It was cold enough on Groundhog Day that Buckeye Chuck refused to leave his warm burrow, signaling six more weeks of winter. Buckeye Chuck spokesperson and WMRN morning man Paul James told us that Chuck has a 75% accuracy rate in predicting the coming of spring, a much better record than Punxsutawney Phil's. Paul told us that Chuck was a friendly groundhog living in the woods behind the Marion, Ohio radio station when then-morning man Charlie Evers began talking about him on his show. Chuck became so popular the station held a contest to name him, and in 1979, the Ohio legislature proclaimed Buckeye Chuck Ohio's official weather forecasting groundhog. Chuck has been making his predictions every year since then, drawing hundreds of people to the radio station every Groundhog Day. As part of the celebration, the station served Spam sandwiches to the crowd. Why Spam? As Paul pointed out, Spam is pork shoulder and ham...ground hog. The original Buckeye Chuck is long decreased, but he has been preserved and Paul brought him along to Rotary. The current Buckeye Chuck is usually a rescue from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources who is released once spring arrives.
You're invited to this year's District Conference in Cleveland, OH May 12-14, 2023.
The weekend is full of great speakers, including John Hewko, General Secretary and CEO of Rotary International, member of the Rotary Club of Kyiv, Ukraine, as well as spending Friday evening at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Rotarians are welcome to sign up for all or part of the Rotary Conference Schedule. Registration costs will increase on February 1st so register on dacdb today!
And don't forget to make your hotel room reservations for the Cleveland Marriott Downtown Hotel here.Rooms at the special $169 USD per nightRotary rate are limited in availability. Please book your hotel rooms by Thursday, April 20, 2023 to ensure this special rate.
Join your fellow Rotary members to help the people of Ukraine.
Rotary members have already shown amazing generosity to the people of Ukraine. Because we continue to receive an outpouring of requests to provide humanitarian aid, The Rotary Foundation has created a new temporary fund. The Ukraine Response Fund is a response to the ongoing, urgent need and the wish of Rotary members to keep making a difference for people affected by the war.
Together, we can offer our support to these communities. Here is how you can help.
Thank you for supporting this new fund and helping communities in Ukraine recover.
Sincerely,
Ian H.S. Riseley 2022-23 Trustee Chair The Rotary Foundation
When you donate to the Ukraine Response Fund, please note that these are temporarily restricted funds. Any unused funds may be transferred to our general Disaster Response Fund to help communities affected by disasters.
You can help promote peace in the world by encouraging peace and development leaders in your community to apply for the Rotary Peace Fellowship.
Each year, Rotary awards fully funded fellowships for peacebuilders from diverse backgrounds to study at one of our peace centers located at premier universities around the world. This year, we’ll select 50 peace fellows to study in our master’s degree programs and 40 fellows to earn a professional development certificate.
Rotary Peace Fellows use their training to amplify their work at the local, regional, or global level. Clubs and districts can partner with them on peacebuilding initiatives before, during, and after their fellowships.
But we need your help finding candidates. Rotary and Rotaract members can get involved by:
Taking the All About the Rotary Peace Fellowship course to learn about the qualification criteria, eligibility restrictions, the application process, and more
Forwarding the fellowship announcement to your contacts and including it in club and district communications
Using our referral form to tell us about potential candidates so we can contact them
Sharing a PowerPoint presentation about the fellowships with your club members and community
Candidates have until 15 May to submit applications to The Rotary Foundation.
Thanks to generous support from donors and the dedicated participation of Rotary members, the peace fellowship program has more than 1,600 alumni working to make positive change in more than 140 countries.
To learn more about how you can recruit the next generation of peace fellows, contact your district Rotary Peace Fellowship subcommittee chair or write to rotarypeacecenters@rotary.org.
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