Zone 33-34

October 2016 Newsletter

Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern USA, the Caribbean, Puerto Rico, French Guiana and Suriname

Help. I have fallen and cannot get up. A few days ago, I came across the below links by accident and cannot

remember how it happened. They contained a wealth of information. Please pick me up by sending a Letter

to the Editor with instructions - PDG Bill Strickland (D6910) westrickland3@gmail.com.

Online Tools

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While you are at, let Bill know what your club or district is doing for Rotary's fourth World Polio Day celebra-tion, on October 24.

ROTARY SERVING HUMANITY

Zones 33/34 Director 2016-2018

Joe Mulkerrin

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By PDG Betsy Owen, RPIC Zone 34, D6930

SOUTHLAND BREAKFAST TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 2017

7:30 – 9:00

COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME

250 MARIETTA ST NW

ATLANTA, GA30313

(adjacent to the World Congress Center where the convention is being held)

Tickets are $55 per person and will be distributed to the District Governors at the

Zone Institute for purchase.

For questions, contact PDG Rich Panyik, Southland Breakfast Chair at

rlpanyik@bellsouth.net

Be a Part of History

Don't just look at pictures of other Rotarians giving Polio

drops. Take the leap and get into the picture by traveling

with us to India to give the life saving drops. January 29,

2017 is the next scheduled Polio National Immunization

Day (NID) in India. Over 170 million children under the

age of 5 will be vaccinated with the polio vaccine.

The teams led by PDG Nancy Barbee and PDG Cynde

Covington will show you the real India, work with local

Rotarians, giving the polio vaccine to children, take part

in service projects and see first hand several global and

district grant projects.

Learn about projects that your club and your Interact

clubs can partner with. Along the way you will see the

beauty and culture of India, including a trip to Agra to see

the amazing Taj Mahal. Your life with be enriched in ways

you cannot even imagine. Both Nancy and Cynde, have

led numerous teams to India. You will find the experience

to be rewarding, humbling and FUN!

There will be two teams with slightly different itineraries.

Both teams will arrive in Delhi on January 19. Visiting St.

Stephen’s Hospital, the Polio Plus office and the World

Health Organization. The teams will then travel to

different cities, staying with local Rotarians and working

on service projects. Heading back to Delhi, the teams will

join together for the Polio NID and Mop up day. Then on

to the Agra and take a sunrise tour of the majestic Taj

Mahal, before heading home on February 1st.

PDG Nancy Barbee at nbarbee@gmail.com 252 670-

5229 PDG Cynde Covington cyndecovington@gmail.com 904

568-1497

2017 Polio NID to India Rotary Zones 33&34 Serving Humanity

Why Do You Do That?

I walk into a meeting at a client’s office who happens to be the CEO of this particular company which I do many times

a week in my profession as a contract CFO. As we prepare for the meeting, the normal casualties are exchanged such

as, “How are you?”, “How was your weekend?” My response most times has something to do with Rotary or Rotary

Youth Exchange such as, “I’m great, got to play golf with our exchange student. It was her first time playing golf here

in the U.S.” I see eyebrows raise and their response, “Why do you do that, host exchange students, with your sched-

ule, you must be crazy?”

This is when I smile ear-to-ear and repeat their question back to them, “Why do I do it? I’m so glad you ask, let me tell

you why I do it and why you should consider it too.” I beamed with pride when I explain that Rotary Youth Exchange

students are some of the bravest people I know. I rank them right up there with my law enforcement husband in the

bravery category. To be so young, sometimes between 15-18 years old, to go to a country they may have never been,

a language they may not speak, to live with a family they may not have met yet, go to school that may be so different

than their own, integrate into a community they will live for a year, and volunteer with their local Rotary club(s).

“Don’t you think that is brave?”

“When you put it that way, they are brave, but still why do YOU do it, the hosting that is?” This gives me a great op-

portunity to tell the CEO or executive about Rotary and the mission of Rotary. I share my Rotary stories, my volunteer

work, my passion for peace in the world, and accomplishing this through the power of Rotary and Rotary Youth Ex-

change. Being part of this exchange program allows my husband and I an opportunity to have a son/daughter enter

our lives; mentor the life of a future world, community, and/or business leader; be part of the development of a shy,

scared person to a bold, strong and confident young adult in less than a year; to give a student the chance to experi-

ence our American culture and to be able to experience theirs; the family conversations of cultural differences and

similarities is intriguing; gaining another family across the globe; and developing those relationships in various conti-

nents to attempt to understand world peace through our knowledge of each other and our cultures.

Each time I share the story(ies), I ask the next question, “You seem to want to know more about Rotary and Rotary

needs great people like yourself, would you like to come to my next Rotary club meeting with me?” Just this week, I

got two (2) yeses. For those CEOs not located in my area, I attempt to locate a Rotary club in their area and reach out

to that club to see about this CEO possibly attending their Rotary club.

For me, my Rotary Youth Exchange experience fills the Rotary motto, Service Above Self, and helps me develop strong

potential membership candidates for my local and international Rotary club(s). My question to you is, “Why Do You

NOT Do It?”

For more information about Rotary Youth Exchange, visit www.ryeflorida.org or https://www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/take-action/empower-leaders/start-exchange

By PDG Terri M. Wescott, ARC, D6930

Editor’s Comments

RID Joe asked for you to tell the rest of the Zone what your District did for the World Polio Day. Please send me a

small write up and a few pictures. I look forward to seeing each of you in Charlotte next week at our Zone Institute.

Safe Travel !

Bill Strickland , Newsletter Editor westrickland3@gmail.com