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AUGUST 2004 Official newsletter serving the 53 clubs in Rotary District 7610 District 7610 website: www.rotary7610.org RI Website: www.rotary.org AUGUST IS MEMBERSHIP & EXTENSION MONTH ... How many new members have you brought in? YOUR DISTRICT GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE Jerry Evans, District Governor, 2004-05 Your Governor, Jerry Evans District Governor Jerry Evans and Barbara District Rotarians and Presidents, T he first month of my term has certainly been a busy one! Bar- bara and I have visited 17 clubs, traveling to every corner of our district. It has been wonderful meeting all of you. Interestingly, although each club is different, many have similar concerns. In particular, I was surprised to learn how extensive the concern is about membership. During my visits at vari- ous clubs we talked about statistics that show each Rotary club loses 10 per- cent of its members every year. Never- theless, at the full-day session on mem- bership held at the Club Leadership Training Seminar during the recent District Assembly, attendance was not as high as we would have liked. Hope- fully, the next Club Leadership Train- ing Seminar on April 9, 2005, will be filled to capacity, with attendees tak- ing back useful information to their clubs to solve problems about attract- ing and retaining members. Since this is membership and ex- tension month, I would like to encour- age everyone to remember the single most important thing about increasing membership: ask. How many of you have asked someone you know to at- tend a Rotary meeting, or to join Ro- tary? If you are unable to ask some- one, but you know of someone who might be interested in joining Rotary, give that person’s name and contact information to your club membership chair. Each Rotarian should ask or name someone every year. If we all did this, Rotary membership would really grow. The new mantra of the Rotary Foundation is “every member, every year.” In other words, every Rotarian needs to support the foundation every year with whatever amount is possible. Consider all the good work made pos- sible by the foundation—the Group Study Exchange, Rotary Scholars (one- year or three- or six-month programs), World Peace Scholars (masters pro- gram for two years), simplified grants (district-controlled money) or match- ing grants, to name a few. All of these programs use foundation money. The amount of money the district receives currently depends on what we all do- nated three years ago. Please open up your hearts and wallets to give what you can. And please remember to put the following dates on your calendar: May 12-15, 2005, for the District Confer- ence in Morgantown, W.Va., and June 17-22, 2005, for the International Con- ference in Chicago. Key to Recruiting and Retaining Members For an extremely useful PowerPoint presentation containing excellent sug- gestions and new ideas for recruiting and retaining members, go to www.rotary.org/newsroom/ downloadcenter/ppt/ memb_retaining_recruiting.ppt. Long-time Rotarian Needs Our Fellowship P ast District Governor Pete Petro, who served as our district governor in 1975-76, is currently hospitalized in Northern Virginia after suffering a sudden illness. He has been diagnosed with Guillain Barre Syn- drome, an acute neurological disease that has him paralyzed at this time. He is on a ventilator to assist his breathing so is unable to speak or move. Despite the paralysis, Pete’s brain works just fine. More than 70% of the victims of this disease recover completely but it may take quite a while. Pete loves Rotary and The Rotary Foundation and we know that he would appre- ciate hearing from his fellow Rotarians. Cards and letters can be sent to PDG Pete Petro, 6064 Little Falls Road, Arlington, VA 22207.

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AUGUST 2004 � Official newsletter serving the 53 clubs in Rotary District 7610

District 7610 website: www.rotary7610.org � RI Website: www.rotary.org

AUGUST IS MEMBERSHIP & EXTENSION MONTH ... How many new members have you brought in?

YOUR DISTRICT GOVERNOR’S MESSAGEJerry Evans, District Governor, 2004-05

Your Governor,Jerry Evans

District Governor Jerry Evans and Barbara

District Rotarians and Presidents,

The first month of my term hascertainly been a busy one! Bar-bara and I have visited 17 clubs,

traveling to every corner of our district.It has been wonderful meeting all ofyou.

Interestingly, although each club isdifferent, many have similar concerns.In particular, I was surprised to learnhow extensive the concern is aboutmembership. During my visits at vari-ous clubs we talked about statistics thatshow each Rotary club loses 10 per-cent of its members every year. Never-theless, at the full-day session on mem-bership held at the Club LeadershipTraining Seminar during the recentDistrict Assembly, attendance was notas high as we would have liked. Hope-fully, the next Club Leadership Train-ing Seminar on April 9, 2005, will befilled to capacity, with attendees tak-ing back useful information to theirclubs to solve problems about attract-ing and retaining members.

Since this is membership and ex-tension month, I would like to encour-age everyone to remember the singlemost important thing about increasingmembership: ask. How many of youhave asked someone you know to at-tend a Rotary meeting, or to join Ro-tary? If you are unable to ask some-one, but you know of someone whomight be interested in joining Rotary,give that person’s name and contactinformation to your club membershipchair. Each Rotarian should ask orname someone every year. If we all didthis, Rotary membership would reallygrow.

The new mantra of the RotaryFoundation is “every member, everyyear.” In other words, every Rotarianneeds to support the foundation everyyear with whatever amount is possible.Consider all the good work made pos-sible by the foundation—the GroupStudy Exchange, Rotary Scholars (one-year or three- or six-month programs),World Peace Scholars (masters pro-gram for two years), simplified grants(district-controlled money) or match-

ing grants, to name a few. All of theseprograms use foundation money. Theamount of money the district receivescurrently depends on what we all do-nated three years ago. Please open upyour hearts and wallets to give whatyou can.

And please remember to put thefollowing dates on your calendar: May12-15, 2005, for the District Confer-ence in Morgantown, W.Va., and June17-22, 2005, for the International Con-ference in Chicago.

Key to Recruiting and

Retaining MembersFor an extremely useful PowerPointpresentation containing excellent sug-gestions and new ideas for recruitingand retaining members, go tow w w . r o t a r y . o r g / n e w s r o o m /d o w n l o a d c e n t e r / p p t /memb_retaining_recruiting.ppt.

Long-time Rotarian Needs Our Fellowship

Past District Governor Pete Petro, who served as our district governor in1975-76, is currently hospitalized in Northern Virginia after sufferinga sudden illness. He has been diagnosed with Guillain Barre Syn-

drome, an acute neurological disease that has him paralyzed at this time. Heis on a ventilator to assist his breathing so is unable to speak or move.

Despite the paralysis, Pete’s brain works just fine. More than 70% of thevictims of this disease recover completely but it may take quite a while. Peteloves Rotary and The Rotary Foundation and we know that he would appre-ciate hearing from his fellow Rotarians. Cards and letters can be sent to PDGPete Petro, 6064 Little Falls Road, Arlington, VA 22207.

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Rotary International 95th Annual ConventionBy Kenneth G. Tillman, Rappahannock-Fredericksburg Rotary Club

Osaka, Japan, welcomed morethan 45,000 Rotarians, friendsand guests to the Rotary Inter-

national 95th Annual Convention, May23-26, 2004—the largest conventionattendance in history. Throughout theconference, speakers, projects, activi-ties and even relaxing and networkingin the House of Friendship focused onthe “Lend a Hand” theme of PresidentJonathon B. Majiyagbe.

The opening session featured theusual stirring presentation of the flagsof all 166 countries where Rotary clubsare located. Majiyagbe gave the open-ing address, stressing the accomplish-ments of Rotary not only during 2003-2004, but also throughout Rotary’s 99-year history.

Each session provided ample op-portunity for Rotarians to pause andappreciate the many Rotary programsthat make a difference for peopleworldwide. One speaker, SadakoOgata, former United Nations HighCommissioner for Refugees and nowpresident of the Japan InternationalCooperation Agency, emphasized thegreat impact that 1.2 millionRotarians have when carrying out theirmany projects. She mentioned that herinterest in working in the internationalfield came from her experience of be-ing only the second Japanese recipientof a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar-ship. (She studied in San Francisco in1951.)

And there was the Tim ParryJohnathan Ball Trust, a nonprofit or-ganization based in Warrington, En-gland, which received the 2004 RotaryAward for World Understanding andPeace. The trust was created by theparents of two children killed in a 1993Irish Republican Army bombing of aWarrington shopping center. Thisaward will give further financial assis-tance to support the trust’s peace ef-forts that focus on children.

One plenary session was devotedto the Rotary Foundation. RIPP James

L. Lacy, trustee chair, announced thatRotary is determined to have polioeradicated by 2005. RIPP CarloRavizza, next year’s foundation chair,informed the gathering that thefoundation’s fundraising goal for 2004-2005 is $100 million. The conventionalso received an update on the RotaryPeace Scholars who are studying atseven different sites around the world.(The third group of scholars will beginstudying next year.) It was obviousfrom the report that this foundation pro-gram will have a far-reaching impacton peace and understanding amongnations in the future.

In addition to the plenary sessions,each day was packed with discussionworkshops that covered Rotary pro-grams worldwide. Panelists includedRotary International officers, past andpresent, as well as representatives fromclubs and districts that designed or sup-ported unique Rotary activities during2003-2004. Topics ranged from edu-cation and literacy to PolioPlus. In fact,Rotarians could attend workshops cov-ering almost every humanitarian andeducational program of the RotaryFoundation, plus Rotary Internationalprograms such as Avoidable Blindness,Microcredit, Aging, Youth Exchangeand RYLA.

The convention also featured thepopular club and district exhibits that,with the many Rotary Fellowshipbooths, gave Rotarians an opportunityto really experience “grassroots Ro-tary” as work. These exhibits providedRotarians the opportunity totake back ideas for projectsat home or ways to assistclubs in other parts of theworld with their projects.

Looking Ahead

Glenn E. Estess Sr., amember of the RotaryClub of Shades Valley inBirmingham, Ala., and Ro-tary International president

for 2004-2005, and his family attendedthe convention, as well as Carl-Wilhelm Stenhammar of Goteborg,Sweden, who will be president of Ro-tary International in 2005-2006. Need-less to say, there was high anticipationfor next year’s convention, which will“Celebrate Rotary” and its centennial.Fittingly, it will be held in Chicago, thebirthplace of Rotary.

A new publication, A Century ofService—The Story of Rotary Interna-tional, was officially presented duringthe convention in Osaka. RIPP CliffordL. Dochterman, chair of the Rotary In-ternational Centennial OperationsCommittee, challenged Rotary Clubs tomake Rotary’s centennial year a spe-cial time through various activities:

� Complete your centennial project

� Establish a relationship with asister club

� Each Rotarian should provide 10hours of volunteer work in April

� Have a centennial observance

� Design a centennial exhibit todisplay in your community

� Increase membership growth andfoundation giving

� Use centennial activities to extendthe public image of Rotary

� Schedule special events

� Attend the Centennial Conventionin Chicago, June 18-22, 2005

� Celebrate the centennial

The 95th Annual Convention ofRotary ended with spectacular closingentertainment and the traditional sing-ing of Auld Lang Syne.

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Building Bridges in Ethiopia ...

A Successful Matching Grant Effort“When the going gets tough, the tough get going.”

This old expression may best de-scribe the bridge story comingout of Ethiopia this last year.

Ken Frantz, Gloucester Rotarian, putsit another way: “I knew that this projectwas going to be more challenging thanthe first Rotary bridge project acrossthe Blue Nile in Ethiopia, but I reallyhad no idea what we were getting our-selves into. It is one thing to just flyinto a country and build one bridge witha bunch of Rotary volunteers. But it isa completely different matter to set upa permanent bridge program to buildbridges entirely with Ethiopians that wehave trained.”

Ken goes on to explain that fabri-cation logistics, government red tapeand access to the rivers have all beenbig stumbling blocks. With no moneyfor four-wheel drive vehicle transport,for example, all concrete and steel of-ten must be carried to the various bridgesites on mules and donkeys. Anotherexample was the specially orderedcable, which was held hostage in theport of Djibouti until our people per-sonally came to Djibouti with theneeded money. Perhaps the most dif-

ficult challenge was try-ing to organize and trainthe hundreds and hun-dreds of village volun-teers that come each dayto help dig, carry andbreak rock, make sand,mix cement, place stoneand steel. In spite of allof those challenges, theprogram has been a tremendous suc-cess. The first three bridges are com-plete and the fourth is almost done.Things have gone so well, it is possiblethat the program and its eight bridgesmay finish on or ahead of the originalJuly 2005 completion date. The great-est achievement so far may be that ourUSA engineer just returned home afterhe fully trained an Ethio-pian engineer to take hisplace.

The Rotary Club ofAddis Ababa Ethiopiahas done a wonderful jobhelping to move the pro-gram forward. Most re-cently they arranged fornational printed presscoverage and national TVbroadcasts concerningthe Rotary program. TheEthiopia Footbridge pro-gram is sponsored by 23Rotary Clubs, mostlyfrom Virginia. District7610 clubs participatinginclude Gloucester,Gloucester Point, DunnLoring, Warrenton, FallsChurch, Fredericksburg,Rappahannock-Fredericks-burg, Bailey’s Crossroads,Mathews, Northern Neck,McLean and Herndon. Thesponsoring clubs areGloucester and the RotaryClub of Addis Ababa. Clubcontributions amounted to

almost $50,000, which in turn wasmatched by a District 7610 grant of$7,000 and a RI grant of $25,000.

For more information about thisprogram, contact Ken Frantz at 804-642-3265, visit their web site atwww.bridgestoprosperity.org, or e-mail Ken at [email protected].

Crossing the Dessie bridge for the first time.

The Marye bridge is almost finished.Another view of the completed

Keranyo bridge.

The Keranyo bridge is finished!

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2004-2005 District GovernorJERRY EVANS

Home Club: Rappahannock-FredericksburgSpouse: Barbara

Email: [email protected]

District Governor Elect, JOHN McKONEHome Club:Middlesex County

Spouse: Norma JeanEmail: [email protected]

Governor Nominee, BURT LAMKINHome Club: Herndon

Spouse: KathyEmail:[email protected]

Secretary, DON MOHRHome Club: Fredericksburg ● Spouse: Nelda

Email: [email protected], RICK PEARCE

Home Club: Rappahannock ● Spouse: SandyEmail: [email protected]

DISTRICT NEWSLETTER STAFFDi Thompson, Publisher

Rappahannock Club ● [email protected]

Editors: Jackie BoiceRappahannock Club ● [email protected]

Jim GatesReston Club ● [email protected]

District Executive SecretaryHelen Keane

Located on the third floor of the Fredericksburg National Bank Bldg. (9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., Tue. through Thur.)

2403 Fall Hill Avenue ● P.O. Box 916 ● Fredericksburg, VA 22404540-370-0300 ● Fax 540-370-0317 ● [email protected]

District 7610 Officers

CLUB UPDATESThe Orange Rotary Club Has changed its meeting place to Sparks’ Deli,

Main Street, Orange, VA. Meetings remain on Tuesdays at 7:30 a.m.

The Arlington Rotary Club is temporarily meeting at the

Alpine Restaurant, 4770 Lee Highway, Arlington, until

further notice while their regular meeting place at the

Washington Golf & Country Club undergoes renovation.

The Gloucester Rotary Club now meets at the

First Presbyterian Church in Gloucester.

The meeting is still at 12:30 p.m. on Thursdays.

DISTRICT DIRECTORY UPDATESPlease change the following information in the District Directory for

Scott Mills, World Community Service Committee Chair:

Address: 8270 Greensboro Drive, Suite 850, McLean, VA 22102

Voice 703-584-3257, Fax 703-848-8333,

E-mail [email protected]

NOTE:

There is a discrepancy between the PETS Notebook and the

District Directory regarding the Fellowship Awards.

Please consider the information in the District Directory

to be the correct information:

In District Makeups: 10 Points

In State-Out of District: 13 Points

Out of State: 16 Points

Annual Foundation

Seminar to Be Held

on September 25By Ron Marion, District FoundationSeminar Chair

The District’s Annual FoundationSeminar, just six short weeksaway, will be held again at the

Colonial Forge High School inStafford. Our guest speaker is PDGDavid D. Stovall, District 6910, aprominent banker in the state of Geor-gia who holds many key leadership po-sitions within Rotary InternationalZones 33 & 34 and is the recipient ofmany RI awards. His theme will be,“Why Give to the Rotary Foundation?”

The District Foundation Seminarregistration form is featured on page 5of this newsletter. I strongly urge youto make copies and share it with yourfellow club and committee members.

Last year we had only 25 regis-trants one week prior to the seminar.We finished the conference with over80 participants. While we were grati-fied with the eventual turnout, the lateregistrations cause quite a bit of con-fusion in preparing meals, handouts andseminar booklets. Please register nowand urge your fellow Rotarians to reg-ister and attend. There is always some-thing new and exciting to learn aboutthe Rotary Foundation ... and there arenever enough opportunities for goodRotary fellowship!

Subscribe to Rotary

International’s PR TipsRotarians, especially club public

relations chairs, should take a look atthe Rotary International PR Tips andtake advantage of the useful informa-tion in every issue. To subscribe, sim-ply go www.rotary.org/support/prtools/index.html, and then click on “sub-scribe.”

Contact Elizabeth Walsh, PublicRelations Coordinator at RI, with PRquestions: 847-866-3387, fax 847-833-8237 or email [email protected].

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Full Name:

Nick Name (for badge):

Club:

Address:

City, State, Zip:

E-mail:

Day phone number:

Your Leadership Position in the District or Club (this will appear on your lapel badge):

President President-Elect Foundation Chairperson Assistant Governor

Other (other office, committee affiliation, etc.)– please identify:

Registration Fee is $30. Please make your check payable to Rotary District 7610. Mail

to: Jim Peterson, Registration Chair, 716 Highland Ave. Charlottesville VA 22903.

Sorry, credit cards cannot be accepted for this function.

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 7610 FOUNDATION SEMINAR

Please register me for the FOUNDATION SEMINAR to be held on Saturday, September 25, 2004, 8:00 a.m. to 3:15p.m.

(8:00 A.M. for Registration, Fellowship and Continental Breakfast) At Colonial Forge High School, Stafford, Virginia

Registration cost of $30 Includes continental breakfast and lunch

HOW DO I SUBMIT THIS REGISTRATION?

EASIEST: If you are viewing this on the web, simply: (1) complete the items on screen (use tab to move from item to item); (2) save the file under a new name (perhaps use your name for the new file name?); and (3) send the completed form with the new file name as an attachment to:

[email protected]

OR, print it and fax it to: 434-971-9838

OR, print it and mail it to: Jim Peterson 716 Highland Ave., Charlottesville, VA 22903 Day phone: 434-962-4770; home: 434-971-9838

AGENDA at a GLANCE

8:00 a.m. Registration & Fellowship Continental Breakfast

8:50 a.m. Music begins in auditorium

9:00 a.m. Opening Plenary Session Welcome Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance Foundation Goals Introduction of speakers How Rotary Helps: Club---Community… Foundation---the World

9:45 a.m. Overview of the Day 9:50 a.m. Break

DIRECTIONS TO:

Colonial Forge High

School – Stafford

From North of Stafford: I-95 south to Stafford exit

140 (Route 630) Right

(west) at stop sign. Go

approximately l ½ miles.

School on left.

From South of Stafford:

I-95 north to Stafford exit

(Route 630). Left (west)

at stop sign. Go

approximately1½ miles.

School on left.

10:05 a.m. Sessions: The Rotary Foundation – 101 The Rotary Foundation – Advanced 11:30 a.m. - Lunch 12:30 p.m. Sessions Educational Program Humanitarian Programs Foundation Financial Support Permanent Fund 1:45 p.m. Sessions Repeated 2:30 p.m. Awards and Recognitions Wrap-up Announcements

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Roots Run Deep —

Award-Winning Centennial ProjectBy Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga, Rotary International

Less than a year into implementation, the cen-tennial project of the Rotary Club ofMount Vernon, an educational effort

with a tree-planting theme, has won a state-wide excellence award.

When looking for a project to com-memorate Rotary’s centennial anniversary,club members wanted an initiative thatwould not only create an immediate im-pact in the community but also have a long-term effect.

Club President Marlene Free and Ro-tarian Helen Walutes offered some sug-gestions which led to “Roots Run Deep—Nurturing and Growing Through Learning,” an ini-tiative developed with Hayfield Secondary School,where Free teaches. Roots Run Deep is aimed atdeveloping instructional materials to impart read-ing, arithmetic, writing and reasoning skills to fourth-grade students.

“It was really exciting to receive recognition for such a wonderful project thatinvolved Rotarians working with children in the classroom and networking withother volunteers,” Free said.

The centennial project was implemented through the Teacher Cadet Program,an existing program, designed to encourage high-school juniors and seniors withoutstanding communication and leadership skills to consider teaching as a career.

Debbie Gordon, teacher cadet coordinator, worked with community volun-teers and Rotarians to help 20 teacher cadets produce an instructional guide andRoots Run Deep, a four-page newspaper, to serve as teaching resources.

On Arbor Day in April, a teacher cadet used Roots Run Deep to teach a classat Island Creek Elementary School. Exercises included students’ planting a dog-wood tree donated by the Rotary Club in the schoolyard, while parents, Rotariansand teachers observed.

The Virginia State Department of Education honored the Rotary Club of MountVernon with the 2004 Creating Excellence Career and Technical Education GroupAward for its “innovative strategy to teach research development and lesson plan-ning skills that draws on community resources to develop and implement effec-tive learning activities” for grade-school students.

“It was a highly collaborative process involving many people,” Free explained.“All our resource people were volunteers. Each received a certificate from theVirginia State Department of Education in recognition of their efforts.”

About 2,000 copies of Roots Run Deep, printed at cost by Phil Johnson of theRotary Club of Alexandria, will be distributed to elementary schools that elect toparticipate in the teacher cadet program during the 2004-2005 academic year.

A plaque featuring the award citation will be proudly displayed at HayfieldSecondary School. Forty-one high students will participate in the program nextfall. Free and Gordon, winner of Rotary Club of Crystal City-Pentagon award foroutstanding teacher, will start making presentations about the project in August.

This article can be found on the Rotary International website atwww.rotary.org/newsroom/print/cen03_040709.html.

Come to Monte

Carlo at the Rivah!

The Middlesex Rotary Club invites our fellow district 7610members to its third annual

Monte Carlo at the Rivah! This year’sevent will be held on Saturday, Sept.11, 2004, from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m., onthe grounds of the beautiful North EndPlantation in Deltaville, home ofRotarians Jerry and Marie Suyes. Joinus for an evening of music, good foodand drink. Enjoy casino-style gameswith prizes and take part in the biddingon outstanding auction items. Theevening will be fun for all!

Monte Carlo at the Rivah is the pri-mary fundraising event of theMiddlesex Rotary Club, with theevening’s proceeds going to supportseveral much-needed Rotary projectsin our community. Tickets are $40 perperson. For additional information,contact President Brendan O’Brien at804-776-8774.

Club Literacy

ProgramsBy Nelda Mohr, Past President,Stafford Rotary Club

If you need a speaker to speak onliteracy, Lisa Raasch of the LiteracyCouncil of Northern Virginia is

willing to visit clubs in the northernarea. You can call her at 703-237-0866,fax 703-237-2863 or email [email protected]. The Literacy Council has al-ready sent speakers to five club meet-ings, and I hope every club will haveat least one program about literacy. Ihave two copies of the videotape fromthe RI Presidential Conference on Lit-eracy held in Macon, Ga., that you canborrow for club programs. There is alsoa copy at thed i s t r i c toffice.

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Rotary Foundation

Donations Just a

Click Away!By PDG Sandy Duckworth,Rotary Foundation Annual FundStrategic Advisor

Why write a check when you can make regular gifts to the Rotary Foun-dation Annual Fund online? It’s easy! The Rotary Foundation (TRF)Direct Donations allows the electronic transfer of contributions from a

donor’s bank account directly to the foundation’s annual fund. On the same dayeach month (the 1st or the 15th) or the first of each quarter, the foundation auto-matically will debit your savings or checking account in the amount you desig-nate. Minimum contributions are $10 monthly or quarterly from checking or sav-ings accounts. For VISA, MasterCard and American Express credit cards, theminimum is $25 for each recurring transaction.

TRF-Direct Donations offer many benefits:

� Spread your contributions over an extended period of time.

� Become a Foundation Sustaining Member and keep working towardsyour Paul Harris Fellow or Multiple Fellow recognition.

� Save money by eliminating postage expenses, check charges andenvelope costs.

� Help the foundation decrease administrative costs associated withprocessing checks.

All TRF-Direct Donations count toward Paul Harris Fellow recognitions. Inaddition, every gift is automatically credited to your individual account, RotaryClub and the district’s SHARE program.

To sign up, simply complete the TRF-Direct Donations Authorization Formand follow instructions. The form can be downloaded from the Rotary Interna-tional website at www.rotary.org/newsroom/downloadcenter/pdfs/trfdirect_ap_form.pdf.

You will see confirmation of the transfers on your monthly bank statement.Later, if you decide to change your contribution amount or cancel the service,notify the Rotary Foundation.

Take advantage today of this easy way to donate to the Rotary Foundation. Ifyou have questions or require additional information, contact me at 540-361-1680 or email [email protected].

And thank you for all that you do for those who are less fortunate.

Corporate Match Possibilities for Rotary Foundation DonationsBy PDG Sandy Duckworth, Rotary Foundation Annual Fund Strategic Advisor

Many employers will match a donation to the Rotary Foundation. To find out which ones do, simply click onwww.hepdevelopment.com/notredame/ and enter a company name. The database will return matching gift details, range of gifts matched, matching ratio, etc. And, you do not have to be a computer expert to use this!

This information is also available from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), the corpo-rate matching gift clearinghouse (which owns the rights). CASE publishes a book of matching gift companies—more than7,500—available for $100. Anyone who would like to purchase a copy or receive the information online can visit www.case.organd go to the “Matching Gifts” section.

If you have questions or would like additional information, please contact Sandy Duckworth at 540-361-1680 or [email protected].

Rotary International

GSE Information

ClarificationBy Lester Schoene, District GSECommittee Chair

The GSE information I sent outto you last week contains refer-ences to documents that you or

your candidates can download from RI.However, downloading from RI hasposed some problems for at least someof you that I know about, and perhapsothers who have not asked for help.

The path is, in fact, anything butobvious, although it makes sense onceyou know it. So here goes:

� On the RI home page,www.rotary.org selectDOWNLOADS – next to last itemon the top bar, right under thewhite box for searches.

� On the Downloads page, selectThe Rotary Foundation – last itemon first line in the shaded boxnear the top with arrows pointingto options.

� On The Rotary Foundation page,select Educational Programs –third item down in the list on theleft.

� On the Educational Programspage, scroll down about half wayuntil you get to Group StudyExchange.

Perhaps a bit arcane, but basicallyeasy to do. Good luck and thank youfor your support.

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Youth Exchange:

A Fantastic Rotary

Program for High

School StudentsBy Kay Eckler, District YouthExchange Chair

The school year is just around thecorner and it soon will be timeto recruit high school students

for the full-year 2005-2006 Youth Ex-change program. To be eligible, thesestudents must be between the ages of15 to 18 on July 31 of the year of theirdeparture. They should have good char-acter, an outgoing personality, averageto above-average ability and want tolearn about other countries and cul-tures.

Rotary clubs sponsor students whowish to go abroad, as well as studentswho will be coming to the United Statesfrom other countries. Thus, this pro-gram allows Rotary families to be in-volved in either sending their child onan exchange or hosting a visiting stu-dent from overseas. More than onefamily usually hosts students duringtheir stay abroad or in the United States.

Rotary’s Youth Exchange programis relatively inexpensive. A student’sfamily is responsible only for roundtripairfare, health insurance and sundryexpenses. Considering the cost of pro-viding for a teenager at home for a year,some parents may feel that they actu-ally come out ahead!

Another major advantage of theprogram is that members of a localRotary club are directly involved in thewelfare of the students in every com-munity where they are placed. If theneed should ever arise, students awayfrom home will be more comfortableknowing that a Rotarian in the localclub, called a club counselor, will beavailable to help or offer guidance.

To learn more about this fantas-tic opportunity for young adults, con-tact Kay Eckler at 540-854-9147 oremail [email protected].

FROM THE AWARDS CHAIR

Will all District Rotarians who take the leadership of any club activitybetween April 1, 2004, and April 1, 2005, please follow these proce-dures — as requested by DG Jerry Evans. If we may clarify anything

further for you, please ask our District Governor or contact me, Pat Williams:703-904-0284-H, 703-904-3994, [email protected].

1. Why are we addressing awards NOW?

Every club activity beginning April 1, 2004, through April 1, 2005, is to bewritten up on the very short Activity Report form and mailed or emailed toPat Williams as soon as the activity is completed.

2. When should Club Activity forms be sent to Pat?

We repeat: As soon as the activity is completed! Jerry wants Pat to be swim-ming in paper!

3. Who is in charge of making sure the forms are sent in?

Your club Chairmen, especially. Also, your president, your secretary, andyour AG need to keep reminding everyone to send them in as each activity iscompleted. It is DG Jerry’s suggestion that the Rotarian who headed the ac-tivity fill in and mail the form, but it may be done by anyone in the club.

4. Where are the Club Activity forms?

They were given to your AG, your President, and were inserted in the Direc-tories. You may also request that one be emailed to you from Pat Williams orSecretary Helen Keane. Photocopies are fine. Awards will be determined inApril 2005 from these Club Activity forms.

5. Which club activities should be submitted?

Every activity your club engages in, in each avenue of service, includingparties, installations, service projects, etc.

6. When should 3 Club Bulletins be submitted by each club for award

consideration?

Postmarked before April 1, 2005.

7. When will all the District awards for 2004-2005 be presented?

At the fun and fabulous District conference May 12-15, 2005, at a great resortin Morgantown, WV.

8. Where are there more guidelines for District Awards?

In the new Directory, provided to your AG and all your club officers on pages67-70.

Group Study Exchange 2005 – Santigo, ChileTeam Leader Applications due August 16, 2004

Team Leader Selection Interviews on August 28, 2004

Team Member Applications due September 21, 2004

Team Member Selection Interviews on October 2, 2004

Questions:

Lester Schoene, District Committee Chair, 703-628-8346, [email protected] Brooke, Outgoing Team Chair, 804-462-0317, [email protected]

Clint Hopkins, Incoming Team Chair, 540-373-7520,[email protected]

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Reminder to Club Secretaries

Please remember to email your attendance report to me each month.I need this information before the 15th of the month. The format foryour report is as follows:

District 7610 Club Monthly Report of Membership and Attendance

Club Name: _________________________________________________

Club Secretary: ______________________________________________

Report for: Month, 2004/2005 ___________________________________

Is this a corrected report? _____________________________________

Total Active Members on 1st of Month, 2004/2005: _________________

Total Honorary Members on 1st of Month: ________________________

Total Active Members at end of Report Month: ____________________

Total Honorary Members at end of Report Month: _________________

Total Number of Makeups Within District 7610: ____________________

Total Number of Makeups outside of District 7610: _________________

Net Gain or (Loss) from 1st of Month to Date: _____________________

Attendance Percent for Report Month: ___________________________

Please send report to:

Don Mohr, Secretary, District 7610

[email protected]

Rotary District 7610 Newsletter

2004-2005

Editorial CalendarDeadlines and Themes

September 2004 IssueArticles due to District Executive

Secretary, Monday, Aug. 16, 2004Due to design Wed., Aug. 25, 2004

Theme: new generations

October 2004 IssueArticles due to District ExecutiveSecretary, Wed., Sept. 15, 2004

Due to design Mon., Sept. 27, 2004Theme: vocational service

November 2004 IssueArticles due to District Executive

Secretary, Fri., October 15, 2004Due to design Mon., Oct. 25, 2004

Theme: Rotary Foundation

December 2004 IssueArticles due to District Executive

Secretary, Mon., Nov. 15, 2004Due to design Mon., Nov. 22, 2004

Theme: family month

January 2005 IssueArticles due to District ExecutiveSecretary, Mon., Dec. 13, 2004

Due to design Mon., Dec. 20, 2004Theme: Rotary awareness

February 2005 IssueArticles due to District ExecutiveSecretary, Mon., Jan. 17, 2005

Due to design Tues., Jan. 25, 2005Theme: world understanding

March 2005 IssueArticles due to District ExecutiveSecretary, Tues., Feb. 15, 2005

Due to design Fri., Feb. 25, 2005Theme: Open

April 2005 IssueArticles due to District ExecutiveSecretary, Tues., March 15, 2005

Due to design Fri., March 25, 2005Theme: magazine

May 2005 IssueArticles due to District ExecutiveSecretary, Fri., April 15, 2005

Due to design Mon., April 25, 2005Theme: Open

June 2005 IssueArticles due to District ExecutiveSecretary, Mon., May 16, 2005

Due to design Wed., May 25, 2005Theme: Rotary fellowships

Club RemindersAUGUST 21

Ambassadorial Scholarship

Interviews

AUGUST 28

GSE Routine Leader Interview

SEPTEMBER 11 & 12

Ambassadorial Scholarship

Interviews

SEPTEMBER 15

Club Attendance Report to District

Secretary

SEPTEMBER 25

District Rotary Foundation Seminar,

Colonial Forge High School,

Stafford

Submitting Articles

for the Newsletter

Every club has interesting infor-mation to share with the rest ofthe district. If you wish to sub-

mit an article for the newsletter, referto the deadlines shown to the right onthis page and e-mail the text and anydigital photographs to Helen Keane,District Executive Secretary, atexecsec@ rotary7610.org. If you needto send hardcopies, mail to Helen atP.O. Box 916, Fredericksburg, VA22404. She will forward articles on forediting. Articles need not follow thetheme for any given month, thoughappropriate articles on those themes arebe encouraged when possible. ContactDi Thompson, newsletter publisher,any time you have a question.

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1ST South American Rotary Project Fair

If you are interested in a Matching Grant project with a Rotary club in SouthAmerica, here is a fun opportunity to meet Rotarians from the Latin Americancountries and to learn first-hand about potential projects.The first Rotary South American Project Fair will take place at the Hotel

Westin in Cypress Creek, FL (near Ft Lauderdale), October 29-31, 2004. Partici-pating will be districts from many South American countries including Argen-tina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezu-ela.

This is the first time that Latin countries have brought their potential projectsto the USA so that any club or district interested in finding a project they want tosupport can see a broad selection of potential Matching Grants or club-to-clubprojects and discuss them directly with the Rotarians proposing them. Each countrywill be well represented to give all those attending an opportunity to meet Rotariansfrom all over South America. Each country will present (concurrent with the ex-hibitions) a view of their country including actual photos of projects completed orin need of sponsorship as well as a “tour guide” of attractions in their country.

The host club is the Rotary Club of Weston. They will be handling logisticsand local activities. Registration is Saturday, October 30, from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m.From 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. an orientation will be held that includes presenta-tions by representatives of The Rotary Foundation and Rotary International. Af-ter lunch, the Projects Fair will officially open with opportunities to meet withexhibitors and country representatives. A Gala Dinner will be held Saturday nightat the Westin Hotel. Sunday morning, the Projects Fair continues until 1:00 p.m.The registration fee is $125 per Rotarian and $80 for non-Rotarians. The feeincludes entrance to The Fair and lunch and the Gala Dinner.

For more information or to receive a registration form, contact PDG SandyDuckworth, District 7610 Grants Chair, 540-361-1680 or email:[email protected]. Plan now to attend! Hope to see you there.

Louisa Club Honors Assisted Living Facility with FlagsBy Vyvyan Powers,Assistant Governor

The Louisa County Rotary Clubrecently presented an AmericanFlag and a Virginia State flag

to the newly founded Amerisist Home,an assisted living facility in LouisaCounty. The flags were otainedthrough Senator Edd Houck, DelegateBill Janis and Congressman Eric Can-tor.

Club members visited the new fa-cility in January where they met someof the residents, took a tour of the fa-cility and held their weekly dinnermeeting. They realized that the facil-ity didn’t have an American flag or astate flag. The members decided tosecure both flags and return to the fa-cility for another meeting to presentthem to the director and residents.

Not only were the director and staffpresent, but representatives from theAmerisist corporation were also presentfor the ceremony. Hand made flagpoles and stands were crafted by cabi-net maker and Rotarian Doug Fuller.President Ava Pippin presented theflags and presided over the meeting.

Louisa County Rotary Club members recite the inaugural Pledge of Allegianceto the new flags at Amerisist Home.

Help Preserve the

Home of Paul Harris

An effort is underway to acquirethe Paul Harris house located in Morgan Park in Chicago in

time to have it ready for the Centen-nial Convention in 2005. A nonprofitfoundation, “Paul and Jean Harris’Home Foundation,” has been estab-lished to acquire the house and operateit as a museum at no cost to Rotary In-ternational. Paul and Jean moved intothe house in 1912 and lived there untilPaul’s death in 1947. It was the meet-ing place in the early years of Rotarybetween 1912 and 1922.

Clubs and Rotarians interested indonating to this effort (they need all thehelp they can get!) can visit http://rotaryhistoryfellowship.org/fellow-ship/ for more information.

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Charter Night

Excitement!By Jeff Kauffman, Club Secretary,Purcellville Rotary

In keeping with the 2004-2005theme of “Celebrate Rotary,” theRotary Club of Purcellville started

their new year off doing just that!On June 24th, the club celebrated

Charter Night at the Loudoun Golf &Country Club. There were 51 peoplein attendance who celebrated not onlyRotary’s Centennial Birthday, but alsothe club’s 20th year in service.

Awards were presented to theclub’s five active charter members:Richard Mann, McHenry Stiff, NolanBarzee, Michael Peery and RonaldMasters. And new members HowardWillis and John Bennick were inducted.

The Purcellville Rotary, under thepresidency of Raye Ann Kauffman,plans to have a Rotary picnic in earlySeptember with the two LeesburgClubs.

Council on Legislation Update

PDG Charlie Bowden, his wife Janice, PDG Sandy Duckworth and her hus-band Donald attended the Council on Legislation in Chicago in June andfound it a very interesting time. Charlie was our district’s Delegate and

Sandy was an Official Observer. Charlie particularly wanted the membership toknow how especially grateful he is to the District for selecting him for this uniqueexperience. It was a wonderful opportunity to get to know other Rotarians fromaround the world. To learn more about the Council’s actions, go to the Rotaryweb site at www.rotary.org, or go directly to www.rotary.org/support/council/index/html.

Some Items of Interest

Out of 529 districts, all were represented except four. Charlie believes theCouncil accomplished quite a bit. The work was demanding, yet rewarding as theCouncil met from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM each day. Although there were nearly 500items addressed, here are a few of particular note:

� Tuesday, June 15, Order of Consideration 99 eliminates the honoraria/compensation for the RI president, president-elect and president-nominee.This action will save $220,000 for the 2004-05 Rotary Year.

� Wednesday, June 16, Order of Consideration 118 prohibits presidents-electfrom serving as club president if they have not attended the PETS andDistrict Assembly, have not been excused by the governor-elect, and if soexcused, do not send a designated club representative.

� Wednesday, June 16, Order of Consideration 106 (follows 129 on the web)increases per capita dues as follows: $19.50 per half year per member in2004-05; $21.50 per half year per member in 2005-06 and $23.50 per halfyear per member in 2006-07. This is an increase of $4 per year permember. (NOTE: The current dues are $17.50 per half year per member.)Prorated dues are also addressed in this enactment.

Other Enactments of Interest

� Order of Consideration 19 - allows attendance credit for a 30-minuteinteractive club website activity.

� Order of Consideration 31 & 34 - excludes from attendance records anymember whose absence is excused

� Order of Consideration 51 - provides for the merging of clubs

� Order of Consideration 109 - requires that clubs pay per capita dues for aminimum of ten members

� Order of Consideration 136 - amends the provision for termination ofmembership for non-payment of dues.

� Order of Consideration 137 - modifies the criterion for selecting honorarymembers

� Reminder - all actions, unless otherwise specified, will take affect on July 1,2004.

If you have questions, please feel free to contact Charlie at 434-973-1151,[email protected], or Sandy at 540-361-1680, [email protected]. Thanks again for all that you do for Rotary as you Lend a Hand”and “Celebrate Rotary.”

New Generationsby Jeff Kauffman, Secretary,Purcellville Rotary Club

The Babe Ruth World Series iscurrently being held inPurcellville, Virginia, from Au-

gust 12th through the 21st. This is a bigtime for Loudon County andPurcellville. Sixteen year old boys fromall over the country will be staying withhost families and participating in atleast four baseball games. (Coinciden-tally, did you know that our current DGis a certified Babe Ruth umpire?!)

On August 19th, the PurcellvilleRotary Club will be the host volunteercommittee. There will be over 30Rotarians doing various jobs fromparking cars, selling tickets, conces-sions and souvenirs.

This is Purcellville Rotary’s wayof supporting the next generation.Some of these young men will be fu-ture Rotarians and what better way ofletting them know that our motto is“Service Above Self.”

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DISTRICT 7610

New Membersas of 8/5/04

Fairfax

Brenda Roberts DurhamChamber of Commerce

Deana KellyFuneral Services

Lake Ridge

Kevin ConnorPest Control Services

Leesburg

Seref KonurInformation Systems - Management

Middlesex

Dan HayesSchool irector

Mac McDowelManagement Consultant

Mount Vernon

Douglas BrownProject Management

Robins GoyaProgram Management

Purcellville

John BennickTransportation-Regional

Howard WillisTransportation-Road

Rappahanock-Fredericksburg

Stephen KingsleyBanker - Commercial Loan

Pamela SellersAttorney - Corporate Counsel

Vienna

Bob DudleyHonorary-GMU Professor

ROTARY CLUB ACTIVE ACTIVE 2003-04 ATTENDANCE7/1/03 6/30/04 GAIN(LOSS) %

Albemarle 66 67 1 75Alexandria 137 143 6 71Alexandria South (West Poto 14 14 0 67Alexandria West End 18 16 -2 46Annandale 54 * * *Arlington 54 55 1 66Bailey’s Crossroads 71 58 -13 80Blue Ridge 68 65 -3 81Bull Run 28 * * *Burke 22 18 -4 70Caroline 24 25 1 81Charlottesville 77 70 -7 68Crystal City-Pentagon 32 30 -2 74Culpeper 40 41 1 65Dulles 28 27 -1 79Dunn Loring 33 25 -8 60Fair Lakes 22 * * *Fairfax 85 87 2 84Falls Church 39 37 -2 61Fredericksburg 83 79 -4 80Gainesville-Haymarket 15 21 6 78Gloucester 51 48 -3 72Gloucester Point 49 49 0 61Herndon 62 62 0 93K-I-W-S 47 53 6 65Lake Ridge 50 46 -4 60Leesburg 55 56 1 65Leesburg Daybreak 48 * * *Louisa 22 19 -3 84Manassas 59 56 -3 75Mathews 42 47 5 66McLean 53 51 -2 72Middlesex 36 37 1 90Millennium 8 9 1 100Mount Vernon 19 20 1 74Northern Neck 32 28 -4 68Orange 26 25 -1 62Purcellville 48 52 4 77Rappahannock-Fredericksburg 80 88 8 79Reston 34 32 -2 67Rosslyn-Ft Myer 8 7 -1 80Springfield 27 20 -7 83Stafford 54 56 2 80Sterling 22 20 -2 74Tappahannock 43 49 6 68Tyson’s Corner 33 * * *Vienna 52 59 7 80Warrenton 74 75 1 73Warsaw 31 30 -1 84West Point 18 20 2 65West Springfield 52 49 -3 84Woodbridge 31 30 -1 85

Totals/Average for District 2,276 ? ? ?