www.rotary.org Founded February 23, Rotary Review 1905 by Paul P. Harris District 7810 Newsletter - Mar.2011 Issue #7 DG John Carkner [email protected]

March is Literacy Month May 6 - 7- 8, 2011 District Conference The Canadian Literacy and Learning Network uses the UNESCO definition of literacy … At the Crowne Plaza Lord Beaverbrook in Fredericton “the ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate, compute and use printed and written materials Coming Up Fast! associated with varying contexts. Literacy involves a Have you registered? continuum of learning to enable an individual to achieve his or Less than seven weeks her goals, to develop his or her knowledge and potential, and to go ! to participate fully in the wider society.”

Knowing how to read and write can transform someone’s life. I hope to see you there. NOT knowing severely restricts someone from reaching their potential. These basic skills which many of us take for granted can mean a job, an income and hope for a better future for those who are struggling to break out of the cycle of District Conference poverty. That is why Rotary has focused on promoting Special Sat.Entertainment! literacy for more than two decades and why our Rotary Foundation has provided millions of dollars to support literacy Five Time ECMA nominee projects. singer songwriter David Myles. This is a great time to recognizewww.pdfwizard.com the success of projects that we already have in place around our District as well as around the world. As an example, the Rotary Club of Port Elgin has supportedDocuCom the Imagination Library which PDF provides Literacy Trial ideas come in a book once a month, free of charge to children from birth to all sizes and shapes age five. Guest speakers at the RC I know there are many more Club projects that support literacy St. Stephen-Milltown have initiatives in our District. Please let me know what your Club a children’s book donated is doing. in their name to the local St. Croix Public Library. John What does your club do?

1 The Imagination Library Fact Sheet Bill Gates Convention Keynote Speaker What is the Imagination Library? Launched by country music star Dolly Parton and The Dolly- Bill Gates, founder of wood Foundation, the Imagination Library fosters a love of Microsoft and worldwide reading among preschool children by providing them with a philanthropist, will be a free book every month from birth to the age of five. Rotary keynote speaker at our clubs and districts are encouraged to support literacy through 2011 Rotary International the Imagination Library. The first book that children receive is Convention in New the children’s classic, The Little Engine that Could. Orleans. As you know, The Bill and Melinda How does it work? Gates Foundation has Participating communities provide access to the program for committed $355 Million to all preschool children in their area. They promote the Rotary for the eradication program, register children with the Imagination Library, and of polio in the world, Bill pay for the books and mailing. Once a child is registered, the will speak on the progress Foundation takes over sending the child a new made to date in the book each month. campaign against this terrible disease. Who benefits from the Imagination Library? Over 650,000 children under the age of five receive books from the Imagination Library each month. Over 25 million books have been donated to children since the program began in 1996.

How has Rotary Partnered with the Imagination Library? Over 80% of the children in over 100 Canadian communities As well, The Rotary who receive books each month through The Imagination Foundation is partnering Library do so thanks to a Rotarian. In New Brunswick, a with the United Saints partnership with School District 2 was initiated by the Recovery Service to Port Elgin Rotary club and now serves 5 local provide Rotarians an communities. Rotary clubs can sponsor programs in their opportunity for service to community, or form partnerships with other clubs to start the host City of New regional or provincial programs. Orleans. Networking while rolling up your sleeves and How much does it cost? working to assist Local communities are billed each month based upon the economically distressed number of books mailed to their children. The average cost neighbourhoods afflicted of the books, labeling and mailing is $3.60 per child each by blight and disaster, and month. those still in need is What else can my club do to help? another good reason for Once you have set up an Imagination Library project, contact you to register to attend Rotary International to share your successes. Please send OUR 2011 ROTARY www.pdfwizard.comCONVENTION”. Please information about your project to [email protected]. remember two things: 1) Where can I learn more? The last date for a VisitDocuCom the Imagination Library Web site, PDFdiscounted Trial registration is www.imaginationlibrary.com, or contact: March 31. 2) This is the The Dollywood Foundation last convention in North Catriona Sturton – Regional Director America for at least 5 Telephone: (613) 882-0575 Fax: (866) 853-6559 years. Check it out at E-mail: [email protected] www.Rotary.org/convention or contact me at [email protected] CELEBRATE MARCH AS ROTARY LITERACY for info on what clubs from MONTH our District have planned.

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Twenty-five (25) outgoing RYE students from NB, NS, PEI and NFLD landed Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) in Fredericton, NB on Thursday, Feb. 24th 2011 Our District 7810 RYLA Workshop is taking place at The for SKI WEEKEND, hosted Rotary Mapleton Pavilion on April 2 2011 in Moncton N.B. The by the Rotary Club of event will start at 9:30 am and end with a banquet at approx. Fredericton Sunrise! 7:00 pm. Representing all corners of Planning this event has been ongoing for some time. The the globe including purpose of RYLA is to Demonstrate Rotary’s respect and Mexico, Brazil, Sweden, concern for youth, Provide an effective training experience for Finland, Austria, Denmark, selected youth and potential leaders, Encourage leadership of Germany,France, Belgium, youth by youth, Recognize publicly young people who are Switzerland, Japan, Spain, rendering service to their communities. This is a District and Australia, the youth initiative for every club in the District. excitedly took over the We have had a good response from a number of clubs with initial meeting place, over thirty students having applied so far. It would be great to Lakeville Inn and Suites, have participation from all over the district. Remember the After being whisked away participants who are or have been involved with Rotary or in by host families, the gang their community are eligible to participate. landed back together at One participant will be awarded a trip to attend a World RYLA Rotarian Mary Dingee’s Conference and some will be recognized at our District house for a Rotarian meet- Conference. For particulars or info please contact Mike Walsh and-greet and Martina’s [email protected] or 506 857-1891 (Switzerland) delicious chocolate fondue fountain!

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3 It was a bright and early start the next morning at 7:45am! World Community Tired but up for the adventure, 27 youth (including Service RD7810 Fredericton’s two outbound students Jillian and Sarah) piled into a school bus headed for Crabbe Mountain in Lower For more info Contact Hainesville, NB. Many of the students opted to try Leslie Van Patter RC snowboarding while others were already skiing pros! It was Sackville 506-364-0196 great fun to see their determination (especially those from the [email protected] southern hemisphere) to give this favourite Canuck pastime a go!!! There was a pizza party at lunchtime followed by a hearty RYE version of Oh Canada! and then, appropriately, it started to snow…. and snow, and snow, and snow! At the end of the day - thanks to Gordie our bus driver- we safely made it to Rotarian Marilyn Baird’s home, who stuffed us full of lasagna, bread and salad and a giant Rotary birthday cake!

Saturday morning (a chilly -100, or so it felt with the wind) was Rotarians from New fun time and free time to visit the Boyce Farmer’s Market. We Brunswick, Maine, and then met Gordie again and headed out to Yoho Lake Scout Michigan help to unload Camp for an overnighter with a Scout Leader and three some of the 53 bio-sand Rovers (university-age scouts) and more outdoor wilderness water filters installed in the activities (including sliding, broomball, building an igloo and a Dominican Republic sleeping trench - which fortunately did NOT get used!). In the bateys (sugar cane evening there was a traditional scout “camp fire” (although the villages) in February 2011. fireplace wasn’t working so the projected image on the wall did the trick!) and the youth all prepared skits that made everyone laugh hysterically! We also sang traditional camp songs and closed the night (sort of) with making maple taffy on trays of snow. A few more runs later out to the sliding hill (10pm, 1am and 3am) and everyone finally bedded down for sleep! In the morning (tired from a weekend of so much fun!!!) we all headed to Porter’s Diner in Hanwell, NB for a well- deserved and HUGE trucker-style breakfast! Each of the youth were awarded a certificate of participation and then sadly we said good-byes and farewell to an incredibly fun, and A Mechanical Cow in Bali thankfully, injury-free weekend! recently installed through a Matching Grant supported Many, many thanks and sincere appreciation to all those by RC Moncton West involved for making this weekend such a success, including Riverview, RC Moncton, Rotarian Elizabeth Ross who was the event’s coordinator!!! and RC Gagetown.

Submitted by: Jerri (MacKenzie) McCallum, a new Fredericton Sunrise Rotarian and the club’s first outbound RYE student (Sweden 1994-1995) who participated inwww.pdfwizard.com ski weekend 17 years ago! DocuComPURPLE PINKY DAYS LIVE! PDF Trial Brenda Keenan (wife of Rotarian Neil Keenan) is Principal of her school, Florenceville Elementary, whose students raised 99,000 insecticide-treated $300.00 for "Purple Pinkie For Polio". She promised the kids if bed nets hung in Tanzania they raised $200.00 she would colour her hair purple. They school dormitories 2007 - raised $260.00 themselves and the staff fund topped it up to 2010. The number of $300.00. So, all in good fun, and in keeping her word, as a malaria cases is noticeably good sport, Brenda sat down in the gymnasium and 2 dropping since the bed net teachers coloured her hair purple. installation.

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