Governor’s Corner
Governor’s March Message: Protecting the Environment
The Rotary Foundation’s Seventh Area of Focus By DG Cindi O’Neil Protecting the Environment is our Rotary Foundation’s seventh Area of Focus. And I think you will agree that its about time Rotary also focused on this critical aspect of our work here and around the...
Rotary Making History: Again
By DG Cindi O’Neil We volunteered during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic and during the continuing effort to eradicate Polio. Now Rotary steps forward again to help eradicate COVID-19. On a Saturday morning over 20 Rotarians from the Rotary Clubs of Eugene volunteered...
Governor’s February Message: Serve Your Community and Let the World Know About It!
BY DG Cindi O’Neil In Rotary, February is celebrated as “World Understanding Month.” And on February 23 we celebrate Rotary’s 116th birthday as “World Understanding and Peace Day.” Service to others in need is an act of peace building. Serving others is a bridge to...
January Governor’s Message: Wear Your Rotary Pin Every Day
Today I could not be more proud to be a Rotarian. Although we face the shameful fact that in the United States of America citizens mobbed our country’s capitol building to disrupt our democracy, Rotary gives me hope and resolve. I am reminded of our core values:...
PODCAST: The Archie Creek Fire Won’t Stop Christmas in Glide
By DG Cindi O’Neil Pride and gratitude are the feelings that well up these days when I hear about Rotary service projects welling up all over our District for communities in need. The Rotary Clubs of Roseburg, all three, have teamed up to provide Christmas gifts to...
Governor’s December Message It’s Christmas Time – A Time of Giving
by Cindi O'Neil It is Christmas time and many, many people do not have their home. It is Christmas time and for many their traditions are lost in the 2020 wildfires. There are no dreams about where to put the tree, who is coming to dinner, what to buy for the family...
People of Action eNews
Our Peace Fellow graduates from UNC/Duke
by Chuck Root "I plan to work in a humanitarian setting and promote health post disaster or crisis. I have a special interest in effective implementation of health interventions for mothers, children and their families in refugee camps." says our District 5110 Peace...
Doing Business with Rotarians: A Salute to Rick Osborn and Jackson-Osborn Insurance Agency
by Bill Grile After all, wouldn’t you rather do business with a Rotarian? In 1911, Paul Harris launched Rotary to leverage friendships and build ethical business relationships. He knew doing this would strengthen businesses as well as communities. Rick Osborn is a...
April 15 ROTARY NOW!/Leading Change program – Sustaining Our Impact.
By Cynthia O'Neil Rotary undertakes a huge variety of projects, and in all of them, a key focus is sustainability. We want the community in which the project is undertaken to be able to continue to receive the benefit of our work for the foreseeable future. In almost...
NEW AND IMPROVED: The D5110 Rotary Business Network
This week DG Cindi O’Neil is announcing the relaunch of a much improved Rotary District 5110 Business Network (RBN). Click here to see the new look www.rotarybusinessnetwork.org. “Rotary Business Network (RBN) is now a business communication tool like no other,”...
Medford Rogue Rotary Blood Drive – March, 2021
By Kingsley Kelley So you find yourself in the midst of a pandemic, in a region recovering from devastation fires, and still conducting meetings on Zoom, what do you do? Well, if you’re a Rogue Rotarian (as in Medford Rogue Rotary Club) you begin holding quarterly...
Global Grant Scholars Make Impact
By Tommi A. Drake One of The Rotary Foundation programs that is popular in our district is called Global Grant Scholars. It replaced the Ambassadorial Scholarship program about eight years ago. This year's recipient for District 5110, Najibullah Loodin, and next...