District 5910 Newsletter - April 2016 (Apr 01, 2016)

District 5910 NewsApril 2016

Doris Lockey District Governor 2015-2016

Rotary District 5910

Rotarians and Rotary Friends:

April is Maternal and Child Health Month. At least 7 millionchildren under the age of five die each year due tomalnutrition, poor health care, and inadequate sanitation. Tohelp reduce this rate, Rotarians around the world provideimmunizations and antibiotics to babies, improve access toessential medical services, and support trained health careproviders for mothers and their children.

Many Clubs in our District completed projects this year forthis area of focus. Projects supported this need in ourcommunities and others supported projects around the world. We look forward to seeing many of these projects displayed inthe Hall of Friendship during our District Conference.

Every three years, members from Rotary districts across theglobe gather in Chicago to review and vote on proposedlegislation. The Council on Legislation is an essential part ofRotary’s governance. PDG Ulli Budelmann will represent ourdistrict this year. The meetings will take place April 10 toApril 15, 2016. Once the COL begins you will be able tofollow the meeting when you log into www.rotary.org.

I hope your April plans include the district conference? Wehave over 225 registered for the conference. If you havealready registered and missed signing up for the golf

Upcoming EventsDistrict Grant final reportsubmission deadlineApr 01, 2016

Rotary Youth ExchangeShort-Term Orientation Mtg.Lone Star College - MontgomeryApr 03, 2016

Inbound Youth Exchange SpringOutingApr 08, 2016 – Apr 10, 2016

College of Governors DinnerApr 21, 2016

District 5910 DistrictConferenceLa Torretta ResortApr 22, 2016 – Apr 24, 2016

2016 District Conference inMontgomery, TexasApr 22, 2016 – Apr 24, 2016

Club Bulletin JudgingApr 23, 2016

Rotary Long-Term YouthExchange Outbound CampCamp AllenMay 13, 2016 – May 15, 2016

District Grant ApplicatonDeadlineMay 15, 2016

District Assembly / All ClubTrainingMay 21, 2016

StoriesFrom the Governor

District 5910 Newsletter - April 2016 (Apr 01, 2016) http://rotary5910.org/bulletin/view/b151cda4-f4c7-4012-97ce-81912bf3...

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tournament, Memory Park Tour or the Tapas Cooking class, itis not too late. All you have to do is go in and edit yourregistration. Links to register for both the conference andhotel are on the district website.

I normally wrap up my letter each month with a “did youknow” item about using our new Rotary on-line tools. Myrecommendation this month is for current and incomingofficers and directors to sign-up for the “Rotary Club Central”training course. It is definitely worth your time!

Hope you enjoy the newsletter and have an awesome Rotarymonth!

Be a Gift to the World,

DorisDoris Lockey District Governor 2015-2016Rotary District 5910

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Bulletin EditorJacque Chapman(If you have any comments orquestions, please contact the editor)

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District Conference 2016

Register NOW for The 2016 DistrictConference!

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Don't Miss the Conference Golf Tournament! Singles or Teams Welcomed!

For Hotel Reservation:

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Please consider serving as a sponsor forthe District Conference.

Click here to obtain sponsorship flyer.DISTRICT NEWS: Conference Golf Tournament


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(Click on image to open full-size document.)You do not need to register a team of 4 personsunless you have a team of 4 persons from yourclub. Single golfers will be matched with othersingle golfers.

If you already registered for the Conference, andforgot to include the Golf Tournament, it is easyto go back to your registration form online at theRotary District 5910 website and add it to yourprevious registration.

If you have not registered for the Conference,the Golf Tournament is just another instance ofgreat fun which you will be missing by notattending.

If you have any questions, please contact BillRathbun – 936.522.8672

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DISTRICT CONFERENCE: Memory Park Tour


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A highlight of the conference events will be a visitto Memory Park in Lake Conroe. This is theRotary Club of Lake Conroe's Flagship Project. You will LOVE it!

When registering for the 2016 District 5910Conference at La Torretta Lake Resort, go to theend of the Registration Form where Fridayafternoon Memory Park Tour is located. There isnot a cost for this tour, but we need a head countfor transportation to and from the Park.

All of the Past District Governors have beenhonored with an engraved stone in the RoseGarden.If you have any questions or need furtherinformation, please contact Christina Rathbun at936.522.8673.

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DISTRICT NEWS: Conference TAPAs Demo

TAPAS Demonstration is Not to be Missed!


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Invitation to Assist with Books for the World

The Dickinson club members worked at the Books for the Worldwarehouse in Pasadena in February with Rotary Club membersand Dickinson High School Interact kids.

Another very special DistrictConference event planned is theTAPAS Cooking Demonstration,presented by Rotarian Chef Rickof the Walden Yacht Club. ChefRick is one of the best and verypersonable.

The TAPAS Cooking Demonstration is on Fridayafternoon, 2:00 p.m. at La Torretta, and it is free! However, you need to make a reservation. Return to theregistration page and add the TAPA demonstration or makesure to do it when you register.

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Books for the World


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Rotary Books For The World is an internationalservice project started in 2000 and supported byHouston area Rotary Clubs, Rotaract Clubs, andInteract Clubs. Books for the World is proud toannounce the shipment of the 271st 40’ shippingcontainer of books (for a total of over 10 millionpounds), as well as several containers of schoolfurniture, bicycles, and bicycle parts to Rotarianled literacy projects in 23 different countries.

Would you & your club like to help with theshipment of the next container?

Please bring a group of your club members,Interactors, Rotractors, friends and familymembers to help sort and palletize books on thefollowing dates:

April 9, May 7, and June 11, (all these dates are 10 am – Noon);

July 16, August 20, Sep. 17, and Oct. 15 (all these dates are 9 am – 11 am);

Nov. 12 and Dec. 3(these dates are back to 10 am –Noon)

This is a non- air-conditioned/non-heatedwarehouse. Please dress appropriately. Thetimes are adjusted to try to keep our volunteersas cool as possible. You are welcome to bringused books (of any type as long as they are ingood condition) to donate to this project.

Where?116 Main St. Pasadena, TX

Park on Eagle St. or under Hwy 225Be careful crossing the street and do not

leave valuables in your car. The Septemberand October dates will have difficult parkingbecause of youth football at Pasadena High

School.

Questions? Terry Ziegler - [email protected] 713-825-1176

We always need more funding to purchasecontainers and to pay for shipping. Pleaseconsider asking your club to donate to this greatproject or to apply for a District Grant for it. Seemore at the project websitewww.rotarybooksfortheworld.org.

In a nutshell, books (mainly out-of-adoptionschool books) are sent to a warehouse inPasadena to be sorted and palletized so they can


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be sent to various parts of the world to be givento students who have no books or only limitedaccess to them. Interact, Rotaract, and Rotaryvolunteers gather together for 2 hours oneSaturday each month to sort the books in thewarehouse. Having done so, you've participatedin a recognized international project and havehelped to possibly change the life of a destitutechild overseas.

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DISTRICT NEWS: GRANTS TIMETABLE

DISTRICT GRANT REPORTING

Reports are due April 1. If not in today yourclub is late in reporting and may be penalized.

The Grants Committee has done away withClubrunner for grants and have two grantreports for you to choose from. Use the one thatworks best for you with your personal computerset up. One form is a pdf file which is the formatthat RI prefers and the other is a Microsoft WordDocument. The goal is to make the reporting aneasier process for all concerned.

Download the form of your choice and save it toyour computer. When complete send all theinformation together. That means scan in alldocumentation- checks, invoices, photographsand attach to the grant form. Also be sure yourbudget is balanced; that means that yourincome matches the expenses. Send onlycomplete forms. A special thanks to GlenMattingly for making the blanks expandable! Weall hope this makes the process easier for you.

No handwritten forms will be accepted. It mustbe typed

Remember the Complete Final Report is dueApril 1, 2016.

Barbara EmeryRotary District 5910 Grants Chair8609 Rosewood DriveCollege Station, TX 77845-5553Phone: 979-694-7698

Reporting form in fillable .pdf formatReporting form in Word


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Aid Requested for Flood Victims

Once again we have Texans who have beengreatly impacted by mother nature. The floodsin the Orange County and Deweyville areas haveleft many homeless or with great personalloses. We have consulted both Shawn Sparrowand Linn Cardner regarding the immediateneeds in these areas. Shawn is president ofRotary Club of Orange. Linn is a Rotarian andExecutive Director of United Way of OrangeCounty. Both recommend monetary donationsbe made to the Orange Salvation Army. OrangeSalvation Army with assistance from DallasSalvation Army is providing support for floodvictims in both Orange County and Deweyville.

Donations may be sent directly to OrangeSalvation Army, 1950 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.,Orange, Texas 77630.

If clubs or individuals prefer they may senddonations to our District Foundation and specify"Orange County/Deweyville Floods". Mail yourdonation to:

Rotary District 5910 Charitable Foundation985 IH-10 N., Suite 111Beaumont, Texas 77706

Please feel free to contact District GovernorDoris Lockey or District 5910 Disaster ReliefChair Hugh Summers.

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TIMELINEDue: April 1, 2016 (Grants – Doris Lockey’sYear)Project report due with photos, receiptsinvoices, copies of checks, and publicity.

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2016 Grant Applications15 May 2016- Grant Requests for 2016-2017 due

Please link here to find the form to use to submita grant request for the 2016-17 year:

Documents/en-ca/b21669c7-5f91-45cf-b2a9-f5c4f8fda7a4/1

For more information or answers to questions,contact PDG Dave Johnson.

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DISTRICT NEWS: Aid for Flood Area


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Focus on InsuranceEvery club has questions from time-to-time about insurancecoverage for officers, special events, or usual activities. BenBaty, District Insurance Chair will address a different questioneach month and provide the answer. If you have a specificquestion, contact Ben at: [email protected]

Q: Ever bought a lamp or appliance from Wal Mart and itmalfunctions, someone is electrocuted or it burns the housedown. Who is legally liable? Of course, Wal Mart is becausethey are the vendor of the product. Ever have a ROTARYGARAGE SALE and the same thing happens. Someone iselectrocuted or the product burns the house down. Who islegally liable?

A: THE ROTARY CLUB IS LEGALLY LIABLE becausethey are the vendor of the product. BUT, the Rotary Club hasinsurance under RI’s General Liability policy.

Insurance Q & As

Interact-Rotaract & Rotary TOGETHER!

Interact-Rotaract-Rotary to Mix It Up!

Interacts, Rotaracts, and Rotary Clubs will holdour Spring mixer on Thursday, April 14 from 6-8p.m. at Orangefield High School. We willcollect new or gently used socks for homelessmen. We will assemble bags for them, writenotes of encouragement, and decorate thebags. There will be a speaker from Lunchsacksof Love, and we will eat pizza and have soda andcookies provided by Bridge City-OrangefieldRotary. Join us!

Email Sally Andrews for more information [email protected].

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DISTRICT NEWS: Foundation Giving


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Two Named as Bequest Society Members

League CityRotarians AmyKillgore and BetsyRobinson receivetheir BequestSociety crystalsfrom DistrictFoundation ChairRoger McCabe.

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Rotary Zone 21b-27 Institute

Join us for2016 Rotary Zone 21b-27 Institute

October 27 - 30, 2016Salt Lake City, Utah

http://rizones21-27.org/zone-institute-2016/

ZONE: Institute Invitation


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What is a Rotary Institute?

It's like a mini international convention, filledwith incredible speakers, fellowship, andinvaluable training and inspiration.It's open to any and all people interested inengaging current Rotary values and efforts.Come and be inspired by a wide range ofexceptional speakers and trainers from acrossthe world.The House of Friendship highlights many of theservice areas in which you can becomeinvolved.Get information directly from the Rotaryleaders making a difference in our communitiesevery day.Ask questions and express your views on theimpact and direction of Rotary.And most importantly, your voice WILL BEHEARD! Reporting mechanisms in place at theRotary Institute funnel your input directly toRotary International. This is an incredible wayto stamp your mark on our world efforts.If you are interested in receiving periodic emailupdates on the Institute, send a request withyour name, your club, and your email address [email protected].

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CLUB NEWS: Beaumont

International Women's Day: CelebratingWomen in RotaryBeaumont Rotary focused on acknowledgingInternational Women's Day 2016 with a specialmeeting focused on celebrating Women inRotary. The Club was fortunate enough to beable to host Anne Matthews, first woman to serveas Vice President of Rotary International, adirector and a trustee of the Foundation. Thearticle that follows was written by KrisNordstrom-McBride after attending the event inBeaumont.

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"Anne Matthews: a Real Trailblazer inRotary"

by Kris Nordstrom McBride. A Rotary Moment


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We gathered inBeaumont to hearher speak. Shecame in honor ofThe InternationalDay of Women,March 8. She was atrailblazer in Rotary,her name oftenpreceded by thewords “the firstfemale to ...” Weexpected to hear ofheraccomplishments asa woman in Rotary.

But when she stepped to the podium, we were taken in acompletely different direction.

“She” is Dr. Anne Matthews, a southern woman of greatelegance and charisma and a member of the tiny RotaryClub of Columbia (S.C.) East, who became the first femalevice president of Rotary International in 2013. She wasalso the first woman elected to serve as both a director ofRotary International and as trustee of The RotaryFoundation.

Matthews was raised on a tobacco farm in South Carolina,the youngest of 15 children. She was raised with five olderbrothers still in the home, as the only girl in the youngestsibling group. From an early age, her father instilled in herthe belief that she could be and do anything, as long asshe was willing to do the work needed to excel. Herhusband passed away quite suddenly almost 20 years ago,at the young age of 53. Once she gathered her thoughtsand began to settle into a new life without him, she knewshe wanted and needed a change in direction. She hadgarnered many awards and career honors, and hadalways been a community volunteer, but with time on herhands and with no domestic obligations, she decided todevote the remainder of her life in service to Rotary andthe world. She knew that doing the work of The RotaryFoundation was where she was meant to be.

From medical missions to Guinea to digging water wells inNicaragua and polio immunizations in India, she has beenthere, on the front lines, in the trenches. She could havesat comfortably in a boardroom reading field reports orhosted dazzling fundraisers for The Foundation and left thehands-on work to the younger Rotarians, but she did not;she rolled up her sleeves, opened her pocketbook andsigned on to travel the often dangerous roads ofdeveloping countries to experience firsthand the work ofTRF.


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League City Presents Informative Program

Between trips abroad, Matthews speaks to Rotary Clubsacross the nation.

“I am not here to talk about my accomplishments,” shesaid. “I am here to talk about yours. Yours because whenyou donate to TRF, you are part of each medical mission,each vaccination campaign, each victory.”

She gave us the statistics — 13 million people starve eachyear; 1 billion children go to bed hungry each evening;every 3 seconds, a child dies from malnutrition; 600,000women die annually because of a lack of healthcare; 40percent of the world’s population has no access to cleanwater; 26 percent of adults in the world are illiterate.

But more than that, she brought the work of TRF to life forus. With her lilting South Carolina accent, the elegance ofan experienced public speaker and the look in her eyes ofsomeone who has seen both the best and the most painfulthat life has to offer, she was a powerful voice for thework of Rotary. Do not be a “resume Rotarian,” she toldus. “What a waste that would be.”

Thank you, Dr. Matthews, for an insightful andunforgettable experience.

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CLUB NEWS: League City


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(Click on image to open full-size document.)Have you thought about what you and yourfamily would do in the event of an activeshooter while you're out together? As a businessowner, have you adopted procedures to safeguard your employees from an active shooter?

We have a FREE Citizen Response to ActiveShooter Event training for you coming up onSaturday, April 30 from 9-11 a.m. Registerhere:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/surviving-an-active-shooter-tickets-22123717635

To read more about the event,visithttp://www.leaguecity.com/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1724Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid ResponseTraining (ALERRT)

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College Station Presents Awards

CLUB NEWS: College Station


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For 25 years, the Rotary Club of College Stationhas honored the outstanding Certified NursingAssistants from area nursing homes with theannual Florence Nightingale Award. Each honoreereceives a cash award and a framed certificate. Atthe Rotary Club meeting on February 18, thehonorees pictured below with Club President BobBrick and Committee Chair Bill Magee were thisyear’s recipients.

Cecilia Hruska – Crestview Nursing Facility Helen Hanson – Generations Janelle Luckie – Generations Luis Hernandez - Isle at Watercrest Tane Rodriguez - St. Joseph Manor

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Lake Conroe Completes Linda Ricketts LiteracyGardenThe RC of Lake Conroe has recently completedthe Linda Ricketts Literacy Garden in MemoryPark. The Garden is named for one of RCLC andDistrict 5910's most beloved Rotarians, the lateLinda Ricketts, long time Literacy Chair for boththe club and the district.

CLUB NEWS: Lake Conroe


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The garden is a perfect place for children'sclasses to come and sit a spell and read. There isa Teacher/Leader's Chair and then benches atvarious heights. There are many many paversthat can be engraved, for the low cost of 150.00per paver. Pavers can be purchased to honorLinda or for anyone with a love of reading!


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The Lending Library Boxes are in, and they areso cool, thanks to the artistic talents of RotarianChuck Moore, who built them, and RotarianSpouse Carol Berger, who painted them. Ourgarden location has now been registered withlittlefreelibrary.org, so we will soon be "on themap" with thousands of other free lendinglibraries across the nation. From humblebeginnings in 2009, Little Free Libraries hasgrown to more than 36,000 lending libraries as ofJanuary 2016. Texas has a goal of placing 1000lending boxes throughout the state this year. Formore on this wonderful organization, see theirwebsite at https://littlefreelibrary.org.

The Literacy Garden was partially funded by a2015-16 D5910 Matching Grant and will be onthe Memory Park Tour during the April DistrictConference.

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Galveston Recognized Literacy Month withSpelling Bee"A picture is worth a thousand words" and thesephotos show the stress and the celebration of thestudents participating in the Rotary Club ofGalveston's spelling bee.

CLUB NEWS: Galveston


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photo credit: Jennifer ReynoldsGalveston County Daily News

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Woodville Golf Tourney

CLUB FUNDRAISER: Woodville


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Come Run/Walk for Polio!Rotaract Club at Lone Star College is raisingPolio Plus funds with a 5 K Run/Walk.

ROTARACT NEWS: Lone Star College


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INTERACT CLUB: Elkhart HighCongratulations and welcome

to the new

Elkhart High School Interact!

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INTERACT NEWS: Elkhart High School

INTERACT OFFICERS: Mark Your Calendars!

DATE FOR OFFICERTRAINING SLATED

Interact officer training will be held on Saturday,August 13 at Lone Star College at the Woodlands. This was a great day last year, so mark yourcalendars now!

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Website HelpPosted by Brenda Walker on Jul 08, 2015

District 5910Website TeamIf you need help with ClubRunner, please contact:

WEBSITE STORIES and DISTRICTNEWSLETTER:Jacque ChapmanRC of Beaumont [email protected]

DATA INPUT (CHANGE OF PERSONAL DATA,CALENDAR ITEMS, ETC):Jan Ricketts RC of Lake [email protected]

DISTRICT WEBSITE MANAGER:Brenda Walker of RC of [email protected]

CLUB RUNNER TRAINING:Kris Nordstrom McBrideRC of Lake [email protected]


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