Rotary District 5100
E- Newsletter
August 14, 2009
IMPORTANT DATES

YE Host Club Counselor and Host Parent Orientation
August 15, 2009

DEADLINE  for paying District Dues
August 15, 2009

Zone 25 Membership/The Rotary Foundation/Public Relations Seminar in Salem, Oregon
August 15, 2009

DEADLINE for GSE Team Member Applications
August 28, 2009
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Club News August 2009
Please forward the 'Rotary District 5100 Club News' to your members.   If you have articles to add in future issues, please send them to DG Kristi.

Note: If your club has all your member's e-mail addresses in the district database, they all received a copy.
 
SOUTHEAST  ROTARY CLUB HAS MOVED TO A NEW LOCATION

Please pass the word to your members:  As of August 17, 2009, the Southeast Rotary Club will meet Mondays at Noon at:

Parish Hall at Our Lady Of Sorrows
5221 SE Knight
(SE 52nd and Woodstock Boulevard)
Portland, OR 97206
ROTARY EVENT TENT AVAILABLE FOR CLUBS TO USE
Rotary Tent
Six Rotary clubs have used the new Rotary tent for use at community events and fundraisers since July 1st.  This tent is available for weekly rental (Wednesday through Tuesday) for $35.  It can be picked up at the District Office, or we will ship it to your location and bill you for shipping charges.

It can be reserved in advance by e-mailing: [email protected].
 
ROTARY FOUNDATION SPEAKER: AMBASSADORIAL SCHOLAR BRANDON GAST RETURNS FROM GHANA
Ghana  Flag Brandon Gast, Ambassadorial Scholar to Ghana has just returned and is NOW available to make club presentations.  The following is a quote from the first paragraph of his final report to Rotary International:
 
"My year-long experience in Ghana, West Africa as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar has been absolutely phenomenal. I am deeply humbled to have been awarded such an amazing opportunity. Certainly weekly and almost daily I would think to myself "How do I go back to District 5100 and explain this adventure to all the Rotarians who sent me here?" This scholarship period has impressed upon me a deep-seated appreciation for Rotary and their many efforts to make this world a better place. I'm sure the words "life-changing" are used by many Rotary scholars to describe their experiences abroad. Well, at the risk of sounding clich�, I would have to agree with all of these past scholars and describe this year as truly life-changing. The sights I've seen, the relationships I've built, the lessons I've learned, these are the 'African souvenirs' that I will cherish for a long, long-time to come."
 
One of the requirements of the scholarship is for the recipient do at least 8 presentations upon his return.  These students are very eager to share their experience, so please consider contacting Brandon.  He can be reached at  [email protected].
                      
He will be returning to PSU this fall to complete is final year of school, so his availability will be dependent upon his class schedule starting in September.  He is also dependent on public transportation and his bike for transportation, so please factor that in when you contact him.
 
PLEASE CORRECT THE FOLLOWING IN YOUR DIRECTORY

Page 13 - Art Bradley's Region is Southwest, not Central Valley, and his clubs are:  Dallas, McMinnville, McMinnville Sunrise, Monmouth-Independence and Sheridan
 
Page 25 - GSE Chair Vicki Yates' street address is 705 John Adams Street, not 41705 as shown.
 
Page 39 - President Eric Norberg's e-mail is [email protected]

Rotarily,
DG Kristi Halvorson
503-313-0545