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THE INSPIRATION
THE INSPIRATION
THE INSPIRATION DISTRICT 6690 | ISSUE 12 | 2019

3,536 14 CLUBS 33 WORLDWIDE + $338,360 CONTRIBUTIONS TO
CASES
THE ANNUAL FUND
OF POLIO
+
CONTRIBUTIONS TO
$148,326
(TO-DATE 2019)
POLIO PLUS
525,600 Minutes BY THE NUMBERS
A MESSAGE FROM DISTRICT GOVERNOR CRAIG MAXEY
The Rotary year is created an on-line Zoom Peacebuilder We made polio important to the club
drawing to a close and program that has gotten international presidents and they made it important to
I cannot thank you attention. the Rotarians. I asked for a big year for
enough. The truth is, We have 8 to 9 Clubs in our District that the fight against polio and District 6690
there is nothing I can have become Peacebuilder Clubs. We delivered.
say or do that would hosted Flavio Bollag, who conducted
adequately express my gratitude to a Peace Mapping exercise at our fall Changing it up | We implemented some
everyone that I have encountered during training. We supported Peace Scholars innovations in our traditional way of
my year as Governor. who are studying how to increase Peace doing things. We encouraged clubs to
around the world. purge their rosters of “names on the list”
Thank you for your support. Thank you by putting membership in Rotary up
for your hospitality. Thank you for your Global and Local Humanitarian Efforts | against the 4-way test — all this while
kind words. Thank you for your counsel. We built low-cost shelters in Joquicinco, encouraging all Rotarians to ask someone
Thank you for your compassion for Mexico, a town devastated by an that they think may benefit by Rotary,
others. Thank you for your ideas. Thank earthquake. We helped fund a Cervical not the club benefiting by an extra set of
you for your encouragement. Thank you Cancer Clinic for Past International hands, to consider joining.
for your hard work. Thank you for your President Ravi Ravindran in Sri Lanka.
commitment to “Service Above Self”. But, We worked on Literacy in Guatemala. The clubs had options for my official
most of all – thank you for your friendship. We helped fund the Sam Owori School in visits. I got to know the Rotarians on a
Uganda. This was named after the original much different, more personal level.
Rotarians prove that when people come Rotary International President for this We had a major speaker at the Assembly
together, amazing things happen. I could year who unfortunately passed prior to — remember my buddy HK Derryberry!
not possibly mention every problem we taking office. We launched Ro-Talks and our District
have tackled, every cause we supported conference was engaging, educational,
and project we have taken on, but here We packed over 43,000 meals for those entertaining, inspirational and relevant.
are some of the year’s highlights: in need in Haiti. We have provided water Past International President Ravi was
pumps, dictionaries, food, clothing, indeed a highlight.
Youth | We have had a tremendous school supplies, bikes, Christmas gifts,
increase in the number of Interact Clubs. hand sanitizer, medical equipment, I would like to give a special thanks to the
Our very successful Youth Exchange scholarships, park benches, playground District Leadership Team.
program has had a wonderful year. equipment, ADA ramps, shelters, A special thank also to my vice governor
We are holding the largest RYLA class wheelchairs and crutches… to name a few. – PDG Michael Brown. In addition, a
we have ever had in a little less than a big thanks goes to all the current club
month. Who can forget the collection of The Rotary Foundation | When we presidents. They where responsible for
children’s books for Mongolia at All-Ohio combine the Annual Fund with the making it all happen at the club level.
PETS last year. Polio Plus fund, we are currently at over I could not have taken on this job without
$550,000. We are within striking distance the support of the lovely and enchanting
Peace | District 6690, through District of a record year for the annual fund and Renate Maxey. She has been my biggest
Designated Funds, has supported a Peace for Polio Plus we are almost to $200,000. fan all year long.
initiative in Columbia. Tom Carlisi has | CONTINUED PG 6 |