April 5, 2016

Lunch is served at Noon, Meeting begins at 12:30pm

Welcome Cathy Costley

Cathy Costley currently holds the position of Victim Services Program Specialist, specializing in the area of Identity Theft with the Florida Attorney General’s Office, Division of Victim Services and Criminal Justice Programs.  Cathy has been with the Office of the Attorney General for over eighteen years.

Cathy conducts identity theft presentations to community and statewide groups throughout Florida.  During her previously held positions with the Attorney General’s Office, she has received numerous commendations, the Distinguished Service Award, and the Division Leadership Award.  She also received the Prudential Davis Productivity Award for assisting in the development of a web based database for victims of child pornography.

 

Rotaract News!   

Rotaract meets at River City Brewing Company on the second and fourth Thursdays.

Satellite Club News!

Satellite meets the second and fourth Mondays of each month! Upstairs at San Marco Indochine.  5:30pm social and 6:00pm meeting. 
Hope to see a good turnout from our lunch members.  
For more info visit our Facebook Site:  Rotary Satellite Club of South Jacksonville

Rotarians in Action...

Don't Forget the District Rotary Engage is May 13-14 in St. Augustine

Rotary Club Of South Jacksonville - Upcoming Events:

Jun 1, 2016 - Alhambra Dinner Theatre - choose your seats now!

Stay Tuned... more service events coming soon!

Week 39 Rotary Minute... Our District Governor's Message:  

As we each acknowledge the significance of Easter, according to our own faith and beliefs, I am reminded of the impact Rotarians have on the children of the world through our efforts to fight Polio. As of March 23^rd, only seven cases of Wild Polio Virus and three cases of Vaccine-Derived Polio Virus have been reported.

In April, 155 countries and territories will stop using the trivalent oral polio vaccine and switch to the bivalent version of the vaccine. With the eradication of wild poliovirus type 2, the type 2 component of the oral polio vaccine is no longer needed. This is good news for children and the polio eradication program, as the type 2 component of the oral polio vaccine has caused 90 % of the vaccine-derived outbreaks in recent years.

A special reminder from our District Governor:

Dear District Leadership,
A friendly reminder, the deadline for our District's Young Professionals(YP) to submit an application for the YP Summit is April 8th. The summit will be conducted in Atlanta, GA on the campus of Georgia Tech June 10th and 11th.

The event's website can be found at www.southlandyps.org.  The website describes the event, specifies who is eligible to attend, and provides the application/appointment forms.  I encourage you to disseminate this information any young professional you feel is eligible and encourage them to submit an application. The young professional must submit their own application and video via www.southlandyps.org by April 8th.

You can encourage as many young professionals within your club to apply as you believe are qualified.  Our Zone 33/34 Young Professionals Committee will then select the top three young professionals from our district to attend.  We are looking for the very best young talent in our district.
Between Zone 33/34 and our District, all costs will be covered for those selected.

Once again, for all the summit details, please review www.southlandyps.org and encourage the young professionals to submit an application.
As always, if you have any questions regarding the opportunity, please let me know. 

UPCOMING EVENTS:

April 30, 2016: Deadline to submit 2016-2017 District Grant Applications

May 13-14, 2016: District Conference and District Assembly in St. Augustine

For more on these and all other events in District 6970, please go to www.rotary6970.org.

Yours in service to Rotary,

Fel

Fred“Fel” Lee
District Governor 2015-2016