September 2025 Issue #3

DG Linda Morrow's Monthly Video message.

Click on her picture to view her September messsage

Would you like DG Linda to record her monthly video message at your club event?

Email her at rotarylindamorrow@gmail.com.

The Rotary Foundation

Russ Jones, District 6400 Rotary Foundation Committee Chair

It is not too late to plan an event or fundraiser to celebrate World Polio Day on October 24. World Polio Day is a time for Rotary members and all who want a world free from polio to come together to celebrate our progress in the fight to end polio. If your club is planning an event to support polio eradication, you can get the word out on the district website. Forward the details to Sue Goldsen for publication. For 2024-25, our district members’ Polio Plus donations and fundraising totaled $83,500! Can we do even more this year? Please send all your polio Fundraising activities to sue@goldsen.com so she may post it on the web site and in our newsletter.

Our District Grant spending plan including the 25 club projects has been approved by the Rotary International Foundation. The total grant provides more than $73,000 to fund district club projects. Congratulations to all the clubs participating in the individual and collaborative projects. The entire list is available on the district website.

If you need assistance or have questions regarding foundation fundraising or grants, the District Rotary Foundation Committee is here to help. Feel free to contact us. Our org chart is available on the district website or look us up on DACdb.

Celebrate your district’s, club's and members’ support for the Rotary Foundation on November 6. Details coming soon. Have a super September!

Each year, The Rotary Foundation awards fully funded fellowships for dedicated leaders from around the world to study at one of our seven Peace Centers. Rotary fellows are committed to community and international service and the pursuit of peace. Each year, The Rotary Foundation awards up to 50 fellowships for master’s degrees and up to

80 for certificate studies at premier universities. If you or someone you know Is interested in learning more about Rotary Peace Fellowships, visit The Rotary Foundation Peace Fellowship page https://www.rotary.org/en/our-programs/peace-fellowships or contact Russ Jones at rotary.russmjones@gmail.com

SAVE THE DATE November 6, 2025. More details will be on the website soon!

September Rotary theme

The Rotary theme for September is Basic Education and Literacy. This aligns with one of Rotary's six areas of focus and emphasizes the importance of reading and writing for individual and community development.

ROTARY’S STRENGTHS

Rotary members are passionate about supporting the basic education and literacy area of focus at the club level in their local communities. They can use the skills and expertise of

people in the Basic Education and Literacy Rotary Action Group and in The Rotary Foundation Cadre of Technical Advisers.

OPPORTUNITIES

We can improve our work in basic education and literacy and make long-lasting change by:

• Implementing projects that are based on evidence

• Shifting the focus of service projects toward teaching and learning in addition to delivering

materials like desks or books

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

Rotary’s basic education and literacy strategy seeks to:

• Improve our monitoring and evaluation to better measure the results of our projects

• Invest in priority programming projects

• Expand our focus on gender and equity within education

• Raise awareness of our work and results in the global education sector

The 2025-2026 Hedke Worksheet and link for applying is now updated for the new year. Use the worksheet as a guideline for your club this year.

To nominate someone please CLICK THIS LINK for more information and nomination form

2026-27 and 2027-28 ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENTS selected

(Below left) Olayinka Hakeem Babalola, a member of the Rotary Club of Trans Amadi, Nigeria, has been selected by the Board of Directors to become Rotary International’s president for 2026-27.

Meet the President-Elect - CLICK HERE

(Below right) Larry Lunsford, a member of the Rotary Club of Kansas City-Plaza, Missouri, USA, has been selected to become Rotary International President for 2027-28.

Meet the President Nominee: CLICK HERE

Rotary District 6400 and the Windsor International Film Festival (WIFF) to highlight World Polio Day Event. SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, October 25th, 2025. Watch for details soon on website

District 6400 Clubs & Members at

Work and Having Fun!

District 6400 and the Rotary Club of Plymouth, MI Welcomes Youth Exchange Student Malte from Sweden.

We are pleased to welcome Noah (2nd from left), the first Rotary Youth Exchange Student to arrive, who came today from Switzerland. He is being hosted by the Hines Park and Dearborn Rotary Club

In a collaboration with all the Rotary Clubs in Windsor-Essex, Rotary Feeds Our Community is a project that looks to help fill the shelves at various food banks in the community. Great service project!

Rotarians and friends gathered for fun and fellowship with a cause at Leon’s Restaurant in Dearborn for a Christmas In July dinner to benefit the children of Freedom House in Detroit. The price of admission was a toy for a child, new born to 16 years.

The Rotary Club of Plymouth, MI recently held a 'Lunch and Serve' meeting, where members participated in a program making blankets with love for children in area hospitals.

Gibraltar / Rockwood Rotary Club "Touch a Truck" Event with fun for the whole family during this community event

Part of the Windsor-Essex “Rotary Feeds Our Community” initiative, members of the Rotary Club of Windsor-St. Clair collected non-perishable food items at Sobeys and Zehrs in Tecumseh. Between both locations, $1,200 in cash donations as well as two truckloads of food items were received. Thanks to all the clubs in the Windsor-Essex area who participated, on the left you'll see members of the Windsor Roseland Club who were collecting items as well. As a result of the recent ‘Rotary Feeds Our Community’ collaborate club initiative, eight clubs supported eleven food banks within the Windsor – Essex community with several truck loads of food and over $7,000 in cash donations.

Outbound Youth Exchange stuent, Nick Thorpe arrived in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil to a warm Rotary welcome from his first host family.

Welcome to our newest Blissfield Rotary Members!

William Pooley

Jen Dootlittle

Casey Spears

Danielle Bunge

Chad Bondie

Sherri Luce

District Governor Golf Outings

There is still time to register a team for the DGGO Outings! Also If you would like your upcoming club event highlighted at the Golf Outings please send a complete and finished copy of your flyer/promo material to Wayne Kennedy at: https://www.dropbox.com/request/qSr5sqiwDxeMgSEBJYZv

(Note: artwork must be complete and ready to share as is) Clubs are encouraged to attend the golf outing to answer any questions members may have about their event.