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In her July 2025 Newsletter, District 7070 Governor Niecy Dillon Tyrovolas is honoured to serve as District Governor and recognizes Past District Governor Virginia for her leadership. She talks about our new theme  "Unite or Good" and asks us to focus on key priorities that strengthen our clubs and expand our impact - Membership and Youth. And by all means . shas asks us to have FUN while we walk together as we unite for good.........

What Is your Rotary Club doing to focus on Maternal and Child Health in July 2025 ? Every day mothers risk their lives giving birth and millions of children die each year from treatable, preventable causes. At least 7 million children under the age of five die each year due to malnutrition, poor health care, and inadequate sanitation. To help reduce this rate, we provide immunizations and antibiotics to babies, improve access to essential medical services, and support trained health care providers for mothers and their children. Your Rotary projects ensure sustainability by empowering the local community to take ownership of health care training programs. Here is a challenge to your Rotary Club........

Members of the Rotary family (and their friends and family!) walked in a spirit of celebration and inclusion in the Pride Toronto Parade today, June 29, 2025 along with 250 entries and 20,000 participants - the largest Pride parade in the world. !

Our participation is more than just a celebration of Rotary's commitment to and action on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. It is a message of support to people around the world, including in our own organization, who cannot fully be and express who they are without fear of discrimination, violence, imprisonment, and even death.

Thank you to Shauna Moore and her Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Rotary District 7070 Committee for making this possible.

Here is a photo of the Rotary family and Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow

We are delighted to iwelcome Niecy Dillon-Tyrovolas, from the Rotary Club of Whitby Sunrise,  as the Rotary International District 7070 District Governor for the Rotary Year 2025-26. Niecy will be a great addition to our District Governor Team joining  IPDG Virginia O'Reilly,, DGE Liz Compton and DGN Tina Martin.

Let's Meet Niecy ....... Please Read more......

 
 

THE MAGIC OF MILLIONS: 

In her inaugural address at the June, at the District Governor Changeover, our 2026 -26 District Governor Niecy Dillon-Tyrovolas challenged all of us to help Bob Wallace and Jim Louttit, who announced a new Rotary District 7070 Goal for The Rotary Foundation called "The Magic of Millions". She has asked us to try and achieve the goal to raise  $1 million by the end of the year. Please appoint an ambassador for your club to help you promote the Magic of Millions . Throughout the year, please encourage your members to donate to : the Annual Programs Fund, the Polio Fund, The Disaster Response Fund and to the Endowment Fund.  At the Rotary Foundation Grants Seminar in Oshawa in November , you will find out even more how you can help us reach that Magic of Millions. 

Francesco Arezzo, a member of the Rotary Club of Ragusa, Italy, has been selected by the Board of Directors to become Rotary International’s president for 2025-26. Arezzo will become president on 1 July.

The Board conducted a special session following the unexpected resignation of RI President-elect Mário César Martins de Camargo on 8 June. Guided by the RI code and policies, the Board selected the new president-elect from a pool of candidates who were considered by the Nominating Committee for President of Rotary International in August 2023.....

District Governor Elect NIECY DILLON TYROVOLAS INVITES YOU TO 2025 DISTRICT 7070 CONFERENCE on OCTOBER 24-26, 2025.

We are thrilled to announce DGE Niecy Dillon's 2025 Conference at the beautiful Fern Resort in Orillia. Take this opportunity to book your ticket for fun and fellowship by copying this link.

https://www.crsadmin.com/eventportal/Registrations/PublicFill/EventPublicFill.aspx?evtid=7146fb67-a3fd-40bf-9287-60d44ae87a0c . Registrations are now open. Rooms are limited - only 102 of them - many of them on the waterfront and are suitable for singles, doubles and groups. We do hope that you will join us.

The District 7070 Conference Committee

Join the Rotary District 7070 Public Image Committee as we welcome Michael Angelo Caruso who will present 10 Unique Ideas to Make Your Club More Attractive. Michael will present 5 online strategies and 5 in-person (meeting) strategies. There will be lots of time for  YOU  to ask Michael questions .

Be sure to register on the District 7070 website event for Learning Tuesdays on THE NEW DATE OF AUGUST 19, 2025.

Who should attend: All Cub Presidents, President Elects, Club Membership and Public Image Chairs and Directors and all members interested making their club more attractive

Learning Objective:  Get ideas on how you and your Club can make your club more attractive to potential members and to your community.

Agenda: Michael will present 5 online strategies and 5 in-person (meeting) strategies to make your club more attractive. 

               Lots of time to ask Michael questions about his ideas and perhaps ways to make your club more attractive.

Please Read More for all of the details and Please REGISTER TODAY.....

Dear fellow Rotarians in District 7070,

Rotarians in District 7070 have been committed to The Annual Programs Fund of the Rotary Foundation. You should be proud of the difference that Rotary have made in the lives of millions of people throughout the world by the project funded by The Rotary Foundation.

I want to thank you for your past efforts and ask that you recommit to helping us raise funds for The Annual Programs Fund of the Rotary Foundation.

We are inviting you to join our efforts to continue for The Annual Programs Fund of the Rotary Foundation.  To become a member of the Paul Harris Society you are asked to commit to making an annual donation of $1000 USD or more to The Annual Programs Fund of the Rotary Foundation.

We hope that with your commitment in joining the Paul Harris Society, we will make a significant difference in our world.

To sign up go to https://rotary7070.org/sitepage/paul-harris-society-district-7070

Bob

Bob Wallace

Past District Governor

Chair, District 7070 Rotary Foundation Committee

Dear Fellow Rotarians in District 7070,

Rotarians in District 7070 have been committed over the past nearly 40 years to raising funds to immunize children worldwide and our efforts are paying off.  You should be proud of the difference that Rotary has made in the lives of millions of children by eliminating this dreadful disease.

I want to thank you for your past efforts and ask that you recommit to helping us raise funds to finish Rotary’s number one initiative of eradicating polio.  Rotary is still committed to raising $50 million a year for this effort.

As such, we are launching the Polio Plus Society and are inviting you to join our efforts to continue to raise funds to eradicate polio.  To become a member of the Polio Plus Society you are asked to commit to making an annual donation of $100 USD or more to The Rotary Foundation’s Polio Plus Fund until the last two countries, Afghanistan and Pakistan, are certified free of the wild polio virus.

A PolioPlus Society membership form can be downloaded here or you can also complete an on-line registration form by clicking here

For more information and to sign up today, please  go to https://rotary7070.org/sitepage/polioplus-society-1

Bob

Bob Wallace

Past District Governor

Chair - District 7070 Rotary Foundation Committee

 

To Rotarians in District 7070:

It's TIME TO GET YOUR CLUB NOTICED. Prospective members are checking YOU out - What will they see? Don't be left behind.  REGISTER TODAY.

To assist the Rotary Clubs of District 7070 GET NOTICED, at the request of District Governor John Burns, the District Public Relations Committee is continuing the Rotary Club ClubRunner Website Refresh Program and Promotional Half Back Discount.

THIS PROGRAM IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR YOUR CLUB in 2023-24 and 2024-25. Thirty-two of our District 7070 Rotary clubs have already completed the refresh program.  These club websites are getting noticed by the public and by their potential members who are checking them out. When a prospective member looks to join a club, they look at YOUR club website. GET YOUR CLUB WEBSITE REFRESHED - REGISTER TODAY. 

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