Join us - there are current 69 Rotarians and guests traveling from D6290!
Our goal is 100, so please continue to share this fabulous opportunity with others.
Rotary members around the world registered a total of 1,460 local World Polio Day events at endpolio.org, and online contributions to End Polio Now the week of the event increased by 8 percent over last year, to more than $209,000.
District 6290 Rotarians did a fabulous job helping raise awareness to Polio as part of the World Polio Day celebration. Club-led 'Ride to End Polio' events grossed $10,050 but overall the District, with several different projects raised $15,850 to eradicate polio. When matched 2:1 by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, that represents over $47,500 in funding. Thank you for your support!! Download the details to see who did what.
Auction Day at Big Rapids Rotary earned over $1,000 for Rotary Foundation.
Hart Rotary pedaled for polio during their club program!
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Roscommon High School Interact Club hosted a Pedaling for Polio event on Friday and raised over $900 with pledges!
Before the ride, Interactors put up posters about polio, had the school Superintendent read an announcement about the ride and then showed a short polio video over the school system in each classroom. Now there are students in our school district who had probably never even heard of polio who know what it is and how involved Rotary is in eradicating it.
Rotary Club of Charlevoix hosted their second annual Pints for Polio fundraiser. Thanks to the generosity of the Lake Charlevoix Brewery, attendees, and the club match we successfully raised $2550.
Each pint of beer sold resulted in $6 to EndPolioNow ($1 donated from LCBC, $1 match from the club, $4 from Bill & Melinda Gates foundation).
Grand total raised from this event (including Gates foundation match) was $12,750 resulting in the equivalent of one pint of beer immunizing 10 children!!
Rotary is thankful for the hard work of dedicated donors and volunteers who make it possible for The Rotary Foundation to make a difference in communities around the world. Staff took time during the fifth annual Thank-a-Thon last month to send notes to donors and volunteers.
The Association of Fundraising Professionals selected The Rotary Foundation for its annual Award for Outstanding Foundation for 2016, a recognition that honors organizations that show philanthropic commitment and leadership through financial support, innovation, encouragement of others, and involvement in public affairs. Read more about the honor.
Rotary's top priority is the eradication of polio, but our members take on far greater responsibilities to fight disease. They set up health camps and training facilities in undeveloped countries and in communities struggling with HIV/AIDS and malaria. They also design and build the infrastructure for doctors, nurses, governments, and partners to reach the one in six people in the world who can't afford to pay for health care.
Rotaract District Chair (6290) and conference organizer, Steve Osborn, presents certificates of recognition for outstanding contributions accomplished by the Muskegon Baker Rotaract Club. Receiving the awards are the club’s presidents (from left to right): Kaytie Ely, Danielle Woodring, and Stephanie Stewart
The Cadillac Rotary and Rotaract clubs sponsored the 3rd Annual Multi-District Rotaract Conference in Cadillac on October 22, 2016. Participating in the event were 14 Rotaract clubs from six districts (6220, 6290, 6310, 6330, 6380, and 6400). Our District Governor Gernot Runschke was on hand, as were: Past District Governor, Al Bonney, three District Rotaract Chairs (Kathy Beebe, Shelley Lake, Steve Osborn), Cadillac Rotary Club President, Ed VanAlst, former President of the Ann Arbor Rotary Club, Ashish Sarkar, Life Leadership District Chair (6290) John Noling, and District Youth Services Chair (6380), Wayne Hodges.
The conference addressed a wide range of topics delivered by District and Rotaract Club Leaders, everything from an upcoming Peace Conference to recruiting tactics and service projects. Interested? Keep reading . . .
Rotarian Greg Bock gets to go home after spending three days and nights in the giant Red Kettle.
To raise $10,000.00 Greg decided to live in the Kettle as a fundraiser and to promote the Salvation Army annual red kettle bell ringing event. He was supplied with donated food, water and a cover for the kettle.
Wednesday evening December 7th Dave Fernelius, a local car dealer, asked Greg how much money was needed so he could go home? Greg responded about $3,000.00 – the car dealer wrote a check and Greg got to go home.
[Photo by Gary Voisin, Club Secretary, on December 7th at time of Greg's release]
This year, my club reached an unprecedented number in growth. From 26 at the start, it swelled to 40 and some are below 40 yrs of age. The problem is retention. Some showed interest during their first few weeks but seems dwindling in attendance. Our club admin is doing all it can in preparing interesting topics and their continued participation.Just worried that after this Rotary year, some will leave because they're all connected with our current President. Co terminus. How can we avoid this?
Goal: Have at least two members participate in discussion groups in My Rotary
Why Does This Matter?: These groups involve Rotarians from around the world who actively exchange ideas on membership best practices, use of social media, youth exchange, public relations, fundraising, youth exchange, grants . . . countless topics. Groups are also organized around interest areas such as travel exchange, photography . . . even beer drinking and fellowship! It's a great way to get new ideas and make connections.
Goal: Update club announcement, road signs, club banners and stationary to meet the new branding initiative of RI.
Why Does This Matter?: We are so much more than an independent local service club. We are part of the world's largest volunteer service organization, and that is a significant competitive advantage for member attraction. It is through leveraging relationships between individuals and clubs near and far that we make the impact we do in our local and global community. By aligning ourselves with the branding that was officially changed 4 years ago, we strengthen the message that we are ONE ROTARY.
This summer I was accepted to intern at the United States Embassy in Maputo, Mozambique. I worked in the Public Affairs section, which undertakes informational, cultural, and educational activities designed to promote understanding of U.S. foreign policy and society. My role was to help in the English language and educational exchange programming and resources offered to Mozambique citizens. I am very grateful to Rotary for this incredible Applied Field Experience opportunity.
Now is a prime time, before Christmas, for LLC Chairs to promote LLC for next summer. Tap your connections now in your local schools and Interact Clubs to introduce LLC to potential conferees. Please note the two new Life Leadership videos available at the link below for showing to school officials, potential conferees, parents, and interested Rotarians. We hope everyone puts them to good use this year!
A new LLC sponsorship program is being developed this year that will allow businesses and organzations in our District to support LLC students in their learning at LLC. It will also help us offer more improvements to the conference in the future, without unduly raising the cost of the conference for participating Rotary clubs. For the sponsors, it will help the sponsor position their brand as a supporter of education and leadership training to the conferees and their parents. For more information, please contact John Noling at johnnoling65@gmail.com or call 231 670 3740. More specific conference information is available at www.ridistrict6290.org, click on Youth Services, then Life Leadership Conference.
This November 10th Social Media webinar, offered by ClubRunner, covered lots of ground and is useful to everyone, not just ClubRunner users. Image at right includes link to recorded program. Contents include:
0:00 - Intro
5:30 - Plan of Action
9:18 - Branding
12:10 - Best Practices
21:00 - Integrating Social media with ClubRunner
23:05 - Live Demo
38:20 - Post your Facebook feed on your website
41:16 - Post your Twitter feed on your website
44:01 - Audience questions
Thank you for choosing to support The Rotary Foundation on Giving Tuesday. Your generosity made this day the biggest day for online giving during our cenntennial year. Together we raised over $144,000. District 6290 giving was reported at $5,503.13
The vision of Stanton Rotary Club, to create recreational opportunities for its community, is one step closer to becoming a reality. If you travel North of Stanton, a new sign has been erected on the East side of M66, near the former Stanton Elementary building. The sign showcases the future site of the Stanton Veterans Memorial Park and illustrates the many amenities the park will be bring to the residents of Stanton and its surrounding communities.
A collaborative effort between Stanton Rotary Club, Central Montcalm Public Schools and the City of Stanton, the park project has been several years in the making, and will take several more to complete. Currently the City of Stanton is in the process of securing Federal and State grants that will fund the major infrastructure of the park. The park is slated to include several ball fields, a sledding hill, walking and biking trails, and amphitheater.
Use Rotary Global Rewards this holiday season and throughout the year for discounts and special offers on everything from airline travel to shopping to events. Look for offers that send a percentage of your purchase back to Rotary.
Rotary Club of Sault Ste Marie, MI Junior Rotarians presenting information on Polio Awareness at the WMH Health Fair at LSSU.
Junior Rotarians and their session leader presented information to the club about their Polio Awareness Project.
Wendy Piper, Cecelia Kronemeyer, Holland High Interact Vice President, Heather Gough and David Meyer, Interact Coordinator. Cecelia was there to paint your pinky pink for a donation to the Susan G Komen effort to cure breast cancer.
Dov Emerson, along with good friends Jesus Lopez, Jake Wesley, and Jake Lindell, used mainly their own money and went out Thanksgiving night to do Black Friday shopping. Their shopping was for Toys for Tots. They are doing this as part of the Interact (Rotary) Club at Holland High School.
As a way of helping our community youth think about 'interactional' ethics in their daily lives, Montague-Whitehall Rotary Club sponsors a 4-Way Test essay contest each year for 4th and 5th graders. In addition to presenting their winning essays, the 4 first place winners each receive a check for $50 and the 4 second place winners receive a check for $25 dollars. Above are the 2016 winners.
Whitehall 4th and 5th Grade Essay Contest Winners L to R:
Janne Fagan, Natalie Manzer, Mackenzie Cregg and Corina Mitteer
Montague 4th and 5th Grade winners:
Emma Kay Dusenberry, Lucy Zamojcin, Mallorie Taipolus and Jordan Netcott
North Muskegon Interact raised $1,500 for Wheels of Hope (wheelchairs for polio survivors in Nigeria), and an additional $700 for EndPolioNow. They raised funds through two primary activities -- purple pinkie projects (that's a lot of purple pinkies!) and by providing support at the Irish Music Festival in downtown Muskegon.
“We are so grateful to have access to opportunities to increase others’ quality of life both locally and globally. Assisting in the effort to end Polio was beyond wonderful and we are so glad we were able to help even a little bit.” -Hailey Liverance, President
November 12th saw a whole lot of "firsts" for our Rotary Interact Conference.
First Rotary Interact Conference to break the 100 attendance record.
First time a new Rotary Interact Club hosted this conference.
First time we had so many Rotary Interact Clubs in attendance.
First time the Rotary Interact President ever MC'd an event of this nature.
Results: Absolutely great. Job, well done. Many many thanks to Madison Rose, President of the Orchard View Rotary Interact Club who was our conference president and MC for the day and to Samantha Wilson, Rotary Interact Advisor at Orchard View High School.
This appeared in the Big Rapids Pioneer on November 9th and the club posted it to their Facebook page with this comment "the Four Way Test made it into the local Pioneer Newspaper this morning. If only all of us washed every decision we are faced with through the test, life would be much better."
Note the reference to author's role with the Rotarian Action Group for Peace. Rotary Action Groups engage Rotarians around the world in areas of shared interest. If you are passionate about peace, consider attending the March 31 - April 1st Rotary World Peace Conference in Ann Arbor, MI.
As part of Rotary International’s commitment to serve the less fortunate, last February Rotarians from District 6290, comprised of members from Gaylord, Manistee and Benzie Rotary Clubs worked in the Dominican Republic on humanitarian projects.
The next trip will be February 2017 to the same area to complete or start new projects. This work is open to all adults and all responsible students. No building experience is necessary. The only requirement to come is to bring your smile and have a compassionate heart.
If you are interested in joining us next year simply notify me at rudi@treespiritfarms.com and have your contact information added to the file as a person with interest.
The Rotary Club of Kentwood is again partnering with the Rotary Club of Garabito (Costa Rica) in a school supplies project for children from low income families as classified by government agencies. Please download the full description of the project.
We would like to invite clubs from R I District 6290 to participate with our Kentwood Rotary Club in support of this great project. We have pledged $500 to the project. Other clubs may join us in our pledge or participate directly by contacting the Garabito Rotary Club at rotarygarabito@gmail.com. This is a wonderful opportunity, especially for smaller clubs, to share in an international Rotary project with a gift of $100 or multiples thereof.
All donors are invited to consider meeting for dinner with the Garabito Rotary Club in Costa Rica on Monday evening, February 6, at their regular meeting. There will be a special recognition ceremony for those who have contributed.
Every year, during its monthly meeting in November, the District Grant Committee performs its annual review of District Local and International Grant Applications submitted by Rotary Clubs throughout our District. Ask any Committee member and I’m quite certain they’ll tell you that the meeting every November is the highlight of the year. And our annual meeting on Monday, November 14, was no exception. The amount of incredible work showcased by the Clubs applying for matching District Grants was heartwarming. In the end, all 11 District Grants requested and supported by 14 Rotary Clubs in District 6290 were approved by the Committee.
Grand Total: $44,950.00
Keep reading to learn who is doing what . . . it might spark a new idea, or inspire you to join . . .
Please help me welcome our incoming Grant Committee Chair, Ken Weaver from the Traverse City Rotary club. Ken's email is dobrum@aol.com if you want to contact him.
Ken Weaver is succeeding Kris Thomas in this role. Kris will continue to fulfill the duties of the grant chair while we work through this transition. Please welcome Ken and continue to send any grant issues to Kris pending further notice.
I have known Ken since he and Judy came to TC, have enjoyed our time together and have learned to respect his professional approach to making things happen. I know he will bring these skills to our District 6290 Grant Committee as its chair. Please continue reading for more detail.
If you have a Global Grant in process that uses the online application tool at rotary.org, you should have received multiple email communications notifying your club's primary contact of upcoming changes.
For anyone that has not previously worked with the online system, from what we understand it takes advantage of tremendous input that has been supplied by Rotarians 'in the field.'
We're sure that for those that have been around long enough to remember the days when everything was done on paper, the system in place today was a huge step forward. This next release should be better yet. Excited to see it unveiled!!
If you're not sure if your club received required communications, continue reading for the content of email that was released by Evanston.
NOTE: This article is a transcript of post between two Rotarians via the Membership Best Practices discussion group at Rotary.org. We are sharing it simply for informational purposes as there are some interesting points outlined in the response.
Have any of your clubs set up your own 501(c)3 charity? I know some of the large clubs have done this, I am speaking about a small club. The funds would just come in and go our to other charities and groups. If so do you feel like the effort is worth it?
Ben Loggins Lake Spivey/Clayton Co Club - Jonesboro, Ga
PDG Chris Etienne presented Petoskey Rotary Club members John & Peg Emley with Paul Harris Fellow awards
Holland Rotary member Russ Miller (left) presents Paul Harris Fellows Paul Kleinheksel, John Gronberg, Terry DeHann, and David Meier.
Traverse Bay Sunrise Rotarian Nancy Thornton was recognized as a Paul Harris Fellow +8.
In 2011, when named the Grand Prize Winner of the Petoskey Rotary Calendar sale (calendar sold by Traverse Bay Twilight Rotary), Nancy donated $1,000 back to Rotary Foundation and pledged to become a member of Paul Harris Society at that time.
As a result, each year she ticks off another PHF level on her journey to major donor.
Grand Valley State Rotaractors were spotted volunteering at Kids Food Basket. Did you know 1 in 5 kids in West Michigan are affected by hunger!
Allendale Rotary held a Buffet for Benevolence dinner that raised funds for their school systems' Benevolent Fund which is used to assist students, teachers, and teams for various projects that the district or local families would not otherwise be able to afford throughout the school year.
This year's Bell Celebrity Skate and Swim (Rotary Club of Sault Ste. Marie, ON) raised (a lot) of money for local youth, but put a smile on hundreds of kids' faces. Over 470 skaters/swimmers participated helping to generate over $58,000.00!!
Gaylord Rotary held its first-ever "Cash Mob" - a truly fun and creative idea to support local businesses while generating great awareness for Rotary.
Shelby Rotary presented their Community Impact award award to Laurel Sawyer and Kristine Bisard of Maxines closet. They collect school supplies and clothing and give to those in need every year. Presenting the award is Shelby Rotary president Pete Roskam.
Traverse Bay Twilight Rotary President Deb Haase and Vicki Graham presented a donation to Jackie Kashal, the director of Peace Ranch, an Equine Assisted Therapy program they are proud to support. Additionally they facilitated a matching grant from the Rotary Endowment Fund at Grand Traverse Region Community Foundation.
Baldwin Rotary partnered with the Lake County Community Foundation, an affiliate of Fremont Area Community Foundation, with $10,000 net proceeds from their 35th Annual Golf Outing going to establish the Jack Chase Memorial Veterans’ Fund. The fund will be managed by the LCCF to improve the lives of veterans, their families, and anyone that served in the U.S. Armed Forces. By establishing this fund, individuals or groups will be able to contribute to the fund for a sustainable and significant resource for veterans.
Little Traverse Bay Sunset Rotarians made it a productive evening restocking the MANNA pantry for customers. Enjoyed working in the freshly painted and expanded pantry. Nick from Troop 5 did himself proud with his Eagle Scout project.
Big Rapids Rotary had a great time as members gathered together, with friends from the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, and friends from Meijer, Wal-Mart, Walgreens and Save A Lot.
Everyone rolled up their sleeves, pitched in, and together they provided complete Thanksgiving meals for 111 families, in need in their community. - Editorial note, 111 is a new record!
Grand Haven Rotary's flag crew never misses an important holiday, and the recent Veteran's Day was no exception. At this time of year, it becomes a nigh job. Rotarians Tom Manderscheid, Dale Swihart, Scott Wagasky, Annette Allen, Mark Brown, Erick Johnson, Mitch and Pat McGinnis collect the flags following a windy, sunny and warm Veterans Day. Thank you for a great season; flags are safely stored until Memorial Day.
Soups On! Fremont Rotary gave a challenge...who can make the best soup? Six Rotarians took the challenge. Each Rotarian was asked to donate $5.00 or above to sample all 6 soups and then take a large bowl of the best. There was even a trophy which will
be passed on to the next winner as the Rotarians voted to have another Soups On! in February. The proceeds went to Fremont High School Senior Escape. Thanks to all...
Jim Rynberg, president-elect, Jeff Coil, Assistant Governor White River, Karen Baird, Fremont President, Randy Wright, Chief of Police and Mike Paige, Membership chair.
Members of Rotoract clubs at Baker and Muskegon Community colleges rake leaves on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016, as part of a joint community service project.
(Photo courtesy Baker College of Muskegon)
Click on image to the left to read the full article on mLIVE!
Traverse Bay Twilight Rotarian Steve Alexander and his wife Margaret represented the clubs signature project -- Born to Read -- at the Children's Book Festival
Carrying the stars in front of Santa this was past local Easter Seals Ambassador Billy Adam. He was surrounded by his loving family including cousin Jacob White who was the 2015 Muscular Dystrophy Ambassador! Jacob and family drove all the way from North Bay on the day of the parade to join Billy and the rest of Sault Ste. Marie in welcoming Santa! <Rotary Club of Sault Ste, Marie ON sponsors this parade - click on image to watch the coverage>
Traverse City Rotarians were spotted out on the town for a fun social event!
Wawa Rotary Club Secretary, Russell Reid presented a cheque to Colleen Abbott CEO of the Wawa Public Library. The funds will be used to update the children's literacy collection of fiction and non-fiction materials. Some of the children's furniture will be replaced as well.
Wild poliovirus type 1 and Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus cases
Countries
Year-to-date 2016
Year-to-date 2015
Total in 2015
Onset of paralysis of
most recent case
WPV
WPV
WPV
WPV
Pakistan
18
49
54
02-Nov-16
Nigeria
4
0
0
21-Aug-16
Afghanistan
12
17
20
11-Oct-16
Polio this week as of Dec 7, 2016
The Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on immunization (SAGE) has published its most recent recommendations: in light of the global supply constraints of inactivated polio vaccine (IPV), SAGE strongly recommended that countries start preparing for two doses of fractional IPV (fIPV) in lieu of a single full dose. Various studies have now demonstrated that two doses of fIPV is better than one full dose of IPV at boosting not just humoral immunity, but in OPV-primed populations also mucosal immunity (critical to interrupting virus transmission in a community). This approach could significantly improve the global IPV supply situation, by reducing the volume of IPV needed to cover a population. Some countries are already increasing their use of fIPV, both in routine and supplementary immunization activities. FIPV, alongside OPV, has also been shown to be an effective tool in outbreak settings and can be operationally implemented even in supplementary immunization activities.
Health workers in conflict-affected areas continue to work towards containment of poliovirus and surveillance in the face of tremendous security challenges. Accounts of their work formed a highlight of the meeting of the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean last week on next steps to implement the WHO Global Action Plan for Poliovirus Containment (GAP III) and its newly released Containment Certification Scheme (CCS)and to update National Action Plans for containment. Polio National Certification Chairs, National Coordinators for containment and major laboratories and facilities were in attendance.
Keep Reading for an Endemic Country Summary
(as of December 7, 2016 )
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