Welcome to the  Special Edition Year-End 2017-18 District 7070 Newsletter. 

The 2017-18 Awards Presentations and the District Governor Changeover Ceremony were held on July 8, 2018, at the Scarborough Golf and Country Club. Over 120 Rotarians and friends from Rotary and Rotaract Clubs from all over the District attended the event. here are the highlights.

Editor's Note: Congratulations to Past District Governor Neil Phillips an outstanding year as District Governor. He has encouraged and challenged us to Make A Difference in our clubs and in our communities, locally and globally. A job well done. Congratulations to 2018-19 as our new District Governor Mary Lou Harrison who will encourage all of us to Be Inspired as we venture out and Do Good In The World. In this Newsletter, we are going to feature the Awards Presentation, the District Governor Changeover, a year-end message from Past District Governor Neil Phillips and add some photos of Neil during his year as District Governor.

The Changeover took place by way of exchanging Rotary Pins. The Immediate Past District Governor Jim Louttit presented Neil with his Immediate Past District Governor Pin. Neil presented Mary Lou Harrison with her District Governor Pin. Mary Lou presented Beth Selby with her District Governor Elect Pin. Beth will be presenting, at a later date, the District Governor Nominee Pin to Mark Chipman, who was doing what Rotarians do in the summer, here in District 7070 - working the Whitby Rotary Ribfest. Be sure to see all of the photos on the District 7070 Facebook Page and District website......

Editor's Note: Congratulations to Past District Governor Neil Phillips an outstanding year as District Governor. He has encouraged and challenged us to Make A Difference in our clubs and in our communities, locally and globally. A job well done.  

Here are the highlights of Past District Governor Neil Phillips address to the 120 Rotarians at the District Governor Changover Ceremony.....

Our new District Governor Mary Lou Harrison ended the Ceremonies by telling us that Rotary starts with the individual Rotarian.

She asked us all to Be The Inspiration in our community, in our Rotary Club, in our Rotary District, and at the Rotary International level.

At the International Assembly, in January 2018 with the other 550 District Governors, she was asked what one word would represent her goals for this Rotary year. She said "Do".  She encouraged all of us to "do" what we can to be Rotarians... People of Action.

She reminded us all of Rotary's new vision statement: “Together, we see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change — across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves.”

She asked us to focus on the three key words in our Vision Statement: UNITE... ACT.... CHANGE. 

Here are some photos of our District Governor. I am sure they will bring back some pleasant memories of a job well done. Thank you District Governor Neil Phillips.