 District Governor
Kristin Duckart
Welcome to the heart of summer in this Rotary Year!
As I mentioned in my July letter, our goals for the next year will be keeping our promise to rid the world of polio, helping our clubs to become bigger, better and bolder through focusing on membership, and growing foundation support and awareness.
I’ve just come from a District Foundation meeting with an awesome group of Rotarians! As we went around the table introducing ourselves as a newly formed team, we each shared our story of why we give to the Rotary Foundation. After listening to the stories, I realized how integrally connected the work of the Foundation is in engaging current members and sparking interest in potential new members. Wow! I thought. Two of this year’s key goals are actually “connected at the hip.” By raising awareness and engagement for the Rotary Foundation, we are ultimately providing more opportunities to promote membership growth.
Several Foundation Committee members spoke of the “hook” that moved them from being a Rotary member of a club to being a passionate Rotarian engaged in a local or international project that changed the life of another human being. It was powerful! It is my personal goal to help every Rotary member in our District to also become a passionate Rotarian… to experience the “hook” that excites and engages you to support the Rotary Foundation or to invite a new member.
Many of you know that I am passionate about Rotary and the work we do in the world. Nothing inspires me more than learning the personal stories of individual Rotarians especially in District 6250. I can’t keep these stories to myself and so I have decided to launch a blog as a place for us to share our Rotary stories.
I invite you to go to http://kristinrotary.wordpress.com/ in the coming weeks and check it out. I look forward to hearing about your Rotary moments and about the great work you are engaged in. It will be a place for sharing as well as generating conversation and ideas about how we can become a stronger district.
One additional item that I’d like to stress; Rotary exists because of the clubs. I, like current and former leaders in Rotary, understand what drives the vision and the mission of Rotary is the clubs. District 6250 is comprised of 60 clubs. Some are large and some are small, but each brings its unique fingerprint to the sum character of our district. Our district has enjoyed success because of our diverse makeup and I am committed to helping you continue along your unique paths while at the same time helping us reach across borders and continents to do even greater work around the globe.
Thank you.
Kristin Duckart
District Governor 2010-2011
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