Welcome to District 7120
Greetings everyone! Happy May!
May is Youth Services Month. This is a time when Rotary Clubs around the world focus on youth services, Rotaract, Interact, RYLA and Youth Exchange.
Key District Information
Your District Leadership Team
Here you can find an easy to navigate list, including photos, names and email contacts. The organization chart shows the District Governor, District Executives, District Officers and Assistant Governors.
Find a Club
Find District 7120 Clubs
Here you can find an alphabetical list of clubs, including club website link, Club President's name, meeting location, day and time. You can also email the President if you need to get in touch.
Beautiful flowers like daffodils are blooming and bushes like forsythia are blossoming. It is a time of rebirth and optimism. More and more of us are being vaccinated and looking forward to meeting in person for our meetings and activities.I am happy so many clubs have signed on to participate in is the first multi-district Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup. The environmental service project participation includes our district 7120 and 14 other districts covering 8 states and 2 Canadian provinces will be gathering to pick up debris along the s the Great Lakes shorelines and tributaries. Thank you to Gary Anderson, Chair of the District Environmental Action Committee for coordinating the cleanup efforts in District 7120! Whether you're vaccinated or not, please abide by CDC guidelines to follow the mask mandate and stay at least 6 feet from people you don’t live with.
Happy March everyone!We look forward to Spring arriving on March 20. Springtime represents a new beginning, blossoming, and rebirth of nature.
Speaking of nature, as you are aware, our Environment is now the 7th area of focus for the Rotary Foundation.
Today we received an email from the Rotary Foundation:
Hi Everyone,
Happy February!
Rotary International Director and the Chair of the RI Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Task Force will be speaking at the Rochester Rotary Club on February 23. If you are available, I encourage you to attend this opportune lunchtime Zoom meeting.
District 7120 is pleased to announce the third in our series of Multi-district “Membership Monday” training seminars via zoom. It is entitled:
“Young People Speak - It’s Time to Stretch and Listen”
All Rotarians, and friends, are invited to register for this high-powered seminar to be held on 22 February 2021 at 7:00pm.
Hello Everyone!
As we enter the New Year, we continue to hope and pray for an end to the pandemic. The distribution of the vaccine gives us hope for a happy 2021.
That being said, I have some disappointing news regarding the upcoming District Conference. Originally, we planned for the Conference to take place at the Westchester Marriott in Tarrytown/Sleepy Hollow, NY. But with the pandemic, we canceled and decided to move the Conference into our District, at the Corning Radisson. Six months after planning to be in Corning, the pandemic continues, with Covid cases currently spiking. While the distribution of a vaccine is heartening, there are too many unknowns to properly plan a conference with any in-person attendance. Therefore, we have canceled the District Conference in Corning. We are now investigating opportunities to hold a re-imagined virtual District Conference.
During January I encourage you to work on the important Vocational Service Rotary area of focus.
Happy November! November is when Rotarians are asked to contribute to the Rotary Foundation month. The Foundation is the vehicle for Rotary to do good in the world. There are global grants, district grants and the Polio Plus campaign to eradicate polio.We are pleased to announce an exciting opportunity for each of you to support the Foundation this month. You are invited to the virtual Multi-District Foundation event featuring Jennifer Jones, Rotary International President for 2022-2023. All Rotarians and partners in Districts 7120, 7150, 7170, 7190 will have the opportunity to attend this exciting meeting on Tuesday, November 24, 2020, from 7:00-8:00 PM.
August is “Membership and Club Development month”. It is time to focus on our club membership. It is critical that club members feel that they are a part of the club and that the Rotary Club reflects the community it serves. Membership month is also a great time to conduct a strategy for membership growth.Rotary International President Holger Knaack recently said the following about membership, "Let’s grow Rotary sustainably. Rotary’s flexible options for participation will engage members and show the community how we’re different from any other club. Let’s celebrate that Rotary is now less about rules and more about joining together in a variety of ways besides traditional meetings."
What is Rotary?
WE CONNECT PEOPLE
Rotary unites more than a million people. Together, we see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change - across the globe, in our communities and in ourselves.
WE TRANSFORM COMMUNITIES
we take action locally and globally. Each day, our members pour their passion, integrity and intelligence into completing projects that have a lasting impact. We persevere until we deliver lasting results.
WE SOLVE PROBLEMS
No challenge is too big for us. For more than 110 years, we've bridged cultures and connected communities to champion peace, fight illiteracy and poverty, promote clean water and sanitation and fight disease.
