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1 Rotary District 6460 Rotary Serving Humanity P.O. Box 311, Springfield, IL rotarydistrict6460.org Newsletter Editor, Dave Knieriem, Important Dates June 17, 2018 Rotary Baseball at Busch Stadium Cubs vs Cardinals St Louis MO June 23-27, 2018 Rotary International Convention Toronto, Ontario, Canada June 30, 2018 Installation for District Governor ( ) Brian Barstead Wyndam Center Hotel Springfield, IL October 9-14, 2018 Rotary Zone Institute Montgomery, AL November 2-3, 2018 District Conference Springfield, IL District Governor Newsletter - VIDEO Hello, Rotarians in District 6460! We are continuing to present my monthly newsletter input to you. BY VIDEO. Remember It is Spring and Baseball Time! To view it, please go the District Website at and look for my message at the center of the web page for this month. Click on the link to receive my message to you. Or you may view the video direct on Vimeo at: This month, we have a MANY Club and District stories and information for you in the newsletter concerning Rotary around District Please read here, and on the District Website. I am continuing to enjoy visiting all our fabulous DIFFERENCE MAKING Rotarians throughout the District! Doug Huff District Governor Rotary District 6460 May 2018 IN THIS MONTH S EDITION: District Governor s Letter/Video Information 1 Rotary District 6460 Foundation 2 Club News 3 Aledo 4 Mason City 5 Peoria 6 Peoria Area Clubs 7 Morton 8 Springfield Midtown Marathon 9 Youth Exchange News Membership/Foundation Report 12 JOIN LEADERS EXCHANGE IDEAS TAKE ACTION ROTARY DISTRICT WAY TODAY - PAGE 1

2 Rotary District 6460 Foundation News Steve Hopper, Past District Governor , Chairman, Rotary District 6460 Foundation Consider utilizing the Rotary District 6460 Foundation. The Rotary District 6460 Foundation is available to support the charitable objects and aims of our District. It is set up as a 501(c)(3) organization, which can offer tax advantages to donors. One of the main reasons the District Foundation was formed was to offer beneficial services to Rotary Clubs within the District that do not have their own foundation. You may want to consider the advantages of using this service for you Club s charitable projects, whether they are local, regional or global. An example of one of our Rotary Clubs using our Rotary 6460 Foundation effectively is the Monmouth Rotary Club, that is doing a significant project to celebrate their Centennial Anniversary. Currently, you can send your contributions to: Steve Hopper, Chair Rotary District 6460 Foundation 112 W. Totem Trail Macomb, IL Effective July 1, 2018, please send your donations to: William L. Smith, Treasurer Rotary District 6460 Foundation 800 Wythe Road Springfield, IL Please specify whether your gift is undesignated or restricted to a certain project. The Rotarians serving as the District 6460 Foundation Board of Directors are: Steve Hopper, Macomb, Chairman Keith Lape, Jacksonville, Vice-Chairman Kevin Dewaele, Highland, Secretary William Smith, Springfield, Treasurer Jack Freiburg, Quincy, Assistant Treasurer For further information, please contact: PDG Steve Hopper, retiredhopper@gmail.com or ROTARY DISTRICT WAY TODAY - PAGE 2

3 Club News and Events We have been receiving numerous of news stories from our clubs throughout the District for programs, events, and projects that they are PROUD of. We will start sharing ALL of these remarkable stories to the district membership. Please send ANY newsworthy event that you are proud of (and you SHOULD BE) that your clubs are doing, and please share these items with all of us in the District. I would LOVE to fill the newsletter with all the WONDERFUL things that all of you do every single day in your communities and in the world. I have started adding club stories on the District Website. I am asking the clubs to submit their stories via DACdb s Club Stories as discussed at District Assembly. If you need information on how to do this, please go to: If you have problems with this, or have questions on how to do this, please contact me. THANKS DAVE Dave Knieriem, Past District Governor District Newsletter Editor and Webmaster ROTARY DISTRICT WAY TODAY - PAGE 3

4 Aledo Rhubarb Festival 2018 Martin Mac McGee, Club President, Rotary Club of Aledo I was able to volunteer and help the Tasting Tent with booth registration and The Aledo Main Street group with selling 50/50 tickets. The prize is at least $5,000 to the winner to be drawn at Antique Days on August 25th. As I walked around the park, I was able to meet most of the booths and look over what they had to offer. Then I went to the ticket area and helped sell tickets Aledo Rotary Abroad (Kenya, Africa) Martin Mac McGee, Club President, Rotary Club of Aledo Hi from Kenya! Linda took this picture of me with my Rotary cap in Thika, Kenya with a few of the 340 physically challenged children at the Salvation Army supported Joy Town school for the handicapped. Our son serves the children here 2 days a week using his skills as an Occupational Therapist to help the children in many different ways. It's a challenging environment, to say the least! Greet my fellow Rotarians on Thursday! Submitted by: Larry McAuley ROTARY DISTRICT WAY TODAY - PAGE 4

5 Mason City Club Awards Scholarships to Illini Central Seniors Christine Banks, Club President Nominee, Rotary Club of Mason City The Rotary Club of Mason City awarded three scholarships to Illini Central Seniors tonight... Amie Shields, Elli Johnson, and Alexis Paskach. The scholarships consisted of $500 to each of the awardees for their further education at a vocational school, trade school, or college. Applicants were also asked to submit a synopsis of why they should have the scholarship, based on Rotary s 4-Way Test. We are honored to support these great young people!!!! Literacy on Steroids!!!! ROTARY DISTRICT WAY TODAY - PAGE 5

6 Peoria Rotary Club Awards Over $16K in Grants to Peoria Community Jason Parkinson, Rotary Club of Peoria The Rotary Club of Peoria awarded 2018 Community Service Fund grants totaling $16,510 to twelve recipient agencies at its weekly meeting on Friday, May 11, These grants support programs that enhance the quality of life in the Peoria area and / or improve the local health, human service and educational services in our community. Grants typically range from $200 to $2,000. The Community Service Grants support our mission of making a positive difference in our communities, said Shelly Heiden, President of the Rotary Club. I want to thank Janet Glavin, the 2018 Community Service Grants Committee Chair, and the rest of the Grants Committee for their work on this. Our Community Service Grants are one way that Rotary helps build stronger communities by providing financial support to programs that improve the quality of life in Peoria. This year s grant recipients and the program services enabled through these grants include the following: Boy Scouts of American: Help more scouts go to camp. Camp Big Sky: Purchase adaptive equipment and support training skills for programs for disabled adults and children Center for Prevention of Abuse: Prepare fresh-start bags for human trafficking program. Common Place Family Learning: Support for Jobs for Life program as part of literacy for children and adults. Crittenton Centers: Purchase security cameras for indoor play area. Goodwill: Employment program work tools, work supplies. Hult Center: Support Healthy Living: A Chronic disease self-management program. Neutral Ground (1st Methodist Church): Fund food pantry for central Illinois residents living with HIV/AIDS. Peoria North End Urban Garden: Fund compost to improve soil conditions. Soulside Healing Arts: Purchase yoga mats for launch of program for children. Southside Office of Concern: Rapid re-entry program turning lives around for the homeless and mentally ill. The Christian Center: Prevent childhood obesity with increased activities. ABOUT ROTARY CLUB OF PEORIA: The Rotary Club of Peoria was chartered in 1913 and is the 76 th oldest Rotary Club in the world. The Rotary Club of Peoria is the premier service club in the area. Our membership is over 180 strong. Working to improve our community is a very important aspect of Rotary. We strive to participate in activities that make our community a better place in which to live and work. Rotary meets weekly at the First United Methodist Church in downtown Peoria. Membership is by invitation only. The Rotary Club of Peoria is part of 1.2 million passionate members in 35,000 clubs worldwide. Rotary is both an international organization and a local community leader. Together we lead change in our own backyards and across the world. For more information go to or find us on Facebook at Contact info: phone: / infodowntown@peoriarotary.org ROTARY DISTRICT WAY TODAY - PAGE 6

7 Peoria Area Rotary Clubs Sponsor Sterling Awards Jason Parkinson, Rotary Club of Peoria Peoria Area Rotary Clubs hosted the 59th Annual Sterling Merit Awards Banquet to honor the top eight percent of high school graduates who have attained the highest standing in their classes. The event is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Peoria, Rotary Club of Peoria North, Rotary Club of East Peoria, Rotary Club of Chillicothe and Rotary Club of Farmington. The Sterling Merit Awards Banquet were held on Tuesday, May 8, 2018 from 5:30 8:30 p.m. in the Peoria Civic Center Ballroom. The annual banquet will host students and their parents from the following area high schools: Brimfield, Chillicothe, Dunlap, East Peoria, Elmwood, Farmington, Illini Bluffs, Illinois Valley, Limestone, Manual, Peoria Notre Dame, Peoria Heights, Peoria, Princeville, Quest Academy and Richwoods. The keynote speaker for this year s event was Stacey M. DelVecchio, F. SWE. DelVecchio is the Additive Manufacturing Product Manager for Caterpillar Inc. where she leverages the technology in all spaces, including New Product Introduction, supply chain and operations. DelVecchio served as the president of the Society of Women Engineers in and was named a fellow of the society in The Sterling Merit Awards Banquet enhances the incentive for scholastic achievement through public recognition, said Susan R. Stockman, board member of the Rotary Club of Peoria and co-chair of the Sterling Merit Awards Banquet, along with Randy Neff, and Robin Barnes from the Rotary Club of Peoria - North. Rotary is proud to help build stronger communities by recognizing and rewarding outstanding performance and academic excellence, added Stockman. The Sterling Merit Awards Banquet has a long history in Central Illinois. The Junior League of Peoria started the event in 1959 to recognize and reward academic excellence of area high school seniors. In 1968, the Rotary Club of Peoria assumed responsibility for the banquet and it remains one of the many worthwhile projects and initiatives of the area s Rotary Clubs. ROTARY DISTRICT WAY TODAY - PAGE 7

8 Morton Rotary Club Mike Fuoss, Rotary Club of Morton Here are photos that were taken at our May 17th meeting. Congratulations to Wayne Menold, this year s DSA winner and Macy Meiss, one of our $1,000 scholarship winners. ROTARY DISTRICT WAY TODAY - PAGE 8

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12 Membership and Foundation Reports Rotary Year Membership Foundation Report through May 2018 (YTD) (RI Data 6/4/2018) Report through May 2018 (YTD) (TRF Data 6/4/2018) Rotary Club of: 7/1/2017 5/31/2018 Gain/ Loss Annual Fund Goal Annual Fund Sent Other Giving Sent Endowment Sent Total Foundation Giving Abingdon $1,000 $0 $700 $0 $700 Aledo $50 $200 $1,450 $0 $1,650 Alton-Godfrey $0 $3,500 $0 $775 $4,275 Bethalto $0 $1,000 $0 $0 $1,000 Bushnell $0 $750 $2,500 $0 $3,250 Cambridge $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 Canton $0 $1,200 $50 $0 $1,250 Carlinville $0 $2,820 $550 $0 $3,370 Chillicothe $300 $450 $200 $0 $650 Collinsville, Maryville, Caseyville $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 East Alton $100 $250 $0 $0 $250 East Peoria $750 $2,567 $325 $0 $2,892 Edwardsville $0 $400 $6,675 $0 $7,075 Farmington $0 $1,000 $0 $0 $1,000 Galesburg $0 $9,900 $3,225 $2,004 $15,129 Galesburg Sunrise $0 $2,000 $500 $0 $2,500 Galva $0 $0 $25 $0 $25 Granite City $1,000 $462 $0 $0 $462 Havana $2,000 $2,000 $10 $0 $2,010 Highland $5,500 $6,660 $200 $0 $6,860 Jacksonville $13,000 $16,376 $3,624 $0 $20,000 Jacksonville Sunrise $0 $2,360 $367 $0 $2,727 Jerseyville $0 $0 $20 $0 $20 Kewanee $0 $1,100 $600 $0 $1,700 Land of Goshen $0 $508 $0 $0 $508 Macomb $10,000 $5,750 $0 $0 $5,750 Macomb Centennial Morning $6,500 $4,185 $0 $0 $4,185 Manito-Forest City $1,000 $1,100 $1,000 $0 $2,100 Mason City $1,600 $1,640 $196 $0 $1,836 Menard County $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 Metro East Community $1,000 $1,300 $200 $0 $1,500 Midtown Springfield $2,500 $1,709 $0 $0 $1,709 Monmouth $0 $1,750 $0 $0 $1,750 Morton $0 $6,260 $100 $0 $6,360 Pekin $250 $0 $0 $0 $0 Peoria $1,750 $550 $5,015 $0 $5,565 Peoria North $32,000 $23,637 $3,562 $0 $27,199 Pittsfield $5,000 $4,549 $353 $96,507 $101,409 Quincy $3,500 $4,443 $500 $0 $4,943 Quincy East $0 $0 $400 $0 $400 Riverbend (The) $500 $595 $0 $0 $595 Rushville $2,000 $0 $2,000 $0 $2,000 Silver Creek $0 $0 $1,000 $0 $1,000 Springfield $0 $7,740 $13,700 $0 $21,440 Springfield South $4,000 $4,330 $637 $0 $4,967 Springfield Sunrise $6,000 $6,012 $1,910 $0 $7,922 Springfield Westside $0 $1,000 $300 $0 $1,300 Washington $4,500 $0 $0 $0 $0 Wood River $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 District 6460 Contributions to TRF $0 $2,896 $546 $0 $3,442 District Totals $105,800 $134,949 $52,440 $99,286 $286,675 ROTARY DISTRICT WAY TODAY - PAGE 12