"April showers bring May flowers,"  is a rhyme we all learned as youngsters.  The days are getting longer, slightly warmer (LOL), and filled with more and more sunshine.  I sure am ready for the nice weather to be here.  April has been a good month for the District as we began with our Four-Way Speech Contest, and then traveled to Columbus for the Joint "Better Together" District Conference.  If you missed the conference, you really missed something good!  Past RI President K.R. Ravindran was the keynote speaker and presided over the opening lunch with 300 Rotarians present.  Our Youth Exhange students dazzled the audience with their talents, and Rotary fellowship was everywhere.  Three service projects were completed where we packed 43,000 meals for Mission of Love, patterns were cut out to make shoes for SoleHope thanks to AG Janet Keene and Kelly Darney of the Rotary Club of Salem, and notes were written to vets through Honor Flight.    Our silent auction proceeds will provide $4,500 to the Military Family Center in Louisville. Thank you to our planning committee, especially co-chair Shannon Tirone of the Rotary Club of Boardman for all of the hard work to make the conference a success.

 

As I write this, DGE Dan Morgan will be undergoing heart bypass surgery and will have a significant recovery.  Please keep Dan in your prayers in the coming weeks and months.  We look forward to his speedy recovery as he prepares to be our district governor on July 1.

 

I want to give you a few updates as you plan for the remaider of your term and items that I hope you will consider completing:

 

PRESIDENTIAL CITATION:

I really encourage and hope that every Rotary Club and Interact Club will submit completed tasks to achieve the Rotary Presidential Citation or Citation with Distinction.  I happened to review this with a club president the other day and realized they had accomplished all of the necessary requirements.  All you need to do is submit.   I know that your club's have accomplished so many of these tasks.  I suggest assigning one of your officers or club members to assist.

 

DISTRICT AWARDS

Soon, I will be forwarding information to you regarding the District Awards for clubs.  Do you know that in some categories in years past, NO club has even submitted.  Again, it takes a little time to submit, but I know that you have great projects that should be considered.  Here's a link to the award descriptions:

 

https://clubrunner.blob.core.windows.net/00000050061/en-ca/files/sitepage/district-6650-club-awards/district-awards---descriptions-and-criterias/Awards-and-Descriptions-3-18-19-revised.pdf  

 

We will be hosting a new event this year to present awards.  The event will be a District 6650 Awards Ceremony and District Governor's Installation.  The event will be open to all Rotarians in the District and be held on July 11, 2019 at Courtney's Banquet Center in Alliance, OH which is the center of the district.  Incoming Rotary Internation Director Floyd Lancia will be the keynote speaker and welcome us to Zones 30/31.  I will also pass the governor's pin and host club flag to DGE Dan.  

 

So, keep being the inspiration!  I'm happy to visit your clubs in the final quarter and attend any events you would like me to be at if my schedule permits.  I leave for the Rotary International Convention in Hamburg, Germany on May 31, and I'm proud to represent all of you on behalf of our district!

 

Keep up the great work you are doing!

 

 

Scott R. Schulick

District Governor