International Service Competition Please Join In

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Would you all have a vote for this competition for a Rotary Club in the USA please? Go to the following web site and follow the instructions below. You can vote every hour, however one vote cast right now will help them over the line. The competition closes on the 9th March. Let us show them the power of Rotary on the Internet! You do not have to be in Rotary to vote.

VOTE HERE

Vote for the “1st ADA Accessible Swing Set in County” which is 2nd row, far right. After you click on green “Vote” button, a CAPTCHA screen comes up and you enter a code, then “Vote” again, then a little window pops up saying “you only get one vote, you’re sure this is correct?” Click “Yes” or whatever and you’re done.

You can vote once per hour – per machine and per browser. I’ve taken to voting from I.E., Firefox, and Chrome, then my Droid phone – as often as I can remember. So, I get 4 votes in 2-3 minutes.

Thanks
Todd

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Todd Lindley DDS FAGD
Rotary Foundation Alumni Coordinator, Zone 31
Past District Governor, District 6060, 2010-2011
9553 Lackland Road, Suite 4
Overland MO 63114-3640

“Hopefully this contest can help us finish raising the funds needed to build the 1st Handicap Accessible Swing Set in St. Francois County. The footage of the mouse race came from last years race.” St Francois County Rotary Club.

Rotary Lights Up the World

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In what has become a Rotary anniversary tradition, Rotary clubs around the world are illuminating iconic structures with the End Polio Now message.

 

END POLIO NOW

 

Happy Birthday Rotary International 107 Years Old

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Thursday 23rd February 1905

On 23 February 1905, Paul P. Harris, Gustavus Loehr, Silvester Schiele, and Hiram E. Shorey gathered in Loehr’s office for what would become known as the first Rotary club meeting.

Harris’s desire for camaraderie among business associates brought together these four men and eventually led to an international organization of service and fellowship.

 

Full story here: 107 Today

The first four Rotarians -- Gustavus Loehr, Silvester Schiele, Hiram E. Shorey, Paul P. Harris.

The First Four Rotarians

23 February 1905: Rotary Club of Chicago the First of the Sixteen Clubs prior to the formation of the National Association of Rotary Clubs. First gathering, on Thursday evening, 23 February 1905 in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. by attorney Paul P. Harris. Young Harris, fresh from a wild five years as a reporter, actor, cowboy, seaman, granite salesman, fruit picker and hotel clerk, five years building a successful law practice, then had an idea. It was regarding observations of success and respect which could come from organizing professional acquaintances. More years past. He had given this much thought by the time he and Silvester Schiele walked over to Gus Loehr’s office, in Room 711 that cold winter night in 1905, almost 9 years from his arrival in Chicago. Several weeks later, Schiele was elected the first president of Rotary when the meeting was held in his office. Harris suggested several names, one of them being “Rotary.”

Thanks to Ron Nethercutt from the Rotary Club of  Mabalacat   D 3790
Angeles City, Philippines, for the story above.  Ron is also a member of ROTI or Rotarians On The Internet. Ron also plays the trombone and is known as the Jazz Professor.

Wagga Wagga Rotary Meeting

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Thursday night 16th February Wagga Wagga Rotary Club held a Mountains of the Moon evening with PDG Fred Loneragan and John Glassford as guest speakers for the night.  It was a most enjoyable evening of fellowship and fun.   Coolamon Rotary was well received along side our projects for RFFA in Africa.

Their Sargent at Arms was in fine form and we laughed a lot and he raised a bit of cash at the same time.

The presentation went very well and Fred and John gave a good account of the adventure in Uganda.  The Nonceba Project was the emphasis so that the members of  Wagga Wagga would consider supporting Hout Bay Rotary and this amazing project on a long term basis.  The evening ended with a rousing Advance Australia Fair the Wagga Wagga Rotarians have some fine voices.

The MoM Team

Left to Right: John Glassford, Susan Wingate-Pearse, Helen Maxwell, Rae Loneragan, Mark Janetzki, PDG Fred Loneragan, Mary Henley-Collopy and Wagga Wagga President Barry Francis.

The cheque $5,109

Thank you Wagga Wagga Rotary and your donation is most generous at 1 $ per metre climbed or $5,109.

Group Study Exchange Team from D 1010 Scotland

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The Scots are coming to Coolamon.  The Group Study Exchange team from District 1010 in Scotland are due to pay us a visit on Sunday 25th March and will be with us for three days and nights.  We look forward to hosting them and showing them around our Shire.

 

1010 to 9700

 

The 1010 GSE Team
Left to Right Mark Bryce, Anne Sutherland, DG Iain MacDonald, Amanda Ingram, Team Leader Peter Farr and Jamie Harrison.

 

Eilean Donan Castle

“District 1010 Scotland North covers some of the most beautiful and famous landmarks in the world such as Eilean Donan, the most photographed Castle in the world.  We therefore hope that by navigating through this site you may be able to find a little bit about our District, our Rotarians and the work we do locally, nationally and internationally literally every day of the year.”

District 1010 Web Site

Team details can be found here:

Team Leader Peter Farr’s Blog Spot

GSE 1010 Team on Facebook

Tennessee club wins Interact video contest grand-prize

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The Interact Club of Episcopal School of Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, is the grand-prize winner of the 2011 Interact video contest with its entry, “Change 4 Change.”

The video tells the story of how students at the Episcopal School of Knoxville collaborated to produce an illustrated children’s book about the worldwide effort to eradicate polio. Managed by eighth-grade Interactors and club advisers Laurie Coburn and Susan Lancaster, the book aims to raise funds and build awareness for Rotary’s End Polio Now campaign.