Rotary Club of Essex

To download and view the District Governor's Newsletter, please click on the link below:
5May2012DistrictLtr.pdf

District Conf Program as of 4 1 2012.pdf

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Dear Fellow Rotarians,
“Embracing Humanity – Touching Lives, Moving Mountains, Inspiring New Generations”

Please join me in the glorious White Mountains of New Hampshire for the 2012 District Conference on 18, 19, 20 May 2012. The conference will be held at the Mountain Club on Loon, Lincoln NH, USA.

CHANCE TO WIN 3-DAY PACKAGE

If we reach our minimum full complement of 50 rooms per day by March 31, those names who registered for the full conference by March 31, 2012 will be eligible.

(Name will be drawn on 3/31 and announced at the Conference.)

Registration is now open! The form is available at http://www.rotary7850.org/ [NOTE: You cannot register on line!]

3 WAYS TO REGISTER:

1. Call the hotel between 8 AM and 10 PM: (800) 229-7829

2. Mail: The Mountain Club on Loon, 90 Loon Mountain Road, Lincoln, NH 03251

3. Fax: (603) 745-2317

Call the resort if you have special needs, food allergies, or if you plan to bring your children.

The Conference will begin at 1:00 PM (13h00), Friday 18 May 2012 with the District Business Meeting. The first Plenary Session will begin at 2:00 PM (14h00). with our keynote speaker, Sara Jane Steen, President of Plymouth State University . You will meet our Rotary International President’s Representative, Satish Saluja from Yamuna Nagar, India. The conference will conclude on Sunday, at noon following a discussion of our clubs response to the flooding that occurred last spring and during Tropical Storm Irene last August…You will hear why I am so proud of what our clubs have done to help their communities.

You will be reinvigorated and inspired by the speakers and guests who will join us for the weekend. Of course the energy that each of you brings is also vital to the success of the conference. In fact, I’m anticipating that the vibe meter will be moved off the charts when members from all our 41 clubs convene to share stories, laugh, enjoy fellowship, and learn more about projects that make us proud to be Rotarians.

The registration form is available at http://www.rotary7850.org/ . E-mail me if you cannot access the form. m.k.bedell@comcast.net

See you at Loon,

District Governor Marilyn Bedell

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An Investment in Goodwill

An estimated 878 million people around the world — nearly half of them employed — live on less than US$1.25 a day. Rotarians bring economic and community development to impoverished areas through projects that provide vocational training, support local entrepreneurs and community leaders, and assist with long-term recovery in places struck by natural disaster.

Hannah Warren, a former Ambassadorial Scholar, says her Rotary experience inspired her to become a social entrepreneur. She founded Jhoole, a nonprofit business that offers impoverished women in India access to training, materials, and international markets for hand-woven goods, enabling them to earn a living wage.

With help from a Rotary Foundation grant, Jhoole acquired looms, cloth, and funds to cover training costs for weaving and sewing. “There is no way I could be doing this [work] were it not for my Ambassadorial Scholarship,” Warren says. “Like Jhoole’s programs, Rotary scholarships are not a one-time donation; they are an investment in goodwill.”

As you finalize your charitable giving for this year, I hope you will consider The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International. Gifts like yours ensure that Rotarians can continue promoting peace, fighting disease, providing clean water, saving mothers and children, supporting education, and nurturing local economies. Every contribution, from every Rotarian, truly makes a difference.

If you have already contributed to the Annual Fund this year, please accept my thanks. Lorna and I wish you all the best this holiday season, and a new year filled with world understanding, goodwill, and peace!

Warmest regards,

Bill Boyd
Trustee Chair, The Rotary Foundation

P.S. — The Rotary Foundation is your foundation. Your gift is an investment in world understanding, goodwill, and peace.

The Rotary Foundation Contact Center:
Available for all general Foundation-related inquiries
866-9ROTARY (866-976-8279) | contact.center@rotary.org

Service Above Self

"Welcome to the Rotary Club of Essex, Vermont"

Located a few minutes from Burlington, Vermont, the Rotary Club of Essex serves the communities of Essex, Essex Junction, Jericho and Underhill. Club meetings are every Wednesday at 12:10pm at The Essex Resort and Spa. Visitors are always welcome. Rotarians from other area clubs often attend our club meetings as well! We are known for offering a superb lunch, with guest speakers on topics of interest to the community at large. Other Club meetings are focused on becoming better Rotarians and offering personal experiences of how we can serve others by strengthening our various charitable and service projects.

Essex Rotarians work hard at the Club’s fundraisers. The proceeds from these events provide the monetary means necessary for supporting the Club’s various charitable endeavors which include, but are not limited to; scholarships for area students; the Heavenly Pantry Food Shelf; the Rotary Foundation; and a variety of local, national and international assistance projects.

Annual fundraising events include:

Essex Rotary Corn Booth at the Champlain Valley Fair - From the end of August through Labor Day --- Rotarians, friends, family and work associates work over 115 shifts offering Fair goers’ the freshest steamed corn around!

Essex Rotary Golf Tournament - Every June at the Links at Lang Farm, 30 teams compete for prizes and recognition from their peers in what has become a very popular golf tournament. View the brochure.

Members are also actively involved in providing monetary and hands-on support to the following events:

Holiday Senior Lunch - Provided by Essex Rotary and Knights of Columbus for over 25 years at the Champlain Exposition, this event serves over 200 senior citizens from the Essex community each year in a celebration of the holiday season.

Essex Rotary All Star Hockey Classic - Each March, high school men and women in their senior year of high school are selected across Vermont to participate in this event. The Hockey Classic features a men’s game and a women’s game, each of which affords these outstanding young athletes an opportunity to be recognized for their achievements on the ice and to play one more game against the best high school hockey players in Vermont. This event is also utilized by the Make-A-Wish Foundation to select members of a Vermont all-star team to play against a team of all-stars from New Hampshire in that organization’s New Hampshire vs. Vermont All-Star Hockey Classic held later in the summer.

Salvation Army Bell Ringing - Every December, Essex Rotarians volunteer to work bell-ringing shifts over a two day period at the local Price Chopper in Essex.

We welcome you to browse our website to become more familiar with our club. You will also be able to obtain information about Rotary International. For membership information, just click the 'About Rotary' button above.

Please feel free to contact us should you have any questions.

Amy Jackman
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