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Guatemala Literacy Project

It's not too late to sign up to join District 5340 in Guatemala in February 2022. This will be a special opportunity to participate in a successful continuing Rotary project. The Guatemala Literacy Project is a network of individual Rotarians, clubs, districts and the nonprofit organization Cooperative for Education working to end the cycle of poverty through education in one of the poorest, least educated countries in the western hemisphere.

Join the effort to make a difference!

There are numerous ways you can get involved.

You may choose:

a. Make a club contribution
b. Make an individual financial contribution
c. Visit the project in Guatemala with fellow Rotarians
d. All of the above!

To get more information on this project and ways you can help, email Dugan Lamoise – at duganlamoise@gmail.com.

Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force Workshop May 20

Victims of sex trafficking – San Diego Downtown News

Your District Anti-Human Trafficking task force has another excellent workshop on tap.

Join us for this insightful overview of how businesses in San Diego County and elsewhere are banding together to educate the San Diego employees to identify and effectively report indicators of sex trafficking. You’ll receive ideas that you can implement in your workforce the next day!

If you want to be part of stopping the $810 million illicit industry in our region, don’t miss this!

Online Webinar: How businesses can help stop human sex trafficking in San Diego

May 20, 2021
5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Register now

2021 District Conference

The 2021 District Conference registration is now open! Join fellow Rotarians, Rotaractors, Interactors, & guests for a weekend of celebration and connection on September 10-12, 2021 at the Hotel del Coronado.

The conference team is working hard to make this a fun celebration to reunite us in person. Join your Rotary family for this unique opportunity to exchange ideas, strengthen leadership and friendships as we celebrate our clubs’ successes! If you have any conference questions, please contact us at District@Rotary5340.org.

Register today for the 2021 District Conference – click here.

Celebrating Milestones

Jim and Janie King with their family celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary

Ever smiling- Monty Woolley on his porch on his 93rd birthday

A beautiful day to put the top down on the convertibles and get out to help Jim and Janie King celebrate an amazing milestone: their 70^th (that’s platinum, folks) wedding anniversary! Then Jim in his Model A Ford joined the caravan for the short drive from Solana Beach to Del Mar to see Monty Woolley and his family on Monty’s 93 birthday.

Lots of our members turned out for the parade: President Dugan Lamoise and Philippe Lamoise (thank you Philippe for the pictures), Marty Peters and his wife Mary Alice, Dee House, Bob Fuchs and his wife Jan; Karl and Suzy Wagner carpooled with Eric Nelte and Val Myers, Sharon Schendel and husband Jim Kohn, Matt and Janice Kurth, Jim Watkins, Tom Ryan with his daughter and son-in-law, Kate and Ryan Klenow, Chris Stewart and Tony Villasenor. Click here to view all the photos from the day and visit the Google photo album to download any you like.

Congratulations to them both!

Rotary Club of Del Mar Grant Pays Off!

Lifeguards | Del Mar, CA - Official Website

The Rotary Club of Del Mar Community Service Committee funded cliff rescue training for the Del Mar Lifeguard Department and their training came just in time for the real thing!

Del Mar lifeguards attended a 40-hour rope rescue training made possible in part by grants from the Del Mar Foundation and Del Mar Rotary. Days after their training was completed, it was put to use for the real thing. During a rescue last week, Del Mar Lifeguards brought a man to safety after he became stuck below the Anderson Canyon rim.

Thank you Lifeguards for keeping us all safe!

Rotary at Work Day at Nativity Prep Academy

Front row (l to r) Don Fipps, Matt Kurth, Marty Peters, Donna Fipps; On the stairs (l to r) Tranh Trinh, Dugan Lamoise, Philippe Lamoise, Brigid O'Reilly, Madisongrace Guerra, Dominique Guerra, Klaus Gubernator, Xavier Gonzales, Brian Hickey, Linda Groom, Tony Villasenor, Janice Kurth

Finishing painting the courtyard (Philippe's overhead drone work)

Linda Groom, Klaus Gubernator, and Philippe Lamoise take a break from painting

Tony Villasenor with NPA President Gil Brady (and some very thick gray paint)

Donna Fipps, Janice Kurth and Dugan Lamoise sport the latest in Rotary-themed work wear

We had a big crowd at the new Nativity Prep Academy campus for our annual Rotarians at Work Day. In 2020 the Academy took over its new home on College Avenue that is just over a mile walk to the San Diego State University campus. In addition to gaining ~50% more square footage, internet service is far improved compared to their old campus. Click here to see Philippe’s drone footage of the campus.

Today was the first opportunity we've had to get together in person since March of 2020 and it was a huge success for both those in person and those who joined by Zoom! If you're fully vaccinated, join us Thursdays at noon at The Boys & Girls Clubs of San Dieguito at 533 Lomas Santa Fe in Solana Beach. We meet at the Yellow Cottage behind the main building. Lunches must be pre-ordered.

Rotarian of the Month!

Congratulations to Chandra Collure - Our Rotarian of the Month! Thank you for all your contributions!

Rotary Volunteer Update: Del Mar Vaccination Super Station

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Our deployment of volunteers to the Vaccination Super Station at the Del Mar Fairgrounds has really taken off.

Five Rotary clubs have adopted five different days of each week,

So far:

Mondays – Del Mar

Tuesdays – San Diego

Wednesdays – TBD

Thursdays – D.M.-Solana Beach

Fridays – Rancho Santa Fe

Saturdays – Closed

Sundays – Pacific Beach Rotaract

Our volunteer initiative made the San Diego Union Tribune!

http://enewspaper.sandiegouniontribune.com/infinity/article_share.aspx?guid=b208a3ff-4fc1-4dd8-a73d-4b26de1fa9fb

ICYMI - District 5340 Training was April 10

District Training Assembly is an annual symposium where clubs from across Southern California gather to prepare for the Rotary Year that begins July 1st.

District Training Assembly (DTA) typically happens in the spring, and is designed to provide training for President-Elects, club committee chairs, secretaries, treasurers, and board members. There is also a wealth of information for existing Rotarians and newer Rotarians.

DTA offers something for everyone, with roughly 40 different classes spread out across three different sessions. If you want to learn more about Rotary and all of the programs of District 5340, DTA is where you'll find the information you seek, and help you take your club to new levels.

You can catch some of what you missed here:

Philippe's Hybrid Meeting Session
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JwTMkO-sCs

Global Grants Video
https://youtu.be/zAXuQG6z0WM

District Anti Human Trafficking Taskforce Update

Your District Task Force is well underway with initiatives to confront this scourge, thanks to many Rotarians and clubs' help.

Here are just a couple:

Global Grant approved and funded – After a year-long effort, Rotary International approved a $70,000 global grant that will be used right here in District 5340 for anti-human trafficking initiatives. We'll be funding an estimated 700 area public school teachers to receive training on how to spot if one of their students is a victim of or getting recruited for human trafficking. If you have connections with San Diego County area public school administrators, feel free to send them this link. We're looking to receive online proposals through this form by April 30

Rehabilitation project – We’re helping GenerateHope tackle some extensive deferred maintenance work at its home for human sex trafficking survivors. The projects include driveway repair, structural first-floor work, foundational repairs to the first floor, and other projects. Be on the lookout soon for some opportunities to conduct outdoor landscaping work soon.

Rotarians at Work Day - April 24

In the Rotary world, the last Saturday in April is designated Rotarians at Work Day. Each year, clubs around the world identify a hands-on project that all members can participate in to help the local community.

In 1911, Rotarians adopted the motto "Service Above Self" because it aptly expresses the ideals that the new formed organization was creating. Past RI President Carl-Wilhelm Stenhammar, selected this theme for the 2005-2006 Rotary year. For over 110 years, this motto has served as our mantra carrying out humanitarian service as we work for international understanding and peace.

This April 24th each of the 60 clubs within our District can participate in a project.

Rotary Club of Del Mar will be doing a hands on exterior painting project at Nativity Prep Academy. Students at Nativity Prep will be the first in their families to go to college.

World Vaccination Week is April 24 - 30

During World Immunization Week, April 24-30, join with Rotary to combat vaccine hesitancy and misinformation by spreading the facts about why #VaccinesWork.

You can help raise awareness for polio eradication and the importance of vaccines during World Immunization Week, April 24-30 by sharing some of these sample posts on your social media. You can also paint your pinkie purple and post a picture online using the hashtags #EndPolio and #VaccinesWork.

Fighting #COVID19 requires global solidarity. That’s why @Rotary #EndPolio is committed to lending its tools, workforce & surveillance network to help countries respond. #VaccinesWork endpol.io/cvxa1
Because #VaccinesWork, @Rotary & partners have reduced polio cases by 99.9% worldwide since 1988. @EndPolioNow won't stop until we end the disease for good. Donate to support #EndPolio: endpol.io/give
In countries where polio is a threat, kids’ pinkies are marked with purple ink after they’re immunized, helping #EndPolio health workers know which kids are protected. #VaccinesWork @Rotary EndPolio.org
Through the science of immunization, @Rotary & partners have saved nearly 19 million children from becoming paralyzed by polio. #VaccinesWork #EndPolio EndPolio.org
This #WorldImmunizationWeek, I’m joining with @Rotary #EndPolio to advocate for equitable distribution of vaccines, like those for polio & #COVID19. #VaccinesWork endpol.io/cvxa1
#VaccinesWork & the progress made in the fight to #EndPolio is proof. Only 2 countries continue to report wild polio cases. Learn why @Rotary believes we can shrink that number to 0: endpol.io/5rsns
Amidst a challenging year for global health, the @WHOAFRO region was still certified wild polio-free because #VaccinesWork! Learn how @Rotary #EndPolio helped achieve this milestone: endpol.io/afro20

Fast Way to Earn a Paul Harris Pin

Rotary District 5340 announces an April “Blue Light Special” for adding Paul Harris Fellows to your club.

Through the generous donation of one of our District Rotarians, we are able to match donations to the Annual Fund up to $500/member with up to 500 Recognition Points which will allow that member or his/her designee to become a Paul Harris Fellow with a pin and certificate to be awarded at the appropriate occasion.

To take advantage of this offer, contact our Paul Harris Society Chair James Morrison at jame s@westwood-llc.com and he will provide the information needed to match these Recognition Points to a Rotarian who has not yet achieved Paul Harris Fellow level of giving. This is for first-time Paul Harris Fellows and may be awarded to a loved one, community member, or another deserving person.

This offer expires April 30.

Teens in Quarantine Film Competition

In case you missed our speaker Thursday March 25, or want to see all the videos entered into the competition, check them out here:

Teens in Quarantine Film Competition

Philippe Lamoise Joins the Polio Plus Society

Thank you Philippe for your commitment and generous annual donation to the PolioPlus Society!

For more about the PolioPlus Society, click here

Joining is EASY! Follow this link here

Rotary Club of Del Mar in Action

The Rotary Club of Del Mar has stepped up big time, promising to deploy ten volunteers to the Del Mar Fairgrounds Vaccination Super Station every Saturday for the next three months. We've also partnered with DM-Solana Beach and Rancho Santa Fe clubs, which adopted Thursdays and Fridays respectively, and the San Diego club, which has picked up Tuesdays.

Our goal is to have at least one club adopt each of the seven days of the week, so feel free to tell Rotarians in other clubs about this opportunity.

ICYMI - Don Fipps Featured in Steven Weizten's Sunday Morning Musings

This week in the District 5340 Newsletter, our very own Don Fipps is featured and recognized for all his contributions to the District.

"We can’t thank Don enough for all he has done to help the clubs and District this year. He has been selfless in contributing to the changes in the leadership plan, bylaws update and, of course, bringing Zoom technology to our members that eased the way for three membership seminars, monthly speakers of international repute, the Foundation Seminar and District Training Assembly."

To read the whole story, and the fascinating tale of how Don and Donna met, click here

Introducing Our Newest Polio Plus Society Member:

Thank you Mary Alice Peters, for your generous annual donation to the Polio Plus Society!

Reminder - District Training Assembly

The District Training Assembly offers training for ALL Rotarians including club officers, directors, committee & program chairs to help them be effective club leaders.

All Club members, especially Red Badgers, are welcome and encouraged to attend. Come learn more about Rotary, club management tips and best practices from knowledgeable, experienced Rotarians. This is a great opportunity to learn about Rotary and network with other Rotarians, all in the comfort of your home. We expect full attendance for each class so don't miss out. Visit the District website to register and select your classes.

Congratulations to Our Newest Paul Harris Fellow - Patti Kurtz!

Each Paul Harris Fellow recognition acknowledges individuals who contribute, or who have contributions made in their name, of $1,000 to The Rotary Foundation. Thank you for your generosity Patti!