district governor debbie s october message · 8/15/2016 · from october 1st-to november 6th —...

District Governor Debbie’s October Message

DISTRICT 6990 SERVING SOUTHEAST FLORIDA, THE FLORIDA KEYS & GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND

Fellow District 6990 Rotarians:

This month, we need to dedicate ourselves to helping our fellow Rotarians and their

families and neighbors recover from Hurricane Matthew – especially our friends on

Grand Bahama Island. As of now, they are still without power and it might be up to

three months before they get power back as we have heard they need to replace 1000

poles. The GBI water plant provided water initially and will close this week as water

has been restored.

At the bottom of this email, below the signature line is an email I sent right after the hurricane to all Club

Presidents and AGs. Hopefully they shared this info with each of you. In addition, many of us have

friends on Haiti and Nassau so I have also included information from my classmate, DG Haresh Ram-

chandani in D7020, on how to help those areas. As we get more information, we will continue to dissem-

inate it throughout the District.

As Rotarians, we are all continuing to change as many lives as we can, for the better. Each of us is work-

ing on the “All Star Team” through Rotary Serving Humanity.

Yours in Rotary Service, Debbie Maymon DG 2016-2017 As most of you are aware, while South Florida escaped major damage issues for the most part from Hurricane Matthew, our friends and neighbors in the Bahamas were not as lucky. We are hearing of widespread devastation in the islands. I have been getting requests for how to help. It’s too early yet for specifics on how/what we can send to GBI, but for monetary help, District 6990 does have our Robbins Fund for Disaster Relief. I just heard from AG Deborah Delancy and she reports: "Thus far, the power is off island wide, the water, the internet and cable access but we do have spo-radic cell usage Rotarians on the island will be sitting down in the next few days to do an immedi-ate assessment of items that the community might need. If you or others wish to send funds for Grand Bahama Island, please make your check payable to D6990 Robbins Fund and indicate that it’s for relief on GBI. Send your checks to our District Treasurer, Fred Sadoff (Sadoff, Fischer & Associates, Weston Corporate Centre, 2500 Weston Rd, Suite 311, Weston, FL 33331). Thanks in advance to all those that want to provide assistance to our fellow Rotarians on GBI. Debbie Maymon Rotary International District Governor 6990

6990 Distr ict Newsletter –October 2016

Editor: Yoli Woodbridge, [email protected]

For those with friends or relatives in Haiti or Nas-

sau area who want to help in those areas, below is

the info from District Governor Haresh Ramchan-

dani in D7020:

Rotary District 7020 is accepting donations to help

the residents of Haiti & The Bahamas rebuild their

communities and get them back on their feet again.

For assistance to Haiti, Rotary Clubs can send

their donations through the ROTARY FOUNDA-

TION to THE HURRICANE EMERGENCY RE-

LIEF DONOR ADVISED FUND (HER DAF) and

for The Bahamas, through the DISTRICT DISAS-

TER FUND.

Please follow the instructions below to ensure

your donation is received.

TRF Haiti Emergency Relief Donor Advised

Fund (HER DAF) Option 1: WIRE: Boston Pri-

vate Bank & Trust Company

ABA Number: 011002343

For credit to: The Rotary Foundation

Account number: 943423732

For Further Credit: TRF DAF

Account Name: Hurricane Emergency Relief

DAF #296

Option 2: Contribute online at https://www.your-

fundaccount.com/rotary/HowToContribute.asp.

You will be asked to enter the account name

(Hurricane Emergency Relief DAF) and the ac-

count number (296).

( contin.from page 1.)- Additional Info from District 7020:

Option 3: Mail Check Payable to: The Rotary Founda-

tion In the Memo line: Hurricane Emergency Relief

DAF#296

Mail to: Rotary DAF c/o NRS, 12 Gill Street, Suite

260, Woburn, MA 01801

For Rotary District 7020 District Disaster Fund:

Payment Bank

Wells Fargo, N.A., New York, USA

SWIFT Code: PNBPUS3NNYC

ABA Code: 026005092

BENEFICIARY BANK:

SWIFT Code: FCIBKYKY

First Caribbean International Bank (Cayman) Limited

MAIN STREET BRANCH

25 Main Street P.O. Box 68

Grand Cayman, KY1-1102

Beneficiary:

Account name Rotary International District 7020

Account #3481106

Reference - Hurricane Matthew Relief Fund

This Year is the 54th Anniversary of Interact

Some Pictures of Our Two Interact Clubs: Coral Gables Senior High And Gulliver Preparatory

From October 1st-to November 6th — World Interact Week. It's that time of the year again! Every year, Rotary In-ternational celebrates World Interact week during the week of November 5th to celebrate the anniversary of the first Interact club founded in 1962. Interact gives students ages 12-18 the chance to make a real difference while having fun. Every Interact club carries out two service projects a year: one that helps their school or community and one that promotes international understanding. Clubs meet at least twice a month and are sponsored by their local Rotary club. When you sponsor an Interact club, you’re helping young people

mailto:[email protected]

https://www.your-fundaccount.com/rotary/HowToContribute.asp





OCTOBER IS ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT MONTH

Worldwide, 836 million people live in extreme poverty, according to the United Nations. Rotarians worldwide are committed to reducing poverty by using their skills in projects that provide vocational training and that strengthen local entrepreneurs and community leaders, particularly women, in im-poverished communities.

Here are just a few of examples, from Rotary Showcase, of members taking action:

The Rotary Club of Islamabad Mid Town, in Pakistan, established a vocational center to provide train-ing for orphan girls with courses such as sewing, flower making, glass painting, and beautician skills. Successful students also receive help selling their work to earn an income.

The Rotary Club of Bislig, in Surigao del Sur, Philippines, trained unemployed parents to bake and decorate cakes and cure ham to help them to support their families.

The Rotary Club of Dhaka North West, in Bangladesh, built a computer learning center, starting with a single computer in 2002, which has provided training to more than 1,000 students. Many of them have found jobs as a result.

Observe Economic and Community Development Month in October by checking the Rotary Service Connections blog for tips, resources, and success stories to inspire your club or district to plan a pro-ject that will strengthen your community.

Rotary's World Polio Day Livestream Event

October 24 is World Polio Day, which recognizes the global progress made

against a disease that at its height crippled over 100 children per week and now has been reduced to

fewer than 100 cases per year. World Polio Day serves as a reaffirmation of the global commitment to

eradicate this childhood disease.


http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/91118827:T5vyuUYIN:m:1:2919428182:B5F9F727B84257B251C665879BAA0A59:r






http://www.endpolio.org/worldpolioday



If you are interested in all the activities of our various district 6990 clubs, you may consult the

Facebook page for each Club (you can google the club’s name to get the specific Facebook ad-

dress for the Club).

Around the District

A Bicycle Can Change a Life!

On November 19, the Rotary Club of Ft L./Cypress Creek is collecting used but working bicycles to send to a village in Africa where villagers have no means

of transportation for education, healthcare or com-merce. Help break the cycle of poverty!

Please like the page in the link below and invite you friends to like this page, to help maximize our collec-tion efforts!

https://m.facebook.com/RotaryBicycles/

R to R at Key Biscayne. PDG’s

Ellen and Joe enjoy the evening

with Fellow Rotarians.

Rotary President Dave VanLoon serving up conch

fritters to the contestants in the first ever Conch

Fritter Eating Contest to benefit The Rotary Club

of Key West!

Members of the Rotary Club of Miami,

South Miami and Coral Gables join together

to buy and give Hygiene Kits to homeless

Veterans on Friday October the 14th at the

City of Miami Lummus Park.

This is the 10th year Pompano Beach-

Lighthouse Rotary has deliver school sup-

plies to Elementary schools in need.

The Rotary Club of Key Largo was hap-

py to participate in the Hwy Clean up

inspired by the Keys Scenic Highway

Alliance in honor of Coastal Clean Up

Day. It was great seeing so many people

participating up and down our Keys Sce-

nic Highway .


https://www.facebook.com/RotaryBicycles/

https://m.facebook.com/RotaryBicycles/



You are invited to this event Saturday, June 10th, 2017-7 PM. $50 Per Person. Centennial Olympic Park for a night of food, friends, festivities, and a special bluegrass music performance by the legendary Ricky Skaggs & The Kentucky Thunder.

Have you been hankering for that down home feeling of casual dress and Americana music? Join us in Atlanta for this and many more great activities—

Host Hospitality Night. An event not to be missed, see Atlanta through the warm southern hospital-ity of Georgian Rotarians. Convention goers from all over the world rate this event as one of the high-lights of attending an International Convention. Meet your local hosts, taste the local food, and enjoy the local culture.

Gone With the Wind. Enjoy a private screening in the fabulous Fox Theatre. Originally designed to be the headquarters for Atlanta’s Shriners, it was modeled after the ancient temples of the Far East with soaring domes, minarets, gold leaf details, and exquisite trompe l’oeil art. However, the cost soon sur-passed what the Shriners could bear and it was bought by a movie mogul who built movie palaces across the country in the 1920’s. While the Fox Theater has had a rocky history, today it is a beloved site for the-ater and performances.

Dinner at the College Football Hall of Fame. In withdrawal after 5-6 months of your favorite col-lege football team not playing? Visit the College Football Hall of Fame - located in the heart of Atlanta’s sports, entertainment and tourism district. The College Football Hall of Fame is a 94,000+ square foot fa-cility of exhibit and event space, interactive displays and a 45-yard indoor football field.

Dinner at the World of Coca-Cola. Kiss the Coca-Cola Polar Bear, view the vault of the “secret for-mula”, learn the early beginnings of Coca-Cola (they don’t call it Coke for no reason), and why Coca-Cola is one of the leading brands in the world with a penetration of 44% world-wide.

All these and MORE can be part of your trip to the Atlanta Convention, June 10-14, 2017. REGISTRATION IS $340 and WILL INCREASE DECEMBER 15! REGISTER NOW:

http://www.riconvention.org/en/atlanta/register

Blue Jeans and BlueGrass


http://www.riconvention.org/en/atlanta/register



NEW D6990 MEMBERS - SEPTEMBER 2016

New Member/Sponsor Data Rotary Club of:

Ballot-Lena, Quentin (QUENTIN) Sponsor: Dan Arnold III

09/01/16 Fort Lauderdale

Cizenski, Rachel (RACHEL) Sponsor: Jonathan Keith


Colon, Jennifer Lee Diane (JENNIFER) Sponsor: Joseph Young


Gordon, Jane (JANE) Sponsor: Michael Browning

09/01/16 Key West

Roker, Eugene Bryant (EUGENE) Sponsor: Llevera Roker

09/01/16 Freeport

Stock, Steven (STEVEN) Sponsor: Linda M. Cooke


McPherson, Benjamin Sponsor: (BENJAMIN)

09/01/16 Key West

Cousineau, Roger A . (ROGER) Sponsor: Ronald A. Demes

09/02/16 Key West Sunrise in the Conch Republic

Fontana, Lilia (LILIA) 09/05/16 Miami Kendall

Gonzalez, Ivette Duboy (IVETTE) Sponsor: Marie Morin

09/05/16 Miami Kendall

Sera-Sirven, Jacquline (JACQULINE) Sponsor: Carol Nobles


Vassell, Karen (KAREN) Sponsor: Antonio Ortiz Jr.


Diaz, Luis (LUIS) Sponsor: Keith Royle


Lopera, Ana (ANA) Sponsor: Luis Enrique Ortega


Fernandez, James (JAMES) Sponsor: Luis Enrique Ortega


Castro, Jose E. (JOSE) Sponsor: H. Ruben Weisson

09/09/16 Key Biscayne

Camppelli, Lino (LINO) Sponsor: Robert Richter

09/13/16 Miami Brickell

Vinkemulder, Nicholas (NICK) 09/15/16 Pompano Beach

Spina, Joseph P.(JOE) 09/20/16 Hollywood

Martins, Adauto Cardoso(Aduato) 09/27/16 Hollywood

Lozano, Graciela (GRACIELA) 09/27/16 Sunset Key West

Caso, Joe (JOE) 09/29/16 Key West

Leto, Darold (DAROLD) Sponsor: Hugh Morgan

09/29/16 Key West

If you are interested in Club attendance figures, please go to the DACdb data base at the District 6990 Website: www.: https://ri6990.org.




Under the leadership of President Patricia Peraita, The Rotary Club of Key Biscayne has en-

thusiastically embraced the END POLIO NOW campaign in the island community.

The campaign began with a presentation by Ann Owens, local businesswoman, member of

the Rotary Club of Key Biscayne and herself a polio survivor recalling those horrific days

when polio was the scourge of the nation and urging all to embrace the efforts to end the dis-

ease.

Following that moving kick-off, specially designed collection boxes were given to club members to put

in local businesses.

The local newspaper did numerous articles and carried the message of the campaign and let the Islanders

know how they could participate.

The Interact Club of MAST Academy, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Key Biscayne, conducted a week

-end long collection campaign at the major shopping plaza on the Key.

The campaign culminated with a presentation by District 6990 Polio Plus Chairperson, Margarita Larti-

tegui, recalling her experience in a Rotary National Immunization Day in India and updating the club and

community visitors on the progress of the END POLIO NOW global campaign.

The Rotary Club of Key Biscayne raised over $18,000.00 in the two week campaign and will send to

funds to The Rotary Foundation to be matched 3 to 1 by the Bill & Linda Gates Foundation.

Rotary Club of Key Biscayne

Rotary Thought of the Month


district governor debbie s october message · 8/15/2016 · from october 1st-to november 6th —...

Documents