June 10, 2009 – TULLAHOMA SUNRISE Rotary gets their first Globe Club Award this year, and it is #47 for the District.  They contributed to Maryville’s Heart-to-Heart water project in Ecatepec, Mexico, and hosted the incoming GSE team from India for a day, with visits to the UT Space Institute and Motlow State Community College.  They had international presentations from the GSE team and from Greg Sandlin, who spoke on Water and Sanitation.

May 27 – First-time winner LOUDON Rotary is our 46^th Globe Club this year.  They contributed to North River’s Haiti water project this year and hosted the incoming GSE team from France for a half-day.  They had a club program presented by Roger Larsen on the conditions in Haiti and the projects there being led by the North River (Chattanooga) and Tellico Lake Rotary Clubs.

May 21 – The Rotary Club of FAIRFIELD GLADE is a first-time Globe Club and our 45^th winner.  They contributed to Crossville Rotary’s Ghana water well project and they are planning an orphanage project in Guadalajara, Mexico.  They had Youth Exchange student Michelle Sager speak to the club about her life in Germany, and club members hosted Michelle and two of her family members for a day and helped her enroll in a flight training class and take her first flying lesson.

May 5 – The 44^th Globe Club award this year goes to MONTEAGLE Rotary Club.  They contributed to a water project in Kenya through the Leamis Ministry.  They support an international exchange of ideas through their involvement in the Sewanee Music Festival.  Club members provide transportation for international students and support the festival in several other ways.  Monteagle had two club programs dedicated to international understanding – one from Romania and one from China.

April 15 – ROCKWOOD Rotary gets the 43^rd Globe Club award this year.  Rockwood contributed to the International Heifer project this year, and they hosted two Youth Exchange kids who are attending the local high school for a half-day, taking them sightseeing and to visit local religious leaders.  They had club programs by the exchange students and by John Bailey on the Rotary Foundation.

April 15 – The Rotary Club of SHELBYVILLE is our 42^nd Globe Club in 2008-09.  They have a multi-year water project in Guatemala in cooperation with a local church.  This year they have installed a water purification system in Usamatlin, Guatemala and one club member went with the installation team to Guatemala.  They hosted a forum on cross-cultural relationships in their community, involving the Hispanic and Muslim populations.  And Stephen Caine reviewed his trip to Guatemala at a club meeting.

April 15 – The 41^st Globe Club award this year goes to the Rotary Club of GRUNDY COUNTY.  They are supporting the Haiti water project this year by sponsoring two well repairs.  They will have an International Barbecue to support and honor the local Indian community, and they had an interesting program presented by Mike Brown of the District WCS/WMHH committee, describing the committee’s goals and the Haiti water project.

April 14 – KNOXVILLE VOLUNTEER Rotary is District 6780’s 40^th Globe Club of the year.  The Volunteer club supported Morristown Rotary’s Thailand Safe Water project this year.  They also supported club member Jim Holleman, who was the Group Study Exchange Team Leader for the team that went to India in February.  Jim will speak to the club this month about his experiences in India.

April 14 – First time Globe Club FAYETTEVILLE is our 39^th winner this year.  Working with a local church, they have installed a water system in Guastatoya, Guatemala, and three club members will visit the site this year in a follow-up visit.  They are nominating an Ambassadorial Scholar and they have had a club program on Honduras, presented by a man who lived in Honduras for several years.

April 8 – The Rotary Club of SHELBYVILLE BREAKFAST is the 38^th Globe Club winner this year.  They have an international focus on Nepal, and several club members have been to Nepal and northern India in the past few years.  They have a project there to purchase uniforms for several hundred poor children so they can go to school (one individually sewn and tailored uniform costs about $16).  They participate in an annual medical clinic trip to the area, and they have update programs on their project in Nepal twice per year.  They have also had informative programs this year about water wells in Kenya and about the ShelterBox program.

April 7 – The newest club in the District, OAK RIDGE SUNSET, is our 37^th winner this year.  They are supporting the Heart 2 Heart program in Mexico with community center education supplies.  They will host the incoming GSE team from India with a tour around Oak Ridge.  And they had a club program on international understanding presented by Ron Appuhn, covering his work in Mexico and other international Rotary activities.

April 6 – KNOXVILLE BREAKFAST Rotary is District 6780’s 36^th Globe Club winner.  KB is working with Maryville Rotary and Rotary and Rotaract clubs in Mexico to bring computers to community centers near Mexico City.  They hosted 13 Youth Exchange students from all over the world at a Tennessee football game.  Frank Rothermel spoke at one of their meetings on his experiences in Thailand with the water project there and on the water projects the District is supporting around the world.

March 31 – The 35^th Globe Club award goes to first time winner MCMINNVILLE.  They are supporting the Haiti water well project and they have nominated an Ambassadorial Scholar this year.   They also had an interesting program presented by Dr. Brigitte Kitenge, the founder and CEO of Future Hope for Women International.  She purchases sewing machines for poor women in Rwanda to provide them with employment and revenue.

March 30 – COOKEVILLE is the 34^th Globe Club winner this year.  They continue to work with their twin club in Egypt to support a boys school in Alexandria.  This year they provided funds for computers.  They are hosting a Youth Exchange student from Germany and they will be a hub club for the GSE team for 4 days in early April.  They had a program presented by a Peace Corps volunteer about her experiences in Senegal, West Africa.

March 26 – The Rotary Club of PIGEON FORGE is our 33^rd winner, and this is their fourth Globe Club award.  They are supporting the Coaniquem Burn Center in Chile, a Rotary sponsored organization which provides surgery, rehabilitation and education for burned children from all of Latin America.  They will be hosting the GSE team for a day of sightseeing in the Smokies and shopping.  Pigeon Forge has had several interesting international programs this year, including subjects such as the Polio Challenge and Ambassadorial Scholars.  They held an auction for Polio Plus.

March 17 – Two-time winner DAYTON gets the 32^nd Globe Club award.  They will participate with Chattanooga and other clubs in supporting a special needs school in Slovakia.  They will nominate an Ambassadorial scholar again this year.  And they have had international programs on Rwanda and Slovakia.

March 17 – The 31^st Globe Club award goes to WINCHESTER Rotary this year.  Winchester is supporting the Thailand Safe Water project this year and will host the incoming GSE team from India for a day, taking them to see the Nissan engine and transmission plant.  They also had a member of the club speak about his trip to Mexico, the Rotary club he visited and the primary school they sponsor.

March 12 – LEBANON earns its second Globe Club Award this year and is winner number 30.  They have a new water filtration project in Honduras, where they will provide water filtration and treatment systems for two villages.  They have provided training and support for Interact members who will visit Honduras to train villagers on the operation and maintenance of the systems.  And they have had several club meetings about this project, presented by the Rotarians and Interact students who will be going to Honduras.

March 10 – COOKEVILLE BREAKFAST is Globe Club winner number 29 for 2008-09.  Cookeville Breakfast is supporting the Ghana water well project and initiated a clothing drive for Iraqi orphans in response to a request from a personal contact in Iraq.  They hosted an exchange student this year from France, will host the GSE team in April and sponsored the Tennessee Academic WorldQuest competition for high school students.  They have had club speakers on polio eradication, last year’s GSE trip to Korea, US-China relations and US-Iran relations.

March 9 – The 28^th Globe Club award this year goes to CHATTANOOGA Rotary.  Chattanooga has a project at the Children’s Center for Inclusion in Slovakia, where they support training for teachers of special needs children and equipment for the classrooms.  They will support the incoming GSE team for a day in early April and will welcome RI President DK Lee as a speaker on April 9.

March 5 – Four-time Globe Club KINGSTON Rotary gets award number 27 this year.  Kingston has supported Maryville’s medical equipment project in Mexico this year and will be a spoke club for the incoming GSE team in April.  They have had two club speakers related to International understanding – Frank Rothermel spoke on projects in Thailand and South Africa, and Ron Lawrence spoke on the GSE trip to Korea.

March 4 – MOUNT JULIET MORNING Club is the 26^th Globe Club winner this year.  They purchased antibacterial medicines and water purification chemicals to help fight the cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe.  These supplies were delivered by club member Paul Van Buren.  One club member is hosting an AFS student from China, who has come to their weekly meeting and spoke about her experiences in China and the US.  The club is also becoming involved in efforts in Mexico – they had a minister from Matamoros speak to their club and one club member has been to Matamoros to help provide corrective surgery for a disabled boy.

February 27 – Globe Club award #25 goes to TULLAHOMA NOON.  They continue to partner with Project C.U.R.E. by collecting donations of surplus medical equipment and supplies for shipment to developing countries where it helps reduce child mortality.  They will be a hub club for the incoming GSE team in April and will coordinate with other regional clubs.  They had an interesting program on water and sanitation by Greg Sanlin of the District WMHH Committee.

February 25 – Three-time Globe Club SEVIERVILLE SUNRISE is our 24^th winner this year.  They are contributing to the Haiti water project again this year and they support Children’s International Villages (a cultural and developmental exchange program) with funding and volunteers.  They will join with the other Sevier County clubs to host the GSE team from India in April and they nominated a local person to be a member of the outgoing GSE team.  They have club programs planned for District water programs, District World Community Service activities, the GSE team and Children’s International Villages.

February 24 – MCMINNVILLE BREAKFAST is the 23^rd Globe Club winner this year.  They have two international projects:  and orphanage in Romania that they have supported for 8 years and a sanitation project in Mali that they started this year.  The club has extended the impact of last year’s GSE involvement by continuing interaction with Korea contacts and adding team member Mary Little as a Rotarian.  McMinnville Breakfast is also planning to nominate an ambassadorial scholar this year.  They have several international contacts that provide interesting programs:  Suzie Dyer spoke about her Peace Corps activities in Mali and Karen Zabriskie will discuss village improvement programs in Uganda.

February 23 – The 22^nd Globe Club award goes to SEYMOUR BREAKFAST Rotary.  They have provided financial assistance to the Thailand safe water project and hosted an exchange student from Finland this year.  They had an interesting club program on Ethiopia and Ethiopian culture.

February 2 – Four-time Globe Club OAK RIDGE gets our 21^st award this year.  Oak Ridge has supported the Mexico child mortality project and is researching a project in Moldova.  They are hosting a youth exchange student this year, nominated the outgoing GSE team leader and have agreed to host the incoming GSE team.  They had a program on Korea by Ambassadorial Scholar Injae Park and another on Bridge Refugee Services and conditions in Moldova.

January 30 – Globe Club award #20 goes to the Rotary Club of SOUTH PITTSBURG.  They have voted to support the Haiti water project this year or another international project and they have sponsored one of the GSE team members going to India this month.  They have had several programs on International understanding, including one on Immigration and one on the Rotary Foundation.

December 30, 2008 – CLEVELAND is our 19^th Globe Club winner this year.  They have development work going on three potential projects overseas – a water well in Senegal, a water project for an orphanage in India, and water well repair in Les Cayes, Haiti.  They are hosting a youth exchange student from Belgium this year and they had a very interesting program by Bill Sergeant and Patty Daughtrey on the Polio National Immunization Day in India.

December 30 – The 18^th Globe Club award winner this year is BRADLEY SUNRISE.  They are working on a project with an orphanage in Chennai, India, and one club member visited the site this year.  They have had two presentations at their club about this project to keep the members informed.  They are also allocating funds to help their Ambassadorial Scholar attend a Masters Program in New Zealand.

December 22 – Globe Club #17 is OAK RIDGE BREAKFAST.  They purchased a portable dentist’s chair which one club member took to Nicaragua to provide dental services to poor children and adults.  They also are pursuing a water project in Haiti.  The club nominated an Ambassadorial Scholar and is looking forward to hosting the GSE team from India this year.  Two Ambassadorial Scholars have spoken at their club meetings this year.

December 20 – The 16^th Globe Club award goes to first time winner ALCOA, which is providing funding for a food project in Haiti and for the child mortality project in Mexico that is led by the Maryville Club.  Alcoa also supports foreign students in the area through Maryville College and through direct support of students.  They have foreign students attend their meetings frequently and have them speak at the meetings several times per year.

December 16 – SOUTH CAMPBELL COUNTY is our 15^th Globe Club this year and a first-time winner.  They are supporting the Thailand safe water project this year and they had Bill Zierer speak to the club about World Community Service, matching grants and the Thailand project.  They also entertained Lucas Cunha, the youth exchange student from Brazil, with a discussion on water treatment and a tour of the county water treatment facility.

December 3 – The District’s 14^th Globe Club award goes to first-time winner MORRISTOWN AM.  They will be supporting the Thailand safe water project this year and will support Lucas, the Morristown Noon club’s exchange student from Brazil by involving him in their Christmas shopping program for children in need..  They also had a club program that discussed HIV children in South Africa.

November 24 – WEST KNOXVILLE is our District’s 13^th Globe Club winner this year.  West Knoxville is supporting the Breast Cancer Awareness project in Turkey, led by the Farragut club.  They plan to host the GSE team and nominate an Ambassadorial Scholar this year, and they had an interesting speaker on International Service – Ed Mattson, a Rotarian from Indiana, who is a member of the Humanitarian Service Rotary Action Group, and spoke about International Cancer Support.

November 22 – Globe Club award number 12 goes to NORTH KNOXVILLE.  They will contribute to the Haiti water project this year, and they are sponsoring Cheryl Carson as one of the GSE team members going to India in February.  North Knoxville invited Injae Park, Ambassadorial Scholar from South Korea, and his family to speak at a club meeting and they also invited them to the club Christmas party.

November 18 – JAMESTOWN, another first-time Globe Club, is winner number eleven.  Jamestown provided funds for two water well repairs in Haiti through the North River club’s project.  They also are extending their local Children’s Shopping Spree project internationally by involving the Mateszalka Children’s Home in Hungary through the Knoxville club.  They had a program on District 6780 water projects by Frank Rothermel, the chair of the District Water Management, Health and Hunger committee.

November 17 – First-time Globe Club JEFFERSON CITY is our tenth winner this year.  They are providing funds to support the Thailand Safe Water project.  They will host a Youth Exchange student from Brazil at their club Christmas party and they had Rotary Volunteer Bill Zierer speak at their club on the Thailand Safe Water project and its impact on the Thailand villagers.

November 6 – Globe Club award number nine goes to MARYVILLE.  They are supporting Farragut’s breast cancer awareness project in Turkey and they are starting their own WCS project to reduce child mortality in Mexico.  Maryville is hosting a Youth Exchange student from Norway this year and will participate with the incoming GSE team from India.  They have had club presentations from Injae Park, an Ambassadorial scholar from Korea; John Germ, RIVP and the head of the $100 million Polio Plus Challenge; and Bill Zierer, the leader of the Thailand Safe Water Project.

October 29 – ROGERSVILLE is District 6780’s eighth Globe Club winner.  They are supporting the Thailand Safe Water Project this year and they had a combined club effort at their Heritage Days Festival to entertain and acclimate a Youth Exchange Student in the traditions and mysteries of East Tennessee. They also had Tracy Strange, the GSE team member sponsored last year by Rogersville, make a presentation on her experiences in South Korea. 

 October 15 – Our seventh Globe Club winner this year is NORTH RIVER.  They are continuing their Haiti water project this year (21 wells repaired since July 1) and working with Tellico Lake on a school survey that may bring us new projects.  North River proposed two GSE team members for the outgoing team to India and will apply to host the incoming team for a day.   They had Ron Lawrence, last year’s GSE team leader, speak to the club about the team’s experiences in South Korea.

October 3 – FARRAGUT is the sixth club in D6780 to qualify for the Globe Club Award this year.  Farragut has applied for a 3H grant to provide breast cancer screening for 4.4 million women in Turkey.  They are hosting a Youth Exchange student from Slovakia and they have sponsored a Cultural Ambassadorial Scholar who will go to Egypt in 2009.  Two club programs have been related to international understanding – one about women’s health in Turkey and one with an Ambassadorial Scholar from South Korea.

September 29:  Congratulations to HAMILTON PLACE, our 5th Globe club this year.  Hamilton

Place has an Ambassadorial Scholar in Uruguay this year, and through her they are supporting a project to build a playground at a community center.  They also have had one member speak to the club on his tour of Rotary-sponsored clinics in Peru in preparation for some Interact work there and another member will speak soon on his participation in a polio National Immunization Day in Nigeria. 

September 27:  Globe Club winner number four is TELLICO LAKE.  They sent a club member to Haiti to participate in North River’s water well repair project and they are initiating a needs survey of elementary schools in Haiti to identify future projects.  Tellico Lake will host a youth exchange student at their club picnic and provide career discussion with club members in fields of interest to the student.  They also have scheduled a club presentation on Haiti by Roger Larsen, the club member who visited Haiti last month.

September 15:  The great club of KNOXVILLE is the third Globe Club for this year.  They have two Matching Grant projects underway to help schools in South Africa.  They also have an annual two-way exchange between twin Interact clubs in Knoxville and Hungary.  Frank Rothermel spoke to the club in July about his recent trip to Thailand to dedicate a water filtration system for a small village.

 September 9:  CROSSVILLE NOON is our second Globe Club in 2008-2009.  They are continuing with their Ghana well-drilling project, raising and sending funds for new wells.  They plan to send a team to Ghana in 2009.  Crossville hosted all the District's inbound Youth Exchange kids for a swimmming party where 4 of the kids learned to water ski. (How's that for cultural exchange?).  The Youth Exchange students were from Germany, Norway, Brazil, Belgium, Slovakia and Finland this year.  Crossville also will be sponsoring an outbound exchange student for next year.  Lawrence Oduro spoke to the club in July with an update on the Ghana well program.  

September 8:  The first Globe Club for this year is MORRISTOWN NOON.  Morristown is continuing its great water project in Thailand, with 7 village installations completed so far this year.  They also are hosting a Youth Exchange student, Lucas Felipe da Cunha, from District 4651 in Brazil, and supporting Bill Zierer as a Rotary Volunteer in Thailand.  Bill Zierer will formally update the club on MG #64292 at a program in October, 2008.