Rotary International President, Barry Rassin, Bahamas District 6330 Governor, Jim Schlatman Club Charter President, Tanya Wolff (2018-19)
District website: https://rotary6330.org/
District Governor`s June message – Click here!
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TABLE OF CONTENTS WHAT YOU WILL FIND IN THIS ISSUE… Page No. District Governor`s June message Rotary Monthly Themes (Rotary calendar) Coming Events IMPORTANT ROTARY INFORMATION RI President Barry Rassin’s Message for June 2019 District 6330 Officers New RI President in July UPDATE ON POLIO ERADICATION UPDATE ON WASRAG – Water and Sanitation Rotary Action Group Cadre of Technical Advisors World Oceans Day – June 8 District Conference
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CLUB NEWS Fun in our club RYLA McHappy Day Of Interest Recent PHF recipient honoured again People of Action Sharing a Project Rotary Fellowships – what are they? RI Convention – Hamburg, Germany What is Rotary? Vision Statement Dates to Remember Paul Harris said Support our Sponsors References
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Service above self! One profits most who serves best!
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The Calendar below shows Rotary’s monthly themes. ROTARY CALENDAR and THEMES Month July August September October November December January February March April May June
Theme Transition month Membership and New Club Development Basic Education and Literacy Economic and Community Development Rotary Foundation Disease Prevention and Treatment Vocational Service Peace and Conflict Prevention/Resolution Water and Sanitation Maternal and Child Health Youth Service Rotary Fellowships
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Rotary’s Focus on Fellowships Month of June
RI Convention, Hamburg June 1 to 5
Monthly Meeting online June 5
District 6330 Conference, Kincardine June 14 & 15 Golf on June 13 with a $10,000 Hole-in-One prize!
In-house RLI Learning & Information – Level 1 Port Huron, MI - June 22 No charge for Passport Members - Contact PE Allan Loiselle Further information forthcoming
Changeover Dinner Meeting Grand Bend - June 26
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IMPORTANT ROTARY INFORMATION 2018-19 RI PRESIDENTIAL THEME
International President, 2018-19 – Barry Rassin (Bahamas) June Message 2019 As I look back on all the things I have seen and the people I have met since becoming president of Rotary International last July, I am certain of this: Rotary’s capacity to transform lives for the better is unparalleled. Our impact is far beyond anything I could have imagined when I first became a Rotarian. I think about the Rotarians I met in Pakistan, who partnered with Coca-Cola to improve sanitation in Karachi’s neighborhoods while supporting polio eradication efforts. I think about the Puerto Rican Rotarians who are helping entire communities rebuild their lives after Hurricane Maria. I think about the German Rotaractors who are working to save bees — whose role as pollinators is so important to our planet — from extinction. I think about the six Rotarians and Rotaractors who were honored as People of Action: Young Innovators at Rotary Day at the United Nations in Nairobi, Kenya, in November for their work to create novel solutions to tough challenges. It seems like only yesterday that I stood on a stage in San Diego and asked you to Be the Inspiration in your clubs, in your communities, and in the world. Your response was an inspiration to me. You are paving the way for Rotaractors to become our future leaders, helping start new Rotaract clubs and working to include Rotaractors in Rotary events and projects in your communities. You are working hard to eradicate polio, participating in 4,200 events in more than 100 countries for World Polio Day. And you are carrying out transformative projects that will create lasting change in your communities and in the world. This year, I also saw how Rotary’s work to build peace is bearing fruit. The 98 Rotary Peace Fellows who are studying at our peace centers will soon graduate, joining more than 1,200 others in applying their conflict
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resolution skills to problems that need solutions. And this month, Esther and I will travel to Hamburg, Germany, for a convention where people of all races, nationalities, religions, and political backgrounds will unite because they want to make the lives of all people better. Seeing what Rotary means to people — to the communities we serve and to Rotarians themselves — has deepened my affection and admiration for all that Rotary is and does. Soon it will be time for Esther and me to return home to Nassau. When we get there, I will look out on the vast sea that surrounds our island, and it will remind me of Rotary’s limitless possibilities, and of the amazing future that awaits us beyond the horizon. I look forward to sailing there with you. Other Presidential messages for the 2018-19 year are posted at https://my.rotary.org/en/news-media/office-president/presidential-message
In a few weeks, District 6330 will see a change of leadership. District Governor will be Tony Sheard. In our District 6330 Passport Club, Allan Loiselle will become our new Club President. Don’t forget the Changeover Get-Together on Wednesday, June 26! Details to follow.
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A NEW RI PRESIDENT IN JULY 2019 Mark Daniel Maloney, of the Rotary Club of Decatur, Alabama, USA, will become President of Rotary International on July 1, 2019. “The clubs are where Rotary happens,” says Maloney, an attorney. He aims to support and strengthen clubs at the community level, preserve Rotary’s culture as a service-oriented membership organization, and test new regional approaches for growth. “With the eradication of polio, recognition for Rotary will be great and the opportunities will be many,” he says. “We have the potential to become the global powerhouse for doing good.” Maloney is a principal in the law firm of Blackburn, Maloney, and Schuppert LLC, with a focus on taxation, estate planning, and agricultural law. He represents large farming operations in the Southeastern and Midwestern United States and has chaired the American Bar Association’s Committee on Agriculture in the section of taxation. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Alabama State Bar Association, and the Alabama Law Institute. He has been active in Decatur’s religious community, chairing his church’s finance council and a local Catholic school board. He has also served as president of the Community Foundation of Greater Decatur, chair of Morgan County Meals on Wheels, and director of the United Way of Morgan County and the Decatur-Morgan County Chamber of Commerce. A Rotarian since 1980, Maloney has served as an RI director; Foundation trustee and vice chair; and aide to 2003-04 RI President Jonathan Majiyagbe. He also has participated in the Council on Legislation as chair, vice chair, parliamentarian, and trainer. He was an adviser to the 2004 Osaka Convention Committee and chaired the 2014 Sydney Convention Committee. Prior to serving as a district governor, Maloney led a Group Study Exchange to Nigeria. He also served as Future Vision Committee vice chair; Foundation training institute moderator; Foundation permanent fund national adviser; member of the Peace Centers Committee; and adviser to the Foundation’s Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene in Schools Target Challenge Committee. Maloney’s wife, Gay, is an attorney in the same law firm, and a member and past president of the Rotary Club of Decatur Daybreak, Alabama, USA. Both Mark and Gay are Paul Harris Fellows, Major Donors, and Bequest Society members.
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UPDATE ON POLIO ERADICATION
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Health ministers and delegates attending the World Health Assembly this week in Geneva welcomed the new Polio Endgame Strategy 2019-2023, reiterating the need to fully implement and fund all aspects of the strategy to secure a lasting polio-free world. • The five-year plan spells out the tactics and tools to wipe out the poliovirus from its last remaining reservoirs, including innovative strategies to vaccinate hard-to-reach children and expanded partnerships with the Expanded Programme on Immunization community and health emergencies. • Gender equality. The GPEI is committed to advancing gender equality and the empowerment of women in its efforts to eradicate polio with the objective to promote the integration of a gender perspective into different aspects of the GPEI’s programming, to support countries in addressing gender-related barriers to polio vaccination to increase coverage and increase women’s meaningful participation in the polio programme. Read strategy here. • Short video. Watch an animation explaining the relationship between gender and polio eradication here.
WPV – Wild Polio Virus cVDPV – Vaccine-derived Polio Virus
POLIO PARTNERS
For more information, click here - http://polioeradication.org/polio-today/polio-now/this-week/ More information - An interesting article on Polio
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UPDATE FROM WASRAG Water and Sanitation Rotary Action Group Cleaning the Mississippi River A group of Rotary Clubs, in cities along the Mississippi River are starting to coordinate efforts to clean this mighty river that starts clear and clean, but along its 2,300-mile length becomes quite polluted. They are looking for International partners to team up with a US Rotary Club to clean-up part of the river. Clubs interested in this large project can visit the Facebook page "The Mississippi River Runs Through US"
First Global Report on WASH in HCF The WHO and UNICEF recently released the first comprehensive report on WASH in Healthcare Facilities (HCF). The report summarizes data from over 500,000 facilities in 125 countries. The key messages are: • • • •
2 Billion people use HCF that lack basic water 1.5 billion people use HCF with no sanitation 43% of HCF do not have adequate hand hygiene 17 million women give birth in HCF with inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene
Rotarian recognized for Kenyan Project Meeting people who walked 12 miles for water and learning about children getting sick from drinking contaminated water, is what drove Carl Burkybile, of the Rotary Club of Champaign, Illinois to spearhead Rotary District 6490's largest international project. The 46 clubs in the District partnered with The Rotary Foundation to finance a $194,000 water well project that brought clean water to 26,000 people. Read the Rantoul Press article to learn more
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ROTARY’S CADRE OF TECHNICAL ADVISORS Cadre of Technical Advisers What is the cadre of technical advisers as it applies to Rotary? The Rotary Foundation Cadre of Technical Advisers is a group of volunteer Rotarians who provide technical expertise and advice to Rotarians planning and carrying out Rotary grant projects around the world.
What we do Cadre members review, monitor, and evaluate projects and ensure grant funds are being used properly. Our assignments include: •
Technical reviews. Cadre members evaluate the technical feasibility of a project and submit a written evaluation. Reviewers don’t travel or communicate with the project sponsors. • Site visits. An advance site visitor evaluates the technical feasibility of a proposed project. An interim monitor reports on the implementation of an ongoing project. A post project monitor evaluates the impact and resolution of a completed project. For these assignments, cadre members travel to the project site and meet with the project sponsors and the benefiting community. • Audits. Auditors evaluate the financial management and oversight of grant funds. Audits can be targeted or random. Cadre members travel to the project site and meet with the project sponsors and the benefiting community. • Operational audits. Cadre members assess the controls that grant sponsors have to ensure qualification. This involves evaluating financial books, records, and documentation.
Who we are We are experts in technical sectors that correlate to each of Rotary’s six areas of focus. In addition, our team of auditors reviews project finances and grant management. Cadre members include: • • • • • •
Lawyers, diplomats, teachers, social workers, mediators, arbitrators (peace and conflict prevention/resolution) Obstetricians, doctors, nurses, midwives, public health professionals, epidemiologists (maternal and child health & disease prevention and treatment) Civil, environmental, mechanical, and biological engineers, city planners (water and sanitation) Teachers, community educators, education advocates, administrators (basic education and literacy) Small-business owners, bankers, city planners, community organizers, real estate professionals, revitalization specialists, agronomists (economic and community development) Accountants, financial advisers (auditing)
Our technical coordinators help recruit cadre members and serve as leaders in each of the technical sectors. If you’re interested in learning more, and have the time, click the link below: https://vimeo.com/311737441 The video link above is about 50 minutes. It will enlighten you about what is the Rotary Cadre of Technical Advisors.
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WORLD OCEANS DAY - JUNE 8 https://www.worldoceansday.org/
ABOUT US On World Oceans Day, people around our blue planet celebrate and honor the ocean, which connects us all. Get together with your family, friends, community, and the planet to start creating a better future. Working together, we can and will protect our shared ocean. Join this growing global celebration on 8 June! WHY CELEBRATE WORLD OCEANS DAY? A healthy world ocean is critical to our survival. Every year, World Oceans Day provides a unique opportunity to honor, help protect, and conserve our world’s shared ocean. The ocean is important because it: • • • • • •
Generates most of the oxygen we breathe Helps feed us Regulates our climate Cleans the water we drink Offers a pharmacopoeia of medicines Provides limitless inspiration!
NOW EACH OF US CAN GIVE BACK Participate in a World Oceans Day event or activity this year and help protect the ocean for the future. It’s up to each one of us to help ensure that our ocean is healthy for future generations. World Oceans Day allows us to: • • •
Change perspective – encourage individuals to think about what the ocean means to them and what it has to offer all of us with hopes of conserving it for present and the future generations. Learn – discover the wealth of diverse and beautiful ocean creatures and habitats, how our daily actions affect them, and how we are all interconnected. Change our ways – we are all linked to, and through, the ocean! By taking care of your backyard and helping in your community, you are acting as a caretaker of our ocean. Making small modifications to your everyday habits will make a difference, and involving your family, friends, and community will benefit our blue planet even more!
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Celebrate – whether you live inland or on the coast, we are all connected to the ocean. Take the time to think about how the ocean affects you, and how you affect the ocean, and then organize or participate in activities that celebrate our ocean.
The Ocean Project helps lead global promotion and coordination of World Oceans Day. Since 2002, we have collaboratively worked in partnership with hundreds of organizations and networks from all sectors to help rally the world around 8 June, and continue to grow engagement and action for our shared ocean throughout the year. All information, materials and resources on the website and associated with World Oceans Day are free to use to those who are celebrating World Oceans Day to bring about a healthier ocean and a better future. World Oceans Day® is trademarked to protect it from those who might have commercial or counterproductive interests.
DISTRICT CONFERENCE District 6330 Conference June 13-15, 2019 Kincardine, Ontario
https://rotaryofhandover.ca/conference-2019/
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ROTARY FUN IN OUR CLUB Early May
At Blackwater Coffee Company, downtown Sarnia, Saturday, May 11 - Passport members Josh, Tanya, David, and Kitty
Passport Coffee Meet-up with members Josh, Tanya, David and Kitty. Kitty is presented with her Charter Member Certificate, pin and badge as she has just returned from a winter away.
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District 6330 Rocks the Regal Princess in the Baltic!! Pre-Convention Rotary Friendship Exchange Cruise 2019. Represented were Rotary Clubs of Hanover, London-Lambeth, and 6330 Passport. We are with at least 24 other Rotarians from several different countries in the Baltic Sea.
Passport members have the most awesome experiences. Today, Mary had a chat with Prince Charles while traveling through Great Britain. May 21
Mary Ruston and Martin Ward
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Here is a message of thanks: “Thank you so much for the Invitation to the Seminar! I’m very glad that I had this opportunity. I’ve met people I wouldn’t have even had the chance to. “I really feel like, as a group and as the weekend moved on, we grew stronger as leaders. I feel like I’ve learned more things about myself and my leadership style than I could have imagined. “I’ve truly gained knowledge that will be helpful in my future including on exchange. I can’t express how glad I am that Rotary sponsored me for this weekend. Thank you!!!!”
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David and Tanya helped at the Christina Street outlet from noon until 2:00 p.m. Our club members helped to make this day happen!
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OF INTEREST TO OUR CLUB… Rotarian Lynne wanted to share the following story from Stratford Beacon Herald. This article shows our club’s Paul Harris award winner with further recognition in Toronto for his work.
Source: https://www.stratfordbeaconherald.com/news/local-news/newcomer-repays-multicultural-association-with-successful-awardnomination
At left - Dr. Gezaghn Wordofa was presented with the 2019 Harry Jerome community service award at the Mississauga Convention Centre on April 27. In the photo, Wordofa (left) stands with William Mendes, a director with the Toronto Community Housing Corporation, the organization that sponsored the community service award. ***** A newcomer and former volunteer with the Multicultural Association of Perth Huron repaid the organization by successfully nominating its founder, Dr. Gezaghn (Geza) Wordofa, for a Harry Jerome Community Service Award. Presented annually by the Black Business and Professional Association, the Harry Jerome Awards are presented to members of the African-Canadian community across 15 categories. Alongside fellow award honourees such as Canadian television personality Traci Melchor, musician Exco Levi, and former Acadia University basketball player Shaquille Smith, Wordofa was presented with the 2019 community service award for his work helping newcomers settle in Perth and Huron counties. The awards were presented at a special ceremony in Mississauga on April 27. At right - Dr. Gezaghn Wordofa, founder of the Multicultural Association of Perth Huron, and his wife Nicole Wordofa pose for a picture with Toronto Mayor John Tory at the Harry Jerome Awards Gala outside the Mississauga Convention Centre April 27. “We’re totally thrilled by the excellent work Geza’s been involved in,” said William Mendes, a director
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with the Toronto Community Housing Corporation, the organization that sponsored the community service award. “It’s phenomenal to have people like that come to Canada and Ontario and start making a difference right away.” For Wordofa, who was thrilled to be honoured by such a prestigious organization and celebrated by the AfricanCanadian community, the award wasn’t only a personal triumph, but a recognition of the hard work volunteers and employees of the multicultural association put forward to help newcomers in the region settle and live full lives in their new communities. And to have a former newcomer that had been helped by the multicultural association nominate him was just the icing on the cake. “He don’t give back with money, but he give back by nominating our organization, by nominating me,” Wordofa said. “… We (helped to) find him a house, find him a job, and then finally he nominated us. I’m happy to be nominated by somebody (we helped).” While the award may have been presented to Wordofa and the multicultural association, he said the organization’s settlement work wouldn’t be possible without the support of the community, and for that he is grateful. “The more the community helps us, the more we can do for the community,” Wordofa said. …submitted by Rotarian Lynne
People of Action
Passport dual member/Rotaract President-elect, Kurtis Lush, and Rotaract member Allie Kingston recently travelled to Ghana. They had the pleasure of meeting with the Rotaract and Rotary Clubs of Tamale. So cool!
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Sharing a Project –
Members of the Rotary Club of District 6330 Passport and the Rotary Club of London South hosted a vendor booth at the Latin Festival at the Covent Garden Market on Saturday, June1 from 2:00 -9:00 p.m. Members sold Jose's Garden Greeting Cards and Knitted Toys in support the Por Amor Fundación Mónica Uribe. It was an excellent festival and a great time!
ROTARY FELLOWSHIPS – WHAT ARE THEY? Rotary Fellowships are international groups that share a common passion. Being part of a Fellowship is a fun way to make friends around the world, explore a hobby or profession, and enhance your Rotary experience. Fellowships are open to Rotarians, family members, and program participants and alumni. You can contact a fellowship directly by using the links below. Rotary Fellowships. The international network of Rotarians in Vocational Fellowships has grown significantly and has generated diverse opportunities for service and friendship. Members of the Arts and Communication Vocational Fellowship enjoy artistic and cultural performances and support programs like “Adopt an Artist,” which is dedicated to the professional advancement of talented young artists. The Medicine-Health Vocational Fellowship visits medical facilities, holds professional conferences and seminars, and supports an organ donor program. Rotarians have always celebrated their common bonds and cultural differences. Now they can add a new dimension to their Rotary membership. Rotary Recreational and Vocational Fellowships are one more meaningful way for active Rotarians to share common interests and friendship across borders. Each fellowship is independently run and open to all Rotarians. Many fellowships require minimal dues to defray expenses. If you are interested in receiving more information about a specific fellowship, you can contact Rotary International.
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For example: The Rotary Home Exchange Fellowship website:
http://rotarianhomeexchange.com/
A listing of Rotary Fellowships!
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RI CONVENTION – HAMBURG, GERMANY And the RI Convention in Hamburg has begun on June 1! Of course, our District 6330 Passport Club is well represented! Club members Jim Sillers and Tanya Wolff. AG Debbie Renaud-McDermott, second from left. And new friends at the right!
Members of Passport Clubs around the world met in Hamburg to share ideas and successes!
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It’s important for adults to care, whenever children don’t. No child behaves well who only gets noticed for behaving poorly.
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See our Passport Club Facebook page for more up-to-the-minute Passport news! https://www.facebook.com/rotary6330passport/
DATES TO REMEMBER October 15, 2019 - GLOBAL HANDWASHING DAY https://globalhandwashing.org October 24, 2019 - WORLD POLIO DAY https://www.endpolio.org/world-polio-day March 22, 2020 - WORLD WATER DAY http://www.worldwaterday.org/
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Rotary Founder, Paul P. Harris The foundation upon which Rotary is founded is friendship; on no less firm foundation could it have stood!
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SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS!
For your consideration A person who feels appreciated will always do more than is expected.
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********* REFERENCES
Adams, Randal. Speaking of Rotary. E.J. Press, U.S.A. 2007. Chapman, Mary. Growing Rotary. A Personal Collection of Ideas That Worked. 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 History Fellowship - http://www.rotaryhistoryfellowship.org 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) Rotary International News. Online. Rotary Gallery of Past Presidents <https://www.rotary.org/en/aboutus/history/galleryofpastpresidents/pages/timelineofpresidents.aspx>
Submissions from Club members Please send Club News and photos (with appropriate IDs) to Kitty at ladykitt@gmail.com
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