Rotary International District 7390 John Kramb,...

JULY 2015 D7390 ROTAR-E-REPORTER

July 2015

Fellow Rotarians, We have started a new Rotary year, and I hope that you are as excited as am I about the opportunities that we Rotarians have to serve our community and the world. I feel honored to have been selected as your district governor, and am humbled to follow accomplished past district governors such as John Judson, Hector Ortiz, Dennis Zubler, Ann Keim, Connie Spark and the many other people who have and continue to provide vital service which make District 7390 what it is today. I believe in Rotary. I believe in the power of a club to change their communities, and to change the world. Change for the better. I believe that putting two drops of Polio vaccine in one child’s mouth will change the world. I believe that Rotary will eliminate Polio in the world. I believe that repairing a bathroom in a domestic violence center in Carlisle will make someone’s restoration to a full life easier. I believe that renovating a kitchen in New Hope ministries will give someone’s life dignity. I believe that creating clean water sources for villages in Honduras or India will result in world peace. I believe that a group of Rotarians examining the eyes of children will open their world forever. I believe that repairing an historic boat will make a community prouder of its heritage. I believe that providing medical and surgical services to the poor of Haiti will make lives better. I believe that giving dictionaries to third graders will inspire future scientists, doctors, and teachers. I believe that when we sponsor and support an Interact Club or a Rotaract club, we are altering our nation’s own future for the better. I believe in Rotary, and the power of a dedicated people to create the change in the world that will make it a better place. RI President Ravi spoke to your club presidents at the President Elect Training Seminar last February, and he inspired us to be-come Gifts to the World. Not in the egotistical “I am the great-est” sense of the phrase, but as servants who present our time and efforts to make our communities better places to live. That’s what we do, and it is that service which I encourage each club to improve upon and increase. I believe in Rotary locally. Collectively, we have many talents to bring to bear upon the issues that confront us in the very places in which we live. There are people in our seven-county district who go to bed hungry, who have no home, people who cannot read, and people who need our help. Our boroughs, cities and townships need more recreational facilities built, they need repairs made to existing social service structures, and trash picked up along the highway. Our children need someone to read to them, as well as do some adults.

Inside this Issue:

DG Article 1-2

2015-16 Installation Dinner 2

RYLA, Foundation Giving Update 3

District Report on the Nepal Earthquake 4

Helping A Hero 5

Club Activities 7-8

Membership & Attendance Report, District Calendar 9

Water: Maintaining the Flow, Rotary Global Rewards Program, Rotary Means Business, Hanover Rotary

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Rotary International District 7390 John Kramb, Governor 2015-2016

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I believe in Rotary globally. We Americans are so very lucky to live where we do. We can count on having clean water, on hav-ing a toilet, and having access to good health care. Most people in the world do not. They need a way to make a living. They need clean water, and toilets, and eye care, and dental care, immunizations, corrective surgeries, and so many more of the life-enhancing attributes that we often take for granted. But then, we are Rotarians. Service is what we do. It is what we will continue to do, because it’s the right thing to do. When John Judson takes a medical mission to Haiti, he is bringing a gift to those people whom he serves. When Connie Spark, Amy Spotts, Bob McClenathan and others take an eye mission to Thailand, they are bringing a gift to those people. When Kevin Cogan brings water filters, he is literally bringing a gift. When Ann Keim places two drops of Polio vaccine into the mouths of a child in India, she is bringing a gift. When Scott Wehler and Rotarians from four other clubs go to Ghana to build a refrigeration unit, they are bringing a gift. When Ben Hoover recruits young people to study at the master’s degree level in one of the areas of focus, he is creating a gift. When Rotarians install baseball field backstops, or care for a park, or repair a broken restroom, or many of the other service ac-tivities in which we engage, we are making a gift of ourselves to our communities. It boggles the mind what a group of dedicated Rotarians can accomplish when they set their minds to the task. This is what I believe in. And there is so much more that we do. Participating in Youth Exchange. Group Vocational Study Exchanges. Honor-ing outstanding teachers. Encouraging excellence in writing and speaking among high school students. We Rotarians are limited only by our imaginations. Robert Coles wrote in his book The Call of Service, “All service is, directly or indirectly, ethical activity, a reply to a moral call within, one that answers a moral need in the world.” I believe that our service makes a difference in the lives of both those who serve and those who are served. My task as your district governor is to encourage and support your efforts to serve. We have the resources and, I hope, the will to do so much more. Let us be that gift that President Ravi wants us to be. I believe in Rotary. I believe in you. I look forward to a great year! Yours In Rotary Service, John Kramb John Kramb, DG 2015-2016

District Installation Banquet

The District Installation banquet was held on Monday, June 29 at the Radisson Hotel Harrisburg. There were 125 Rotarians and guests in attendance. Of that, 26 of our Club President-Elects attended for their official installation. The 2015-16 Area Member-ship Coordinators, Area Foundation Coordinators, Assistant Governors, District Governor Elect Kevin Cogan and District Gover-nor John Kramb were all installed. PDG John Judson thanked everyone for their support throughout the 2014-15 Rotary year and wished DG John the best with the incoming Rotary year. As a thank you to PDG John Judson, DG John Kramb made a dona-tion to The Rotary Foundation in his name. Thank you PDG John for your great leadership during 2014-15! Pictured to the right are the President-Elects taking their oath of office.

DG John Kramb taking the oath of office. Pictured L-R: DGE Kevin Cogan, Phyllis Cogan, PDG John Kramb, DG John Kramb, Jennifer Rivers, Walter Kramb, Kath-erine Bigler

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The Rotary Foundation’s good works in the world are only limited by our imagination, actions and contributions.

EVERY ROTARIAN EVERY YEAR District 7390 Rotary Foundation APF Goal: $211,310

$284,716

July August September October November December January February March April May June

District 7390 held the 2015 RYLA conference (54th Annual) from June 14-18 at Messiah College. It was a huge suc-cess! 143 high school seniors were sponsored by the Clubs in our District.

Pictured to the left are the winners of the Nitrauer & Bollinger awards that are presented at the RYLA Family Night Cele-bration.

The winners were: Top Student Mary Smith (Carlisle)

7 runners up: Dylan Warner (York) Jaewoo Kim (York) Devon Hornberger (York-East) Meya Richmond (Colonial Park) Antonio Rinaldi (Gettysburg) Gian Fabian (Lebanon) Aaron Anater (Lancaster)

Don’t forget to schedule a RYLA program at your Club. District RYLA Chair Gary Criss-man would love to attend your Club meeting and tell you more about RYLA. You can contact Gary at ghcrissman@verizon.net or 717-576-6113.

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DISTRICT REPORT ON THE NEPAL EARTHQUAKE On April 25th, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake erupted in Nepal. It was caused by a sudden thrust along a major fault line where the Indian Plate, carrying India, is diving underneath the Eurasian Plate, carrying much of Europe and Asia. The Nepal capital, Kathmandu, reportedly shifted 10 feet to the south in 30 seconds. Along with many aftershocks, a 7.3 magnitude quake hit the same fault line on May 12th. The human and property devastation is extensive: As of May 5th, over 8,000 deaths, over 23,000 seriously injured, 2.8 million homeless including 1.7 million children; in the rural areas, 200,000 homes completely collapsed, with an equal number seriously damaged; plus extensive loss of livestock and crops throughout the area. A caste system creates wide social and economic gaps throughout many aspects of Nepal’s society, and poor indigenous populations have been some of the most affected by this destructive act of nature.

At our District Conference on May 2nd, Rotarians rose to the challenge to help Nepal. Bill Harkey, Rotary Club of Carlisle, offered to match the first $5,000.00 raised by Rotar-ians. This challenge was met within a few hours. Over the next week, our District raised over $38,000.00. District leadership moved quickly to establish contact with Nepal. DG John Judson, DGE John Kramb, DGN Kevin Cogen, District Disaster Response Chairs Peg Sennett and Rick Coplen, along with Rotarians Bill Harkey (Carlisle) and Elliott Weinstein (York) conducted a conference call with D3292 in Nepal, and established communications with DG Rabindra Piya and DGE Keshav Kunwar. Rotarian Elliott

Weinstein’s son, Josh, and daughter-in-law, Sarah, currently live in Kathmandu; they reached out to D3292 offering their assistance as liaisons between our two districts and are offering their knowledge in the engineering and the non-profit disaster relief fields. We asked D3292 to use our initial donation for immediate response needs such as Shelter Box kits, food, water purification supplies, blankets, and medical supplies. Addi-tionally, our funds, along with donations from other organizations, have been used to purchase $5,000 of corrugated-metal sheets for temporary roofing material to support 73 households and a destroyed community school in the villages of northern Rasuwa

District, near the Nepal-Tibet border. After the monsoon season ends in September, the sheets will be reused in the building of permanent structures. Also, a donation through the Beit Chabad of Nepal brought over 200 multi-family disaster relief shelters from Shelter-Systems, each costing around $450, to Kathmandu. Fifty-nine of these multi-family tents, capable of housing 750 people, were distributed to the Everest re-gion in the Solukhumbu District. D7390’s donation helped to cover the $2,600.00 flight and other transportation costs to transfer the tents to So-lokhumbu.

A long-term goal of D3292 will be the construction of 1,000 low-cost housing units at a US cost of $3,000 per house and a total project cost of $3 million. D7390 will give addi-tional evaluation to a future Global Grant for long-term recovery and restoration. As with all good works, others have joined our efforts to help Nepal. Dr. Sonam Ruit, Martin Foot and Ankle in York, is from Nepal. His personal fund raising efforts have re-sulted in $12,000.00 that he has taken with him to Nepal to assist in medical relief activities. Through Rotarian Elliott Weinstein’s input, Dr. Ruit is anxious to meet with D3292 and D7390 to learn how he can become a Rotarian and be an essential link with Nepal. Rotary has also been working with National Indigenous Women’s Forum (NIWF) in Kat-mandu who has assisted D3292 in identifying affected regions with vulnerable populations, identifying suppliers for needed items and assisting in the distribution of the corrugated roofing.

The photo to the left is from the Kumal Village in Tanahude. The district web site is kept up-to-date with the latest information and photos from Nepal, including: Solukhumbu Tent Distribution Report Photo Collection Delivery of GI sheets to Rasuwa District, Tamang Village Dance clip welcoming the Rotarians to Tamang Village

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HELPING A HERO CENTRAL PA (A project of the Foundation for Enhancing Communities)

For the fifth year in a row Mechanicsburg North and Carlisle Rotary Clubs have joined forces with HelpingAHero.org, a 501(c)3 organiza-tion, to raise funds to construct a specially adapted home for a severe-ly injured veterans of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. We have been able to award three homes to date and may have a potential candidate for a fourth. Sgt. Dennis Leonard’s home was con-structed in Middletown. We hope to see construction be completed this year on Sgt. Rob Easley’s home and that of Corpsman Justin Hen-drickson. We are expanding our program this year to include a partnership with Harrisburg Area Community College. It has been determined that there is a real need to assist returning veter-ans with continuing education which fits in with our goal of assisting these heroes transition into civilian life. There are certain expenses that the GI Bill may not cover and we are working

with HACC to identify those items and individuals that we may be able to assist. We are able to build these homes through the generous support of corporations and in-dividuals, who recognize the extreme sacrifices that these young men and women have en-dured in the name of freedom. Our goal in providing homes for severely injured Central PA Heroes is to equip them to transition successfully into their local community and to provide them with the tools they need to succeed in life. Thus, we build specially adapted homes

that allow our wounded service members to be as independent as possible and we place these homes, where we can, in communities where they receive ongoing support from other military organiza-tions and their local Rotary Club. In order to build a specially adapted home, we must first raise $ 100,000, which, when coupled with donations of property, materi-als and labor from local businesses, permits the construction of a home valued at $ 250,000 or more. Unfortunately we can’t do this on our own – we need your help! You can help by: sending a tax deductible donation to Helping A Hero Central PA, P.O. Box 1485 Mechanicsburg, PA 17050; participating in our July 24, 2015 Golf Tourna-ment; and/or become a corporate or hole sponsor. See the attached registration form or visit helpingaherocentralpa.org for details of the event and instructions on how you can get involved.

Sgt Dennis Leonard

Rob & Megan Easley

Corpsman Justin Hendrickson

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FIFTH ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT

Friday, July 24, 2015 Carlisle Barracks Golf Club - Lunch 12:00 Noon - Start Time 1:00 pm. $125 Entry Fee Per Player

Golf Tournament Registration Form (Entry Fee must be enclosed)

Name: _______________________ Phone:__________________ Address: _____________________ Email: __________________ Name: _______________________ Phone:__________________ Hole in one new car contests Address______________________ Email:___________________ Longest Drive – Closest to Pin

Name: _______________________ Phone:__________________ Putting Contest - 50/50 Drawing Address______________________ Email:___________________

Name: _______________________ Phone:__________________ Live Auction Address______________________ Email:___________________

Complete and return this form with a check payable to Helping A Hero - Central PA by July 17, mail to: Helping A Hero Central PA, P.O. Box 1485 Mechanicsburg, PA 17050

or Visit www.HelpingAHeroCentralPa.org to pay by credit card.

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ROTARY GLOBAL REWARDS PROGRAM At the São Paulo Convention, President Elect Ravi announced Rotary Global Rewards—our new member benefit pro-gram which will launch globally on July 1, 2015. DG John Kramb is asking for your assistance in launching and pro-moting Rotary Global Rewards in our District. He needs a Rotarian with a sales/marketing background to appoint as the District Chair for Rotary Global Rewards by 15 July. See the job description attached for the position at this link: http://www.highroadsolution.com/file_uploader2/files/highroad_district_chair_job_description_member_benefit_coordinators.docx If you are willing to take on the job of promoting Rotary Global Rewards, please contact DG John at dgjohn2015@aol.com.

O.K. . . . I apologize for the bad pun. But Kevin Cogan really had a good thing going with water. It feels like it will be tough to fill those shoes. Maintain the flow . . . For many people in our world, maintaining the flow, is more about life and death than filling the shoes of the previous District 7390 Water Chairperson’s shoes. When we do water projects, whether it’s a bio-sand filter or a well, or a water system for an entire town, we’re giving the gift of life itself. So where do we take our Water Initiatives in the coming Rotary year? A number of Clubs in our District are raising awareness, raising money, and do-ing projects. A Water & Sanitation page has been started on the District 7390 website. In the coming months, it would be exciting to see contact information and brief notes for each of the Clubs who are doing Water or Sanitation projects outlined on that page. Visit www.wasrag.org to learn more.

WATER: MAINTAINING THE FLOW

ROTARY CLUB OF HANOVER Club completed their 2014/15 District Grant with the donation of a fork-lift for New Hope Ministries new location in Hanover PA. The forklift is used to un-load and store over a half-million pounds of food a year for distribution through the NHM food bank.

ROTARY MEANS BUSINESS

Please strongly promote Rotary Means Business to your club members through your website, Face-book Page, club bulletins and announcements and download the Flyers available on the Pics & Docs Pages of the RMB website www.RotaryDistrict7390MeansBusiness.com) and put them on your tables during meetings leading up to the event. The July RMB networking meeting will be hosted by the Rotary Club of Carlisle on Tuesday, 28 July at the Orrstown Bank branch off Walnut Bottom Road, 427 Village Drive, Carlisle, PA.

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COLONIAL PARK Dominick L. DeRose, the warden of the Dauphin County Prison was a recent speaker at the Colo-nial Park Rotary Club. He spoke about the history of the prison and the challenges facing prisons today. He has been the warden at the Dauphin County Prison since 1992.

ELIZABETHTOWN The Elizabethtown Rotary Club held their annual Induction of Officers at the Vineyard at Hershey on June 30th. The photo shows outgoing President, Jeff Kline, giving his final words to the incoming President, Mike Kalloz, and the rest of the club. This was moments before the rain moved everyone indoors to enjoy the fine wine and other beverages. It was a great get together to celebrate the past year and to hear about the upcoming year.

GETTYSBURG The Rotary Club of Gettysburg recently awarded four $1,000 scholarships to high school students. Pictured from the left are Shannon Culley, Fairfield High School, An-drew May, Gettysburg high School, Rotarian Jody Dickey, Committee chair, Fiano O’Dowd, Gettysburg High School and Michael Quealy, Fairfield High School.

LANCASTER-SUNRISE Rotary Club of Lancaster Sunrise recently announced that that the club assisted a local resident who suffers from MS through the “What a Difference a Day Makes” program

through Keystone Chapter National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Rotarians Larry Reich, Missy Walton, Dave Lawrence, Betty Helms, Dave Neslund, Glenn Walz, Jim Kulp, Steve Torrance participated as well as two non-Rotarians Desiree Reich and Durwood Helms. What a Difference a Day Makes allows teams of volunteers from within the community, local businesses and volunteer organi-zations, help people with multiple sclerosis by completing projects for them around the house that they are unable to do. Tasks such as weeding, trimming, fencing, edging, mowing, pressure washing,

emptying compost bins, and even making a picnic table were completed during the event. It truly made a difference for a neigh-bor who would otherwise be unable to accomplish the work.

LANCASTER-SUNRISE The Rotary Club of Lancaster Sunrise honored Beth Mack as Rotarian of the Year for 2015. Beth Mack joined Lancaster Sunrise Rotary in 2011. She has served in a variety of capacities that include Sponsor-ship Coordinator for the Ride for Literacy for three consecutive years. She is currently serving as Vice President, Co-Membership Chair, and next years’ President Elect. Mack is a Sales and Marketing Coor-dinator for Horst Construction.

LITITZ Rotary Club of Lititz President Karen Mailen, presenting a contribution of $3,800 to The Rotary Foundation, which is being accepted by Rotary District Governor-Elect John Kramer, along with Barry Miller, Rotary Club of Lititz President-Elect and Ken Martin, Foundation Committee Member. The mis-sion of The Rotary Foundation is to enable Rotarians to advance world un-derstanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty.

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PERRY COUNTY On Tuesday, June 16, Rotary District 7390 Governor Dr. John Judson visited the Rotary Club of Perry County at their regular meeting at 11:45 a.m. at Espresso Yourself Café to present them with their Governor’s Citation. The District Governor’s Citation is presented to clubs who each year set and achieve specific goals within Rotary International’s focus are-as. President Tom O'Connell accepted the certificate on behalf of the Perry County Club, ac-knowledging a team effort to achieve publicity and membership goals.

WEST YORK The West York Rotary congratulates Amanda Craver for her amazing work during her first

semester of college. Amanda was the recipient of the Claire D. Worley Scholarship, bestowed upon one deserving recipient from Spring Grove for the 2014/2015 school year. After complet-ing her first term in college, Amanda was able to return to collect her scholarship. She received this scholarship at a presentation to the West York Rotary Club during which she shared her hard work in environmental engineering at Bucknell University and her continued dedication in service to others. We are proud to see her already achieving great things in maintaining an ex-cellent GPA while continuing to serve others in leadership roles across multiple platforms. Amanda is clearly graduating from excelling at Spring Grove High school, to excelling in col-lege. Amanda received a check for $1,000 from the West York Rotary Club Claire D Worley Scholarship Fund to support her education and as celebration for her current and future achievements. Pictured (L) Dr. Linnaya Graf and (R) Amanda Craver

Rotary Club of York Golf/Tennis/Croquet Outing The Rotary Club of York would like to invite you to enjoy a day of golf, tennis or croquet, along with a delicious buffet dinner and silent auction of vacation packages, wine basket of cheer, dinner/theatre tickets, with Rotary fellowship, at our annual “Love FORE Community” Golf & Tennis outing at the beautiful Country Club of York on Monday, September 14th. The registration brochure is available on our website at www.yorkrotary.org/formsanddocuments.aspx and the deadline to register is September 2. The funds raised from this event will support our “Signature Project” to provide uniforms for the York City Little League program for inner city youth and other local community service projects through our committees. I hope that you will join us for a first rate event which helps Rotary invest in our youth, help those in need, and in many cases, change lives. If you have any questions, please contact Bert Oberdick at 717-848-1370 or bert@yorkrotary.org.

The Rotary Club of Hummelstown receiving the 2014-15 District Governor’s Citation from DG John Judson

WEST YORK West York Rotary, Third Annual Charity Yard Sale The West York Rotary is Collecting Donations NOW till July 9th Yard Sale will be held on July 11th 2015 from 8am to ? at Susquehanna Bank parking lot, Carlisle Rd in Dover Pa. Organize Your Home and Help Raise Funds to Support local nonprofits. You can donate just about any gently used good including: toys, an-tiques, collectibles books, CDs, DVDs, clothing, baby items, sports equipment, hunting equipment, furniture, lawn and yard tools, exer-cise equipment, toys and games, appliances, and more. Your dona-tion goes to a great cause, helps to support the community, and is good for the environment as you recycle your gentle used items to someone can still use them! 100% of donations go fully to charity community grants for nonprofit or-ganizations, all overhead is donated hours and space. Have questions? DONATIONS???? CALL 717 858 2803, Rotarian Errick Milindi or Rotari-an Brad Davis, 717.739.8345

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Membership/Attendance + Memb. Memb.

Club 1-July-14 - 31-May-15 Attend % # Mtgs

Carlisle 96 +2 98 62 4 Carlisle-Sunrise 39 39 73 4 Colonial Park 82 82 69 4 Denver-Ephrata 43 +1 44 44 4 Donegal Area 13 -1 12 East Petersburg 9 9 69 4 Eastern York County 17 +4 21 62 4 Elizabethtown 85 -1 84 76 5 Gettysburg 75 -5 70 72 3 Hanover 92 +3 95 50 4 Harrisburg 165 +13 178 65 2 Harrisburg-Keystone 27 +3 30 73 4 Hershey 132 -1 131 45 3 Hummelstown 30 +2 32 Lancaster 237 -15 221 73 4 Lancaster-Hempfield 32 -5 27 59 4 Lancaster-Northeast 37 -1 36 60 3 Lancaster Penn Square 20 20 72 4 Lancaster-South 40 +4 44 64 4 Lancaster-Sunrise 42 -2 40 81 4 Lebanon 45 -5 40 69 4 Lititz 38 -3 35 47 4 Littlestown 19 +2 21 94 3 Manheim 19 -2 17 76 4 Mechanicsburg 29 +3 32 65 4 Mechanicsburg-North 66 +4 70 80 4 Millersburg 11 11 55 3 Mount Joy 40 -1 39 Myerstown-ELCO 51 +3 54 69 4 New Holland 14 -2 12 50 4 New Oxford-Conewago Valley 15 -1 14 54 3 Northern Lebanon County 20 -1 19 Palmyra 20 +5 25 82 3 Paradise 33 -2 31 67 4 Perry County 28 +6 34 35 4 Red Lion/Dallastown Area 21 -2 19 60 4 Shippensburg 21 +13 34 56 4 Southern York County 20 -3 17 59 5 Susquehanna Township 15 15 39 4 Uptown York 27 +2 29 49 4 West Shore 14 +5 19 91 4 West York 10 -3 7 100 4 York 335 +5 340 52 4 York-East 66 +2 68 64 4 York-North 45 +2 47 73 4 District Totals 2335 +28 2363 67 Note: The Clubs Highlighted in ORANGE did not submit a May Membership Report.

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Mark Your Calendars For the fol-lowing important District Events: July 1 Beginning of the new Rotary year! July 6 Grant Committee Meeting July 9 AMC/Diversity Committee Meeting, AFC Meeting, AG Meeting July 25 Youth Exchange Tri-Annual Meeting August 3 Grant Committee Meeting August 8 2014-15 Youth Exchange Outbound Debriefing August 8 Board of Counselors Meeting August 12 AMC/Diversity Committee Meeting August 20 Byrnes HEC Appreciation Night August 26 Public Image Seminar September 9 Membership Seminar September 12 YE Inbound Orientation September 12-13 YE Inbound Overnight Social September 14 Grant Committee Meeting September 17 Grant Training for 2016-17 Year September 21-27 Zone Institute