The District 6310 Newsletter is published monthly by District Governor Allan Nietzke. Articles originate from various Rotary International publications as well as reflecting the many events and activities of the District. Thanks are expressed to all contributors.

Please send inquiries, questions, corrections, articles, etc. to Allan Nietzke, 439 Henry Street, Sebewaing, MI 48759 H 989-883-2166 B 989-453-3122 F 989-453-2119 • anietzke@nfcpa.com

Volume 22 • Number 7 • April 2012

District Dispatch

Rotary International District 6310 • Allan Nietzke, Governor 2011 - 2012

PARTICIPATE IN OUR NEW MATCHING GRANT PROJECT

Our District 6310 Wa-ter and Sanitation [WAS] Committee and the Owosso Rotary Club are announcing the launch of our next district project in the Dominican Republic. Our committee, in cooperation with our Rotary partners from the Domini-can Republic, has developed

an exciting new project relating to hand washing and hygiene. They feel that the project has the potential to reach across the entire Dominican Republic and eventu-ally too many other developing nations.

District Governor Elect Georgene Hildebrand and I are asking every club in District 6310 to participate in this project because of the potential it holds for mak-ing a significant reduction in the number of childhood deaths in developing nations.

The lack of clean water in many parts of the world re-sults in the death of over 5,000 children each day. That shocking number has been documented. In addition, bad water causes many serious health problems that do not result in death.

Our district, through our Water and Sanitation com-mittee, has been working for the past two years to provide sustainable clean water sources for people in the Dominican Republic. One important thing that our committee learned is that providing clean water, while critically important, is only the first step in reducing deaths from contaminated water. Step two is just as important. Step two is the need for proper hygiene to

assure that water being consumed is not contaminated at the point of use.

The most important element for hygiene at the point of use is the family having a strong commit-ment to hand washing and hygiene. Clean water is often contaminated after it arrives in the home. Data shows that health problems related to the consumption contaminated water can be reduced by 40% if a family has participated in a thorough training program. The effect of proper hand washing and hygiene is like giv-ing people vaccines for all of the water borne diseases in their area.

What this project is designed to do is to train people in the Dominican Republic to conduct educational programs regarding hand washing and hygiene. The trainers are going to train the residents of fifteen vil-lages. We will be training approximately 15,000 people and influencing approximately 75,000 people. We will also provide printed materials and other forms of sup-port for this important educational project. The project is a pilot project. We want to use our experience with this project to develop a strategy to conduct follow on projects that will offer the training to the entire country. The Water and Sanitation committee members think that this project can be duplicated in other developing counties. They consider this project to be the starting point for series of projects that can make a positive change in the quality of life for many people around the world.

The members of the district Water and Sanitation Committee, Rotary partners in the Dominican Republic

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District EventsDistrict Conference for 2011-2012

May 04, 2012 at 9:00 AM - May 05, 2012 at 10:00 PM

District Assembly for 2011-2012 May 04, 2012 at 9:00 AM - May 04, 2012 at 12:00 AM

Foundation Committee Meeting May 18, 2012 at 9:00 AM - May 18, 2012 at 11:00 AM

and the Owosso Rotarians are very excited about this project. They would like every club in the district to participate in the project with them. The project has the potential to expand exponentially. It will be exciting for your club to participate.

We have submitted a matching grant application to the Rotary Foundation for this project. The Foundation has acknowledged the receipt of our grant application and assigned our grant a number. The number is MG # 77105. What the committee would like you to do now is to decide on the amount your club wants to commit to the project. Once your club decides to participate please send your check and make it payable to the Rota-ry Foundation. Please note in the memo section of your check that the payment is for MG # 77105. Send the check to this address – Owosso Rotary Club, Mr. Ken Somerlot, 5065 Lake Drive, Owosso, MI 48867-9739. If your club is going to participate but needs some time to arrange for the funding please let Ken know that you are going to participate and how much you are going to contribute.

This seminal project is going to be an exciting event in our district. The Water and Sanitation Committee, our Rotary partners in the Dominican Republic and the Owosso Rotary club are looking forward to your sup-port for this important project.

Al Nietzke Georgene HildebrandDistrict Governor District Governor Elect

PARTICIPATE IN OUR NEW MATCHING GRANT PROJECT… continued from page 1

MINGLING AT THE PAST PETS AND DISTRICT GOVERNOR DINNER

Pictured is: Rotary International 2012-13 President Sakuji Tanaka (center) with Rotarian Ruby Iwamasa and husband Bob at PETS , and, with District Governor Allan Nietzke and wife Karon at District Governor’s Dinner.

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BAY CITY MORNING ROTARY FUNDRAISING EVENTThe Bay City Morning Rotary is hosting a Driathlon fundraising event and wants to invite Rotarians, and in-

terested (athletic) acquaintances, to participate in the challenge! They had a favorable turnout last year and are looking to double the entries. So, “Canoe, Bike and Run” your way to help benefit the Junior Achievement North-east Michigan.

When:Sun., September 16, 2012

Where:Veterans Memorial Park

male, female, and co-ed divisions *must have a partner*

Field Capped at 200 Teams!Proceeds to benefit Junior Achievement Northeast Michigan

2nd Annual

For more info & to register visit us at mydriathlon.com

SP49667

5K CANOE20K BIKE5K RUN

2 PERSON TEAMOR RELAY

PRICE:$60

per person

Hosted by: The Bay City Morning Rotary

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3nd Annual Sebewaing Rotary

“Beet Feet” 5K Walk/Run

Saturday, June 16th

Registration: 7-8 am Start time: 8 am Location: Bay Shore Camp

During the 2012 “Michigan Sugar Festival”

Register online at www.active.com or pick up a registration form at

Sebewaing Primary Care or Independent Bank, Sebewaing, or copy

from “Sebewaing Rotary” Facebook site. Info@ 989-883-9088. Proceeds will benefit Rotary’s local and

International projects.

Sponsored by:

Sebewaing Rotary Club Announces Third Annual “Beet Feet” 5k Race

The Sebewaing Rotary Club is proud to present our 3rd “Beet Feet” 5k race as part of the Michigan Sugar Festi-val activities. Proceeds will benefit projects for Rotary international.

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District 6310 is seeking a part time District Administrative Secretary. This is a new position. The person retained will start on or about July 1, 2012

The person will be retained as an independent contractor and not as an em-ployee of the district. We expect that the person will work approximately 15 hours per week with considerable variation from week to week. The contrac-tor will provide his/her work place.

The contractor supports the District Governor and other District leaders by facilitating communication between the District Governor and District Gov-ernor Elect and club and district leaders throughout the district. This includes phone calls, e-mails, postal mail, a monthly district newsletter and the district website. The contractor also serves as a key record keeper for district records.

The complete Contractor Job Description is available on the district website www.rotary6310.org. If you are interested in this position please send a letter of interest to Al Nietzke at anietzke@nfcpa.com. Candidates will be consid-ered until the position is filled but applications are preferred by May 15, 2012.

Allan W. Nietzke District Governor, Rotary District 6310

PART TIME DISTRICT ADMINISTRATIVE

SECRETARY SOUGHT

SEBEWAING ROTARY SUPPORTS IMAGINATION LIBRARY PROGRAM

Todd Fritz, Sebewaing Rotary President, presents George Rierson, Superintendant Unionville-Se-bewaing Area Schools with a check for $1,000 on January 31, 2012 in support of the Imagination Library Program. Mr. Rierson personally supports and participates on the Tuscola Imagination Library Committee and delivered the check to them at their February 1, 2012 meeting in support of the commu-nity initiative.

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Reminder! Regular monthly reporting of a club’s attendance and membership activities must be received by the 20th day of each month by our District Secretary Joyce Swartzmiller. Please email to f81681@ejourney.com or call her at 989-435-7122. 100% is our goal!

Club Name Members as of New Members Terminations Total Members Number of Meetings Gain/Loss YTD Gain/Loss Attendance

June, 2010 This Month This Month This Month This Month This Month Percentage

Alma-St. Louis 53 2 0 52 4 2 -1 69

Alpena 81 0 0 76 4 0 -5 82.2

Bad Axe 40 0 0 39 4 0 -1 63

Bay City 106 0 -1 98 4 -1 -8 56

Bay City Morning 38 0 0 37 5 0 -1 86

Birch Run 19 1 0 19 4 1 0 86

Breckenridge 10 1 0 13 5 1 3 81

Caro 55 0 0 55 4 0 0 54

Cass City 29 0 0 29 4 0 0 80

Chesaning 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Clare 58 0 0 60 4 0 2 52

Corunna 27 2 0 29 5 2 2 0

Durand 25 1 0 29 4 1 4 56

Frankenmuth 127 0 0 128 5 0 1 81.32

Frankenmuth Morning 33 1 0 38 4 1 5 81.58

Gladwin 25 0 0 25 4 0 0 60

Harbor Beach 14 0 -1 14 4 -1 0 71

Ithaca 25 0 0 24 4 0 -1 65

Midland 161 2 0 166 5 2 5 56.94

Midland Morning 49 0 0 46 4 0 0 79

Millington 18 0 0 18 4 0 0 79

Mt. Pleasant 65 0 -1 63 4 -1 -2 74

Oscoda 25 0 0 24 5 0 -1 50

Owosso 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pigeon 52 2 0 54 0 2 2 65.28

Pinconning/Standish 14 0 0 16 5 0 2 61

Saginaw 51 0 0 51 4 0 0 57.38

Saginaw Sunrise 29 0 0 25 5 0 -4 50.4

Saginaw Valley 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Sebewaing 29 0 0 29 4 0 0 62

Shepherd 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Vassar 18 0 0 20 4 0 2 81

Totals 1402 12 -3 1277 9 4 55.03

Membership And Attendance Report March, 2012