DISTRICT
PROGRAMS
We are neighbors, community leaders, and global citizens uniting for the common good. With you, we can accomplish even more.
Shelter Box
Shelter Box’s purpose is to provide emergency shelter and tools to displaced families around the world.
Natural Disasters and conflicts are ongoing, and Shelter Box is always on the group, working to help the most vulnerable, no matter how remote.
Rotary District 6600 and ShelterBox are working together to provide help and hope to the people of Haiti and other disaster locations, at home and abroad.
Four Way Test Speech Contest
The Rotary 4-Way Test Speech Contest empowers high school students to apply the ethical principles of Rotary’s 4-Way Test to topics they’re passionate about, asking
- Is it the Truth?
- Is it Fair to all concerned?
- Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendships?
- Will it be Beneficial to all concerned?
Participants create speeches that explore an issue through these questions, honing public speaking skills, ethical thinking, and dialogue on meaningful topics. Local club-level contests are held in early spring, with winners advancing to compete at the District Level in April.
By hosting a 4-Way Test Speech Contest at your local high school, your club inspires young leaders to prioritize truth, fairness, friendship, and community well-being, fostering thoughtful voices for a better future.
District Contact:
Elizabeth Schultz
Rotary Club of Oberlin
440-935-3072
director@oberlinheritage.org
Reference Documents
2024-2025 District 6600 Speech Contest Information
2024-2025 Speech Contest for School Distribution
School Flyer for Promoting Contest
Important Dates:
3/15 – Deadline to notify District Coordinator
3/29 – Deadline to complete all club competitions
4/5 – District competition at EHOVE Career Center
ROTARY YOUTH EXCHANGE
For over 75 years, students and host families have broadened their horizons through Rotary Youth Exchange. More than 80 countries and over 8,000 students each year participate in the program, which is administered at the regional level by Rotary districts and at the local level by Rotary clubs.
District Contacts
Mary AufdenKampe
Rotary Club of Oberlin, co-chair
Email
216-570-9669
Gary AufdenKampe
E-Club of District 6600 Ohio Pathways, co-chair
Email
216-570-9697
Rotaract Club
Rotaract is a club for adults ages 18-30 that meets twice a month to exchange ideas, plan activities and projects, and socialize. While Rotary clubs serve as sponsors, Rotaract clubs decide how to organize and run their club and what projects and activities to carry out.
District Contact
Ken Robinson
kenneth.robinson@redcross.org
MESA
Where we see need, MESA collaborates with global organizations to provide needed technology, medical supplies and hope to areas of the world where there is little or no hope.
MESA collects and sends medical and educational materials around the globe.
In the United States, there’s a huge wealth of usable medical equipment and supplies that are no longer in service.
The second-hand surplus in our country is often state-of-the-art to the healing needs of developing countries. Rotarians have the resources to collect, sort, identify, store and ship millions of dollars of still-usable medical supplies and equipment.
The supplies and equipment go from MESA’s warehouse in Fostoria, into a shipping container, and then into the port of a local Rotary Club for distribution.
District Contact
Gary Newton
Rotary Club of St. Marys
garynewton1@hotmail.com
937-416-3970
IYFR
The International Yachting Fellowship of Rotarians is the oldest and largest of the Rotary Fellowships. It began in England in 1947 and has grown to 90 fleets, with more than 3200 members in 32 countries.
All Rotarians can join IYFR. The only requirement for joining is an active interest in boating (ownership of a boat is not required). Local fleets are located worldwide; if there is not a local fleet in your area you can join as an Independent Member.
Boating with fellow Rotarians and friends is a delightful way to share ideas, improve your seamanship, provide support for Rotary service activities, make lasting friendships and practice the ideals of Rotary.
S.T.R.I.V.E.
STRIVE is a program where Rotary Clubs work with a high school for the purpose of motivating students to improve their school performance during their senior year. The major aspect of the program is that it is Student Driven and only facilitated by Rotarians. This program is FUN, INTERACTIVE, and can involve every Rotarian in your club.
STRIVE stands for, “Students Taking Renewed Interest in the Value of Education.”
Everything you need to create and maintain your STRIVE Program is available in our Club STRIVE Toolkit below. Fillable versions of the Participation and Notification forms are available as well. District Interviews will occur on April 20, 2024 at Maumee Bay State Park.
District Contact
Carol Sobczak
cas1958@sbcglobal.net
415-269-9960
Reference Documents
New STRIVE Toolkit for 2024-2025 –
click here
Rotary District 6600 is proud to support a STRIVE program in the following high schools (sponsoring Rotary club referenced in parenthesis):
- Anthony Wayne High School (Waterville)
- Ashland County West Holmes Career Center (Ashland)
- Bucyrus High School
- Columbian High School (Tiffin)
- Elyria High School (Elyria Noon)
- Firelands High School (Oberlin)
- Fremont Ross High School (Fremont)
- Keystone High School (Oberlin)
- Margaretta High School (Sandusky)
- Maumee High School (Maumee)
- Northview High School (Sylvania)
- Oberlin High School (Oberlin)
- Ontario High School (Mansfield)
- Ottawa-Glandorf High School (Ottawa-Glandorf)
- Penta Vocational Center (Perrysburg)
- Southview High School (Sylvania)
- Vermilion High School (Vermilion)
