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District 7020 News | 11 • <strong>15</strong> • 20<strong>15</strong><br />
A BRIEF HISTORY<br />
Giving is easy with ROTARY DIRECT<br />
Know What Your Gift Supports
In this Issue | 11 • <strong>15</strong> • 20<strong>15</strong><br />
The Rotary Foundation<br />
A Brief History | 10<br />
What is Rotary Direct<br />
and How to Sign Up | 11<br />
What Your Gift Supports | 12<br />
and...<br />
Club of the Month Stories | 16<br />
Online Attendance MakeUps | 19<br />
Learning Opportunities | 20<br />
Clubs’ News | 24<br />
www.7020.org
Get Ready for Bahamas, May 2016<br />
Registration LINK & Team Contacts | 7<br />
In the attachments<br />
Rotary Direct<br />
THIS is the month to enroll!<br />
TRF Reference Guide<br />
(Just in case you missed it!)
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/hurricane-joaquin-bahamas-relief-fund/#/
from the<br />
DISTRICT GOVERNOR’S DESK<br />
For the record... The Rotary E-Club of the Caribbean, 7020 is<br />
a very vibrant and enthusiastic Club which is well known for<br />
the Butterfly Storybook Literacy Competition. Our news on<br />
the last edition referred to a different e-Club that was also part<br />
of our District. Look for the Rotary E-Club of the Caribbean,<br />
7020 Showcase in December!<br />
To the right, Members and<br />
Guests enjoy fellowship at<br />
an online meeting. To visit,<br />
get the link on page 19.<br />
President Camille<br />
President Camille looks forward<br />
to welcome you!<br />
SUPPORT THE FOUNDATION ON GIVING TUESDAY, 1 DECEMBER<br />
Join the global online movement to celebrate the season with a gift to The Rotary Foundation.<br />
Giving Tuesday, 1 December, uses the power of social media and the spirit of generosity<br />
to promote giving and philanthropy around the world.<br />
You can support the cause by going online on 1 December to make a gift to The Rotary Foundation.<br />
Then use social media to encourage your friends and family to do the same. It’s the<br />
perfect opportunity to reach our supporters and build on the momentum of Rotary Foundation<br />
Month.<br />
Last year, the Foundation raised more than $100,000 on Giving Tuesday. This year,<br />
the district with the highest number of donors contributing to the Foundation on 1<br />
December could receive a visit from Foundation Trustee Chair Ray Klinginsmith.<br />
Rotary News<br />
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REGISTER AT<br />
https://www.cvent.com/events/rotary-district-7020-pets-assembly-conference-2016/registration-490392a<strong>15</strong>613493782545a2f29d0fe51.aspx
MONTHLY THEMES<br />
20<strong>15</strong> - 2016<br />
JULY<br />
New Rotary officers’ year of service<br />
AUGUST<br />
Membership and New Club Development<br />
SEPTEMBER<br />
Basic Education and Literacy<br />
OCTOBER<br />
Economic and Community Development<br />
NOVEMBER<br />
The Rotary Foundation<br />
DECEMBER<br />
Disease Prevention and Treatment<br />
JANUARY<br />
Vocational Service<br />
FEBRUARY<br />
Peace and Conflict Prevention/Resolution<br />
MARCH<br />
Water and Sanitation<br />
APRIL<br />
Maternal and Child Health Month<br />
MAY<br />
Youth Services Month<br />
JUNE<br />
Rotary Fellowships Month<br />
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District<br />
Goals<br />
Keep Track.<br />
Stay on Track!<br />
Establish early on<br />
a plan to play<br />
an active role in<br />
accomplishing<br />
these goals.<br />
Need assistance?<br />
Contact your<br />
District Team for<br />
ideas and support.<br />
Goal # 1 focuses on Membership Development and<br />
Retention<br />
More committed Rotarians would mean stronger clubs,<br />
more hands to do more work, the opportunity to raise<br />
more money, for bigger and better and more sustainable<br />
projects the opportunity to be significant.<br />
Goal #2 Foundation Giving<br />
We want to enhance our giving to the Rotary Foundation<br />
Annual fund<br />
Endowment fund<br />
Polio<br />
Focus areas<br />
Paul Harris fellows<br />
Paul Harris society members<br />
Bequest Society<br />
Major Donors<br />
Arch Klumph society<br />
Goal #3 Online Tools Adoption<br />
Rotary Club Central<br />
Rotary Showcase<br />
Rotary Ideas<br />
Discussion groups<br />
and the ability to measure progress against goals<br />
and to apply for those end of year awards.<br />
Goal #4 Humanitarian Service<br />
I don’t need to say much here. This is who we are. This<br />
is what defines us. How well we do in serving humanity<br />
will determine whether we are just successful Rotarians, or<br />
successful Rotary clubs or a successful Rotary International<br />
or, if we are making that move to significance.<br />
You will find our<br />
District Leadership<br />
Directory at<br />
www.7020.org<br />
Goal #5 New Generation<br />
Rotaract and Interact and for us Earlyact.<br />
What support are we giving them?<br />
How do we nurture their progress into Rotary?<br />
Goal #6 Public Image<br />
Rotary has spent a lot of money on enhancing its brand<br />
and like any good business, we need to show our stakeholders<br />
a return on that investment. We need to promote<br />
the good we do shamelessly and cause people to want to<br />
come to Rotary.
On Foundation Month<br />
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ROTARY FOUNDATION<br />
At the 1917 convention, outgoing RI President Arch C. Klumph proposed to set up an<br />
endowment “for the purpose of doing good in the world.” In 1928, it was renamed The<br />
Rotary Foundation, and it became a distinct entity within Rotary International.<br />
Growth of the Foundation<br />
In 1929, the Foundation made its first gift of $500 to<br />
the International Society for Crippled Children. The<br />
organization, created by Rotarian Edgar F. “Daddy” Allen,<br />
later grew into Easter Seals.<br />
When Rotary founder Paul Harris died in 1947, contributions<br />
began pouring in to Rotary International, and the Paul Harris<br />
Memorial Fund was created to build the Foundation.<br />
Evolution of Foundation programs<br />
1947: The Foundation established its first program, Fellowships for Advance Study, later<br />
known as Ambassadorial Scholarships.<br />
1965-66: Three programs were launched: Group Study Exchange, Awards for Technical<br />
Training, and Grants for Activities in Keeping with the Objective of The Rotary Foundation,<br />
which was later called Matching Grants.<br />
1978: Rotary introduced the Health, Hunger<br />
and Humanity (3-H) Grants. The first 3-H Grant<br />
funded a project to immunize 6 million Philippine<br />
children against polio.<br />
1985: The PolioPlus program was launched to<br />
eradicate polio worldwide.<br />
1987-88: The first peace forums were held,<br />
leading to Rotary Peace Fellowships.<br />
2013: New district, global, and packaged grants<br />
enable Rotarians around the world to respond to<br />
the world’s greatest needs.<br />
Did you know?<br />
The first donation to<br />
The Rotary Foundation<br />
was in the amount of<br />
$26.50<br />
in 1917<br />
Since the first donation of $26.50 in 1917, the Foundation has received contributions totaling<br />
more than $1 billion.<br />
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Learn more about our Rotary Foundation at<br />
https://www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/rotary-foundation<br />
https://www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/node/10161 (Français)
GO TO www.rotary.org/give, scan the QR Code,<br />
or Download the form from the <strong>D7020</strong>News attachments.<br />
IT’S TRF MONTH. TAKE ACTION!<br />
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Giving Tuesday, December 1<br />
Know What Your Gift Supports<br />
Every year, hundreds of thousands of people — children,<br />
families, and entire communities — benefit from<br />
projects funded by The Rotary Foundation. When you<br />
give to Rotary, you enable local leaders to create sustainable<br />
solutions to their community’s most pressing<br />
needs.<br />
Although Rotary gives back in countless ways, we focus<br />
our service efforts in six areas: promoting peace,<br />
fighting disease, providing clean water, saving mothers<br />
and children, supporting education, and growing<br />
local economies.<br />
With your support we can do even more. By making a<br />
gift of any size, you can be part of this positive change.<br />
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CLICK THE LINK BELOW MAKE YOUR GIFT ONLINE NOW OR GIVING TUESDAY<br />
https://map.rotary.org/en/securememberservices/Pages/SelectFundR.aspx?FUND=APF<br />
Please note that you may have to sign up to your “MyRotary” account at www.rotary.org<br />
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Competition Deadlines<br />
For Clubs to turn their selected stories to E-Club:<br />
11• 25• 20<strong>15</strong>
Date limite du concours<br />
Pour les clubs à envoyer leurs histoires sélectionnées<br />
à E -Club: 25• 11• 20<strong>15</strong>
Club of the Month<br />
Awesome projects, events and ideas<br />
Winston Churchill has stated and I quote, “No idea is so outlandish that it should not be<br />
considered.”<br />
In this article, wonderful ideas for encouraging ‘Economic and Community Development’ in<br />
our community, that were executed by the large clubs in our ‘Awesome District’, are showcased.<br />
The Rotary Club of Road Town organized a<br />
project ‘blitz’ whereby 10 community projects were<br />
selected to be performed over a one-day period in<br />
partnership with other community businesses and<br />
organizations. These projects included: painting<br />
and cleanup of East End Public Library, Painting<br />
of benches in Mount Healthy, Planting of palms<br />
across from Peebles Hospital, Cleanup of roundabout<br />
in Road Town, Painting at Enis Adams Primary<br />
School and the Ebenezer Thomas Primary<br />
School, Conducting a Food Drive at OneMart, Tortola<br />
and at Virgin Gorda, Ordering Supplies for After<br />
School Music Program in Hutums Ghut, and<br />
Cleanup/Weeding at Hovis House. Boy, I am tired just reading about the amount of work<br />
executed by this club in just ONE DAY! Bravo!<br />
The Rotary Club of Tortola also completed a number of<br />
noteworthy projects. Some requiring physical labor and endurance<br />
like the massive clean-up in Trellis Bay of Sargassum<br />
with Rotary Family, including Rotary Club Sunrise of Road<br />
Town, making benches at Anegada School, and organizing the<br />
End Polio Now Race. While others required funding new and<br />
existing projects that target community and economic development<br />
such as: the Emerging leaders dialogue sponsorship<br />
and the Baby Think it Over Programme.<br />
The World’s Greatest Meal was also<br />
organized by a number of likeminded clubs such as the Rotary<br />
Club of St. Thomas and the Rotary Club of St. Thomas<br />
II to educate and remind the community on the importance of<br />
eradication of this virus. Nice!<br />
The Rotary Club of St. Croix Mid-Isle collaborated with a number of organizations to<br />
meet the needs of a large cross section of people within the community. To name a few, they<br />
partnered with the Jericho Project, an afterschool program for underprivileged youth, to<br />
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provide 60 stuffed back packs for back to school, and secured and<br />
increased the amount of yearly education grants / scholarships<br />
from key companies for public school youth in their community,<br />
summer interns... The club joined with the Lighthouse Mission<br />
for the Feeding of the Homeless, three Saturdays a month. St.<br />
Croix Mid-Isle also partnered with Rotary Club of Grand Cayman,<br />
Diageo USVI, Quantum CT and the Department of Health<br />
and Human Services to open the first Multi-Sensory Room for<br />
Alzheimer’s patients in the Caribbean at the Herbert Grigg home<br />
for the Aged. Exceptional Work St. Croix Mid-Isle!<br />
The Rotary Club of East Nassau executed a general<br />
maintenance and renovations to the Bahamas Association of<br />
Physically Disabled building to provide a better environment<br />
for the physically disabled persons to work in and help the<br />
disadvantaged. Great Job!<br />
Amazing clubs from our district such as: Rotary<br />
Club of South East Nassau, Rotary Central<br />
Cayman Islands, Rotary Club of Eleuthera,<br />
to name a few, either donated towards the hurricane<br />
relief efforts, participated in joint efforts<br />
to raise funds for post hurricane rebuilding, or<br />
assisted with the collection and preparation for<br />
delivery of relief supplies for persons affected by<br />
Hurricane Joaquin. Clubs also participated in a<br />
joint Blood Drive joint with Rotaractors. This is<br />
TEAM WORK!<br />
During this month, several clubs in our district focused<br />
on the health affairs of the people in their community.<br />
The Rotary Club of Liguanea Plains held a ‘Mobile<br />
Clinic’ at New Providence Primary School to help determine<br />
the health status of the 164 students in Grades 1 &<br />
2, enabling them to have access to free medical care. Excellent<br />
initiative!<br />
The Rotary Club of St. Maarten joined with the Windward Islands Medical Association<br />
to hold a public meeting on Cardiology and Cardiac Care affording residents the opportunity<br />
to learn about Cardiac Care, the treatments available locally on St. Maarten, the warning<br />
signs of Cardiac Disease and how to prevent Cardiac Disease. Wonderful!<br />
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The Rotary Club of Eleuthera continued to bring more awareness to the disease of breast<br />
cancer in The Bahamas, which continues to be a major concern for women in our country.<br />
Continue to spread the word!<br />
The Rotary Club Sunrise of Road Town<br />
adopted the children’s playroom at Peebles<br />
Hospital to brighten the day and lift the spirit of<br />
the sick children in the ward. Just Beautiful!<br />
The Rotary Club of Les Cayes with the assistance<br />
of the Rotary Club of Milan (Italy)<br />
implemented the AQUAPLUS project, which<br />
aims to: “Improve the living conditions of people<br />
of certain Torbeck commune communities<br />
such as Ducis, Berault, Labeï giving them access<br />
to Drinking Water”.<br />
The Rotary Club of Kingston executed their JA Biz-<br />
Town, which is a kid-sized city within Junior Achievement<br />
Jamaica in Kingston, Jamaica. Several weeks of classroom<br />
learning culminates in a day-long visit to this fully-interactive<br />
simulated free market lab where students become<br />
adults for a day. By working in one of 11 JA BizTown shops,<br />
students learn what it takes to run a successful business,<br />
manage a checking account, financial literacy, work readiness<br />
and work as a team. Through daily lessons, hands-on<br />
activities, and active participation in this simulated community,<br />
students develop a strong understanding of the relationship between what they<br />
learn in school and their successful participation in a global economy. Groundbreaking<br />
idea!<br />
Hope you enjoyed the excellent ideas that were shared in this edition. Please remember,<br />
“Ideas won’t keep. Something must be done about them.” - Alfred North Whitehead<br />
PLAN AHEAD!<br />
Calendar of Club-of-the-Month Themes<br />
AUGUST Membership/Partnerships<br />
SEPTEMBER New Generations/Literacy<br />
OCTOBER Economic/Community Development<br />
NOVEMBER Rotary Foundation/Public Image<br />
DECEMBER Disease Prevention & Treatment<br />
JANUARY Vocational Service/Rotary Fellowship<br />
FEBRUARY World Understanding/Peace & Conflict Resolution<br />
MARCH Water & Sanitation/Maternal & Child Health<br />
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Be Our Guest!<br />
Attendance Make Ups are<br />
TWICE MORE FUN at the<br />
Rotary E-Club<br />
of the Caribbean, 7020<br />
Join us online @<br />
https://zoom.us/j/602689205<br />
Every Wednesday<br />
at 7:00pm &<br />
Every Saturday<br />
at 9:00am<br />
Atlantic<br />
Time<br />
More information at<br />
www.rotaryeclub7020.org<br />
or contact our Club Secretary<br />
Lesli Prendergast at<br />
lesli.prendergast@gmail.com<br />
Look for our<br />
Club Showcase in December!<br />
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Training Opportunities<br />
NOV<br />
19<br />
6:30pm<br />
EST<br />
Zone 34<br />
Coordinator Team Webinar<br />
Engagement and Attraction vs Recruitment<br />
Register at<br />
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/694790563898535426<br />
Join us for the next in our webinar series on membership.<br />
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing<br />
information about joining the webinar.<br />
Brought to you by GoToWebinar®<br />
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It’s easy, it’s fun, do it from the comfort of your own home with your<br />
favorite snack and beverage! Join us as we continue to offer tips and<br />
case studies on what works when it comes to membership.<br />
For more information, please contact:<br />
ARC Jeremy Hurst<br />
jeremyhurst7020@gmail.com<br />
CLUBRUNNER NOVEMBER WEBINARS<br />
Registration and information about more available webinars and trainging videos at<br />
http://site.clubrunner.ca/page/webinars<br />
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Webinars are recorded! If can’t attend, you can still watch the video.<br />
More pre-recorded webinars and info at<br />
http://clubrunner.helpserve.com/Knowledgebase/List/Index/356/recorded-webinars
TAKE YOUR<br />
ROTARY EXPERIENCE<br />
TO THE NEXT LEVEL!<br />
The Zone 34<br />
Coordinator Team<br />
is available to join your<br />
meeting or training<br />
session via Skype or<br />
Zoom for presentations<br />
and workshops which<br />
will keep MEMBERS<br />
inspired, engaged and<br />
proud to be Rotarians.<br />
Get in touch!<br />
RC Art MacQueen<br />
art.macqueen13.14@gmail.com<br />
ARC Jeremy Hurst<br />
jeremyhurst7020@gmail.com
District 7020<br />
The Rotary Foundation<br />
Leadership<br />
Directory<br />
20<strong>15</strong> - 2016
<strong>D7020</strong><br />
Clubs<br />
News
Rotary Club of St. Marteen Sunrise<br />
New Members Inducted<br />
Rotary Club of St. Maarten Sunrise recently inducted Dolly Sadarangani Ahuja (2nd from left) and<br />
Niranjan “Norman” Motwani (3rd from left) into their club. Rotary Sunrise is thrilled to have Dolly and<br />
Norman join our club. The talents and expertise they bring from their professions will surely add to the<br />
projects we do for the community. Their sponsors Sidharth “Cookie” Bijlani (1st left) and Prakash ‘Peter”<br />
Dialani look on.<br />
Rotary Club of St. Martin Sunrise<br />
Honors Angela Gordon<br />
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Angela Gordon of Rotary Club<br />
of St. Martin Sunrise has been<br />
recognized as a Paul Harris<br />
Fellow.<br />
Ms. Gordon was recognized<br />
as a fellow due to her<br />
contribution towards The<br />
Rotary Foundation. The Rotary<br />
Foundation is a not-for-profit<br />
corporation that supports the<br />
efforts of Rotary International<br />
to achieve world understanding<br />
and peace through international<br />
humanitarian, educational, and<br />
cultural exchange programs.
Rotary Club of St. Thomas<br />
President Gets Article Published<br />
In an effort to reach out to the community, President<br />
Anna Paiewonsky, and in recognition of the<br />
Club’s 58th Anniversary, President of the Rotary<br />
Club of St. Thomas, wrote a great article on Rotary’s<br />
Polio erradication mission and lets readers<br />
know how they can be part of this call to Do<br />
Good in the World.<br />
The Rotary Club of St. Thomas, the first Club of<br />
District 7020 region, is officially 58 years young!<br />
Chartered by Rotary International on October<br />
2, 1957 this Club has been dedicated to the<br />
Rotary moto “Service Above Self” from its inception.<br />
Throughout those 58 years this Club<br />
has completed projects to benefit the students<br />
at Charlotte Amalie High School, Nana Baby<br />
Home, the Savan Boys Club, the Boys and<br />
Girls Club, We From Up Street, learn to swim<br />
programs, reading 180, as well as countless other local projects<br />
in addition to the numerous international projects including projects in Haiti<br />
and Uganda.<br />
This month also marks World Polio Day on October 24, 20<strong>15</strong>. Polio is a disease that has affected<br />
the lives of such famous people as Franklin D. Roosevelt, actor Donald Sutherland, actress Mia<br />
Farrow, actor Alan Alda, violinist and conductor Itzhak Perlman, songwriter and singer Neil Young<br />
and saxophonist David Sanborn to name a few. Others not so famous struggle with the long term<br />
debilitating paralysis every day.<br />
Rotary International made polio eradication its mission back in 1979 when it started its first immunization<br />
campaign against polio. At the time there were 500,000 cases of paralytic polio every<br />
year which spanned 125 endemic countries! Polio Plus was launched in 1985 with the goal of<br />
immunizing all the world’s children against polio. Some said it was impossible. Over the years<br />
Rotary has joined forces with the World Health Organization, U.S. Centers for Disease Control<br />
and Prevention, UNICEF and its most recent partner The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. From<br />
500,000 cases a year we are proud to say that we are down to 2 endemic countries, Pakistan and<br />
Afghanistan! This year to date the number of wild poliovirus cases totaled 44. Rotary has made<br />
tremendous progress in conjunction with its world partners in this global effort.<br />
Rotary International’s President Ravi Ravindran and the collective Rotary World have made it our<br />
mission to make our Gift to the children of the world the eradication of polio and we are committed<br />
to making that gift a reality this Rotary year. For every<br />
dollar raised The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation<br />
will contribute two dollars, so a single dollar will<br />
yield three dollars towards polio eradication. This is<br />
a gift for all of us because until polio is removed from<br />
the planet it is a threat to us all. Please join us in our<br />
quest to bring an end to this paralyzing disease.<br />
On, October 24, 20<strong>15</strong>, World Polio Day, we will<br />
commemorate our successes and struggles with a<br />
World’s Greatest Meal. All proceeds will be donated<br />
to Polio Plus for eradication of this debilitating disease.<br />
If you would like to be a part of this historical<br />
event please send your contributions made payable<br />
to The Rotary Club of St. Thomas Foundation.<br />
Article published on the Daily News USVI/ BVI on<br />
October 4, 20<strong>15</strong>.
Rotary Club of St. Thomas<br />
Celebrates World’s Greatest Meal<br />
With the help of the Bill & Melinda<br />
Gates Foundation this event alone<br />
will immunize over 11,000 children!<br />
The Rotary Club of St Thomas’ “World’s Greatest<br />
meal was held on Saturday October 24th at Lillienfeld<br />
House, in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas.<br />
The event was very well attended persons by both<br />
Rotarians and friends of Rotary with a portion of the<br />
ticket price going to Polio Plus.<br />
An informative audio visual presentation was provided<br />
to highlight the efforts that have been made by Rotary<br />
International to eradicate Polio in the world in conjunction<br />
with other global partners and the Bill and Melinda<br />
Gates Foundation who match Rotary’s funds.<br />
The venue, which is the Fellowship Hall for the Hebrew<br />
congregation in St. Thomas, was generously<br />
provided free of charge.<br />
A silent auction provided additional funds to support<br />
the cause to obtain vaccinations against<br />
Polio for children in those countries where Rotary<br />
still have a lot of work to do.<br />
A great time was had by all whilst doing some good in<br />
the world!<br />
The Lillienfeld House is one of Charlotte Amalie’s historic buildings with<br />
commanding views over the harbour in a beautiful classic stone structure.
Rotarians and guests during the presentation offered as part of the program<br />
of the Rotary Club of St. Thomas World’s Greatest Meal.<br />
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Having Fun!<br />
Doing Good!<br />
The Rotary Way!
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