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The Order of Good Cheer. In 1603, the French explorer, Samuel de Champlain colonized the north Shore of Nova Scotia in an area now known as Annapolis Royal. It was a winter not unlike the one we are currently enduring – heavy snow, ice and almost unbearable cold. To keep up the spirit of the settlers, Samuel established an Order of Good Cheer to provide fun, fellowship and hope in what would have been otherwise a very dreary experience. Every night, a different group would be responsible for providing food and fellowship for all the settlers in the colony. It was that spirit that enabled that heroic group to get through the winter. Fast forward to January 3, 2014. Rebec-ca and I were driving to Batavia to join Area 14 for their annual Christmas party. Two, three car accidents and a lane closure on the I-90 highway made for a four hour drive there from Brantford. When we finally arrived at 7:00 p.m., the bright lights of the magnificent Terry Hills Restaurant were needless to say a great delight for us. Inside we found 100 members of the Rotary clubs of Albion, Batavia, Holley and LeRoy celebrating a 60 year-old tradition together to welcome in the New

Year. This was indeed their Order of Good Cheer and the camaraderie that ensued was very contagious. The organizers Suzie Boyce and presidents Cindy Perry, Hollis Upson, Bob Miller, and Tracy Ford deserve great credit for putting together one of the grandest celebrations of club cooperation I have ever witnessed. PDG John and Sandy Heise and Assistant Governor Marlee Diehl also deserve credit for their exemplary leadership in this very unique event.

One of the special highlights of the even-ing was the presentation of Head, Hands and Heart Awards to 33 members of these clubs. Currently, there are 185 Rotarians who have received or will receive the Head, Hands and Heart Award. If you have not already applied for this award, you can do so by downloading the Rotary Engagement Resume from our website www. rota-ry7090.org. Go to the Governor’s pages for a copy of this resume. If you can say “yes” to 10 of the 15 questions asked, you are eligible to receive this award. If you are eligible, ask your president to send in your name with those of others who might also be interested in receiving this recognition. Our hope is that on June

22 at the Awards/District Governor Changeover ceremony, we will be able to induct all recipients into the Order of Good Cheer. Under the direction of the Club Presi-dent, this order will be charged with: Maintenance of fun and fellowship in their clubs Ongoing retention of current members Celebration of Rotary in their communities.

Yours in Rotary,

Kevin Crouse District Governor Best of Friends District 7090

Inside this issue:

RI & District News 2—5

Club Events Calendar 6

Club News 7—11

Guiding Principles 12

District 7090 Newsletter

January 2014

DG Kevin’s January Message

District Governor Kevin with Head, Hands & Heart Award recipients at joint club s—Albion, Batavia, Holley & LeRoy Christmas party.


RI & District News

Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) coming in March

The Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) is a program whose mission is to strengthen Rotary clubs through quality leadership education. Now in its 21st year, it has been officially designated as an “affiliated program of Rotary International”. RLI training is divided into three parts, taken sequentially. Each part involves attending a one-day course on a Saturday, at a location designed to be conven-ient for a large number of Rotarians. In the past, sessions have been held in Hamilton, St. Catharines, and Stoney Creek, Ontario, and in Niagara Falls, Hamburg, Fredonia, and – last spring, for the first time – Jamestown, New York. The topics covered in Part 1 are:

Insights into Leadership; My Rotary World; Engaging Members; Our Foundation; Ethics‐Vocational Service; Service Projects. Topics covered in Part 2 include: Strategic Planning & Analysis 1 & 2; Targeted Service; Club Communication; Team Building; A Attracting Members. Part 3 topics are: Effective Leadership Strategies 1 & 2; International Service; Public Image & Public Relations; Rotary Opportunities; Rotarians, Vocational Service & Expectations; Making a Difference. There are no lectures! Courses are fun, topical, and interactive. They are geared toward busy business, professional, and community leaders who want to be more effective leaders -- both in their vocation and in their Rotary club -- and better informed Rotarians.

The individual classes are conducted by experienced and knowledgea-ble Rotarians: current and past District Governors, Assistant Governors, club presidents, district leaders, and Rotarians with professional expe-rience in facilitating.

Since January 2010, nearly 200 individual District 7090 Rotarians have participated in the training, and more than 40 have completed all three parts. The feedback from participants has been overwhelm-ingly positive. We are happy to announce that there will be two RLI sessions offered this year in March. The first one, on Saturday, March 8, will be held at Jamestown Community College in Jamestown, NY. The second will take place on March 29 at Niagara County Community College in Wheatfield, NY. The cost per session is $65, which covers the cost of renting the venue, meals during the day, and printing manuals for each participant. (RLI

strongly urges clubs to pay the registration fee for their members if possible.) To register for either or both of these sessions, go to the district website (http://www.clubrunner.ca/portal/home.aspx?did=7090) and scroll down. Under “District Events” (on the left) you will see the two events listed. Click on the session for which you wish to register. That will take to the “Member Login” Page. (If you cannot remember your login information, contact your club secretary.) Please prepay online or contact Patti Johnson (below) to make other arrangements. More information on the Rotary Leadership Institute can be found at http://www.rli-shiningwaters.org/ and at http://www.rotaryleadershipinstitute.org/index.html. Training manuals for the three parts can be viewed and downloaded (if desired, although all participants will be provided with participant manuals) at http://rlifiles.com/. If you have attended an RLI session and found it to be worthwhile, please encour-age other club members to consider attending. If you have never participated in RLI training, see if any of your fellow Rotarians have, and ask them whether they would recommend the program. If you have any questions, please contact the district RLI Chair, Patti Johnson, at [email protected] or at (716) 830-6173.


RI & District News

Special offer for Rotarians to attend a UB basketball game

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Pene Hutton at [email protected]

RI & District News


By Jos Nolle Technical Advisor, The Rotary Foundation Member, Rotary Club of Welland My work on behalf of the cadre over the past eight years has taken me to Ecuador, Mexico, Ethiopia, Mozambique and, most recently, Brazil. Using my engi-neering background and experience in international medical relief and vocational education management, I have conducted site visits and technical reviews in both urban and rural areas. Earlier this year, I was asked to visit Santarem, a city in a relatively remote area in the Amazon delta of northern Brazil that has not benefited much from the country’s recent gains in economic and social develop-ment. Because the city’s health infrastructure falls short of today’s standards, young medical professionals tend to leave for better opportunities elsewhere in the coun-try. The local Rotarians, together with some Rotary clubs in the United States, decided to bring in better medical and dental equipment in an effort to retain more of those health professionals. The project, funded by The Rotary Foundation and several clubs, supplied X-ray and ultrasound equipment to three hospitals. I was able to visit only two of them, as travel to the third involved a two-day boat trip. The public hospital in the city of Santarem serves as a referral hospital for about 1.2 million people. Its donated X-ray machines (one fixed and one mobile unit) clearly are helping the medical staff perform proper assessments of trauma patients. This hospital was incredibly busy; I had never seen so many motor accident victims. The city’s other two hospitals are privately owned, and offer limited access for the general public. The second hospital I visited is located about an hour’s drive from Santarem, in a small town that has known better times. Most of the staff there work only during the mornings, because there is not enough money to pay a full-time staff. As a result, the X-ray technician had to be called in for our late-afternoon visit, but he gave us a wonderful explanation of the use of the two X-ray units. This hospital also received an ultrasound machine, which already has reduced the incidence of pregnancyrelated health problems in the community. Hospital staff were very happy

with the donated machines, which appeared well main-tained. Better motivated health staff means better public health in any community, and generally im-proved social circumstances. The second part of the Rotary project focused on a dental clinic operated by a local nongovernmental organization that offers free (or almost free) dental hygiene and care services to those who otherwise would not have dental care. The Rotary donation was used to expand the clinic’s dental equipment and to put its patient data into a new computer system. This clinic rivals any dental clinic in North America, and the professionals were delightfully positive and motivated. I visited the hospitals and clinic three years after the equipment had been donated. I found it was being used well and excellently maintained—the best evi-dence of the sustainability of a project. Also, the num-bers of returning health professionals is encouraging. The word is out that Santarem has be-come a better place to practice medicine. For the local and international Rotarians, the final reporting to The Rotary Foundation had been a chal-lenging process, and that had raised doubts about the project

among some newer members of the local club. My visit showed them that their club’s efforts do make a difference. The current club president had not visited the two hospitals before, so our visit together provided this young Rotary member with new motivation. For me, the experience was another humbling one. We tend to assume that our health care is the norm, and we often take it for granted. Visiting places around the world where The Rotary Foundation and local Rotary clubs are making a differ-ence always makes me realize that we should take nothing for granted. Reprinted from January issue of Tech Talk, Newsletter of The Rotary Foundation Cadre of Technical Advisors.

Rotarian Jos Nolle‘s latest post—project site visit in Brazil

Jos Nolle traveled to Brazil for his latest site visit.


RI & District News

District Ski Day for Rotarians and friends (who may become Rotarians)


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ROTARY CLUB OF JAMESTOWN—FIRE & ICE DATE: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2014, 6 PM LOCATION: Chautauqua Suites Hotel, Mayville, NY COST: $50 per person for dinner; raffle tickets $10 each or 3 for $25 1st Place—Louis XIII Remy Martin ($2,800); 2nd Place—$200 Cash; 3rd Place—XO Special Remy Martin ($180) CONTACT: See Rotary Club of Jamestown or Fire & Ice Ball on Facebook for details or contact club member for ticket/raffle ROTARY CLUB OF GRIMSBY @ NOON—9TH ANNUAL MAYOR’S CHARITY BALL—a black tie affair Proceeds benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters DATE: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2014, Cocktails 5:30 PM; Gourmet Dinner 6:30 PM; Silent Auction & Dancing LOCATION: Casablanca Winery Inn, 4 Windward Drive, Grimsby COST: $150 per person CONTACT: Carolyn at 905.945.7039 for details ROTARY CLUB OF EAST AURORA—BUNNY HOP 5K RACE DATE: SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 2013, Registration 8 AM; Race at 10:30 AM LOCATION: The American Legion, East Aurora, NY COST: $17 Pre-registration: $25 Race day CONTACT: Race Director Dale Reeves at 716.866.0136 or [email protected] ROTARY CLUB OF HAMBURG—ONE DIRECTION CONCERT TICKET RAFFLE 2 Seats—200 Level, Rogers Center, Toronto, CA on Saturday, August 2nd at 7PM DRAWING DATE: JULY 19, 2014 LOCATION: Hamburg Burgerfest COST: $5 each or $10 for 3 CONTACT: Barb Stanley at 716.725.9858 or [email protected] ROTARY CLUB OF LANCASTER DEPEW— 1ST ANNUAL JACK NEWHOUSE MEMORIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT DATE: AUGUST 11, 2013, Registration 11:30 AM; Shot-gun start 1 PM; Lunch served on the course LOCATION: Lancaster Country Club COST: $120 per golfer includes golf with cart, lunch, open call bar and dinner (with raffles & prizes) CONTACT: Joseph Girardi at 716.725.5917 or [email protected]

Club Events Calendar


Club News

Akron-Newstead news

Hamilton AM holds 15th annual Hess Street School Pancake Breakfast

Submitted by Patricia Buckley To kick off the holiday season, the Rotary Club of Akron-Newstead delivered turkeys and grocery store gift certificates to families at Head Start. The club assisted 35 families. President Patty Buckley reminds us, “Be present in all things and thankful for all things.” In the photo below, left to right, Rotarians Joe Capan, Patty Buckley, Paul Barone and Wally Smith prepare to deliver the goods.

On December 6, 2013 the Rotary Club of Akron Newstead held its 24th annual Christmas Auction. The evening included a large basket auction, silent auction, and live mystery present auction. This year a centerpiece auction was added to the excitement! The event raised over $15,000 to assist over 50 families and 160 children during the holiday season. President Patty Buckley applauds all those in attendance for the success of the event! In the photo below, Melisa Schrock, Event Chair, displays one of the centerpieces up for auction!

Submitted by Mercedes Simon The Rotary Club of Hamilton AM had an amazing time at our 15th annual Hess Street School Pancake Breakfast on December 18th, 2013. Our 15th anniversary of the Event went off without a hitch, with dedicated Rotarians collecting donations for tote bags to give to every student. The tote bags were filled with treats, toothbrushes and toothpaste, floss and a book for every smiling kid.

A musical performance by our own Rotary members John Janisse and Marta Stiteler brought the house down with the apt: "Baby It's cold outside!", and Stripes and Bruiser our favourite Hamilton area mascots came out to play. We served up hot pan-cakes with syrup to hungry and happy kids - and most of all had a ton of fun! Thanks to all of the Rotary Club of Hamilton AM members who made this day a huge success!"

Club News


Welland holds Paul Harris dinner

Submitted by Don Thorpe The Rotary Club of Welland held its Paul Harris Dinner on December 17, 2013 at the Riverstone Event Centre in Welland. There were over 70 in attendance including family, former Paul Harris Fellow recipients, District Governor Kevin Crouse, Past District Governor and Foundation Director Karen Oakes and Assistant Governor Richard Beifuss. The following presentations were made.

President Umit Eruysal (left) receives his Paul Harris Fellow presented by Assistant Governor Richard Beifuss.

Past President Kerry Thomas (left) receives his Paul Harris Fellow presented by Presi-dent Umit Eruysal.

Tim Wright presents Paul Harris Fellow to Peter Scott (on left).

Foundation Director and Past District Gov-ernor Karen Oakes assists Mike Walsh with the PH presentation to Joe Barkovich..

District Governor Kevin Crouse assists with the PH presentation to Carolyn Fast.

Peter McDowell presents a Paul Harris Fellow in honor of his late wife Maria to Michelle Killick.

Submitted by Jessica Manuel The Rotary Club of St. Catharines is very proud to be active in literacy awareness. For the past three years, the club has supported two north end elementary schools, Assumption Catholic and Port Weller. Teacher selected students from Kindergarten to Grade 4 are in the Gary Landry Home Reading Program, which allows a student to take home “levelled” books to read to family, then read again at school with volunteers. The program is monitored and accountable. In 2013, the club held two fundraisers in support of the program: its yearly plant sale on Mother’s Day weekend at the Lock 1 Rotary Park netted $1581 and its Season Cheer wine draw to win six cases of Konzelmann wine netted $7167. The wine drawing was held on December 11, 2013. Congratulations to Patricia Boyko (photo) who held the winning ticket.

St. Catharines proud supporter of literacy awareness


Club News

Batavia Rotary—93 years hosting nursing home Christmas party

Submitted by Laurie Mastin

Batavia Rotary converged Sunday, 12/29/13 at the Genesee County Nursing Home for their 93rd Annual Nursing Home Christmas Party. This is the Club’s longest running service project headed up by three generations of Mulcahy's. Music was a hit in the common area and gifts for all residents were bestowed.

Submitted by Paul Perona On December 14th, at Oakwood Cemetary in Niagara Falls, NY, Rotari-ans from Niagara County Central participated in the Wreaths Across America Project. This project, which extends across the U.S., allows people to purchase a wreath and lay it on a veteran’s grave during the Christmas holiday season. It is a wonderful way to honor our veterans no matter which period of our country’s history they served in. The club was responsible for the purchase of over 33% of the wreaths laid that day and it gave us a chance to honor those who have served our country and to let people know how important it is to go on acknowledging these people so that we might not repeat the wars or civil

strife that requires the world to have military service personnel serving in order to protect all of us. After the ceremony each one of us took a couple of wreaths and placed it on a veteran’s grave and we also stopped at Major General Porters gravesite (General Porter was a hero in the war of 1812, where we took several group photos honoring all of the veterans. Most of the group proceeded to “Just in Tyme” Restaurant for a warm lunch as it was quit cold and snowing out during the wreath ceremony. You can see by the photograph that we were all well dressed for the cold weather it was only about 15 degrees that after-noon.

Niagara County Central Rotary Members at General Peter Porter’s grave site are in front—Robert Deull, Gail Perona, Robert Winter, and Tom Grimm. Back Row: President Amy Kauderer and Kevin Maerten. Missing from the photo on the opposite side taking pictures were – Amy Deull, Pat Grimm, and Paul Perona.

Niagara County Central participates in veteran remembrance

Club News


Niagara on the Lake Rotarian builds technical school in Cambodia

Submitted by Nina Cole In November 2013, a Rotary sweat equity team led by District 7070, but including Rotarians from other Districts as well as spouses and friends, made its third trip to Cambodia to help build the Bakong Technical College. The college is the dream of the group’s partner, a Khmer Rouge genocide survivor named Ronnie Yimsut who escaped and settled in the US. Ronnie was born in the Bakong district of Cambodia, near Siem Reap and the Angkor Wat temple, and he was concerned about the lack of opportunities for post-secondary education outside the main cities. The college will provide students with training to prepare them for jobs in information technol-ogy, bicycle and small engine repair, the hospitality industry, and as seamstresses/tailors. The NOTL club donated $4000 to purchase desks, chairs and other equipment needed to for the school to begin operations. In 2009, a group of 20 Rotarians and friends travelled to the Bakong region of Cambodia with funding for the first build-ing on the campus. In 2011, interest had grown to two groups of 20 who brought funding for a sizable building with two large rooms. In November 2013, another two groups arrived with funds to com-plete the final work on a very large building funded by a RC Toronto centennial grant and three smaller buildings. Rotarians worked with Cambodian construction workers to move earth, carry cement, make bricks, build rebar towers, construct

road beds, and many other tasks. Addi-tional minor con-struction projects included a small

classroom at a school set up for children living at the dump. Other activities included visits to orphanages, prosthetic limb clinics, the land mine museum, and an enrichment school providing children with opportu-

nities not available in Khmer schools—such as computers, library books and an art program. During these visits, school supplies were distributed to children, bicycles to school children, clothing to orphans, and rice to ordi-nary citizens affected by flooding. Land mine survivors were provided with various types of assistance, and donations were made to a children’s hospi-tal.

This Rotary experience is appreciated by many as a way to provide ‘hands-on’ assistance and to see exactly how donations are being used. Rotarian Nina Cole from the Niagara-on-the-Lake club, a five-time sweat equity veteran, says “It’s an intense Rotary experience not to be missed!”

Ancaster AM remembers dedicated Rotarians

Submitted by Carolyn Ferguson Sadly, our club said good bye to two of our members who passed away in December. Gerry Fabbri was a Charter member of our club in 1991, serving as president in 1997-98 and was a Paul Harris Fellow. Gerry became an honorary member of our club in 2012 and will be remembered for his active involvement in club events and committees, especially with our club’s annual golf tourna-ment. Peter Hindrichs was a 14 year member of our club, joining in 1994 and was a Paul Harris Fellow. Peter served many years on the Club Executive and was well known by the members for his love of music and his passion for photography at club meetings and events.

Gerry Fabbri Peter Hindrichs


Club News

Flamborough AM and Waterdown Rotarian build block house in San Salvador

Submitted by Nan and Bob Bruce and Sheila Leighton In late November Sheila Leighton from Rotary Club of Flamborough AM and Bob and Nan Bruce from Rotary Club of Waterdown joined with 9 members of the Rotary clubs of Renfrew North and Cornwall to construct a cement block house in San Jose Villanueva, a small town west of San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador. Along with the house a “smokeless” stove, a ceramic water filter, and a composting latrine were supplied. The receiving family was chosen by members of a local council on the basis of need. The husband works as a gardener and the mother looks after a 10 year old autistic child who has had no educational intervention and is essentially untrained. Family income is less than $1000 per year in a country where prices are similar to those in North America. The project was led by PDG Bob French of District 7040, a classmate of PDG Bob Bruce. Bob French’s club has been involved with an NGO in the village for several years and this was Bob and Nan Bruces’ second trip to San Jose. Previously they assisted in building two other houses in 2011. Sheila Leighton did a tremendous job not only assisting with the building but acting as the translator for the group. As a result of this last visit, the Rotary Clubs of Waterdown and Flamborough AM have pledged $10,000 towards a Global Grant with the Rotary Club of Renfrew North and Santa Tecla that will supply San Jose Villanueva with potable water cisterns, computers and computer literacy training for teachers, non-competitive game activities for the students in the 8 local schools and continued assistance to the local health clinic. The 12 participants took with them a total of 14 large suitcases full of medical supplies for the clinic.

The new house that replaces the mud and branch house that sheltered the family.

Some of the group posing after 9 of 10 days. Manuel and his mother Marga-rita, recipients of the new house, are seen at left.

East Aurora partners with SunKing Recycling Submitted by Leslie Taylor East Aurora Rotary Club partners up with SunKing Recycling for this annual event every year. We help to unload the cars with their unwanted electronics. We get a percentage of how many pounds are collected for activities for our club. This year, there was over 100, 000 pounds collected. In the photo: Rotarian Jerry West and his son pause for a photo while helping out with the unloading of electronics from cars.

The Object of Rotary The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and fos-ter:

FIRST. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;

SECOND. High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignify-ing of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society;

THIRD. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business, and community life;

FOURTH. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service. The Four-Way Test The test, which has been translated into more than 100 languages, asks the following questions: Of the things we think, say or do 1. Is it the TRUTH? 2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?

3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? 4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned

Rotary’s Guiding Principles


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716.484.8814

Support and Strengthen Clubs Foster club innovation and flexibility Encourage clubs to participate in a variety of service activities Promote membership diversity Improve member recruitment and retention Develop leaders Start new clubs Encourage strategic planning at club and district levels

Focus and Increase Humanitarian Service Eradicate polio Increase sustainable service focused on: - New Generations Service programs - Our six areas of focus Increase collaboration and connection with other organizations Create significant projects both locally and internationally

Enhance Public Image and Awareness Unify image and brand awareness Publicize action-oriented service Promote core values Emphasize vocational service Encourage clubs to promote their networking opportunities and signature activities

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