January is “Vocational Services” month on the Rotary calendar. Our District Vocational Service Chair, Jim Greenlee with the Rotary Club of Auburn Gold Country, is ready and willing to help you with ideas, projects, or programs to recognize and honor vocations, in the Club and/or in the Community. Some things to consider are distributing the Four Way Test in the community, Presenting Vocational Service Awards in the Community, having Club meetings at a member’s business, offer mock interview services in the schools or through Interact or Roteract. Whatever you do, we are here to help and support.  

As we hit the mid-point of our year, I want to thank you for all the Connections, Lasting Change, and Good in the World that the great Clubs in District 5190 have accomplished. I also encourage you to keep it up!  District 5190 is #41 in the WORLD in total contributions to Our Rotary Foundation and we are in the top 5 Districts in our Zone in Annual Fund Per Capita and Polio Plus giving! Thank you for all of us from the bottoms of our hearts.

Coming up early in this month is our District Leadership Meeting at which we will be taking our District Visioning Session forward to the next step and updating the District’s Strategic Plan. Also, as I said last month, I encourage you to reach out to our District team for support or assistance. The team is there simply to support the Clubs. If you have questions about or would like assistance with any aspect of Rotary from Administration to Foundation to International Service to Membership to Vocational Service to Websites (or anything in between) we are ready and willing. Names, addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses are in the District Directory or we are reachable via the District website. 

Registration for RALLYE opens up January 15^th. There will be more information to come. This event, April 23, 24, 25, & 26 at the Nugget in Sparks commences with a Donor Recognition Dinner the 23^rd and wraps with the passing of the pins from DG to DGE to DGN to DGND on Sunday the 26^th with all kinds of things in between.