTS
HELPING MIGRANT WORKERS
The Passport Club of District 6330 is happy to be continuing our successful service project, Backpacks for Migrant Workers. More information to follow.
North Lambton Community Health Care created the Migrant Worker Project to support the 700 migrant workers working in Sarnia and Lambton County Our club is working with the Project Coordinator, Andrea Jones-Peper, by providing backpacks for newly arriving workers.
We will continue through the 2024-25 year to fill the backpacks with items requested by workers, such as toiletries. Our club will request a district grant to increase our impact. Stay tuned!
A GREAT SUCCESS – CUP OF KINDNESS
We also are continuing our successful club project – a Cup of Kindness. The club chose to make a substantial impact on reducing food insecurity with a project aimed at raising funds for Food Banks in our individual communities.
Each member will “fill a Cup of Kindness" by filling a cup or two cups (or more) with coins, hopefully loonies and toonies, then donating the funds to their local food bank. Or you can choose to make donations directly to those in need. Donations should be rewarded with a tax receipt. The results will be tallied regularly. With the success of this project, we are planning to keep it going.
Rotarians, friends, and relatives are encouraged to help members fill the cups in support of this excellent project!
Some useful links
London Food Bank
Strathroy
Sarnia – Inn of the Good Shepherd
Stratford
July 6, 2024
MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR OUR CHANGEOVER IN JULY
This summer social will be held to celebrate the change-over of our Presidents – from current President Sue to upcoming President, Mariann.
Details to be announced, but the gettogether will be set for the afternoon so that members can arrive and depart well within the daylight hours.
Party – Party – Party!
PHOTOS FROM THE RECENT D6330 CONFERENCE IN OWEN SOUND
In the photos –
Above left – Rotarians from RC of Sarnia - Jamie Pole and Ralph Smith with Rotarian Kitty
Above right – Our former AG – Diane Ives and Rotarian Kitty Bucsko (practising selfies!)
Above – Rotarians Nancy and George Ottewell and Kitty Bucsko
Below - Rotarians Heather Macdonald, Kitty Bucsko, and Kirk Langford
Below - Rotarians Tanya Wolff and David Butler (Global Passport club)
CLUB OFFICERS 2024-25
President Mariann Timmers
Secretary
Treasurer
Membership Chair
Project Chair
Directors
Sue Storie
Lynn Coates
Deb Beaupré
Bev Andersen
Rick Storie
Kitty Bucsko
MEMBERSHIP LIST BELOW –CLUB MEMBERS LIST WITH EMAIL ADDRESSES
A.C. Alrey acalrey@gmail.com
Bev Andersen bandersen181@gmail.com
Deb Beaupré debmarjean@gmail.com
Terry Bennett terbenn@gmail.com
Rich Bouchard rbouchard@racetoerase.com
Kitty Bucsko ladykitt@gmail.com
Marilyn Buttery marilyn@buttery.com
Lynn Coates lynn.coates.1@outlook.com
Brittany Elliott brittany.lyn.elliott@hotmail.com
Sue Elliott susan@sutherlandelliott.ca
Wendy Jennings wendy.jennings@bell.net
Heather Macdonald heathermac@BMTS.com
Jessica Morrow jessicacmorrow@gmail.com
George Ottewell george.ottewell@gmail.com
Nancy Ottewell nottewell@gmail.com
Nancy Powers nancypowers607@hotmail.com
Rick Storie rick.storie@sympatico.ca
Sue Storie sue.storie@sympatico.ca
Lynne Ternosky lynneternosky@gmail.com
Mariann Timmers gtimmers@aol.com
John Wade john@askthedogguy.com
Why should someone join Rotary? Click here for a short, important video.
Remember our Happy Chats – get to know our club members!
Join the Happy Chats – get to know our club members!
Happy Chats are online now only on Wednesdays
Every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. -ish – Join us!
Join your Rotary friends for an informal 30 minute get together.
Chat about “stuff” – and what’s important to you. Let’s get to know our members!
Plan to join our Zoom Meetings! Click here.
Right click the 4-way test above to open and listen to the Four-Way Test by RC of Saskatoon Nutana –
And Sing along!
See our Passport Club Facebook page for more up-to-the-minute Passport news!
https://www.facebook.com/rotary6330passport/
It’s an initiative that encourages all Rotary club members to contribute at least what they can afford every year to help us reach our goal to support the Rotary Foundation financially every year
A LITTLE HUMOUR
Several men are in the locker room of a local gym…
A cell phone on a bench rings, and a man puts the phone on speaker and begins to talk. Everyone else in the room stops tolisten…
“Hello?” says the man.
A woman answers, “Honey, it’s me. Are you at the club?”
“Yes,” the man replies.
The woman continues, “I’m at the mall now and Ifound this beautiful leather coat… ““It’s only 1,200 dollars, down from 1,900 dollars. Is it okay if Ibuy it?”
“Sure, go ahead if you like it that much,” says the man.
“Oh, thanks so very much,” says the woman.
“Ialso stopped by the Mercedes dealership this morning and saw the new models… There was one that Ireally, really liked.”
“How much?” asks the man.
The woman replies, “80,000 dollars.”
“OK,” says the man, “But for that price Iwant it withall the optional extras.”
“Great!” the woman says, “Oh, and one more thing… “
“The house that we looked at last year is back on themarket.They’re asking 1,500,000 dollars.”
The man replies, “Well then, go ahead and make them an offer, but no more than 1,250,000 dollars…”
“Love you, bye!” says the man as he hangs up.
The other men in the locker room are looking at him in absolute astonishment.
Then he smiles and asks…
“Anyone know whose phone this is?”
REFERENCES
Adams, Randal Speaking of Rotary. USA: E J Press
Dochterman, Cliff. The ABCs of Rotary Evanston, Illinois: Rotary International. (363-EN)
Forward, David C. A Century of Service. The Story of Rotary International. (912-EN)
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)
