Every Year, Rotary International requires a Foundation Event to acknowledge clubs and individuals who contribute in meaningful ways to support The Rotary Foundation.
The Rotary Foundation is the means by which we are able to create projects that change the world! As I like to say, "the WHY" of what we do is so much more the Inspiration, than the "what" of what we do.
Why do we contribute? We help to to provide clean water and sanitation so mothers and children are healthier through disease prevention (End Polio Now) and treatment. Children are much more likely to participate in education, which helps build economies that are all precursors to peace.
I invite you to enjoy a fun evening to socialize with other Rotarians and find out their "whys" for supporting the Foundation and to cheer on people and clubs that have stepped up and done more than the "usual".
Rotarians are ordinary people who unite to create extraordinary results!
Our Special Guest will be Therese McFarland, recently returned from the Rotary Peace Program in Thailand. She is the director of development and communications for Daughters of Charity International Project Services, an arm of the international Company headquartered in Paris, France. Working to grow the US international development and services office since 2006, the team facilitates resources and partnerships to sustain diverse health, education and social service programs at the grassroots level in 65 resource-poor countries.
November 3rd, 2018 - 8:30-1:30pm Stoney Creek High School Interact Club is excited to host Interact Day this year!
Location: Stoney Creek High School
6755 Sheldon Rd - Rochester Hills, MI 48306
Pool/Athletic Entrance
If your club is currently not involved in Rotary Youth Exchange, then I suggest you first host a foreign student.You can call me for tips on how to recruit from your local high school. Please go to: http://www.6380youth.orgfor more information.
The Duane Zemper Legacy Monument Unveiling and Dedication Ceremony
Sunday, November 4 in Howell, Michigan
Howell, MI – A larger-than-life bronze sculpture of Duane Zemper will be unveiled Sunday, November 4, 1 PM at the Howell Carnegie District Library, 314 W. Grand River Avenue in Downtown Howell.
Commemorating the accomplishments and contributions of the local hero and icon Duane Zemper, the day’s festivities are the culmination of two and a half years of vision and community involvement spearheaded by a collaboration of Howell Rotary, Howell Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation, and the Howell Carnegie District Library.
ROTARY and BURBERRY partner to change communities one young person at a time.
Saturday, November 17th from 6:30PM-8:30PM Rochester Rotary will be hosting a charity event at BURBERRY Somerset Collection in Troy Michigan ~ Saturday, November 17th from 6:30PM-8:30PM, to benefit PLAY FOR PEACE, our club’s joint international project in Nigeria Africa.
A percentage of the proceeds will be donated directly to our project. It’s the perfect time to start your holiday shopping and let your giving give twice!
PLAY FOR PEACE: This project aims to use street soccer the most popular sport in Nigeria as a vehicle to reach out to young people in conflict.
Our daughter Christina will be one of 6 Young Innovators from around the globe to receive the young innovator award at this years Rotary at UN day in Nairobi, Kenya.
Her husband Hyder, infant son Harris and my husband and I are off to Nairobi for this special even on November 10. Christina with her husband were awarded the “Top 40 under 40 “ award from the city of Calgary.
Christina started her journey with rotary District 6380 (Rotary Club of Chatham Sunrise) as a 16 year old going on a rotary exchange to Erfurt Germany 2006/07.
She is a poster child for how Rotary can change lives. -Annette and Don Marchand
After 30 years of bold action, historic achievements, and sometimes discouraging setbacks, Rotary and its partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) have nearly brought polio to an end.
This groundbreaking public-private partnership and its innovative strategies were celebrated Wednesday during Rotary’s 6th annual World Polio Day event, held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.
Hundreds of people attended in person, including representatives of all five GPEI partners, and thousands more worldwide watched it live online. Cable news journalists Ashleigh Banfield, host of HLN’s “Crime and Justice,” and Alex Witt, host of “MSNBC’s “Weekends Live With Alex Witt,” moderated the event.
Last year in 2017/18 we promoted a District wide Chalange from RI President Ian Riseley. “Every Rotarian Plant (or plan to plant) a Tree By Earth Day, 22 April 2018”. Across the District 6380 a large percentage of our Clubs did just that with the total number adding up to over 3350 trees – over 2 trees per member on average!
I went to the RCAA today to listen to Liz Smith talk about Polio Eradication. Also got to see the club receive awards from the City of Ann Arbor (proclaimed it Polio Day in Ann Arbor), and Washtenaw County. PE Rosemarie Rowney, Polio Plus chairman, tells about the results in the email below. - Anne Nauts (Sector 12 AG)
Rotary Playground (Gallup Park on the Huron)
After Governor Jane's visit on October 17, Greg, Rosemarie Rowney and Governor Jane took a tour of the playground.
The Brighton Rotary Club and Foundation has donated $55,000 to the cause,
An additional match of up to $20,000 has been pledged by the Brighton Rotary Foundation. Lindhout Associates, BD Donovan Builders, Inc. and Contracting Resources (Brighton Rotarians) are covering Architectural, Building and Project Management services. Many other community Contracting and Consulting firms have committed to covering and assisting with the work.
The BHS Interact Club held a fundraiser on World Polio Day by selling cookies and “Puppy Chow” made by members during lunch periods. “Puppy Chow”? No it isn’t actual dog food, but rather a Chex mix and melted chocolate concoction the Bulldog students love to munch on. Through their efforts, the club raised $124 to be donated to help End Polio now. With the match from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation of $248, the total contribution of $372, which will provided 372 more Vaccine Carriers in the fight to end Polio around the world. Way to go Brighton High School Interact Club, making a difference and being the inspiration.
The Rotary Club of Chatham celebrated its 79th Annual Banquet on October 5th. This year’s guest speaker was Dave Rozema. A crowd off over 320 guests joined together to sing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” in honour of “Rosey” a former pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. We were definitely fortunate to have such an entertaining and lively speaker.
Our club welcomed Nicola Blazoska our international exchange student from Poland.
Nestled in the center of the city, this large and well cared for community landmark is the scene for the City’s Annual Fall Fest. Clawson Rotary Club joined in the fun by holding a good, old-fashioned country corn roast. This is not a fundraiser for the Club but a community/public relations event and a perfect opportunity to spread the word about Rotary and the benefits of membership.
Local Action, Global Results - Rotary’s Effort Is Ending Polio
For those of us in Dexter, we can throw our support into eliminating polio by ordering a pizza from Jet’s Pizza in Dexter (or Saline) on Oct 24. A portion of the profits from that day will be designated for the Global Polio Eradication Initiative.
The Motorcycling Rotarians Club Completes Its First International Service Project. We raised the funds to refurbish a 4 wheel drive pickup truck and provide it to Mateo Nicolás, the nurse practitioner that runs the Casa Colibrí clinic in remote Guatemala. Imagine having to travel weekly commute by foot for 3 or 4 hours through treacherous mountain jungles to be at work by Monday noon and then returning home Friday Noon enduring the same risks.
Madison Atwell, 16, attended the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, or RYLA, program sponsored by the Mount Clemens Rotary Club. It was there she learned about Rotary's high school Interact clubs and she and her best friend Lauren Greshak decided to start one at their school, the International Academy of Macomb High School. The juniors, both 16, became co-presidents of the IAM Interact Club. "When I went to RYLA I heard about Interact and thought it was a pretty cool way to get young people involved in making the community and the world a better place so I thought we would try it and see how it goes," Madison said.
Wine Tasting Social Event
The Mount Clemens Rotary Club recently held a wine tasting social event at the Anton Art Center in downtown Mount Clemens. Organizer Gloria Murray said there were about 50 people in attendance who were friends and acquaintances of Rotarians,
In 2018, the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor created an award to be given annually to the person in the area that met the criteria outlined below, in celebration of the exceptional humanitarian service provided by Ann Arbor Rotarian Robert S. Northrup.
The recipient of the award will be an individual who will be a resident of the greater
Ann Arbor or southeast Michigan communities. He/she may or may not be a member of the Rotary. In exceptional cases, the award might be presented to an individual not living in these communities for the recognition of the individual for outstanding humanitarian work.
This information should be provided by December 8, 2018, as an email with the word “Northrup” in the subject, to: John_Goodyear@comcast.net.
Around 2011, Troy Rotary members, Mark Bucchi and Bob Waldron, began this program to reach into the Troy area for families who were deserving of a Thanksgiving turkey dinner. In the following 5 years, the program grew to about 20-25 families. In 2016, in addition to Troy Rotary’s usual sources for families, they reached out to some Oakland County agencies and raised the total number of to 30 families.
Thanks for your generous donation to Free Bikes 4 Kidz Detroit! I am happy to report we had a successful launch last Saturday collecting over 700 bikes.
Free Bikes 4 Kidz-Detroit
A very successful World Polio Day event hosted at Woodward Avenue Brewery in Ferndale.
The Rotary Clubs of Troy, Sterling Heights and Birmingham joined together to host this community awareness events that also involved the Ferndale, Southfield, Clawson, Royal Oak and ......clubs
Rotaract and Interact clubs give their members the chance to make friends, develop leadership skills, and create positive change.Learn more about Rotaract and Interact clubs.
For all of you former Interactors and Rotaractors, this might be of great interest to you. I know you might be reluctant to bring this up to your boss, but consider the value to both of you. You can learn more about your job skills and develop an international relationship at the same time. Just take a little time and review the information in the link above. You may surprise yourself and your employer. Treat it with confidence and sincerity with service in mind.
Michael Walstrom, of the Rotary Club of Boca Raton Downtown, Florida, USA, was 38 when he was asked to create a program for young professionals in his district. Walstrom knew why he was in Rotary, but he needed to know if others’ reasons were similar to his. So he did a survey. Learnwhat he discovered.
Project Dignity awards in-home toilets to the neediest rural women and families of landless laborers for a better, healthier life, through sustainable vocational training. By ending open defecation and segregating human waste from water-centric ecosystems, it teaches hygiene and safe sanitation practices. Better health enables higher literacy levels, leading to improved living standards and economic prosperity.
Mary Avrakotos from the Ann Arbor Rotary Club and Cheryl Farmer from the Ypsilanti Rotary Club have teamed together to help raise money for a Global Grant (Click for Summary). They would like to visit Rotary Clubs in the District to provide a slide presentation about the project, answer questions and seek Club support. Together this District can make a difference in an area of extreme poverty. Call or email Mary Avrakotos to schedule a date for us to visit your Club (315) 806-0689 or mavrakotos@me.com.
Troy Rotary (working with A Vision for Clean Water) is planning a Latrine Implementation Workshop followed by a Think Tank Discussion to promote long term successful water and sanitation projects. The dates are April 26-29, 2019 at Colombiere Center in Clarkston, MI.
1. We need help finding those interested in helping developing countries. Can you help pass the word? We are looking for missionaries, Rotarians, students, Engineers Without Borders and volunteers. This grant has helped us to reduce the participation costs for those qualified. Perhaps someone in your club would like to know more about organizing and managing water and sanitation projects.
2. We need homes to host those coming from further away and/or rides to/from the airport. Last year we had visitors from Ethiopia and Sudan. We already have visa requests from Kenya and Nepal. Visitors need a place to stay before or after the workshop, dinner, perhaps a day to see our area and a ride back to the airport.
For more information, see avisionforcleanwater.org or contact Troy Rotarian Eileen Heasley eheasley@avisionforcleanwater.org.
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