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During my Rotary peace journey, I have learned how personal resilience helps build inner peace and create sustainable outer peace. This was the inspiration behind the Women Peace Ambassadors for the South Caucasus project, which is based on my field research in Georgia. The RPPI team of Rotarians and peace fellows recognized the incredible potential of women from mixed-ethnicity families who live on borderlands to be role models for peace within and beyond their communities. Through workshops on building inner and outer peace that draw on the power of storytelling, 40 participants will be sharing their stories and reaching around 400 extended family and community members. These inspiring but marginalized women will reclaim their inner strength as peacebuilders at the grassroots level. In this way, we will take steps toward the sustainable, peaceful society we need so much, not only in our region, but throughout the world. — Nino Lotishvili
I was excited to join the peace incubator project and to further strengthen my ties with Rotary’s peace community by working with past and current peace fellows to develop these proposals. My team wrote five proposals — three in Bangladesh, one in Iraq, and one in Poland — that focus on the arts and on education to generate dialogue across religious divisions and avert the radicalization of young people. I was inspired by how, despite the pandemic, we came together via technology with a vision to develop, test, and strengthen ideas and to produce workable solutions that clubs across the world can support to advance peace. I am excited to work with Rotary’s peace community to transform these visions into reality. — Matthew Johnsen
Here is further proof that in Rotary, we prefer action to words. This is Rotary at its best. I encourage you to visit rppi.ch to explore the projects and support them.
We have lasted 116 years because of our strong ethics, our passion for Service Above Self, and our unique approach to problem-solving. One of our greatest strengths is how we reach across our communities and across national, ethnic, religious, and political divisions to unite people of all backgrounds and to help others. This month, let’s celebrate our history and the many ways that Rotary Opens Opportunities to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace, our ultimate mission.
Holger Knaack
President 2020-2021
Rotary International
September, 2019
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That's right folks! Fowler Rotary is now on Facebook. An invitation was sent out to each Fowler Rotarian to join Facebook, if they were not already members, to then check on the Fowler Rotary Club Facebook page. You can set up a Facebook personal account on your computer, then search for Fowler Rotary Club. After you see the Rotary info available, we hope you will click on the Like us button at the top of the page. You will then receive our club and important district updates, as well as those from your friends that you decide to choose, on your own Facebook personal page to keep you up to date with great information available with this social networking opportunity.
You can also get in touch with your many friends, as well as other Rotary clubs and Rotarians from around the world. Our good friends at the Boswell Rotary, Otterbein Rotary and Kentland Rotary Clubs also have a Facebook page, as well as Rotary International and Rotary District 6540. Check them out today, and become a friend on Facebook!
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Have you thought about what your Rotary legacy will be?
The Permanent Fund builds long-term stability for the future of The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International by providing an extra stream of income to meet an increasing demand for the Foundation's educational, humanitarian, and cultural programs. We invite you to invest in tomorrow by joining Rotarians around the world, and throughout District 6540 in their efforts to improve and enrich lives of people around the globe.
A Benefactor of The Rotary Foundation is anyone who informs The Rotary Foundation in writing that he or she has made a provision in his or her will or other estate plan, naming the Foundation's Permanent Fund as a beneficiary; or by making an outright gift of $1,000 or more to the Permanent Fund. Benefactor recognition consists of a certificate and insignia (Angel Wings) to be worn with a Rotary pin.
The Rotary Foundation also recognizes those couples or individuals who have made commitments in their estate plans totaling $10,000 or more, as a Bequest Society Member. Donors may elect to receive an engraved crystal recognition piece and a Diamond Circle pin commemorating the commitment.
This support goes above and beyond your current Every Rotarian Every Year (EREY) annual contributions to The Rotary Foundation. It is a commitment to the future in your estate planning.
If you would like to receive a gift commitment card to complete, please contact any member of the Rotary District 6540 Foundation Committee or any member of the District Leadership Team. Your legacy will make a lasting difference in the world! Thank you for your consideration.
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By Arnold Grahl, Rotary International News –
Luanne Triolo was several weeks into a challenge to wear her Rotary pin for 60 days straight when she realized she had missed a day.
So the 2009-10 president of the Rotary Club of Carol Stream, Illinois, USA, started all over again to meet the challenge William Ferreira, governor of District 6440, had set before all his club presidents.
"You get used to it. It's something that is really good to do," says Triolo. "Different pins do catch people's eye in different ways."
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Are you a new Rotarian looking for more ways to get involved in your club? Or maybe you're a club leader trying to get your members more involved.
Take the new e-learning module on how to get involved in Rotary to learn how Rotarians all over the world have become more involved and have encouraged others to participate.
This interactive module features personal examples and ideas from Rotarians from every continent. Some mention using their skills, while others suggest taking on a leadership role. Navigate the module by choosing the part of the world you want to read about.
You can also learn more about getting involved in Rotary by visiting the Rotary E-Learning Center.
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That's right, all preschool children (birth until their fifth birthday) living in Benton County are eligible to participate. There is no cost to you thanks to the Benton County Imagination Library, the Benton Community Foundation and the many organizations, businesses and individuals who support this excellent program.
Each month a new carefully selected book will be mailed to your child's name, directly to your home. They can look forward to new and exciting reading adventures from Dolly Parton's Imagination Library until they turn five years old, as long as you remain a resident of Benton County.
Register your child today by calling (765) 884-0541 for more information, or you can visit your nearest public library in Benton County to get a registration brochure.
The Fowler Rotary Club is proud to be an annual sponsor of this excellent program to benefit the pre-school age children of Benton County.
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By Arnold Grahl and Ryan Hyland - Rotary International News
Billions of people lack access
to safe drinking water and proper sanitation. Rotarians are involved in projects worldwide, from building mechanized water systems to teaching better
personal hygiene.
Villages in four regions of Ghana are being equipped with ventilated pit latrines, showers, and boreholes featuring hand pumps and mechanized pipes through the efforts of dozens of Rotary clubs in Latin America, North America, and Ghana.
The effort is part of the International H2O Collaboration, an alliance between Rotary International and USAID. Launched in 2009, it works to implement long-term, sustainable water, sanitation, and hygiene projects in the developing world. The first phase of the partnership has focused on three countries: Ghana, the Philippines, and the Dominican Republic.
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The Paul Harris Fellow recognition acknowledges individuals who contribute, or who have contributions made in their name, of US$1,000 to The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International.
It was established in 1957 to show appreciation for and encourage substantial contributions to what was then the Foundation's only program, Rotary Foundation Fellowships for Advanced Study, the precursor to Ambassadorial Scholarships.
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The Rotary Club of Fowler serves the community of Fowler, IN, the surrounding area in Benton County, and international projects, by providing direct monetary support. Some of the organizations and projects that we have supported in recent years include:
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If you have the opportunity, go check out the new Benton County, Indiana website. It will be a great resource to promote what we have to offer as a county-wide community. To view the website, click on the Benton County Website in the left toolbar area of this page.
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By Arnold R. Grahl, Rotary International News -
New tools, new tactics, and increased support from political leaders have put Rotary and its partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in the best position ever to finish the job of ridding the world of polio.
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What is a Rotarian?
• A Rotarian is a person who digs wells from which they will never drink,
• A person who vaccinates children they will never meet,
• Who restores sight for those they will never see,
• Who builds houses they will never live in,
• Who educates children they will never know,
• Who plants trees they will never sit under,
• Who feeds hungry people, regardless of race, religion or politics,
• Who makes crawlers walk half a world away,
• Who knows real happiness, which as Albert Schweitser said, can only be found by serving others.
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The need exists, the need persists.
Shelterboxes are being sent to the people of Haiti and Chile on a regular basis from the donations of individual citizens including many Rotarians, Rotary Clubs, other service & community groups, schools, church groups, businesses, corporations, and small private foundations. The following will explain what is a Shelterbox, and the contents of them, depending on the disaster they serve.
Materials are ordered from a range of suppliers selected for general use, long-life, quality and price. Shelterboxes are prepared and packed using all new materials as delivered from manufacturers, at the Shelterbox warehouse based in Helston, Cornwall. The standard Shelterbox weighs 110 lbs. and has approximate dimensions 2'3" x 1'4" x 11". They are sealed and banded for transit and security. Box contents vary depending on the nature of the disaster requiring their use.
The price of a complete Shelter Box is $1,000 (US). This includes the purchase of new Box items, assembly, warehousing and their subsequent delivery to the site location, (covering transportation, handling, insurance) and standard administrative costs.
Smaller donations are also gratefully accepted. ShelterBox USA will combine partial donations and distribute a complete box when funds equal the cost of an entire box. All donations submitted with a mailing address will be sent a tax-deductible receipt, noting the Box number their contribution funded.
For more information on how you can help by making a donation, go to www.shelterboxusa.org
Boxes are sometimes packed with two 10-person tents in them, (to the exclusion of some smaller items, to maximize shelter capacity. Some of the selected Box items that are available for inclusion in the Box are:
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One of the most widely printed and quoted statements of business ethics in the world is the Rotary International 4-Way Test. It was created by Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor in 1932 when he was asked to take charge of a company that was facing bankruptcy. Taylor looked for a way to save the struggling company mired in depression caused financial difficulties. He drew up a 24 word code of ethics for all employees to follow in their business and professional lives. The 4-Way Test became the guide for sales, production, advertising and all relations with dealers and customers, and the survival of the company is credited to this simple philosophy.
Herb Taylor became president of Rotary International in 1954-55. The 4-Way Test was adopted by Rotary in 1943 and has been translated into more than a hundred languages and published in thousands of ways.
THE FOUR- WAY TEST
Of the things we think, say or do:
First: Is it the TRUTH?
Second: Is it FAIR to all concerned?
Third: Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
Fourth: Will it be BENEFICAL to all concerned?
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"Service Above Self"
Fowler, IN 47944
United States of America