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Vibrant Club Seminar 2023

Vibrant Club Seminar 2023

by | Aug 27, 2022 | District 6970 News

District 6970 held their annual Vibrant Club seminar that left attendees buzzing with excitement with 150 participants. The event focused on three key areas: membership, public image, and the Rotary Foundation. Engaging discussions were held on strategies to attract...
The WASH Project | Guatemala

The WASH Project | Guatemala

by | Aug 26, 2022 | Rotary News

The WASH Project! | Sustainable water system in the School of Hope If a picture is worth a thousand words, this video is worth a million. The Project team  has a few small adjustments to make and final reports to file, but Water, Sanitation and Hygiene aspects of the...
Minutarian Week 8: August 22, 2022

Minutarian Week 8: August 22, 2022

by | Aug 22, 2022 | Minutarian

This week was my best week of the year so far as your District Governor with five club visits and the Vibrant Club seminar on Saturday. Two very remarkable things came out of this for me in the leadership track. First Past District Governor Bill Griffin asserted that...
Minutarian Week 8: August 22, 2022

Minutarian Week 7: August 14, 2022

by | Aug 14, 2022 | Minutarian

On July 20, 2022, we lost the first lady of the Rotary Club of Jacksonville, Michele Agee. I met Michele in 2017 at the Bike Ride to End Polio when she took off like a Zoomie and left me in the dust! Our hearts go out to President Jim and the entire Agee family....
Minutarian Week 8: August 22, 2022

Minutarian Week 6: August 8, 2022

by | Aug 8, 2022 | Minutarian

Our district continues to step up on our efforts to help Ukraine. This week we received approval of a grant with 6 other districts across the US to send $175,000 in critical medical supplies to areas that have received heavy casualties. At the Vibrant Club Seminar at...
Minutarian Week 8: August 22, 2022

Minutarian Week 5: August 1, 2022

by | Aug 1, 2022 | Minutarian

This week marked the passing of  PDG Big Ed (Edward Peck) past member of the Rotary Clubs of Daytona and Gainesville. Ed was 104 and was District Governor in 1966-1967 when our District was 694. Rotary’s COVID-19 Task Force has designated 21-27 August 2022...
Minutarian Week 8: August 22, 2022

Minutarian Week 4: July 25, 2022

by | Jul 25, 2022 | Minutarian

We just learned that a 20-something unvaccinated individual in northern NY contracted polio. Polio was once one of the most feared diseases in the U.S. In the early 1950s, before polio vaccines were available, polio outbreaks caused more than 15,000 cases of paralysis...
Minutarian Week 8: August 22, 2022

Minutarian Week 3: July 18, 2022

by | Jul 17, 2022 | Minutarian

It is now official as Past District Governor Rich Cooper came to Jacksonville Oceanside and presented my club with the District 6970 Banner and he gave me the ceremonial gavel. Are you ready for some Jaguars football to support Polio? Past President of the Rotary Club...
Minutarian Week 2: July 11, 2022

Minutarian Week 2: July 11, 2022

by | Jul 17, 2022 | Minutarian

Are you excited about the upcoming season with the Jacksonville Jaguars and hoping that this will be their year? Whether you are a football fan or not, I am excited to tell you that through the hard work of Past District Governor Cynde Covington, the End Polio/Jaguars...
Minutarian Week 2: July 11, 2022

Minutarian Week 1: July 4, 2022

by | Jul 17, 2022 | Minutarian

Happy Independence Day! It is hard to believe that our year of serving Rotary, our Communities and the World has begun. The value of all the planning now comes down to execution. Over the past month Maureen and I have had the opportunity to celebrate the new Rotary...