2012–2013

6880 District

Leadership

Team

Jim Golson

District Gov.

Bob Callahan

District Gov. Elect-

Linda Mong

District Gov. Nomi-

nee

Tom Mann

iPDG

Jan McDonald

Assistant Gov. Co-

ordinator

Bob Mills

District Treasurer

Alan Wallace

DistrictSecretary

Richard Bollinger

District Rotary

Foundation Chair

Carol Franks

New Generations

Coordinator

Eric Lewis

DCO District

Comm Officer

Robert Greer

Future Vision Coor-

dinator

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June

2013

Rotary Roundup

It has been a very good year. Over the past 12 months

Nancy and I have visited all 50 Rotary clubs in our

district and talked with almost all of our 2,500 Rotary

members. This without question has been the highlight

of our year as District Governor. Through these visits

we have seen parts of Alabama that we have never

seen before and made many new friends along the

way.

In an accompanying article in this edition of the

newsletter I have summarized the highlights of the

2012-13 Rotary year in District 6880. It is especially meaningful to me that we

have added one new Rotary club, one new Rotaract club and two new Interact

clubs. It is also meaningful that we have practiced Service above Self through

support for the eradication of polio, kidney transplants for young adults and

teens in Mexico, and many other international projects through The Rotary

Foundation. We did all this while raising funds to support local service projects

in each community where we have a Rotary club.

Almost exactly ten years ago I became interested in the possibility of one day

becoming district governor. I then began the process of service that is a necessi-

ty for Rotary leadership. I served my club as treasurer, secretary, president-elect

and in 2007-08 as club president. I served our district as Rotaract/Interact com-

mittee chair and member of various other committees. Through participation in

polio immunization NIDs in Egypt and Ghana I became a Rotarian and not just

a member of a Rotary club. Finally, I was elected as District Governor Nominee

and progressed through the ranks as District Governor Elect and then District

Governor. My term as District Governor ends on June 30th and on July 1 Bob

Callahan becomes District Governor for District 6880.

I look forward to continuing involvement with Rotary in the future – as a mem-

ber of our district’s College of Governors made up of all past district governors,

as our district’s Vice Governor, a new position designed to provide a back-up

for the District Governor in case he or she is not able to fulfill the duties of Dis-

trict Governor at any time during the Rotary year, and as a Rotarian able and

willing to serve in whatever way I am called on.

As always, I appreciate all that each member of our 50 Rotary clubs does in the

practice of Service above Self and ask that you feel free to call on me if I can be

of help. Yours in service,

Jim

District 6880 Ro-

tary Year 2012-13

in Review

Jim Golson,

District Governor

Activities in

Review

Date Activity Comment

July - June Electronic Monthly Newsletter

Sent to all Rotary members via DaCdb

July - June District Web Site and Facebook page

Making use of Social Media

July Electronic District Directory

Sent to all Rotary members via DaCdb

July Rotary Day at Camp ASCCA

Great program; well attended

August RLI – Part III Montgomery; Eight gradu-ates

September - June District PR Grant Excellent cooperation from: Gov. Bentley, Speaker Hub-bard, AU Pres. Gouge, Troy Chancellor Hawkins; no co-operation from college athlet-ics departments except Troy with T. Roy mascot

October District Simplified Grants

Excellent projects funded with $20,252 of DDF funds

October GSE Team to South Korea

Great team; expensive to pre-pare for the trip

July - December Completed club visits to all 49 district Rota-ry clubs

Wonderful way to meet Ro-tarians across the district

January Mid-Year Conference Good program; well attended

October – Febru-ary

Future Vision Train-ing

Multiple training sites and dates; moderate attendance

March RLI – Part I Fairhope; moderate attend-ance

March RYLA Great program; moderate at-tendance

March MS-PETS Great program; moderate at-tendance

April - May GSE Team from South Korea

Great team; fun group

April Council on Legisla-tion

PDG Carol Franks represent-ed our district

April District Assembly Good program; well attended

May District Conference Good program; moderate at-tendance

June International Conven-tion - Lisbon

Six Rotarians from our dis-trict planning to attend

June Zone Success Semi-nar

Held June 8 in Gardendale; good attendance from our district

June Charter Meeting for New Central Baldwin Sunset Rotary Club

Held June 13 in Robertsdale; all 27 charter members in at-tendance

June Induction of Bob Cal-lahan as DG 2013-14

Held June 19 in Fairhope; excellent attendance by PDGs and other Rotarians and guests

Clubs in Review

Rotary Clubs: 49 Rotary clubs at beginning of the year

New club chartered: Central Baldwin Sunset Rotary Club

New clubs in process: Henry County Rotary Club

Montgomery Sunset Rotary Club

Rotaract Clubs: 2 Rotaract clubs at beginning of the year (Concordia College, Selma and Mobile Bay

Area, Mobile)

New club chartered: Rotaract Club of Wallace Community College, Dothan

Interact Clubs: 16 Interact clubs at beginning of the year

New clubs chartered: Enterprise High School and Auburn High School

Membership in Review

Rotary Foundation Contributions (as of 6/23/13)

# Clubs Earning Presidential Citation: 15

DDF-funded Projects

July 1, 2012 December 31, 2012 June 23, 2013

2,497 2,502 2,495

Source: RI Source: RI Source: DaCdb

Fund Goal Contributions

Annual Fund $221,865 $189,469 (85.40% of goal)

Other Funds $37,085

Endowment Fund $100

YTD Total $226,654

# Clubs > =$100 per capita 18

# Clubs = $0 per capita 6

Polio Plus $20,300

Ambassadorial Scholar –Alexander Phillippe Saint-Paul - Belgium $27,000

District Simplified Grants $20,252

GSE Korea – District 3750 $5,000

Heart of America Endowed Fund for Peace Scholar $2,500

Global Grant 26222 – 28 Kidney Transplants for Young Adults and Teens: Mexico - lead club Cuajimalpa

$1,850

District Matching Grant Projects $10,000

Total – to date ($121,656 + permanent fund interest available) $86,902

Your Rotary Foundation Contributions Help Save Lives Have you ever wondered how your Rotary Foundation Contributions actually help save lives? Here’s just one ex-ample. In February of 2010, Tom Mann, then District Governor of District 6880, along with Cheryl and Richard Bollinger and Robert and Kathleen Greer, was on a NID helping to immunize against polio in Northern India. As part of their travels, Mann visited Fortis Hospital where he learned about the RC Chandigarh Heartline Project, earlier known as the Gift of Life Project. The Heartline Project was initiated in 1998 and 451 surgeries have since been performed on children with congeni-tal heart problems. Fortis Hospital is where the surgeries are performed and each operation costs about $1500. Can you believe it only takes $1500 to save a life? Last year, after a Medicare surgical mission to Rwanda, free treatment was offered to 15 children. The first seven children were treated in March of 2013. Rotarians of Chandigarh arranged hospitality for the children and escorts at Chandigarh while the child was in hospital. About 25% of children who receive the services are from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Iraq, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Uganda, Malawi, and Rwanda. The Heartline Project is truly an international project supporting “Peace through Service.” Funding is from donations and grants. After returning home, Mann made the decision to use Rotary Foundation District 6880 Designated Funds to partici-pate in a Matching Grant program to help the Heartline Project. The Rotary Foundation also participated, making the total grant $20,000. Other matching grants such as the Global Grant and funds from other Rotary districts have kept the project alive. The Heartline Project is a good example of how donations to the Rotary Foundation help humanitarian efforts all over the world. It’s not too late for you to make a contribution to The Rotary Foundation in this Rotary year so you can help as well. For information on how to make a contribution talk with your club president or foundation commit-tee chair.

Gakuru Seminaga and nurse right

after surgery

Iqra Zafar, 2 1/2, was oper-

ated on in March of 2013

Rajbir Singh, 7 months old, un-

derwent surgery in November of

2012

RIP Ron Burton and wife, Jetta, visit the patients at Fortis Hospital as

they are discharged to return home.

Jonathon

Turikumana

rests after

his surgery

On June 19th Rotarians and guests met in Robertsdale to celebrate the chartering of the Cen-

tral Baldwin Sunset Rotary Club, the 50th club in district 6880. DG Jim Golson presented the

charter to club president Collins Wynn. In attendance were charter members of the Central

Baldwin Sunset Rotary Club, Past District Governors Robert Greer and Mickey Parish, and

visiting Rotarians and guests from throughout the area.

District 6880 Adds 50th Club

Left, DG Jim Golson, presents

the club Charter to its Presi-

dent, Collins Wynn.

Above, President Collins Wynn pre-

sents a slate plaque to DG Jim Gol-

son.

Above, DG Jim Golson installs the 2013-

2014 officers for the Central Baldwin Sunset

Rotary Club.

Bob Callahan Inducted as District Governor for 2013-14

On June 19th over 100 Rotarians and

guests met at a special meeting of the Fairhope

Rotary Club to celebrate the induction of Fair-

hope Rotarian Bob Callahan as District Gover-

nor for District 6880 for 2013-14. The highlight

of the meeting was the Passing of the Gavel

from one Past District Governor to another in

order of their year of service as District Gover-

nor. Past District Governors participating in the

ceremony were Bob Grant, Henry Crawford,

Wade Drinkard, Shawn Corrigan Asmuth, Rob-

ert Greer, Richard Bollinger, Mickey Parish,

Carol Franks, Joe Saloom, and Tom Mann.

After Immediate Past District Governor

Tom Mann passed the gavel to current District

Governor Jim Golson, DG Jim pointed out that the gavel being passed was a very special gavel. It was made

from wood of one of the Freedom Trees planted in Tuskegee in 1946 by Rotary founder Paul Harris. After

DG Jim asked DGE Bob if he would like to have a gavel like that for his own and DGE Bob responded that

he would, DG Jim pointed out that this gavel was indeed his, donated to him by the Fairhope Rotary Club.

DG Jim then presented the gavel to DGE Bob.

As an important part of the ceremony, current DGN Linda Mong passed her DGN lapel pin to incom-

ing DGN Michael Chambers, current DGE Bob Callahan passed his DGE pin to incoming DGE Linda Mong,

and current DG Jim Golson passed his DG pin to incoming DG Bob Callahan. The pinning ceremony con-

cluded with DG Jim being awarded a Past District Governor pin for himself.

After DG 2013-14 Bob presented his acceptance remarks, the group applauded DG Bob’s son Spencer

for his selection as first place winner in the annual Rotary International photo contest. In recognition of his

accomplishment the Fairhope Rotary Club presented Spencer with a framed copy of his a Rotary Club pre-

sented Spencer with a framed copy of his award winning photo.

Spencer Callahan (left) and DG Jim

Golson with the winning photograph

Past. Present, and Future District Governors of

District 6880. (l-r), Tom Greer, Carol Franks, Jim

Golson, Wade Drinkard, Michael Chambers, Bob

Callahan, Tom Mann, Richard Bollinger, Mickey

Parish, Joe Saloom, Shawn Asmuth. Not pictured

is Linda Mong.

Club News

Prattville Club When Greg Landry’s son Ryan had a van breakdown in Prattville, he

contacted the Prattville Rotary Club via their website. Landry lives in

Lafayette, Louisiana, and was District 6200 Governor in 2009-10, so he

knew Central Alabama Rotarians would help if they could.

Gary Smith, the club webmaster, got the message on a Sunday night.

Ryan Landry was in Prattville because of a broken down van, along with

his band mates from the contemporary Christian band, Ayleron

(www.ayleron.com). Their “aging” van, as Greg put it had started having

problems en route from Mobile to Chattanooga. They had made it to a

Prattville garage near the interstate and checked into a motel near the

garage. Gary made contact with Ryan and learned that he was looking

for help finding a way to tow their trailer. Gary made a call the next

morning to fellow Rotarian, Billy Lynam. Lynam, the owner of a garage,

directed him to a rental agency. Gary picked up the band and took them

to the garage where their van was ready, then to Budget to rent another

vehicle. Soon the band was on their way to Chattanooga with two vans

in case the old van broke down, again. The band would make their gig—

opening for the chart topping artist, Matt Maher.

Greg Landry was grateful for the assistance of the Prattville Rotarians,

“We (he and his wife) rested much easier knowing they had some local

contact to help them there.”

Pictured (center) is Roatrian Gary Smith with Ayleron

members, from left to right, Dustin Arceneaux, Hou-

ston Dragna, Steven Joubert, and Ryan Landry

Transition Dinner

The Prattville Rotary Club celebrated the be-ginning of a new club year with a transition dinner at the Prattville Marriott Legends. Pro-ceeds from last year’s golf tournament were disbursed to several local organizations, such as Alabama Angels, a pageant for children with special needs, Leadership Autauga County, the YMCA Coach a Child campaign, and many others.

The club also granted this year’s $1,500 Hor-ace Powell scholarship to Stephen Kerr, a senior at East Memorial Christian Academy, and the $1,000 Frank Lamar scholarship to Connor Harris, a senior at Prattville Christian Academy. The scholarships are named in honor of Horace Powell and Frank Lamar, two long-term Prattville Rotarians

Club News Fairhope Club

Necie Barroni, President of the Rotary Club of Fairhope,

congratulates scholarship recipient Paris Odom.

At its annual awards banquet, the Rotary Club of Fairhope presented its L. E. Rockwell Memorial Meritorious Service Award to Jim Jeffries. This award, pre-sented to an individual who has made a significant contribution to the community through his or her vocation, not only honors its recipient but is also a tribute to the late Rotarian L. E. Rockwell, M.D., who gave meritorious service to this community through his vocation. Jeffries is a resident of Daphne who is retired after 28 successful years at Kraft Foods – Nabisco as Worldwide Vice President, Ingredient Sales. Before join-ing Kraft Foods he positively influenced young men as a high school football coach, taking his team to the conference championship game. Jim is a graduate of the University of Missouri and a life member of the alumni association. From 1965 through 1971, Jim served as a member of the United States Army, 34th Signal Battalion, 7th Corps. He had temporary assignments with the 3rd Infantry Division, where he was co-captain of the 1966 Marne League Championship Team, and also was part of the 7th Army Rugby Team. Jim is proud of his service to his country

The Rotary Club of Fairhope has selected Paris La’Vett Odom as the recipient of its Thomas S. Scoggins Memorial Scholarship for 2013. The scholarship, which is offered to graduating seniors who have been members of the Fair-hope High School Interact Club, provides $10,000 over four years. Odom intends to use it at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where she will prepare herself to attend medical school to become an OB/GYN. Odom has overcome significant personal challenges to maintain a 3.73 GPA in the College Preparatory Diploma Program at Fairhope High School. In addi-tion to being a member of the National Honor Society, Interact Club, and Key Club, she served as a student assistant in the school office and also volun-teered her time serving others through various service projects including the Rotary Youth Club and Special Olympics. She participated in the University of South Alabama’s Children’s and Women’s Teen Volunteer Program, an inten-sive volunteer opportunity for young people in our area who are considering careers in healthcare.More information on this scholarship and previous recip-ients may be found at http://home.earthlink.net/~fairhoperotary/awards.htm.

Consequently he has dedicated himself to community service, particularly vet-erans affair activities. As a life member of the American Legion, he has served in numerous positions at the highest levels both at Post 199 and in District 33 and has received the Post 199 Dis-tinguished Service Commendation, a Certificate of Appreciation from District 33, and a National Commander Certifi-cate of Appreciation. He serves on the POW/MIA Recognition Committee of the Alabama Department of Veteran Affairs and the Cemetery Committee of the South Alabama Veterans Council. In addition, he belongs to the Marine Corps League, the Navy League, and numerous other veterans organiza-tions, having received recognition from all of them. In presenting the award, Fairhope Ro-tarian Terri Cowles commented: “Jim has proved that he is a concerned citi-zen who is active within his community. He quietly participates and influences our communities through his tireless efforts of behalf of many valuable or-ganizations. He is frequently called upon when others need assistance or guidance in community and veterans programs because he can get the job done, and that is why he is our 2013 L. E. Rockwell Award winner.”

Terri Cowles, left and Necie Barroni, President of

the Rotary Club of Fairhope with Jim Jeffries ,

middle.

Club News Fairhope Club Continued At its annual awards banquet, the Rotary Club of Fairhope presented its

Rotary Volunteer Award for 2013 to Robert B. Keyser. The award, which recognizes “a local citizen who has made a significant contribution to the community as a volunteer,” is the highest honor given by the club to a

nonmember.

Keyser received the award based upon the work he has done related to youth sports as a volunteer at Fairhope High School, on the Fairhope City Rec Board, and with the local Mobile Bay Football Club soccer organiza-

tion.

Through his involvement in all three of these areas, he has been facilitat-ed the use of facilities to their maximum potential by schools, city, and recreational sports organizations. He was also played a part in the build-

ing of the indoor sports/band facility through work with the boosters.

Keyser was instrumental in the purchase of property for and design of the Manley Road Soccer Complex, near the middle and high schools, and volunteered as the Fairhope High School varsity soccer team’s interim coach while Paul Stroud, their regular coach, was away on military as-

signment with the United States National Guard.

From left to right, President Necie Barroni, Robert-

Keyser and Lee Turner

President Tommy Herndon of the Foley Rotary Club presented Deborah Ferguson, Director of the Snook Youth Center, a check in support of their outstanding work with the youth of Foley and surrounding areas. Pictured with President Herndon are L-R Deborah Ferguson, Kishawn Knight, Kamiydh Henton and Lonyla Henton.

The Foley Rotary Club adds a new Paul Harris Fellow to its ranks. On May 24, 2013, President Tommy Herndon (pictured right) presented the Paul Harris Fellow Award to Rotarian Lyle McIn-tyre (pictured left). Named after the founder of Rotary International, the award demonstrates out-standing commitment and dedication to the club and community.

Foley Club

Club News

The Elba Rotary Club held its annual Rotary Golf Tourna-ment fund-raising event Friday afternoon April 5th, at the Elba Country Club in Elba, AL, under cloudy skies and cool temperatures. That didn’t deter the players from enjoying a great outing! The club raised $8500 after expenses for our local projects, such as “crisis bags” used by local schools in the event of disaster, such as the terrible 2007 tornado in Enterprise that took lives and destroyed schools. We wish to thank those Elba Rotarians who organized and planned the annual event, and specifically “hats off” to Elba Rotarian Ronnie Young, who is “in charge” of the event each year.

Elba Club

Fellow Rotarians & Concerned Citizens - On behalf of Districts 5750 & 5770 we want to welcome donations on behalf of Disaster relief specifically desig-nated for the May 20, 2013 victims and their families! We all have family and loved ones (including myself) that have lost homes, autos, personal belongings and friends to this F5 tornado. Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett said today that there were between 12,000 and 13,000 homes destroyed or damaged not including all the businesses and schools destroyed as well! Any funds received by our Rotary Bi-District 501c3 Foundation will be used exclusively for the benefit of those damaged by this terrible event. One can either mail a donation to- Oklahoma Rotary

Bi-District Tornado Disaster Fund P.O. Box 13800

Oklahoma City OK 73113-3800 United States

Or make an online donation using your VISA, MasterCard or Discover go to - DONATE NOW Please be aware that this is tax deductible donation and all donations will be acknowledged. Thank you in advance for all that your donations may accomplish. In service - I am

Sincerely,

Will Beckman, Governor District 5770

Tuskegee

Members of the Tuskegee Rotary Club answered the call for help from fellow Rotarians in Okla-

homa. President Justin Farris challenged his club to donate to the relief efforts after reading the

letter below from District 5770 Governor, Will Beckman. “They decided to give $50 per member

to help. It is my hope that other clubs will issue a challenge to their members to help, also.”

ROTARY DAY AT CAMP ASCCA Wednesday, July 31, 2013

10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Visit with our campers and staff during our

“Teen Week” (physically disabled) session!

We will be gathering in recognition of District leadership, clubs, and individuals who have contributed to or have an interest in supporting Camp ASCCA.

10:00 a.m.

Tour the facility to visit with campers and staff and to see recent renovations!

12:00 p.m.

Lunch at the Rotary Dining-Social Hall

Please make plans to represent your Club and Rotary District and bring along mem-bers and friends to learn more Camp ASCCA.

RSVP by July 26th to Dana Rickman,

Director of Marketing Communications & Rotarian at

dana@campascca.org or (256) 825-9226

Dear Spin . . .

Dear Spin,

How does one go about creating a new Rotary Club and are

there different types of Clubs? Sincerely, N. Volved.

Dear N. Volved,

Increasing its membership base is the best way Rotary can continue humanitarian work

throughout the world. Several things should be considered before starting a club. A new club can

be a great addition for Rotary if:

There is a local community that can support a Rotary club but does not have one.

An existing Rotary club is facing meeting-space constraints.

Alternative meeting times would benefit different groups within the community.

District governors are responsible for approving and overseeing the process of starting a club,

including appointing a special representative to guide its organization. Those interested in organ-

izing a new Rotary club should contact their district governor. To ensure their success new clubs

should be mentored for two to three years after being chartered.

New clubs must:

Adopt the Standard Rotary Club Constitution and establish a set of club by-laws

Have a minimum of 25 charter members

Elect officers

Pay a charter fee

Hold weekly meetings

Choose a club name

Be approved by the RI Board of DirectorsThe district governor and special representative can be very helpful in working with a new club to get it established.

Rotary e-clubs, in which members meet online through a dedicated club website, offer a flexible

alternative for those who are unable to attend a weekly meeting in person. The process for start-

ing a Rotary e-club is essentially the same as for starting other Rotary clubs.

Dear Spin, What is a Matching Grant? Sincerely, Just Wondering

Great Question. Through Matching Grants, The Rotary Foundation matches contributions raised

for international service projects by Rotary clubs and districts in two or more countries. The Foun-

dation provides a one-to-one match for District Designated Fund (DDF)/SHARE contributions and

a US$0.50 match for every new $1 cash contribution. Grant awards range from $5,000 to

$200,000. Make sure you read the article about The Heartline Project. It is funded through

Matching Grants

Governor Jim’s Year in Review