January 27, 2009
Bedford Club Joins the Virtual Network
Dan LeBlanc, Jill Lennon and Ken Masson were guest speakers at the Bedford club today and Bedford has joined the growing network of district bloggers. The new blog is up and running. You can visit them at www.bedfordrotary.blogspot.com or click on their link in the sidebar.
January 23, 2009
Gift of Life NE - Urgent Need
THIS IS URGENT ! Please consider how you can help. This is an excellent program, with many children saved by our district Rotarians. Ted Shaughnessy (see below) can give you contacts for clubs and Rotarians who have had this excellent experience.
DG Klaus
Host needed to save life of 3.5 year old Jaada from BelizeGift of Life NE needs a host family/club for 3.5 year old Jaada and her mom from Belize who are coming here for life saving open heart surgery on March 2.
Belize is English speaking. Surgery is March 2 at MA General Hospital in Boston and pre-op is Feb 25. Jaada and mom will both stay in the hospital from March 2-9 or so . Then go back for a follow up a week later another follow up a week latter and possibly ( not common) a third follow up another week later. So they will be with the host from about Feb 24 - March 2 and back around March 9 through late March. Hosting can be shared with others too.Please consider opening your heart and home so Jaada can measure her life span in decades rather than days. This will be a life altering experience for the hosts too.YOU can make a difference. Yes you can. Gift of Life NE is a project of Rotary District 7910. See our website www.golne.org Other kids will be coming later too so be sure to contact Ted if you will consider hosting at any time.
Contact Ted Shaughnessy, for more information or to discuss hosting.Email: tedshaughnessy@golne.org617-957-3461 cell781-449-4876h781-449-2320w
DG Klaus
Host needed to save life of 3.5 year old Jaada from BelizeGift of Life NE needs a host family/club for 3.5 year old Jaada and her mom from Belize who are coming here for life saving open heart surgery on March 2.
Belize is English speaking. Surgery is March 2 at MA General Hospital in Boston and pre-op is Feb 25. Jaada and mom will both stay in the hospital from March 2-9 or so . Then go back for a follow up a week later another follow up a week latter and possibly ( not common) a third follow up another week later. So they will be with the host from about Feb 24 - March 2 and back around March 9 through late March. Hosting can be shared with others too.Please consider opening your heart and home so Jaada can measure her life span in decades rather than days. This will be a life altering experience for the hosts too.YOU can make a difference. Yes you can. Gift of Life NE is a project of Rotary District 7910. See our website www.golne.org Other kids will be coming later too so be sure to contact Ted if you will consider hosting at any time.
Contact Ted Shaughnessy, for more information or to discuss hosting.Email: tedshaughnessy@golne.org617-957-3461 cell781-449-4876h781-449-2320w
January 22, 2009
Westford Club joins the network!
The Westford club now has a blog and is part of our virtual social network. The URL is www.westfordrotary.blogspot.com and a link is posted in the sidebar under neighboring clubs. Sign up for their newsletter to hear about all the great things happening in their club.
Gotta love Gates !
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded US$255 million to Rotary International in the global effort to eradicate polio, bringing the total committed by Rotary and the Gates Foundation to $555 million.
http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/090121_news_gates255milliongrant2009ia.aspx
Blog Networking presentation
Dan LeBlanc and Ken Masson of the Merrimack Valley Area Rotary club will be making their first presentation today on creating blogs and networking the district. The Westford club has graciously invited us in as guest speakers.
Want to join in the fun?? The Westford Club meets at the Westford Grille in Westford at 12:15. Hope to see you there!
Want to join in the fun?? The Westford Club meets at the Westford Grille in Westford at 12:15. Hope to see you there!
January 18, 2009
The unemployed - an opportunity
Given the growing numbers of unemployed people (myself included), there lies a huge opportunity for a vocational project. What better way to publicize Rotary, help businesses grow and help people find work.
The Merrimack Valley area club is working on a networking event that answers these needs. A new blog has been created and is gaining ground around the world. Check out http://www.rotaryinmotion.blogspot.com/ to see what they're up to.
The Merrimack Valley area club is working on a networking event that answers these needs. A new blog has been created and is gaining ground around the world. Check out http://www.rotaryinmotion.blogspot.com/ to see what they're up to.
January 12, 2009
4 Corners
It's been quite some time since this blog was created and we've had visitors from the 4 corners of the world, 1500 + according to sitemeter. Visitors have viewed from Pakistan, Australia, Alaska, Tanzania and more.
To see where our readers are coming from click on the sitemeter icon at the bottom of this page. Once the site opens up, search by world map and then select the last 100 visitors to see the most recent.
District 7910 is getting the word out.
To see where our readers are coming from click on the sitemeter icon at the bottom of this page. Once the site opens up, search by world map and then select the last 100 visitors to see the most recent.
District 7910 is getting the word out.
2009 - Year of the blog
Ken Masson and I have begun to set up meetings with various clubs in the Merrimack Valley Area for our presentation and vision on blog networking. So far Merrimack Valley, Westford, Chelmsford, Lowell, Billerica and Bedford have booked us as guest speakers.
Our goal is to have the clubs of the Merrimack Valley area linked together through a network of blogs by March 1st this year. We will approach other clubs once we've established this base. If your club has interest in creating their own blog and connecting before then, we'd be more than happy to be your guest speaker.
Let's make 2009 the year of the Rotary blog network!
Our goal is to have the clubs of the Merrimack Valley area linked together through a network of blogs by March 1st this year. We will approach other clubs once we've established this base. If your club has interest in creating their own blog and connecting before then, we'd be more than happy to be your guest speaker.
Let's make 2009 the year of the Rotary blog network!
January 6, 2009
Merrimack Valley Rotary club jumpstarts the economy
Answering the need of businesses and the people of our district, the Merrimack Valley Rotary Club http://www.mvrotary.blogspot.com/ is developing a monthly network night to help jumpstart the economy. Our goal is to help people and businesses connect for jobs and additional work to bridge the current economic downturn. This vocational project is expected to branch out to other clubs seeking to participate through their own network events. Visit our newest blog at http://www.rotaryinmotion.blogspot.com/ and sign up on Feedblitz to learn more.
Regards,
Dan
Regards,
Dan
New blogs & posts
The GSE team is up and running, only 31 days before departure. Max has really gotten the blog bug and is making posts on the different events happening pre trip.
A new blog was just created for Matylda Tomaszczyk http://mtomaszczyk.blogspot.com/ . She'll be posting her experiences from Poland once settled.
If you'd like to learn more about where your Foundation dollars go, here's an opportunity to see it in action. Sign up for Feedblitz on both blogs to follow their experiences.
A new blog was just created for Matylda Tomaszczyk http://mtomaszczyk.blogspot.com/ . She'll be posting her experiences from Poland once settled.
If you'd like to learn more about where your Foundation dollars go, here's an opportunity to see it in action. Sign up for Feedblitz on both blogs to follow their experiences.