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IN THIS ISSUE Greetings from DG Carol Register Now for District Conference District Conference Service Project: Tunes 4 the Troops Star Clubs for Rotary Year 2009-2010 Rotarians Join Heart 2 Heart Visit to Mexico GSE Pakistan Team Tours Howard H. Baker, Jr. Center for Public Policy at UT-Knoxville Heart of America Breakfast Tickets for RI Convention in Montreal Earthquake Relief in Haiti - Donor Advised Fund: Frequently Asked Questions Save the Date - Important Dates 2010
May your troubles be less and your blessings be more. And nothing but happiness come through your door! -- DG Carol
Register Now....
April 16 - 17, 2010 District 6780 Conference Chattanooga Convention Center Chattanooga, TN
CLICK HERE to view or download the conference brochure. Click here to download JUST the registration form Don't miss all the fun! You'll be glad you came!
The District Conference is fast approaching. I hope you have made your reservations or will soon. Registration packets have been mailed to clubs. If you have not received your registration materials, click here: www.rotary6780.com for registration material. Please urge all members of your club to register and come. We will have a GREAT time while learning more about Rotary. ----DG Carol
2010 District Conference Service Project
The 2010 District Conference Service Project is a wonderful, easy way to support our troops. Please invite your club members as well as Interact, Youthact, and Rotaract students, or other groups to join in. (Even Kiwanis might want to help with this! ) Eighteen year old Kaylee Marie Radzyminski, the founder of Tunes 4 the Troops, will attend the conference to help us box what we bring. Let's bring lots of CD's and DVD's to send to troops all over the world! -- DG Carol
Supporting the Troops through CD & DVD Donations Help Kaylee Marie Radzyminski Support our Troops
WANTED: Bring USED & NEW CD's, DVD's and BOOKS ON CD to District Conference
WHY? To support our brave men and women in the United States Armed Forces WHERE? Will be sent to combat zones all around the world GOAL: 1,000,000 items delivered to military personnel by December 2010 For more information on Tunes 4 the Troops click here: http://www.tunes4thetroops.org/about.htm STAR CLUBS FOR ROTARY YEAR 2009-2010 as of (March 15, 2010) Rotary District 6780
Ron Appuhn (Maryville) presents boxes of Project CURE medical supplies for rural hospitals and clinics. Rotarians Join Heart 2 Heart Visit to Mexico DGN Frank Rothermel (Knoxville), Roy Diatikar (West Knoxville), Dick Hinton (West Knoxville), Ron Stellhorn (Oak Ridge), and Ron Appuhn (Maryville) joined Fred Hahn (our Zones 30-31 Rotary International Director) and his wife Marge, Judy Hollander (District Governor from 6560 Indiana), and five other travelers from Indiana and Missouri for the fifth annual Heart 2 Heart visit to Mexico District 4170. Friday in Ecatepec, we visited two middle schools where Rotarians have sponsored water tanks. At Hospital de las Americas, we saw where our district clubs have sponsored the purchase of three infant radiant cradles and craniotomy equipment during the past two fiscal years. From there we visited the nearby pyramids and were later hosted for a real Mexican Rotary party! Saturday brought another full day of seeing Rotary in action. In Texcoco we watched a town celebration for delivery of wheelchairs by local Rotarians. Later we visited the rural well that was the first Heart 2 Heart project. We also visited Sahagun, another small town where Rotarians are improving a center for people with disabilities such as Downs Syndrome and cerebral palsy. On Sunday the Tennessee group returned, tired but also excited and motivated by the passion and hard work of the Mexico Rotarians, the success of the projects that we have participated in as partners, and the enormous potential for growth in fellowship and projects. In 2008-09, eight District 6780 clubs partnered in a Foundation humanitarian matching grant for $41,800. This grant purchased an infant radiant cradle and craniotomy equipment. In 2009-10, nine District 6780 clubs have partnered with clubs from other districts and with four other districts for $180,837. These grants will support more hospital medical equipment, deliver a new ambulance to a rural area with no ambulance service, provide water tanks in middle schools, renovate and ship used fire trucks to rural communities, and provide kidney transplants for eight to ten teenaged children. Th Heart 2 Heart projects are all fully funded except for the kidney transplant project. If your club would like to help with the kidney transplant project, please contact Ron Appuhn. Ron Appuhn Rotary Club of Maryville home phone 865-357-9571
GSE Pakistan Team Tours Howard H. Baker, Jr. Center for Public Policy at UT-Knoxville
GSE Pakistan Team touring Howard H. Baker, Jr. Center for Public Policy at UT-Knoxville. Pictured left to right: Ely Driver North, Knoxville Rotary; Muhammad Ali Abbas; Dr. Sarwat Ayoub; Ed Anderson, Knoxville Rotary; Dr. Ain Ul Momina Zubain; Syed Hussnain Abbas Kazmi; Amy Gibson, Director of Communications and Public Programming with the Baker Center, and Knoxville Rotary Club; DG Carol Foster, Fayetteville Rotary; and Masood Ahmed Bhalli. Four tickets remaining... are these tickets waiting on you?
The Heart of America Breakfast in Montreal will Be on Tuesday, June 22, 2010.
Rotary Theme 2009-2010 The Future of Rotary IS IN YOUR HANDS
Please make checks payable to Heart of America Breakfast If you have any questions e mail or call Henry 423-645-8604
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Earthquake Relief in Haiti - Donor Advised Fund Frequently Asked Questions
We have received a tremendous amount of interest in and support for earthquake relief in Haiti. A Donor Advised Fund has been established to receive the contributions and manage the distributions. If you wish to contribute, send the donation to the Donor Advised Fund lockbox, NOT the TRF lockbox. All Haiti contributions must be directed to the DAF, made payable to TRF DAF at the following address: Rotary DAF, c/o NRS, 4A Gill Street, Woburn, MA 01801.
Contributions to Earthquake Relief in Haiti do not receive Paul Harris credit. If you have additional questions please click on the following: http://www.rotary.org/RIdocuments/en_pdf/haiti_earthquake_relief_daf_en.pdf
Save the Date
Important Dates 2010
March is Literacy Month March 15 District Awards of Excellent submission due March 18 Mid-South Assistant Governor Training, Nashville March 19-21 Mid-South President-Elect Training, Nashville March 31 GSE D3270 Team departs from D6780
April is Magazine Month April 11 GSE Team D6780 returns from D3500 Taiwan April 11 GSE Team from D3500 Taiwan arrives in D6780 April 15 College of Governors Dinner - Chattanooga April 16-17 District Conference - Chattanooga Convention Center
May 9 GSE Team from D3500 returns to Taiwan May 15 District Assembly - Tennessee Tech. Cookeville May 21-22 DLA Summary Seminar and Graduation (tentative)
June is Rotary Fellowship Month June 20-23 Rotary International Convention- Montreal, Canada |
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We arrived in Mexico City on Wednesday February 17. 4170 District Governor Ernesto Guevara Rodriguez and his wonderful wife Frances hosted our dinner. On Thursday we attended the District Breakfast, where 300 Rotarians and spouses meet monthly for a Rotary program and fellowship. Later we visited the hospital where Rotarians are sponsoring kidney transplants for underprivileged teenagers. There was not a dry eye in the room when one child, a transplant recipient said "thank you for saving my life". Lunch was with the past district governors, followed by a late afternoon visit to a girls' shelter. 
