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District Governor Virginia O'Reilly's May 2025 Newsletter

In her May 2025 Newsletter, District 7070 Governor Virginia O'Reilly talks about her visits , in April, to many club and District 7070 events including an open house at Grandview Kids in Ajax, RYLS in the Ganaraska forest, many Rotary Great Lakes Watershed cleanups, tree plantings, and a special donation to PolioPlus by the Cobourg Rotary Club. She also reminds us of many events coming up in May and June. Be sure to read her letter right here.......

May is Youth Services Month

What Is your Rotary Club doing to focus on Youth Service in May 2025 and every month of the Rotary year? May is Youth Services Month when Rotary Clubs, around the world, and right here in District 7070, focus on youth services: Rotaract, Interact, RYLS (Rotary Youth Leadership Symposium), Youth Exchange and also in our District - Earlyact. Read more and see how YOU can help.....

Rotary District 7070 Environmental Symposium Another Big Success - Recording NOW AVAILABLE

To mark Earth Day this year, District 7070 Rotarians were very active on April 26 in cleanups as part of the 2025 Rotary Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup. Clubs and community groups were also engaged in other environmental actions during the week. Rotary District 7070 reinforced this positive impact of all these actions, when the District Environmental Action Committee is hosted a Virtual Symposium on April 24, 2025. The symposium featured expert speakers who raised awareness of the character and scale of accumulating debris around the world and in the Great Lakes Watershed, highlighting the hazards this accumulation poses to human and ecological health. It was an opportunity to find out what we can do beyond single cleanup events and build partnerships with community groups who share our interest in improving the natural environment. Be sure to watch the video on the Rotary District 7070 You Tube Channel.....

2025 Rotary Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup - Another Great Success Here in District 7070 in Southern Ontario

Our 5th Annual Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup Event (GLWC) was another great success , thanks to the many Rotary Clubs, their members, family and friends all over southern Ontario here in Rotary District 7070.

Listed below we have listed just some of the projects that helped protect the environment, Rotary's 7th Area of Focus, here in Rotary District 7070. All of the clubs that posted their photos on to their Club Facebook Pages were shared on to our Rotary District 7070 Facebook Page. You can also join the Rotary Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup ,Earth Day group Facebook page and see what other clubs and District have done to help clean up the Great lakes Watersheds in their Districts, Thank you everyone.

On Saturday, April 26, 2025,and in some cases, the week before and even during the week, thousands of Rotarians & Non-Rotarians, on both sides of the Canadian and U.S. border, rolled up their sleeves and collect refuse along the shoreline and many waterway tributaries to the Great Lakes basin. Rotary Clubs in District 7070 , right here in south central Ontario to lead the way as they invited friends and family to help support one of Rotary's areas of focus: Supporting The Environment.

It is up to YOU and your Rotary Club to Lead The Way. We sure hope that you and your club participated.

This is a great example of ROTARY IN ACTION that brings considerable community attention to the importance of ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY. We were joined by 35 Rotary Districts in over 2,000 clubs and 75,000 Rotarians surrounding the Great Lakes. This was our day to show 'Rotary in Action' on a massive scale, as we promoted 'Environmental Sustainability' within our communities.

We asked all Rotary District 7070 Club Presidents PRESIDENTS to tell us what they are doing . Here were just some of the Clean up Events in our District. We hope you were able to join one or more of these events with your Rotary friends and helped clean up at any of these events.

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Has Your Club Qualified in 2025-26 for a Rotary Foundation Grant? Qualify TODAY - District Grant Applications DUE MAY 31, 2025

The Rotary Foundation Qualification on-line training material for the 2025-26 Rotary year was posted on the District’s website March 1, 2025. It consists of two modules as well as links to the two quizzes related to the modules. Clubs that want to participate in the Rotary Foundation’s grants program, e.g. apply for a district or global grant, must be qualified. At least, two Club members must pass the quizzes. In addition, an MOU – signed by the Club’s President and President Elect – must be submitted to the District. A copy of the MOU is also available on the District’s website, under the Rotary Foundation tab.

May 31, 2025, is the deadline for district grant applications for the 2025-26 Rotary year. Applications must be made on the special application form available on the District’s website. The applying Club must be qualified for the 2025-26 Rotary year by May 31, 2025

Clubs must remain qualified throughout the life of a project. Particularly, global grant projects take more than one Rotary year to complete. Hence, Clubs that are either Host or International Partner for a global grant project must qualify each year. The same applies to a Club whose district grant project is carried over into a new Rotary year.

The Rotary Foundation requires Rotary and Rotaract Clubs that want to apply for Global and District Grants to be qualified EVERY YEAR. Clubs are qualified when two of its members have successfully completed the two on-line quizzes connected to the training modules. In addition, the President and President Elect of Clubs must sign and submit the MOU – Memorandum Of Understanding to the District. The qualification is valid for one Rotary year. All documents for the 2025-26 Rotary year are posted under the Rotary Foundation tab on the District’s website, www.rotary7070.org For any questions, please contact PDG Lars Henriksson, District Grants Sub-Committee Chair at pdglars.henriksson@gmail.com Please Read more for details.............

Help Us Reach Our Rotary District 7070 Magic of Millions Goal by June 30, 2025

THE MAGIC OF MILLIONS:

At the Rotary District 7070 Conference , on October 26, Bob Wallace and Jim Louttit announced a new Rotary District 7070 Goal for The Rotary Foundation called "The Magic of Millions". Our goal is to raise, by June 30, 2025, is $1 million . Please appoint an ambassador for your club to help you promote the Magic of Millions . Throughout the year, please encourage your members to donate to : the Annual Programs Fund, the Polio Fund, The Disaster Response Fund and to the Endowment Fund. At the Rotary Foundation Grants Seminar in Oshawa on November 16 , you found out even more how you can help us reach that Magic of Millions.

2025 District 7070 Conference - Oct 24-26, 2025 - REGISTER TODAY

District Governor Elect NIECY DILLON TYROVOLAS INVITES YOU TO 2025 DISTRICT 7070 CONFERENCE on OCTOBER 24-26, 2025.

We are thrilled to announce DGE Niecy Dillon's 2025 Conference at the beautiful Fern Resort in Orillia. Take this opportunity to book your ticket for fun and fellowship by copying this link.

https://www.crsadmin.com/eventportal/Registrations/PublicFill/EventPublicFill.aspx?evtid=7146fb67-a3fd-40bf-9287-60d44ae87a0c . Registrations are now open. Rooms are limited - only 102 of them - many of them on the waterfront and are suitable for singles, doubles and groups. We do hope that you will join us.

The District 7070 Conference Committee

Are You a Member of the Paul Harris Society? You Can JOIN TODAY

Dear fellow Rotarians in District 7070,

Rotarians in District 7070 have been committed to The Annual Programs Fund of the Rotary Foundation. You should be proud of the difference that Rotary have made in the lives of millions of people throughout the world by the project funded by The Rotary Foundation.

I want to thank you for your past efforts and ask that you recommit to helping us raise funds for The Annual Programs Fund of the Rotary Foundation.

We are inviting you to join our efforts to continue for The Annual Programs Fund of the Rotary Foundation. To become a member of the Paul Harris Society you are asked to commit to making an annual donation of $1000 USD or more to The Annual Programs Fund of the Rotary Foundation.

We hope that with your commitment in joining the Paul Harris Society, we will make a significant difference in our world.

To sign up go to https://rotary7070.org/sitepage/paul-harris-society-district-7070

Bob

Bob Wallace

Past District Governor

Chair, District 7070 Rotary Foundation Committee

Are You A Member of Rotary's Polio Plus Society ? It's Easy - You can JOIN TODAY

Dear Fellow Rotarians in District 7070,

Rotarians in District 7070 have been committed over the past nearly 40 years to raising funds to immunize children worldwide and our efforts are paying off. You should be proud of the difference that Rotary has made in the lives of millions of children by eliminating this dreadful disease.

I want to thank you for your past efforts and ask that you recommit to helping us raise funds to finish Rotary’s number one initiative of eradicating polio. Rotary is still committed to raising $50 million a year for this effort.

As such, we are launching the Polio Plus Society and are inviting you to join our efforts to continue to raise funds to eradicate polio. To become a member of the Polio Plus Society you are asked to commit to making an annual donation of $100 USD or more to The Rotary Foundation’s Polio Plus Fund until the last two countries, Afghanistan and Pakistan, are certified free of the wild polio virus.

A PolioPlus Society membership form can be downloaded here or you can also complete an on-line registration form by clicking here.

For more information and to sign up today, please go to https://rotary7070.org/sitepage/polioplus-society-1

Bob

Bob Wallace

Past District Governor

Chair - District 7070 Rotary Foundation Committee

Has Your Club Website Been Refreshed ? Here Is Our Incentive Program - It's TIME to Get Your Club Noticed - Prospective Members are Checking You Out - SIGN UP TODAY

To Rotarians in District 7070:

It's TIME TO GET YOUR CLUB NOTICED. Prospective members are checking YOU out - What will they see? Don't be left behind. REGISTER TODAY.

To assist the Rotary Clubs of District 7070 GET NOTICED, at the request of District Governor John Burns, the District Public Relations Committee is continuing the Rotary Club ClubRunner Website Refresh Program and Promotional Half Back Discount.

THIS PROGRAM IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR YOUR CLUB in 2023-24 and 2024-25. Thirty-two of our District 7070 Rotary clubs have already completed the refresh program. These club websites are getting noticed by the public and by their potential members who are checking them out. When a prospective member looks to join a club, they look at YOUR club website. GET YOUR CLUB WEBSITE REFRESHED - REGISTER TODAY.

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