ROTARY DISTRICT 6490 OCTOBER 2015

ROTARY DISTRICT 6490 OCTOBER 2015 Diverse Rotrins, Common Gols On side... Erich Hnnh, Doug Stske, Pt Mielke T next D6490 Group Study Exchnge will be wh Romni! -- See Pge 3 tor nty. te bu Dnville Downtown Rotrins refurbish old refrigertors donte to orgniztions s fundrisers. -- See Pge 4 Gibson Cy Rotrins hve completed plyground project tht is more ccessible for ll children.. -- See Pge 6 T 2015-16 Inbound Rotry Youth Exchnge students District 6490 clude, front from left: Wny Chtdeen, from Thil, hosted by Eurek; An Ivhshi, Brzil, Mrshll; Sel Esenol, Turkey, Mttoon; Essi Kettunen, Fl, Arthur; Bck from left: Arpd Koss Slovk Republic, Norml; Chrlotte Skou, Denmrk, John Drews Dnville; Luis Kueste Germny, Bloomgton-Norml Sunrise; Anthony Pull Corre, Ecudo Pontic; Aldo Gutierrez, Mexico, Chrleston; Tylor Cn, Tiwn, Lchfield. Inbound students, YEOs gr Inbound youth exchnge orienttion youth exchnge ficer trg both re presented on Sept. 12 Clton. Among topics for discussion Youth Protection issues for YEOs, seprtely, bound students. Likewise, Insurnce mterils will be provided to ech group. Noteworthy bout orienttion is fct tht ll 10 YEOs wh 2015-16 RYE students ttended s ll s severl 2016-17 YEOs. As pproch Oct.1, 2015 s re remded tht -pproved 2016-17 Outbound cidtes need to hve ir ppliction forwrded to Doug Schwlm so y cn be structed Contued on Pge 3

All Rotrins need to shre ir gifts I hve completed my ficil viss to 47 s. As I ddress s, I quote Rotry Interntionl President Rvi Rvdrn s me for 2015-16: Be gift to world. We, Rotrins, re blessed wh mny gifts should be shrg our gifts wh our communy, cy, country Globl Communy, to mke world better plce to live. By wy me, RI president hs urged ll fellow Rotrins to use ir ledership skills, pssion, resources tlent to brg bout posive chnges world. We re deed fulfillg me Be gift to world by providg food for hungry; clen wter sntion to communies need; eductionl op- From desk Surder Sethi portunies; countless or services. We re mkg world better plce to live t sme time discover ourselves. T services bove self provided by Rotrins re beftg wht Mhtm Ghi sid once, T best wy to fd yourself is to lose yourself service ors. Wn deliverg my messge to s, I ten refer to term Rotry Moments. A Rotry Moment refers to highly memorble experience our Rotry life. It might be n experience tht impcted us so gretly tht trnsformed us from simply beg member Rotry Club to becomg Rotrin. It is n experience tht will lwys remember s key pot our Rotry life. As Rotrin, mkg difference someone else s life mkes us hppy, blessed, joyful. Helpg someone bove self is humblg ltruistic If Foundtion is bckbone Rotry Interntionl, n Rotrins re Surder Nrder Sethi Hert & Throb. Whout Rotrins, Rotry Clubs will be non-existent. Rotrins re essentil for very existence RI. So plese contue to sty wh Rotry for mny yers to come, recru New Rotrins Be gift to world. Yours Rotry, Surder Sethi, Governo District 6490 Diverse Rotrins, Common gols Pln World Polio Dy event this month Fred Heilich PolioPlus Chir Rotry Interntionl encourges Rotry s to observe World Polio Dy, which ficilly is Oct. 23. T Chrleston Rotry Club plns to hve World Polio Dy observnce conjunction wh s nnul communy pncke brekfst t Estern Illois Universy Homecomg on Oct. 24. Club members workg pncke brekfst will r red End Polio Now T-shirts pln to hve ir prde flot wh polio me. Ty lso pln to hve jr for pncke brekfst ders to mke dontion. From RI s Sept.24, District 6490 hs contributed $11,507 to PolioPlus cuse for Rotry Yer 2015-2016. This is tremendous. And I wnt to thnk you ll for your work on this. Wild Polio Virus Type 2 (WPV2) hs been certified s beg erdicted worldwide. WPV3 hsn t been seen nerly 3 yers. Three cses rre form polio ppered recently Ukre. Tre is concern by ficils wh regrd to recent immigrnt flux s to dequcy immuniztion children. This is why is cumbent tht children re current on ir immuniztions. Nigeri certified s non-endemic ntion September if ll goes ll will be listed s polio-free two more yers. Pkistn recently hd mssive immuniztion cmpign wh 200,000 children beg vccted for Vm A gst polio. T current number cses WPV1 for 2015: Afghnistn 9 Nigeri None sce July 2014 Pkistn 32 vs 165 YTD 2014 2015 2014 YTD Globlly 41 200 Endemic Countries 41 181 Non-Endemic 0 19 District Governor Surder Sethi 504 Lke Shore Drive Bloomgton, IL 61704 Emil:surdersethi@hotmil.com Phone: 309-310-6187 Newsletter Edor Bill Lir 2115 Dougls Drive Chrleston, IL 61920 Emil: billcryllir@gmil.com Cell: 217-218-2549 2 District Webse www.rotrydistrict6490.org Rotry Interntionl Webse www.rotry.org Onle mke-up www.rotryeone.org

Leder sought for GSE trip to Romni John Clderon GSE Tem Leder Chir As I spoke to my counterprt Lugoj, Romni, sid to me: T Best kept secret: ROMANIA! He lso sid: We re re to send messge bck to USA bout beuty generosy people hve re beutiful Romni. We re lookg for one Rotrin Tem Leder to led four more people wh busess clssifiction two yers or more who re lthy, cn trvel to foreign country be wy from ir employment for period four eks. This trip will tke beg first ek My 2016. This is very big district res tht tem will be coverg re rdius more thn 250 miles beutiful country. T m hostg loction strts Lugoj, Romni, wh conclusion District Conference Si, Romni. This is n opportuny for tem leder to experience pssion givg Rotry for tem to become mbssdors goodwill to Europen country -- Romni! Dwn Ard recently distributed ppliction for tem leder. Interested Rotrins lso my contct me for n ppliction. T dedle for tem Leder is Oct. 31. We will move to tem members fter tem leder is picked. Plese feel free to contct me directly t 217-721-7929 cell or emil jgc0727@ gmil.com to discuss this more detil. Flg berers Lbor Dy prde Rotrins from five Bloomgton-Norml Clubs crried flgs Bloomgton s Lbor Dy prde. Rotry hoisted 50 U.S. flgs, five rmed services flgs, POW/MIA flg, Rotry terntionl flg vrious Bloomgton-Norml Rotry bnners. Bloomgton, Norml, B-N Sunrise, B-N Sunset, & B-N Dybrek members, couple guests two Rebound Rotry Youth Exchnge students mrcd prde. Inbound students, YEOs gr Contued from Pge 1 how to strt ir district ppliction before Nov. 7 dte for Outbound terviews. For bound students t Clton, sessions covered Student Hbook, highlighted cert res such s trvel rules, 4 Ds, encourge school volvement, discuss role YEC YEOs, etc. For YEOs, n overview YEO Hbook, s ll s topics such s trvel rules, IHSA prticiption requirements, vrious viss reportg requirements (monthly 45 dy viss, etc.), processg host fmilies (second 3 third host fmilies for some, first host fmilies for 2016-17 YEOs), outlook to sprg 2016 bound processg, outbound time-le ction ems, etc. And YEOs shred some ides on topics such s host fmily recrug, vrious wys hlg cell phones for students hlg monthly stipends.

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Centennil s Interct lcomes frosh Chmpign Centennil High School s Interct Club, sponsored by Rotry Club Chmpign, hosted dnce on Sept. 3, to lcome freshmen to high school. Interct chose brn dnce me, members mny freshmen wore plid shirts, boots, hts. One enthusistic membe Emilee Reifsteck, served refreshments rg cow outf! Members decorted school cfeteri for dnce gzebo outside wh hy bles lights to serve s photo booth. Former Interct member Benjm Khchturin, who is now freshmn t Universy Illois, served s deejy for dnce. RYLA seeks prticipnts RYLA is fntstic progrm for high school sophomores, juniors seniors. T dtes for 2016 re April 15-17, wh fl dedle Mrch 18. T fee is $165 per prticipnt, hove re re discount options vilble. Tiffny DeSp (tiffny@svoyrecretioncenter.com) or one r co-chirs cn spek to your for more formtion. If your hs contct person for RYLA, plese shre tht wh r s ll. T RYLA commtee is lookg for few new members this yer. We re lso lwys lookg for spekers, chperones volunteers ekend RYLA. DATES TO REMEMBER Oct. 23: World Polio Dy Nov. 15: Dnville Rotry Club 100th Birthdy Celebrtion, 1 p.m., Beef House, Covgton, Ind. Feb. 20, 2016: Rotry Ledership Instute trg dy, Richl Communy College, Dectur. Mrch 12-13, 2016: PETS President-Elects Trg Semr. Chmpign contues s longtime Asi exchnge T Rotry Club Chmpign hs hosted n exchnge beten Universy Illois student universy student from Yni, Jpn, for pst 26 yers. Sm Wlde junior t U I, spent month this summer Jpn, hosted by Jpnese Rotrins. Mski Wd, junior t Kngw Universy rrived Chmpign on August 20 returned home on September 19. Mski styed homes seven Chmpign Rotrins 21 different members took Mski on tours for luncs or dners. Mski trveled to Glesburg for frm vis, Sprgfield to see Cpol Lcoln s home, Dectur for tour WAND, Chicgo for Cubs gme shoppg long Michign Avenue, Indinpolis for tour cy Indy 500 Rcg Museum, St. Louis to see Arch, Cy Museum, Busch Stdium. Mski prticipted U. I. Honors House ctivies, ttended Urbn s Frmers Mrket, high school footbll gme, two tilgtes U. I. footbll gmes, toured Universy Illois s 5 Mski Wder t U I gme. Reserch Prk, Busey Bnk, Herff-Jones, Pepsi Bottlg Plnt, non-for-pr communy gencies. Wn sked bout highlight his trip, Mski replied, Wrigley Field Cubs gme! He lso sid, I will lwys remember people mny experiences I enjoyed durg my sty. PDG Jy Stortzum his wife Wnie re honored t Sept. 14 meetg Chmpign Rotry Club. Ty re honored for chievg Mjor Donor Level Two for Rotry Foundtion. In ddion to DG Surder Sethi his wife Nrde DGE Kev Yonce, DGN Lrry Holl, PDG Les Mkos PDG Ken Buel ors chimed wh ccoldes for ll yers service friendship fered by Jy Wnie.

Plyground project success Gibson Cy T Gibson Cy Rotry Club s Plyground Renovtion project is complete! Ty ld dediction ribbon cuttg ceremony Sept. 13 opened plyground for use. Ty hd big response kids communy re lovg! T plyground project begn three yers go. One Gibson Cy members hd dughter wh physicl disbilies proposed ide. Ty hd lso been pprocd by Cy Gibson bout possibily developg new smll piece l s miprk for hicpped children. Rr thn segregte children wh disbilies chose to upgrde n existg plyground to corporte more opportuny for children ll bilies to A ribbon cuttg ceremony (top left) ld t dediction plyground re Gibson Cy tht more ccessible for ll children. T photos re courtesy Gibson Cy Courier. In photo t right, children re seted dune buggy tht prt Gibson Cy Rotry Club s fifth nnul Touch Truck event. ply toger. We lso focused on mkg plyground more ccessible s existg ply re hd pe grvel surfce (rimmed by wood bords to cont mteril) which difficult for both children dults to nvigte if y hd physicl disbilies. T third focus to dd more toys ply pprtus tht would encourge sight, touch sound for sensory ply. It took three yers to rise $95,000 for our pln. T got blessgs cy s y lped provide both fncil physicl bckg. T cy mtennce crews did ll excvtion, sidewlk work ground preprtions while Rotry communy volunteers lped to spred compct grvel ssemble equipment. T plyground re hs seen cresed usge dily hs gotten mny posive comments thnk yous. Club members re proud to hve prtnered wh mny locl busesses dustry s y generously supported project wh fncil dontions. Members re lso proud tht y hve rised wreness ir Rotry Club s service. T Touch A Truck event s fifth nnul. Ty wnted to provide free event for fmilies this yer best ttended one so fr. Wer beutiful, re re some gret vehicles to explore re re mny horns honked buttons pusd. This yer fetured some food trucks which provided some gret etg. 6