The first priority in Rotary’s Action Plan is to Increase Our Impact. As I have my club visits, I am impressed by the number of projects that are being done. But at the same time, I feel there is an opportunity to do even more projects.
Register today for the 2024 Rotary District 5610 District Conference at the Holiday Inn Rapid City Downtown on Oct. 3 through Oct. 6. The theme: Celebrate, Elevate and Motivate. Cost is free for Rotarians, (must register in advance); non-Rotarians is $100. Click to Register.
Congratulations Clubs! Thanks to all of you, District 5610 officially had a net increase of 15 members in 2023-2024 Rotary year with 98.91% existing member retention. The last time we increased membership was 2015. District 5610 is the only District in our Zone to have an increase in membership. Congratulations to all.
World Polio Day is quickly approaching on 24 October! If your club hasn’t started planning its World Polio Day event, now is the time to begin. You can visit the World Polio Day Event page for graphics, videos, fundraising ideas, public relations templates, and more.
Colonel Sonya Morrison and members of the 185th Air Refueling Wing were presented with the honorary distinction of the 2024 Keyway Award from the Sioux City Rotary Club.
Our club was one of 1,000 from countries all over the world initially invited to send a message to the moon! In early 2025, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket will lift off from Cape Canaveral in Florida carrying the Griffin Moon Lander that will have a chip onboard containing messages of PEACE from Rotary clubs all over the world.
Val Parsley from the Madison Rotary Club invites interested families to learn more about hosting opportunities for our Italian Exchange Student joining us this fall for the entire 2024-25 high school year.
Sioux City Rotary members volunteered their time and efforts to install the new StoryWalk book "Howard the Dog". Pictured are Dirk, Dave, Shirley, Todd, Kevin, Tammy and local author Cheri Lee with Howard in the front row. Take your friends and family for a walk at Spaulding Park and enjoy the nice weather and the new StoryWalk book.
On Thursday, August 1st, the Rotary Club of Sioux Falls West partnered with the East Side Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls to help with the Mobile Food Pantry. Club members helped unload trucks of donated food items, sort through them, and display everything. As customers arrived, our team assisted with checking them in, distributing the food items, and carrying out groceries.
Less than a mile from Downtown Sioux Falls, students at Hawthorne Elementary are learning of belonging, mastery, independence, and generosity. The lessons come as a result of the Title I School's Circle of Courage, One-Book-One School Program--a program supported through a donation of books from Downtown Sioux Falls Rotary.
Celebrate Community, an annual joint initiative from the service organizations Kiwanis International, Lions International, Optimist International and Rotary International, will take place the week of September 8-14, 2024. Plan now for your Rotary and Rotaract clubs to build on existing relationships with other like-minded services or develop new ones to impact your communities. What are the needs in your community which can be addressed in this week-long effort?
Does Your Rotary Club Need a Boost? Ask yourself the following questions: Is your Rotary Club seeking more members? Would you like to involve the club in more service projects? Are you looking to diversify your membership base? If you've answered "YES" to any of these questions, it's time you considered the creation of a Service Companion Club.
The Rapid City Rushmore and Rapid City Rotary clubs recently installed a Peace Pole in the Rapid City Memorial Park at the site of the Berlin Wall memorial. The Peace Pole project started in 1955 in Japan after World War II. The pole is inscribed on each side, in different languages, with the words “May Peace Prevail on Earth.”
RYLA Camp 2024 had 12 students attend from five Rotary Clubs in our District: Watertown, Luverne, Sioux Falls, Pierre/Ft. Pierre, and Spearfish. Read on to get a report of what's happening next!
The Service Project Center, Rotary’s new hub for everything related to service, is now live. It gives you a better way to manage and share information about your service projects. With service networking moving to this new platform, Rotary Showcase has been retired. All Rotary and Rotaract projects that were posted on Rotary Showcase have been migrated to the Service Project Center, which is being released in phases.
Your PUBLIC IMAGE TEAM has developed some NEW COOL TOOLS & RESOURCES for CLUBS: Public Image Chair Job Description, PRE-Event Check list, Social Media Guidelines and Media Resources! Click here to view them.
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