Ira Helfand, MD is co-chair of PSR’s Nuclear Weapons Abolition Committee and also serves as co-president of PSR’s global federation, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW). Dr. Helfand has worked for many years as an emergency room physician and now practices internal medicine at an urgent care center. Dr. Helfand represents IPPNW at the annual World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates. He is also a member of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)’s International Steering Committee. Dr. Helfand co-authored PSR’s report, Nuclear Famine: 2 Billion at Risk?, which outlines the global health consequences of regional nuclear war. He was a leading medical voice in ICAN’s campaign for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Dr. Helfand addressed national delegations at international conferences on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons in Oslo, Norway, Narayit, Mexico, and Vienna, Austria, during the May 2016 U.N. Open-Ended Working Group on disarmament in Geneva, and throughout the U.N. General Assembly negotiations in 2017.
Covid-19 may have disrupted our “normal” routines these past couple of years…. but we all know, Rotarians are far from “normal”! Our Rotary Clubs have risen to the occasion to find new ways to meet, new ways to engage new members, new ways to fundraise….and new ways to learn more about Rotary! What we all have missed are the opportunities to gather in-person to share ideas and expand our knowledge base of all things Rotary.
District 7950 will host Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) sessions in-person! Please consider joining them on Saturday, March 26, 2022, 7:30 am – 3:00 pm at the Upper Cape Technical School in Bourne, MA. Parts I, II, III and Graduate are all open for registration. This year’s Graduate topic is the 7 Areas of Focus (remember, the Graduate topic changes every year, so you can continue to attend RLI to expand your Rotary knowledge).
Click here for curriculum and more information about RLI. Registration is now open at www.rlinea.org - $75 includes breakfast, lunch, breaks and materials. Some clubs will reimburse tuition. For more information, contact Joanne Tully, D7950 RLI Site Chair at Jtully@southshorebank.com or Paulette Boudrot, RVC, at pauletteboudrot@gmail.com
We look forward to seeing old friends….and meeting new ones!
Who Knew Making a Difference Could Be So Much Fun!
Join us on Saturday, April 9th in supporting the Greater Springfield Habitat for Humanity on one of their build sites.
No construction experience required.Just an interest in learning something new, having fun with your fellow Rotarians and helping to make a difference in the lives of local families.
More details to follow as we get closer to the date!
A Rotary Foundation Sustaining Member is an individual who personally contributes $100 or more each Rotary year to the Annual Fund. These contributions also count toward Paul Harris Fellow, Multiple Paul Harris Fellow, Paul Harris Society, EREY, Major Donor, and club recognition.
Use the Club Foundation Banner Report to see your club’s Rotary Foundation Sustaining Members.
This report also shows TRF Giving, Every Rotarian Every Year, Paul Harris Society Eligible and Rotary Direct members. For $10 a month, you too can be a Rotary Foundation Sustaining Member and help provide life-changing opportunities for those in need on a yearly basis!
Every November, we celebrate The Rotary Foundation. Your support and generous gifts to the Foundation make it possible for us to be people of action and engage in life-changing projects worldwide. Here are three ways you can help maximize the effectiveness of our year-end giving campaigns and increase the amount of good we can do:
Encourage your members to make a gift to the Foundation on Giving Tuesday, which is 1 December. Share our video message
Learn more about our new peer-to-peer fundraising tool, Raise for Rotary, where you can create fundraising pages that are easy to share with family and friends through social media and email.