Rotary District 5190 - Monthly Newsletter 1
A new Rotary year is upon us. I look forward to hearing your ideas and sharing my passion for Rotary with you, which brings me to President Wilf Wilkinson’s inspiring theme “Rotary Shares.” For a Rotarian that should come naturally. We share our ideas, our projects, and our time.
Kathie and I just returned from Salt Lake City after spending a week at the Rotary Institute/Convention. It’s hard to express the enthusiasm one feels when hearing about so many inspirational projects that clubs are fulfilling all over the world. Of course when hearing Bill Gates Senior from the Gates Foundation and Dr. Bruce Aylward of the World Health Organization continually praise Rotary regarding the Herculean effort to eradicate Polio, I’m full of pride as you should be as well. We are on the last lap of the promise Rotary made over 20 years ago to paralyze polio. Dr. Aylward provided the data that shows we are on track with the new vaccines and strategies. India’s Government is proactive by inoculating children monthly in order to not miss any of the thousands of newborns. We must see this project through to its completion. Our District Polio Chair, Sue Welsh of Tahoe-Incline, will be monitoring the progress and provide updates and opportunities to SHARE.
Following are 3 events for you to mark on your calendar:
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GSE (non-Rotarian) applicants are due July 30. Please refer to the website for details or contact Anita Daniels, from the Grass Valley club, our GSE Chair.
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District Conference!! May 1-4, 2008 in Reno at the new Peppermill Convention Center. Planning has already begun for this big event with much fun in the making. To insure all Rotarians can participate, deep discounts are being worked out for early registration. Details are coming soon.
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99th International Convention in Los Angeles June 15-18, 2008. Kathie and I hope to see more of you there.
During the coming year, George Summerhill from the Sparks club will be providing interesting monthly articles from his adventures having traveled to 16 RI Conventions. So stay tuned and start making plans to see the stars in LA. Last but certainly not least, huge congratulations go out to Tasha and Jerry Hall for leading the way as Rotary International Vice President and Director. We can be proud that District 5190 was represented in such a high capacity. Welcome back home and thank you for SHARING ROTARY.
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