Good September to all our Fellow District 6380 Rotarians!

September is the International Rotary month that we focus on Basic Education and Literacy. During September Rotarians emphasize that every individual should be able to have access to quality education, ability to read and write. With these abilities come the increasing chances of overpowering poverty, living a healthier life, and possible improvement to ones economic lifestyle.

The following examples are possible with Basic Education and Literacy:

1. Breaking the cycle of living below minimum standards of living
2. Empowering everyone with knowledge and skills for life improvement
3. With literacy comes living a healthier lifestyle and understanding how to find healthcare services
4. Peace and Understanding of our individual differences is enhanced by education which allows us
to discuss differences effectively through tolerance and calm.
Our Clubs this month of September are:
1. Working in their local schools; supporting with supplies, volunteering in classrooms, or new
projects which focus on literacy
2. Organize projects that enhance understanding that education and literacy improve daily life of
adults as well as children
3. Our clubs’ social media can be used to inform our communities about Interact Clubs, RYLA
dates, and other literacy projects with which our communities can become involved.
September is a month we as Rotarian are working to increase our focus on a community that has more
experiences which will help them be more educated and be able to navigate our increasingly faster
moving literate world.

Rotary District 6380 Foundation Gala registration is OPEN and can be accessed on Club Runner
Homepage under Calendar or REGISTER HERE: https://portal.clubrunner.ca/50031/Events/foundation-
gala-2026

Attention: I still have about 250 new Chapter books, 5 th -8 th grade that are left from my Summer Grant
from “Make Spirits Bright.” The topics are quite timely. Please text, phone, or email me. (734-476-3544,
lee.halsted3544@gmail.com)