Rotary 5110 in Action eNews 04-21-2020

While the current national emergency caused by the CoVid19 pandemic requires physical distancing, Rotarians can still remain socially connected to other district Rotarians. The Rotary E-Club of the State of Jefferson invites all Rotarians to make up virtually: the club posts a complete meeting each Thursday and the club library contains hundreds of programs on a wide variety of informational and entertaining topics. Use the make-up form to inform your club secretaries of your attendance. Any Rotarian can register on the Club website to receive an email notification with a link to weekly meetings – without obligation. Click here for a link to their website and e-meetings.

Fellow Rotarians, since fewer people read newspapers, my guess is that not many saw Amy Dickinson’s ASK AMY advice column the other day. A writer said “Right now, I don’t need a stimulus check. Since I’ll get one anyway, what can I do with it to help during this pandemic?”

Amy’s response was to give to a worthy nonprofit, either locally or internationally. I say if you are luckily enough to not need the federal money, why not do both and donate some or all of this windfall to our favorite nonprofit, The Rotary Foundation. The Trustees have just given $3 million to fight the coronavirus and will do the same with all donations to our Disaster relief fund, all of our polio resources are being used in the fight plus funds are being given to all districts so we can help in our own communities. Here’s the website www.rotary.org/en/donate

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As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads uncertainty and hardship around the world, Rotary members are engaged in their communities, gathering for projects and offering help to those in need. In response to this crisis, the Rotary Club of Newport has pledged to help people in need.

Here’s how…

The Rotary Club of Redmond has been all about serving local first responders under Club President Marv Kaplan is recent weeks. They provided 120 meals to St. Charles Hospital and delivered 200 N95 masks to the Redmond Police Department and Redmond Fire and Rescue.

Read more about those singing the praises of Marv Kaplan and Redmond Rotary on the District website.

Each week, D5110 will announce a “Business of the Week” featured in the D5110 Business-To-Business (B2B) directory. This week’s Busines of the Week Recognition goes to Mary Reynolds Insurance LLC, whose principal is Illinois Valley (Cave Junction) Rotarian Mary Reynolds. Mary is another of B2B’s early adopters.

Read her story.

February 6, 2020, was a special moment when I witnessed my brother Joe’s induction to the Rotary Club of Redmond. Speaking to the three inductees that day, Club President Marvin Kaplan referred with pride to the Paul Harris Fellow (PHF) banner which contained the names of recognized PHF club members. President Marvin suggested that obtaining a PHF should be an aspirational goal for every Rotarian. It was that moment that I knew that I would make my brother, Joe, a Paul Harris Fellow by transferring accumulated PHF points.

Here’s our story….by the way Joe and I represent two brothers of triplets in the Kosanovic family.