Rotary District 7730

GSE Team will leave for Japan, Monday, Oct. 9, 7am

The GSE Team to Japan – Deidra Goding, Maritza Ortiz, Doug Yarboro, Andy Couch, Jesus Rodriguez, and Team leader DGN Lee Dixon – will be at Wilmington International Airport at 7am on October 9th. You are all encouraged to be there to say goodbye and wish them a safe and successful journey.

Great Membership Seminars!

Thank you all for participating! Thank you, Assistant Governors Peggy Turner, Brian Garrett, and Pat Green for your assistance on the Wilmington seminar. Many thanks, Seminar leaders PDG Johnny Robertson, Bob Stinson, and PDG Bevin Wall. We in Wilmington were treated to the company of our outbound GSE Team to Japan who spent the past 4 days at Lily’s in Japanese language and cultural training with Yoko Kano from UNCW.

Rotary Leadership Institute

Rotary Presidents, if you haven’t done so already, now is the time to register two of your emerging leaders for the Rotary Leadership Institute in Morehead City on Saturday, October 14th. The cost is $85 per participant, a great value for a wealth of leadership and Rotary education. See more at www.rli33.org

Upcoming Rotary Events:

• First District Conference Committee Planning session, 10/11, 6:30pm, Lily’s (behind the Greentree Inn), Wilmington
• Assistant Governors Meeting, 10/16, 6pm, Holiday Inn Express, Wallace
• Council of Governors meeting, 10/29, 2:30pm, Holiday Inn Express, Wallace - Anyone receiving this e-mail is welcome, but please RSVP to me by 10/23 if you wish to attend so we can prepare enough snacks and beverage.
• Rotary Foundation Dinners, Area 1&2; 11/13; Areas 3&4, 11/14; Areas 5&6, 11/15; Areas 7&8, 11/16. Mark your calendars. Further details to follow.

Full Belly Project Chair Jay Tervo back from Uganda

As you know, I sent Jay Tervo’s first report from Uganda to all the Rotarians. This project, funded by our district and many of our Rotary clubs with a matching grant from The Rotary Foundation, is of such great importance that all of our Rotarians will be getting the 2nd installment of Jay’s Full Belly report as well – Forthcoming.

Please submit your Attendance Reports!

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Elizabethtown

Rotary Foundation Thought of the Week

Brought to you each week by PDG Bevin Wall, District Rotary Foundation Chair; and reproduced courtesy of www.rotary.org

This week’s Rotary Foundation Thought is about Ambassadorial Scholarships.

The Rotary Foundation began in 1917, but didn’t become a major component of Rotary until founder Paul Harris’s death in 1947. Upon Paul’s death, more than $1 million was contributed in memorial gifts. Shortly thereafter the first program of the Foundation was established: Fellowship for Advanced Study — the forerunner to the now-popular Ambassadorial Scholarships program.

The Rotary Foundation’s Ambassadorial Scholarships program is one of the world’s largest privately funded international scholarship programs for university studies. Since 1947, approximately 37,000 students from some 110 countries have studied abroad. Did you know that film critic Roger Ebert; journalist Bill Moyers; and Sadako Ogata, the former UN High Commissioner on Refugees were Rotary Ambassadorial Scholars?

For more information on giving or program participation, contact PDG Bevin Wall District 7730 Rotary Foundation Chair at Bevin@RLI33.org.

Rotary Zone 33 & 34 Institute, Orlando

Rotary Zones 33 & 34 are composed of Rotary districts in the southeastern US, the Caribbean, and 3 non-Spanish speaking countries on the northern coast of South America. Each fall, the 2 Zones meet in a city within the 2 zones for the annual Rotary Zone Institute. This coming week, we are meeting in Orlando FL. The Institute is open to the District Governors, Governors elect and nominee, Past District Governors, and their partners. Additional days of “GETS” Training for the Governor, Governors-elect and nominee, and their partners are combined with the Institute. It is always a wonderful experience that includes the latest Rotary education with good fellowship. Lee and I plan on having a great time. A brief report will follow.

Lead the Way!