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June 2019 - Rotary Fellowship Month
Rotary Fellowships are international groups that share a common passion. Being part of a fellowship is a fun way to make friends around the world, explore a hobby or profession, and enhance your Rotary experience. See the information sheet in this newsletter that gives you more details on Rotary Fellowship opportunities. For me personally I am a member of the Wine Fellowship Group. I know, no surprise there.
It has been a great Season and we have much to Celebrate. Teams throughout our District have really stepped up to the plate. As I have said many times this year “Together we can do much more”. Nine Areas teamed up on area projects and 32 clubs supported our District Project “Smiles Without Borders”.
Much thanks to our District Leadership Team, Assistant Coaches and Club Presidents for all your hard work in helping District 5190 “Knock it out of the Park” this year.
As of today, our membership growth is up for the first time in many years. I congratulate you on trying new things to help your clubs grow and retaining the players you have. After all, it’s up to us to get our members out of the stands and onto the field, playing the game with us, not just watching us.
Our first Multi District conference was a weekend of celebration with inspiration around every corner. If you were able to attend, I hope it exceeded your expectations as it did mine. It was so nice seeing old friends from other Districts and making new ones as well.
Rotarians are People of Action and as we continue to make Rotary a Brand to be recognized, we will need to continue to share our stories of Action. Every game has its strikes and home runs, however when we play together, we all win, our Communities win and our World wins.
As we close out this Rotary year and the new year begins, I encourage you to hop on DGE Randy’s tandem bike and continue trying new things. Life is like riding a bicycle, to stay balanced you must keep moving.
It has truly been an honor leading, motivating and inspiring our Players.
Congratulations on a Great Season!
Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday’s successes or put its failures behind you and start over again. That’s the way life is with a new game every day, and that’s the way baseball is.
“Bob Feller”
District Governor 2018-19
Rotary International District 5190
When was the last time you did something for the first time?
It's time to start thinking about our Rotary Youth Leadership Awakening (RYLA) sessions for 2019! We are now recruiting counselors for this summer. There are three sessions, as follows:
- Session A: June 16-21 (counselors arrive on the 15th)
- Session B: June 23-28 (counselors arrive on the 22nd)
- Session C: July 7-12 (counselors arrive on the 6th)
The program starts on a Sunday when the campers arrive, with the counselors coming in a day earlier on Saturday.
Please follow this link for more information and to apply: http://www.camp-ryla.org/Counselor, filling out both the Application and Background Check Permission Form.
If you have any questions, you can e-mail Amy Abatemarco at amyabatemarco@gmail.com.
Reno TV station KOLO Channel 8 recently ran a story about Rotarians who were impacted by the Camp Fire in Paradise, CA.
Wishing Brian and Pam all of the best from District 5190!
Click below to see the Channel 8 News Story
District 5190 Leadership has set a $100,000 contributions goal to help those impacted by the fire. If you would like to help with a contribution:
For the 11th consecutive year, The Rotary Foundation has received the highest rating — four stars — from Charity Navigator, an independent evaluator of charities in the U.S.
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Rotarian Elizabeth Thoman will be "Giving Rotary A Lift" when she competes at the Tested International Powerlifting League World Power Lifting Championship competition at the Golden Nugget In Las Vegas Nevada on November 8th of this year.
