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Editorial

Governor,Eugene Burkett

Fellow Rotarians,

Welcome to 2016! While we are still in the middle of our Rotary year, which ends June 30, most of us look to the beginning of the calendar year as a time to set personal goals and resolve to improve some aspect of our life over the previous year. As we make our resolutions to eat better, exercise more often and spent more time with family and friends, lets us not forget to include Rotary in our resolve. There are many opportunities to be involved in your Rotary club. So my wish for 2016 is that EVERY member of every club becomes actively engaged within their Rotary club. You may volunteer to help with a project, or you may serve as a mentor to new member or an interactor or rotaractor, or

even serve as a club officer of committee chair. But whichever you choose your life will be greatly enriched by serving.

January – Vocational Service monthFor 2015-2016 the Rotary theme months changed. January is now Vocational Service Month. But what does vocational service mean? The concept of vocational services is rooted in the Second Object of Rotary which calls on Rotarians to “encourage and foster”:• High-ethical standards in business and professions• The recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and• The dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve societyI encourage all clubs to use this month to highlight the professions represented in your club. Provide an opportunity for one or more of your members to be the club’s guest speaker for a meeting to talk about their profession. Other opportunities could include scheduling a club meeting at a member’s workplace and pro-viding a tour of the business to club members. You may also wish to invite a member of a profession not represented by your club to be a guest speaker. By reaching out to members in the community you will cre-ate a greater awareness of Rotary and the opportunity to develop new members for your club.

International Assembly – pre-pETS and mid-year meetingsAs January arrives so does the planning and training for new leadership in Rotary clubs and Districts that will take place on July 1. Each year in January all District Governor Elects (DGE) are flown to San Diego, California for a week of intensive training (International Assembly) to prepare them for their year as governor. Many of the clubs in our District host DGE’s from other countries on their way to San Diego. I encourage you to attend the host events organized during their brief stay in our District. In addition to having fun, you will make many new international friends!

At the District level we will be holding Pre-PETS (President-Elect Training) and Mid-Year meetings to prepare for our transition for club presidents. These meetings are for the incoming presidents and for existing presi-dents. These meetings are scheduled for January 30 in West Palm Beach and February 6 in Melbourne and can be found on the District calendar. If you are a club president or president-elect you should register and attend one of the two meetings. This is not only a critical planning event, but it also provides an opportunity to share experiences and ideas as we prepare to close out one Rotary year and begin a new one.

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CELEbRATE VOCATIONAL SERVICE mONTh by AppLyING FOR ThE dISTRICT 6930 VOCATIONAL SERVICE LITERACy

AwARd FOR ROTARy yEAR 2015-2016To earn the district’s Vocational Service Literacy Award a club must complete (5) Vocational Service literacy projects. Following is a list of suggested projects. Clubs are not limited to ideas on this list. Any other project a club might deem appropriate will qualify as long as it fits two categories of (1) vocational service and (2) literacy.

TO APPLY FOR THE VOCATIONAL SERVICE PROJECT AWARD ---- Simply list the projects which your club has or will complete in 2015-2016, add a short description of each project ( one or two sentences will do) and SEND THE COMPLETED LIST TO Dick Hattwick, 7507 Pine Tree Lane, Lake Clarke Shores, FL 33406. Or email the completed list to [email protected].

here is the list:

1.Offer a special and visible activity to celebrate Vocational Service Month (JANUARY). 2. Place 4-Way Test stickers in dictionaries given to children.3.Sponsor 4-Way Test speech or contest in a local school.4.Support a character literacy project provided by an outside agency, such as Character Counts,Laws of Life, Junior Achievement, Boy Scouts, or Girl Scouts.5.Recognize one or more community leaders who represent vocational service role models and publi-cize the recognition in the local media.6.Invite the District Governor to speak to your club about how he/she uses the Object of Rotary in his/her career. Invite local business leaders and/or youth to hear the presentation.7. Sponsor (perhaps in partnership with an Interact Club) a high school workshop which teaches voca-tional literacy as exemplified by Rotary’s 4-Way Test, Object of Rotary, and our two mottos (Service Above Self & One Profits Most Who Serves the Best).8. Sponsor a career awareness or job shadowing project for youth.9. Devote a weekly club program to Rotary’s Declara-tion for Rotarians in Business and Professions.10. Sponsor a business ethics project for adults al-

ready in the workplace.11. Sponsor a project which teaches job skills to youth at-risk.12. Support an international vocational service proj-ect, such as teaching job skills to unemployed youth or providing specific job training for any occupation (note: sponsoring an AK Tenamit student would quali-fy since those students return to their villages with job skills that they can use in the villages).13. Periodically include a classification talk at your club’s weekly meeting.14. Other-another club project which represents vo-cational service and literacy.

TO APPLY FOR THIS AWARD:a. List each vocational service literacy project which your club has or will have completed during this Rotary year ( July 1,2015 to June 30, 2016).b. Write a short description of each project ( In many cases one or two sentences will do, but feel free to elaborate).c. Have a club officer sign the completed form.d. Mail the completed form to Dick Hattwick at 7507 Pine Tree Lane, Lake Clarke Shores, FL 33406 OR email it to Dick at [email protected]


dATES ANd LOCATION FOR ROTARACT GLObAL muN AT ChANGE ThE wORLd NEw yORK

When: March 18-20, 2016Throw that puffy jacket on a Vi-king pyre and do a little dance around it—winter will be over and spring just around the cor-ner! While there are many rea-sons that NYC in winter is awe-some, there’s only so much of

it that we can take. And more importantly, there is no city in the world that does spring quite like New York: it’s Model UN Conference month! Take the opportunity to stuff our faces in the sunshine and attend one of the most beautiful life-changing experience like CWMUN!

Location: The UN Headquarters – New York City, USA

There is no better way to walk Ambassadors’ shoes than working inside the UN Headquarters! The CWMUN Conference will be open inside the majestic General Assembly Hall where real diplomats meet and discuss international topics. Every year, over 1 million visitors from around the world enter the United Nations Head-quarters in New York City. What about you? After 16 months of renovation, the newly renovated GA Hall has the original look and feel from the 1950s but with mod-ern updates to meet the nowadays building standards. The CWMUN Secretariat is more than honored to an-nounce that the entire Conference will be hosted inside the UN. The United Nations Headquarters is located in the heart of New York City on 1st Avenue between 42nd and 48th Street. Entrance for the Change the World Model UN Opening Ceremony is at 46th Street and 1st Avenue, New York, NY 10017.The Rotaract Global Model United Nations during the Change the World MUN will be simulating the Human Rights Commission and we are happy to host 144 Country Delegates representing 72 different countries.

Why New York City?

New York is defined by its skyline—the silhouette cre-ated by Manhattan’s buildings is instantly recognizable and utterly mesmerizing. In fact, NYC is home to more than 200 buildings measuring 500 feet or taller, roughly double that of its closest US competitor. You can ap-preciate the skyline’s grandeur from the observation decks atop the Empire State Building and Top of the Rock and revel in its scope from lower vantage points like the Brooklyn Bridge or the Brooklyn Heights prom-enade. New York City is a melting pot of cultures mov-ing in unity on 305 square miles of land. During the day, Central Park, Wall Street, United Nations, the Empire State Building, and the Statue of Liberty, along with Ellis Island, capture the attention of every tourist. However, the city is alive 24-hours a day and nightlife is thriv-ing. Times Square lights up while Broadway displays some of the best theater options the world has to of-fer. From Times Square and Central Park to the Empire State Building and Broadway, New York City is one of the world’s most exciting places to visit.

RECENT pOSTS• MEET THE ROTARACT GLOBAL MUN SECRETAR-IAT AT NEW YORK 2016• SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE ROTARACT MUN AT CHANGE THE WORLD – NEW YORK• ROTARY INTERNATIONAL, UNITED NATIONS AND WORLD LEADERS IN PARTNERSHIP• FUNDRAISE FOR A ROTARACT MODEL UN SCHOLARSHIP• IN 2016 ROTARACT GLOBAL MODEL UNITED NA-TIONS TAKES PLACE TWICE

ROTARy IN ACTION – mOdEL uNITEd NATIONSfollow RotaractMUN.orgapply for Sofia Serdika Rotaract MUN 2016we recommend WorldPeaceForum.orgRotary.org Club partner

D AT E S A N D L O C AT I O N F O R R O TA R A C T G L O B A L M U N AT C H A N G E T H E W O R L D N E W Y O R K

When: March 18-20, 2016 Throw that puffy jacket on a Viking pyre and do a little dance around it—winter will be over and spring just around the corner! While there are many reasons that NYC in winter is awesome, there’s only so much of it that we can take. And more importantly, there is no city in the world that does spring quite like New York: it’s Model UN Conference month! Take the opportunity to stuff our faces in the sunshine and attend one of the most beautiful life-changing experience like CWMUN! Location: The UN Headquarters – New York City, USA

There is no better way to walk Ambassadors’ shoes than working inside the UN Headquarters! The CWMUN Conference will be open inside the majestic General Assembly Hall where real diplomats meet and discuss international topics. Every year, over 1 million visitors from around the world enter the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. What about you? After 16 months of renovation, the newly renovated GA Hall has the original look and feel from the 1950s but with modern updates to meet the nowadays building standards. The CWMUN Secretariat is more than honored to announce that the entire Conference will be hosted inside the UN. The United Nations Headquarters is located in the heart of New York City on 1st Avenue between 42nd and 48th Street. Entrance for the Change the World Model UN Opening Ceremony is at 46th Street and 1st Avenue, New York, NY 10017. The Rotaract Global Model United Nations during the Change the World MUN will be simulating the Human Rights Commission and we are happy to host 144 Country Delegates representing 72 different countries.

Why New York City?

New York is defined by its skyline—the silhouette created by Manhattan’s buildings is instantly recognizable and utterly mesmerizing. In fact, NYC is home to more than 200 buildings measuring 500 feet or taller, roughly double that of its closest US competitor. You can appreciate the skyline’s grandeur from the observation decks atop the Empire State Building and Top of the Rock and revel in its scope from lower vantage points like the Brooklyn Bridge or the Brooklyn Heights promenade. New York City is a melting pot of cultures moving in unity on 305 square miles of land. During the day, Central Park, Wall Street, United Nations, the Empire State Building, and the Statue of Liberty, along with Ellis Island, capture the attention of every tourist. However, the city is alive 24-hours a day and nightlife is thriving. Times Square lights up while Broadway displays some of the best theater options the world has to offer. From Times Square and Central Park to the Empire State Building and Broadway, New York City is one of the world’s most exciting places to visit.

R E C E N T P O S T S MEET THE ROTARACT GLOBAL MUN SECRETARIAT AT NEW YORK 2016 SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE ROTARACT MUN AT CHANGE THE WORLD – NEW YORK ROTARY INTERNATIONAL, UNITED NATIONS AND WORLD LEADERS IN PARTNERSHIP FUNDRAISE FOR A ROTARACT MODEL UN SCHOLARSHIP IN 2016 ROTARACT GLOBAL MODEL UNITED NATIONS TAKES PLACE TWICE

R O T A R Y I N A C T I O N – M O D E L U N I T E D N A T I O N S follow RotaractMUN.org apply for Sofia Serdika Rotaract MUN 2016 we recommendWorldPeaceForum.org Rotary.org Club partner




FACEbOOK, pAGE OR GROup?You created a profile on Facebook and you like the way you can com-municate with friends and family. But what if you would also want to benefit from that free service to spread the word about your business or create a group of interest to find subscribers to a specific subject you would like to discuss? This can be done with either Face-book Pages or Facebook Groups. I have both a website for my business and a personal blog but I don’t ex-pect my audience to find my articles by simply searching my content on Google only. I also use a few social media tools to help propagating my articles and Facebook without a doubt is the #1 tool to bring more back more results for my content. Here are the main differences between Pages and Groups as explained by Matt Hicks explained in Facebook tips:

Facebook pages

Like a friend’s profile, Facebook Pag-es enable public figures, businesses, organizations and other entities to create an authentic and public pres-ence on Facebook. Unlike your pro-file, Facebook Pages are visible to everyone on the internet by default. You, and every person on Facebook, can connect with these Pages by be-coming a fan and then receive their updates in your News Feed and inter-act with them.Authenticity is at the core of Face-book. Just as profiles should repre-sent real people and real names, so too should Pages for entities. Only the official representatives of a pub-lic figure, business or organization should create a Facebook Page.

Facebook Groups

While Pages were designed to be the official profiles for entities, such as ce-lebrities, brands or businesses, Face-book Groups are the place for small group communication and for people to share their common interests and express their opinion. Groups allow people to come together around a common cause, issue or activity to organize, express objectives, discuss issues, post photos and share related content.When you create a group, you can decide whether to make it publicly available for anyone to join, require administrator approval for members to join or keep it private and by invita-tion only. Like with Pages, new posts by a group are included in the News Feeds of its members and members can interact and share with one an-other from the group.Groups range widely, from members of a church group or athletic team or-ganizing activities to serious topics on politics and world events or even more lighthearted themes. Say that you and your friends have a favorite celebrity or cause you want to rally around, but you are not the official representative of either. You can either become a fan of the official Facebook page for the celebrity or cause and show your support there or create your own group on Facebook around the common interest. In both cases, I recommend that whenever you want to grab attention to your content, you should try to at-tach an image pertinent to your con-tent. Articles with images get 94% more total views. I use images mostly

fromdollarphotoclub.com, http://pho-todune.net or canva.com. You can get beautiful images for $1.00 only and in some cases a lot of free ones can also be obtained. Just make sure you follow Copyright rules that protect the use of pictures.—————Vera was born in Rio de Janeiro, Bra-zil. She is Practitioner in NLP and is interested in issues related to advanc-es in technology and science, seeks to learn everything that relates to her passion for computing techniques, and likes to share experiences with friends via her blog and through so-cial networks. She emigrated to the States in 89, loves the country that welcomed her but does not depart from what is best in culture, music and cuisine of her birth country. She is Business Development Director and founder of Brasileirinho.com.

Vera SchaferRotary Club of Boca Raton West

district page: https://www.facebook.com/rotarydis-trict6930/

district Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/47857191451/

FACEBOOK, PAGE OR GROUP? You created a profile on Facebook and you like the way you can communicate with friends and family. But what if you would also want to benefit from that free service to spread the word about your business or create a group of interest to find subscribers to a specific subject you would like to discuss?

This can be done with either Facebook Pages or Facebook Groups. I have both a website for my business and a personal blog but I don’t expect my audience to find my articles by simply searching my content on Google only. I also use a few social media tools to help propagating my articles and Facebook without a doubt is the #1 tool to bring more back more results for my content. Here are the main differences between Pages and Groups as explained by Matt Hicks explained in Facebook tips: Facebook Pages Like a friend's profile, Facebook Pages enable public figures, businesses, organizations and other entities to create an authentic and public presence on Facebook. Unlike your profile, Facebook Pages are visible to everyone on the internet by default. You, and every person on Facebook, can connect with these Pages by becoming a fan and then receive their updates in your News Feed and interact with them. Authenticity is at the core of Facebook. Just as profiles should represent real people and real names, so too should Pages for entities. Only the official representatives of a public figure, business or organization should create a Facebook Page.

Facebook Groups While Pages were designed to be the official profiles for entities, such as celebrities, brands or businesses, Facebook Groups are the place for small group communication and for people to share their common interests and express their opinion. Groups allow people to come together around a common cause, issue or activity to organize, express objectives, discuss issues, post photos and share related content. When you create a group, you can decide whether to make it publicly available for anyone to join, require administrator approval for members to join or keep it private and by invitation only. Like with Pages, new posts by a group are included in the News Feeds of its members and members can interact and share with one another from the group. Groups range widely, from members of a church group or athletic team organizing activities to serious topics on politics and world events or even more lighthearted themes. Say that you and your friends have a favorite celebrity or cause you want to rally around, but you are not the official representative of either. You can either become a fan of the official Facebook page for the celebrity or cause and show your support there or create your own group on Facebook around the common interest. In both cases, I recommend that whenever you want to grab attention to your content, you should try to attach an image pertinent to your content. Articles with images get 94% more total views. I use images mostly fromdollarphotoclub.com, http://photodune.net or canva.com. You can get beautiful images for $1.00 only and in

some cases a lot of free ones can also be obtained. Just make sure you follow Copyright rules that protect the use of pictures. ————— Vera was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She is Practitioner in NLP and is interested in issues related to advances in technology and science, seeks to learn everything that relates to her passion for computing techniques, and likes to share experiences with friends via her blog and through social networks. She emigrated to the States in 89, loves the country that welcomed her but does not depart from what is best in culture, music and cuisine of her birth country. She is Business Development Director and founder of Brasileirinho.com.

Vera Schafer Rotary Club of Boca Raton West

District Page: https://www.facebook.com/rotarydistrict6930/ District Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/47857191451/


Now Accepting Applications for 2017-18 Rotary peace Fellowships

You may be able to help prevent or resolve regional and local conflicts around the globe. Become a peace-builder at one of Rotary’s six peace centers. With a fully funded Rotary Peace Fellowship, awarded annually to up to 100 individuals around the world, qualified candidates earn a master’s degree or professional development certificate in a field related to peace and conflict resolution. Take the eligibility quiz and watch the applicationchecklist video. Applications are due by 31 May.

Now accepting applications for 2017-18 Rotary Peace Fellowships

You may be able to help prevent or resolve regional and local conflicts around the globe. Become a peace-builder at one of Rotary’s six peace centers. With a fully funded Rotary Peace Fellowship, awarded annually to up to 100

individuals around the world, qualified candidates earn a master’s degree or professional development certificate in a field related to peace and conflict resolution. Take the eligibility quiz and watch the applicationchecklist video. Applications are due

by 31 May.

Letter from Outbound RyE Student in Japandear John, Terri, and the Rotary Club of Jupiter-Tequesta,

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Looking back on this year, I’m amazed at how much has happened in such a short amount of time and how

quickly everything seems to be moving. I have quite a lot to be thankful for — not least being able to have the

incredible experience I’m currently enjoying here in Saitama, Japan. I’m so grateful and thankful for every-

thing you have all done for me, and believe I’m being a worthy representative of RYE Florida and the Rotary

Club of Jupiter-Tequesta here in Japan.

It’s been an amazing last four months, and I’ve barely had the time to write or record my thoughts. My Japa-

nese is improving, and I feel like I’m able to communicate well with the people and world around me; I’ve

made good friends here and feel like I’m starting to make a home in Japan.

I hope you are all well and healthy and have had a great last few months.

Once more, thank you all so much and Happy Holidays!! I hope you all had a wonderful, happy, merry Christ-

mas!

Sincerely,Alex


dear president and president Elect,

The Pre-PETS and Mid-Year meetings are set and on the District Calendar. Please sign up as soon as possible to one of the meetings. There are only 2 meetings scheduled this year. The first meeting is January 30 from 9:00 am - Noon at Keiser Univer-sity, 2085 Vista Parkway, West Palm Beach, FL. The second meeting is February 6, 2016 from 9:00 am - Noon at Webster University, 1775 W. Hibiscus Blvd., Melbourne, FL.For Presidents please bring your latest Presidential Dashboard printout as we will be reviewing it. Also, if you have had trouble entering your goals please

come prepared with the goals and any other items you need assistance with. Either Marcia Gaedcke, our District Trainer, or me will be able to assist you. If you have trouble accessing your My Rotary account please contact either Rotary International, Marcia or me prior to the meetings so we can be sure you have at least the ability to login at the mid-year meeting.

yours in Rotary Service,Gene burkettRotary District 6930District Governor 2015-2016Email: [email protected] Phone: 321-890-3171Office Phone: 321-631-0383

mESSAGE FROm ThE GOVERNOR

ROTARy uNIquE AFRICAN SAFARI

Rotary Unique African Safari

The Rotary Club of Polokwane D9400, South Africa invites Rotarians or friends to enjoy a once in a life time experience by participating in our Unique African Safari. Participants will experience close encounters with Africa’s exciting and wonderful wildlife whilst enjoying true Rotary fellowship with South African Rotarians. At all times they will be accompanied by an experienced South African Rotarian guide. All profits generated will be for the Rotary Club of Polokwane Community Service Projects. This portion may be Tax Deductible as it is considered a donation to charity by the United States IRS. The Safaris scheduled for June & September 2016 include stays at Letaba Camp in the world famous Kruger National Park and the luxurious five star Kings Camp Lodge in the adjacent Timbavati Game Reserve - domains of Africa’s Big Five, namely Lion, Elephant, Leopard, Rhino and Buffalo. Abundant plains game and birdlife abounds. These Unique African Safaris are limited to EIGHT PEOPLE at the incredible price of only US$3590* per person all inclusive. Over the past 14 years the Rotary Club of Polokwane has organised many successful and highly enjoyable safaris with participants from all around the world, so do not hesitate to be part of this exciting event. “I'm still on Cloud 9! I can't thank you enough for the trip of a lifetime. I was very excited about the trip as visiting Africa has been a dream of mine for many, many years; however, I had no idea it would be like that. I assumed we'd be looking at animals thru binocs from quite a distance. To be surrounded by a pride of lions is something I will never, never forget! I realize that it's an experience very few people are privileged to have had.” Sandi Hulstrom USA Add on trips other destinations in Southern Africa can be arranged. For more details and a full itinerary contact Rotarian Charles Hardy at [email protected] or phone +27 15 297 4143 (H) +27 83 457 1721 (Cell) * Excludes international and domestic flights to and from Johannesburg.

The Rotary Club of Polokwane D9400, South Africa in-vites Rotarians or friends to enjoy a once in a life time experience by participating in our Unique African Safari. Participants will experience close encounters with Africa’s exciting and wonderful wildlife whilst enjoying true Rotary fellowship with South African Rotarians. At all times they will be accompanied by an experienced South African Ro-tarian guide. All profits generated will be for the Rotary Club of Polokwane Community Service Projects. This por-tion may be Tax Deductible as it is considered a donation to charity by the United States IRS.The Safaris scheduled for June & September 2016 in-clude stays at Letaba Camp in the world famous Kru-ger National park and the luxurious five star Kings Camp Lodge in the adjacent Timbavati Game Reserve - domains of Africa’s big Five, namely Lion, Elephant, Leopard, Rhino and buffalo. Abundant plains game and birdlife abounds.These Unique African Safaris are limited to EIGHT PEO-PLE at the incredible price of only uS$3590* per person all inclusive. Over the past 14 years the Rotary Club of

Polokwane has organised many successful and highly en-joyable safaris with participants from all around the world, so do not hesitate to be part of this exciting event.

“I’m still on Cloud 9! I can’t thank you enough for the trip of a lifetime. I was very excited about the trip as visiting Africa has been a dream of mine for many, many years; however, I had no idea it would be like that. I assumed we’d be looking at animals thru binocs from quite a dis-tance. To be surrounded by a pride of lions is something I will never, never forget! I realize that it’s an experience very few people are privileged to have had.” - Sandi Hulstrom USA

Add on trips other destinations in Southern Africa can be arranged.For more details and a full itinerary contact Rotarian Charles Hardy at [email protected] or phone +27 15 297 4143 (H) +27 83 457 1721 (Cell)* Excludes international and domestic flights to and from Johannesburg.


CyCLISTS RAISE OVER $4 mILLION IN mILES TO ENd pOLIO RIdE

The fight to eradicate polio got a major financial boost from the annual Miles to End Polio bike ride that took place 21 November in Arizona, USA. Rotary General Secretary John Hewko and a team of eight RI staff members helped raise $4.4 million. The Bill & Me-linda Gates Foundation will match the funds 2-to-1, bringing the total contribution to PolioPlus to more than $13.5 million.This is the fourth year in a row that Hewko has biked in the 104-mile (167 km) El Tour de Tucson ride, one of the country’s top cycling events. More than 100 Rotary members from Arizona and around the world hit the pavement with the Evanston team.The RI staff riders have been training together since September. “In the beginning, riding 104 miles seemed impossible,” says Jean Stanula, Rotary’s Global Events supervisor. “But we came together early Saturday mornings and rode 20, 40, 60, and 80 miles. After a while, it felt like we could do anything.”Contributions of District Designated Funds (DDFs)

were a big part in this year’s fundraising effort, with more than $1.4 million collected. Districts can contin-ue to donate DDFs to support the fundraiser through 30 November. President-elect John Germ will visit the district that donates the most DDFs, and the top five contributing districts will be recognized onstage at the 2016 Rotary Convention in Seoul.Rotary members have taken part in the ride since 2009, when the End Polio Now campaign was des-ignated an official beneficiary of the race, allowing Rotary cyclists to gather pledges for the campaign. In the first year, 27 cyclists raised $35,000. The number has grown exponentially ever since.GIVE TO ENd pOLIO NOwDownload the Miles to End Polio DDF contribution formMeet the team

by maureen VaughtRotary News 23-Nov-2015 Photos by James S. Wood Photography


bOyNTON bEACh/ LANTANA ROTARy CLubS

The Boynton Beach/Lantana Rotary Club was hon-

ored to present a check to the Boynton Beach High

School’s award winning chorus, Dimensional Harmo-

ny. They have been invited to participate in a once in

a lifetime opportunity to travel to London and perform

at the London International Choral Festival in late

December. They were one of seven choruses world-

wide chosen to perform, and the only one in Florida!

Boynton Beach/Lantana Rotary Past President, Dr.

Gay Voss donated her winnings of the weekly 50/50

drawing and the rest of the funds were donated by

the Club! Dr. Gay Voss and Area Governor, Deb-

bie Donnelly-McLay are pictured presenting the

$1000.00 check to the chorus and their Director, Mr.

Sterling Fredrick.

This is also a special photo for Dr. Voss, as she was

the Prinipal of Rolling Green Elementary School for

over 24 years prior to her retirement, and she is now

honored to be pictured here with all former Rolling

Green students that will be traveling to London. Dr.

Voss will also be honored to be attending the stu-

dents’ performance in London!

Pictured from : Tachina Destinvil, Kiara Pryor, Rosny

Louis-Charles, Letesha Gordon, Francisco Antonio,

Choir Director mr. Sterling Fredrick and Principal Mr.

Fred Barch. The students are still in need of funding

for their trip and have set up a Go Fund Me page.

For more information please contact Boynton Beach/

Lantana Rotary at [email protected]

The Boynton Beach/Lantana Rotary Club promotes

vocational service and has partnered with the BASA

Aviation Academy at Boynton Beach High School

along with Club member and Rotary Area Governor,

Debbie Donnelly-McLay, who is also an Airline Cap-

tain at United Parcel Service. The pilots at UPS in

Miami have been donating their extra pilot shirts to

the BASA Academy and are pictured presenting over

75 pilot shirts to the students and Instructor Mr. Don-

ald Scantlan. The students at the BASA Academy are

dual enrolled in Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

throughout their high school time and wear pilot shirts

as part of their uniform three days a week, which cost

over $40.00 per shirt. The pilots at UPS are glad to

help with the Academy. Please contact Debbie Don-

nelly-McLay at [email protected] for more infor-

mation or to donate. Pictured are students Ezekiel

Duncanson, Nicolas Gonzalez, Steffan Squitiro and

Instructor Mr. Donald Scantlan, with UPS pilot and

Rotarian Debbie Donnelly-McLay.

boynton beach/Lantana Rotary Clubs

The Boynton Beach/Lantana Rotary Club was honored to present a check to the Boynton Beach High School's award winning chorus, Dimensional Harmony. They have been invited to participate in a once in a lifetime opportunity to travel to London and perform at the London International Choral Festival in late December. They were one of seven choruses worldwide chosen to perform, and the only one in Florida! Boynton Beach/Lantana Rotary Past President, Dr. Gay Voss donated her winnings of the

weekly 50/50 drawing and the rest of the funds were donated by the Club! Dr. Gay Voss and Area Governor, Debbie Donnelly-McLay are pictured presenting the $1000.00 check to the chorus and their Director, Mr. Sterling Fredrick.

This is also a special photo for Dr. Voss, as she was the Prinipal of Rolling Green Elementary School for over 24 years prior to her retirement, and she is now honored to be pictured here with all former Rolling Green students that will be traveling to London. Dr. Voss will also be honored to be attending the students' performance in London!

Pictured from : Tachina Destinvil, Kiara Pryor, Rosny Louis-Charles, Letesha Gordon, Francisco Antonio, Choir Director mr. Sterling Fredrick and Principal Mr. Fred Barch. The students are still in need of funding for their trip and have set up a Go Fund Me page. For more information please contact Boynton Beach/Lantana Rotary at [email protected]

The Boynton Beach/Lantana Rotary Club promotes vocational service and has partnered with the BASA Aviation Academy at Boynton Beach High School along with Club member and Rotary Area Governor, Debbie Donnelly-McLay, who is also an Airline Captain at United Parcel Service. The pilots at UPS in Miami have been donating their extra pilot shirts to the BASA Academy and are pictured presenting over 75 pilot shirts to the students and Instructor Mr. Donald Scantlan. The students at the BASA Academy are dual enrolled in Embry Riddle Aeronautical University throughout their high school time and wear pilot shirts as part of their uniform three days

a week, which cost over $40.00 per shirt. The pilots at UPS are glad to help with the Academy. Please contact Debbie Donnelly-McLay at [email protected] for more information or to donate. Pictured are students Ezekiel Duncanson, Nicolas Gonzalez, Steffan Squitiro and Instructor Mr. Donald Scantlan, with UPS pilot and Rotarian Debbie Donnelly-McLay.

boynton beach/Lantana Rotary Clubs

The Boynton Beach/Lantana Rotary Club was honored to present a check to the Boynton Beach High School's award winning chorus, Dimensional Harmony. They have been invited to participate in a once in a lifetime opportunity to travel to London and perform at the London International Choral Festival in late December. They were one of seven choruses worldwide chosen to perform, and the only one in Florida! Boynton Beach/Lantana Rotary Past President, Dr. Gay Voss donated her winnings of the

weekly 50/50 drawing and the rest of the funds were donated by the Club! Dr. Gay Voss and Area Governor, Debbie Donnelly-McLay are pictured presenting the $1000.00 check to the chorus and their Director, Mr. Sterling Fredrick.

This is also a special photo for Dr. Voss, as she was the Prinipal of Rolling Green Elementary School for over 24 years prior to her retirement, and she is now honored to be pictured here with all former Rolling Green students that will be traveling to London. Dr. Voss will also be honored to be attending the students' performance in London!

Pictured from : Tachina Destinvil, Kiara Pryor, Rosny Louis-Charles, Letesha Gordon, Francisco Antonio, Choir Director mr. Sterling Fredrick and Principal Mr. Fred Barch. The students are still in need of funding for their trip and have set up a Go Fund Me page. For more information please contact Boynton Beach/Lantana Rotary at [email protected]

The Boynton Beach/Lantana Rotary Club promotes vocational service and has partnered with the BASA Aviation Academy at Boynton Beach High School along with Club member and Rotary Area Governor, Debbie Donnelly-McLay, who is also an Airline Captain at United Parcel Service. The pilots at UPS in Miami have been donating their extra pilot shirts to the BASA Academy and are pictured presenting over 75 pilot shirts to the students and Instructor Mr. Donald Scantlan. The students at the BASA Academy are dual enrolled in Embry Riddle Aeronautical University throughout their high school time and wear pilot shirts as part of their uniform three days

a week, which cost over $40.00 per shirt. The pilots at UPS are glad to help with the Academy. Please contact Debbie Donnelly-McLay at [email protected] for more information or to donate. Pictured are students Ezekiel Duncanson, Nicolas Gonzalez, Steffan Squitiro and Instructor Mr. Donald Scantlan, with UPS pilot and Rotarian Debbie Donnelly-McLay.


This year, all six of the Rotary Clubs in Boca Raton teamed up to host the 9th Annual Rotary Carousel Toy Drive. Each year the Rotarians of the Boca area aim to collect toys for the needy children in our area. The numbers this year were amazing! More than 500 toys in total were collected at the event along with over $2,000 in donations. Not to mention all the much-needed donation of products that helped make the event so successful. The Toy Drive has been hosted annually at Sugar Sand Park at the Carousel that Rotary donated to the park. It first started in 2006 by the idea of Douglas Heizer. With the help of his club, at the time, Boca Raton Sunset, they made the event happen. Since then we have grown to involve each of the six Ro-tary Clubs in Boca Raton: Boca Raton, Boca Raton Central, Downtown Boca Raton, Boca Raton Sun-rise, Boca Raton Sunset, and Boca Raton West. We have a day of fun and bbq available for the families who come: Santa is always present for pictures, and everyone who brings a toy is allowed to have unlim-ited carousel rides all day! Over the years the event has always grown to be bigger and better. We have received continuous support from the City of Boca Raton. This year we had the presence of Mayor Su-san Haynie, Deputy Mayor Robert Weinroth, Council Members Scott Singer and Jeremy Rodgers. Along with the partnership of local businesses and nonprofits are we able to make this event successful. This year we beat another record from last year by receiving the support from over 20 local businesses who also believed in this cause.

All toys collected were donated to Boca Helping Hands and Wayne Barton Study Center. So this event is very important to the community at large as it is the local citizens who help us get all these toys for our local kids. The holiday season is always tough for families who do not have the financial stability to buy toys for their kids. We get that, and we aimed to help. If you are interested in being a part of this event and changing the life of a child this holiday season then please let us know as we will love to have you on board!

Sincerely, douglas heizerRotary Club of Boca Raton West

This year, all six of the Rotary Clubs in

Boca Raton teamed up to host the 9th Annual Rotary Carousel Toy Drive. Each year the Rotarians of the Boca area aim to collect toys for the needy children in our area. The numbers this year were amazing! More than 500 toys in total were collected at the event along with over $2,000 in donations. Not to mention all the much-needed donation of products that helped make the event so successful.

The Toy Drive has been hosted annually at Sugar Sand Park at the Carousel that Rotary donated to the park. It first started in 2006 by the idea of Douglas Heizer. With the help of his club, at the time, Boca Raton Sunset, they made the event happen. Since then we have grown to involve each of the six Rotary Clubs in Boca Raton: Boca Raton, Boca Raton Central, Downtown Boca Raton, Boca Raton Sunrise, Boca Raton Sunset, and Boca Raton West. We have a day of fun and bbq available for the families who come: Santa is always present for pictures, and everyone who brings a toy is allowed to have unlimited carousel rides all day! Over the years the event has always grown to be bigger and better. We have received continuous support from the City of Boca Raton. This year we had the presence of Mayor Susan Haynie, Deputy Mayor Robert Weinroth, Council Members Scott Singer and Jeremy Rodgers.

Along with the partnership of local businesses and nonprofits are we able to make this event successful. This year we beat another record from last year by receiving the

support from over 20 local businesses who also believed in this cause.

All toys collected were donated to Boca Helping Hands and Wayne Barton Study Center. So this event is very important to the community at large as it is the local citizens who help us get all these toys for our local kids. The holiday season is always tough for families who do not have the financial stability to buy toys for their kids. We get that, and we aimed to help.

If you are interested in being a part of this event and changing the life of a child this holiday season then please let us know as we will love to have you on board!

Sincerely,

douglas heizer Rotary Club of Boca Raton West


bOCA RATON TOy dRIVE






dear Rotarian,It is very great speaking to you!

You probably have noticed that every month, you would get an e-mail of the District

Quest Magazine. Quest is our monthly district newsletter transformed into a maga-

zine to get all the district information out to Rotarians in a more modern, efficient,

and exciting way!

Through this letter, I want to encourage you to send me information, flyers, and

photos of the events that your club holds so that we can promote it throughout the

whole district. That way, you will be letting other clubs know what yours is up to and encourage them to do

the same!

We wanted to show support for our entire district, so we created a print version of the magazine. This was

dream come true for us! It was an absolute success, and it was distributed to everyone at the District 6930

Conference!

Now, we want to be able to continue printing every month and send out the magazine to all the clubs in our

district so that each member can be handed a copy. This will be a fast, easy, and pleasant way for all mem-

bers in our district to be up to date on the happenings of every club.

This is also a great way to recruit future Rotarians. Distributing these magazines throughout our workplaces,

we can let others in our community learn what being a Rotarian is all about. They will see the wonderful ser-

vices we do for our communities, along with the fun time we have while doing it! I encourage all your mem-

bers to use this magazine as a recruitment tool for your clubs.

So that we can keep Quest printing every month, I ask you to share this letter with each member of your club

and incentivize them to buy advertisement space for their businesses. With the support of your members, we

will be able to cover the cost of printing and stay on track with our goal of having a print version of Quest. We

hope that all Rotarians show their support and promote their business through our magazine.

For more information, here is the contact who is responsible for handling the advertising of the magazine:

Contact Andre heizer at (561) 807-6304 or [email protected]

Kind regards,dini [email protected] Quest Magazine 2014-2016Public Relations 2015-2016

why pRINT ThE quEST mAGAzINE?

Let’s Keep printing!

ContaCt us at (561) 807-6300 or fax (561) 208-6008

QuestRotary District 6930

Documents

Rotary International - District 6930 - 006 Quest Magazine - January 2016