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Governor’s Message - November 11, 2008
November is Foundation Month and we continue to strive to meet our Foundation Goals for this Rotary year 2008-2009. While the goal of EREY in the amount of $100 can be achieved, the total commitment for this year is $86.49. I am confident that we will exceed that amount. There are still [...]
Governor’s Message - November 05, 2008
November is Foundation Month and each club should promote the Rotary Foundation and all it’s humanitarian and educational programs. At PETS last April each club turned in it’s Foundation Goal for the year. The total for all the clubs in District 6760 this Rotary year is $309,219.
The Rotary Foundation was [...]
Governor’s Message - October 22, 2008
Rotary Leadership Academy - All club presidents please review your list of Leadership Academy applicants and contact them to see if they have received any info from Christy Batts.
Christy had a computer crash and lost some of the names. If anyone has not heard from Christy relative to the start of this year’s class, [...]
Governor’s Message - October 8, 2008
We are approaching our goal of $65,000 in District 6760 for the Gates Foundation match for PolioPlus. I urge all clubs who have not completed their effort to support the pledge campaign to continue to encourage their members to contribute.
Roxann and I continue to make new friends as we make our club visits and [...]
Governor’s Message - September 24, 2008
Roxann and I continue to be warmly received at each of the clubs we visit and are excited to hear about the projects of each club and the club’s participation in the Books From Birth program before it became an area of interest in District 6760. This program reaches children who might not otherwise have [...]
Governor’s Message - September 10, 2008
I continue to be impressed with the Rotary spirit of “Service Above Self” that is shown by each of the clubs that Roxann and I have visited.
In the 33 club visits to date, clubs are actively supporting the Books From Birth program and have been very generous to the Gates PolioPlus Challenge. Clubs are also [...]
Governor’s Message - August 27, 2008
As we approach the end of August, we are nearing the end of the self- imposed time frame for District 6760 to meet the $65,000 challenge from the Gates Foundation in our continuing effort to eradicate polio in the world. Early in September I will report the total donated amount. Several clubs have [...]
Governor’s Message - August 13, 2008
During this month of August, each Rotarian is being asked to donate $20 to the Rotary Foundation for the Gates Foundation PolioPlus Challenge. Our District goal for this year, and the next two, is to contribute $65,000 each year to PolioPlus in Rotary’s continuing effort to eliminate polio in the world, a program that [...]
Governor’s Message - July 09, 2008
On Sunday June 8, the RYLA graduation was held at Austin Peay University in Clarksville. This year’s class had 47 students from middle and west Tennessee participating in the program. This program helps identify and build on leadership traits of sophomores and juniors in high school. These outstanding students can then go back and apply [...]
Governor’s Message - July 02, 2008
I am excited about my opportunity to serve District 6760 as Governor during this Rotary year 2008-2009. We will have special challenges this year as presented by President D.K. Lee as they relate to Child Mortality and the three continuing areas of emphasis 1) Health and hunger, 2) Water and 3) Literacy.
In addition, we [...]
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