You are cordially invited to register to attend OUR District Conference, October 21 – 23! REGISTRATION IS HELD OPEN FOR YOU!
In true Rotary fashion, we held open out register just for you! Now… it is up to you not to be one of those missing this outstanding our District Conference. IT STARTS in just 3 days!!!! Batavia Downs Gaming and Horseracing combined with our conference offers something to participate in or do for everyone.
TAILGATE PARTY kicks off the event on Friday evening – How soon can join us? PSST…Are you a Bills fan? Is Thurman, the man? BE HERE! You might out bid the others for his donated autographed jersey. Will you wear it or frame it and admire it behind glass?
How about joining us Friday evening for WINE TASTINGS hosted by our DISTRICT’S WINE APPRECIATION FELLOWSHIP, as we all come together to relax and commiserate.
Saturday is the DAY! Starts early with our plenary – we are so fortunate to have as our Rotary International Representative Bill (Bebo) Pollard from Churchland, Virginia.
Our break-out sessions – ALL THINGS ROTARY - are your chance to add to your knowledge of all things Rotary and certainly in a venue that encourages your involvement through active participation or listen and take notes. Yes, some sessions will be of interest to everyone – general interest.
Remember, this conference has been developed to get you up and interactive, if you wish. People watching is encouraged!
Our logo says it all! Bring your hats, the fancier the better – even kooky hats will past the test. No hat, come and make it. We have a hat shop all set up for you! Want to help make the hats join the group!
Women Helping Young Gals Over There! Fresh Water! Latrines! Schools! Gals missing 25% of the school year due to having no sanitary napkins. Come and help us make reusable ones!
Come let’s all work together on this District Grant Service Project – as we package 50,000 single serving meals (packaged to feed a family of six). Fun! Fellowship! Clubs who donated will have a takeaway for their local food banks.
Saturday Evening – DERBY NIGHT AT BATAVIA! Hats and Black Tie Optional, but part of the ambiance. Food, Racing, Betting, and Playing the Slots!
Some of you are querying how your club may help those folks in Haiti who were devastated yet again. It wasn’t that many years ago, that much of Haiti was flattened by a disastrous earthquake. Now this!!! As many of you know our Roy Sheldrick, Ancaster Rotarian, has worked in Haiti for a long time drilling water wells and building latrines. Yesterday, he notified me that cholera has surfaced and is spreading fast across the area. The Hospital Albert Schweitzer has opened a wing for cholera patients. Roy has offered to accept cheques/checks to help fight this epidemic. To keep things simple make your donation payable to the Rotary Club of Ancaster with a notation “Albert Schweitzer Hospital for Haiti cholera epidemic” and mail it to Roy Sheldrick, C/O Rotary Club of Ancaster, 385 Jerseyville Road, Ancaster, ON, L9G 3L5 CANADA.
The highlight of my year thus far has been attending Governor Elect Training and the Zone Institute in Winnipeg, Manitoba in late September. Because of my late appointment last year, I did not have the opportunity to meet fellow DGNs in Providence, RI last year. Getting acquainted then, with 35 other DGEs, was an interesting and exciting opportunity. I finally have the picture of Zone 24/32 etched in my mind and know the four countries who make up the zones (Canada, United States, Bermuda and France).
The first two days of the week spent with my fellow DGEs and their spouses was indeed a fantastic learning experience. It was certainly worth the hours of homework in preparation for attending. We came home with pages of great ideas that will assist us as we go forward to 2017/18.
Polio Awareness Day is October 24, 2016. Last year on that day, Walli and I were on a cruise ship of mostly Aussies, travelling from Singapore to Sydney. During introductions at dinner, I gave my elevator speech to what turned out to be a rapt audience. Where we are with polio, from where have we come, the future, why we should care - will make a very powerful moment for you and Rotary - anytime, really. Whether or not you had a polio project on Awareness Day, if we all have 20 or 30 seconds prepared and use them, there will be "talk at the water cooler" beyond that; can you imagine?
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We had so much fun in September, we are doing it again on December 3, 2016, at Niagara County Community College, NY. Remember to go online and register AND pay (registration is not complete until payment is made). If your club will be paying for you, no problem, we encourage it.... just go ahead and pay by credit card and submit the email receipt to your club for reimbursement. Remember to register for the part you need - 3 parts, you take 1 each time you attend. Once you complete all 3 parts, you graduate!
At a recent meeting of the Rotary Club of Jamestown, the club welcomed a new member, Donna Bloomquist, RN.
Sponsored by Rotarian Wally Bloomquist (who is also her brother!), Ms. Bloomquist works as a Clinical Informatics Manager at Lutheran in Jamestown. Since 2011, Donna has worked for Lutheran, initially as a staff nurse, then as a nursing supervisor, and now manages Lutheran’s electronic medical records systems in her current role.
The Rotary Club of Lewiston, NY/Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON presented a check for $1000.00 to the Rotary District 7090 Gift of Life to aid in raising funds to help Develop a Sustainable Pediatric Cardiac Program at the Hospital Robert Reid Cabral in Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic. Rotary Gift of Life helps bring service to repair the hearts of children born with congenital cardiac defects in countries where, otherwise, these lesions would prove fatal.
Pictured are (L to R) Tom Gerbasi, a member of the Board of Directors of Rotary District 7090 Gift of Life, and Club President John Hopkins.
The Rotary Club of Lewiston, NY & Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON is so grateful to the many Rotary Friends in District 7090 and 7080 who attended its 34th Annual Garden Party and Theater Event at the Shaw Festival Theater on September 18th.
Chef Paul again provided excellent food, the weather cooperated and the unlimited wine and beer didn’t hurt. See you all next year.
Congrats to The Niagara Falls Rotary Club Sunrise RibFest Committee for raising $48,000, $3,000 of which will go to the Rotary Foundation, at this year's event which took place during the Father’s Day weekend in June.
Pictured here from left to right are Committee member Chris Ross, Club President David Berry, and Ribfest Co-Chairs Nancy Tkachuk and Scott Wright.
Dedicated, that is what club president Brian Williams and his wife Emily (with their 3 children) are. Together, this Rotarian family worked a Rotary Club fundraiser the night of Brian and Emily's 21st Wedding Anniversary. Lancaster-Depew Rotarians, in turn, celebrated with them following the event's closing at their high school football concession stand. The club uses funds raised from the concession sales each year to provide college scholarships to worthy students in need.
District 7090 Paul Harris Society chair, Jim Morabito, presents Clarence Rotarian, Paul Justinger, with his Paul Harris Society chevron and plus 3 Paul Harris pin as a new member of the Paul Harris Society.
Contact Jim Morabito for more information on how to join District 7090's Paul Harris Society.
The Rotary Club of Norfolk Sunrise and the Norfolk County Fair partnered for the first annual Thanksgiving Monday "Great Race for Rotary". Pictured are George Araujo, General Manager NCF, and runner participant Helen Jones.
The Rotary Club of Norfolk Sunrise held The Great Race for Rotary at the Norfolk County Fairgrounds in Simcoe, ON on Thanksgiving Monday, October 10, 2016.
It was the perfect weather for running or walking and over 60 participants came out to enjoy the morning. It was a 5 KM or 10 KM run/walk through the streets and trails of Simcoe. Rotarians lined the route and water stations, welcoming and encouraging the runners to continue on. This event was a great partnership between The Norfolk County Fair and RCNS.
The Great Race For Rotary was created to honor a GREAT Rotarian, John Race, a man that loved Rotary, our fair, and our local trails. We hope we made him proud!
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Some of you are querying how your club may help those folks in Haiti who were devastated yet again. It wasn’t that many years ago, that much of Haiti was flattened by a disastrous earthquake. Now this!!! As many of you know our Roy Sheldrick, Ancaster Rotarian, has worked in Haiti for a long time drilling water wells and building latrines. Yesterday, he notified me that cholera has surfaced and is spreading fast across the area. The Hospital Albert Schweitzer has opened a wing for cholera patients. Roy has offered to accept cheques/checks to help fight this epidemic. To keep things simple make your donation payable to the Rotary Club of Ancaster with a notation “Albert Schweitzer Hospital for Haiti cholera epidemic” and mail it to Roy Sheldrick, C/O Rotary Club of Ancaster, 385 Jerseyville Road, Ancaster, ON, L9G 3L5 CANADA.
We had so much fun in September, we are doing it again on December 3, 2016, at Niagara County Community College, NY. Remember to go online and register AND pay (registration is not complete until payment is made). If your club will be paying for you, no problem, we encourage it.... just go ahead and pay by credit card and submit the email receipt to your club for reimbursement. Remember to register for the part you need - 3 parts, you take 1 each time you attend. Once you complete all 3 parts, you graduate!
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District 7090 Paul Harris Society chair, Jim Morabito, presents Clarence Rotarian, Paul Justinger, with his Paul Harris Society chevron and plus 3 Paul Harris pin as a new member of the 