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1 February s Featured Business In this issue Message from District Governor Jerry Johnson Trust Match Program Rotary Foundation Giving Totals Calling All Presidents Rotary International Convention Early Act First Knight Schools Polio Eradication Update Rotary District Save the Dates District Foundation Dinner Foundation Dinner Sponsors Rotary Club Events Around the District TAKE ACTION:

2 Message from District Governor: If you have not already contributed or taken advantage of the Jerry Johnson trust matching funds, please consider doing so. An example of this is the RC of Austin Westlake. Last month I had the honor of presenting seven 1 st time Paul Harris awards. It was made possible all due to the Jerry Johnson match. Public Relations: Can t say it enough, but if you did not know, our PR team & district website were rated # 1 in both zones. Pretty big deal. Way to go team! Keep posting your pictures of your club activities and projects to your club Facebook pages as well as to the districts #1districtstrong. Membership: I don t know what happened, but we lost a few members and were back to 27 new members net. Please continue you ask your friends & neighbors to come with you to a project or meeting to peek their interest in Rotary! Last, there is still time for your club to participate in Sharon s literacy / education project to your local or school libraries. She has over two dozen clubs who have made a commitment to the project. Remember, if your club supports her project with a minimum contribution of $100, the Tocker Foundation will match up to $1,000 to the public or school library in your local community. Pretty good deal!! Looking forward to a FUN & exciting year!! Sharon & Bruce Golden 5870 DG / To Rotarians of District 5870 Central Texas, What happen to the cold weather in January? Foundation: Last month, we started the second half of the year right where we left off at the end of Our district members stepped again up as we met our goal for January & we have now contributed over $310,000 ytd!!!! That leads both zones. As of now, were still #1

3 Jerry Johnson Testamentary Announcement! On behalf of the Trustees of the Jerry Johnson Testamentary Trust, our most sincere congratulations go out to Tonda Campbell, the newest member of the RC of Killeen Heights, for becoming the 1,000 th recipient of a Jerry Johnson Testamentary Trust match. This match, along with her contribution, also results in her becoming the newest Paul Harris Fellow in District Now in its 8 th year, the Jerry Testamentary Trust Match Program has distributed in excess of $203,000 to match the contributions made by 1,000 Rotarians in Districts 5730 and 5870, and to help them earn a total of 528 first time Paul Harris Fellowships. So far this Rotary year, the Johnson Trust has distributed $28,093 to help 76 Rotarians become Paul Harris Fellows. The trustees owe a great debt to PRIP Ron Burton without whose steadfast help in working through some Rotary Foundation red tape none of this would have been possible, and to our late friend Jerry Johnson whose vision to see what could be possible has left such a huge legacy.

4 Foundation Giving as of January 30, 2016, (Top 25 Clubs) The top 25 Clubs to date on a per capita basis are shown below. As a comparison, the top 25 Clubs from are also shown. Top 25 Annual Fund Giving (Y-T-D) Top 25 Annual Fund Giving (Y-T-D) Club Total Club Total Killeen Heights $93,236 Killeen Heights $98,657 Austin $35,476 Austin $48,393 Temple $18,252 Temple-South $21,249 Temple-South $17,309 Temple $17,485 Waco $15,885 Harker Heights $13,848 Georgetown $14,715 Georgetown $13,730 Lakeway/Lake Travis $9,893 Northwest Austin $11,425 Marble Falls $9,134 Marble Falls $10,375 Fairfield $8,930 Waco $7,774 Harker Heights $7,580 Corsicana $7,050 Killeen $7,515 Round Rock Sunrise $5,953 Georgetown-Sun City $6,231 Georgetown-Sun City $5,630 Corsicana $5,210 Lakeway/Lake Travis $4,897 Austin University Area $4,800 Killeen $4,408 Northwest Austin $4,645 La Grange $3,986 Cameron $4,567 Yoakum $3,500 West Austin $4,375 West Austin $3,341 Austin Cosmopolitan $4,325 Bosque County (Clifton) $3,335 Taylor $3,609 Austin Westlake $3,089 Austin-Oak Hill $3,525 Austin-Oak Hill $2,930 La Grange $3,250 Pflugerville $2,900 Round Rock $3,050 Austin-North by Northeast $2,788 Cedar Creek $2,886 Austin University Area $2,650 Rockdale $2,570 Shiner $2,600 Austin Capitol $2,400 Round Rock $2,525 Total District $326,125 Total District $335,333

5 Per Capita Foundation Giving as of January 30, 2016, (Top 25 Clubs) The top 25 Clubs to date on a dollar basis are shown below. As a comparison, the top 25 Clubs from are also shown. Top 25 Per Capita (Y-T-D) Top 25 Per Capita (Y-T-D) Club Per Capita Club Per Capita Killeen Heights $ Killeen Heights $1, Fairfield $ Temple-South $ Temple-South $ Round Rock Sunrise $ Killeen $ Austin $ Lakeway/Lake Travis $ Temple $ Temple $ Harker Heights $ Cameron $ Killeen $ Austin $ Fairfield $ Austin University Area $ Marble Falls $ Austin Cosmopolitan $ Austin Westlake $ Georgetown $ Northwest Austin $ Marble Falls $ Georgetown $ Killeen Evening $ Corsicana $ Austin Capitol $ Austin-Oak Hill $ Round Rock Sunrise $ Cedar Park $ East Austin $ Lakeway/Lake Travis $ Austin-Oak Hill $ Yoakum $ Harker Heights $ Bosque County (Clifton) $ West Austin $ Shiner $96.30 Taylor $ Bee Cave-Spicewood $95.83 Lexington $ Georgetown-Sun City $87.97 Northwest Waco $99.32 West Austin $83.53 Georgetown-Sun City $94.41 Austin University Area $77.94 Cedar Creek $93.10 Austin-North by Northeast $77.44 Cedar Park $79.55 Austin Cosmopolitan $67.59 Total District $ Total District $129.27

6 PolioPlus Contributions as of January 30, 2016, (Top 25 Clubs) The top 25 Clubs to date are shown below. As a comparison, the top 25 Clubs from are also shown. Top 25 PolioPlus Contributions (Y-T-D) Top 25 PolioPlus Contributions (Y-T-D) Club Total Club Total Austin $14,295 Austin $3,900 Taylor $3,032 Northwest Austin $3,332 Georgetown $2,970 Georgetown $3,210 Northwest Austin $2,915 Killeen $2,845 Killeen Evening $2,000 Cameron $2,451 Marble Falls Daybreak $2,000 Temple $2,000 La Grange $1,730 Pflugerville $1,905 Georgetown-Sun City $1,400 Killeen Heights $1,611 West Austin $1,325 Marble Falls $1,250 Killeen Heights $1,315 Yoakum $1,250 Killeen $1,100 Austin University Area $1,200 Lakeway/Lake Travis $1,100 Austin-North by Northeast $1,073 Rockdale $1,080 Bastrop County $1,000 E-Club of 5870 $1,000 Rockdale $900 Waco $830 Temple-South $750 Austin-North by Northeast $777 La Grange $650 South Austin $695 Burnet $600 Marble Falls $688 Harker Heights $550 Austin University Area $620 Austin-Southwest $505 Austin Capitol $610 Georgetown-Sun City $500 Belton $600 Shiner $500 Round Rock Sunrise $550 East Austin $450 Shiner $500 E-Club of 5870 $450 Round Rock $447 Marlin $420 East Austin $300 South Austin $320 Total District $46,281 Total District $34,448

7 Foundation Honors and Recognition January 2017 This coming year 2017 marks the 100th Anniversary of our Foundation. As we begin the year, we need your help to celebrate this anniversary in a big way. We are asking every Rotarian in the district to help us achieve 100% participation in the 100th year meaning, we are asking every Rotarian in District 5870 to contribute something (preferably $25 but anything will be appreciated) to the Rotary Foundation s Annual Fund between now and June 30th. We ve never done that before, reach 100% giving. The best we ve ever done is 87.5%. This is definitely the year to make that magic happen! Foundation Honors and Recognition Congratulations go out to: The RC of Temple for becoming only the 3 rd club in the history of District 5870 to reach the $600,000 alltime giving level. The RC of Killeen for becoming only the 4 th club in the history of District 5870 to reach the $500,000 all -time giving level. The RC of Killeen for becoming the 6 th club to earn the 100% TRF Giving Banner for this year. The RC of Fairfield for becoming the: 7 th club to earn the 100% TRF Giving Banner this year. 3 rd club to earn the 100% Sustaining Member Banner for this year. The RC of Yoakum for becoming the: 8 th club to earn the 100% TRF Giving Banner this year. 4 th club to earn the 100% Sustaining Member Banner for this year. Bill and Lynda Stokes of the RC of Temple for becoming a Rotary Foundation Major Donor Level 1. Anne Penney Newton of the RC of Temple for becoming a Rotary Foundation Major Donor Level 1. Ernie and Shirley Dean of the RC of Austin-North by Northeast for becoming a Rotary Foundation Major Donor Level 1. Lenna Barr of the RC of Killeen Heights for becoming a Rotary Foundation Major Donor Level 1.

8 CNBC Names The Rotary Foundation on of the World s Top 10 Charities On Giving Tuesday, CNBC, one of the leading consumer and business news media outlets in the U.S., named its top 10 charities in the world, ranking The Rotary Foundation No. 5. Charities were chosen for changing the world while maintaining excellent financial standards. The article highlighted Rotary s tremendous work in eradicating polio. An excerpt of their reporting: They're big and global, with budgets exceeding $100 million and net assets of at least $65 million. Yet these 10 charities manage to do exceptional work throughout the country and overseas, all while maintaining stellar financial management and transparency. The Rotary Foundation works to advance world understanding, goodwill and peace. Using Rotary Foundation grants, Rotary's 34,000 clubs across the globe develop and carry out sustainable humanitarian projects and provide scholarships and professional training opportunities. One of its biggest initiatives aims at eradicating polio through its PolioPlus program, launched in Since then, Rotary and its partners, including the World Health Organization and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, have immunized more than 2.5 billion children, reducing the incidence of polio by 99 percent and eradicating it from all but three countries. Constructing Low Cost Shelters using Global Grants For three years beginning January 1, 2017 clubs will be able to use global grants for the construction of low-cost shelters under a change approved by Foundation Trustees in September. However, the construction must be a part of a comprehensive project related to an area of focus. Construction by itself will not be eligible for global grants. If your club is interested in knowing more, please read Constructing Low Cost Shelters using Global Grants that's available from District 5870 website (click here to download the guidelines). Global Grant Scholarship Nominees We happy to report that three clubs Austin, Cedar Park, and Waco have submitted nominations for our Global Grant Scholarship. This $30,000 scholarship is designed to fund graduate study abroad. Interviews to select the winner will be held on Saturday, January 28th at Central Texas College in Killeen. Please click here to learn more about Global Grant Scholarships

9 CALLING ALL CLUB PRESIDENTS Do you and your club want to be featured in the Newsletter? Please contact Jill McNabb the Newsletter Editor. **************************

10 ROTARY INTERNATIONAL 100TH CONVENTION JUNE 10-17, 2017 ATLANTA, GEORGIA REGISTER TODAY:

11 Dear Fellow Rotarians, This coming year 2017 marks the 100 th Anniversary of our Foundation. As we begin November, Rotary s Foundation Month, we need your help to celebrate this anniversary in a big way. To make this celebration special, we are asking every Rotarian in the district to help us achieve 100% participation in the 100 th year meaning, we are asking every Rotarian in District 5870 to contribute something to the Rotary Foundation s Annual Fund between now and June 30 th. We ve never done that before, reach 100% that is. The best we ve done is 87.5%. This is the year to make that magic happen! DG Bruce and I are available to help your club reach this goal club s that do so will be specially recognized at our District Conference next May in Corpus Christi. Respectfully, Rich Kaye Past District Governor, District Rotary Foundation Committee Chair, Rotary District 5870

12 Early Act First Knight

13 Early Act First Knight Dawson Elementary Austin/South Austin Rotary Clubs Austin ISD Austin/Cosmospolitan/East Austin/E Club/University Area Rotary Clubs Pecan Spring E. Austin ISD Bluebonnet Elementary Cedar Creek Elementary Emile Elementary Lost Pines Elementary Mina Elementary Red Rock Elementary Brown Primary Cedar Creek/Bastrop County Rotary Clubs Bastrop ISD Bastrop ISD Bastrop ISD Bastrop ISD Bastrop ISD Bastrop ISD Smithville ISD Flatonia Elementary Mitchell Elementary Williams Elementary Jarrell Elementary Jarrell Intermediate Giddings Elementary Flatonia Rotary Club Flatonia ISD Georgetown Rotary Club Georgetown ISD Georgetown ISD Georgetown Sun City Rotary Club Jarrell ISD Jarrell ISD Giddings Rotary Club Giddings ISD

14 Early Act First Knight Harker Heights Rotary Club Willow Springs Killeen ISD Harker Heights Elementary Killeen ISD Haynes Elementary West Ward Elementary Killeen Rotary Club Killeen ISD Killeen Heights Rotary Club Killeen ISD La Grange Rotary Club Hermes Elementary LaGrange ISD Round Top-Carmine Elementary LaGrange ISD Rockdale Intermediate* Shiner Elementary Raye-Allen Elementary* Parkdale Elementary Rockdale Rotary Club Rockdale ISD Shiner Rotary Club Shiner ISD Temple South Rotary Club Temple ISD Northwest Waco Rotary Club Waco ISD * New EAFK

15 Polio Eradication Update For The Week Ending 02/04/17 The Gates Foundation is currently matching all Rotarian Raised Polio Donations $2 for each $1 Contributed (Up to $35Mil/Yr.) Our Rotary-wide Rotary Year Polio Fundraising Goal is $45 Million + the Gates Foundation Match Our Goal is Global Polio Eradication! PolioPlus: This Close ls Not Close Enough Advocate, Donate & Educate to END POLIO NOW & FOREVER! 15,600,000 Children Saved from the Paralysis of Polio Since 1988 Total paralysis cases Year-to-date 2017 LY to D 2016 Total 2016 Total 2015 Total 2014 Globally in endemic countries: in post-endemic countries: Polio cases reported this week: Pakistan 0, Afghanistan 0, Nigeria Polio Case Breakdown by Country (Green Numbers are 2016 Totals) 0 Pakistan ( ), 0 Afghanistan ( ), 0 Nigeria (2016-4) Terry Ziegler, bigzlumber@aol.com District 5890 Polio Eradication Chair & Zone 21/B/27 PHS Coordinator

16 Upcoming Club Events within the District February 14 February 18 February 23 February March 4 March 4 March 4 Valentine s Day Caldwell Rotary Club s Casino Night Expo 7pm to 10pm Rotary s 112th Birthday Lone Star PETS DFW Hyatt Regency District Governor Nomination Meeting Georgetown Community Room Giddings Rotary Club s 6th Annual Emmett H 5k Lee County 9am to 11am Pflugerville Rotary Club s Casino Party 6pm to 10pm Newsletter To get your club featured in the newsletter or to submit an article about your club. Please Jill McNabb at jill.mcnabb@gtfcu.org

17 What is Rotary Has Heart? Rotary Has Heart is the over-arching theme each Rotary club can use to promote the work being done in your community. By using a common theme, and common social media, clubs are able to share their good work with others. Together, we can all help our friends and neighbors see the great work being done each day by thousands of Rotarians! When/How To Use Rotary Has Heart? You can use an existing program, or develop a new service project to highlight how your club is showing heart in your community. This is your chance to help build better publicity across the entire Rotary world by working together to promote the good work we all do each and every day. We need to talk about what Rotary does, and make sure we use a unified voice in telling our story. Please use the downloadable jpg images, Rotary- Heart news release (adapt it for use in your club and use the hash tag #RotaryHasHeart on social media. Then, send your news stories, photos, and reports of media placement to the PR Chair so we can tally the results.

18 Foundation Dinner February 4, 2017 Sheraton Austin at the Capitol District 5870 Central Texas is celebrating The Rotary Foundation s Centennial! The Rotary Foundation, the charitable arm of Rotary, has been named the 2016 Outstanding Foundation by the Association of Fundraising Professionals. The Rotary Foundation earned a 4-star rating, its highest rating, from Charity Navigator, the largest and most prestigious independent evaluator of nonprofits in the U.S., placing it in the top 3 percent of U.S.-based charities. From its first contribution of $26.50 almost a century ago, the Rotary Foundation s assets have grown to approximately $1 billion, and more than $3 billion have been spent on projects that promote peace, fight disease, provide clean water, support education, save mothers and children, and grow local economies. The Rotary Foundation s top priority is the global eradication of polio. All proceeds from this event will benefit the Rotary Foundation. Your sponsorship for this event will continue to support Rotary Foundation projects as we celebrate 100 years of doing good in the world!

19 Sponsorship Levels Platinum - $5000 Table of 10 tickets Prominent table placement by the head tables and speaker s podium $4250 Donation to Rotary Foundation in your name or your club s name Full page ad in Lone Star Telegram, District 5870 s monthly newsletter Logo/name recognition in all publicity/advertising Verbal acknowledgement during program Name & Logo Recognition on District 5870 website and in printed program Facebook article and post on District 5870 s page with link and 30-second video Consultation with District 5870 s Public Relations Team Gold - $2500 Table of 10 tickets Prominent table placement by the head tables and speaker s podium $1750 Donation to Rotary Foundation in your name or your club s name Half-page ad in Lone Star Telegram, District 5870 s monthly newsletter Name recognition in all publicity/advertising Name & Logo Recognition on District 5870 website and in printed program Facebook Post on District 5870 s page with link and 30-second video Silver - $1000 Table of 10 tickets Preferred table placement near the head tables and speaker s podium $250 Donation to Rotary Foundation in your name or your club s name Quarter-page ad in Lone Star Telegram, District 5870 s monthly newsletter Name & Logo Recognition on District 5870 website & in printed program Facebook Post on District 5870 s page with link Bronze - $500 4 tickets $200 Donation to Rotary Foundation in your name or your club s name Name Recognition in printed program & on District 5870 website Centennial sponsor - $100 1 ticket + $25 Donation to Rotary Foundation in your name or your club s name Name Recognition on District 5870 website

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26 #100ActsOfGood Children s books in Spanish and in English to a grade school in Reynosa, Mexico. The school is named Ramon Mario Bahena Rodriguez school and looking after this school is a pet project of mine shared with several people in other Rotary Clubs. The current project is to provide books to the school and either have classroom book cases or a library. The school has no library. The book project is not an official project of the University Club yet. It is supported by individual members of various Rotary Clubs providing books and services, e.g. the e-club (Martha Meyers), members of the Austin (Downtown) Rotary Club (Mary Reynolds), members of the University club (Betty Richardson, Zoila Cardenas) and members of the club Rotario Reynosa (Wes Garcia and others). Pictured are Left to Right: Chendo, David Negrette, Hector Lopez, Lolo, Bracho, Ramiro Cienfuegos,Wes Garcia, Cheke, Raul Lopez, and Ramiro Garcia. Missing is Dennis Garcia (Wes son).

27 #100ActsOfGood So when she decided to do her Gold Award project, it was centered around a sustainable way to continue the collection and distribution of books by designing, building and placing permanent book collections boxes in three elementary schools (Canyon Creek, Spicewood, & Laurel Mountain) for the BookSpring organization. She arranged for this project to be a service activity for the Interact Club at Westwood High School, and for all the students at the 3 elementary schools. The Interact students will continue to pick up the books that the elementary students have collected and deliver them to BookSpring. She also worked with BookSpring to make posts on their blog about the project to encourage others to do the same. This collection has already helped over 650 children have books to read and will continue as a legacy long after Ana is gone because of her great organizational skills and her insight to get local organizations involved. Ana personally collected 658 books before the school year started, and since then, many more have been collected from the elementary schools and been delivered to BookSpring. Ana spent over 80 hours developing and making sure this project would be a success and that is true devotion, commitment and service above self. She is an amazing young adult and it is so inspiring to see young people who are interested in finding ways to make a difference every day and inspire others to join them in this desire to help others. Ana will follow in her dad s footsteps when she is old enough to join Rotary because she already possesses all the characteristics of a true Rotarian. What a great future role model. Mary Reynolds Rotary Club of Austin

28 Career Guidance & Cyber Security Jarrell, TX, January 30, 2017 The Rotary Club of Georgetown-Sun City along with the Jarrell High School INTERACT Club sponsors a Career Guidance Program throughout the school year. This exposes students to different promising, long term careers where there will likely be jobs waiting for them after the post-high school education. On Thursday, January 26 th, a Special Agent from the FBI, who is an expert on counterintelligence based in Austin, spoke to about 60 Jarrell High School students about the prospects of Cyber Security as career. He demonstrated how cyber attacks have exploded over the past few years and how it is affecting our government, banking, private businesses and individuals vital information and data. The Special Agent showed the different career paths that students can take to work in cyber security and that the demand in this field far outweighs the supply of cyber experts. About 10 Rotarians also attended this presentation.

29 Pecan Springs Mural Pecan Springs Elementary got a great gift from a major corporation. After sending out a request to find someone to paint a mural on their cafeteria walls for their cafeteria walls, BookSpring found one of their corporate partners that not only would paint the mural but brought 150 of their employees, families and professional landscaping crew to clean out, replant and mulch all the gardens, remove a deteriorating goat pen, Japanese fountain and gazebo, clean up the school grounds and ran off and laminated materials for the teachers. Some of the teachers even came to school on their holiday (MLK Day) and worked with some of the volunteers in their classrooms to re-organize or set up special projects in the. Classrooms. What a great boost for the teachers and the staff and you should have seen the kids' faces when the dragon was unveiled at their knighting ceremony that week. And even though the corporation didn't want any recognition for their incredible gift to the school and community if you look closely in the dragon's hands you will see an Apple and can probably figure out who to thank! And if you get a chance swing by Pecan Springs and see how great it looks.

30 2018 Rotary Peace Fellowship The 2018 Rotary Peace Fellowship application is now available. You can advance peace around the world by promoting this incredible opportunity! Here are some helpful resources for recruiting candidates and promoting the program: Share our application video explaining the steps to completing the application. Follow us on the Rotary Peace Centers Facebook page and share fellowship updates. Download the Rotary Peace Centers Program Guide for Rotarians for eligibility requirements and information on finding qualified candidates. the fellowship announcement to contacts within your network. The application page provides an overview of the application process and links to useful documents such as an application FAQ and tips for improving your application. We are pleased to announce a new online application system. Through it, candidates around the world will experience a streamlined process that will help districts meet the demands of rising numbers of applications. The deadline for applicants to submit applications to their district is 31 May. Districts must submit endorsed applications to The Rotary Foundation by 1 July.

31 O P E R A T I N V A C A T I O N Thank You for your Service Hoover Family! One of the greatest gifts anyone can receive is an opportunity to thank a soldier for serving and protecting our country and Rotary and the Austin Hotel Lodging Association gets to do it every month with a family from Ft. Hood. Staff Sgt. Robert Hoover, wife Stephanie and children Hayden and Riemann were hosted last weekend at the Hampton Inn Oak Hill by the General Manager Cynthia Tirana. The Rotary Club of Austin and Killeen provide the program called Operation Vacation Ft. Hood and arranged a rent car, free meals, entertainment packages, toys and goodies to let the family know how much Austin appreciates the sacrifices these families make for all of us daily. County Line hosted their Saturday nite dinner with all the trimmings and Super Shuttle provided park passes at Austin Park. Without great partners like these and the Austin Hotel Lodging Association, Restaurant Association and Rotary this kind of event just wouldn't happen. When Staff Sgt. Hoover was asked if his family had a good time he said "Yes ma'am we are having a grand ole time. The hotel was great, the dinner was excellent and the service was outstanding at the county line. We went early to the Austin park play and pizza and kiddos had a blast. Thank y'all so much for the great hospitality." And when I thanked him for his service to our country he answered" No problem-i love doing it. Thank y'all for making America a better and beautiful place." Staff Sgt. Hoover has served twelve years in the military and plans to finish his career at twenty. We are so lucky to have such dedicated men and women protecting us everyday. So next time you see a soldier be sure and thank them. They deserve it!