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BRAZIL:
Group Study Exchange
Our district will send a GSE team to Brazil in 1998. We need on
Rotarian and four non-Rotarian team members.
This four-week exchange with District 4610, Sao Paulo, Brazil will
be April 28-May 28, 1998. The GSE team will stay with Rotary host families
while studying Brazil's institutions, economy and customs. They
will attend Rotary meetings. meet others in their profession,
share information and ideas and make new friends.
PLEASE NOTE: Our district GSE Committee requires that ALL
candidates be interviewed by the sponsoring club before their
applications are endorsed and sent on to the district. Please do
not recommend an unqualified candidate.
We are looking for team members who are well-informed,
personable, and excellent communicators. While fun and
rewarding, the experience can, at the same time, be both
strenuous and stressful. Due to what amounts to a five week
commitment by team members for this exchange, we need an extra
commitment from you and your club to help fill the slots on the
GSE team. Please give this the attention it deserves.
For Applications
Deryl Miller
3205 34th St
Rock Island, IL 61021
(309) 786-5335
Dave Shockey
6408 East Shockey Rd
Ridott, IL 61067
(815) 449-2410
Completed applications for team members must be submitted to
Deryl by Nov 16. District interviews will be conducted Nov 23.
Team leader applications must be submitted by Nov 2.
September is New Generations Month
Next month would be perfect timing to invite your R.Y.L.A. and
World Affairs candidates in to speak at your club. If you club
did not sponsor anyone (Shame on you), just ask a neighboring
club for the name of their candidates. These youth have an
enthusiasm which could carry over into the formation of an
Interact or Rotoract club in your area.
It is also a good time to ask your Rotary Exchange students to
speak at your club, either those who went outbound this summer,
or those foreign exchange students who are here right now.
Plan now to have a program in September about Youth Activities.
Rotary Mottoes
The first motto of Rotary International "He profits Most Who
Serves Best." was approved at the second Rotary Convention, held
in Portland, Oregon, in August 1911. The phrase was first stated
by Chicago Rotarian, Art Sheldon, whose speech in 1910 included
the remark, "He profits most who serves his fellow best." At
about the same time, Ben Collins, president of the Rotary club of
Minneapolis, Minnesota, commented that the proper way to organize
a Rotary club was through the principle his club adopted,
"Service, Not Self." These two slogans, slight modified, were
formally approved to be the official mottoes of Rotary at the
1950 Convention in Detroit - "He Profits Most Who Serves Best"
and Service Above Self." The 1989 Council on Legislation
established "Service Above Self as the Principal motto of Rotary,
since it best explains the philosophy of unselfish volunteer
service.
International Convention Challenge
Governor Ray Den Adel has offered $500 to clubs that show the
greatest net membership gain between July 1, 1997 and March 30,
1998. One club in each category, 30 and under or 31 and over,
will be eligible to receive the award. The money is to offset
expenses in sending a delegate to the International Convention in
Indianapolis.
Streator Rotary Club
The year in review
The following is an excerpt from the newspaper. Streator enjoys a wonderful
relationship with the paper, which prints the weekly activities of Rotary.
This article reviewed the entire year, showing the community what Rotary
has done for them. It looks like a great promotion and membership
development piece.
Streator Rotary Club has:
Sponsored the Streator High School academic team in the 34th annual
Academic Bowl Classic, for the 34th time.
Collected items valued at $606 for the homeless shelter.
Collected coats and blankets for the needy for the sixth year, sponsored
The Times-Press NIE (Newspaper in Education) program; sponsored the
Northlawn math contest for the eighth time; rang bells for the Salvation
Army; worked the concession stand at Engle Lane Theatre.
Received RI Presidential citation to Build the Future by completing three
activities in each of the four avenues of service for the fifth year in a
row.
The club was represented at Peru Rotary's 75th anniversary, Belvidere
Bright Horizon's charter night, the Mid-Year district meeting, PETS and
District Assembly, and the District Conference. And has members on two
district committees and a Governor's Representative.
They have 22 Paul Harris Fellows and 18 sustaining members (out of 46
members)
They have donated money to the YMCA, Streatorland Community Food Pantry,
LaSalle County Extension (4-H trophies), Project Neighborly Older
Americans, Woodland Education Foundation, District 44 Education Foundation,
Streator Municipal Pool fund, Streator High School Academic Team, St Mary's
Hospital Cancer Treatment Center, Streator Crimestoppers, I-READ, United
Way, Streator Community Players, Streator Grade School Band Uniform fund,
SACCI Edge 2000, Streator Youth softball, SHS Post Prom '97, Woodland Post
Prom, Riverview Cemetery, National Fire Safety Council, Visiting Ursa
Association, American Diabetic Society and Streator Police Department
Emergency Response Team.
They supplied teams for the Buster's brain Bowl and Woodland Country Quiz;
held the fourth annual gold fun day and social, and a membership seminar
and social.
The article even pointed out that they did not find an applicant for the
Ambassadorial Scholarship worth $22,000.
Now if only every community newspaper were so cooperative.
Clubs in Action so Others May Read
by Krista Miner Rittenhouse
Family Night - Bringing parents & children together to encourage
literacy.
In 1989, The Literacy Connection children's reading program began
pairing up "at risk" kids in Moline, IL. with a tutor to improve
reading skills. A primary reason TLC was needed was the lack of
a strong language background in these children's homes. Books
were not accessible in the home and the children were not read to
nor did they see their parents reading. Volunteers and founders
quickly realized the necessity of working directly with the
family to encourage and support the kids' success. A number of
years later, their dream was achieved through the creation of a