The Rotary Club of Williamston has been sending ducks swimming for their Annual Duck Race since 1997. The Duck Race is the Club's largest fundraiser of the year and brings together the entire community. This year's Duck Race occurs on Saturday, June 21st, at approximately 1:30 pm, as a part of the Red Cedar Jubilee celebration in Williamston (click here to learn more about Jubilee.) Come join us in the parking lot across from McCormick Park in downtown Williamston on June 21st.
To purchase ducks for this year's Duck Race, email williamstonsunriserotary@gmail.com. Ducks are 1 for $5, 5 for $20 or 30 for $100. You will receive a numbered ticket stub that matches a duck. The fastest ducks will win prizes. You do not have to be in attendance to win! 

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D6360 June Newsletter

Photo compliments of Gull Lake Rotary Club


In keeping with DG Mark’s goal to gain 100 new members this Rotary year –
here’s all you have to know:

Volunteering is good for Mental Health!

That’s it. 
That’s your pitch. 

Research confirms over and over – if you want to improve mental and emotional well-being, social connection, brain functioning and even heart health – go volunteer!

Here’s the research to read for yourself:

Volunteering for a Healthy Mind: How Helping Others Can Improve Your Mental Wellbeing - New Milford Counseling Center

People who volunteer improve their heart and brain health, research finds. Health News: NPR

No wonder Rotarians are fit people – physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.
No wonder Rotary is so irresistible!


Thank you for all you do to raise awareness, reduce stigma and improve access!
Thank you for all you do to increase membership.



 

Submitted by Teresa Brandell PDG

 

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South Haven Rotary Scholarship Announced

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Congratulations to East Lansing Rotary Foundation's six scholarship award recipients! 

Every three years, representatives from each Rotary district across more than 200 countries and territories gather in Chicago for the Council on Legislation (“COL”)—Rotary’s parliament. The COL considers enactments—proposed changes to Rotary’s Constitution, Bylaws, and the Standard Rotary Club Constitution—submitted by clubs, districts, and the Rotary International Board of Directors. The deliberations are simultaneously interpreted in English, French, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Portuguese, and Spanish. PDG Nathan Triplett from the Rotary Club of Lansing represented District 6360 at the most recent COL, which was held April 14-16.
The 2025 COL considered 86 enactments. Thirty-one enactments (36%) were adopted, forty-eight (56%) were rejected or withdrawn, four (5%) were referred to the RI Board of Directors for further consideration, and three (3%) were postponed indefinitely. 
Among the most notable enactments adopted were:
•    Decreasing the number of members needed to charter a new Rotary club from 20 to 15.
•    Approving an increase in dues paid to Rotary International in 2027-2028, 2028-2029, and 2029-2030. Dues will increase by $3.50, $3.75, and $3.75 respectively.
•    Permitting the RI Board of Directors to consider factors such as culture and language, not just the number of Rotarians, in drawing zone boundaries.
•    Eliminating the requirement of holding a district conference annually. Instead, districts will be allowed to choose for themselves whether to hold a conference.
•    Renaming the President-Elect Training Seminar (PETS) to the President-Elect Learning Seminar (PELS) and the District Training Assembly to the Club Leadership Learning Seminar.
•    Empowering the RI Board of Directors to instruct a club to terminate the membership of a Rotarian or Rotaractor.
•    Providing a uniform process for removing Rotary officers and committee members for cause. 
Among the most notable enactments rejected were:
•    Limiting the number of honorary members in a club.
•    Setting an age limit for Rotaractors.
•    Imposing a term limit on the RI General Secretary.
•    Imposing a term limit on Council on Legislation representatives. 
•    Several proposed amendments to the Object of Rotary and the Avenues of Service.
Rotarians may view the full voting results here. Enactments approved by the 2025 COL will become effective at the start of the next Rotary year (2025-2026) on July 1, 2025.
District 6360 Rotarians with questions about the 2025 COL, any of the enactments that were considered, or the COL generally should feel free to reach out to PDG Nathan. 
 

 

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The Rotary Foundation is Rotary's most impactful -- and most confusing -- program.

Just a reminder that we have assembled some speakers on The Rotary Foundation who can present a great Rotary Foundation program at your club.

 

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District newsletters are published the first of each month (focusing on District news and events) and the 15th of each month (focusing on club news and events).

If you have an item you’d like to submit for the newsletter, please send it at least three days prior to the publication date. Submissions can be sent to:

[email protected]

We welcome graphics! Please make sure that graphics are in the PNG, or GIF format.

Items can be news from your club, projects, events, and fun things! Thanks for helping make our District newsletter great!
 

Learn how to register and access the My Rotary website in this simple video produced by DGND Christopher Lewis.
The step-by-step video tutorial takes you from setting up an account at My Rotary, to how to make a TRF donation, where to find the Learning Center and more.
Discover more about The Rotary Foundation Resources on the district website.

Special Announcement – New Title:  YOUNG LEADERS = CALL TO LEAD!

Rotary International has rolled out a new title for club and district chairs for Youth Service or Youth Programs, now called YOUNG LEADERS.

And with that, Rotary International and your District Leadership ask each club to identify a Rotarian to be chairperson of YOUNG LEADERS’ PROGRAMS.

Further, it is recommended that each club support the chairperson with a committee of at least three (3) members.

 

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Click here to watch DG Mark's November video

 Ed Foster, District 6360 PolioPlus chair and Taylor Huie, president of Rotary Club of Kalamazoo

Highlights of the event attended by about 60 Rotarians and guests included presentations by experts in worldwide polio eradication, stories from survivors of the disease:

• Ed Foster, shared the story of Jim Woods and asked members to become a PolioPlus Society member (Charlotte)
• Charles Jespersen, a video narrated by polio survivor from (St. Joseph - Benton Harbor) watch video below
• Sharon Wherry (Gull Lake) podcast video moderated by Marvinetta Woodley-Penn (Kalamazoo) - view All Stories video below
• Aruna Koushik, polio vaccination volunteer from the Rotary Club of Windsor-Roseland, Ontario with an update about the fight against polio in Gaza,
• Arie Voorman, Principal Research Scientist, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, live feed or current with Q & A (Arie is the son of Rich Voorman, Rotary Club of Kalamazoo)

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Rotary's Role on World Polio Day 24 October | video 00:07:12

Charles Jespersen, Rotary Club of St Joseph - Benton Harbor, Michigan and Polio survivor on World Polio Day 24 Oct 2024 with a message to raise awareness of the impact of poliovirus and Rotary's role in eradication

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 All Stories Matter | Public Media Network | video 00:03:30 

Sharon Wherry - Rotary Club of Gull Lake Area interview with Marvinetta Woodley-Penn, Rotary Club of Kalamazoo



 

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How will you be celebrating World Polio Day?

• Become a PolioPlus Society Member through the district initiative Learn More
• Give online annually, select PolioPlus Fund choose One-time or Recurring
• Attend an event through your club or The Rotary Foundation (on Zoom), or join the LIVE event happening in Kalamazoo

World Polio Day – Ready, Set, Go - Prepare for WPD events

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The Rotary Foundation is hosting a WPD event on Zoom:

Oct 24, 2024 2:00pm ET
Speakers : Gordon R McInally, Rotary Foundation Trustee, 2024-28, Rotary International President, 2023-24 Dr. Mark Joffe, Chief Medical Officer of Alberta, Infectious Disease Specialist Chris Etienne, Rotary International Director, 2024-2026, Zones 28 & 32 - Register HERE

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Join the LIVE event happening in Kalamazoo

Oct 24, 2024 5:30pm ET - please register

Learn more at rotarykalamazoo.org or contact: Jim Cupper 269-348-152

<Download the WPD event flyer>

 

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Hurry - the deadline t0 sign-up is Friday Oct 18

Once again, our District 6360 Mental Health Committee has secured free Mental Health First Aid Training for Rotarians – with lunch!

This is an exceptional opportunity to receive this training at no cost!




Training details:

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Watch and listen to Governor Mark's vision for our district | October message

Let’s Get Our Ask In Gear and Grow

Latest News - What’s Up with Youth

OPPORTUNITIES: Through Youth Programs, students become more confident, experienced, college and career ready! 
Youth Programs = Your Club Young and Vibrant!!
District 6360 Rotary Youth Programs

• Interact Clubs
• Rotary Student Program
• Rotary Youth Leadership Awards Camp
• Youth Exchange

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MEET YOUR NEW INTERACT DISTRICT CHAIR EMILY QUIGGLE!



Emily is your new 2024-25 District Interact Chair serving your clubs and Interact Clubs! 
She is second generation Rotarian, following her father, Judge Bill Doherty.  She was an Interact member at Hastings High School and attended RYLA Camp and Advanced RYLA Camp.  After receiving her Bachelor’s Degree from MSU, she returned home to Hastings and joined the Hastings Rotary Club in 2015.  .  She has served on the District RYLA Camp team for since 2018.  Emily became Hastings Rotary Club’s youngest president in 2018, serving in 2018-2019.  When living at home she was  host sister to youth exchange students.  She is the Hastings High School Interact Advisor and has attended the past two District Interact Conferences.  She has served on the District RYLA Camp team for since 2018.  She brings a wealth of ideas and experience to this position. 
 

LET’S GET READY TO WELCOME OUR NEW YOUTH EXCHANGE STUDENTS!

Our new youth exchange students for 2024-25 will be arriving by mid-August!  They are:

Lulu from Belgium – living in Eaton Rapids, hosted by Eaton Rapids Rotary Club
Stefan from Poland – living in East Lansing, hosted by Haslett-Okemos Rotary Club
Ondrej from Czech Republic – living in Centreville, hosted by Sturgis Rotary Club
Alston from Twain – living in Jackson, hosted by Jackson-Breakfast Rotary Club

Please wish Natalia from Portage, sponsored by the Portage Rotary Club best wishes as she will be leaving for Germany in early August for her year-long exchange!

LET’S GO!  NOW IS THE TIME TO Connect with your high school to seek applicants for Outbound students for 2025-26 school year.  Connect with:

• Foreign language and/or English teachers 
• 4-H groups
• Interact clubs
• Faith based youth groups
• Your RYLA Camp attendees

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Sharalyn Davis, BM, MT, MBA has been a Rotarian for 16 years. Her journey started at Climax Rotary Club when she was on the school board and she soon served as Club President, Assistant Governor, and on various club and district committees. She was attracted to Rotary’s Purity of Purpose and fell in love with the theme the year she joined “Sow the Seeds of Love.” She has since been a member of Cereal City Sunrise and currently serves with Union City Rotary.

With Rotary she joined two Bio-Sand Water filter trips to Dominican Republic and in 2018 traveled to India to build a dam with The Dream Team, a Rotary International group.

She’s attended four International Conventions and encourages all Rotarians to join her for the next one in Singapore May 25-29, 2024. The incredible comradery of 30,000 Rotarians from 200 Nations is an  experience that is absolutely exhilarating! Everyone with dreams and passions for world peace through Rotary, together in one place, is life changing!

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RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Award) | July 12-14, 2024

Registration will begin in Spring 2024. More details to follow | Download the brochure HERE

Recap from RYLA Camp 2023

RYLA Camp 2023 District 6360 video