August 2021

Photo: Tracey Lohman with her father DG Larry Lohman

Hello fellow Rotarians, and welcome to another sunny day in the Rotary world!  Let’s talk Youth Services.  By a show of hands who here is a parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle and/or cousin to someone under the age of 18?   WOW, I see that everyone has their hands up, and I see several that have both hands up.  Now with the same sign, but only one hand this time, how many of you bring these youth to your club meeting, service project and fund raisers?  I am not seeing as many hands.  One more question, no need to raise your hands just think about this one, how many of you have discussed what Rotary is with the youth around you?
 
My introduction to Rotary happened at a very young age.  From the time I could walk my father had me at Rotary service projects and fund raisers. When I entered high school my father started to bring me to the club meetings, my senior year of high school I attended at least a club meeting a month.  Rotary was a common topic at our dinner table, so much that my brother and I would try to start conversations that had nothing to do with Rotary.  To say the least, Rotary in our home was a way of life.
 
Now in raising my two daughters I have tried to instill in them the same values of service that my parents did in me.  Like the dinner conversations that dominated the table when I was growing up, our dinner conversations today are very similar.  My daughters have attended many events with me through the years.  I am extremely proud that they have found their own path of service through our church and their schools.  My oldest daughter helped to form the Interact club at her high school during her freshman year and served as an officer for 3 out of the 4 years, as a freshman in college she is joining the Rotaract Club.
 
So where am I going with this?  It has been said that our youth are the future of Rotary, and I tend to agree with this.   Yes, our youth are our future, but they are also our present.   If we want to build passion in our members, we need to do this at a young age.  Instill a sense of “Service above Self” from day one.  Introduce them to Interact.  You do know that Interact is not just for high school, but also for middle school.  Then, during their Interact years, as they are preparing for the next stage of their lives, helps guide them to Rotaract. 
 
In a conversation with our District Interact Chair Chelsea Talty, I asked for her recommendation as to a focus for Youth Services for this Rotary year.  I was not disappointed as Chelsea had already put a great deal of thought into the answer she gave me.  She suggested the formation of an Alumni style committee for our youth.  The idea being that we need to keep in contact with all our youth as they graduate from high school and move onto their next pursuit in life.  Not only does she want us to just keep in touch with our youth but wants this committee to help guide those youth as they are preparing for their lives after high school and introduce them to Rotaract. We can help find Rotaract clubs in the community where they are going to live or go to college.  Imagine what could happen to Rotary if we retain all of these youth. 
 
If you our any of your club members are interested in our youth programs, please contact me or Chelsea to get involved and help to sculpt the future of our youth.
 
As you read in last month's newsletter, my major focus this year is having Rotarians and Clubs tell their stories.  Let’s start by telling our stories to our youth.
 
By the way if your hand is still raised you can put it down.  
 
Yours in Rotary Service, 
 
Larry Lohman
District 6630 Governor 2021-2022
Tel: 330-322-2474
 
 
 
 

SHELTERBOX RESPONSE TEAM UPDATE FOR HAITI
A ShelterBox Response Team is currently in the Dominican Republic in response to the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti on Saturday. 
Buildings have been flattened and hospitals already under strain from COVID-19 are overwhelmed.
 
Recent reports have confirmed that more than 138,000 homes have been destroyed or damaged leaving nearly 1 million people displaced after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on August 14, 2021. .
A ShelterBox team is on the ground working with fellow humanitarians to assess damage reports, understand from communities what they need, and working on the challenging logistics of delivering aid to areas where buildings have been reduced to rubble during a pandemic.
 
Communities who have lost their homes to disasters like these urgently need your support. Please donate and bring hope to a family today.
 
WHAT HAPPENED IN HAITI?
 
 
A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck the west of Haiti on the morning of August 14. 
The epicenter was 90 miles from the densely populated capital of Port-au-Prince and was felt across the Caribbean.
 
Search and rescue is the priority right now, so damage reports will soar in the coming days and weeks.
 
Haiti is still recovering from the devastating earthquake in 2010 which caused extensive damage to infrastructure and the economy.
 
SHELTERBOX IN HAITI
 
 
ShelterBox has significant experience working in Haiti. We have worked there five times, including in 2010 after the magnitude 7 earthquake. 200,000 people lost their lives and 5 million people lost their homes.
 
With over 20 years of experience, we are experts in emergency shelter after disaster. We often work in places that others don’t, making sure that we reach families who need support to take the next step in resuming their livelihoods.
 
From Cameroon to Syria, all the way to the Philippines and the Caribbean, we have provided shelter to over 2 million people so far. And in these uncertain times, your support is more valuable than ever.
A family sits outside their ShelterBox tent in Haiti, after the devastating earthquake killed thousands in 2010.
 
 
 

EARTHQUAKE APPEAL FOR HAITI in COORDINATION WITH AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND GIFT OF LIFE
Posted by Ken Fogle
EARTHQUAKE APPEAL FOR HAITI in COORDINATION WITH AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND GIFT OF LIFE
EMERGENCY APPEAL:
EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI
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Haiti has been struck by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake. The poorest country the western hemisphere is in real trouble. COVID infections and deaths are increasing, the government is struggling after the assassination of the president and gangs have increased civil unrest. Now an earthquake and unstable weather makes life unbearable. The fear is palpable. 
 
Gift of Life Northeast Ohio has supported improved health care for children now for almost 10 years. Working with local Haitian Rotarians we have made great stride improving care at St. Damien Pediatric Hospital. Now is not the time to give up. 
 
We are working with Akron Children’s Hospital to urgently prepare a 40 foot container with much needed medical supply to enable the hospital to care for children. We are asking for your help as this will take money to equip and send the supplies.
 
Donations for St. Damien Pediatric Hospital in Haiti should be made through Akron Children’s Office of Pediatric Global Health. This is lead by Dr. John Pope who many of you may have seen on channel 8 TV news this week with pictures of our last heart surgery mission into Haiti. 
 
Giving can be through Akron Children’s hospital at giving.akronchildrens.org/globalhealth or contact Tim Dufore 330-810-5826 or tdufore@akronchildrens.org.
 
Here is a link to view what Akron Children's Hospital is doing to offer aid. Several of the photos are from our documentary film “Open Hearts”  and gives a good context to the current fund raising efforts in partnership with John Pope and Akron Children’s for Haiti earthquake support.:  https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/news/2021/08/18/akron-children-s-hospital-offers-aid-to-haiti-following-deadly-earthquake?fbclid=IwAR0EPMe1kuUvQEmCSCJWw7mFs8zx0Ad2VHPbazI_V8icggt-ONPoo4Yq-m8  
 
Thanks for your help. 
 
Ken
Kenneth J. Fogle, Chair
Gift of Life North East Ohio, Inc.
216-861-5151
 
 
HOW TO PURCHASE THE DOCUMENTARY "OPEN HEARTS" 
 
OPEN HEARTS is the documentary film that follows the 2017 Gift of Life surgical mission in Haiti, is now available for pre-order at
 
It allows you to see what our last 10 years in Haiti has been like doing heart surgery missions and training that put us in a better position to help this time.
 
By pre-ordering you will help us find more audience by improving the film's placement on its release day. 
 
Please share the Gift of Life story with as many people as we can. Here's the link: https://apple.co/3kbgdS2
 
 
AN UPDATE FROM FATHER FRECHETTE
To all;
 
I wanted to share Father Frechette’s update (see below) one week after the earthquake. Recognize St. Luc Hospital mentioned in his text is the adult counterpart to St. Damien’s Children’s Hospital, all part of the same organization under Father Frechette. John Pope is still working on getting a container on its way to help replenish the systems supplies being targeted to the most affected areas of the countryside.
 
Thanks to all who donated to Akron Children’s Global Health as we continue to raise funds to help the Haitian team on the ground help their fellow countrymen.
 
Ken
 
Dear friends, 

Our strategy is well underway, in collaboration with local authorities (State or Church or both), and is fourfold:

1. Our medical team is working daily with the people at the various tragic sites, with their base at Port Salut,
2. St Luc Hospital (among other hospitals) is receiving medically evaluated patients,
3. We are sending loads of supplies daily to our emergency medical team, to other St Luc clinics in the affected areas as they restart their function,
and to hospitals and clinics in Jeremie and Les Cayes as we receive requests,
4. We are starting to put a solid roof over people's heads. 

This is all in progress.

We have some roofing activity starting in Rendel, Morne Blanche (Nippes) and Aquin, but on a larger scale the St Luke leaders have practical plans for roofing for all affected St Luke staff, and families of school children, in the hard hit areas along the fault line. This may call for as many as 600 roofs. We are trying to avoid tarps and tents, and provide roof shelter that might be a first step to a new "house".  

My own team and I just returned from our third trip to the south, delivering these loads of requested goods, and then going by motorcycle and by foot through muddy rivers, to visit communities and see where our teams are working and what more is needed.

On this trip we went to Jeremie, Maniche, Ranbo, Port Salut and Aquin.

We had a surprise on arriving to Jeremie late last night with a loaded truck: the suspension bridge into Jeremie, with 16 cables on each side that suspend it, had 3 broken cables on the west side. 

Also, since there are many places to buy scrap metal by the pound for export and recycling, someone with a huge wrench removed several the huge iron bolts where the cables originate. 

Talk about being "penny wise and pound foolish." Weakening a feeble lifeline to the city for a few dollars.

Traffic had been crossing the bridge for all these days since the earthquake, but a heavy truck passing on the side of the three broken cables yesterday buckled the bridge, and put it in danger of collapse. 
So the only crossing allowed, as we got there at 10pm, was by motorcycle and foot.

In any other country the bridge would be condemned. But to condemn that bridge totally right now would be to condemn Jeremie city and beyond. It's the only practical way in.

A new temporary dirt road will soon be cut further to the east, where traffic can drive through the river shallows, until a bridge can be built

The scene at the bridge was phenomenal. 

Food roasting on open fires, glowing on the dark street, rum flowing everywhere, overloaded motorcycles bobbing and weaving, bringing goods to the other side, clobbering foot passengers with their enormous cargo (including enough carbonated beverages to fill a lake , and tons of the ever present "cheese twists" or Cheetos.)
 
There were men rolling 50 gallon drums of fuel over the bridge by hand, and thieves were not taking. They are so good at their craft that they could steal the eyes out of your head.

I felt like I was in a scene from a movie about old time pirates at a Caribbean port town. 

If, in your mind, you peel the thieves out of the scene, the human ingenuity and persistance is astounding and well worth imitating. 

Instead of cheetos, we were crossing with high level intravenous antibiotics and ER/ICU medicines, syringes, IV fluids, oral medicines of all stripes, bandages and casting material, lidocaine and sutures.

Not sure how we would get our 400 boxes across the bridge, where Nebez already had a truck waiting for us on the other side, we settled on using three wheelbarrows and two motocycles, instead of a "combit" by hand.

I had to surrender any hope of the boxes arriving to St Antoine Hospital right side up, uncrushed and unopened, as we had meticulously packed them.

We succeeded after 10 crossings, largely because in order to pack as many boxes as possible on a motocycle, and not having large bags or sacks on hand for this unforeseen complication, we used body bags as sacks. 

It is amazing how people ceded the way to us, owing to their doubt about the contents. 

We got everything to St Antoine Hospital, Jeremie Ville, late last night.

It is more and more evident the earthquake is an off road/off radar emergency. It is not, like the last time, primarily a collapse of populated mega-centers. It means, as is evident if you visit, that there was more damage done by landslides and rolling boulders, to people who live and farm on high mountainsides, than to the cities.

Many of these landslides left scars on the sides of mountains, and became the burial ground for those taken under by the avalanche.

On the mountain pass at a place  called "Fam pa dra" (a strange name meaning "women are not sheets"), we stopped to see what we once knew to be a high peak, look now like a crater. 

The farmers of the area came to us as we looked on, and we had a quiet prayer. They told us us how many in the community were dead under the rubble, and about the 6 they were able to save.

These very poor people are community heroes. It only a minute they were horrified, stunned, and yet began a vigorous search and rescue for their neighbors. 

Because the damage is not central in a city, help is characterized by long distance search and rescue, or in biblical language, by the work of the Good Shepherd seeking the lost sheep.

For believers, prayers for the dead recognize the passage of the soul from a life of flesh and blood to a life of light and grace, as the souls are made holy, by God's Holy Spirit. 

We should all, each in our customary way, add to the prayers for the rite of passage of the souls of these people who died so tragically.

Sometimes there are messages from those who have crossed, to us on this side of the grave.

We just received a donation with many levels of meaning. 

The father of Molly, a young vibrant women who died when our former hospital collapsed in the 2010 earthquake, just sent what was left in Molly's personal account with this message: "Molly would want this to be of help to the Haitian people." When I read this, I was totally speechless.

For us and for countless others, this earthquake has reopened many painful memories of sadness and loss. 

And yet, in such a tremendously motivating way, from across a decade and across the Great Divide, the will of Molly is made known and becomes of practical and inspiring help, compassion from victim to victim. 

Only the great Heart of God makes this possible.

Please pray for those who are struggling and suffering, as well as for those who have died.

We so appreciate the strength of your prayer, and your sacrifices to help at this urgent moment.

Fr Rick Frechette CP,DO
August 21, 2021

RI PUBLICATIONS IN AUGUST
Posted by Cheryl Warren
RI PUBLICATIONS IN AUGUST
RI sends out various newsletters throughout the month. 
 
You can sign up/manage your subscriptions for publications at rotary.org - simply sign in, then go to news & media then select newsletters.  If you need assistance, please EMAIL ME.
 
Since many of you already receive these email newsletters, in lieu of reproducing them in the body of the District newsletter, moving forward you can now use the links below to download them all or individually.
 
I have included the story headings to help you see what is in each issue.
 
Download all of these (click here)  OR  click on each title to download individual issues.
 
 
A roundup of Rotary news | August 2021
  • Delivering COVID-19 vaccine into dense forest
  • Follow up on membership leads for member growth
  • Calling all breakout sessions
  • What would you do?
 
End Polio Now
August 2021 
  • African region marks one year since being certified wild polio-free
  • Get ready for World Polio Day - October 24th
  • Lessons from the African region
  • Rotary in the news
 
Take action to create positive change locally and globally | August 2021
  • Encouraging healthy habits through a comprehensive water, sanitation, and hygiene project
  • Supporting education through The Rotary Foundation
  • Learn more about our Foundation's Annual Fund
  • Grant Updates: Environment-focused global grants now available
  • New area of focus managers
  • Grant management recertification and qualification courses in Rotary's Learning Center
  • Rotary adopts new diversity, equity, and inclusion statement 
 
Ideas for strengthening membership | August 2021
  • Membership and New Club Development Month
  • Introducing the Membership Society for New Member Sponsors
  • Engaging your club's newest members
  • 2020-21 in review
Engaging the next generation of Rotary leaders | August 2021
  • Virtual Exchanges
  • Taking Action
  • Nominate your outstanding Rotaract project
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ROTARY YOUTH EXCHANGE IS CLEARED FOR LIFTOFF
Posted by Susan Colville-Hall
ROTARY YOUTH EXCHANGE IS CLEARED FOR LIFTOFF
At a July 21, 2021 meeting of COREL (Council of Regional Exchange Leaders), Lindsay Griswold, Rotary International Supervisor of Youth Exchange and Youth Protection, announced that Rotary districts may resume sending and hosting students on July 1, 2022.  Districts are currently allowed to receive applications, interview and select students, orient prospective students and their parents, and sign exchange agreements with partner districts.
 
She explained that the Rotary International Board is unlikely to change this decision unless the COVID situation gets much worse.
 
Darryl Bishop
Chair Marketing and Communication
NAYEN  Conference February 17-19/2022 Washington DC

DISTRICT YOUTH EXCHANGE PLANNING UPDATE
Posted by Susan Colville-Hall
DISTRICT YOUTH EXCHANGE PLANNING UPDATE
At District 6630’s Rotary Youth Exchange planning meeting,  Bob Heydorn, District Chair, explained the significance of this year for reinstating and building the District’s RYE program after the COVID recess.  Although there are no exchanges for 2021-2022, the program will be in full operation in 2022-2023.   The district is eager to find local students (ages 15-18 1/2 years) who want to and would benefit from study abroad.  The district would like to make it easier for clubs to participate in the Youth Exchange by making information available to students on line and to clubs at district events.  All clubs are encouraged to explore adding a RYE committee if they don’t already have one and to offer the exchange program as a scholarship valued at $25,000 that costs clubs almost nothing and students, very little in comparison.  
 
Attending: District Governor Larry Lohman; District Governor Elect, David Jones; District Governor Nominee, Julie Brandle; David Vogelgesang, Rotex Chair; from Chagrin Valley Club, Richard Leskovec, President, and Albert Tien; Roger Cline, Short-Term Chair, connected via internet. Patrick Kelley, Outbound Chair; Bob Heydorn, RYE Chair.  Susan Colville-Hall, Culture Trainer was the photographer!
 
 

ROTARY YOUTH PROTECTION AND SAFETY - A COMPELLING AND CURRENT TOPIC
Posted by John Reyes
ROTARY YOUTH PROTECTION AND SAFETY - A COMPELLING AND CURRENT TOPIC
Many of you are aware that youth protection and safety is a high priority of Rotary International, District 6630, and all of our clubs and members. You may be less aware that Rotary International mandates youth safety protections be implemented for all Rotary related youth activities, events, and contacts.
 
Rotary International has published a Youth Protection Guide for many years and provides a variety of resources to support this guide including a sample Youth Protection Policy, Abuse and Harassment Allegation Reporting Guidelines, Sample Youth Program Volunteer Application, and many additional resources.
 
Rotary International strives to create and maintain a safe environment for all youth participating in Rotary activities. To the best of our ability, Rotarians, Rotarians’ spouses, and other volunteers must safeguard the children and young people we come into contact with and protect them from physical, sexual, and emotional abuse.
 
In District 6630 this information has been supplied, including the Rotary Youth Protection Guide, to all Presidents-Elect at the P.E.T.S. 1 events for a number of years. Rotary International upgraded its emphasis on training for District Governors-Elect at International Assembly on this topic in recent years as well.
 
As a result, as the District 6630 May 2019 Board meeting, at the request of then-Governor Beverly Ghent-Skrzynski, the Board created a Youth Protection Committee. The members of the committee are John Reyes, Chair, District Governor, Pay Myers, District Governor-Elect, Larry Lohman, District Governor Nominee, David Jones, District Governor Nominee Designate, Julie Brandle, Past District Governor Beverly Ghent-Skrzynski, Dana DeCapite, Bob Heydorn, Sheila Hedrick, Ryan Knotts, Robert Oborn, Chelsea Talty, Nate Watson, and Fran Zettl. This committee has been working to create both the Youth Protection Policy and methods to implement it.
 
District 6630 starts with an excellent foundation in its safety programs for the Youth Exchange. These programs are well-developed, tested, and implemented. Special thanks are due to Bob Heydorn, Sheila Hedrick, and Patrick Kelly, and Susan Colville-Hall, among others.
 
However, the District does not have a similarly detailed or established program relating to other youth-related activities such as RYLA, Interact, the 4-Way Test Speech Contest, and a wide variety of club-related youth activities.
 
After considerable effort, the Youth Protection Committee presented to the District 6630 Board of Directors a comprehensive Youth Protection Policy in May of 2020 and the same has been adopted. You can find this policy on the District website under District Operations in the left bar or click here to access. Please note the Policy is only one part of the resources that are and soon will be available to assist the District in implementing it. The Youth Protection Committee is at the point where a rollout to all clubs in the District will begin soon.
 
The Youth Protection Committee members ask you to save the dates of either Wednesday, August 18 at 6:00 p.m. or Saturday, September 18, 2021, at 9:30 a.m. to attend an initial orientations session regarding the content and implementation of the policy. These meetings will be a first step and they will be duplicative so attending either one will suffice. However, every club must have at least two club members attend at least one of these meetings. Both meetings will be held via Zoom. While there will be no cost, registration information will be forthcoming.
 
This raises the question of who should attend. Each club should have its Club President in attendance and if a President-Elect is in place, the President-Elect should also attend.
 
A new requirement, which you will find in the Youth Protection Policy, requires each club to have a Youth Protection Officer and where appropriate, a Youth Protection Committee. If there is no Youth Protection Officer, the Club President automatically fills this roll. The position of Youth Protection Officer is new in District 6630 and we are in the process of creating a database that will record that information along with other club officers. At this time, each club should appoint a Youth Protection Officer if the Club is going to participate in or have any contact with youth. In addition, anyone involved with RYLA, the 4-Way Test Speech Contest, Interact, or any youth activity or club, should consider attending.
 
The approach used to implement the Youth Protection Policy is similar to that used by the Grants Management Committee in its Grant Management Seminars. That is, attendance is mandatory and it will be a condition precedent to taking part in youth activities.
 
The Youth Protection Committee and your district leadership are all aware that this is a new undertaking and that it will take time to fully implement the process. However, your cooperation and support is critical to meet this important mandate.
 
The Youth Protection Committee members would like to express their special thanks for the efforts of Past District Governor Beverly Ghent-Skrzynski, District Governor Pat Myers, District Governor-Elect Larry Lohman, District Governor Nominee, David Jones, and District Governor-Nominee Designate, Julie Brandle. Without their support and the support of the District’s Board of Directors, moving forward in this critical field would not be possible.
 
There are few activities in the District that are more valuable or more important than working with youth. It is imperative that all of us do our best as Rotary International mandates to make all youth activities as safe as possible for all involved.
 
If you would start by having your Officers and Directors review the Youth Protection Policy and move forward with appointing a Youth Protection Officer, we can then successfully take our first steps together. Your cooperation and support is not only critical, it is very much appreciated. Upon appointing a Youth Protection Officer, for your Club, please supply that information to District Secretary Michael Davanzo via email. Please include contact information, including an email address for the Youth Protection Officer. District Secretary Davanzo’s email address is mdavanzo@zoominternet.net.
 
John L. Reyes
 
Past District Governor

DISTRICT AWARDS NIGHT, BANNER EXCHANGE AND INDUCTIONS
The District Governor Awards & Recognition Ceremony, District Governor Induction and Banner Exchange were July 14 at the Keystone Shelter, Cleveland Metroparks West Creek Reservation in Parma.
 
Special thanks to our official photographers, Linda Kramer and Maureen Garnett.
 
 
2020-2021 District Governor Pat Myers recognized numerous individuals and clubs in the District for their exceptional service and dedication to Rotary District 6630.
 
PDG Beverly Ghent-Skrzynski swears in Larry Lohman as the DG for District 6630 for 2021-22, as his daughter looks on.
 
The Home Club banner was exchanged from the Rotary Club of Hudson Clocktower to the Rotary Club of Kent, DG Larry Lohman's home club.
 
PDG Beverly Ghent-Skrzynski swears in Dave Jones as District Governor Elect and Julie Brandle as District Governor Nominee.
2021-2022 PRESIDENTIAL THEME 
Posted by Larry Lohman on Feb 01, 2021
2021-2022 PRESIDENTIAL THEME
The 2021-2022 Rotary Theme.
 
President-elect Shekhar Mehta encourages members to be changemakers and announces his theme for the 2021-2022 Rotary year, Serve to Change Lives.
RI President-elect Shekhar Mehta is urging members to become more involved in service projects, saying that caring for and serving other is the best way to live because it changes not only other people’s lives, but also our own.
 
During PETS-1 our guest, Ivan, focused on this very topic regarding projects in El Salvador and Nicaragua. 
 
I look forward to living this theme with you during 2021-2022 year.
 
Your Partner in Rotary Service,

Larry Lohman

2021-2022 Rotary International District 6630 Governor
Home Club:  Rotary Club of Kent, OH USA

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