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ROTARY
DISTRICT 6920
Central, South Central,
Southeast, & Coastal Georgia
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to SEE Your
Very Special Video
Invitation
to All
Clubs Conference,
From DG
Hamsa
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. . . And Here are the
Top 5
Reasons
YOU
should attend
All Clubs Conference:
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April is Health Care Month:
Focusing Especially on
Maternal & Child Health
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Your 5 April "R-MAD”
Goals:
“Rotarians Making a
Difference”
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1.
MAKE THE DECISION:
Register for All Clubs
Conference!
Bring a friend - Bring your
spouse, Bring your family.
Make it a ‘girls weekend'
getaway, or a ‘guys’
golfing/fishing trip..
However you decide to “do"
it - share it with
ROTARY
at Jekyll !
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2.
Commemorate: EARTH
DAY, April 22, 2018
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by completing RIP Ian
Riseley’s Environmental
Sustainability
1.2 Million Tree
Challenge:
“Plant a tree for every
Rotarian”.
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3.
Experience India
through our Friendship
Exchange Team
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4.
Send a Club Officer
to
All Clubs Conference
to receive your club
refund check from the Host
Organizing Committee of the
Atlanta RI Convention.
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5.
FOCUS
on
April:
Health Care Month
Participate in our MAP
Service Project on Sat.
April 28 in Jekyll.
Plan to Join RIPR Greg Podd
& Pam and Rotarians from
across our District as they
pack hygience kits at the
MAP Warehouse & Distribution
Center in Brunswick.
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Sec. A.
Top Priority:
District News & Upcoming Events
1. ALL CLUBS
CONFERENCE: Have
You Registered?
2. RI Foundation Dinner at
ACC: Announcement
3.
Important Reminders for
April & May
4. 1.2 Million Tree
Challenge
5. Polio Plus Recognition
for Clubs
6. 2 Scholarship
Oppotunities !!
7. Fireside Chats
8. DG Hamsa’s March
Activities, Visits, Events:
Highlights & Photos
Sec. B.
DISTRICT PROJECTS:
Initiatives & Plans
1. HAVE YOU REGISTERED FOR
ALL CLUBS CONFERENCE?
2. Rotary Leadership
Institute Update
3. Shelter Box Ambassador
4. Friendship Exchange Team
News
5.
Entrepreneurship
Partnerships -
a. Seeking Corporate
Sponsors for All Clubs
Conference
b. Focus on Rotary &
Scouting Partnerships
2. Saving Lives with
Medicine -
Sec. C.
CLUBS
& MEMBERS:
Club News & Events
Random Highlights from
Clubs:
Savannah Area Clubs, Metro
Savannah, Perry, Golden
Isles,
Skidaway, Valdosta,
Macon N & Augusta S.
Sec. D.
YOUTH:
GRSP, RYLA, Rotaract,
Interact
1. D6920 Rotaract: Coming to
Ga Southern?
2. Rotaract Turns 50
Sec. E.
TOOLS:
Citations, Resources,
Facebook, RI News, Contact
Us, & Links
1.
Resources
2.
Facebook
3.
Rotary International News
(links)
4.
Contact US - Our District
Contact Info -
5.Social
Media & Website Links
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A.
Top Priority: District
News/Events
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Announcing a Very Special
District 6920 Event
April 26, 2018
RI FOUNDATION DINNER
@
the Historic Jekyll Island
Hotel
Our district will be
hosting a special
ticketed Foundation
Dinner at the Jekyll
Island Club Hotel, by
invitation only. All
Rotarians who donated
$500 or more to the
Rotary Foundation from
July 1, 2017 to 31 March
2018 will receive an
invitation to this very
special evening. You do
not need to attend the
All clubs Conference to
attend the dinner,
although we would love
to have you stay and
join us for this fun
filled weekend.
At the dinner we will be
celebrating the Rotary
Foundation and raise money
in support of the Annual
Fund and Polio Plus. The
cost to attend is $100.00
per person, and after
expenses, the remaining
funds will be donated to the
Foundation in your name.
Seating is limited, so
please response in a timely
fashion once you receive
your invitation.
Past Rotary
International Director
Robert Hall with serving
as the master of
ceremonies, guaranteeing
a good time will be had
by all. Nancy Barbee and
Rotary International
Presidents
Representative Greg Podd
will also join us. Many
thanks to: District
Foundation Chair
Elizabeth Hardin and PDG
Pam Lightsey
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Important
Reminders:
District Events & Deadlines
in
APRIL & MAY
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What’s
MOST
Important, RIGHT NOW,
THIS MINUTE ?
That you “Book” a great
weekend on the Coast
(for just you, or You and
Your Family, or you &
friends)
BE THERE:
April 27-29 on JEKYLL ISLAND
w/ ROTARY
GREAT HOTELS, GREAT BEACH,
GREAT FOOD, GREAT ‘Get-away',
and
PARTY WITH ROTARY!
REGISTER - NOW (its free to
register - then choose what
to attend ‘ala carte’)
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April 26, 2018:
RLI Training
Part 2
on Jekyll Island.
For Info
CLICK HERE
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Aprl 28, 2018:
Grants
& Foundation Training
- Jekyll Island
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Click HERE
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Apr 27-29, 2018:
ALL
CLUBS CELEBRATION
- -
Jekyll Island
for more info and to
Register - - -
Never been to Rotary
District Conference?
Surprise yourself! Take a
Risk - REGISTER
DID WE MENTION? REGISTRATION
IS FREE - Attendance is ala
carte….
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May 31, 2018 :
Application Deadline:
Rotary Peace Fellowship
Candidates.
These are among the very
best of Scholarships offered
by RI
For More Info & Details:
Please Contact
Rob Kellner,
D 6920 Chair: Georgia Rotary
Student Program &
Scholarships
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A Special Message Re:
RIP Ian Riseley's 1.2 Million
Trees Challenge: There's Still
Time!!
Dear District Leaders,
Earth Day, April 22, 2018, is
fast approaching, which is also
the “soft” closing date for
President Ian Riseley’s
Environmental Sustainability 1.2
Million Tree Challenge: “Plant
a tree for every Rotarian”.
Many Districts and clubs have
already engaged - and there is
still time!
To date, over 3,370 Tree
Planting projects have been
uploaded on the
Rotary Project Showcase.
You can review these projects
for inspiration and ideas by
logging into
my.rotary.org
and using
this link
to search for the keyword
"tree". (Hint: the search only
works automatically when you are
logged in!)
On the main
Rotary Project Showcase
page, you may also select the
keyword: “Category” and
check off the new phrase, “Environment.”
Tree Planting is an
environmental project that
counts towards the requirements
to earn
2017-18’s Presidential
Citation,
when you have reported it.
However, many Tree Planting
projects have not yet been
tagged in that category.
ESRAG,
the Environmental Sustainability
Rotarian Action Group, at
President Riseley’s
suggestion, also affords the
opportunity to report your
District’s and its clubs’
tree planting activities. Please
report your tree counting at
https://www.esrag.org/2017-2018-trees-planted-counter.
This will allow ESRAG to begin
to measure, track and share your
environmental sustainability
efforts throughout Rotary. For
ESRAG’s purposes, we are
giving credit toward the
challenge for projects that are
planned and funded by April 22,
2018, even though the trees
might not have been planted by
that date.
A District or club tree planting
event is a great opportunity for
“getting your hands dirty”
service, hosting a
multigenerational event for
family members, engaging members
of Interact and Rotaract, and
raising Rotary’s visibility in
your community. And as President
Ian noted, it’s a great way to
reaffirm that: “Environmental
Sustainability . . . is, and
must be, everyone’s concern!”
If it’s too late for your
clubs to organize their own
planting projects, they can also
still meet the challenge by
funding ongoing tree planting in
other districts, and with Rotary
partners.
ESRAG maintains a list
of them. If
your District is engaged with an
ongoing project that needs
resources, we’d like know
about that, too. To share that
information, or request specific
information that will help your
District be part of meeting
President Ian’s 1.2 Million
Tree Challenge, contact ESRAG at
trees@esrag.org.
Thanks for all you do!
Peter L. Moralée, PDG
ESRAG Chair
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Attn: all D6920 Rotary
Clubs:
We KNOW Valdosta, Jones
County, Downtown Macon,
Perry, Reidsville and
Hinesville/Glennville Clubs
have completed
Tree
Planting Projects
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Have YOU ?
Its
Not Too Late!!
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POLIO PLUS RECOGNITION
OPPORTUNITY FOR CLUB EFFORTS
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Special Message from RIP Ian
Riseley & PIPP John Germ - End
Polio Now: Countdown to History
Committee Chair:
The RI
Trustees will recognize clubs
that give US$1,500 or more to
PolioPlus with a certificate of
appreciation during their
October 2018 meeting. These very
special certificates of
appreciation will be mailed as
part of the Fund Development
Banner mailing in
September/October.
Remember: In 2017 there were
22 cases of polio compared
to 37 cases in 2016. We are
getting closer to a
polio-free world every day.
Rotary pledged $150 million
to the End Polio (50 Million
annually) which the Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation
will match 2 to 1.
Remember: Every dollar given
to PolioPlus brings us
closer to a polio-free
world.
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Info Re: Two VERY IMPORTANT Scholarship
Opportunities
Applications are now available for
two Rotary scholarship programs: the
2019 Rotary Peace Fellowship
and graduate scholarships in water
management, or water science and
engineering through the Rotary
Foundation and the IHE Delft
Institute for Water Education.
For Details
CLICK HERE
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RI Foundation Fireside Chats: Create
Special Evenings.
With the help of Zone 34
Foundatation Development
Officer Debra Lowe -
February and March brought
great programs on the work
of the RI Foundation to
clubs across our District.
These included 3 special
Fireside Chat
events - hosted by Rotarians
for guests - both Rotarians
and not-yet Rotarians - in
their area. A Coastal region
Fireside was held at the
home of Rotarian Barbara
Sullivan (pictured left W/
Leslie Mattingly & DGN Mike
Muldowney) on St. Simons,
with additional events held
in the Dubin area and in
Macon.
The St Simons Island,
Downtown Macon, and Dublin
Rotary Clubs
are to be thanked for their
dedication to this endeavor.
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DG Hamsa’s March
Highlights!
What was our DG up to in March?
(“A TASTE OF SOMETHING
WILD” Says it Best…..)
Here’s just a sample:
He pulled out the stops
(and the craziest clothes he
could find) for our upcoming
All Clubs Conference -
working with planners in every
capacity.
He kept up with
EVERYONE, and EVERY CLUB
in person, by email & social
media, offering support &
encouragement to clubs &
Rotarians alike.
He worked with MAP Intl.
in Brunswick, as together we
draw closer to adding a THIRD
clinic to the initiative.
He focused on POLIO -
supporting and attending
Fireside Chats across our
District
He worked on ‘follow-up’
to his offical visits with many
clubs - focusing on special
needs and efforts - including an
in depth effort by Clubs in the
Savannah area.
He launched a taskforce
partnering Scouts & Rotary -
He continued to push
Entrepreneurship and Saving
Lives with Medicine Initiatives
across our District….
2
Facebook Pages.
(great posts on both)
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B.
DISTRICT Projects, Initiatives,
& Plans
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RLI Update for April Training @ ACC
Our District RLI team will offer
PART TWO only of the RLI
training at our District
Conference. The session will be
split between Thursday, April
26th - 1 to 5 PM, and Friday
April 27th - 8 to 11 AM.
If you plan to register PLEASE
do so IMMEDIATELY.
Our PRIMARY need is for a larger
pool of discussion leaders
(effectively the professors of
leadership in our Institute) - -
and for that, a Rotarian must
complete all 3 RLI parts as a
basic requirement for
certification. SO - we need more
people at every level of
interest in Rotary Leadership -
& willing to serve as Rotary
Leaders - in order to maintain
the highest level Leadership
Program.
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Announcing our New ShelterBox
Ambassador: Frank Spears.
Frank Spears,
Augusta West past
president, has taken
on the role of
ShelterBox
Ambassador for
District 6920. He
replaces PDG Bill
Jahn, of Skidaway
Island, having
served so faithfully
in this role in
previous years.
Although relatively
new to the shelter
box world of
disaster relief,
Frank is jumping in
with “both
feet”.
Frank received the demonstration
ShelterBox from PDG Bill last
week - making his acceptance
official - and looks forward to
scheduling District 6920 Rotary
Club presentations on the
ShelterBox Program very soon.
ShelterBox is a fascinating
Partner Program with Rotary
International. To Learn more:
[MORE]
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Stories & experiences from Friendship
Exchange Continue to SHINE.
On
Friday, April 27, 4:40-5:10 pm our
District Friendship Exhange Team
will be sharing their wonderful
experiences in India during All
Clubs Conference. All are Welcome!
They’ll also be sharing
information about our Rotary
projects with India’s District
3150 which they saw & learned about
while traveling. Come hear and see
MUCH. Also, meet six Friendship
Exchange Team Members visiting from
India! It will be followed by a well
planned evening with fun activities
and fellowship for Rotarians and our
families.
CLICK HERE to see more
Highlights, Photos, and Videos via
FACEBOOK.
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On Saturday, April 28, 2018 at
the Jekyll Island Convention
Center, Student Entrepreneurs
from Elementary level through
College will Join Rotarians from
Across District 6920 at the
Rotary
Entrepreneurship Showcase
as we continue our quest to
Cultivate Young Entrepreneurs in
Georgia. We look forward to
seeing everyone there - and seek
your help now to make this event
a huge success!
Rotary is
actively
involved in
cultivating
young
entrepreneurs
in Georgia.
Student
Entrepreneur
Teams from
Central and
Southeast
Georgia will
display and
present
their
company
ideas at the
Rotary All
Clubs
Conference
on April 28.
Schools and
colleges of
student
entrepreneurs
will receive
scholarships
funded by
Corporate
sponsors and
the
District. We
congratulate
Georgia
Power for
coming in as
a “Silver
level
sponsor”.
We are
however
still
actively
seeking
additional
Corporate
Sponsors at
Platinum,
Gold or
Silver
Level.
If you know
of a
potential
partner,
please
contact
DG Hamsa
at
912-638-3206
or
DGHamsa@gmail.com
For more
Sponsorship
details
CLICK HERE
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Focus on:
Rotary and Scouting
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Rotary Scouts Partnership Taskforce
District 6920 - and DG Hamsa (the
father of an Eagle Scout himself) -
are thrilled to announce the newly
created “Rotary Scouts Partnership
Taskforce” to explore
opportunities to partner Rotary
Clubs in D6920 with local Scout
troops.
The
Taskforce went to work and
identified opportunity areas for
cooperation/partnership between
Rotary Clubs and local Scouts
organizations. The Taskforce members
look forward to talking to you in
the “House of Friendship” about
Rotary Clubs and Scouts working
together to increase awareness of
Scouts, increase visibility of Boy
Scout and Girl Scouts and cooperate
in youth leadership and
entrepreneurship projects.
Stop by
the Boy Scout/Girl Scout display in
the House of Friendship (April
27-28) at the All Clubs Conference
in Jekyll Island.
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Nominations
Open:
Cliff Dochterman Award Honors Rotarian
with Exemplary Service to Scouting.
Nomination Deadline: April 6.
DG Hamsa Announces: Rotary
D6920 is requesting
nominations for the
prestigious Cliff Dochterman
Award. The Award will be
presented at the Rotary All
Clubs Conference, April
27-29 in Jekyll Island.
Deadline for nomination is
April 6.
Please e mail your
nomination to Savannah South
Rotary President Sam Eskew.
This award for Rotarians
serving Scouting, is a
bronze medalliion hung from
a gold & Blue Ribbon -
awarded to an active
Rotarian (in every District)
who has renedered exemplary
service to scouting.
Please click on the link
below to learn more
about the Cliff
Dochterman Award.
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Skidaway
Club Partners with Boy Scouts to
cultivate Young Leaders & Entrepreneurs.
On May 12, the Skidaway Club is
partnering with the local Boy Scout
troop for a family fun festival. The
event kicks off with a 5K trail run
that the Boy Scouts are putting on.
Their Scout leader is Paul Meyer, of
Skidaway Island Club. Rotary will
feed the scouts and their sponsors
then conduct a festival for the
children featuring food, drinks,
crafts, bouncy houses, a train ride.
The Skidaway Club is hoping that the
family fun festival jointly
organized by Rotary and the Boy
Scouts will attract a large audience
and increase visibility for Rotary
and Scouts.
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Nashville-Berrien Rotary Event
Highlights Cub Scouts in Leadership
The Nashville-Berrien
Rotary Club recently
hosted an event with
local Cub & Boy Scouts -
to great success! If you
look closely at the
photo left, you’ll
notice that the
Scout’s scarves bear
BOTH the Scout Emblem
AND the Rotary Emblem!
Bravo to N-B Club for
partnering with our
Youth in such an
important way!
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Rotary Clubs in South Central
Georgia engage with FFA Chapters to
cultivate Youg Agribusiness
Entrepreneurs
D6920 is working with FFA leaders to
engage Rotary Clubs in South Central
Georgia with FFA chapters in local
schools to cultivate young agribusiness
entrepreneurs. Among projects - is
support of the Young Entrepreneurs
Academy - such as through a scholarship
provided by the Valdosta Rotary Club.
To Learn More about this great
program:
CLICK HERE
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MAP
Intl.’s Candice Rowell offers
GREAT
6 month Report on Partnership!
Map International Staff Member
Candice Rowell is reaching out
to all of us in District 6920
with a special message: to share
her delight in the progress and
success thus far of our Saving
Lives with Medicine Partnership.
To watch the (brief) video,
click on the photo, or
HERE
(FYI - you may need to turn
your volume up - we recorded in
a warehouse…)
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C.
CLUB & MEMBERS Top News & Events
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Random Highlights:
Here are a few of the DOZENS
of Recent Club Successes
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Rotary’s
Savannah Read-in DAZZLES!
Several Rotary clubs and
community volunteers in the
greater Savannah joined
forces to host the inaugural
Rotary Read-In on Thursday,
March 22. The event
was sponsored by Frank Moore
and Debra Larson of Savannah
Rotary. Frank told the club
about a Rotary Read In - his
club had done in Stockton,
CA for more than 25 years.
The club took it on and
promoted it to other
Savannah clubs as well as
the community at large.
566 classes K-3 Classes in 31
schools throughout Chatham County
were included. 525 volunteers
participated including members from
multiple Rotary Clubs. Corporate
groups also participated. Local book
store E Shaver offered a 25%
discount on books purchased for the
event. The event was a great example
of Rotary bringing together not just
Rotarians, but other community
members to do good work.
Click on the photo left to enjoy the
GREAT video highlights
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Metro Savannah Club Partners with
Guntur Vikas Rotary Club in India in
newly approved
Global Grant!
DG Hamsa - on behalf of our
entire District - offers
Congratulations to the
leaders of the Metro
Savannah and Guntur Vikas
Rotary Clubs on the approval
of their Global Grant
Application to provide desks
and teacher training at 45
schools in Guntur, India.
Approved by the Rotary
Foundation (India) RF(I),
and the Trustees of the
Rotary Foundation (TRF) the
award is in the amount of
USD $120,000
THIS IS TREMENDOUS NEWS - Worthy
of Heartfelt Congratulations &
support by all of us in District
6920!
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Perry Club Hosts
‘Stop the
Bleed’ Class
During March, over 30 people
attended a new community class
hosted by the Perry Rotary Club.
Stop the Bleed is a
new nationwide initiative to empower
individuals to act quickly and save
lives. The program is designed to
enable course participants to
provide immediate, potentially
life-saving medical aid to victims
of the bleeding emergencies while
awaiting the arrival of professional
responders.
Perry Rotarian, Dr. Horatio
Cabasares, MD was one of the
presenters.” The class was a huge
success and, by special request,
will be repeated soon.
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Golden
Isles Club Hosts 17th Annual Rotary Red
Hot Chili Cookoff
Members of the Rotary of the
Golden Isles club with their
‘Chili’ T-shirts, describe
themselves as “a small but
mighty club” as it takes every
one of them to pull off this fun
filled community event each
March. Local teams consist of
restauranteurs and other various
businesses and independents.
Attendees sample chili recipes
and vote for their favorites
while the judges use a blind
tasting to determine their favs.
The event includes an awards
ceremony with trophies and the
honor that comes along with
winning!
With live music and hotdogs &
cokes for purchase it’s a
perfect way to enjoy the day.
“Like” them on Facebook so
you’re sure not to miss it
next year!
Rotary Club of the Golden Isles
- Glynn County
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Skidaway Island Rotary Club brings
Broadway to
Plantation
For the fourth year in a row, the
Rotary Club of Skidaway Island has
welcomed the Savannah Theatre to the
Plantation Club for a dazzling
evening of song and dance. Past
shows featured songs and skits from
popular music. This year, a
brand-new show was created
especially for the Rotary Club
audience … Broadway show tunes.
The Skidaway Club has raised more
than $65,000 in 4 years for local
Charities through this event. [READ
MORE]
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Valdosta
Club's 2018
L.E.A.D. Event
(Law Enforcement
Appreciation Dinner) Huge
Success:
Photographed here (Left to
right) are Lowndes County
Sheriff’s Officer of the
Year Jason Clifton, Lowndes
County Sheriff Ashley Paulk,
Valdosta Police Chief Brian
Childress, Rotary Club of
Valdosta and L.E.A.D.
Chairman James Dominey,
DG Hamsa Thota, Valdosta
Police Department Officer of
the Year Alyssa Shirey,
Georgia State Patrol Officer
of the Year Corey Miller, &
Georgia State Patrol
Sergeant First Class Tracy
Tabb.
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Macon
North Establishes New Scholarship Award!
Dr. Kendra Russell,
President of the Rotary
Club of Macon North, is
pleased to announce that the
Scholarship Committee and
Club members have created a
new initiative to serve the
community in the areas of
Basic Needs,
Education, Mentoring,
and Civic Leadership
– The St. Peter Claver
Scholarship Award.
The first recipient will be
announced April 2018. Read:
[MORE]
about their Commitment to
Excellence.
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Augusta South Club Supports Literacy
The Rotary Club of Augusta South
(Via PDG Pam Lightsey) presented
a special proclamation to Chick
Fil-A’s Vice President of
Community Affairs Rodney Bullard
for Rodney Bullard Heroes Wanted
Day at the annual spaghetti
dinner fundraiser at The
Snelling Center. Monies raised
from the evening put books in
the hands of children from the
Dolly Parton’s Imagination
Library, dictionaries to local
elementary schools and GED
certificates for the young men
at Broken Shackle Ranch. Over
200 in attendance and over
$10,000 raised for literacy
projects. Rodney spent some time
on talk radio before the event
to share more about his new book
Heroes Wanted.
Books are still available for
$15.00 by the Augusta South
Rotary Club. Monies raised from
the sale of the book will go to
literacy projects.
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D. YOUTH: GRSP, RYLA,
Rotaract, Interact
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Rotaract District 6920 reports:
Rotaract is coming to Georgia
Southern! With more than 250,000
members, in 10,000+ clubs, in 180+
countries, Rotaract is ready to come
to the EAGLE NATION!
March brought a great meeting
between Rotaract in District 6920
and Students at Statesboro Campus of
Georgia Southern. Brainstorming is
under way with the hope of
establishing a new Rotaract Club at
Georgia Southern!
Photographed (left) are Don Fountain
and Tajae Francis.
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Rotaract Turns 50!
In
honor of Rotaract turning 50 in
March, the Rotaract Club of
Armstrong State University posed for
photo op - - you are looking at a
GREAT group of young adults!
and BTW - - we’ve turned to our
Rotaractor’s recently for some
District Help - after all - who
better than these young people to
help us with technology and help us
design things!
Thank you Armstrong State U.
Rotaract !
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A Brilliant Idea: Rotakids Clubs !
The first Rotokids club came
from the Rotary club of São
Paulo Brazil in 1996 when
the club was assisted at an
event by several children.
Since then Rotakids clubs
have grown around the world
and have been recognized
formally by Rotary
international. The Purpose
of the clubs is to teach the
children - through example
and projects - the objec,
principles, and ideals of
Rotary while stimulating
educational values like
dignity and respect for
others - character traits so
important and necessary for
forming a person of
integrity. Rotakids clubs
carry out at least 2
projects each year - in
support of their community -
and one focused on
Humanitarian Service …….
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Share RESOURCES & Knowledge!
Find a WORLD of information,
inspiration, help and great ideas
shared between Clubs and Rotarians
in our District.
Our District RESOURCES page is ONLY
as great as WE make it.
Every Rotarian, every Club
can add info right now.
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to read more?
Click on the link below
for Rotary International
News Online -
news, feature stories
from Clubs and Rotarians
around the world & our
District
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ROTARY
DISTRICT 6920
Central, South Central,
Southeast, & Coastal Georgia
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*Click
on the GOLD STAR to enjoy
Remembering No More: A Story of
Change Hosted by Carl
White, exploring Alzheimers
Diease. - The segment is from a
PBS Program focusing on one
gracious lady - and her family,
coping with the disease - as
well as offering interviews with
researchers including Allan
Leavy of Emory Universitys
Brain Health Center, and
featuring Rotarians including
Roger Ackerman, founder of CART
(Coins for Alzheimers Research
Trust) - and PRID Robert Hall (&
wife Charlene) who notes:
What I like about Rotary is
the power of one, the
results of many.
Carl Whites
'Life In The Carolinas'
is an Emmy
nominated & award
winning program of many
seasons.
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March is: Clean Water Month
Focusing on Water &
Sanitation World Wide
Watch PDG John Neely
Offer the DGs March Message
CLICK HERE
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Inviting
YOU
to Attend
D6920 All Clubs Conference
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Your 5 March "R-MAD Goals:
Rotarians Making a
Difference
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1.
MAKE THE DECISION:
Register for All Clubs
Conference!
Bring a friend - Bring your
spouse, Bring your family.
Make it a girls weekend'
getaway, or a guys
golfing/fishing trip..
However you decide to do" it -
share it with
ROTARY at
Jekyll !
For Info and/or to register NOW
Click Here
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2.
EVERYONE - FINISH your
Celebration Citations for
2017-18
Citation Tracker Forms are EASY
to fill out:
For
Rotary Members: Click
HERE
For Rotary Clubs: Click
Here
to watch a great video
explaining the How to -
CLICK HERE
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3.
SCHEDULE an
RI Foundation Fireside Chat
in your club in MARCH
Here's a video description
from DG Hamsa & District
Foundation Chair Elizabeth
Hardin:
CLICK
HERE
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4.
ATTEND the
Foundation Dinner on
Jekyll Island, April 26.
CLICK HERE
to see a brief video
introducing this EXCITING
Event.
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5.
MARCH is
Clean Water Month
With your club:
Focus
on Clean Water issues - in your
community, in one of the
disaster areas in the Carribean
(in our Zone 34), or perhaps in
India with our GG Partners.
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Sec. A.
TOP PRIORITY:
District News & Upcoming Events
*
Catch the Special
Video in the
Gold
Star
about CART from a PBS
program.
1.
ALL CLUBS CONFERENCE
- Message from DG Hamsa
2. Foundation Dinner at
the Historic Jekyll
Island Hotel April 26
3. Important Reminders
for March & April
4. Peachstate PETS -
Ladies & Gentlemen,
Start Your Engines!
5. GSE Friendship
Exchange Team comes HOME
amazed.
6. Rotary Leadership
Institute News
7. Atlanta Convention
Funding Update
8. DG Hamsas February
Highlights & Photos
Sec. B.
DISTRICT PROJECTS:
Initiatives & Plans
* SPECIAL REMINDER:
Register NOW for ALL
CLUBS CONFERENCE
1. Entrepreneurship
Partnerships -
Over 500 attend
Hinesville STEAM Event
Macon Entrepreneurship
is Open for Business
2. Saving Lives with
Medicine -
DG Hamsa & Steve
Stirling give update on
SLWM
50 Rotarians Volunteer @
MAP & Great Press for
SLWM
Partners Exploring
exciting Opportunity to
Serve
3. Report from India -
Launch of W.A.S.H.
program for education &
Hygene.
Sec. C.
CLUBS & MEMBERS:
Club News & Events
Augusta West noted for
annual Community Award
Kings Bay Club - - Small
but Mighty!
Macon Club
Rededicates Memorial
Tree
Valdosta Rotary Law
Enforcement Appreciation
Dinner
Savannah area clubs
explore their Rotary
Service Ecosystem
Jesup hosts special
moment for DG Hamsa
Perry Club Plants Trees
in Community
Sec. D.
YOUTH:
GRSP, RYLA, Rotaract,
Interact
1. Rotaract Announces
new District Leaders
2. Rotaract Model UN
Future We Want event
3. Interact
International Service
Day announced
Sec. E.
TOOLS:
Citations, Resources,
Facebook, RI News,
Contact Us, & Links
1.
Citation Brochures
2.
Resources
3.
Facebook
4.
Rotary International
News (links)
5.
Contact US - Our
District Contact Info -
6.Social
Media & Website Links
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A.
Top Priority: District
News/Events
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From District Governor Hamsa:
ALL CLUBS CONFERENCE
Dear Friends & Fellow
Rotarians - -
I invite all of you
to come, perhaps with
your families, or with
friends, to Jekyll
Island the last weekend
in April - for a
wonderful 3 day escape
to the Coast as we
CELEBRATE Rotary - and
our incredible 2017-18
Year of Accomplishments!
If youve been to
past District
Conferences - you know
its great fun. And if
youve not been - -
Heres what to expect:
First - Youll check in
for a weekend get-away
in a beautiful location.
Youll have lots of time
to explore Jekyll by
walking the beach or
riding a bike or golf
cart. You can enjoy
restuarants, cocktails
at sunset - the Turtle
Center, Historic
District - so much to
see and do (and you can
add on St Simons etc if
you wish).
But thats only part
of it! In addition to
your own time - youll
have opportunities to
celebrate Rotary:
Parties, dinners, some
how to sessions - and
you can attend alot or a
little - its all up to
you!
Youll be amazed by the
accomplishments of
Rotary Clubs, Rotarians
and Youth across our
District. Youll meet
new people from clubs
across east-central
Georgia. Youll meet
committee chairs and
officers youve worked
with this year. Youll
find another great
world of Rotary -
outside your own club.
Its truly ALOT of fun.
And yes - some of you
are thinking: Id like
to do more with Rotary
than just in my own
club. WELL Heres the
place to connect up! So
please, COME TO JEKYLL -
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Everyone is part of
the team - and it takes
our combined talent and
skills - to MAKE A
DIFFERENCE!
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Announcing a Very Special District
6920 Event
April 26, 2018
RI FOUNDATION DINNER
@ the Historic Jekyll Island Hotel
On
Thursday
night, April 26:
Our District will host a special
ticketed Foundation dinner at the
Jekyll Island Club Hotel, by
invitation only.
All Rotarians in District 6920
giving $500 or more to the RI
Foundation since July 1, 2017 - will
receive an Invitation to this very
special evening. You do not need to
attend All Clubs Conference to
attend the Foundation Dinner (though
wed
love it if you would stay, explore
Jekyll & enjoy the weekend with us).
At the dinner well Celebrate the
Foundation and raise money in
support of (both) The Annual Fund &
Polio Plus. The cost to attend is
$100 per person. Seating is limited
to the first 130 people.
And your gift of $100 up to $500
will be matched with POINTS, 1:1
toward your next PHF level.
New proceeds after expenses go to
the Foundation, to be applied
equally to the Annual Fund & Polio
Plus.
PRID Robert Hall will serve
as master of ceremonies,
guaranteeing a good time will be had
by all!
Anne Mathews and RIPR Greg Podd are
also joining us.
Many Thanks to: District Foundation
Chair Elizabeth Hardin & PDG Pam.
WATCH FOR YOUR INVITE!
Want to hear
more about it?
CLICK HERE
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Important
Reminders:
District Events &
Deadlines in
MARCH & APRIL
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March 30, 2018:
Celebration Citation Deadline
Fill out your tracker and send
it in NOW. For How To:
CLICK HERE
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March 30, 2018:
C.A.R.T. Donations Deadline
- Attn. Club Presidents
Club donations MUST be
received by PDG Bruce
Montgomery, District Treasurer,
on or before March 30th, to be
considered for District CART
Awards
PDG Bruce:
hbmontgomery@bellsouth.net
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March, 2018:
Host a
FIRESIDE CHAT
in
your club
in March
For scheduling and info email
DGE Margaret:
margaretdg6920@gmail.com
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April 26, 2018:
RLI Training
on Jekyll
Island.
For More Info
CLICK HERE
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Apr 27-29, 2018:
ALL CLUBS CELEBRATION
- -
Jekyll Island
CLICK HERE
for more info and to
Register - - -
Never been to Rotary
District Conference? Surprise
yourself! Take a Risk - REGISTER
DID WE MENTION? REGISTRATION IS
FREE - Attendance is ala carte.
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Aprl 28, 2018:
Grants
& Foundation Training
- Jekyll Island
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Click HERE
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Whats
MOST
Important in March?
That you Book a great
weekend on the Coast
(for just you, or You and
Your Family, or you &
friends)
BE THERE: April 27-29 on
JEKYLL ISLAND w/ ROTARY
GREAT HOTELS, GREAT BEACH,
GREAT FOOD, GREAT
Get-away',
and
PARTY WITH ROTARY!
REGISTER - NOW (its free to
register - then choose what
to attend ala carte)
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2018 PETS - Atlanta -
FANTASTIC
Peach State President Elect Training
in Atlanta Feb 22-24 was indeed
FANTASTIC! Possibly our most
exciting moment came when RIPE Barry
Rassin joined us for Photos in the
District Hospitality Suite. WOW!
(see photo,
left)
It was wonderful to have so many
people with giving hearts - all
utilizing ROTARY as a way to make
the world; down the street & across
the globe, a better place! DG Hamsa
& DGE Margaret were proud, excited,
& so encouraged by all the energy in
the room! The PEs studied everything
from Data Entry and Meeting/Club
Management - to Social Media and
Public Relations techniques. DGN
Mike was on hand.
Now, on to ALL CLUBS CELEBRATION in
April.
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GSE Friendship Exchange Team: Home
from India
Saturday evening February 17, 2018 @
Savannah International Airport, DG
Hamsa and Friendship Exchange
chairman Justin Godchaux joined
family of Team members to welcome
our travelers home from a very
successful visit to D 3150 in India.
Team members will now share their
experiences with Rotarians across
our District & at All Clubs
Conference - and will give a special
welcome to our incoming team from D
3150 soon!
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RLI Concludes Successful Training
Thanks to the combined efforts of D
6920 Rotary Leadership Institute
organizing team led by Bill Jahn,
the discussion leaders from
Jacksonville, Florida and our
District, a very successful Rotary
leadership training concluded in
Savannah in early February. All
three levels of RLI training were
conducted. Discussion Leader
Training also occured - thanks to
help from the two PDG team of
Covingtons.
The next RLI session will be held at
the all clubs celebration conference
on Jekyll Island in April.
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Atlanta RI Convention Follow-up:
Here'a an FYI from the wind down
efforts from the Atlanta Convention
last summer. Many will remember -
that in preparation for this
enormous undertaking, all Rotarians
across Georgia participated in up
front funding through a dues
surcharge - with the promise that
funds would be returned to the clubs
in Georgia. That IS happening.
In recent weeks, Club Presidents,
PEs, AGs and others have offered
suggestions about these significant
funds. So - we are taking the time
to thoughtfully consider the
possibilities - to give each club a
voice & options suitable & exciting
to them.
Stay tuned for more info to come!
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DG Hamsas February Highlights!
What was
our DG up to in February?
ALOT!!
Heres just a sample:
He kept up with our
Friendship Exchange Team by
email & social media, offering
support & encouragement as they
traveled in India.
He worked with Rotarians
across our District at MAP Intl.
in Brunswick, packing survival
recovery kits bound for Puerto
Rico & elsewhere.
He
was on hand to welcome home our
travel weary but amazed
Friendship Exchange Team when
they landed as SAV. Intl.
He was on St Simons to
support a great partnership with
the SSI club and Rotary in
Puerto Rico for a hugely
sucessful GG/Foundation
fundraising dinner.
He worked on follow-up
to his offical visits with many
clubs - focusing on special
needs and efforts - including an
in depth effort by Clubs in the
Savannah area.
He attended & helped lead
PETS in Atlanta -
He continued to push
Entrepreneurship and Saving
Lives with Medicine Initiatives
across our District.
2 Facebook Pages.
(great posts on both)
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B.
DISTRICT Projects, Initiatives,
& Plans
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The
entire
Conference
is a'
la carte -
attend
only what you wish:
Get
Info
HERE
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Hinesville
STEAM Celebration
Success
The Hinesville Rotary Club hosted a
PHENOMINAL workshop for nearly 300
middle schoolers, parents &
residents in February, focusing on
careers in science, technology,
engineering, arts and mathematics.
The event was VERY well attended by
students - and very much ENJOYED by
all. (organizers photo left)
To read some of the great press
coverage:
CLICK HERE
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Macon Entrepreneurship Academy is:
OPEN FOR
BUSINESS
The Rotary Clubs of Macon have
submitted the FIRST
Entrepreneurship video for our
district contest.
This wonderful video will be
featured in the Rotary
Entrepreneurship Showcase and
will help us recruit corporate
sponsors for our programs
District wide! In fact - we are
grateful to Georgia Power for
being our first corporate
sponsor.
Funds will be used for
scholarships to students/schools
and to pay for incidental
expenses
(such as T shirts, conference
meals etc) associated with
giving students the experience
of attending All Clubs
Conference
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Saving Lives with Medicine is.
Making a Difference !
DG Hamsa reports our Saving
Lives with Medicine program
continues to show great success.
Steve Sterling, (Rotarian)
President and CEO of MAP Intl. -
and DG Hamsa are photographed
here with a sample of the free
medicines D6920
Rotary clubs and MAP are
providing to indigent patients
through participating clinics in
Brunswick and Valdosta.
During his visit Hamsa also met
several
MAP Partners
including a man running a
Silicon Valley based charity
providing surgical equipment -
in part to a Rotarian surgeon in
India operating a charitable
pediatric cardiology surgical
clinic.
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GREAT
Help for MAP Intl. - & Press for Saving
Lives w Med.
The Brunswick news recently ran
a great story on Rotary and MAP
Intl - relief efforts and our
groundbreaking Saving Lives with
Medicine Initiative.
Over 50 Rotarians from 10
different clubs volunteered to
help assemble 1000 disaster
healthy kits for MAP Intls
Disaster Relief program. These
kits helped people in Puerto
Rico and Texas hurt by last
years hurricanes. The packs
help prevent the spread of
disease for people staying in
shelters following disasters.
They contain antiseptic wipes,
soap and other basic hygiene
items.
To read the article in the
Brunswick News - -
Click HERE
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A
Hint of Great Things to Come...
and there is MORE good news
from
Saving Lives With Medicine!
Through a collaboration between
Liberty Regional Hospital, the
Diversity Health Center, MAP
Intl., several Rotary Clubs in
the Savannah/Hinesville, and
D6920, these partners are
working to develop a completely
new model to help rural
hospitals in Georgia deliver
free life saving medicine to
lower overall Health Care Costs
for those in need.
This VERY significant step could
move SLWM from serving only
small clinics - to also serving
much larger providers. Watch for
more news on this in the future.
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From PDG Ravi Vadlamani in India
Greetings Friends:
I am
happy to inform you that we have
officially launched the WASH in
Schools program - with wonderful
new hygene facilities for boys &
girls.
I am
enclosing a You Tube Link of the
10 Schools in which we have
inaugurated the Wash Program
with the support of your
District.
CLICK HERE
I
also look forward to being with
you at Your ALL CLUBS
CELEBRATION on Jekyll Island in
April.
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C.
CLUB & MEMBERS Top News & Events
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Augusta West Clubs Louis Harris
Award
The
Augusta Chronicle ran a great story
Feb. 18 about legendary Journalist,
gentleman, and Civic Leader, Louis
Harris, namesake of the Journalism
Award presented each year by the
August West Club.
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Kings Bay Club - Small but MIGHTY!
Rotarians from the Rotary Club of
Kings Bay, spouses and grandchildren
were among those who participated in
the assembling of 1000 hygiene kits
at MAP International in Brunswick on
February 17th.
These kits are going to Puerto Rico
and Texas.
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Macon Club Replants Memorial Tree
The Rotary club of Downtown Macon
honored the service & memory of a
local Hero by replacing a cedar tree
planted in his honor in 1960, then
uprooted by Hurricane Irma, in front
of the City Hall. The tree stood in
memory of Lieut. James Wesley
Bracken, killed in action during the
Korean War.
Mayor Robert Reichert welcomed
Rotarians and guests. Will McEachern
and family, DG Hamsa, Lisa Gilbert,
Steve Bell, and members of the
Downtown Rotary club joined in
unveiling the plaque commemorating
the tree, which offers inspiration
as it commemorates
Lieut. Bracken's ultimate Service
Above Self.
Mayor
Albert Reichert is the younger
brother of past district governor
Albert Reichert.
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Rotary Club of Valdosta
11th Annual Law Enformement
Appreciation Dinner
500 people attended the annual
LEAD dinner in Valdosta in Feb.,
organized by the Valdosta Rotary
club. The occasion recognized
three law enforecement officers
and raised funds to help
officers in need of financial
assistance.
The honorees included:
Valdosta Police Department
officer Alyssa Shirley, Georgia
State Patrol Trooper First Class
Corey Miller, & Lowndes County
Sheriffs Office Capt. Jason
Clifton
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SAV Clubs explore Rotary Ecosystem.
A Rotary leaders from six Savannah
area clubs came together in February
to explore how they might
collaborate to create a more vibrant
Rotary ecosystem in Savannah. Club
representatives shared projects and
goals for 2017 and 18 before the
group began a discussion of possible
opportunities for mutual support and
interaction. Discussion will
continue !
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Jesup Club marks DG Hamsas
final official club visit'
Feb. 1 marked DG Hamsas 63rd &
final official club visit - at
the Jesup Rotary club. Hamsa
noted he first visited the Jesup
club 33 yrs ago as D 6920
Governors Group Representative,
& found it fitting to conclude
his official DG visits in
2017-18 there. Another first:
During the meeting, Hamsa joined
Club President Debi Smith, Jesup
PE Joey Darley, and (live from
India) - Friendship Exchange
Team Leader PDG John Neely for a
chat on Facebook live about
their experiences in India
Celebrating his Final official
visit, DG Hamsa was joined by
DGN Mike Muldowney DG E Margaret
Jacobs and Jesup Rotary Club
president Debbie Smith
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Perry
Rotary Club Plants Trees
The Perry Rotary Club, in
partnership with the City of
Perry, planted four Red Maple
trident trees on Main Street in
front of the Board of Education.
These trees replaced several Oak
trees - which had to be removed
due to disease.
Perry Clubs GRSP Student,
Rungano Nyamayedenga joined club
members for the dedication.
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D. YOUTH: GRSP, RYLA,
Rotaract, Interact
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Rotaract
D6920 Introduces new Leaders
Meet Tajae Francis - D6920 Rotaract
Representative-Elect (2018-19) Click
HERE.
AND meet District Rotaract
Prespresentative - Nominee (2019-20)
Daniela de Lune. Click
HERE
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Rotaract
Future We Want Model
UN
Attention Rotoractors: here's your
chance to engage yourself in the
Future We Want by attending the
Rotaract Global Model United Nations
event. Register now as a delegate
for this great event happening at
the UN HQ in New York USA from March
8-11, 2018
[
for info & to Register by March 8 -
click HERE ]
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Interact
Global Youth Service Day
April
20-22
April 20-22 Young Leaders from
around the world will come
together for the largest service
project event in the world:
Global Youth Service Day.
This year, stand up for others
be inclusive and
Make a Difference
through service projects and
kind acts April 20-22.
Take the
BE FEARLESS BE KIND
pledge today.
CLICK
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E. TOOLS & RESOURCES:
Citations, Resources,
Facebook, Contact Us
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2017-2018 Citation
GOALS
for Every Rotarian
1.
Bring in a new member.
2. Take
Part in a Global Grant
Project or in a Community
Service Project
3. Take
Action to promote
Rotarys Public Image &
Community Awareness.
4.
Contribute to the Rotary
Foundation and/or the GRSP
Endowment.
5. Earn
the Rotarian Celebration
Citation.
(For details - Click Here:
Attn: Club Presidents:
2017-2018
GOALS
for CLUBS
1.
Participate in doing
more good with Parntership
Projects.
2.
Publicize the good
your club is doing locally &
Globally.
3.
Achieve a net gain in
members & increase
diversity.
4.
Give to the RI
Foundation/GRSP at least 10%
more than 2016-17
5.
Qualify for District
All Clubs Celebration
Citation recognition.
(For details - Click Here:
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Share the BEST of Your Club on
Our District 6920 RESOURCES page:
Share RESOURCES & Knowledge!
Find a
WORLD of information,
inspiration, help and great ideas
shared between Clubs and Rotarians
in our District.
Our
District RESOURCES page is ONLY as
great as WE make it.
Every
Rotarian, every Club can add info
right now.
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District Facebook Page?
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Want to read more?
Click on the link below
for Rotary International
News Online -
news, feature stories
from Clubs and Rotarians
around the world & our
District
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