• The District Facebook Page is back! Make sure you check it out at https://www.facebook.com/rotarydistrict6450.
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• 2023 Veterans Coat Drive & Stand Down Day, November 15 & 16.  Coats can be donated and volunteers are needed for Stand Down Day.  To find out more about how to donate coats and when and where to volunteer, go to the STAND DAY REGISTRATION.
   
• Help Districts 6440 and 6450 Advance for Rotary Programs of Scale!  Rotary Programs of Scale is a once-a-year, $2+ million funding opportunity that supports work that has proven impact and is ready to scale. This year, District 6440 and 6450 Rotarians have helped lead an application to the final stage! District Governors Conor Gee and Mary Bak invite you to join a webinar on Friday, November 17 at 12 pm Central to hear from the team behind the "One Million Healthy Mothers and Newborns in Uganda" Program of Scale application, including locals Steve Jambor and Richard Siegler and PDG John Magezi Ndamira from District 9213 in Uganda. Click this calendar link for more information and Zoom link. We hope that many clubs can consider getting involved with this $3.5+ million Program of Scale to serve more than 1 million mothers and babies in Uganda by applying proven methods to reduce newborn and maternal mortality. This would be a signature international effort to come out of our districts for years to come! Check out more information on Rotary Programs of Scale.

• Environmental Service Grant  Your club can make an impact on the environment in your community by applying for an Environmental Service Grant.  Go to the new Environmental Service page on our website to find out more by CLICKING HERE.

Club News

• Woodridge Rotary Holiday Gala, December 6, 6:30-11pm.  The Rotary Club of Woodridge is hosting its second annual Holiday Gala Fundraiser to benefit the Woodridge VFW and Project Cure.  The event will  be on December 6, 2023 and include live  music.  To register for tickets and sponsorship opportunities, CLICK HERE.

• Diveheart Documentary now available on YouTube  Diveheart's documentary Adapting to Dive, which received 10 international film festival awards in the last year, is now FREE on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFzbZcB1A6g. Great stories of hope and healing through adaptive scuba diving.
   
• Maui Relief Fund, If your club and/or members would like to help those devastated by the wildfires on Maui, we have an important connection to help with the effort.  Heidi, daughter of Channahon-Minooka Rotarian Noreen Dollinger, is a resident of Lahaina and a member of the Rotary Club of Lahaina Sunset.  The Rotary District 5000 Foundation has set up a Maui Fire Relief Fund.  Go to https://rotaryd5000.org/ to donate.