cial benefits to supporting the Foundation there is an eco-nomic value as well. Because the Foundation is a not for profit, all donations are con-sidered eligible for various tax advantages when given be-fore year end. The Foundation provides written correspon-dence documenting your do-nation amount and the date received. So please, when making your plans for November, remem-ber to contact your club Foun-dation chair, any member of the District Foundation com-mittee or the Rotary Founda-tion directly to find out how you can benefit by donating this month.

It’s hard to believe but with November already here, Thanksgiving is really right around the corner and natu-rally our thoughts turn to deli-cious turkeys, sweet potato marshmallow casseroles, freshly baked apple pies and hour upon hours of televised football. But to Rotarians worldwide November is also Rotary Foundation month and as such, clubs should be plan-ning for speakers and pro-grams that highlight this very important part of our goal of “Service Above Self”. The mission of The Rotary Foun-dation is to enable Rotarians to advance world understand-ing, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of educa-tion, and the alleviation of poverty. The Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation sup-ported solely by voluntary contributions from Rotarians and friends of the Foundation who share its vision of a bet-ter world. We are very fortunate here in District 5510, almost every club has made a pledge to contribute to the Rotary Foun-dation this year. Many of the clubs, in keeping with the theme of Every Rotarian

Every Year, have pledged amounts equal to at least $100 per member, a formida-ble challenge in these difficult economic times. In the most recent issue of Rotary World, current Rotary Foundation trustee chair Glee E. Estes Sr. writes “ Our Foundation’s strength lies in Rotary’s mem-bership. …. We are family foundation – one created and supported by the entire family of Rotary. Our Foundation relies not on the great wealth of the few but on the regular contributions of the many.” Our District really exemplifies these thoughts and with each new Paul Harris Sustaining member, each new Paul Har-ris Fellow, each new Major Donor, Benefactor, Bequest or Paul Harris Society mem-ber, we lead by example and support this very important endeavor. As my article in the Septem-ber issue of the District news-letter stated, almost every Rotarian in our District has had the opportunity to share in the efforts of the Founda-tion and those opportunities will continue to be available. But I did want to remind eve-ryone that in addition to the educational, cultural and so-

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• Is it the truth?

• Is it fair to all concerned?

• Will it build good will and better friendships?

• Will it be beneficial to all concerned?

The Future of Rotary Is in Your Hands John Kenny, R I President, 2009-2010

Bring Passion to Rotary Ken Oakes, District Governor

DISTRICT 5510 TODAY

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I would like to invite all of you to keep your eyes and ears open for events or accomplishments by Rotari-ans or Rotary Clubs so we can let the rest of the Dis-trict know about them. Let’s share our achievements and our ideas with our fel-low Rotarians so that our relationship can be truly

synergistic. One club’s pro-ject might spur another into action. Please send me your news in plain text, RTF, or Word format. Make the file name suggestive of the contents. Please send supporting photos as separate files with names similar to the text file. This helps me keep

Is your club involved in a worthwhile project? Did someone in your club ac-complish something signifi-cant? Was a Rotarian you know mentioned in the news? If so, I’d like to hear from you!! This Rotary year, I am again charged with produc-ing your District newsletter.

the photos with their associ-ated article. Send them to me by the 27th of the month so I have time to compose and layout our publication. My e-mail address is wfm3@cornell.edu. Thanks. Bill McGrath Newsletter Editor

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November is Foundation month. Our Rotary Founda-tion is truly what sets us apart from other service organiza-tions. It allows us to accom-plish so much more than if the clubs and districts were oper-ating on their own. When you think of all the great experiences that have happened throughout the world with all the GSE teams that have traveled and visited around the globe, all the am-bassadorial scholars that have made an impact, and all the District Simplified Grants

that have funded out-standing service projects at home as well as abroad, we can be very proud of what The Rotary Foundation (TRF) has enabled us to do. Thank you for your giving and continued sup-port of TRF. There couldn’t be a better return on invest-ment (ROI) than to reach out and change our world and the lives of others. For more information on the foundation and what it can do, or to come celebrate what we have done, please

join me at the Tri-district Foundation event in Lake Havasu City the weekend of Nov 21. I would like to ex-tend a special congratula-tion to PDG Greg Podd of D5510, PDG George Wheeler of D5490 and Ann Fisher of D5500. They have received TRF Meritori-ous Service Award. For the details see page 73 of the November Rotarian maga-zine. See you in LHC. Yours in Rotary, Ken

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The Rotary clubs in District 5510 have donated $23,121.55 through Septem-ber to the Annual Fund against a GOAL of $143,000 and have donated $6,168.82 through October to the Po-lioPlus Fund against a GOAL of $55,100.00. We recognize the following clubs which are leading the way toward achieving the goal of Every Rotarian Every Year $100 in Annual Programs Fund giving, and Per Capita Annual Programs Fund Giving: Annual Programs Fund Giving • Scottsdale Sunrise $3,700.00 • Sun Lakes $3,075.00 • Mesa Boeing $2,491.55

Per Capita Annual Fund Giving • Mesa Boeing $191.66

The following 3 clubs which are leading the way toward achieving the goal of $1,000 PolioPlus Fund Giving: • Payson $1,000 • eClub $1,100 • Superstition Mtn. $2,135 Gary Whiting Centennial PDG and District Rotary Foundation Committee Chair

The event for Club Presi-dents, Club Foundation Chairs and Rotary Alumni will be held on November 20th & 21st in Lake Havasu City. Registration forms are available on the District

Website. This is a Tri-District Event. All clubs should be represented. The Rotary Foundation is our Foundation and all clubs need to support the annual giving program. Annual giving is the engine that drives our projects. Rotary Alumni are the future of Rotary. We need to tap into this source so we will be able to increase our ser-vice to mankind. In many Districts around the world, scholars and GSE Teams members are encouraged to join Rotary. In Asia, when the teams return members are invited into Rotary and almost every team has at least one mem-

ber who joins Rotary. In India, recently I had the opportunity to visit with two former team members (different teams) who are Rotarians. They were on exchanges 17 years ago and with a month of their return home joined Rotary and have been Presidents of their respective clubs. What attracted them to Rotary? They were of-fered the opportunity to serve - helping others. As such, we need to tell our District 5510 Alumni when they return, that they have the opportunity to serve mankind as well and are welcome to join a Rotary Club in our district.

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Has your club sponsored District 5510 Alumni? If so have you contacted them since their return? If not, now is the time. Invite them to attend the seminar. You might even sponsor them to the up coming November event. If you’re interested in having a District 5510 Alumni be a club speaker or as a possible member of your club, please contact me at 480-892-1338. I have a list of over 200 Alumni associated with our district and they may work or live very close to where your club meets. PDG Jim Freeman District Alumni Chair

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Stop Centers. Eligible can-didates obtained through Rotary club community in-volvement, may also be submitted for funding. To be considered for fund-ing, a candidate must be referred by a Rotary club .The club’s responsibil-ity is to screen and discuss both the candidate’s voca-tional interest and eligibility for funding. It is during this process that information is obtained to complete the application. Once the appli-cation forms are completed, the packet is sent to TRVFA. If the packet is completed with the neces-sary information, approval will follow with a check to the educational provider. Information and application forms are downloadable from www.trvfa.org. The website is a valuable re-

TRVFA is an IRS code 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organiza-tion designated to receive tax credit monies to assist persons qualifying under Arizona law to obtain finan-cial assistance furthering their vocational studies. Simply stated, The Fund helps” the working poor” obtain a marketable skill through educational or vo-cational training. It is a ma-jor responsibility of the Fund to ensure the appropriate use of the tax credit monies received. TRVFA does not work as the sole entity in the above process. A positive outcome is dependent upon partici-pation by both the sponsor-ing Rotarian and his or her club. The Fund also re-ceives referrals from a vari-ety of sources, including Arizona Workforce’s One

source for both applicant and Rotarian alike. For your information, during the period of July 1, 2009 to September 9, 2009, 19 grants were issued totaling just under $40,000! During the period from July 1, 2008 to June 15, 2009, a total of 68 grants were given, total-ing over $132,000. A total of 87 applicants received over $ 171,000 for voca-tional training. The above results were generated by Rotarians and Rotary clubs by working in partnership with TRVFA. Your tax credit contributions have provided invaluable support for those most in need. Through your contin-ued participation in the tax credit program for the “working poor” we , TRVFA and you, will continue to

have a positive impact in helping those most in need! Perry M. Rattiner Tri-District Leadership Academy Class Member 2009-10 Secretary, TRVFA Past President, 2008-09, Chandler Rotary

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This week I can say that I was formally introduced to what Rotary is like here in Istanbul and I was intrigued by both the similarities and differences. The meeting began in a similar manner to the meetings I’ve at-tended in Arizona: everyone shakes hands with each other and after finishing eating (dinner in our case) the president convened the meeting by sounding the bell. After that, however, things were uniquely Turk-ish. As with most conversa-tions, meetings or classes here, tea was drank by eve-ryone throughout the meet-ing. There was no song or

prayer at the beginning nor did they say any type of pledge of allegiance or na-tional anthem. I was the only guest and featured presenter so after opening the meeting I was wel-comed and introduced and then I gave my roughly twenty minute presentation. Being the first of many pres-entations I’ll give I focused mostly about the purpose and details of the Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship, what I’ll be doing while in Istanbul and my aspirations to get involved with pro-grams that their Rotary club and district sponsors. I also

spoke briefly about myself, about Arizona, and about unique opportunity I’ve been given to connect two places that very rarely would have the chance to understand each other. After noticing what teachers call “blank stares” during my presentation, I was quite surprised when my host counselor stood up promptly after I finished and retold everything I had said in Turkish! That moment of surprise reinforced the goal I had already formulated for myself: to give my final presentation in Istanbul completely in Turkish.

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The rest of the club’s busi-ness was conducted in Turk-ish and with a combination of intent listening and transla-tion from my host counselor I learned about a few pro-grams that are coming up. I am planning visits to a few of the larger clubs in Istanbul and as I attend those meet-ings, I will follow with similar accounts. Best wishes to everyone in Arizona! And I must thank you again for giving me this opportunity for which I am so grateful. Best, Jessica

W I N S L O W R O T A R Y C L U B S P O N S O R S S U C C E S S F U L F O O D D R I V E parents, along with mem-bers of the Winslow Rotary Club conducted a door-to-door food drive throughout

On Monday, October 5, a joint effort between Winslow High School students, spon-sors, coaches, teachers and

the community of Winslow to benefit St. Vincent de Paul Food Bank in Winslow. In a three hour period, a

total of 2,300 pounds of food was collected!

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B A S H A S ’ S H O P & G I V E P O L I O P L U S A C T I V I T Y I N I T I A T E D

The District 5510 Founda-tion has been registered into the 2009-2010 Bashas’ Shop & Give 2009-2010 program.

Bashas’ provides a check in the April 2010 timeframe for 1% of all purchases cred-ited to a qualified Tax Ex-empt entity during the Sep 2009 through March 2010 timeframe. Our Rotary Inter-national District 5510 Foun-dation has been registered and the Number 25208 has been assigned.

All Rotarians, their families, friends, and associates need to provide that number to a Bashas’ cashier along with their Bashas’ Thank You Card one time only! From that time on, every time they use their Bashas’ Thank You Card 1% of their purchase price will be con-

tributed to PolioPlus via the our Foundation.

THIS IS A NO BRAINER!!! All Rotarians are encour-aged to aggressively recruit others to register Number 25208 starting next Tues-day September 1.

All Rotarians are requested to register additional tax exempt entities wherever available since an individual number can accumulate $5,000.00 maximum.

See Flyer to the right:

Questions? Please contact me.

Hal Wochholz, District 5510 PolioPlus Lead 4423 South Meteor CT Sun Lakes, AZ 85248 hwoch@wbhsi.net 480 895-6705

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Polio Now Awareness Day Committee members took the field and the Rotary polio public service film "The Tree" was televised on the big screen. What a "WOW" mo-ment to raise awareness of Arizona Rotary and the work of Rotary International and our Rotary Foundation! Committee members manned an information booth during the entire game handing out 500 "Text Polio to 90999" cards for passers-

by to make a one-time $5 donation to the campaign. Our appreciation to all those Rotarians in the stands, the committee and the Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation for helping raise over $8000 to wipe out polio and help Rotarians keep our promise to the world's children to "End Polio Now". Barb Feder, Zone 26 Arizona Rotary Polio Zone Challenge Coor-dinator

On a beautiful September 20th Sunday afternoon Ro-tarians from Arizona Dis-tricts 5490, 5500 & 5510 went to the ball park at Chase Field in Phoenix to hit a home run in partner-ship with the Arizona Dia-mondbacks Major League Baseball Team to "End Po-lio Now". Altogether about 400 Ro-tarians, family members, Rotaractors and Youth Ex-change students, most wearing special "End Polio Now" t-shirts to commemo-rate the day, were in the seats when the Arizona End

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expected to be the biggest yet. This is a great start to turn our youth programs into a powerhouse District Council; Christine Wilkes, Jessica Abrams, Anastasia Lambrou, and the new 2009 Interact 5510 members have created a leadership program for In-teract and Rotaract mem-bers focused on building unity within clubs, connect-ing district clubs, and teach-ing valuable leadership skills. The District Council has organized interactive themed activities to specifi-cally inform students about Rotary’s programs and pro-vide skills for managing an

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH, 9AM TO 3PM Meet at ASU Discovery Building NE corner of Forest & Lemon Bring $5 AND A CAN OF FOOD Sunday, November 8th will mark the 4th annual Fall Leadership Conference hosted by Interact 5510. This year’s conference is

Interact or Rotaract club. This years guest speakers are Shamil Hargovan and Stephanie Bui both former District Governors from In-teract 5170 in San Jose. With their leadership Inter-act 5170 took the R.I. World stage four years ago. The Conference will be held at the ASU Discovery build-ing from 9 am to 3 pm. An entrance fee of $5 and a can of food are accepted at Registration. Rotarians and other inter-ested adults are encour-aged to attend and see what we can do. At least come and have lunch with

us at noon. Thank you, Jessica Abrams Lt. Governor District Council Interact 5510 For more information call Alan Havir, 623-297-1541

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this time of economic crises for the Rotary year ending 30 June 2009, did you know that: in June, Rotarians contrib-uted a total of US$18 Mil-lion, the largest amount ever given to TRF in a sin-gle month; contributions to the Annual Programs Fund in 2008-09 were the third highest in our Foundation’s history; Rotarians participated in: 1,560 Matching Grants; 565 GSE teams; 651 Ambassa-dorial Scholars; 51 World Peace Fellows; 407 District Simplified Grants; 16 new Health, Hunger and Human-ity [3-H] Grants; 167 Volun-teer Service Grants; 22

Dear Friends in Rotary, Much of the world’s atten-tion lately has been focused on daily reports of a declin-ing global economy. When we are inundated with such news from seemingly every corner of the world, we sometimes overlook the many reasons why we are blessed to be Rotarians and why we, collectively, repre-sent over 1.2 million rea-sons as to why the world is a better place! It’s time we shared the good news! November is Rotary Foun-dation Month – and it’s a perfect time to reflect on all that is good with Rotary and all that Rotarians accom-plish in the world. During

Grants for University Teach-ers; and, they brought our PolioPlus contributions to-wards Rotary’s US$200 Million Challenge to $90.7 million! Yes, our Rotary Foundation had to make some serious cutbacks in Matching Grants, staffing and other Foundation programs that did not set well with many Rotarians, but we did so in order to remain vital while we weather this economic storm. Already, our pru-dence is paying off and we are beginning to see a re-bound in our portfolio. More importantly, our Ro-tary Foundation remains one of the most successful

charities on earth because of Rotarians, like you. Please join me in making your annual gift to our Ro-tary Foundation during Foundation month and en-courage others in your Ro-tary club, your district, and your zone to join you and me in furthering our Foun-dation’s success. “The Fu-ture of Rotary is in Your Hands.” Sincerely, Glenn E. Estess, Sr. Foundation Trustee Chair, 2009-10 Past RI President, 2004-2005

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Three Individuals are wives of current Paul Harris Fel-lows: Dottie Eddlemon(Vern), Jodie Clawson(Randy), and Cathy Reagan(Jim). A posthumous award was given to Joan Howard in honor of her late husband Orville. At this time Tempe Rotary is an all Paul Harris club, the second club in District 5510 to earn this designation.

On September 18, District Governor, Ken Oakes des-ignated 12 members of Tempe Rotary as Paul Har-ris Fellows. Four members are first time Fellows: Pat-rick Walsh, Jim Armstrong, Lou Silverman and Tony Severe. Second Time Paul Harris sapphire pins were awarded to Marion Kersh, Adele Anderson, Ken Kohl-meier and Vern Eddlemon.