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By; Lonnie Franks Monday, April 24, 2017 was the Red Ribbon Committee Take-Over Day with President of the Day, Evelyn Davidson. The Red Ribbon Committee decided that their cause for the day would be PEACE, specifically to support the Miami Valley Peace Builder Walk and Peace Builder Village on September 10, 2017. This walk and village will kickoff the PEACE DAYton activities leading up to the United Nations International Day of Peace on September 21st.

Preventing conflict and building peace is one of the six areas of focus for Rotary In-ternational. Our own Dayton Rotary will become a peace builder club this year and our District 6670 has set a goal for 2017/2018 to become a peace builder dis-trict. It is important that Rotary become visi-ble in our communities. One of the ways that we can accomplish this is to sponsor public events presented by Rotary Clubs. We also believe that Dayton, the first Inter-national City of Peace, home of the Dayton  

THIS WEEK AT ROTARY . . . Monday, May 1, 2017

  This Happened Last Monday . . .

     

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The meeting of May 8th will be held at

Sinclair Community College Earley Auditorium

12:00 Noon

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Rotary Calendar

April 26 Rotary Foundation Trustee Meeting 4 p.m. April 27 Board of Directors Meeting 12 Noon April 28 & 29 Rotary District 6670 Conference May 1 Eric Spina, President, University of Dayton May 8 Commissioner Dan Foley, State of the County May 9 Fireside Chat at the home of Amy Radachi—Rotarians Only—FREE Event Topic: Rotary Signature Grant Process May 15 Shuang-Ye, University of Dayton, Climate Change May 22 Congressman Mike Turner May 29 NO MEETING—MEMORIAL DAY June 10-14 Rotary International Convention in Atlanta, Georgia June 11 Third Annual Dayton Rotary Ride 7 am—2:30 PM June 19 Margaret Dunn, MD, WSU Medical School June 22 Board of Directors Meeting 12 Noon June 26 Changing of the Guard June 27 Presidential Bash @ Top of the Market July 3 NO MEETING—4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY

Invocation: Bill Nance News: Bill Nance Welcome Visitors: Kim Bramlage SMILE: Steve Naas Badge Board: Diane Farrell

Sergeant-at-Arms: Jim Steen Kim Bramlage Stephen Keyes Greeters: Linda Grrover Diane Farrell Clarence Bittner

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Speaker: Dr. Eric F. Spina, President, University of Dayton

Our guest speaker will be Dr. Eric F. Spina, the University of Dayton's 19th president and the second lay leader in the University's 165 year history. Dr. Spina will present the Uni-versity's evolving strategic vision for the fu-ture and share insights from his first year as president. He anticipates engaging Rotary members in conversation through a question and answer format.

Chair of the Day: Bob Taft

Today’s Meeting Assignments

Rotary Interna onal Theme   2016‐2017 

          

   

   

   

Mike Kelly District Governor 6670

Rotary Club of Mason-Deerfield   

The Mission of Rotary International  

To support its member clubs in fulfilling the Object of Rotary by:

Fostering unity among member clubs; Strengthening and expanding Rotary around the world; Communicating worldwide the work of Rotary; and providing a system of international administration.

  

The Mission of Dayton Rotary  

The Rotary Club of Dayton is a fellowship of diverse business and professional leaders who commit their time and talent to staying informed and serving the

club, the community and the world.  

 

Rotary Club of Dayton, Ohio 40 South Perry Street Suite 110

Dayton, Ohio 45402  

Phone: (937) 228-3331 Fax: (937) 331-5406

Email: contact@daytonrotary.com Website: www.daytonrotary.com

  

2016-2017 Officers and Directors  

Amy Radachi President Sue Taylor President-Elect Rick Wegmann Vice-President Tom Borchers Secretary Roger Van Der Horst Treasurer David Williamson Immediate Past President Laura Seyfang Director (2018) Heath MacAlpine Director (2018) Bob Hoopes Director (2017) Kim Bramlage Director (2017) Terry Williamson Director (2017) Laura E. Erbaugh Executive Director  

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Rotary Golf League The Rotary Golf League has begun and Ro-tarians will be playing Yankee Trace in Cen-terville. We have three tee times starting at 5:36 pm each Monday night. Fee with cart is $26. If you would like to participate please con-tact Jim Steen 294-9000 jim@petrafin.com

Tuesday, May 9, 2017 5:30-7:30 p.m. At the Home of

President Amy Radachi 544 Superior Avenue (45402)

Drinks & Light Dinner will be Served

This is a ROTARIANS ONLY FREE event. Limited to 40 Rotarians

TOPIC: Rotary Signature Grant Process

Reservations to Laura laura@daytonrotary.com

SAVE THE DATE Rotary Presidential

Gala Tuesday, June 27th

at the Top of the Market

More Details to Follow Soon

Peace Accords, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and the Dayton International Peace Museum, should be a leader in peace building. September 10, 2017 will mark the third Peace Builder Walk in the city of Dayton and the FIRST Rotary Peace Builder Walk. Amy Radachi announced that the Dayton Ro-tarian being presented as our service club mem-ber of the year on May 11th at the Presidential Banquet Center is Elisa Zink. Elisa almost sin-gle handedly gave 275 hats, coats and gloves to students in the Dayton school system that are homeless or living in homeless shelters. She went above and beyond the call of service above self. J. Fredrick “Fred” Arment, the speaker of the day, discussed his thoughts about what is peace and his journey, sailing, toward peace. He dis-cussed his vision for International Cities of Peace, beginning in Dayton, and now having 162 Cities of Peace in 43 countries and 6 conti-nents. Dayton is truly an inventor of peace. The 3 core elements for the International Cities of Peace are: (1) Safety; (2) Prosperity; and (3) Quality of Life. Fred presented 30 ways in which nonviolence can work. His book, The Elements of Peace: How Non-violence Works, gives case studies of each of these 30 ways including, di-plomacy, reconciliation, mediation, arbitration, etc. International Cities of Peace have worked with Rotary, specifically in Katanga, Democratic Re-public of Congo. The Sedona City of Peace group asked if there was any place in Africa with a Rotary club. They wanted a trusted organiza-tion. Fred contacted John Makuta who was tak-ing care of 200 war orphans. Because of the Rotary connection, the village chief gave John 10 acres of land and 10,000 bricks to build a school. This is an exemplary case study of Cit-ies of Peace working with Rotary to build or-phanages and schools. People look to Dayton to find a way forward. Locally, Fred works as the facilitator for PEACE DAYton, a group of approximately 100 Dayton organizations. These organizations have events in conjunction with the September 21st, United Nations International Day of Peace. Around the world there will be approximately 1,000,000,000 people celebrating. This year the Miami Valley Peace Builder Walk and Peace Builder Village will be the kickoff event for two weeks of activi-ties. We hope that this public event sponsored by Rotary will be an example for other Rotary clubs. ...continued on page 4

 

 

 

  

  

 

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A Celebration honoring the life of Preston Dawes, beloved husband of Rotarian Lorna Dawes, will be held on

Saturday, May 6 at 2:00 in the afternoon at Indian Hills Church, 2000 Drake Road, Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Rotary District 6670 Day at Fifth Third Field

Dayton Dragons vs.

Burlington Bees Sunday, July 23, 2017 at 2:00 p.m.

Come out and have a great time with col-leagues, friends, and family taking in a Drag-

ons game in the District’s Group Seating.

$15 per person includes your ticket and a Dragon’s Hat

Reservations are due by Friday, June 16th See Laura for an order form or pick one up at the

Monday Rotary meeting.

This Happened Last Monday Continued This Miami Valley Peacebuilder Walk is being presented by the 21st Century Peace Literacy Foundation in collaboration with the Rotary Club of Dayton. The Dayton Rotary Peace Commit-tee is serving as the organizing committee. We hope that this will become an annual tradition. The walk begins at Riv-erScape MetroParks at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 10th and will be followed by the annual WYSO community concert. The event will also include a Peace Builder Village that will al-low organizations to have a table, to share their missions, and to build relationships with each other and with members of our community. Our role as a City of Peace is to support these organizations. The 21st Century Peace Literacy Foundation has donated all of the walk materials from 2016 and continues to organize walks around the world. The Red Ribbon Committee wanted to thank Carolyn Rice, chair of our Dayton Rotary Peace Committee, and Sue Taylor for their invaluable help. The Red Ribbon Committee, building on peace literacy, chose to create teams based on “building peace one word at a time.” The four teams were “HOPE,” “RESPECT,” “TRUST” and “JUSTICE.” The cost of the walk this year will be approximate-ly $12,000; the fund raising goal for the day was set for half of the total or $6,000. Thanks to The Bricks Agency for making the outstanding, automated graphics for the fund raising. The final fund raising total for the Red Ribbon Committee Take-Over Day was over $7,000!

RYLA Students Head to Camp Kern

Amazing work! We had ALL nine students show up and head off on the bus on Friday April 21st. On even a more exciting note, one student who indicated she was not attending (Daisha), showed up anyway after a counselor spoke to her. We called and the

RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) camp had a spot for her, so now we sent TEN students! Our most ever! Some were smiling, some were quiet and shy, but all were ready to head down and spend a weekend learning what it means to be a leader!!! RYLA Committee Members Mark Reutschle and Liz Heitner chaperoned the bus. They stopped at McDon-alds on the way down to provide lunch and then dropped the students at Camp Kern. THANK YOU to the school counselors who work so hard to iden-tify the kids and get ALL the paperwork, to RTA for providing transportation, School of Advertising Art for the sign, and to our awe-some RYLA committee who made it hap-pen. Rotarians Eric VanVlymen, RYLA Chair Liz Heitner and Mark Ruetschle with the kids in the background ready to take off to Camp Kern on Friday

(Students pictured L to R: Ashon Sanford [Thurgood], Daisha Williams [Thurgood], Jackson Masengesho [Carroll], Trinity Thomas [Stivers], Geneva Thomas [Ponitz], Jerrell Beamon [Carroll], Michael Brummet [Carroll], Thomas Textor [Belmont], Lakesha Lewis [Belmont], Jordan James [Stivers])

Jessica Barry and Eric VanVlymen rode the bus to Camp Kern on Sunday, April 23rd to pick up the students and found 10 highly en-gaged students who learned a lot but were ready to head home! After receiving their certificates, they loaded the RTA bus and traveled back home on Sunday!

Two highlights the students mentioned Making friends from all over SW Ohio. When students arrive, they are placed in groups with random students. Then they are asked to perform many team building exercises and accomplish group projects.. One pic-ture below with students holding a project poster shows two Dayton stu-dents (from different schools) with their group! Teambuilding Exercises - Students reported they did ropes courses, bridge building, and other team exercises that really engaged them in the weekend. Students loved the interactive learning. Some did say the hike in the mud was a bit of a challenge. :) But leadership is about facing challenges and keeping your attitude positive!