Rotary 5110 in Action eNews 04-12-2022

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We’re going to Tonga this week! For week five of our International Speakers Series, the Rotary Clubs of Port Orford and Eugene Metropolitan invite you and your friends on a “road trip” around the world with us. All are welcome to join your friends at the Rotary Club of Corvallis this Thursday noon.

Tonga native Pastor Martin Finau will be updating us on volcano/tsunami relief efforts in collaboration with New Zealand Rotary clubs. We are responding to disasters all over the world in the midst of an ongoing pandemic and the war in Ukraine. This amazing district and Rotarians all over the world are responding to crises on every front. We might be overwhelmed but we’re not stopping!

Join us for more district fellowship as we travel the world, inspire each other, and do great things together. Zoom up 1-5 with your friends this Thursday. Click here for more info on registering for this free Zoom Rotary meeting. Corvallis President Terri Homer requests: please identify yourselves in your zoom ‘window’ with your name and Rotary Club. They’ve had party-crashers and want to make sure they are only admitting guests who pass The Four-Way Test 🙂

100 Days of Reading Challenge

By DG Gerry Kosanovic

Without daily reading practice, children can lose up to three months of literacy skills over the summer. In the aftermath of school closings and decreased access to summer learning programs, children are at a higher risk of losing reading skills than ever before. However, reading at least 20 minutes a day can significantly boost vocabulary and prevent learning loss.

To keep children in rural America learning this summer, Save the Children is hosting a 100 Days of Reading challenge. What is the 100 Days of Reading Challenge?

Save the Children challenges children and families to read at least 20 minutes every day from June 1 – September 8 (World Literacy Day). To help, Save the Children is providing partners with resources, tools, and funding to support a local reading challenge in their community as a fun way to encourage reading all summer long. What do challenge hosts need to do? Click here to find out at the D5110 website.

Levity — Baseball is Back–Time for Yogisms

By Mike Corwin

While there are many, here our Top 20 Yogisms:

“When you come to a fork in the road…. take it.”
“You can observe a lot by just watching.”
“It ain’t over till it’s over.”
“We made too many wrong mistakes.”
“No one goes there nowadays, it’s too crowded.”
“I always thought the record would stand until it was broken.”
“Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.”
“In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.”
“Pair up in threes.”
“You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you are going, because you might not get there.”
“The future ain’t what it used to be.”
“I usually take a two-hour nap from 1 to 4.”
“If the world was perfect, it wouldn’t be.”
“You don’t have to swing hard to hit a home run. If you got the timing, it’ll go.”
“Ninety percent of the game is half mental.”
“Never answer an anonymous letter.”
“Why buy good luggage? You only use it when you travel.”
“Take it with a grin of salt.”
“It gets late early out here.”
“I never said most of the things I said.”

100 Days of Reading Challenge

Levity — Baseball is Back–Time for Yogisms

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