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2019-2020 Rotarian of the Year Award Announced!
Congratulations to the 2019-20 D5470 Rotarian of the Year!
Kristi Redlinger (formerly 'Adams') was presented her Award this morning at Horizon Sunrise Rotary Club by PDG David Wood!
Kristi first learned of Rotary in 1988 as a Rotary Youth Exchange Student to France during her junior year in high school. It helped Kristi learn the importance of Service Above Self and giving back to her local and international communities. She became a Rotarian in 2008, served as the Horizon Sunrise Rotary Club of Grand Junction President from 2018-19 and currently serves as the Club's Treasurer. She is the Chair of Mountain and Plains District 5470 Rotary Youth Exchange. 
Kristi has hosted 13 Rotary Exchange Students, and her 2 sons, Adam and Spencer, were RYE students to Germany and Brazil. Kristi believes that Rotary Youth Exchange experiences shape future leaders and builds peace through cultural understanding. Kristi has served on boards with United Way of Mesa County and the Community Food Bank of Grand Junction. Those who know Kristi are inspired by her shining light every day.
There couldn't be a more deserving Rotarian to earn this award! Congratulations Kristi!
District 5470's 2019-2020
Rotarian of the Year!
A Note from the Governor
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Your work is so important to the wellbeing of our youth and the fabric of our communities. It is all that you do that makes me so proud and humbled to be your District Governor and number one cheerleader. My tour so far has proven to me that COVID has not stopped the Good Work being done by Rotarians but has opened new opportunities for all of us to explore. Please Keep Exploring and opening new opportunities for yourself and the communities you love so dearly .
Yours in Rotary Service,
Chip
Governor, Rotary District 5470
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Wet Mountain Club members passing the CSSP District 5470 Aid in front of the market
Rotarians in ACTION AROUND the DISTRICT with our
COVID19 Support Program!
Redlands Rotary Club Used the District COVID19 Relief money to help fund lunches for kids from the Lunch Lizard!
Cañon City New Horizons Thrift Store provided a truck to haul groceries from Colorado Springs for food giveaway
Dolores Club hung banners for graduating seniors with the CSSP program to help recognize them in an unprecedented time.
As the COVID-19 virus pandemic began to take hold and the United States began shutting down to limit the spread, District 5470 Governor David Wood, realized that this was going to have a very significant impact on the 57 clubs in our district and the communities they serve. David called together the G-Line, DGE Chip Ecks, DGEN Becky Smith and DG-Designate Sam Kevan, to figure a way that the district could help clubs.
Looking at the district budget, the group realized that because of the cancellation of the International Conference, district meetings and a variety of activities, there would be some money in the budget that was no longer committed. Could that money be used to help clubs address needs in their communities? Yes!
The COVID Community Support Program (CSSP) assisted clubs by matching District funds up to $500 with club funds to provide immediate assistance in local communities. To be effective, the process had to be quick and simple – a one-page request submitted to District Service Director Bob Stovall. Bob reviewed each request and logged it on a spreadsheet. Bob sent the requests and log to Becky for a second approval.
Becky then forwarded the request and log to District Treasurer Tom Mansheim who wrote the $500 checks and sent them to the clubs. The checks were usually in the mail within less than a week from the time the request was submitted.
The requirements were simple – the project had to do address a community need created by the COVID-19 pandemic and the club had to match the $500. The entire process was repeated in round 2.
The results were incredible. Forty-seven clubs participated in round one, and forty requests were approved in round two. Checks were written for $42,650 in the two rounds. Most clubs contributed more than the minimum match. Total funds spent in the District were in excess of $100,000.
Projects varied across the District. Many clubs used the money to provide assistance to agencies meeting immediate needs, including food banks, school lunch and backpack programs, and grocery gift cards. Other clubs provide assistance to families for such things as utility payments and housing. Many clubs went to work making masks and gowns for medical and public uses. Grand Junction Horizon focused on homeless teens.
The Florence/Eastern Fremont County club used a grant from a local business to purchase sewing machines and set up their normal meeting room at local restaurant as a sewing center to make masks and other needed material.
Many clubs provided support essential workers. In some cases that meant gift cards for police, fire , medical as well as grocery store clerks and others having to work long hours through the pandemic. The six Colorado Springs clubs joined together to help Ronald McDonald House, which had to move clients into motels.
In many communities the virus had little impact, but business closures did. Burlington, Wet Mountain Valley (Westcliffe/Silvercliffe), Cañon City and Grand Junction supported local business enterprises, many of which had a non-profit component. Several used the money to purchase supplies from local businesses that adapted to the crisis. La Junta and Lamar clubs made 3-D printed and purchase face masks or shields for medical providers. Telluride helped a local business that converted its operation to making sanitizer.Education was a major target. Pueblo 43 help school districts with hot spots for students without Internet access so they could continue online learning. Other clubs purchased computers or tablets for students that could not afford them to support their learning.
Recognizing that the pandemic closures increased risk of domestic violence, Pagosa Springs contributed to agencies that support victims and families in abuse situations.
There were so many great projects completed by the clubs receiving funds, that it is impossible to recognize them all in this space.. Perhaps one of the most creative, however, was Glenwood Springs, which supported a free online Vaudeville Review providing entertainment and comic relief, as well as support for businesses.
Many of the projects funded by the two CCSP programs will have impacts that last well beyond the end of the pandemic. Yes, it will end. Some of those impacts will be tangible, while others will be less so but equally valuable in the sense of communities coming together to support each other.
Good work Rotary clubs of District 5470
By Robert Stovall, Canyon City Rotary Club
Congratulations to
Rotary's 1st WOMAN PRESIDENT!
ROTARY'S FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT - JENNIFER JONES 2022-2023
Friday, August 7, 2020
Jennifer E. Jones, a member of the Rotary Club of Windsor-Roseland, Ontario, Canada, has been nominated to become Rotary International’s president for 2022-23, a groundbreaking selection that will make her the first woman to hold that office in the organization’s 115-year history.
Jones will officially became president-nominee on 1 October!
Jones says she sees Rotary’s Action Plan as a catalyst for increasing Rotary’s impact.
“As we reflect upon our new strategic priorities, we could have never envisioned that our ability to adapt would become our North Star during what is inarguably the most profound time in recent history,” Jones said in her vision statement. “Silver linings rise out of the most challenging circumstances. Using metric-driven goals, I will harness this historic landscape to innovate, educate, and communicate opportunities that reflect today’s reality.”
As the first woman to be nominated to be president, Jones understands how important it is to follow through on Rotary’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Statement. “I believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion … begins at the top and for us to realize growth in female membership and members under the age of forty — these demographics need to see their own reflection in leadership,” Jones said. “I will champion double-digit growth in both categories while never losing sight of our entire family.”
Jones is founder and president of Media Street Productions Inc., an award-winning media company in Windsor. She was chair of the board of governors of the University of Windsor and chair of the Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce. She has been recognized for her service with the YMCA Peace Medallion, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal, and Wayne State University’s Peacemaker of the Year Award, a first for a Canadian. Jones holds a Doctor of Laws (LL.D.).
A current Rotary Foundation trustee, Jones has been a Rotary member since 1997 and has served Rotary as RI vice president, director, training leader, committee chair, moderator, and district governor. She played a lead role in Rotary’s rebranding effort by serving as chair of the Strengthening Rotary’s Advisory Group. She is the co-chair of the End Polio Now Countdown to History Campaign Committee, which aims to raise $150 million for polio eradication efforts.
Jones recently led the successful #RotaryResponds telethon, which raised critical funds for COVID-19 relief and was viewed by more than 65,000. Jones has also received Rotary International’s Service Above Self Award and The Rotary Foundation Citation for Meritorious Service. She and her husband, Nick Krayacich, are members of The Rotary Foundation’s Arch Klumph Society, Paul Harris Society, and the Bequest Society.
The members of the Nominating Committee for the 2022-23 President of Rotary International are: Robert L. Hall, Dunwoody, Metro Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Bradford R. Howard Oakland Uptown, California, USA; Per Høyen, Aarup, Gelsted, Denmark; Peter Iblher, Nürnberg-Reichswald, Zirndorf, Germany; Ashok Mahajan, Mulund, Mah., India; Sam Okudzeto, Accra, Accra, Ghana; Eduardo San Martín Carreño, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain; Takeshi Matsumiya, Chigasaki-Shonan, Chigasaki Kanagawa, Japan; Michael K. McGovern (secretary), Cape Elizabeth, Maine, USA; José Alfredo Pretoni, São Paulo-Sul, São Paulo, Brazil; Saowalak Rattanavich, Bang Rak, Bangkok, Thailand; Hendreen Dean Rohrs, Langley Central, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada; Kenneth M. Schuppert, Jr (chair)., Decatur, Alabama, USA; Ravindra P. Sehgal, Belur, West Bengal, India; Noel Trevaskis, Merimbula, Tura Beach, Australia; Giuseppe Viale, Genova, Genova, Italy; and Chang-Gon Yim, Daegu-West, Daegu, Korea.
Support our Fire Fighters!
Rifle Rotary Club and Rotary District 5470
Sporting Clay Shoot Invitational
Africa declared Wild Polio Virus Free!
Rotary congratulates African region on becoming wild poliovirus-free
FIVE OUT OF SIX WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION REGIONS ARE NOW WILD POLIO-FREE
EVANSTON, Ill. (June 23, 2020) — Rotary and its partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) are proud to announce an historic public health achievement as the World Health Organization’s African region is now certified wild poliovirus-free.
The milestone comes four years after Nigeria – the last polio-endemic country in Africa – recorded its final case of wild poliovirus following decades of effort from GPEI partners, local and national leaders, and health workers throughout the African region. Over the course of the effort, 9 billion doses of oral polio vaccine have been administered, hundreds of millions of children have been immunized, and 1.8 million cases of wild poliovirus have been averted throughout the region.
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