September 2024 Issue #3

Video from District Governor Nick Krayacich, Click on his picture to play

DG Nick September Official Visits

9/3 Harrow 9/16 Leamington 9/25 Livonia AM

9/4 Allen Park 9/17 Wyandotte 9/28 Passport to Service

9/4 Woodhaven-Brownstown 9/18 Dearborn Heights

9/5 Taylor 9/18 Hines Park

9/5 Windsor St. Clair 9/19 Dearborn

9/9 Essex 9/23 Canton

9/10 Windsor WIDE 9/24 Belleville

9/11 Kingsville Southshore 9/24 Wayne

9/12 Trenton 9/25 Grosse Pointe

District Rotary Foundation Committee Update

Sue Goldsen, Chair

District 6400 – Building The Rotary Foundation’s Future

Whether you are considering making a legacy gift to secure the future of the Rotary Foundation and/or you want to contribute to the annual fund which helps us with our many grants where we do good in our communities and around the world, please join us for our Legacy Dinner event, which will take place on November 21, 2024. Click HERE to purchase a ticket to this event!

Leaving a Legacy of Hope - register today

Join us for this great Learning Burst September 4th on zoom https://bit.ly/legacy6400. Securing our Foundations future! Register today

ROTARY FOUNDATION GLOBAL GRANTS TO ESSEX AND TRENTON

Congratulations to the Rotary Clubs of Essex and Trenton on the approval of their global grant applications for projects in Ghana. DGN Kim Spirou (Essex) is the primary international contact for a $49,811 grant that will equip a recently built medical clinic in Subinso Ghana and build a water well to provide clean water to the clinic and village serving about 7,000 people. The primary host contact is Sylvia-Clare Fordjour from the Rotary Club of Accra-Airport City. PDG Noel Jackson (Trenton) is the primary international contact for a $71,368 grant that will build wells in ten different villages in Central Ghana that will benefit about 15,000 people. The primary host contact is Father Stephen for the Rotary Club of Cape Coast-Central. Rotary clubs in D6400 are involved in 37 active grants worth a total of $5,889,198; and there is one more waiting for approval and five more in the draft stage. Your contributions to the Annual Fund make this happen.

More than 775 million people over the age of 15 are illiterate. That’s 17 percent of the world’s adult population.

Our goal is to strengthen the capacity of communities to support basic education and literacy, reduce gender disparity in education, and increase adult literacy. We support education for all children and literacy for children and adults.

The Guatemala Literacy Project (GLP) serves the indigenous peoples in the Western Highlands of Guatemala, where you find one of the lowest literacy rates in the Western Hemisphere. Each year, potential communities that could benefit from this program are identified by GLP leaders in Guatemala, with help of partner organization Cooperative for Education and the Guatemalan Ministry of Education.

This program is widely supported by Rotary Clubs in District 6400 and clubs throughout North America. Approximately 175 clubs and 25 districts will support this year’s Global Grant to benefit the GLP. The Grant is hosted by Quetzaltenango, Guatemala Rotary Club (D-4250) and International Partner, Rotary Club of Windsor-Roseland.

“If you want to look for a project that meets the characteristics of Rotary, the GLP is the gold standard.” —2017-2018 RI President Ian Riseley.

The program was featured as an area of focus during Past RI President, Jennifer Jones worldwide tour.

GLP consists of several initiatives: The Spark Ready Program, Textbooks, Providing Computers, Rise Youth Development Scholarship Program Clubs can participate in a variety of ways – by having a speaker from the GLP at a meeting, sponsor a student, a school or a program or visit Guatemala to learn more about how Co-operative for Education and Rotary International are addressing basic literacy and education. Individuals and clubs can track their student(s) progress with regular reports and communication.

The most exciting aspect of GLP is the progress that has a significant impact (along with other partners) at increasing literacy and opportunities for Guatemalans. Student participants are now leaders in teaching and curriculum development. Literacy rates have improved signification (over 84%) in the last 30 years with the help of Coed and the GLP. To learn more about GLP, visit coeduc.org. There is a Rotarian tour every February and a smaller District 6400 – Taste of GLP tour – for more information contact Past President, Rotary Club of Windsor-Roseland, Gisele Seguin giseleseguin11@gmail.com

Speaker Highlight for the 2025 District Conference:

Rotary has come a long way since its founding in 1905. In large part because of Sylvia Whitlock. An advocate, a trailblazer and a humanitarian — these are just a few words people used to describe her. And you will learn more about this impressive woman when you attend District Conference this year. Including being present for her 90^th birthday party!

Click here to read more about Sylvia

https://convention.rotary.org/en-us/

New Rotary International President Chosen!

Sangkoo Yun, a member of the Rotary Club of Sae Hanyang, Seoul, Korea, has been selected to become #Rotary president for 2026-27.

Welcome to our newest members!

(Above) New members of the Rotary Club of Windsor 1918 Andrew Ward, left and Mihaela Craciunoiu on the right.

(Below) The Adrian Morning Club recently inducted Michelle Lisboa-Galindo.

District 6400 Clubs & Members at

Work and Having Fun!

The Rotary Club of Detroit proudly welcomed ten high school students from Detroit Public Schools. They were interning with the nonprofit organization Communities First!

The members of the D-6400 Rotary Youth Exchange committee welcomed 2024-25 students Salomé and Martin, shown here with outbound student Kano.

The Rotary Clubs of LaSalle-Centennial and Windsor-Roseland packed food at Southwestern Ontario gleaners – and in just over two hours packaged 50,000 meals.

Livonia Rotary Club fellowship event at Whole Hearted Winery!

Adrian Noon Rotarians helping to build a fence at the new Neighbors of Hope Men's Mission!

Grosse Pointe Rotary raises $1,500 for Polio with Garage Sales!

Livonia AM Touch-a-Truck 2024 is in the books with a record of over 10,000 in attendance

(Above) Area 3 picnic at the beautiful Downtown Romulus Historical Park!

Plymouth Noon Club President James Gietzen welcoming Martin, their Rotary Youth Exchange student from Germany!

What does your club have planned this year for World Polio Day? Help us to make this World Polio Day the biggest one yet! Help us increase awareness and raise dollars to help us eradicate Polio! If you are planning an event register it here https://www.endpolio.org/register-your-event and be sure to let Sue Goldsen know, so that she can publicize it. For more information check out https://www.endpolio.org/world-polio-day.. And visit our District 6400 World Polio Day page at THIS LINK to see what our clubs have planned!

Club Events & Outings - click on each image for more information

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Be sure to register and participate in the District Governor Golf Outing in Canada. Details Click Here

For more information on the District Governor Golf Outing in the U.S., CLICK HERE

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