Rotary District 6800 Newsletter

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1 ROTARY DISTRICT 6800 NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 2017 Rotary District 6800 Newsletter Speaker Chuck Hill, Sr. discussing Satellite Imaging at the Rotary Club of Calhoun s September 21 st meeting with guests from Calhoun Academy September 2017 Issue Why would your club want to pursue the Rotary Citation? (Formerly: Presidential Citation) The simple answer is that it will make your club a more vibrant and important part of your members lives. There is something there for everyone s passion to be fulfilled. Its completion will make a Difference in your community. This year, President Ian Riseley continues the move into the 21st century with the new requirements for completing the goals for the Rotary Citation. At first glance, it appears to be a bit of a challenge to get your club where it needs to be to be awarded the citation. But with a little further investigation, it becomes clear that your club is probably doing many of the things that it needs to do to garner the award. There will be some challenges but nothing that dedicated Rotarians can t achieve. As in the last two years, the reporting is all done electronically. Hence, the continuing move to the 21st century. This may be daunting for some but almost every club has someone who is tech savvy. You just need to make sure someone has the rating to enter the data. That is usually the President and Secretary. If you have an Executive Secretary, that person also has the authority to enter the information. Initially the two mandatory requirements are simple. Your club must have paid their International dues in July. The second is that your club report its service hours and contributions in Rotary club Central. We have rarely tracked this information before as we have never made the public aware of what we do. We have let our work do the talking. The only problem was that the general public has rarely really known who or what has done all the work, making a difference in our communities. After that, your club must identify and establish ten goals and post them in My Rotary. The focus is on the three major areas that are President Ian Riseley s International goals. The first is to Support and Strengthen clubs. You must choose four of eight identified items. Included are membership goals, diversity goals and support of Interact and Rotaract clubs. There are others. The second area is Focus and Increase Humanitarian Service. Your club need only achieve four of nine listed goals. Include are several Foundation contribution projects, increasing Polio awareness and working with other clubs. You may already be doing several of these. The third and final goal is to Enhance Rotary s Public Image and Awareness. In this section your club again must complete four of eight items. The items include using Rotary s Brand guideline in communications, updating your club website and social media, working a project in partnership with a corporate or government entity and getting local media to cover a club project. There are others. If your club does the required number of items in the three areas you will have twelve goals. Your club will have identified more that the ten required goals and completed one of the eight goals of the first category! Bethany Huffman, our District Governor, has asked me to be a resource to assist you in achieving the Rotary Citation. I have done that for a number of clubs previously. If you wish to pursue the Citation, give me a call after you have registered on My Rotary and have your clubs ten to twelve goals in hand. A final note: As opposed to previous years, we have the whole Fiscal year to complete this objective. Ken Lee, Assistant District Governor, , krlee1@bellsouth.net

2 ROTARY DISTRICT 6800 NEWSLETTER Issue SEPTEMBER Rotary Club of Tupelo The Rotary Club of Tupelo recently awarded several Paul Harris Fellowships to club members: Send in submissions for the next newsletter to Ashley Herbert at aherbert84@gmail.com. Due by the 15 th of the month. Rotary Club of Tupelo President Jenny Jones presents Tom Robinson with his 7th Paul Harris Fellowship. Front Row, left to right, Vaughn Howell, Chuck Imbler (3rd PHF), and Ted Moll. Back Row, left to right, Frankie Blackmon (2nd PHF), Bobby Gaines (2nd PHF), Henry Dodge, Gerald Wages and Tim Roberts. Not pictured: Bobby Dodge. Rotary Club of Tupelo President Jenny Jones presents Jesse Bandre with his 4th Paul Harris Fellowship.

3 ROTARY DISTRICT 6800 NEWSLETTER Issue SEPTEMBER Rotary Club of Calhoun City: CREATE (John Burt) giving check of $2000 to Dr. Julia Brandon to help finish Rotary's City Walking track playground project. Rotary Club of Senatobia: Rotarians participating in the annual Cleanup Day for the city of Senatobia, hosted by the club since Rotary Club of Cleveland: Rotarian Jane Ellen Bobbit (center) invited Mike Kinnison, Head Baseball Coach at Delta State University, to be her guest speaker. He is welcomed to by Jim Gregory, President. Rotary Partners with More than 1 billion people around the world live in inadequate housing according to the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements. Through a partnership between Rotary and, more will have access to safe and affordable housing across the globe. The partnership will facilitate collaboration between local Rotary clubs and local organizations, enabling Habitat to extend their volunteer pool by tapping into Rotary s 1.2 million members in 200 countries and regions. Habitat s aim to bring people together to build homes, communities and hope aligns perfectly with Rotary s commitment to make positive, lasting change in communities around the world, said Rotary General Secretary John Hewko. With Habitat s expertise and the power of Rotary s volunteer network, we will help build the foundation for stronger communities. The values of our organizations are so closely aligned, and the desire to help others runs deep for both groups. That makes us such a perfect match, said International CEO Jonathan T.M. Reckford. So many Rotarians have worked alongside Habitat and the knowledge, experiences and connections that are so strong in local Rotary clubs will make them valuable Habitat partners in many communities worldwide. Rotary members develop and implement sustainable projects that fight disease, promote peace, provide clean water, support education, save mothers and children and grow local economies. These projects are supported by more than $200 million awarded through Rotary s grants programs. joins a list of Rotary service partners including, the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, Peace Corps, Dollywood Foundation, the Global FoodBanking Network and Youth Service America (YSA).

4 ROTARY DISTRICT 6800 NEWSLETTER Issue SEPTEMBER The Rotary Club of Grenada donated much-needed personal hygiene and cleaning supplies to All Saints House, an assisted living facility in Grenada. The club delivered a substantial supply of goods to All Saints House. Shown in the picture are grateful residents and, to the far right of the picture, Rotarian Clancy Sohn (who spearheaded the effort) and Director Janet Conte. Clancy Sohn, a brand new member of the Rotary Club of Grenada, donated over $1,000 in cleaning supplies, mops, masks, gloves, etc. to the Grenada Rotary Disaster Relief Effort for Hurricane Harvey. The Rotary Club of Olive Branch presents its Rotary Students of the Month from Olive Branch High School, Jaylan Hassell & Allen Bailey Stafford.

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