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ROTARY INTERNATIONAL 
DISTRICT 6650
May 2024
 
GOVERNOR'S CORNER
Richard Tirpak
May 2024
 
Recently, I found myself in a discussion with a stranger at the grocery store.  We had both noticed that we were standing and staring at a grocery item and its price label.  It seemed we were both mentally calculating the unit cost of the item, so as to find the best buy. He explained to me that he started doing it for his newlywed wife decades ago, when they had little money, and it is a habit he cannot stop.  I explained that I did the same for my wife back then, but it really started with my father. He would explain his economic philosophy to me, while poking me on the sternum, “Richard, you can only spend a dollar once!”  He would often “footnote” his philosophy with Benjamin Franklin’s, “Take care of the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves.”  I find it interesting how this has stayed with me, along with many of the old saws  that were meant to raise wise children.  “As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.” Alexander Pope
     Rotary International has chosen YOUTH SERVICES as its theme for May.  Most often, this brings to mind Youth Exchange, RYLA, the 4-Way Test Speech Contest, Interact and Rotaract.  And rightly so.  These are great opportunities to expose our young people to Rotary and the ideals of Rotary.  But sadly, each carries a “structural” burden.  Youth Exchange has a financial responsibility to the incoming and outgoing host families as well as the time commitment to the student.  Not all international education credits are accepted and transfer; sometimes the student is “held back”.  RYLA requires a cooperation between Club and school district to choose the students and the Club usually covers the cost for the student to attend.  Rotaract and Interact Clubs often find difficulties in maintaining academic advisors and the “aging” of the students requires a continual influx of new faces. These and other “difficulty” factors are part of the explanations for this year’s one outbound Youth Exchange student, less than half the District Clubs participating in RYLA, about a quarter of the Clubs with 4-WAY Test Speech winners, and a meager handful of Interact/ Rotaract Clubs in the District!
     However, reaching children is such an important task, we cannot be limited to only these tried and true avenues.  While visiting the Clubs in this District, I asked that they plan a project “…about and for children.”  Each Club is easily able to find ways to show young people that the ideals of Rotary are there to benefit all, the young as well as the old.  Clubs in our District have provided dictionaries for children, library books for school libraries, as well as many projects for special needs children. On the fun side, Clubs have sponsored breakfast with Santa and a few months later, the Easter Bunny, as well as Christmas gifts and Easter egg hunts for kids!  Rotarians can be proud of their efforts for children and the impact these events have on young people should never be undersold.  Rotarians are People of Action; they can bend twigs!
  
     I hope that many of you were able to follow my experiences in Guatemala with THE HEARING MISSION a few weeks ago.  It was an experience I will never forget; an emotional roller coaster that created lasting memories.  I can honestly tell those who donated, Clubs and individuals, that your kindness and generosity changed lives; YOU BENT TWIGS! Children, and adult lives were changed.  But without seeing the people, without seeing their daily lives, without the recognition of what their future was and what their future now is, you cannot truly recognize the scope of your actions.  Having seen the people and the area, I can; and I thank you all for your SERVICE ABOVE SELF.
 
DONATIONS:
The Hearing Missions Foundation
126 York Ave.
Youngstown, Ohio 44512
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 ROTARY MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVE
RI President Gordon McInally is asking all Rotary members to offer help to those affected by mental health challenges.
 
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You are invited!
Join the Rotary International family in sharing and Creating Hope in the World as we come together in breathtaking Singapore for the 2024 Rotary International Convention, 25-29 May. 
In Singapore, we’ll take ideas built upon hope and turn them into action as we discover new ways to create lasting change in our communities. We’ll enjoy opportunities to renew relationships made at previous conventions and create new ones together as we set our course toward a better future. 
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DISTRICT CLUBS IN ACTION
 
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$1230.50 was given to the JMMS Little Congress on behalf of our organization from the Howard and Christine Kruman Foundation set up with Stark Community Foundation. The intent of these funds are to encourage and promote volunteerism in youth, to help them learn the importance of volunteering. This will be a reoccurring source of income which challenges us annually to find a group or groups which fulfill the intent.
 
MILLERSBURG ROTARY
 Millersburg Rotary Club volunteers in the Millersburg classrooms? They read to students, help out with projects, and build relationships with our students. This week they were in 3rd grade classrooms helping out!
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District 6650 Contact Information
Joan Cauley. District 6650 Secretary
Email: rotarydistrict6650@gmail.com
Phone: 601-654-4720
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 2376
North Canton, OH 44720