New Year’s Resolution of #1 in 2011

——– article by Cheri Ashfeld

“Each Rotarian: Reach One, Keep One” emphasizes two primary goals: increasing and sustainingRotary club membership. Every Rotarian can directly support Rotary’s membership growth and retention by using the membership referral and Rotarian relocation forms.

The Membershio Referral Form is designed for Rotarieans wishing to recommend a potential candidate for membership in a Rotary club other than their own. Qualified candidates may be:

  • Friends or business associates
  • Engaging guest speakers who are unable to join your club.
  • RI or Rotary Foundation program alumni who would contribute to a local Rotary club but who live outside of your town, district or country.
  • Relocating Rotarians who haven’t established contact with another club.
  • Family members living outside your club area who are familiar with Rotary’s Service Above Self  ideal.

Mid-Term Assembly – Save the Date!

District 5950 Mid-term Assembly is Saturday, January 14th at the U of MN Arboretum – 8am to 1:15pm. The guest speaker will be Mark Lanterman of Computer Forensics.

Registration form due January 10th to Diane Confer

8 – 9 Registration and Networking

9:00-9:15 Welcome from Facilitator, Steve Solbrack

9:15-10:05 District Updates

10:05-10:45 Club Ideas for fundraisers, Projects, Member Recruitment, Collaboration

10:45-11:00 Break

11:00-12:00 Old/New Ideas – New and Old District Programs

12:00-12:30 Lunch

12:30-1:15 Guest Speaker Mark Lanterman, The Impact of Digital Evidence

Rotary funds 400+ Ambassadorial Scholarships

……….article by Cheri Ashfeld

More than 400 university students from 40 countries have been selected to study abroad as Rotary Ambassadorial Scholars during 2011-12. While abroad, scholars participate in service projects and speak at local Rotary club meetings and conferences, schools, civic organizations, and other fo-rums where they serve as “goodwill ambassadors” for their home countries.

Top U.S. universities sending Rotary Scholars abroad include:

  • United States Military Academy (eight scholars)
  • Chapman University (four scholars)
    United States Naval Academy (four scholars)
  • University of Pittsburgh (four scholars)
  • Vanderbilt University (four scholar

Rotary Ambassadorial scholars focus on humanitarian service, personal diplomacy, and academic excellence. Alumni include former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker Jr., former U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom Philip Lader, Goucher College President Sanford Ungar, former U.S. Ambassador to India David Mulford, and Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert.

 

Paul Harris Fellowships Awarded

Congratulations to Rogers Rotary’s two newest Paul Harris Fellowship recipients, Joe Primus (left) and Eric Hermanson! Their financial support is especially noteworthy because they “young members’ – Joe joined in December 2010 and Eric in July 2010.

Bruce Johnson presented the awards on behalf of the club’s Board of Directors. “Paul Harris Fellowships represent a contribution of $1,000 to The Rotary Foundation. The money is used for health care, education, immunizations, shelter, and humanitarian projects around the world,” he said. “We can be very proud of Joe’s and Eric’s commitment.”

New leaders decided

Future club leadership set.

A nominating committee of past club president presented a slate of upcoming club leaders. The Rogers membership voted to promote and support these upcoming club presidents:

2012-2013 Maria Sall (earlier vote)

2013-14 Lenny Kirscht, Charter member and original club treasurer

2014-15 Cheryl Helwig, Charter member and current speaker coordinator

When ‘1’ is a very good number

With just one case of polio reported in the last ten months, India is more determined than ever to ensure eradication of the disease. As part of the effort, Rotarian’s helped administer bivalent oral polio vaccine to more than 35 million children during a Subnational Immunization Day on November 13. The vaccine is effective against the two remaining types of the virus.

article from RI News


Five-year-old Mulambuzi Joshuah is thankful for the surgery that repaired a congenital defect in his heart. The procedure, one of 20 performed on Ugandan children in January, was made possible by a Rotary Foundation Matching Grant through the Gift of Life India program.
Former Rotary Peace Fellow Jeanette Kroes is grateful for the generosity of donors in supporting the Foundation’s work in peace and conflict resolution. “I am particularly thankful to the Rotarians from all over the world, for the endless opportunities to see so many peacemakers in action,” she says.
“Truly, you Rotarians make up a United Nations of another kind.”
Mariana Ponce is thankful for the loan she received through a microcredit program operated by Rotarians in Honduras, which allowed her to set up a small business out of her home near Tegucigalpa. She is now selling soy products to supplement the income she earns from washing laundry at a local hospital.

Every year, The Rotary Foundation funds thousands of projects like these, in the six areas of focus:

  • Peace and
    conflict prevention/resolution
  • Disease
    prevention and treatment
  • Water and
    sanitation
  • Maternal
    and child health
  • Basic
    education and literacy
  • Economic
    and community development

Your generous support through the Every Rotarian, Every Year initiative is making a difference. Contribute today.