- See Rotary International Convention Photo Highlights Click Here
- Incoming 2018-2019 Club Presidents raise $2000 for "End Polio Now" Read the story below. The $2000 will become $6000 with the 2:1 Gates Foundation Match!
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Dear Rotarians,
Thirty years ago, 1,000 children were paralyzed by polio every single day. A staggering number. This year we’ve had only 12 new polio cases reported. Another staggering number. We have much to celebrate. Our progress toward ending polio has been remarkable. But there is still work to do before we reach eradication.
(Read more in the Newsletter. Click the link above)
October stories in the Foundation Newsletter:
World Polio Day is October 24.
Remember November! It's Foundation Month!
Remember November! It's Foundation Month!
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nternational is launching a campaign called, “Countdown to History.” Goals were set and pledges were made, and we can’t do it without you, as Rotarians. We are asking for Rotarians across District 5970 to give a minimum of $40 to End Polio Now. This will get our District to the goal set by Rotary International.A New Polio Banner is available for Club Events! See it here. Contact foundationchair@district5970.com to borrow it!
Each month a new message from 2018-2019 RI President Barry Rassen will be available...
Visit the office of the president to:
- Read the president’s monthly message
- Learn about his background
- Find other RI information
Barry Rassin
President 2018-19
Rotary Club of East Nassau
New Providence, Bahamas
Barry Rassin earned an MBA in health and hospital administration from the University of Florida, and is the first fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives in the Bahamas. He recently retired after 37 years as president of Doctors Hospital Health System and continues as an adviser. He is a lifetime member of the American Hospital Association and has served on several boards, including the Quality Council of the Bahamas, Health Education Council, and Employer’s Confederation.
A Rotarian since 1980, Rassin has served Rotary as director and is vice chair of The Rotary Foundation Board of Trustees. He was an RI training leader and the aide to 2015-16 RI President K.R. Ravindran.
Rassin received Rotary's highest honor, the Service Above Self Award, as well as other humanitarian awards for his work leading Rotary’s relief efforts in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake there. He and his wife, Esther, are Major Donors and Benefactors of The Rotary Foundation.
Suellen Kolbet of New Hampton is our new Executive Secretary for Rotary District 5970, effective July 1. Our District encompasses 53 Rotary clubs across the northern half of Iowa.
Suellen Kolbet is a University of Northern Iowa graduate with a degree in office administration. She returned to her hometown of New Hampton to accept a position as financial clerk. She spent 10 years as deputy city clerk and became city clerk in 1994. She retired from that position on May 25.
She joined the New Hampton Rotary Club in 1994 and was club president in 2001-02. Suellen has been the club’s secretary/treasurer since 2001. This year, she completed two decades of service as Chickasaw County representative on the United States Selective Service Board. She also serves on the New Hampton Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and the Iowa League of Cities Executive Board.
Suellen's email is DES@district5970.org
