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This edition of
the RI Vocational Service e-newsletter looks ahead to
December with some ideas for how your club can celebrate Rotary’s
Family Month. It will also discuss how one club celebrated
Vocational Service Month, how clubs can share successful service
projects at the 2007 RI Convention, and how you can get
Interactive. Also, mark your calendar for some important
upcoming events.
Rotarians
focus on the family of Rotary in December
Every
December, Rotarians around the world celebrate Family Month. This
year, many clubs are working with their district resource group
chairs to plan projects and activities that focus on the
family of Rotary, one of RI President Bill Boyd’s emphases.
Here are some ideas for how your club can focus on the family of
Rotary this December:
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Plan a
Rotary Friendship Exchange with a club in another region or
country.
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Invite family members of Rotarians to speak about
their vocations or participate in a club project or meeting.
·
Celebrate
World Interact Week (30 October–5 November).
·
Invite
Interactors and
Rotaractors to speak about their service projects at your
club’s meetings.
·
Plan a special event or celebration for visiting
Rotary Youth Exchange students and their host families.
·
Host a
Group Study Exchange team.
·
Begin a family
literacy or vocational training project.
·
Organize a
Rotary Community Corps.
·
Visit the 2006-07 Family of Rotary Resource Group Web page.
One club’s
Vocational Service Month celebration
On October 8,
the
Rotary Club of Kalibo in the Philippines marked Vocational
Service Month with an evening celebration to recognize Rotarian
Toedorico Tumbocon Haresco Jr.’s contributions to the region’s
economic development. The club honored Haresco with the first-ever
International Business Leadership Award, developed by the club to
honor significant social contributions by business leaders in the
community. Haresco also received the Golden Press Award for
exemplary business leadership from the Aklan Press Club. The event
also celebrated the Kalibo club’s many other community and
vocational service contributions over the last year, including its
Voice of Youth Impromptu Speech Contest, hosting of U.S. Peace
Corps Volunteers, Interact club sponsorship, and participation in
International Literacy Day.
Exhibit your
club’s service project at the 2007 RI Convention
 Does
your club have an exceptional service project to share with other
Rotarians at the
2007 RI Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA?
Applications for booths are now available to Rotary clubs and
districts that would like to exhibit their service projects at the
2007 RI Convention. The application deadline for clubs and
districts is 9 February.
Get
Interactive
The new RI e-magazine,
Interactive, focuses on Rotarian contributions to disaster
relief and recovery efforts over the last year and provides tools
for clubs to get involved in their communities.
·
Subscribe to Interactive.
Special events in 2006-07
During the 2006-07 Rotary year, clubs are
encouraged to use several dates to raise awareness about
particular issues, launch service efforts, or celebrate successful
projects.
Official Rotary events are italicized.
November
Rotary Foundation Month
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30 Oct.–5 Nov.
World Interact Week
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4 Nov.
Rotary-UN Day
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16 Nov.
International Day for Tolerance (UN)
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20 Nov.
Universal Children’s Day (UN)
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25 Nov.
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
(UN)
December
Family Month
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1 Dec.
World AIDS Day (UN)
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3 Dec.
International Day of Disabled Persons (UN)
January
Rotary Awareness Month
·
28 Jan. – 3 Feb. 2007 International Assembly
February
World Understanding Month
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21 Feb.
International Mother Language Day (UN)
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23 Feb. World Understanding and Peace
Day/Rotary’s anniversary
March
Literacy Month
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8 March
International Women’s Day (UN)
·
12-18 March
World Rotaract Week
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21 March
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
(UN)
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22 March
World Water Day (UN)
April
Magazine Month
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7 April
World Health Day (UN)
May
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15 May
International Day of Families (UN)
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21 May
World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development (UN)
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31 May
World No Tobacco Day (UN)
June
Rotary Fellowships Month
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4 June International Day of Innocent Children
Victims of Aggression (UN)
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5 June
World Environment Day (UN)
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17-20 June
RI Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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20 June
World Refugee Day (UN)
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23 June
UN Public Service Day
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26 June
International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (UN)
What’s your story?
Do members of
your Rotary club have a story about vocational service they would
like to share? Do you have any comments or suggestions for future
editions of the RI Vocational Service e-newsletter? Send
them to
vocationalservice@rotary.org.
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