Rotary District 7910 Newsletter ­ October 12, 2015

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Membership Forum & Dinner By District 7910Membership Committee Wednesday, October 14 For more information and toregister, click here

New! InauguralRotarian WineAppreciationFellowshipDinner

By District 7910 RWAF Wednesday, October 21 For more information, clickhere

Purple PinkieDay By District 7910

Polio Plus Committee Clubs Promote PolioAwareness In Their LocalCommunities Hint: Think about donatingOctober Happy $ collections to

Governor's Message

Help Push Us Over The Top On Purple Pinkie Day By Jim Fusco

It has been a great week for our District.Our Bandey­Hefler Fellowship guests have now beenhere for 14 days and return home tomorrow. It's sosad to see them leave, but it has also been a greatvisit. Tonight, the Bandey­Hefler Farewell Dinner willbe held at the Great Wolf Lodge in Fitchburg, wherewe will celebrate with our new friends and wish themluck as they return to England tomorrow. Read more

Click here for minutes of Conference Committee'sOctober 2015 meeting (Rotary member login required)

Welcome, New Rotarians! Please welcome the newest Rotarians in our district:

Karen Garrett, FitchburgBorris Nikitin, Concord

District & Club Rounds

Nashoba Valley: An Invitation To Join the Malawi Malaria Project By Richard Simon

Dr. Brian Lisse (shown,far right) and hiscolleagues at Bridges ToMalawi lead a medicalteam each year toMalawi, Africa. The teamincludes up to 10 highschool volunteers. Dr. Lisse says, “Althoughwe save lives, the teamfeels sad and helpless

District CommitteeSpotlight

World Polio Day: We Are OnThe Verge Of Making History By Carl M. Good III, PhD

Success! There arethree distinct strainsof the polio virus. Asseen below, type 2has been declared

eliminated from the wild! Let'sfinish off strains 1 and 3! We are inthe end game. Here is a hint tohelp raise money for Polio Plus:Designate your Happy Dollarscollected in October to be donatedto Polio Plus! Read more

Membership Corner: The ObjectOf Rotary's Second Goal By Tom Sturiale

The second goal ofthe Object of Rotaryis stated as: “Highethical standards inbusiness andprofessions, therecognition of the

worthiness of all usefuloccupations, and the dignifying ofeach Rotarian’s occupation as anopportunity to serve society.” Thisis another well­stated objectivethat is not so easy to communicateto non­Rotarians and, possibly,some of us as well. Read more

Foundation Notes: Way togo, Brookfields, Bedford andall D7910 Rotarians! By Ralph Hammond

Way togo, Brookfields! Youare the third Rotary

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October Happy $ collections toPolio Plus! Saturday, October 24 For more information, click here Purple Pinkie links, click here

RotaryLeadershipInstitute Next Session

in/near District7910: Saturday, October31, Boxborough RLI stands for Rotary LeadershipInstitute, a multi­district,grassroots leadershipdevelopment program ofmember districts organizedinto regional divisions invarious parts of the world. RLIis not an official program ofRotary International and is notunder its control. RLI seeks tohave Rotary Clubs in its memberdistricts identify those Rotarianswho appear to have the potentialfor future club leadership (notnecessarily as club presidents) andprovide those so identified with aquality education in Rotaryknowledge and leadership skills soimportant in voluntaryorganizations. Registration for October31, Boxborough

FoundationForum & Dinner By District 7910

Foundation Committee Wednesday, November 4 For more information, click here To register, click here

Food PackagingEvent By All ParticipatingDistrict 7910 RotaryClubs Saturday,

November 14 For more information,contact Steve Sager If you or your Club wants toparticipate in this event bymaking a donation let Steveknow. To register, click here

Interact Training

By District 7910Interact Committee

feels sad and helplesseach time an infant ornew mother dies of

Malaria. So we founded Bridges to Malawi, whose latest endeavor is tospray a contact killing insecticide which targets the mosquitos that spreadMalaria, using techniques endorsed by the World HealthOrganization.” The results have been fantastic, with fewer deaths andmuch healthier and productive villagers. The Rotary Clubof Nashoba Valley has initiated a Rotary Global Grant application, withplans for quadrupling the scope of the pilot program to serve 20,000people in the near future.The grant has been joined by the Rotary Clubof Lilongwe, Malawi and a cooperating organization called K2­TASO, ahealth clinic in the Malawi project area. This $60,000­plus Rotary Foundation Grant is looking for Rotary clubpartners to begin this life­saving malaria project next year. BTM is funding$16,000 in the project in addition to funding by Rotary clubs. We arepleased to be partnering with Lon Penna of the Rotary Club of Niskayunain New York and his club has already committed $1,000, with other NewYork Rotary clubs expected to join. The grant has been joined by theRotary Club of Lilongwe as the host project Rotary Club. We are making appointments for Dr. Lisse to speak at your club.Prospective clubs that want to fund/partner an international RotaryFoundation Grant Project should have funding in the $1,000 range and wewill accept $500 pledges. Click here for more information on the Malawi Malaria project. Richard Simon, an assistant governor and immediate past president ofthe Rotary Club of Nashoba Valley, may be reached atrlsimon@comcast.net.

Leominster: Brisk Clam Chowder Sales At Johnny AppleseedFestival The Rotary Clubof Leominsterparticipated againrecently in the JohnnyAppleseed Festival byselling clam chowder.Sales were brisk and itwas a beautiful day forfellowship and workingtogether as a club servingour community. We werealso fortunate to haveLieutenant GovernorKaryn Polito (shown,seventh from left) visit usfor awhile! She is posing with Leominster Rotarians, including 2015­2016President Claire Freda (sixth from left).

Leominster: Promotes Its Birthday At City's Anniversary Celebration By Claire Freda

The Rotary Club ofLeominster continues tobe a vital part of theLeominster community asits presence was clearlynoticed during theweekend of

Leominster's 100th anniversary celebration as a city and 250th since it wasoriginally incorporated as a town. The Leominster club is celebrating its 90th birthday since organized in1925. As the club's president, I was quoted in the local daily, the Sentinel& Enterprise newspaper, saying, “It was like celebrating with an oldersibling!" Club members and their families worked proudly on the float with the

are the third Rotaryclub in our district –along with Charles

River and Tyngsboro­Dunstable –to reach 100­percent “EveryRotarian EveryYear.” (Achieving EREY meansevery member of a Rotary clubhas made a contribution of someamount each year to The RotaryFoundation’s AnnualFund/SHARE. Read more

Membership Forum AndDinner: Make every effort toattend this Wednesday,October 14 By Satya Mitra

I request you tomake every effort tojoin the upcomingDistrict7910 MembershipForum and Dinner

this Wednesday, October 14 from6 to 9 p.m. at the Holiday Innin Boxborough. Please see theflyer for details. I urge you toregister online as soon aspossible. Read more

Nomination Calls: Deadline forapplicants is thisThursday, October 15 By Carol Toomey

Pleaseremember thatnominatingapplications for thefollowing Districtpositions are due by

this Thursday, October 15: DistrictGovernor for 2018­'19; twoTrustees for the District Funds,two Trustees for the DistrictCharity Fund (DCF); DistrictTreasurer; Sergeant at Arms; andDistrict Archivist. Read more

Register Now: Interact AdvisorTraining Seminar, November 16 By Carol Toomey

Youth is the future ofRotary and we aredoing somethingabout it. Training isthe solution tostrengthening our

youth organizations and thisseminar is designed to do justthat. Read more

PR Tips: Know which Rotarycolors to use By Laura Spear

Use the blues in ourleadership colors asthe predominantpalette, with RotaryAzure as your defaultcolor. Reserve

Rotary Gold for “pops” of color.

Monday, November 16 For more information or toregister, click here

Club Visits

Visits By

District Governor

Jim Fusco

All my visits have now beencompleted. What a greatexperience.

If you have any special eventsyou would like me to attend orany inductions/presentationsyou want me to make, just letme know.

For complete list ofDistrict/Club Events

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If your event does notshow on this list let meknow.DG Jim

District Events

Monday, October 12­Tuesday, October 20

Bandey­Hefler Farewell Dinner

Monday, October 12

6:00­9:00 p.m

Great Wolf Lodge, Fitchburg

Bandey­Hefler Visitors fromEngland Depart

Tuesday, October 13

District 7910 MembershipForum & Dinner

Wednesday, October 14

6:00­9:00 p.m.

Holiday Inn, Boxborough

D7910 Quarterly PublicRelations Committee Meeting

Monday, October 19

6:30–8:30 p.m.

Johnny Appleseed theme and decorated it to share this Rotary year'stheme of being "a gift to the world." It was a perfect way to thank thecitizens of Leominster for supporting the club’s major fundraisers, whichhas enabled the RC Leominster Rotary to donate more than $1million over the past 90 years. The applause and cheers the club membersand their families received while walking with the float marked a proud dayfor all Leominster Rotarians. Claire Freda, president of the Rotary Club of Leominster, may be reachedat councillor3@aol.com.

Merrimack: Explore Halibut Point State Park On November 1 By Ken Berard The Rotary Club ofMerrimack Valley invitesyou to explore theHalibut Point StatePark’s trails andtidepools, to picnic on itsrocky ledges, to enjoy itssweeping views, and tolearn about Cape Ann’shistoric granite industry.On Sunday November 1, 10 a.m., we meet in the parking lot, weatherpermitting. This is a casual fellowship event open to all Rotary members, family andfriends who want to have a good time while getting exercise in a beautifullocale. The daily parking fee is $5 for Massachusetts vehicle and $6 non­Mass. vehicles. Click here for the Halibut Point State Park brochure. Click here for theHalibut State Park website. If you need more information, feel free tocontact me at 978­494­3363. Ken Berard, president of the Rotary Club of Merrimack Valley, may bereached at ken.berard@cbacre.org.

Major District & Club Happenings: October & November

D7910 Bandy Hefler Fellowship Exchange: Through October 13Click here

Athol: Gourmet Dinner and Auction ­ October 13Click here

District 7910: Membership Forum and Dinner ­ October 14Click here

Rotary Gold for “pops” of color.Highlight headings, subheads,icons, and buttons with colorsfrom our palette. For more information, seethe Voice and Visual IdentityGuidelines at www.rotary.org/brandcenter. Laura Spear, chair of District7910's Public Image Committee,may be reachedat laura@spear.net.

Zone 24 & 32 Focus

Director’s Newsletter By Marty Peak Helman

It was great to seeso many of you atthe recent 2015

Zone Institute in Providence,where we renewed friendshipsand sought out new Rotary idealsof service. This month's Director’sNewsletter spotlights some ofthese ideas, particularly:

A remarkable idea to "sell"Rotary by promoting what itdoes, not how it does itHow pocket change canaccumulate into a game­changerAn opportunity to donate tothe Rotary Peace Centers ­and watch your donationdouble in sizeA call to action for the polioend­gameHow District 5010 is makingpublic image a district­widepriorityThis year's Donald MacRaePeace recipients

Also in this issue:

Current membershipnumbers by districtAn invitation to join Zone 24­32 Rotarians at the BeyondBorders dinner in Seoul,South Korea and at nextyear's Zone Institute inWinnipeg, CanadaNames of all those whobecame Bequest Societymembers in 2014­2015

Click here for an issue chock­a­block with great ideas! Happyautumn reading! Marty Peak Helman, editor ofDirector’s Newsletter, may bereached atmartyrotary@gmail.com.

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Holiday Inn, Boxborough

D7910 Resolutions CommitteeMeeting (moved from October15)

Tuesday, October 20

Holiday Inn, Boxborough

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Wellesley: Stop Hunger Now Food Packaging ­ October 17Click here

Nashoba Valley: Bolton Repair Cafe ­ October 17Click here

Billerica: 5k Road Race ­ October 18Click here

District 7910: Rotarian Wine Appreciation Fellowship ­ October 21Click here

Chelmsford Comedy Night ­ October 24Click here

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Worcester: Glow Ball Tournament ­ October 30Click here

District 7910: Foundation Forum ­ November 4Click here

Littleton & Acton­Boxborough: Masquerade Ball ­ November 7Click here

Brookline: Dancing With the Brookline Stars ­ November 7Click here

Auburn: Celebrate Auburn Veterans! ­ November 10Click here

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