Greetings, As we begin our spring-cleaning, I would ask that all Rotarians look at their Clubs and focus on the unfinished task of this Rotary year! Lying there are two important items: Foundation giving for the year and membership growth. Foundation giving is any easy task if we would just ask. I will be reminding each club where they are and where they have been. No club wants to be remembered for not supporting our Foundation in some manner. June 30 is the end of the Rotary year. Membership has seen some real growth here in 5750 and I want to thank PDG Marty Postic for hammering away and reminding Clubs TO ASK our great citizens to become great Rotarians as well! Where Rotary ends up its’ second century will be determined by our ability to change today’s membership to reflect what tomorrow’s society will look like. By planning for our future we will allow Rotary to continue to flourish, grow, and continue in its’ adventure in service by this infusion. Service above self! Membership in Rotary is a privilege of ones lifetime. The people we bring to Rotary will receive a special gift. They just need the opportunity. Give the gift of Rotary – it lasts’ a lifetime. Trust me – ask someone that has given this gift! In Service, I am, Will Beckman 2012-2013 Governor District 5750

District Governor’s Letter

District 5750 News

April 2013

DISTRICT GOVERNOR

Will Beckman 3633 Valley Creek Road

Edmond, OK 73034 (H) 405-359-9299 (C) 405-642-9671

pete7374@aol.com

DISTRICT GOVERNOR-ELECT

Art Bode

a-bode@cox.net

DISTRICT GOVERNOR-NOMINEE

Michelle Schaefer

michelle@ michelleschaefer.com

DISTRICT TREASURER

David Greenwell

dgreenwell@ coleandreed.com

DISTRICT SECRETARY DISTRICT 5750 OFFICE DISTRICT WEBSITE &

NEWSLETTER

Megan Elliott melliott@accelfinancial.com

DISTRICT 5750 WEBITE

www.rotary5750.org

ROTARY INTERATIONAL PRESIDENT Sakuji Tanaka

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DISTRICT NEWS

Time to save the date for the 2012-13 District 5750 Conference! Our conference will kickoff with a gathering at the home of Past District Governor Jerry Burger on Thursday, May 2nd. We will also continue our tradition of an All Club Luncheon on Friday, May 3rd with sessions throughout the day. Register before noon on Wednesday, May 1st!

REGISTER HERE

District 5750 District Conference

District Grant Applications Still gathering grant projects? It’s your lucky day! The deadline for clubs submitting District Grant Applications has been extended to June 30, 2013.

Group Study Exchange Schedule

This year will be the last year for the Group Study Exchange (GSE) as we know it. We have already sent our team to India and they have returned with many stories of a wonderful experience. We will have the India Team from District 3090 (Punjab, Hariana and Rajistan) starting Saturday, April 20th to Sunday, May 19th. Please try to attend one of their meetings or meet them at the District Conference, or see them off at their farewell dinner on May 18th in Oklahoma City. Below is their schedule while in the District. 4/30 (Tues) Team transferred to Ponca City Rotary Club. Team presents at meeting. 5/01 (Wed) Team hosted by Ponca City Club 5/02 (Thurs) Team transferred to District Conference and attends barbeque party. 5/03 (Fri) Team attends conference and presents at 11:00 a.m. 5/04 (Sat) Team transferred to Cushing Rotary Club 5/05 (Sun) Team with Cushing Rotary Club 5/06 (Mon) Team spends day with Perry Rotary Club and presents at meeting. 5/07 (Tues) Team transferred to Stillwater Rotary Clubs in evening and will present a

Stillwater Rotary Club meeting. 5/08 (Wed) Team with Stillwater clubs. Team presents at Centennial Club meeting. 5/09 (Thurs) Team with Stillwater clubs. Team presents at Frontier Club meeting. 5/10 (Fri) Team transferred for mid-trip break. 5/11 (Sat) Team transferred to Edmond Summit Rotary Club. 5/12 (Sun) Team spends day with Edmond Summit Rotary Club. 5/13 (Mon) Team spends day with Edmond Summit Rotary Club. 5/14 (Tues) Team attends a.m. Edmond Rotary meeting and makes presentation and

then transferred to East Oklahoma County Rotary club. 5/15 (Wed) Team spends day with EOC Rotary Club. 5/16 (Thurs) Team spends day with EOC Rotary and presents at EOC Club meeting.

Team transferred to South OKC Club after meeting. 5/17 (Friday) Team spends day with South OKC Rotary Club and makes presentation at

club meeting. 5/18 (Sat) Team transferred to Hotel. Attends farewell gathering in Evening. 5/19 (Sun) Team departs District.

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CLUB NEWS

Stillwater Rotary is now meeting at 5:00 pm on Tuesday evenings. Join us for a make-up!

Stillwater - Change of Meeting Time

Join the team at the Farewell Gathering Saturday evening at Café do Brasil’s Sugar Loaf Event Center at 440 N.W. 11th Street (the corner of N. Walker and 11th Street) in Midtown, Oklahoma City. Drinks and appetizers at 6:00 pm and dinner at 7:00. $25.00 per person includes meal, soft drinks, tax and gratuities. Pay at the door. Please make reservations by calling GSE District Chairman Larry Davis at 405-650-1019 or 405-942-2269 or by email to LDavis205@aol.com.

GSE Farewell Party

Bricktown - Uncorked! Save the date for Bricktown Rotary Uncorked! The 10th annual Days of Wine and Rotary fundraiser will be held Saturday, August 3 at the Montgomery Events Center in downtown Oklahoma City. This event features delectable bites from some of Oklahoma City’s best restaurants paired with a delicious variety of wines. Guests will enjoy entertainment by Born in November, along with a wine pull and auction. Those interested in sponsoring the event or donating auction items

should contact co-chairs Holley Mangham (holley.mangham@ohfa.org) or Brittany Leemaster (Brittany@mickeymantlesteakhouse.com).

Alva - Dine Out for Polio Plus The Rotary Club of Alva, Oklahoma, has just completed a project to raise funds for Polio Plus to help eradicate polio worldwide. Rand Mitchel, a Rotarian, and manager/owner of Champs Restaurant, donated his facility for use by Rotary to raise funds for Polio Plus. Members of the Alva Rotary Club helped prepare the food, washed dishes, served as wait staff, cleaned the tables, etc. Tips received totaled $1,162.40 after expenses were paid. $210.00 had already been raised during meetings and along with the proceeds from the meals sold, the Rotary Club of Alva, Oklahoma, was able to send

over $ 2,500.00 to help with the eradication of polio. The Alva Rotary Club wishes to express its appreciation to the community for supporting this worthwhile project.

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Boulevard Rotary recently inducted five new members: Terry Thompson, Clark Duffe, Chuck Musgrave, Boulevard President Hal Stevens, and Joseph Damiana. Not shown: Sarah Dugger.  

Edmond Boulevard - 5 New Members!

East Oklahoma County - Beer Sprocket

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Edmond Rotary Club awarded four $2,000 scholarships to Edmond students recently. Awarded were Kelsey Belden and Kelly Karguth, both of Memorial; Taylor Carter of Santa Fe; and Preston Williams of North.

Kelsey Belden plans to study a service field. She received the Outstanding Achievement in Leadership Award at Memorial, and was a Youth Leadership Exchange member, helping raise $22,000 for the non-profit Oklahoma Lawyers for Children. She has received an AP Scholar with Honors award, and is secretary for National Honor Society. For two summers, she has volunteered at Infant Crisis Center and was her neighborhood pool manager, managing three pools and 10 lifeguards. She is the daughter of

Mark and Laura Belden, and. Taylor Carter plans to a career in the medial field. She was honored as the “Best Cookie Maker” and “Best Smile” in the OU Health Sciences Summer Teen program. She was “Volunteer of the Year “at St. John Missionary Baptist Church, selected into Youth Leadership Edmond through the Edmond Chamber, NHS representative in the Mr. and Miss Santa Fe pageant, and was selected to Youth Leadership Exchange. For five summers, she has volunteered at Special Care, a daycare and therapy center for disabled and non-disabled children. She is the daughter of Keith and Linda

Carter. Kelly Karguth plans to study early developmental education, teaching second-graders with a future Master’s in Education degree. Her volunteer work includes a mission week in Honduras and, a year earlier, in Albuquerque; cleaning/painting a Children’s/Family Shelter; fixing a boys’ home; Vacation Bible School and Regional Food Bank. She is Orchestra Council treasurer and was a Memorial class representative. She is the daughter of Don and Marty Karguth.

Preston Williams plans on studying electrical engineering at OSU, has received numerous awards in Francis Tuttle’s Pre-Engineering Academy, spent more than 100 hours as a leader in the Robotics Club at North, and has received first-place three years in a row at the OU engineering competition. His volunteer work includes Turning Point Ministries and Regional Food Bank, and also helped organize fundraisers for the drama department. Williams is the son of Jim and Pam Williams.

The scholarships are awarded annually. For more information, go to www.edmondrotary.com. The service organization meets at noon every Wednesday at Henderson Hills Baptist Church, located at 15th and the east I-35 Service Road. The Edmond Rotary Club welcomes any interested party to attend its weekly meetings. Lunch is available for $12.50. Reservations may be made by contacting club secretary Allison Calhoun at acalh@cox.net.

Edmond - Rotary Awards Four $2,000 Scholarships

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Edmond Summit meets Tuesday Mornings at 7:00 AM at Oklahoma Christian University, Memorial Road Edmond. We always welcome visiting Rotarians for make-ups and announcements. Our activities include workdays at Hope Center and HopeFully Yours and twice monthly volunteer days at Edmond Mobile Meals and many other community service activities.

Edmond Summit members are looking forward to the District Conference in May and several members are planning to attend. We are also thrilled to be one of the host clubs for this year’s GSE team from India.

On May 11 from 10 AM to 5 PM, Pepper’s Ranch west of Guthrie is hosting a Fishing Clinic. Edmond Summit and several other local Rotary clubs are participating to make this a special day for the residents.

Several Rotary Clubs including Edmond Summit, Guthrie, West OKC, North OKC, Edmond, and Edmond Boulevard recently participated in submitting a District Simplified Grant to replace equipment that the facility lost in a recent tornado and to improve existing accommodations for children living there. To commemorate the work, the participating clubs have gone together to purchase a plaque to be placed at the entrance to the Pepper's Ranch Garden. It will be include the Rotary emblem and be engraved with the names of the six Rotary Clubs involved. The plaque will be presented during the Pepper's Ranch Fishing Clinic cookout. Several Summit and other Rotary club’s members are planning to attend with their families to participate in the fishing and assist with the cookout. There is an open invitation to any area Rotarians who wish to help to join us.

Edmond Summit - Service Activities, Grants, & More!

West Oklahoma City - Hal Almen Scholarships The West OKC Rotary Club is pleased to announce 22 recipients of the Hal W. Almen/West OKC Rotary Club scholarship for the 2013-14 academic year! Kelsey Belicek Purcell High School Brooks Bell Norman North High School Lillian Bocquin Del City High School Kaytlin Brown Bristow High School Nicholas Denker Pioneer-Pleasant Vale Jerica Gregston Duncan High School Kale Jackson Deer Creek High School Vi Le Midwest City High School Ryan Martin Haileyville High School Hunter Mattocks Texhoma High School Grant Newton Kingfisher High School Bailey Overstreet Union High School Shelby Reust Guymon High School Joel Schimek Edmond Memorial High School Connor Simmons Thomas Fay Custer High School Brittany Strasburg Southmoore High School Robyn Wheelock Norman High School Andrea Will Morrison High School Tara Wood Newcastle High School Mayra Castanon Santa Fe South High School Vu Huynh Southeast High School Ariana Bruner Putnam City North High School

DISTRICT EVENTS

May 2-3, 2013 Rotary District 5750 District Conference

Skirvin Hotel, Oklahoma City

July 13, 2013

Club Officer Training &

Foundation/Membership Seminar

Rose State College Tom Steed Center

June 23-26, 2013 RI Convention

Lisbon, Portugal

December 11-12, 2013 GETS & GNETS

Bastrop, TX

December 13-15, 2013 Zones 21b-27

Rotary Institute Bastrop, TX

January 1, 2014

2014-15 Club Officers Due to RI

January 12-18, 2014

International Assembly San Diego, CA

June 1-4, 2014 RI Convention

Sydney, Australia

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Oklahoma City - PHFs and April Meetings New Paul Harris Fellows!

3-26-13 Rotary Meeting Wings of Rotary

4-2-13 “Jr. Rotarian Day” - Pres. Marion Paden Acting President Angel Prado - Astec Charter School / Stan Clark – Speaker / Cyrus Reynolds - Acting Chair of the Day - Classen School of Ad-vanced Studies

Past President Jim Daniel D.G. Will Beckman pre-sent Rwandan students a check for $9000.00 from Rotary Club 29 to aid the drilling of water wells in Kigali City, Rwanda.

DG Will Beckman – Major Donor+ 2, Harold Armstrong PHF +1, PDG Steve Garrett- Major Donor, Dean Robertson PHF+1, Robert Clements PHF+1, Dennis Shockley PHF+1, Marion Paden PHF+1 Leonard Sullivan PHF+1 Meg Salyer PHF +2 Mike McAuliffe PHF +1, Jeff Simpsen PHF +1 , John Wilkins PHF +1, Jim Daniel PHF+6

4-23-13 Rotary Meeting President Marion Paden with Group Study Exchange Team from India

Connections

Thanks to the efforts of Club 29 working in concert with other District 5750 Clubs and Rotarians in far away places such as India, Uganda, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Russia and Columbia with support from Rotarians in German, Sweden, Canada and Hungry, lives are being improved every day!

A brief overview of current projects that we are connected with includes:

• Medical equipment and fresh water for families, homes and hospitals in Romania.

• School benches for students in India who were once forced to sitonadirtflooratschool.

• Literacy training in Turkey for nearly 2,000 people, so they canreadandwrite–manythefirstintheirfamilytobeabletodo so.

• A medical project connecting Rotarians from six countries in an effort to vastly improve medical treatment for adults, children and pregnant women in Romania.

• Another project in Romania to upgrade the Burn Department in a hospital for injured children.

• A project in Columbia to provide cardiologistic evaluation for children under the age of 10 from low-income families. The goal is early detection congenital heart disease.

• Digging critically needed water wells in Uganda. Fresh water is as far away as the nearest faucet in our homes, often miles away from rural villagers.

• Another Uganda project provides the means to earn a living making bricks in areas where high unemployment is the generational norm. Brick making machines can also be used to construct much needed local housing.

• In Bulgaria, providing technological and vocational training for the visually impaired to dramatically improve employment opportunities and literacy.

• Furnishing specially built wheel chairs to allow handicapped Russian students to participate in quality-of-life changing dance competitions.

This year, our club has parlayed a modest $16,000 in donations to $455,000 (through matching funds) with 32 other clubs, ten districts and the Rotary Foundation. By taking advantage of discounts from various manufactures and organizations such as Assist International, the money has an eventual impact of a whopping $1,500,000!

Get your passport ready! Make plans to join fellow Rotarians as they represent Club 29 and District 5750 between September 12th and October 4th at the dedication ceremonies in St. Petersburg, Timisoara, Romania, and Istanbul.

The mission of Rotary International is to enable Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty.

HelpRotarymakeadifferenceonelifeatatime.Thefirststep–getconnected.