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MAY 30 is GREEN UP DAY!!
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Board of Directors Meeting  - Date: June

Gov. Phil Scott on Tuesday (3/24) issued a “stay home, stay safe” order and directed the closure of in-person operations for all non-essential businesses.

The order will be in effect/extended until June 15.
May 6 modified order Play Smart and Play Safe
NEW
May 15  - Governor Phil Scott Extends State of Emergency
New Be Smart, Stay Safe order
May 29 update - Gov. Scott announces 
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​Club Meetings are currently held via Zoom. For further information please contact us.

NEXT CLUB ZOOM MEETINGS is:
May 31

Guidance for Vermonters
​May 11, 2020

Accessing Emergency Care
Vermont hospitals are safe. If you are having symptoms of a serious medical condition, such as heart attack or stroke, seek medical care right away. Please always wear a face covering when going to a hospital, health care provider or Emergency Department.
Who to contact:
You can also type in a question to our Ask A Question tool.
  • If you still have health-related COVID-19 questions, call the Health Department at 802-863-7240.
  • For non-health related questions, dial 2-1-1 or 1-866-652-4636.
Keep a Distance and Wear a Mask
We still need to physically distance ourselves from one another and follow other health guidance. Keep 6 feet between you and other people, and give each other a wide berth when walking or biking. Make wearing cloth face coverings a habit whenever we leave home. Learn more about why and how we need to wear masks.
Enjoying the outdoors? Remember to take the usual precautions to stay safe and healthy. Ticks are out, so make sure you know how to Be Tick Smart: healthvermont.gov/BeTickSmart.
For more outdoors information, visit: https://fpr.vermont.gov/recreation/outdoor-recreation-and-covid-19 
Take Care of Your Emotional and Mental Health
Feeling anxious, confused, overwhelmed or powerless is common during an infectious disease outbreak. If you or someone you know is in crisis or needs emotional support, help is available 24/7:

COVID-19 Rutland County Resource Guide 

A Message from Rotary President Mark Maloney - May 27,2020

ROTARY MONITORS THE GLOBAL CORONAVIRUS CRISIS. Click here for details.

International Presidential theme
​2020-21: Rotary Opens Opportunities

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RI President-elect Holger Knaack’s theme for 2020-21, Rotary Opens Opportunities, asks Rotarians to create opportunities that strengthen their leadership, help put service ideas into action, and improve the lives of those in need.

​ROTARY DISTRICT 7870 
Nancy Russell - District Governor ​​

Date: 04/14/2020
​Re: Rotary - URGENT: District 7870  COVID19 Action Needed. Opportunities to serve via Volunteer Surge
I have an exceptional and extraordinary request of you, and all members in our district, to join the fight against COVID19. What if there was a way to help, from the safety of our homes, and make a real difference?
Our district is one of several leading in an extraordinary new effort, and your immediate participation is critical to its success. This program will be announced via a press release soon (CNN, NYT, and other major coverage), and will be adopted by Rotary Clubs across the nation in the next few days.
The background is this: Two weeks ago, Rotarians in a local club engaged Rotary International to recruit 1 million volunteers in two weeks to sign up with Volunteer Surge, a new program that allows us to train online, for free, to become a Telehealth Worker, or a Community Health Worker. These volunteers will provide basic assistance, and will reduce suffering and save lives, locally and across the nation. How? By helping our health care providers to focus more of their attention where it is most needed.
TIME IS CRITICAL.
Please go to www.tgig.org to learn more and decide how you, your friends, and family can participate. And share this link with others on Facebook, email, and other social media.
The world is watching, and we, as Rotarians, people of action, are now truly defined by our actions in this crisis.
With appreciation and thanks,
DG Nancy Russell
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New video promotes our networking and fellowship opportunities

​click here for this
​Rotary International video

Volunteer Surge Project News Release

WASHINGTON, April 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Click here

 COVID-19 Global Grants Update

Update on Global Grant for CoVid-19 Recovery
https://www.rotary7870.org/Stories/district-7870-covid-global-grant-update
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Hello All District 7870 Members,
 
The District Governor Track would like to give you an update on how successful our request for clubs to submit a Global Grant Request appears to be shaping up.  We are having a truly great response from our District Clubs to this project.  We are on track to be presenting a very large Global Grant for use in our own communities.  The work and concepts that your Clubs have undertaken in the past weeks has been amazing, and we applaud the efforts undertaken to measure community needs and develop plans to address those needs in such a short period of time.  We think it is very important to thank you for your truly Rotarian effort. 
 
We have seen and heard of numerous inventive and meaningful concepts for COVID community improvements.  We will be compiling these and will want to track their use and success. The success of our efforts is phenomenal but please understand that there is a limit on matching funding (DDF)at the District Level that will be available.  Be assured that as a result of your hard work and outstanding ideas and creativity District 7870 will take every step possible to think of creative ways to fund these needs to the largest extent possible. Once we understand the values of the submitted applications we can better determine where we stand. Of course, the applications must be reviewed and approved.   If we are unable to obtain the 3.5 times Rotary magic match for all worthy applications due to the limitations of funding availability, we will do everything possible to search for creative ways to provide supplemental funding matches. In the worst case scenario, some of the donations will only be able to be matched at 1.5 instead of the 3.5 multiple. 
 
It would be extremely helpful to have as many of the grant applications submitted as soon as possible to help us measure the District needs.  Please forward whatever you have confirmed with a summary of potential others inquiries you are considering and may be currently outstanding.
 
Thank You All For Your Efforts,
 
Nancy Russell DG
Steve Puderbaugh DGE
John Siemienowicz DGN
Randell Barclay  DGND