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Rotary Club Radio Episode 017

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For today’s Rotary Club Minute, I want to turn our eyes, ears, and hearts to Rotarian’s in the country of Japan and their entire population; as well as Shelter Box International, who responded quickly to the awful situation.  As I’m sure you’ve heard, an earthquake measuring 8.9 shook the island of Japan on March 11, 2011.  This event on its own would have been bad enough, but the earthquake triggered a massive tsunami that devastated the coastal cities.

Reports, videos, and pictures from Japan show cars, boats, and building complete destroyed and carried away with waves 10 meters high.  To put this into perspective, the earthquake was reportedly 8,000 times stronger than the earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand last month.

Shelter Box sent a (SRT) ShelterBox Response Team of three members to deliver the emergency disaster relief boxes to the people of Japan.  Currently, tens of thousands remain missing and feared dead and nearing a 1/2 million are left homeless, either because of the earthquake, tsunami, or evacuations resulting from the nuclear power plants damaged in the quake’s aftermath.

On March 15th, the first shipments of ShelterBoxes have finally arrived.  With emergency shelters completely overrun by the displaced, the SRT team will face the challenges of distributing the supplies in frigid temperatures, regular snowfall, a lack of food and water, and hundreds of thousands of desperate people seeking your help.

For today’s Rotary Club Minute, I want to ask you to take a moment to open up your wallets and give a donation to support the efforts of Shelter Box in Japan.  I’ve asked my local Rotary Club, the St. Croix Falls Rotary Club, to accept the donations via their secured link.  Once we get enough donations for a box, we will send the donations to Shelter Box from the listeners of Rotary Club Radio.  Click the image below to donate now.

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017 Rotary Club Radio – Gerry Wersal – District 5960 DGS Chair

Gerry Wersal has been a Rotarian for 11 years and is a member of the Prior Lake Rotary Club.  He has been a leader his local club as well as in the District.  He is currently serving as the Chair of the District Grants Subcommittee.  His job, as he explains in this episode, is to review and approved projects applying for Grant money through the district.

Visit the District Grants Subcommittee web page.  There you will find downloads for:

• 2010-11 District Grant Application & Instructions in Word Document format
• 2010-11 District Grant Reference Guide
• District 5960 Grant Reporting Form
• LINK to Future Vision Plan-The Rotary Foundation

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Rotary Club Radio Episode 016

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Rotary International recently celebrated it 106th Anniversary and it encourages all Rotary Clubs, whether you are celebrating your first year or your 100th year, to use the anniversary to tell others about Rotary and what Rotary is doing in your community and around the world.

There are many opportunities to communicate your clubs activities to the local community, so be sure to take advantage of the local media through Press Releases and shout to the masses what is happening in your local club!

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016 Rotary Club Radio – Craig Leiser, District Governor – Rotary 5960

It was a pleasure to interview Craig Leiser today.  Craig is the 2010-2011 District Governor of Rotary 5960 which covers areas in both Minnesota and Wisconsin.  Craig has a lot of experience in Rotary starting with serving as Club President in his home club, the Stillwater (SunRise) Rotary Club. Craig has served on committees within the district and participated extensively with the Foreign Exchange Student programs having hosted many students over the years.

Craig has taken the extraordinary opportunity to take part several Rotary International Conventions including:

• Chicago Centennial
• Copenhagen Denmark
• Salt Lake City
• Montreal

He is excited to also be attending the 2011 Convention in New Orleans as well!

Rotary District 5960 Statistics

• 65 Clubs Rotary Clubs
• 4 Rotaract Clubs
• 1 club being formed (Chain ‘O Lakes)
• 10 Interact Clubs
• 3150 members
• Located in both Wisconsin and Minnesota

District Goals

Listen to the show to hear Craig discuss the district’s goals, his vision, and passion for Rotary.

Updates on Nicaragua Fast Hope

Be sure to listen to find out the latest on Fast for Hope and how your club can participate in the project.

District Conference – Prom Center, Oakdale, MN
April 14-16, 2011

District Governor Leiser would like to invite everyone to attend to the 2011 Rotary District 5960 District Conference. 

There is going to be so much going on at the District Conference, I hope you’ll come!  For more information about the Rotary 5960 District Conference.

Fast For Hope

For more information on Fast for Hope – District 5960′s project.

Rotary International Convention in New Orleans USA

For more information about the Convention, visit: www.RotaryCon2011.com

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Rotary Club Radio Episode 015

Rotary Minute

I’ve been touch by attending our district conference after meeting so many Rotarians from within the district, but also from around the world.  Knowing that we are all working together, all of us, it made a big impact on my commitment to Rotary.  If you are interested in attending the Rotary 5960 District conference, let me know.  I would love to meet you there and connect.

There is going to be so much going on at the District Conference, I hope you’ll come!  For more information about the Rotary 5960 District Conference.

For more information on Fast for Hope – District 5960′s project.

Rotary International Convention in New Orleans USA

For more information about the Convention, visit: www.RotaryCon2011.com

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Episode: #15 – Rotary Club Radio – Marlene Gargulak Public Relations Chair for District 5960

I interviewed Marlene Gargulak, the President of the Rice Lake Rotary Club in Rice Lake, WI and the Public Relations Chair for Rotary District 5960.  We discussed her involvement in Rotary over the years and her future vision for telling the stories of its members through Rotary Club Radio.

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Rotary Club Radio Episode 009

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Episode: #9 – District Governor Newell Krogmann – “What’s Happening in District 5960″

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Links To Stories We Covered In This Episode:

www.rotary.org

Fast for Hope

Group Study Exchange

Friendship Exchange

www.rotary5960.org

2010 Rotary District 5960 Conference

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Newell Krogmann’s Bio

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