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The District Assembly and SETS of District 6740 will be held on May 13 and 14, 2010 at the Hilton Cincinnati Airport in Florence, KY just prior to the District Conference on May 14 and 15. The District Assembly will be on May 13th and SETS will be on May 14th. Held jointly, these two sessions are for:

¨ presidents-elect,

¨ incoming club secretaries,

¨ incoming club treasurers and

¨ incoming club committee chairs (especially those for club administration, membership, public relations service projects and the Rotary Foundation).

The purpose of these two training opportunities is to prepare incoming club leaders for their year in office. To equip these club leaders, roles and responsibilities associated with their office will be emphasized along with policies and procedures which accompany them. A focus on team-building and developing long range and annual goals will be a part of these sessions as well as resources available and the opportunity to get hands-on experience with a case study exercise.

Effective Rotary clubs have strong leadership. The District Assembly and SETS are excellent training grounds for key leaders in your Rotary club. Plan to attend and find ways to contribute to your club's success.

Jack McAllister, District Trainer

Rotary Speech Contest Update

Robert Hall, District speech contest coordinator, has put in place 3 regional speech contests leading to the finals to be held at the District Conference on Saturday, May 15, 2010, at the Hilton Cincinnati Airport in Florence, Kentucky.

Each club that chooses to participate, needs to conduct their own speech contest at the club level. Once the club winner is chosen, the winner is invited to compete at the regional level. The 3 regional winners will compete at the District finals on May 15.

The dates for the 2010 regional speech contests are:

April 10 Versailles at the KCTCS Headquarters,

Saturday, 1:00 PM
April 18 Lexington at the Beaumont Public Library,

Sunday, 2:00 PM
April 24 Whitesburg at the Whitaker Bank Building

Saturday, time TBD

Please appoint your club's speech contest coordinator and have them identify themselves with contact information to Robert Hall.

Robert M. Hall
E-Mail: rmhall203@roadrunner.com

Phone: 859-873-3399
203 Tweed Street
Versailles, KY 40383

Thank you for involving students from your community in this contest.

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 6740

SPEECH CONTEST RULES AND PROCEDURES

2010

THE CONTEST offers high school students an opportunity to speak on a meaningful topic, to sharpen their speaking skills, and to gain recognition in addition to possible monetary rewards. The student will learn about Rotary and be presented with a potential of a more involved relationship with Rotary through Interact or one of our other youth oriented programs. The Rotarians, of course, become the beneficiaries of all the stimulating and satisfying feelings that come from a service project with the youth. Someone will earn a total of $ 1,000.00.

ELIGIBILITY: Any high school student (freshman through senior) is eligible. Both private and public high schools as well as home schooled are included. A student may enter the contest of one or more Rotary Clubs in an area.

BECOMING A CONTESTANT: A student may enter the Speech Contest of a Rotary Club in his/her area by:

1) Completing an application form for the contest, which is available in the high school office, or from the local Rotary Club;

2) Speaking WITHOUT NOTES on the topic "Service Above Self" at a meeting of the Rotary Club or at a special session arranged by the Speech Contest Chairperson of the Club.

COMPOSING THE SPEECH: Students are expected to do research on the topic, and may consult teachers, parents, or others about their speech. Students should inform themselves on the basis of judging. Time limits for the speech: 5 to 8 minutes. The students will deliver their speeches without notes at all levels of competition.

CONDUCTING THE CONTEST: Speech Contest Chairperson of a Rotary Club is responsible for contacting schools, gathering applications, and enforcing contest rules. He/She will be in charge of the contest held at a regular or special club meeting (it is best to schedule no more than 3 to 4 contestants at a meeting).

At least three Judges, two Timekeepers, and two Tellers should be on hand for each round of the Speech Contest. Judges may be Rotarians at the club level or others invited to act as such, e.g., teachers. Contestants may ask that their parents be on hand at the club contest or at later levels. If contestants use notes at any level, there will be a deduction of 25 points. Podium and microphone can be used at the discretion of the contestant.

Judges shall weigh each speech on basis of 1 to 100 points using these criteria:

1-30 for Delivery.

1-35 for Originality.

1-35 for Content.

Timekeepers will time speeches, and Tellers will deduct 5 points from a contestant's score for each minute or fraction thereof for a speech less than 5 minutes or more than 8 minutes.

For fairness, contestants should be introduced by numbers, which they draw, not by names or schools. After the speeches, while Judges, Timekeepers, and Tellers are at work, each contestant can introduce himself/herself, saying a few words about his/her background and what he/she has gotten from the contest.

No person should be allowed to enter or leave the room during a speech. No speech should be applauded, as this may influence scoring. Applause can take place after all have spoken and each contestant has introduced himself/herself.

PUBLICITY: The Club Speech Contest Chairperson, in contacting high schools, will supply them with notice of the contest and forms for entrants. Assistance from the principal, speech teacher, debate coach, or other faculty of the school could assist. Local news notices are encouraged.

ShelterBox

Rotary ShelterBox Tent Give-away

Haiti

Just a little about me. My name is Ina Glass. I have been a nurse for over 30 years and am the Chief Nursing Officer and Vice President of Patient Care Services at Ephraim McDowell Fort Logan Hospital in Stanford, Kentucky. I will be President of our Stanford Rotary Club in July 2010.

As with most Americas, we watched in horror as the numbers of lost homes and the death toll continued to rise after the January 12^th earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. I kept asking my husband over and over again as we watched, "Don't you feel like you need to go there and help them in some way?" The scenes just tore at my heart.

Shortly after this, I received an email from our current Rotary president in regards to the Rotary ShelterBox Tent project. At last, this was at least one way I could be involved and help! Our small club collected money from our members on January 25^th and sent money for a ShelterBox to be sent to Haiti.

Two days later I learned a group of nurses (and one paramedic) from our area was going to Haiti on a medical mission trip. I knew most of the group well. I called them to inquire of their plans and the possibility of joining them. Plans just fell into place for me to attend even though I only had a few days notice to prepare! We were going to fly to Cap Haitien on the north border and then travel over land to Port-au-Prince to work a temporarily set up health clinic on top of mountain in the midst of one of the numerous tent fields in the area.

The experience is one that I could talk about for hours. The 12 hour drive from Cap Haitien to Port-au-Prince in the back of a cattle truck over roads that are more potholes than roads was absolutely amazing! Not to mention very hot and dusty. The land and the people are fantastic!

We arrived in Port and traveled the next morning up to the mountain clinic. Much to my surprise and delight, I found that we were to use Rotary ShelterBox tents for our clinic! I was so excited to actually see these being used for the good of the Haitian people, that I told everyone in our group how these tents came to be in Haiti!

We saw over 225 people a day in our clinic with problems that ranged from fevers, burns, wound care, fractured hip, STDs, TB, malaria, lots of dehydration and malnutrition, skin problems, chest pain, and so on. The people were so grateful and patient with us.

On the day before we had to leave for good, Cammie, our team leader came to me and said that since it was a Rotary tent and I was a Rotarian that I could choose a family to give the tent to since we would be closing the clinic tomorrow! What an honor; but how to choose from so many homeless people! Two of our team members had a family in the tent right at that moment that was homeless. There was a mother, the father, an 18 month old and a 3 month old. Their home was completely flattened by the earthquake and they had been sleeping on the streets wherever the dad could find a place that seemed safe. God provided me with answer at the time I was given the decision! I was privileged to go in to this family and tell them that they would be given this tent to become their home! The father was so excited he wanted to take the tent right then. I had to explain that we needed it for one more day and he could come back around 3 p.m. tomorrow and we would help him take it down and show him how it was set up. This is the first time I really cried since being here! They were tears of joy for this family and a wish for 1000 more tents. I thanked Cammie again for the honor of letting me do this. God is so great working through our Rotary clubs to provide some basic shelter to the Haitian homeless!

I hope that I provided physical help through my nursing skills in their care that week as well as some spiritual help as we evangelized and held church services with the people, but I will always remember being able to supply a family with tiny children a relatively safe place to live and sleep!

So, thank all of you Rotarians who contributed to the ShelterBox project. I personally saw what a blessing it was to those in need!

Ina Glass

Haiti

District 6740 Responds

In the true spirit of Rotary the clubs in District 6740 have gone above and beyond to provide shelter for thousands in Haiti. The following clubs have reported in thus far:

Lexington-Sunrise - $1090

London - $1000

Louisa - $4000

Nicholasville - $1000

Somerset-Pulaski - $1000

Stanford - $1000

2009 - 2010 Rotary Youth Exchange Student Reports In

Current year's outbound Youth Exchange Student is
Maddie Kusch-Kavanagh. Maddie was sponsored by the Covington Rotary Club.

Hello everyone,

I just wanted to drop a quick note and let you all know what's going on here with me. I have been here for five months, and things are going quite well. I'm now living with my second host family. My new address is: Place de la Terrasse No. 3, 79700 Mauléon.

It was difficult to say goodbye to my first host family, even though I was only moving about a half hour away. The day that my first host mom dropped me off, I started crying in the car, and when I hugged her goodbye. They really treated me like I was part of the family and they helped me so much, that I hated to see them drop out of my daily life. I was a bit nervous, but excited at the same time to meet my new host family. When I first got there, things went great. The house and family are very calm, and the family was doing everything they could to make me feel at ease. Despite that, after about a week I had some trouble with my new host dad, Claude. We just didn't get off to a great start because we had some trouble finding common ground and interests. However, now things are so much better. We've both put in a lot of effort and it's really worked out quite nicely. My host mom, Elénice, is a Brazilian. This has been really cool because with her I've been learning a lot about the Brazilian culture and tasting all kinds of new foods! She is incredibly sweet and we talk all the time. My host brother, Arnaud, is 13 and he's been super nice too. He welcomed me in right away and now he's always showing me new tricks or teaching me new things, like how to juggle!

Right now I am looking forward to my trip to Italy with my Latin class. We'll be leaving on February 3rd, and we return on the 7th. We'll be visiting Venice and Verona, and I can't wait! The only down side is that we're busing to Italy, a 15 hour drive. When I get home from the trip, there is a 15 day winter break. My host family is looking into going skiing in the Pyrénées for two days and then stopping at Lourdes. It's going to be an excellent vacation!

I will also be going on the 12 day Rotary bus trip in April during Spring Break. On the trip, I get to visit Paris, Strasbourg, Munich, Innsbruck, Lido di Jesolo, Venice, Florence, Montecatini, Pise, San Remo, Monaco, Canderousse, Lyon, Annecy, Geneva, and Dijon. It is going to be a whirlwind of a trip, but I can't even begin to explain how excited I am to go!

Other than that, there's school, piano lessons, the choir, and Rotary events. I feel like now I have real friends, and not just people that say hi to me. My French is still improving, mostly with writing now, although I still make mistakes when I speak. My French reading level is still on a Middle School level, but I'm using my dictionary less and less when I read and on tests. I'll be taking a test in May for the exchange students to judge how much we've improved.

All in all I am extremely happy here right now, and have lots to look forward to! Things have really settled down and everything is very calm right now. I'm enjoying my host family, but I still get to see my first host family once a week before each Rotary meeting.

Hope all is well in the States!

Much love,

Maddie

ATTENTION CLUBS

Now is the time for you to start thinking about hosting an inbounder for the 2010-11 year. We will have four inbound Youth Exchange Students coming into our district. We expect to get them from Belgium, Chile, France and Taiwan. We do not yet know the gender we will receive from each country, but hope to have their applications in March for placement in the 2010-11 Rotary year. The students normally arrive in August before school starts and are here through the entire school year. It is required by Rotary International that each student has a minimum of 2 host families during the school year.

New Members

Welcome...

Walt Galyen - Berea Rotary Club

Michele Hamilton - Falmouth Rotary Club

Cindy Wheat - Pikeville Rotary Club

Director of the Pikeville Pike County Tourism Commission

Jennifer Owens - Somerset Rotary Club

Financial Center Leader with BB&T

Club Birthdays

Happy Birthday...

Corbin Rotary Club - March 8, 1928

82 Years Old

Harlan Rotary Club - March 23, 1988

22 Years Old

London Rotary Club - March 31, 1952

58 Years Old

Louisa Rotary Club - March 4, 1924

86 Years Old

Rotary International News

Message From RI President

John Kenny

March 2010

My Fellow Rotarians,

Preparations for our convention in Montréal, Québec, Canada, 20-23 June, are well underway, and we are fast approaching the 31 March deadline for lower registration fees. I can think of many reasons to attend a Rotary International Convention - interesting speakers, exciting entertainment, and a chance to visit a fascinating city, to name a few. Yet as compelling as these incentives may be, they are not why I have attended almost every convention since my first one in 1984. The main reason I look forward to this annual event is the opportunity it affords to reunite with my Rotary friends and meet so many new ones.

In many ways, our convention is Rotary at its best: Rotarians coming together to enjoy congenial fellowship while discussing the more serious business of service. We will, no doubt, be inspired by our speakers, including Greg Mortenson, author of the best-selling book Three Cups of Tea; Jo Luck, CEO of Heifer International; and country music singer Dolly Parton, who will be talking about her other great interests, children's literacy and the Imagination Library. And we will learn about many facets of Rotary and our Rotary Foundation in the various workshops planned. In between these events, we can build new Rotary friendships over coffee in the House of Friendship or dinner at one of Montréal's celebrated restaurants.

It has been said many times that you cannot truly appreciate the internationality of Rotary until you attend a convention. In Montréal this June, we expect to welcome Rotarians from more than 100 countries. We may be speaking dozens of different languages, but I know that all of us will be eager to communicate as best we can - with words, smiles, and laughter - effectively bridging any cultural or linguistic differences.

The convention is a time to celebrate the achievements of the past year, but it is also a time to plan for the future. In Rotary, we do not look at all that we have accomplished and say, "That's enough." No, we use our successes as a springboard to do more. I encourage you to join June and me in Montréal and to use this opportunity to identify new service partners, get innovative project ideas, and renew your enthusiasm for Rotary. Much work remains to be done - both in this Rotary year and the next. The Future of Rotary Is in Your Hands, and a Rotary convention is the ideal place to come together and formulate your plans.

John Kenny
President, Rotary International

Message From The Chair

March 2010

Empowering people through literacy

In Rotary, we recognize March as Literacy Month. This is when we focus on the importance of literacy and education in our humanitarian service. In my decades as a Rotarian, both at home in Alabama, USA, and abroad, I have seen again and again what a critical role literacy plays in a healthy and productive life. Being literate does not just mean having the ability to read a book or a newspaper. Being literate means being able to comprehend the instructions on a medicine bottle, a set of directions, or a job posting. It means understanding the note written by a child's teacher. It means being able to use a computer, follow a recipe, or apply for a mortgage. Literacy means being part of the larger society. It means inclusion, and it means empowerment.

Those who cannot read or write, whether they are children or adults, are cut off from important information in ways too numerous to count. They are less likely to be healthy and more likely to be poor. And perhaps most critical of all, parents who cannot read are more likely to raise children who cannot read - perpetuating the cycle of illiteracy, and of poverty.

As a Rotarian and in my profession, I have seen so many simple and creative ways to break this cycle. Whether it is by volunteering in schools, by bringing education and training to adults, or simply by ensuring that all children have the books and supplies they need, we in Rotary can do so much. We can help others learn to read - and learn to help themselves.

Glenn E. Estess Sr.
Foundation Trustee Chair

Club News

Cynthiana Rotary Club

The above is a single picture of the devastation caused by the 01/12/10 Haiti earthquake. The picture is of The Good Shepherd Orphanage and School in Port au Prince Haiti.

The Cynthiana Rotary Club contributes money to this orphanage annually with proceeds from its Bean Soup and Cornbread Luncheon. The Director of the orphanage is Rev. Ernst Cassey and one of our members (Avi Bear) has been helping to coordinate relief funds with Dave Zimmer who is the treasurer of the Good Shepherd Orphanage Foundation (GSOF - www.gsohaiti.org) based in Northern Kentucky.

The date for this years' luncheon was set in late December and was scheduled for the last Friday in March.

After the earthquake the leaders of our Club discussed the possibility of moving up the date of our luncheon. This decision to move the date was formally announced by President Mark Trachsel to the club members at our regular meeting held on January 23 - the new date was now February 5, 2010. Leaving just less than 2 weeks to get everything done.

All members present became fully committed at that meeting and everyone pledged to do their best to make this event our best Beansouper ever!

So many things to do - tickets to print, distribute and sell; flyers to print and distribute; banners to prepare and hang; to go orders solicited (normally 100 or so bowls); setting up tables, buying supplies; and mainly just "get the word out".

Could we pull it off? You bet we did! President Mark Trachsel noted everyone contributed 120% participation and threw out special praise for Avi and Karen Bear (providing the bean soup/cornbread and desserts), Ralph Deitemeyer (coordinator of the event) and Bill Kelley (providing the corn meal).

Members provided Silent Auction items including lower level seats to the UK-FL home basketball game, tickets to the Lexington Legends, tickets to a couple of Reds games.

And members sold tickets and spread the word about the event!

Special guests at the luncheon included GSOF Board member Mike Martin and Crispin Gabriel who is currently a UK student in Civil Engineering. Crispin grew up in the Good Shepherd Orphanage and plans to go back to Haiti to help in the rebuilding efforts.

Normally we net approximately $4,000 and this year we had a net of $22,000 and that figure is still climbing!

I'll leave you with this thought: Club fundraisers, events help make a Rotary Club but how do you measure the satisfaction of participating with your like minded members? How marvelous would it be if you could bottle and sell this!

Doug Price

Cynthiana Rotary Club

Falmouth Rotary Club

The Falmouth Rotary welcomes...

new member, Michele Hamilton.

new Paul Harris Fellows, Mary Ellen Klaber

Darryl Ammerman

The Falmouth Rotary will hold its annual spaghetti dinner & silent auction on

Friday, April 16

5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

St Francis Xavier Church

Spaghetti

Florence Rotary Club

Missing Peace

Rotary Is Looking for a Few Good Volunteers

The strength of any service organization is in the hearts and minds and hands of its volunteers. Florence Rotary is seeking to grow its membership in order to continue and to expand projects serving our community. Former Florence Rotary President Gary Griesser shares his thoughts on joining Rotary:

WHY JOIN ROTARY?

     Would you enjoy having lunch each week with many of the community leaders in your area?
     Would you enjoy learning from an informative presentation on a variety of interesting topics each week?
     Would you enjoy being personally involved in a project that improves the quality of life in your community?
     Would you like to add your efforts to millions of others who bring aid to those suffering from disasters around the world?
     Would you like to attach your name to those who work diligently to eradicate diseases from the face of the earth?
     Would you enjoy being part of an effort that promotes friendship and goodwill among the nations around the world?

These are a few of the reasons why I joined Rotary nearly 30 years ago. I am proud to be one of 100 men and women who comprise the membership of the Florence Rotary Club. I am also pleased to be one of 1,200,000 Rotarians around the world who work in an effective way to improve the human condition.

If this sounds like an organization in which you would like to become involved, contact us at: .....

Thanks,

Gary Griesser

Kenton County Rotary Club

Your Invited to...

The Rotary Club

of Kenton County

Weekly Meeting.

We would like to invite you to attend our meeting

and hear our speakers. Please see the list below and

choose which speaker(s) and topic you are interested in.

This is our way of providing you an opportunity to learn

more about local issues, organizations and various businesses in

Northern Kentucky. The Kenton County Rotary Club is a service organization, affiliated with Rotary International www.rotary.org

that promotes health and well being initiatives in local as well as

global communities. Children and young adults are the primary

beneficiaries or our programs.

IMPORTANT NOTICE...

PLEASE VISIT US ON OUR NEW WEB SITE!

kentoncountyrotary.org

2010 EVENTS

February 23 End Polio Now Campaign

The Rotary Club of Kenton County was challenged by Rotary International

President John Kenny to promote this campaign in an imaginative way, below

is a photo of our effort. We hope that this would be of interest to the

people in our area and help educate Rotary's efforts in this endeavor.

Rotary Speech Contest

Date to be announced

Rotary Scholarship Program

Date to be announced

One scholarship will be awarded to a graduate from each of

the high schools listed below:

Beechwood, Dixie Heights, Lloyd Memorial

Scott, Simon Kenton, Villa Madonna

Five of the six scholarships will be valued at $400, one of the six will be valued at $1500

Please fill out the attached application and return

by April 2, 2010

March 23 & 24 Choices Program

at Tischner Middle School this program helps teach students

about life skills.

May 14, 15 and 16 Rotary District 6740 Conference

to be held at the Hilton Hotel in Florence, KY

Please note that we will not have our regular meeting that

week but will meet instead at the District Conference on

Friday, May 14

May 15 & 16  Relay For Life

supporting: The American Cancer Society

This years theme is Cartoons for a cure/Toon out cancer.

Starting time is 4:00 pm Saturday to 6:00 am Sunday the location is

Dixie Heights H.S. If you would like to sponsor a team please call

Dave Kruger for more information at 859-746-2080

June 5  New Perceptions Fishing Outing

Please mark your calendar and join us as we provide a fun

filled fishing day for the clients at New Perceptions. We will meet

at A J Jolly Park in Campbell County at 10:00 am and wrap it up

around 2:00 pm. For more information call Paul Feuss at 859-371-7446.

June 22 12th Annual Golf Scramble

At Twin Oaks Golf & Plantation Club

Here it is the event you have been waiting for, our annual Golf

Outing. Registration starts at 9:30 with a shotgun start at 10:30

lunch is provided with a gourmet dinner at the end of the day.

The Golf Outing Package Includes:
8-Hole Greens Fee and Cart
Lunch and Dinner

Complimentary Beverages

Door Prizes

Rotary Fun and Fellowship

Please contact Jeff Simpson at 859-653-4016 for more information

March Schedule

3-4-10 Steve Trauger

Kenton County Parks and Recreation

steve.trauger@kentoncounty.org

We will have a board meeting at 11:00 am followed

by a presentation by Steve about events that are happening

in Kenton County.

3-11-10 Kathy Cahill

Erlanger Parks and Recreation

mkcahill@ci.erlanger.ky.us

Kathy will discuss the Erlanger Scholarship Program.

3-18-10 Chief Terry Allen

Erlanger Fire Department

tjallen@ci.erlanger.ky.us

Chief Allen will bring us up to date on Erlanger's Fire Department

3-25-10 Witni Sztanyo

Sanitation District #1

wsztanyo@sd1.org

Pikeville Rotary Club

The Pikeville Rotary Club held a Valentine Gala on Saturday, February 13, 2010 at the Mark V at the Landmark Inn in Pikeville, Kentucky.

The event included numerous activities such as;

· An elegant buffet dinner to include: roast beef with or without gravy, chicken cordon bleu, corn, green beans, rolls, and a variety of desserts!

· Dancing to the music provided by an excellent DJ

· Numerous Door Prizes

· A Silent Auction

· Photography by Gerrie Clark Photography

The evening was deemed a tremendous success by all who attended!

Valentine Gala

Committee members from left to right: Eva Ratliff, Karen Roberts Prater, Charlie Pinson, Gerrie Damron Clark, and Sheila Boyd Marcum

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The Rotary Foundation was already active in Haiti prior to the recent Earthquake and Rotarians around the world mobilized to help with the immediate need of Haitians.

Haiti Donation

The Haiti Earthquake Relief fund is a donor advised fund within The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International. This fund has been established to streamline the flow of contributions from Rotarians wishing to assist victims of the earthquake in Haiti.

The Pikeville Rotary Club under the direction of former District 6740 Governor Dr. Rakesh Sachdeva pooled their resources and made a donation of $7,700 to the fund to assist those in need.

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Somerset Rotary Club

NEW ROTARY MEMBER - Jennifer Owens, Financial Center Leader with BB&T, is inducted as a new member of the Somerset Rotary Club. Long-time Rotarian Jimmy Ramsey pins the newest Rotarian.

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Need a Rotary Club Speaker?

A Message from District Chair of Rotary Volunteer Committee

I am happy to serve as your District Chair for the Rotary Volunteer Program. Personally, ever since my retirement in 1998 from a very busy surgical practice in a small remote town of Banner, KY, I have participated in over 48 surgical expeditions and performed over 3500 free surgical procedures all over the world. I had opportunilties to serve the victims of Tsunami in India and also Katrina in Loiusiana. Only some of these were sponsored by Rotary International.

I am willing to attend any Rotary Club meeting and present on the Volunteer program using a Power Point Presentation and adding some of the pleasant experiences during my ongoing surgical volunteerism. If you would like me to share this knowledge at your club meeting, please contact me at ganmad@rocketmail.com, or call 606-874-9946. I am at your service and will assist you with project Link and also help you register as a TRI volunteer.

I am leading a general surgical team to Arunachal Pradesh India on Feb 8th to the 20th 2010. We are always in need of volunteers.

One may access this info from www.rotary.org/volunteers and also download registration form 284-EN

Have a nice day, and plan on looking at a smile on a face of a suffering individual by your personal help.

Rtn Gan Maddiwar, MD

Need a Rotary Club Speaker?

Past District Governor Bill Crawford, Team Leader, and the 4 team members who traveled to India for a month in January 2008, sit on the steps of an ancient temple in India.

PDG Bill has shared his trip with 26 clubs and would like to share his visit to India with your club. Contact Bill at 859-749-4406 or e mail billcrawford4918@aol.com .

Need a Rotary Club Speaker?

Rotarians never stop! Past President of the Rotary Club of Louisville, Wayne Perkey (2004-2005), has a new passion - Early Childhood Education.

Perkey, the Louisville Club's Rotarian of the Year in 2002, is speaking on behalf of "Strong Start Kentucky", an initiative of the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence and its partners, who hope to convince the next session of the legislature to increase funding for quality early childhood education and care.

Perkey says it is choice of 'pay me now or pay me later!' For every dollar invested in pre-K we will see a return of between $2 and $16, according to 40 years of study by organizations such as the Federal Reserve Bank.

Perkey has spoken to several Rotary Clubs across Kentucky, and is eager to speak to Rotarians. Perkey says, "Rotarians are the leaders of their communities, and make things happen. I want to enlist their enthusiasm."

You may contact Wayne at 502-426-9093, or wayne@wayneperkey.com.

2010 RI Convention

Dear Rotarians,

We hope you enjoy reading the Rotary District Newletter each month, and we look forward to hearing about your club projects and other newsworthy information.

Club Presidents, be sure to forward each newsletter on to your fellow Rotary Club Members.

Please submit articles and pictures (JPEG format) for publication by the 21st of each month to s.chesnut@insightbb.com.

Yours in Service,

Sue Chesnut

Newsletter Editor
Kentucky District 6740

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