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ROTARY DISTRICT 5750 NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2020
DISTRICT GOVERNOR
Lance Singleton
OKC Sunrise Rotary
DISTRICT GOVERNOR ELECT
Angela Rickman
Ponca City Rotary
DISTRICT GOVERNOR NOMINEE
Matt Tipton
OKC Midtown Rotary
DISTRICT TREASURER
Alex Lancaster
Midwest City Rotary
DISTRICT SECRETARY & WEBSITE
PDG Megan Law
Rotary Club of Oklahoma City
www.Rotary5750.org
Dear Rotarians,
Rotary was built upon the idea of advancing goodwill and understanding – it’s
in our mission, and part of everything we do. The Rotary Foundation has six
areas of focus, each of which is important. But every one of them depends on
peace in the world.
There are endless ways to help build peace in our world, through our clubs
and through our Foundation. The polio eradication initiative, as the largest
global public health initiative in history, is doing a tremendous amount to
promote peace – by building partnerships between the public and private
sectors, by improving health infrastructure and monitoring the poorest areas,
and by making it clear to all that we cannot have a healthy world if even one
child is forgotten.
This month, we celebrate World Understanding Month and Rotary’s 115th
birthday, the efforts of every club and Rotarian should be directed toward
doing something for peace. The district is pleased to announce Steven
Shepelwich, member of the Oklahoma City Rotary Club as our Rotary Peace
Fellowship Subcommittee Chair; and he will be guiding our efforts...
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DISTRICT GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE — CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE
Together, we promote peace. Building a peaceful world begins in our own backyards. That’s why Rotary
brings communities together to learn from our differences, gain new perspectives, and form stronger
connections. Promoting peace through understanding - that’s what people of action do.
Yours in Rotary,
Lance Singleton
District Governor 2019-2020
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DISTRICT GOVERNOR CALENDAR 2019-2020
March 12-24, 2020 Inbound Wings of Rotary
March 19-21, 2020 Mid-America President Elect Training Seminar
Fort Smith, AR
March 23, 2020 Wings of Rotary Sayonara Party
April 24-25, 2020 District 5750 Conference
Oklahoma City
May 15, 2020 District Grant Applications due
June 6-10, 2020 Rotary International Convention
Honolulu, Hawaii
https://www.riconvention.org/en/honolulu
July 1, 2020 Start of new Rotary year!
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DISTRICT 5750 NEWS
PRESIDENT-ELECT TRAINING SEMINAR 2020
This past week I had the privilege to travel to San Diego and attend the
International Assembly. This is an annual event where all 500+ District
Governor Elects from around the world come together to learn and make
final preparations for their Rotary year. Rotary International President
Elect Holger Knaack also announced his theme which is “Rotary Opens
Opportunities”. It is now time for all club presidents to do the same at
PETS on March 19-21 in Fort Smith, AR. Because this date is rapidly
approaching we are asking that all President Elects ensure that they are
registered no later than February 20th. All incoming club presidents are
required to attend, and we also encourage clubs to send their President
Nominees. A message with full details have been sent to many of the
incoming Presidents already, however there are still a handful of clubs
that have not reported their officer information. Please ensure that if your
club is still in the process of selecting a President Elect, that they have the
details for this training and you help get your PE registered as soon as
possible. As a reminder there is no cost to the clubs for PE and PN
registration and meals for Friday and Saturday as this is covered by the
District. I am excited about the year ahead of us and look forward to working with all of our clubs.
Mid-America PETS
Double Tree Hotel | Fort Smith, AR
March 19-21, 2020
http://midamericapets.org/register/
Thanks,
Angela Rickman
Rotary 5750 DGE
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DISTRICT 5750 HISTORY PROJECT
In the current District Directory PDG Megan went to the effort to list our PDGs and to identify the Theme for
their year. She had to work pretty hard to go back that far. This prompted the idea that it might be beneficial
to begin to work on an anthology of what went on in the District during each PDG’s year and to collect in one
place the memorabilia connected with each year.
To that end, we would like to ask each PDG to provide a short…no more than one page summary of what
they most remembered about their year in terms of accomplishments, service, activities, firsts, or what ever
else comes to their mind. The goal will be to catch up where we can and to begin a tradition of having each
DG present their summary at the Conference and then have it go into the archives.
Too, there was a time when the District Directory was not online. We would like to ask anyone who might
have a hard copy of a District Directory to let us have/borrow it for archiving or scanning. Hopefully some of
the club members who are long term Rotarians will have kept a copy from a time they were on a committee.
Theme Pins, we need pins. Every year there is a theme pin. We would like to collect as many of these as
we can. I know a lot of Rotarians have drawers full of pins that they picked up at PETS, District Assembly or
District Conference.
Here is what we have so far: Build The Future - Create Awareness, Take Action – Mankind is our Business
– Sow the Seeds of Love – Lend a Hand (2 versions) – Celebrate Rotary – Service Above Self – Lead the
Way (2 versions) – Rotary Shares – Make Dreams Real – Light Up Rotary – Be a Gift to the World – Rotary:
Making a Difference. So, everyone please look in their pin drawer and see if you have one that is not on the
list, them let us know.
International Convention Pins. Every International Convention has its own pin. I know we have Rotarian at
virtually every International Convention, so we need your Convention Pins. Here is what we have so far:
Calgary ’96, Indianapolis 1998, Buenos Aires 2000, and San Antonio 2001
Please forward your information to PDG Megan Law at [email protected] or to myself at
PDG Chuck Musgrave
ROTARY PEACE FELLOWSHIP CHAIR NAMED We are excited to announce Steven Shepelwich from the Rotary Club of Oklahoma City as our new District
Rotary Peace Fellowship Subcommittee Chair. If you know anyone in the district that would be a good fit for
his subcommittee, please reach out to him at [email protected]. Learn more about Peace Fel-
lows at the end of the newsletter.
Matt Murphy, District 5750 Foundation Chair
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DISTRICT GOVERNOR CITATION In addition to the President’s Citation available through Rotary Club Central, clubs may strive to achieve
district specific awards by fulfilling certain action items during the Rotary year. Submit your completed form
for consideration of awards to [email protected] prior to April 3, 2020.
District Governor Citation available at end of newsletter.
EOC—VALENTINE’S WINE DINNER RI Presidential Citation
PAUL HARRIS SOCIETY BLITZ ZONES 30 & 31
PAUL HARRIS SOCIETY BLITZ!
FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL 2020
When you join The Rotary Foundation’s Paul Harris
Society, you will join a special group of Rotarians that
make a $1,000 or more yearly commitment to help
change lives around the world. The Paul Harris Society
member’s ongoing donations are vital for The Rotary
Foundation to continue to
do good in the world!
Additional information at the end of the newsletter
EOC—VALENTINE’S WINE DINNER
We cordially invite you to join us for our Annual Valentine’s Wine Dinner
Monday, February 10, 2020
Cocktails 6 - 7 pm Dinner served at 7 pm $125 per person
Champagne, roses & gourmet chocolates Banquet style dining Cash bar Wine provided and hosted by EOC Rotary
members
We are pleased to announce our new location at: Petroleum Club Event Center
4040 North Lincoln Blvd.
We will be adding some new elements to this event that we think you will enjoy!
Reservations:
Denna Lay 405-642-3406 [email protected]
See flyer at end of newsletter for addt’l info!
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SOUTH OKC—ROTARY ROYALE
OKC MIDTOWN—SPELLLING BEE(R)
Joint OKC Midtown Rotary for their 10th Annual Spelling Bee(r)
on Friday, February 21, 2020. Tickets are available on Tower
Theatre's website. Our annual fundraiser helps us fund projects
for arts education and public arts in Oklahoma City.
Sponsorships still available!
WEST OKC—HAL ALMEN SCHOLARSHIP
The deadline for a graduating seniors to apply
for the West Oklahoma City Hal Almen
Scholarship is February 15, 2020. Below is a
link to the scholarship overview that is located
on the Oklahoma City Community Foundation
website:
https://occf.academicworks.com/
opportunities/2876
If you or anyone else have specific questions,
please contact Wanda Minter at the OKC
Community Foundation. Her email address is
[email protected], and her direct line is
405/606-2907.
Please share this information far and wide!
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STILLWATER & STILLWATER CENTENNIAL ROTARY—JOINT MEETING
At the Tuesday, January 21 joint meeting of Stillwater and Stillwater Centennial Rotary Clubs, Amy
Dzialowski, executive director of Mya’s Promise, gave an update on the Playability project at Strickland Park.
This project is sponsored by Mya’s Promise, the City of Stillwater, SMAC at Stillwater High School, and
numerous private donors. Mya’s Promise serves children living with special needs and their families. In
addition to providing educational programs, scholarships and activities promoting social and personal growth
for the children. Their greatest goal is to provide an inclusive community for Stillwater children and families.
Stillwater’s 3 Rotary clubs joined together in acquiring a district matching grant to purchase “Arch Swings” for
the park. A check for $6,386.38 was presented to Mya’s Promise for purchasing the swings. We
acknowledge the support of District 5750 in completing this project.
Participating in the check presentation from left right:
David Peters, President Stillwater Rotary Club, Amy
Dzialowski, Mya’s Promise, Michelle Nabors,
President Stillwater Frontier Rotary Club, and Jay
Albright, President Stillwater Centennial Rotary Club.
OKLAHOMA CITY—JANUARY TEACHER OF THE MONTH Pictured: Jennifer Seal, Putnam City
Schools Foundation; Dr. Fred Rhodes,
Superintendent Putnam City Schools;
Michelle Hudson, Eddie Hudson, Principal
Hallie Wright; Mark Neumeister, Rotary
Club of Oklahoma City
Edward Hudson received his bachelor's
degree in Instrumental Music Education
from UCO. He taught in Edmond Public
Schools, has worked as a music minister,
and currently serves as Director of Bands
for Putnam City West High School. He
leads the district by creating a Jazz Band curriculum which he implements daily.
Eddie was named one of only five Excellent Educators for Putnam City Schools in 2019. He is dedicated to
enthusiastic and dynamic teaching as a means of creating and nurturing a lifelong appreciation for the Arts.
Eddie accomplishes all this with the support of his wife Michelle and his daughter.
The Putnam City West Jazz Band, directed by Mr. Hudson, played during the January 21 Rotary Meeting.
Congratulations, Eddie!
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CHANDLER—ROTARIANS AGAINST HUNGER Chandler Rotary Club began a program last June called R.A.H. -
Rotarians Against Hunger. We handed bags out as seen in the pic that
are used to collect different items. Each month is a different item; in
January we are collecting peanut butter and jelly. At the end of the
month, we take it to the local food pantry. This pantry is open every
Saturday from 10-12 noon here in Chandler and our club will be
volunteers in May.
Service Above Self!
MIDWEST CITY—KEN BARTLETT TURNS 90! Midwest Rotarian Ken Bartlett is presented a
proclamation from Senator Brenda Stanley honoring his
90th birthday.
EOC— SCISSORTAIL PARK
Maureen Heffernan, CEO of Scissortail Park,
explains how the park was built and all of the
exciting and fun plans for the area.
Bronze Award 175‐275 points ∙ Silver Award 280‐395 points ∙ Gold Award 400+ points
District 5750 Governor’s Citation for 2019‐2020 District Governor Lance Singleton
In addition to the President’s Citation available through Rotary Club Central, clubs may strive to achieve district‐specific awards by fulfilling certain action items during the Rotary year.
Submit your completed form for consideration of awards to [email protected] prior to April 3, 2020.
Unite People: Club conducted a membership classification survey (10 pts) _____ Club held Membership Attraction and Engagement Strategy Session (15 pts) _____ Club gained net increase of 1 member (20 pts) Club gained new member with diversity (gender, race, age <40) (40 pts) _____ (For every net increase of members, the point value is multiplied accordingly) Co‐/Sponsor a new satellite club, or formation of new Rotary club (40 pts) _____ Club Membership Chair attended Heart of America Seminar (15 pts) _____ Club adopted flexible membership options (family, associate, corporate) (15 pts) _____ Club held family‐friendly social event for members/family/prospects (20 pts per event) _____ Co‐/Sponsored an Interact or Rotaract club (40 pts) _____ Host/sponsor/nominated a Youth Exchange student (10 pts) _____ Host/sponsor/nominated a WINGS of Rotary participant to Japan (10 pts) _____ Sponsored student(s) for RYLA (15 pts) _____ Take Action: Club President/Officer entered Goals in Rotary Club Central (20 pts) _____ Club entered club officers in Rotary Club Central (20 pts) _____ Club President‐Elect (or designee) attended 2020 MAPETS March 19‐21, 2020 (20 pts) _____ Club hosted District Governor for official club visit (10 pts) _____ Club leadership team attended Heart of America Seminar (15 pts) _____ (At least one member from Foundation or Public Image, President or President Elect) Filed IRS 990 prior to November 15, 2019 (10 pts) _____ Club is/became a Sustaining Member Club ($100 EREY) (30 pts) _____ Held an event to raise funds or awareness for polio eradication (25 pts) _____ Club had a new Paul Harris Fellow or reached new PHF+ level (20 pts per member) _____ Club participated in the Rotary Foundation district grants (20 pts) _____ Club participated in the Rotary Foundation global grants (20 pts) _____ Club created/maintained social media/press releases about service/club activities (20 pts) _____ Club used Rotary brand guidelines and People of Action for awareness/marketing (20 pts) _____ Rotary Club of _______________________ Club President ___________________________ Total _____
East Oklahoma County Rotary Club
New Venue for our event!
East Oklahoma County Rotary Club is happy to announce that our wine dinner will be held at the
Petroleum Club Event Center at 4040 North Lincoln Blvd.
We will be adding some new elements to this event that we think you will enjoy.
Monday, February 10th, 2020 Annual Valentine’s Wine Dinner
Champagne , Roses & Gourmet Chocolates
Banquet style dining
Cash bar 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Wine provided & hosted by EOC Rotary Club members
$125.00 Per Person
Cocktail Hour 6;00 pm to 7;00 pm Dinner Served at 7:00
For Reservations Denna Lay 405-642-3406 [email protected]
Call for reservation with credit card: Visa/MasterCard/Amex/Discover
cordially invites you to join us for our
List of Sponsorships available….
Dinner Sponsorships $550.00 (includes two dinner tickets)
Dinner Sponsorships $300.00 (does NOT include dinner)
Wine Sponsorships $300.00
Champagne Sponsorships $200.00
Chocolate Sponsorships $100.00
Flower Sponsorships $200.00
For those who wish to make a cash donation towards one of our club projects:
My First Library : provides a book per month for each child in the Pre-K program that we are supporting.
(Cost per child $30.00)
High School Scholarship :
We provide a $500.00 scholarship for one high school senior in each of the four high schools in our area and EOC Technology Center.
($100.00 sponsorships)
EOC Rotary Foundation: Our club foundation that will provide support for future projects in our community.
($25, $50, $75.00 or $100.00 sponsorships)
Dictionary program:
Club provides a dictionary to all third grade students in our service area.
($50.00 sponsorships)
All proceeds are used to support club projects such as:
Scholarships for HS Seniors
Ready to Learn book program
Dictionaries for Third graders
International projects, such as the eradication of Polio World Wide
Thank You for your support !