September is NEW GENERATIONS MONTH
September is New Generations Month and most clubs in District 6330 are involved in one or more activities with our own district youth and/or with international youth.
Our District 6330 Scholar, Sean Toal completed his masters in Latin American Studies and has now returned to the US and is about to enter the next phase of his training with the US Army. Further info to follow.
We are now looking for two more District 6330 scholars for 2015-2016.
Youth Exchange, a major effort in our district, has been experiencing much activity during the last few weeks as the outbound exchange students have been preparing for and have (for the most part) now departed for their year in a foreign country. Inbound exchange students have been arriving to spend their year in our district. Many thanks to the clubs and host families for participating in this life-changing program. I urge all club members to provide support to these students whenever possible.
The university, college and Ontario high school students return in early September. Michigan high schools are already in class. Sponsoring clubs are urged to ensure that club members are available to assist our 4 Rotaract and 11 Interact clubs to get up and running as soon as possible.
Early in the new school year is the opportune time to start a new Interact Club. Ask the young people who attended the RYLA Seminar for Tomorrow’s Leaders this past May in London, to help you meet with potential Interactors in their school.
Please ask the high schools in your area to start to recruit for next year’s RYLA Seminar for Tomorrow’s Leaders and the Adventures in Citizenship sponsored by the RC of Ottawa.
Many clubs in the district are involved with several hundred elementary schools in Michigan and Ontario by providing dictionaries to grade 3 students.
I am proud of the large number of clubs in the district who are actively involved with New Generations programs and I thank you for your efforts to expand the family of Rotary.
The responsibility of District Executives, Assistant Governors, District Chairs, DG, DGE and DGN is to provide support to the clubs. Please do not hesitate to ask any of us for assistance as we work to LIGHT UP ROTARY in 2014-2015.
Doug Burnard
DG District 6330 2014-2015