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Get ready for the District Four-Way Test Speech Contest
The District Four-Way Test Speech Contest is on again for 2012. Club competitions are to be completed by January 31, 2012. Regional contests must be completed by March 23, 2012, and the District competition will be held in Tucson on April 21, 2012. Clubs that intend to participate should send a Club Entry Form and a $25 entry fee to the District Contest Chair, Joe Britton, P.O. Box 3921, Sierra Vista, AZ85636, as soon as possible. Specifics for Club preparations and competition conduct and Information and Instructions for Participants are available on the District Web Site in the form of Guidebooks. The Club Entry Form can be found in the Club Guidebook.
4-Way Contest Participant Guidebook
Giving Every Third Grader in District 5500 a Key
to Their Future
We can all appreciate
the need for every child to be given the tools and resources necessary to meet
the challenges of tomorrow. This can
not be more important than in the fundamentals of reading.
Many of the clubs in our district have assisted our communities’
students in meeting this challenge by participating in the Dictionary Project
for a number of years. The Dictionary Project is a nonprofit charitable
organization which provides dictionaries free to third grade students throughout
the
While the title of the
book is “A Students Dictionary”, the breadth of information contained in it
is much broader than the name implies. In
addition to being a dictionary appropriate for any third grader, the book also
includes in-depth biographies on our Presidents, valuable civic documents, and
much more. For just a $1.75 per
student, this is truly a treasure
chest of information waiting to be explored by the next third grader that
receives one. It will be their very
own book.
This past year, Rotary
Clubs in District 5500 sponsored the distribution of dictionaries to over 14,500
students in our communities. Non
Rotary civic organizations and other funding sources sponsored the distribution
of dictionaries to an additional 5,000. This is a remarkable accomplishment of
which we should all be proud. However,
there were still over 5,000 students in our District who did not receive a book.
Many of these students are located in rural areas where there are no Rotary
clubs.
This year, I would like to broaden the vision of giving a
dictionary to every third grader not only in the schools in each of our
communities or in our city, but rather to every third grader in our district.
This goal can only be accomplished with the support and contribution of
each and every club in the district. For
those clubs which have participated in the past, we need you to commit to
distributing dictionaries to those schools which you have served in the past and
consider expanding the number of schools you can serve this year.
For those clubs which have not participated in the Program, I urge you to
strongly consider it for this year. And
finally, for those of you who may know of an individual or corporation which may
be interested in sponsoring unserved schools in our District, please have them
contact Wayne Morrison (520-301-5966 or wmorrison@nordresouces.com
) our District Dictionary Coordinator. Also, please inform
To learn more about
this Program, please visit www.dictionaryproject.org
. This program will not only bring joy and inspiration to the third graders
we serve but also to the communities in which we live.
With your help, this will become a program in which Rotary will be
proudly associated for years to come. Thanks for your consideration.
Michael Drake, District Governor
Michael Drake installed as District Governor
On Sunday, June 26, Michael Drake was installed as District Governor before Rotarians, family and friends. The Tubac-Rio Rico Rotary clubs held the event at the Tubac Golf & Resort. PRID Phil Silvers was the installing officer. He also installed the officers and Assistant Governors representing 14 Regions. Click here for more photos.
DG Michael Drake with PRID Phil Silvers |
PRID Phil
installs the Governor's Assistant, secretary, treasure and Assistant
Governors |
A Rare
Rotary Opportunity
by Phil and
Kathleen Silvers
With
the enthusiastic support of DGE Michael Drake, we have arranged a Rotary
Friendship Exchange with
For D-5500, it
is an opportunity for four Rotary couples (or singles combos) to visit one of
the most interesting parts of the world—one of the newly independent countries
of
More
importantly,
We have gotten
to know many Latvian Rotarians, including the 2011-12 District Governor who is
from
If you might be interested in a trip of a lifetime, call or email us: 520-399-3994 or silverlode@cox.net.
READ - EVERY ROTARIAN EVERY YEAR NEWSLETTER
Important IRS Information for Clubs
Thus us a recently revised Rotary International document entitled USA-Puerto Rico Rotary Clubs and the IRS. This document includes important information regarding non-deductibility of dues as a charitable contribution the RI has recently become aware of. Furthermore, this is particularly import for clubs with gross receipts of US $100,000 or more to include a statement on this on their dues statement to their members. Should there any questions regarding Rotary clubs and the IRS, please encourage clubs to visit the IRS website for complete details.
Club Visioning in District 5500
Before a club or an organization begins a strategic planning process it needs to have a clear VISION of where they want to be and who they want to be in the future. More than 60 Rotary Districts internationally, including District 5500, now have trained facilitators to lead a group of Rotarians from individual clubs in a vision facilitation process resulting in operational continuity, consistency, and consensus.
Bob Shogren is our District Club Visioning Chair-- Work: (602) 364-2248, Cell: (520) 603-6126, email bobshogren@cox.net and welcomes conversations about Club Visioning and will schedule clubs interesting in completing the process.Learn
more about how it will benefit your club.
Link to May 2008 Rotarian article, "A Plan for All
Seasons" pp. 54-57
Globe Rotary changes venue
De Marco’s
Italian Restaurant
North Broad Street
Globes, AZ
Wednesday 12:05 p.m.
Yuma North End changes venue
Hilton Garden Inn
310 N Madison Ave, Yuma
Tuesday - 6:45 pm
Casa Grande Rotary changes venue
Eva's
Fine Mexican Food
2033 N. Pinal Ave., Casa Grande
Tuesday at Noon
Ft. Yuma Rotary changes venue
Pivot
Point Conference Center
200 N. Madison Ave., Yuma
Thursday at Noon