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GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE
Our Final Newsletter: Thank you for a great year!
By Pat and Skip Doyle
Our last major Rotary event as district governors began just as did our first one. The event was the closing ceremony of Rotary Youth Leadership Awards last weekend at Fitchburg State University. Last year, our installation as governors was a part of the closing ceremony, and this year we opened the event as governors. Again, we wish every member of the district could have been present. There were more than 700 people at the event. Do we ever get that many people at a district event with the exception of RYLA? We were so proud of our RYLANs, our RYLA facilitators, our RYLA Committee, our RYLA volunteers and the more than 40 Rotary clubs from District 7910 that supported the weekend by sending students. The entire weekend was filled with activities aimed at building leadership skills. We can only say you have to see it to believe it.
One thing that stood out for us during the weekend was the diversity of the young people in attendance. But it was not only the diversity, it was also the strength that came from that diversity. They were young people working together to solve problems, from many races, creeds, countries of origin and gender identity. We do not doubt that the strength such as that displayed at RYLA can change the world for the better.
And so, on that note we end our year as your district governors. We have enjoyed your meetings and your events, and helping you solve your club problems. Always feel free to contact us if we can help you in any way. We are always with you in Rotary spirit.
Club Planning Guide Deadline Extended: Thank you to all the clubs that submitted their guides!
As your district governors, we have:
- Revisited as many clubs as possible by this June 30
- Helped our clubs achieve the goals they set last July
- Did all we could to build membership in the district
- Celebrated our Million Dollar Journey
- "Moved the ball forward," in harmony with District Governor-Elect Karin Gaffney, District Governor-Nominee Steve Sager and District Governor-Nominee-Designate Pamela Anastasi.
District Governors Pat and Skip Doyle may be reached at pwdoyle2@verizon.net and skipdoyle2@verizon.net,
respectively.
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Alphabetical, by last name
Cornerstone Bank, Southbridge
Bo Daley, Auburn
Judith Deane, Shrewsbury
Larry Lencz, Dedham
Dana Lloyd, Brookfields
Linda Lloyd, Brookfields
Tushar Patel, Marlborough
Arthur Segawa, Brookline
Bo Daley, Auburn
Judith Deane, Shrewsbury
Larry Lencz, Dedham
Dana Lloyd, Brookfields
Linda Lloyd, Brookfields
Tushar Patel, Marlborough
Arthur Segawa, Brookline
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District & CLUB ROUNDS
Athol-Orange Installs Tanya Quinn
Auburn Installs Heather Chivallatti
Assistant Governor Cliff Gerber (far right) installs Heather Chivallatti (center) as president, Bo Daley (second from right) as president-elect, Rick Stock (second from left) as secretary, and Marcia Davis (far left) as treasurer.
Dedham Installs Harley Chien
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Left to right, are Dedham Rotary's newly installed new officers: Valerie Cobb, treasurer; Harley Chien, president; Marie-Louise Kehoe; Barbara Gula, sergeant at arms; and Carole Barletta, Secretary. Also shown: Assistant Governor Jim Brown.
Fitchburg Installs Denise Wortman
Left to right: David Moquin, Denise Wortman, Jennifer Sanderson, Bill Lakso, Paul Gauvin, President-Elect Glenn Fossa, District Governor-Nominee-Designate Pam Anastasi, President Dan Cunningham, Assistant Governor Jennifer Peck.
Gardner Installs Joe McGarry
Past District Governor Mike Ellis (left) is shown with Joe McGarry (right).
Leominster Installs Linda Largey
Installed President Linda Largey (left) poses with Immediate Past District Governor Jim Fusco.
Montachusett Area Installs Jim Hohman
Left to right: Immediate Past District Governor Jim Fusco; Assistant Governor Karen Fusco; President Jennifer Peck; and Installed President Jim Hohman.
Needham Installs Marty Linderman
Past District Governor Carl Kaliszewski (not shown) has installed Marty Linderman as president as well as other club officers.
Newton Installs Jodi Goodman
District Governor-Elect Karin Gaffney (left) poses with and Installed President Jodi Goodman (right).
Uxbridge Installs Ed Eldridge
Westborough Installs Shelby Marshall
Shown, far left, is District Governor-Designate Steve Sager installing Shelby Marshall and other club officers.
Needham Awards Scholarships
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Shrewsbury Awards Scholarships
Westborough Awards Scholarships
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Needham Takes Boston Harbor Schooner Adventure
Needham Rotary recently toured Boston Harbor on the schooner Adventure. On the Sunday of Sail Boston weekend, 23 members and friends got to see what it was like to hoist sails, and had a great time.
This was the result of a visit to the club by guest speaker Captain Stefan Edick, of Schooner Adventures. Framingham Presents $3,182 To Special Olympics Collected During Boston Marathon
To learn more on Framingham Rotary, click here.
Sturbridge Honors Tantasqua Regional High School Seniors
Sturbridge Rotary recently presented five students from Tantasqua Regional High School with college scholarship awards. The money will be given after successful completion of their first semester of college. In addition, an award was presented in memory of the husband of a Sturbridge Rotarian.
Emma Stanley (shown, far left) from Brimfield will attend UMass-Amherst. Emma received the Wendell Wright Memorial Educational Award.
The following received Sturbridge Rotary Scholarship Awards:
- Maxwell Cooney from Sturbridge will attend UMass Boston.
- Bennet Farrell from Sturbridge will attend UMass Amherst. 0dam Phillips from Brookfield will attend Anna Maria College. Noah Scott from Brimfield plans to attend Georgetown University, pending acceptance. Camier Hall from Fiskdale will attend Union College. Unfortunately, Camier was unable to attend the Club’s Scholarship Recognition Night.
To learn more on Sturbridge Rotary, click here.
District, Zone Leaders Celebrate 'Beyond Borders' At RI Convention
District 7910 is part of Rotary International's Zone 32, which includes 20 districts with 1,000 Rotary clubs totaling 32,242 members. At every Rl Convention, Zone 32 pairs up with Zone 24 to host a "Beyond Borders" Dinner. Why is it called "Beyond Borders?" you may ask. The answer is that these two zones span three countries (U.S., Canada and Russia) on two continents (North America and Asia).
This year, the "Beyond Borders" Dinner was held at the George Aquarium, a public facility in Atlanta. It is the largest aquarium in the Western Hemisphere, housing thousands of animals and representing several thousand species, all of all kinds.
The dining room overlooked the aquarium, and attendees were treated to a display of fish swimming by. Total attendance was 650 and included 2017-2018 RI President Ian Risely and '16-'18 RI Director Dean Rohrs.
This year, 11 members from District 7910 attended. They are, left to right: IPDGJim Fusco, Chris and Laura Spear, DGE Karin Gaffney, Karen Fusco, Lilia Weisfeldt, DGND Pam Anastasi, PDG Carol Toomey, Margarete and Tom Polito, and DGN Steve Sager.
To view highlights of the RI Convention, click here.
Nashoba Valley's Bountiful Spring Harvest
Holds Financial Reality FairThe 10th-graders at Nashoba Regional High School got a taste of financial reality on April 28. Many thanks to Nashoba Valley Rotary's volunteers and to its sponsor, Clinton Savings Bank, in making this fifth annual event a reality!
Donates $500 To Stow Police Academy
Shown, left, is club President Chris Spear during the check presentation to theStow Police Academy for its Youth Police Academy.
Holds Food And Wine-Tasting FundraiserNashoba Valley Rotary joined Acton-Boxborough Rotary on April 27 for this tasty fundraiser! Shown, left to right, are Nashoba Valley Rotarian Rich Garcia, Littleton Rotarian Gino Frattalone, and Nashoba Valley President-Elect Mary Garcia, who is married to Rich.
Gets National Coverage 
Of Repair Cafe
Of Repair CafeThe club's Repair Cafe, cosponsored with the Stow Council on Aging, has been featured in the Christian Science Monitor.
To learn more on Nashoba Valley Rotary, click here.
Wellesley Interact On Display At RI Convention
Shown at the Rotary International Convention in Atlanta, is one of three booths where Wellesley Interact's project is being promoted.
To learn more about Wellesley Rotary, click here.
Westborough Celebrates Spring With Annual Festival
To learn more about Westborough Rotary, click here.
District Membership, PR Committees Hold Final Meeting
Thank you to District Public Relations Chair Laura Spear (second from left),Membership Chair Satya Mitra (center) and Membership Vice Chair Tom Sturiale (second from right) for their service. These are three-year positions, and their time is up. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
They are shown posing with District Governors Pat Doyle (far left) and Skip Doyle (far right).
Worcester Honors Satya Mitra As District Rotarian of Year
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Big, hearty, service-way-above-self congrats to Worcester Rotarian Satya Mitra(shown, right) for being named Rotarian of the Year for District 7910. During the Worcester Rotary meeting on May 4, Worcester Past President Roger Frost (shown, left) presented the award to Satya, who is a Worcester past president, an assistant governor, and chair of the district's Million Dollar Journey campaign. Also shown are District Governors Pat and Skip Doyle, who announced the award during the Multi-District Conference on April 28 through 30 in Providence.
WATCH AWARD-PRESENTATION VIDEO
To learn more on Worcester Rotary, click here.
Auburn, Horses And Heroes Foundation, Auburn Police Dedicate Tarentino Strong
The Horses and Heroes Foundation Inc., which partnered on May 6 with the Auburn Rotary and the Auburn Police Department to dedicate police-patrol horse Tarentino Strong in honor of slain Auburn Police Officer Ronald Tarentino Jr., journeyed to the nation's capital last week during National Police Week. Foundation founder and President Skyllar Mullvaney, who is also a member of the Malden Rotary, joined the Tarentino family at last Saturdays' ceremony to dedicate a place on the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, DC, in honor of Officer Tarentino, who was shot and killed nearly a year ago, on May 23, 2016, during a routine traffic stop. Also last week, Tarentino Strong went on police-patrol duty in Washington, DC.
To learn more on:
- Auburn Rotary, click here
- Horses and Heroes Foundation, click here
- Ronald Tarentino Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund, click here.
Uxbridge Hears From Lindsey Reichert On Team Up India
Lindsey Reichert (shown), whose mother, Leslie Reichert, is a past president of Uxbridge Rotary, recently talked to that club about her Team Up India start-up project. Lindsay and Kelsey Patton, who are seniors at Grove City College in Pennsylvania, are looking to use the weapon of education to change the future health of India.
For more information on Team Up India, which is seeking funding, contact Lindsey Reichert at lindseyreichert77@gmail.com.
To learn more on Uxbridge Rotary, click here.
Shrewsbury, Worcester Join Forces To Help Students Become Authors
To learn more on:
- Shrewsbury Rotary, click here
- Worcester Rotary, click here.
In Support of Polish-Ukrainian Rotary Project
By Roy Balfour
The Polish-Ukrainian Rotary project deals with rehabilitation in Poland of a group of 25 Ukrainian children who are 10 to 12 years old, plus three accompanying adults. The children belong to families who lost their parents in the war unleashed in the East of Ukraine. This project has been successfully going on for the last three Rotary years successfully, and its main financial burden was carried by Polish Rotary clubs.
Multi-Club Power Play
Needham Teams Up with Framingham, Newton, Waltham and Watertown on India Solar-Power Project
Needham, Framingham, Newton, Waltham and Watertown Rotary have partnered to fund a $6,000 solar-power project (shown, left) for Film Nagar High School in Hyerabad, India. The host club there is the Jubilee Hills Rotary, in District 3150.
Needham paid $3,000 of the $6,000 - $1,500 of which should come back as District Grant match. Watertown, Waltham, Newton and Framingham paid $500 each.
To learn more on:
- Framingham Rotary, click here
- Jubilee Hills Rotary, click here
- Needham Rotary, click here
- Newton Rotary, click here
- Waltham Rotary, click here
- Watertown Rotary, click here
Great Club Fundraising Tool
Westborough uses PayPal to raise nearly $2,000 for Polio Plus
To research charities that have a registered 501(c)3 account with PayPal, click here.
To learn more about Westborough Rotary, click here.
District Video Highlights Rotary Foundation's Fundraising Goals
We are all well aware that The Rotary Foundation is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2017. Steve Kirk, president of Concord Rotary, has produced a five-minute video that outlines our own district’s fundraising goals for the current Rotary year, which ends this June 30.
To learn more about The Rotary Foundation, click here.
Watch Video: Governor Baker Addresses District 7910 Rotarians
The Rotary Club of Billerica has provided a video of Governor Charlie Baker's address to District 7910 Rotarians last September 27 at the DoubleTree Hotel in Bedford.
To watch the two-hour-47-minute video, click here.
The Rotary Clubs of Bedford, Billerica, Lowell, Newtonand Shrewsbury sponsored the event, which was a unique opportunity for Rotarians and friends to discuss partnering on humanitarian projects affecting our local communities. To view event photos, click here.
To learn more on:
- Bedford Rotary, click here
- Billerica Rotary, click here
- Lowell Rotary, click here
- Newton Rotary, click here
- Shrewsbury Rotary, click here
- Wachusett Area Rotary, click here
MAJOR DISTRICT & CLUB HAPPENINGS: SUMMER 2017
Saturday, July 15: District 7910 - 'District Governor Installation Ceremony'
To download event flyer in PDF format, click here
Thursday, July 20: Sturbridge - 'Concert on Sturbridge Common'
Monday July 24: Sturbridge - 'Charity Golf Classic'
To download brochure in PDF format, click here
Thursday July 27: District 7910 - 'Golf Fellowship'
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SUBMIT MAJOR CLUB HAPPENINGS
Send flyers of your club's major events and activities, in either JPEG or PDF format. to 2017-2018 District Governor Karin Gaffney at gamsgaffne@aol.com.
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