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 This past January, as your District Governor-Elect, I attended the International Assembly in
San Diego, CA to conclude my District Governor Training. This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet, learn, discuss and debate with 538 of my fellow district governors-elect from all over the world was the most unique experience of my life. More... |
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| With the new Rotary year, the District 6440 monthly newsletter has a new look.
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| District 6440 Governor Bill Ferreira has compiled a schedule of official club visits. More... |
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| Each club in the district is being asked to submit five family recipes before July 30, 2009, for the new Rotary District 6440 Cookbook. More... |
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| Joshua Kim, 14, whose father, Tony Kim, is a member of the Chicagoland Korean Club in Northbrook, was called to the stage of the third plenary session of the 2009 RI Convention in Birmingham, England, to tell his story of a contribution he made to the polio eradication effort. More... |
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| Rotary District 6440 is planning at least two "hands-on" missions in the 2009-2010 year. The first will be to work at a Mayan school in the eastern part of Guatemala, either at Ak'Tenamit where we have been the last two years or at a new school being developed to expand the program. More... |
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| Eleven clubs in District 6440 have won Avenue-of-Service awards this year for projects initiated within the last three years. The winning clubs are: More... |
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| Congratulations to these clubs for winning the 2008 - 2009 Presidential Citation from Rotary International President D. K. Lee: Carol Stream, Cary Grove, Glenview Sunrise, Lake Zurich, Northbrook, Wheeling and West Chicago. Congratulations to the Rotary Club of Schaumburg/Hoffman Estates as well for winning the 2008 - 2009 Best Cooperative Project Award from R. I. |
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| You can watch the 38-minute film,"The Final Inch," on a computer. The entire Oscar-nominated documentary about polio eradication is featured on More... |
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| The following people have recently joined Rotary clubs in our area: Maurice Forde and Michael Sperling (Northbrook); Charlie Roberts (Glenview Sunrise); Fran Caan, Bill Glader and Ellen Romberg (Evanston Lighthouse); Dorothy Collins, Melanie Duiguid and Gerhard Fritsen (Deerfield); and Tim Almy, Sara Knight and Lyle Staab (Long Grove). |
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