NUMBER 17, OCTOBER 20, 2009DISTRICT 7910

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“ if they have "Love for fellow 'man' in their hearts" they are potential Rotarians” Paul Harris

Milford Club 44% Over their GOAL!Bedford Club climbing towards

their GOAL!

APF$23,184

$200,000

District Governor2009-2010

CAROL TOOMEYRotary District

7910

theROTARIANNews

Message from the GOVWell I am back from my vacation. Aruba was great, but it is time to get back to Rotary and work. Or is it work and Rotary? Tuesday, I visited the Rotary Club of

Natick as my governor visit. The last time I was with them was their installation in June. Next year I will visit the club and watch Governor Elect Mike Ellis do thepresident’s installation as each year the leadership changes. Mike is getting ready for a great year. For those who don’t know, there is a lot of preparation duringthe E year both training and planning.Tuesday night I waitressed at the Athol/Orange Celebrity fundraiser. The meal was wonderful, serving appetizers, salad, soup,mashed potato, green beans, and prime rib. Mark Ellis did a great job as auctioneer. There should be some great pictures in next week’s newsletter.

Wednesday I visited my home club, Acton-Boxborough. It was great to be home and see everybody. As much as I enjoy seeing all the clubs in my capacity asdistrict governor, I miss my friends and club members. Rotary is a lot about friendship. My club members are working hard on a new project, a wine tasting. Inthe afternoon, I visited the Webster-Dudley club. The club is growing. They honored an Eagle Scout at their meeting as we got to hear of this young man’s projectof sending items to the soldiers overseas. On Thursday morning I was pleasantly surprised with an overflowing room of Rotarians in Tyngsboro and in the after-noon I visited Tewksbury. They had two young scholars visiting them in a “Hats Off” program they do monthly. Thursday night, there was a Public Relations meet-ing. Jim Fusco lead the meeting as we determined ingredients for the Purple Pinky Day. A press release, recipe, and poster are all on the web site to download.Thanks Peggy Thorsen for a great press release template!Saturday, I joined the district governors elect (Mike Ellis and class) and the district governors nominee (Tom Polito and class) in planning for PETS. The presi-

dents elect of District 7910 will be trained in March 2010 by this great group of people. Next Saturday is Purple Pinky Day. District 7910 clubs are getting ready fora great day of collecting funds for the polio eradication effort and making the public aware of this greatest of all Rotarian project. Some will be wearing “ENDPOLIO NOW” t-shirts as walking billboards for this effort. I wish you all well and hope to see many pictures of your event in next week’s newsletter.

EVENTS FOR THE COMING WEEKOctober 21 Foundation Committee MeetingOctober 23 An Evening of Food & Wine (Rotary club of Worcester)

District 7910 is now taking nominations for three constitutional offices, District Governor 2012-2013 and two Trustees of the District Funds . The job descriptions can be found in the DistrictPolicies and Resolutions (blue pages) in the District Directory. Please copy and paste the follow-ing address into your browser to view the job descriptions at the District Website.http://www.clu-brunner.ca/data/7910/html/48955/District_7910_Resolutions__%209_19_2008.pdfThe Trustees will begin serving on July 1, 2010 and serve until June 30, 2013. Please forward a

brief rotary resume to the nominating committee, to be considered for these positions. Interviewswill be scheduled in October. The District Governor Nominee-designate will begin preparing foroffice in January 2010. The application for Governor is attached and can be downloaded andprinted for your convenience.

Please forward any questions to PDG Ed King at 508-885-7666 or at eking@rotary7910.org. Submit applications to: Edward F. King, 19 May St., Spencer, Ma. 01562

October 24 is Purple Pinky Day

REQUEST FOR NOMINATIONSJules LaVoie (President) right and Robert Johnson (Secretary) left withmembers of their Interact Club assisting in Oktoberfest in Acton MA onOctober 10, 2009. The Club sellsdonated items and donates 100percent of the proceeds to thecharities of the OktoberfestCommittee. Volunteering at thisevent is one of the Club's annualCommunity Service Events.

President Marie Presti and Vice President Laurisa Neuwirthpainted their fingers purple as are thousands of Rotariansworldwide to serve as a symbol of our effort to eradicate Poliothrough the RI Polio Plus Program.The purple pinky is symbol-ic with the fact that each child innoculated, have their fingerdyed purple

Acton Boxborough Rotary

LOOK - WHO HAVE DYED THEIR PINKY"S PURPLE

District Governor

Deadline for sending news items, pictures, and events for this newsletter is Sunday at 6 PMCarol Toomey, DG; Action Unlimited, 100-1 Domino Drive, Concord, MA 01542

w978-371-2442; c978-580-1895; carolrotarynewsletter@gmail.com“If they have love for their fellow ‘man’ in their hearts, they are potential Rotarians” - Paul Harris

UPCOMINGEVENTS

- October 21 -Foundation Committee Mtg

- October 23 -An Evening of Food & Wine

(Sit-down Dinner)Rotary Club of Worcester Sunset (p)

- October 24 -Purple Pinky Day

- October 24 -Ashburnham-Westminster

Rotary Club SposorsWestminster’s 250th

Anniversary

- October 30 -Comedy Night

Rotary Club of Chelmsford

- November 6 -“Best of Times”

Wine/Beer Tasting

- November 7 -UN Day 2009

- November 10 -District Trustees Meeting

- November 14 -Sharks Night

- November 18 -Assistant Governor Meeting

- November 27 toDecember 31 -

Voting for Beautiful Baby,Uxbridge Rotary’s

Proceeds to Smile Train

- November 31 -RLI New Haven, CT

- December 1 -District Conference

Wicked Early Bird Deadline

- December 5 -Uxbridge Rotary

Participation in UxbridgeFirst Night. Free Polio-Free

teddy bears given out.Rotary Teddy to ride in

parade too. Participation isto Rotary and to give somepublicity about polio Plus.

- December 6 -Tree Lighting FestivalSponsored by Dedham

Rotary

- December 20 -District Holiday Party

- JANUARY 21 -Foundation Committee

Meeting

- JANUARY 31 -Death by Chocolate, Newton

and Waltham Clubs

- February 6 -Annual Wine and Chocolate

Tasting, Uxbridge

- February 26 -District Project Expo & PR Awards Dinner

- March 19 -Beantown Concert

Rotary Club of Chelmsford

- May 14-16, 2010 -District Conference

CLUB HAPPENINGS:

Worcester ShreddingSaturday, October 17th, Worcester Sunset Rotary members, CherylRosen, Cheryl Marc and Eugene Santos-Roesler participated inSecure Your ID Day (co-sponsored with the Central NE BBB). Duringthe morning event, 120 cars drove through, 230 bags and boxes weredumped, and 6000 pounds of documents were shredded. A great tes-timonial was made by Cheryl Rosen’s son, Eric Rainville, who helpedout during the morning, and stated “It’s a great opportunity for peopleto help the environment and protect themselves from identity theft.”

Rotary BlogI have added a new interview to my Rotary blog! To read theinterview please follow the link below:http://josephbernardo.weebly.com/interviews.html

Regards,Joseph BernardoRotary Ambassadorial ScholarDistrict 7910

THE ROTARY FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES VOTEDThe Rotary Foundation Board of Trustees voted to establish a 100-point minimum for the transfer of Foundation recognition points, effective 1 July. In April,

The Rotary Foundation Board of Trustees voted to establish a 100-point minimum for the transfer of Foundation recognition points, effective 1 July. "The Trusteeshad consideration for all Rotarians globally who have and use recognition points," says Louis Piconi, vice chairman of the Trustees Fund Development Committee."We are hopeful that the new 100-point minimum will encourage Rotarians to use their points to foster new contributions and further support club and districtleaders in achieving fund development goals."

Recognition points are credits that donors receive for contributions to the Foundation that can be transferred among Rotary accounts. Individuals, clubs, anddistricts can transfer as many points as they have to other individual accounts to increase others' donor recognition amounts, or level of donor recognition. Asof 1 July, points may only be transferred in transactions of 100 points or more, and individual donors will be the only ones authorized to transfer points fromtheir individual accounts. Club presidents and district governors may no longer authorize point transfers for other individuals, but they may continue to author-ize transfers from their club or district accounts.

Also, as of 1 July, individual points will expire upon the death of the donor, or the death of the surviving spouse of a Major Donor. (Major Donors have con-tributed US$10,000 or more to the Foundation.) Donors begin to earn points after they qualify for Paul Harris Fellow Recognition . They accrue one recognitionpoint for each U.S. dollar contributed to the Foundation's Annual Programs Fund, PolioPlus, or approved Matching Grant. Donors receive Paul Harris FellowRecognition once they have contributed $1,000 or have 1,000 points transferred to them, or once the sum of their cash contributions and points equals 1,000.Donors may use their points to help a family member, friend, or other Rotarian achieve Paul Harris Fellow Recognition. Points cannot be transferred to a club ordistrict. Gifts made to the Permanent Fund or Rotary International programs are not eligible for recognition points. To transfer points, fill out the Recognition Transfer Request Form. The form will be updated on 1 July to reflect the changes to the Foundation recognition points

policy.

CHELMSFORD COMEDY NIGHT NEARSThe Rotary Club of Chelmsford will hold a “Comedy Night” at the

Chelmsford Lodge of Elks at 300 Littleton Road on Friday October 30th.From 7 tp 8 p.m., gift baskets will be raffled while those in attendance enjoysnacks and a cash bar. The baskets will reflect themes such as Car Care,Patriots Tailgating, Beauty Products and Services, Wines and Cheeses etc. At8 p.m., the comedy begins featuring Jim Colliton, Mike Whittman andMarybeth Proctor. Proceeds will fund Rotary projects such as Town ofChelmsford Scholarships, TheLowell Wish Project, TheMerrimack Valley Food Pantry,The CHS Alumni AssociationScholarship Fund, The PaulCenter etc. Tickets are only $25and are available from clubmembers or by calling 978-256-8772.

WELLESLEY FOOD DRIVEMichael Price, President-elect, Pam

Conover, Wellesley Assistant Director of theFood Pantry Wellesley Friendly Aid,Angelika Angino, President WellesleyFriendly Aid and Peter Civitenga, President.Pam and Angie spoke on October 6 about110th anniversary of WFA, and their

upcoming Food Drive on November 14. Our Rotary Clubsupports the WFA with financial support and by provid-ing manual labor on their Food Drive day.

The second photo is past president, Mike Stedman offer-ing a "happy dollar" at the same Rotary meeting.

... THIS WEEK’S DISTRICT 7910 NEWS ...October 20, 2009

KOSOVO Gift of LifeEndrit and his mother Behrije Zhushi came to Natick from Kosovo through the efforts of Natick Rotary and Gift of Life New England, Inc., a Rotary organ-ization that helps children in need in the United States and abroad receive open-heart surgery. They returned to Kosovo Thursday. For Endrit, the sur-gery was required to fix holes in the wall dividing the right and left sections of his heart. The Zhushis came to Boston along with another family fromKosovo, The other boy, Beqir Agushi, and his mother are staying with a family in Lynn and was sponsored by the Waltham Rotary Club. He had cardiacsurgery Wednesday. The boys were the first people from Kosovo to come through the Gift of Life New England program. The decision to reach out tofamilies in that area came in part from Kosovo native Dr. Gani Abazi, who is a post-doctoral research fellow in neurosurgery at the Children’s Hospitalin Boston and a former Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar. “Cardiac surgery is not being provided in Kosovo,” Abazi said. “If these children could not getthis surgery somewhere else in the world, they would have died at home.” Abazi said he worked with local doctors to select two children who had thegreatest financial need and whose medical cases would produce the best outcomes. “We are also bringing a vision to Kosovo, that it gets its own med-ical services including cardiac surgery so that thousands of patients there can get treatment back home,” Abazi said. The Ashburnham-WestminsterRotary Club is sponsoring the Town of Westminster's 250th Anniversary Grand Finale Event, Saturday, October 24th from 6pm - 1am at the WachusettVillage Inn in Westminster. There will be food, music (a variety of bands) and entertainment for all ages. Tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for seniors(65+) and $10 for children (under 12). More information can be found at westminster250.org

... THIS WEEK’S DISTRICT 7910 NEWS ...October 20, 2009

Monthly Attendance Report for August, 2009 Rotary International

District 7910

Club NameMembers

as of

New

MembersTerminations

Total

Members

Number

ofMeetings

Gain/LossYTD

Gain/LossAttendance

June,

2009

This

Month This Month

This

Month

This

Month

This

Month Percentage

Acton-Boxborough

28 0 0 29 4 0 1 71.00 %

Ashburnham-Westminster

27 0 3 24 3 -3 -3 67.00 %

Athol-Orange

Area30 1 0 26 5 1 -4 71.00 %

Auburn 17 0 1 17 4 -1 0 84.00 %

Ayer 45 0 0 40 4 0 -5 66.00 %

Bedford 30 0 0 29 4 0 -1 62.00 %

Billerica 25 0 0 25 4 0 0 53.00 %

Brookfields,The 23 0 0 24 4 0 1 65.63 %

Brookline 59 0 0 59 4 0 0 52.00 %

Charles River 14 0 0 14 4 0 0 65.00 %

Chelmsford 41 0 0 42 5 0 1 63.00 %

Clinton 48 0 0 0 0 0 -48 0.00 %

Concord 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 %

Dedham 37 0 0 37 4 0 0 53.00 %

Dracut 26 0 0 26 4 0 0 57.00 %

Fitchburg 29 1 0 27 4 1 -2 81.00 %

Fitchburg East 25 0 0 25 4 0 0 53.30 %

Framingham 54 0 0 51 5 0 -3 58.37 %

Franklin 31 0 0 32 4 0 1 72.00 %

Gardner 28 0 0 29 4 0 1 76.00 %

Groton-

Pepperell22 0 0 18 4 0 -4 44.00 %

Hudson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 %

Leominster 14 0 0 0 0 0 -14 0.00 %

Littleton 28 0 0 28 4 0 0 61.61 %

Lowell 31 0 0 33 4 0 2 64.75 %

Lunenburg-

Townsend13 0 0 13 5 0 0 71.00 %

Marlborough 47 0 0 0 0 0 -47 0.00 %

Maynard 0 0 0 14 0 0 14 80.00 %

MerrimackValley Rotary

18 0 0 18 4 0 0 57.00 %

Milford 32 1 0 29 4 1 -3 57.84 %

Montachusett 30 3 0 33 4 3 3 78.99 %

Natick 43 0 0 47 4 0 4 45.00 %

Needham 41 0 0 40 3 0 -1 89.74 %

Neponset Valley

Sunrise 24 0 0 29 4 0 5 73.70 %

Newton 34 0 0 34 3 0 0 60.05 %

Northborough 28 0 0 30 4 0 2 62.00 %

Shrewsbury 25 0 2 23 5 -2 -2 48.78 %

Southborough 0 0 0 12 0 0 12 57.00 %

Southbridge 42 0 0 39 4 0 -3 71.00 %

Sturbridge 23 0 0 0 0 0 -23 0.00 %

Sudbury 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 %

Tewksbury 17 0 0 16 4 0 -1 85.00 %

Tyngsboro-Dunstable

10 0 0 10 4 0 0 57.50 %

Uxbridge 20 0 1 19 4 -1 -1 35.00 %

Wachusett Area(W.B.H)

35 0 0 35 4 0 0 74.00 %

Waltham 56 0 0 57 4 0 1 54.33 %

Watertown 52 0 1 49 4 -1 -3 82.07 %

Webster-Dudley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 %

Wellesley 52 0 2 50 4 -2 -2 67.41 %

Westborough 43 0 1 49 4 -1 6 64.00 %

Westford 31 0 0 31 4 0 0 69.50 %

Weston &

Wayland 44 0 0 44 0 0 0 0.00 %

Westwood 21 0 1 22 4 -1 1 58.00 %

Worcester 68 0 0 65 4 0 -3 22.45 %

Worcester

Sunset (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 %

Totals 1561 6 12 1443 174 -6 -118

Average attendance percentage 60.55 %