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RI President-elect Kalyan Banerjee will introduce a new recognition, the Changemaker Award, to accompany the Presidential Citation during the 2011-12 Rotary year.
RI President-elect Kalyan Banerjee will introduce a new recognition, the Changemaker Award, to accompany the Presidential Citation during the 2011-12 Rotary year.
Banerjee, who said he will encourage Rotarians to focus on change, explained that the Changemaker Award will recognize Rotary clubs that make an extraordinary impact through their work in the Avenues of Service.
To qualify, clubs will choose from a menu of activities and complete a minimum number for each avenue. All activities must be undertaken and completed between 1 July 2011 and 1 March 2012. District governors will select three clubs in the district — the top-performing small, medium, and large clubs — to be entered into a zone and international competition, culminating in the opportunity to be recognized onstage at the 2012 RI Convention in Bangkok, Thailand.
Activities include demonstrating a net gain in membership over three straight years (2009-12) for Club Service and conducting a career counseling or vocational training program in the community for Vocational Service.
The 2011-12 Presidential Citation will recognize achievements related to membership development and contributing to The Rotary Foundation, and will feature club and district recognition categories. The top 15 districts and 15 clubs certified by governors and validated by RI will be recognized onstage at the 2012 convention.
Clubs will select from criteria such as increasing the number of younger professionals in the club by 2 percent and inducting RI or Rotary Foundation program alumni. Districts will choose from a variety of goals, including 100 percent participation in the Annual Programs Fund.
For Banerjee, the Changemaker Award and Presidential Citation reinforce the work of each Rotarian throughout the year to make the world a better place through service.
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Katie Ischkin, president and founder of the Rotary Club of South Metro Minneapolis Evenings, Minnesota, USA, believes in a new approach to Rotary.
Her Rotary club, chartered in June, has already grown to 25 members, including 12 new Rotarians who were recruited in a three-month period. The club has signed up for its first Matching Grant and international service project and has participated in more than 10 community service or hands-on volunteer efforts.
Ischkin shared her ideas on how to attract young professionals to Rotary during the International Assembly, an annual training event in San Diego, California. As a “proud, young, female Rotarian,” she is among only 2 percent of club members worldwide under the age of 30, and only 11 percent under 40. Continue reading
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Greetings from Evanston.
As you know, from a recent Blog post, the Board approved changes to the RI programs structure at its November meeting. To support implementation of the Strategic Plan, the Board agreed to shift from a program model to a resource model and phase out the World Community Service and Rotary Volunteers programs. Continue reading
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RI President-elect Kalyan Banerjee will ask Rotarians to Reach Within to Embrace Humanity during the 2011-12 Rotary year.
Banerjee unveiled the RI theme during the opening plenary session of the 2011 International Assembly, a training event for incoming district governors.
He urged participants to harness their inner resolve and strength to achieve success in Rotary. Continue reading
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Editors Note: I found this story in the newspaper remarkable in similarities between friendships built in religious congregations, and friendships built in Rotary. I bet Rotarians are happier than non-Rotarians – just like the below story discusses. Two new studies show the importance of friends in keeping body — and soul — together.
A study published in the December issue of the American Sociological Review reveals religion’s “secret ingredient” that makes people happier —friendships built in religious congregations.
In their study, Religion, Social Networks and Life Satisfaction, Chaeyoon Lim and co-author Robert D. Putnam looked at the link between religiosity and happiness.
Surprisingly, it wasn’t faith or prayer that made people feel better about themselves.
Rather it was the social aspects of religion that led to greater satisfaction, says Prof. Lim, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who led the study. Continue reading
Watch polio-survivor and local hero Hal Wochholz recognized by NBC TV 12 News in Phoenix, AR.
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