Fellow Rotarians,

The Awards program has three ways to recognize what clubs are doing.

1)   District Governor’s Citation

2)   Club Awards,

3)   and the brand-new Signature Project Recognition

Deadline for 1 and 2 Award submissions is April 18th.  (Friendly competition)

Deadline for the Signature Project Recognition is April 20th. (Non-competitive)

 Now, you may ask why should you and your fellow club members take time to enter your submissions for the Awards Program?  Three great reasons:

1.      Club pride! It’s a great way to summarize the accomplishments you’ve had as a club…think of it as a historical record, and a nice “bar” to set for future leaders to improve upon

2.      By submitting what you’ve done as a club, you’re sharing your successes with other clubs and giving them ideas for things they can initiate as well…nothing like sharing and spreading good ideas!

3.      You’ve worked hard this year, and you deserve to be recognized for your accomplishments! 

It is extremely easy to submit the information:  Enter your club’s achievements in the fillable PDF documents.  Upload the documents and supporting pictures into the SurveyMonkey portal.  That’s it! It is so easy.

 Check out the DISTRICT AWARDS PAGE for more information, links to the submission documents, and copies of past submissions…a great way to see how to ensure you’re developing great summaries!

 And remember: the Awards will be announced at the District 5960 Let's Celebrate  June 16, 2022.  Mark your calendar today…you won’t want to miss it!

 Questions? Reach out to Patricia McCleese at rotary5960mccleese@gmail.com .

 Thanks for your participation in the District Awards Program, and we look forward to celebrating your efforts with you soon!

• We’ll be sending weekly updates to all members that will show why district Rotarians give,and celebrate the impact of grants by clubs in our District, utilizing District Designated Funds which come back to our district from these Annual Fund gifts.  You could utilize these reports during your meetings this month!
• We’ll provide you with instructions that can be sent to members about the ease of giving through Rotary’s website.  Better yet…offer to help members log on and make their contributions!  By using Rotary’s website, the funds get to TRF more quickly and it’s not as much work on your end.
• We’ll share PowerPoint graphics and announcement scripts that you can include during your club meetings, or in special emails to your club members.
• We’ll have a special SHARE THE LOVE Facebook profile picture frame that members can use
• Our District’s Fund Development Team is ready, willing, and able to attend your club meetings to speak on the importance of the grants funded through our Annual Fund contributions.  This could be a five-minute announcement or a full program…we’re here to do the heavy lifting so you don’t have to!
• Finally, one of our Foundation Coaches will be reaching out to each of you individually to provide encouragement, make a presentation and see how else we can help you best connect with your club members.

Scott Arndt and Dayle Quigley Can't Wait to See You!

A District Governor Installation Like No Other

2021-22 ROTARY DISTRICT 5960

KEY DATES FOR ROTARY FOUNDATION RELATED EVENTS

The 2022 North Central Presidents-Elect Training will be held virtually this year - a more detailed schedule is listed on the Agenda page at www.northcentralPETS.org.

DATES:

Thursday, February 24  |  3:00pm - 6:00 pm

Friday, February 25  |  1:30 pm - 5:50 pm

Selected Topic Sessions:

Tuesday, March 29  |  4:00 - 5:00 pm & 5:15 - 6:15 pm

Tuesday, May 3  |  4:00 - 5:00 pm & 5:15 - 6:15 pm  

During January, Rotarians are encouraged to focus on this important avenue of Rotary service. Discussions on vocational service can lead to projects that not only develop the ethical consciousness and vocational skills of Rotarians but also the talents within their communities.

Vocational Service Month is an opportunity to begin year-long vocational service activities, ranging from Rotary discussions to awards to community projects.

Vocational Service focuses on:

•        High ethical standards in business and professions.
•        The recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations.
•        The contribution of your vocational talents to solving the problems of society and meeting the needs of the community.
 

Following are possible activities to undertake during Vocational Service Month:

1.       Devote meetings in January to examining Vocational Service, including The Four-Way Test and The Rotary Code of Conduct*

2.       Need a 4-Way test program? Schedule one with the District Ethics team.  Contact Al Zdrazil, zdra0004@umn.edu     

3.       Show your members the District video on Elevating the 4 Way Test     https://www.rotary5960.org/50121/Page/ShowSitePageClassCode=SitePage&Slug=ethics . Solicit member input in planning projects for the remainder of the year.

4.       Introduce a “mini-classifications talk” series; 1) each member gives a three-minute talk on his or her current or former vocation or retirement activity. Schedule speakers throughout the year  2) Form a panel of members with the same profession. Talk about hot topics in their field and ethical issues faced.  3) Create a list of “Where You Go For Service “ and provide member names, service area and contact information.  4) Have a Member in the Spotlight time. Give the member a set of questions and he/she can pick a couple to answer. Example questions: What did you want to be when you grew up? What was your favorite job? Why? What was least favorite job? Why? What was your first job? Did it help you to decide what you would do in the future?

5.       Present a vocational award to someone or organization in the community who has exemplified outstanding professional achievement while maintaining high ethical standards. Promote the presentation within the community, and consider making it an annual January event.

6.       Give a Four-Way Test framed certificate to all speakers to post in their office with your club’s name on it.

7.       Invite experts to give a presentation on the vocational needs of the community and develop a project in response to those needs.

8.       Work with local businesses to create mentorship, internship, or practicum opportunities to help young people achieve their career goals.

9.        Share the Rotary Code of Conduct.   Booklet : https://bit.ly/36CjVyA

The Forest Lake Rotary Interact Club invites you to participate in their 3rd annual Military Care Package Drive. The drive will run from November 9th-19th with the help of Hugo Yellow Ribbon Network, ShiptoMilitary, and the Forest Lake Rotary Club. It will send care packages with food, hygiene, and entertainment items, as well as handwritten letters, to deployed Minnesotan troops. The ways in which you can help are listed below. 

Fall is everywhere, from colorful leaves landing on lawns to reminders to get a flu shot to the powerful piece in this month’s Smithsonian magazine on the fear and devastation wrought by diphtheria until an effective vaccine was found. The author notes that “Despite all the progress preventing and treating the disease, diphtheria has not been eradicated and still flares up around the world.” As we fight our way through the COVID-19 pandemic, we can take some comfort from the success of one global vaccination effort: the fight to eradicate polio. Oct. 24 is World Polio Day and there is a real chance that polio will soon be eradicated, though there is still work to be done.

After the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the African region free of the wild poliovirus last August, the focus turned to Pakistan and Afghanistan, the last two polio-endemic countries. The concern was that the COVID-19 pandemic had made it difficult to conduct polio immunizations for several months and there was fear that wild polio would rebound in both countries. After a brief pause in early 2020, vaccinators began polio immunizations again in both countries, using new protocols to avoid the risks of transmitting COVID-19 while protecting children from polio. These protocols involved masking the vaccinators and providing masks to families, frequently using hand sanitizer, conducting vaccinations outdoors whenever possible, and asking vaccinators to double as educators and communicate about the best ways to stop the spread of COVID-19.

During the first eight months of 2021, just one case of wild polio was reported in each country, though there are still several months left in the year and some regions of Afghanistan have been difficult to access. Nevertheless, the polio program has operated for many years in both countries amid challenging circumstances and critical work will continue.

This is good news in a campaign that is entering its 33rd year. When Rotary International, WHO, UNICEF and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention first launched the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) in 1988, there were over 350,000 cases of polio in 125 countries. Polio had been eliminated in the United States and much of Europe, but other regions had never been able to control the virus effectively. In succession, regions of the world were certified polio-free after working to reach children in rural areas. There were challenges, including the logistics of getting into isolated villages with poor roads, but solutions were found, even if it meant that vaccinators would have to pedal bicycles or hike into those areas on foot.

Tuesday, August 3rd at 4 pm the District 5960 Public Image Team will be joining your club leaders in our Interactive Action Planning.

Topics to include: Creating your public image team, Brand Consistency, Social Media Usage, Newsletters, Telling Your Rotary Story, Keeping your website up to date, and People of Action.

REGISTER TODAY

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMoc-mqqj0pGtyMHE0_ktr7dZ7TPvwAuBtR 

When registering, please enter your club name.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

How can Public Image help your Membership and Foundation Teams?

Our team will help explain how to tell your Rotary story. We will also discuss how can you help the District PI Team. 

Every club that is represented at the Action Planning will be entered into a drawing for $250 to use as your club wants. It could be used for Public Image like business cards, signs, posters, brochures, or it could be used for a club project, it is the clubs choice.

And for everyone that attends has a chance to win a $150 Visa Gift card for themselves.

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Room Rate: $136 plus tax

Booking Code: C-Rot 

Call Direct 507-344-1111 and request the  Rotary Kenny Rate.

Questions Email: Rotary.HT.Fortum@gmail.com 

Sponsored by Arden Hills-Shoreview and New Brighton-Mounds View Rotary Clubs

Register Here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZTuD32G7Q6eHYkEizffV6Q 

1. Upload Your Four-Way Test Video Here: https://5960.link/fourway
2. Need help recording? Contact Kathy Hughitt or register on Survey Monkey (Link)
3. You have a written story to submit? Email to Patricia McCleese

During January, Rotarians are encouraged to focus on this important avenue of Rotary service. Discussions on vocational service can lead to projects that not only develop the ethical consciousness and vocational skills of Rotarians but also the talents within their communities.

Vocational Service Month is an opportunity to begin year-long vocational service activities, ranging from Rotary discussions to awards to community projects.

Vocational Service focuses on:

•        High ethical standards in business and professions.

•        The recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations.

•        The contribution of your vocational talents to solving the problems of society and meeting the needs of the community.
 

Following are possible activities to undertake during Vocational Service Month:

1.       Devote the first meeting in January to examining Vocational Service, including The Four-Way Test and The Rotary Code of Conduct*

2.       Show your members the District video on Elevating the Four-Way Test   CLICK HERE or schedule a presentation by emailing rotary5960ethics@gmail.com. Solicit member input in planning projects for the remainder of the year.

3.       Introduce a “mini-classifications talk” series; each member gives a five-minute talk on his or her current or former vocation or retirement activity. Schedule one speaker at the beginning of meetings throughout the year until everyone has made a presentation.

4.       Present a vocational award to someone or organization in the community who has exemplified outstanding professional achievement while maintaining high ethical standards. Promote the presentation within the community, and consider making it an annual January event.

5.       Give a Four-Way Test framed certificate to all speakers to post in their office with your club’s name on it.

6.       Invite experts to give a presentation on the vocational needs of the community and develop a project in response to those needs.

7.       Work with local businesses to create mentorship, internship, or practicum opportunities to help young people achieve their career goals.

8.       Share the Rotary Code of Conduct

For more details:   Introduction to Vocational Service: https://bit.ly/36CjVyA

Meeting video link, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0HQs2ezefE

Our District Fast for Hope program has entered into a pilot partnership with Opportunity International.  David Kone (DK), as Opportunity International's Program Director in Nicaragua, will be speaking about Opportunity’s flagship model for Community Economic Development. Through this program, Opportunity has helped to drive sustainable solutions to engage communities to build pathways out of poverty. Yucca farmers, young school children, and entire communities have experienced support and reaped the benefits of participating in this initiative, earning greater income and the opportunity to break the cycle of poverty. 

View this meeting - District 5960 YouTube Channel - https://youtu.be/tQWiRw08eQA

Late last winter, just before the world shut down, my family flew from Minneapolis to Mexico City, then drove two hours west toward the city of Valle de Bravo. From there, we continued on to Santuario Piedra Herrada, a nature preserve situated in the forested mountains of central Mexico.

The next morning, as the sun rose behind the mountaintops, we began our hike up a mile-long trail. The air was cool, and the sky was obscured by patchy clouds. Higher up the path, we noticed the oyamel fir trees start to take on a different appearance. They looked solid. They looked so heavy that they might fall over. They looked like they had been colonized by some strange creature.

When we reached the top, we could see that in fact it wasn’t one creature that had colonized the trees, but many: Millions of orange-and-black monarch butterflies covered the branches and trunks of the now orange-tinged trees, huddling together for warmth as they have done every winter for thousands of years. When the sun emerged from behind the clouds, the insects, warmed by its rays, filled the air, and the beating of their wings sounded like a soft rain.

In a few weeks, those same butterflies would take off from these hills — Santuario Piedra Herrada is one of a handful of places where monarchs gather to spend the winter each year — and fly to Texas and other parts of the southern United States, where they would lay their eggs on milkweed plants. Those offspring would then fly north as far as Canada to lay their own eggs. After a third generation, at the end of the summer, a fourth, "super" generation, whose life span is as long as nine months (as opposed to its predecessors’ two to six weeks), would embark on a journey back to Mexico, following the Sierra Madre Oriental mountains until reaching the hills around Piedra Herrada.

Video link for today's program; https://youtu.be/Bep7eCurBxg

Tribal Sovereignty
Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) Secretary/Treasurer Rebecca Crooks-Stratton

Tribal sovereignty means that tribes have an inherent authority to govern themselves. During this session, SMSC Secretary/Treasurer Crooks-Stratton will explore the importance of sovereignty and walk attendees through 200 years of federal Indian policy and how it has impacted tribal nations. She will also cover economic development in Native American communities and provide present-day examples of how tribes like the SMSC work alongside federal, state and local governments on shared priorities.

“Anthony Galloway’s conversation with our St Paul Sunrise Rotary Club members was deeply moving and illuminating. I am grateful to him for sharing how words our country’s founding fathers used or how artistic images, such as the Statue of Liberty or media portrayals of icons such as Rosa Parks, have shaped our beliefs today about race.” ~Ellen Luepker

North Star Rotex: Rotary Youth Exchange Alumni Giving Back Through Service in Rotary

Speaker: Emma Mulhern, Rotex president

https://youtu.be/_1DtlbGZ_Vg

 Friday Feature with Richard Huston, Faribault Rotary Club, " A view from the front lines: Polio eradication in Pakistan"

YouTube video link: https://youtu.be/rcKMoSv6wyw

June 12, 2020 Friday Feature Presentation from Mounds Park Academy junior, Salmah Elmasry, and Upper School teacher, Katie Murr to hear the moving World War 2 story of PFC Riley from Minnesota.  

YouTube Video Link: https://youtu.be/Ma5Fstu_TwE

STRIVE: Investing in Our Future

Whether your STRIVE program is already successful , needs a boost or you are interested in starting one, the May 29th Friday Feature on STRIVE will be informative. Diane Ilstrup , Rochester Rotary Club and Brent Voight , Stillwater Sunrise Rotary Club will share successes, how  challenges are addressed, or what they feel are the next steps in how the program is evolving. 

The truth is: If we do not abolish nuclear weapons, sooner or later they will be used

(Rotarians can help preserve Planet Earth!)

Speaker: Rotarian Dr. Ira Helfand

District Youtube Channel Video Link: https://youtu.be/3fySliLWLMA

We are dealing with unprecedented times that are causing significant challenges with our normal Club and District functions and events.

Calling all Rotarians in District 5960!

What’s new in the Learning Center

What Rotary is Doing

Our mission is to End Human Trafficking in communities in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota and parts of Ontario (regions covered by Rotary Districts 5950,5960, and 5580). We will serve as facilitators and problem solvers, and provide forums for discussion.

NOMINATE

OUR NEXT DGND

Hundreds of Rotarians Are Needed

Friday, August 30, 2019

Show your Rotary pride and meet new Rotary friends at the Minnesota State Fair!

• Highlights from the year
• Projects that are having a positive, long-term impact on communities
• Messages from donors sharing why they contribute to The Rotary Foundation

Rotary District 5960 Presents

• Learn skills to have respectful conversations with people who disagree with you.
• Clarify differences
• Search for common ground
• Deal with the stress among family members and friends whose view differ from yours

Celebrate Rotary… and HAVE FUN!

Read More
 

Copied from The Faribault Rotary Club Newsletter

Pictured are Keith Kramer, Foundation chair, members Cate Grinney, Carmen Dorr, Dr. Dick Huston, Bart Jackson and president Troy Dunn. 

The Faribault Rotary Club has recognized four members as Paul Harris Fellows.  Rotary members achieve this distinction each time they have given $1000. 

Where are we in the fight to end polio? What are our successes and challenges? Find out during a live event on October 24 @ 4:30pm CST - World Polio Day. Endpolio.org

Human Slavery has been identified as such a global issue that Rotary International has identified this as one of the next global initiatives to solve as we get close to celebrating the end of polio.

Read More in the District 5960 September Newsletter

Ann Frisch, White Bear Lake Rotary, honored for 2017 Rotary People of Action: Champions of Peace Award. Ann is very well deserving of this award, and was selected on International Peace Day. Read More

COMING SOON!! GROUP CULTURAL EXCHANGE

Have you thought about travelling to another country to meet fellow Rotarians, learn more about other cultures and explore ideas for new projects your club can be a part of?   Read More in the District 5960 August Newsletter.

The new and improved Rotary Club Central is here. It's now faster, easier to navigate, and presents past and current club data in a more accessible way. Additional features include:

2017-2018 One Rotary Summit (ORS) Training

Gain additional leadership skills.  Discover ideas to share with your Rotary Club.  Prepare to take action. 

The Rochester Risers Rotary Club recently held their third club visioning event on May 31^st, 2017. 

Greetings from TC Rotaract!

We are striving as a club to connect Rotary and Rotarians with Rotaractor and Rotaract Clubs. As part of this we want to share with you news and opportunities.

DG Jim Hunt and DGN Mike Becker 

Invite You To Attend

DISTRICT 5960 MIDTERM RALLY &



Saturday, January 14, 2017

Hamline University - Anderson Center
Online Registration Open - Click Here

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