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Catered
by
"Golden
Spike"
Rotarian
of the Day . . . Rod Couch
Rod is a 1986 graduate of Vinita High School, and
a 2000 graduate of Northeastern State University with a
degree in Psychology. Rod currently handles the sales,
marketing and regulatory functions for K-PowerNet,
communications subsidiary of KAMO Power, and has been in
that role since January of 2000.
Rod has been employed at KAMO since 1998.
Rod is active in the community, serving on the
Chamber Board of Directors from 2002-2004 and chairman of
the membership development and retention in 2004.
He has been married to Theresa for 21 years and
they have three sons Cody (20), who is going into the
Air Force, Connor (17) who is a Senior at Vinita High
and Colston (15) who is a Freshman at Vinita
High. His current hobby is whatever sport the boys are
currently involved in and a little golf if and when he
can.
Since his induction into Rotary on October 24,
2001, he has served as Club President twice and committee
chair for both the Sr. Rotarian program and the Calf-Fry.
Rod was introduced into Rotary by Don Daniels.
Today's
Program
Jim
Sellers, President
Vinita
Rotary Club
Club
Assembly & Dist. Conference Highlights
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Happy
Birthday!
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Russell
Kohl, September 28
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OB
Johnston, October 1
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Ed
DeLozier October 3
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Spotlight
on SERVICE . . . The Dictionary Project
For the 2010-11 school year, the
Vinita Rotary Club spent $497.80
on PERSONALIZED DICTIONARIES for 245
THIRD GRADERS, teachers & school libraries in
Craig County. The elementary schools participating included:
Will Rogers (Vinita), Welch, Bluejacket, White Oak, Ketchum
and Cowboy Junction.
And‚ we will do it again for the
2011-12 school year as well!!
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KIDS
WHO READ -
SUCCEED!!
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Rotarian
of the Day Schedule
October
2011
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Bob
Green, October 5
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Joe
Gunn, October 12
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Bob
Hart, October 19
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Monty
Hartley, October 26
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What is The Dictionary Project?
The idea for the Dictionary Project began in 1992 when Annie Plummer of Savannah, Georgia gave 50 dictionaries to children
who attended a school close to her home. She didn't stop there. In her lifetime she
raised money to buy 17,000 dictionaries for children in Savannah.
Mary French, a Rotarian and former school secretary, admired Annie's work and took up the crusade in Charleston, South
Carolina. Under Mary's leadership, Annie's idea has developed into The Dictionary Project, a nonprofit organization. Since
the project began, over 10 million children nationwide have received dictionaries because thousands of people saw the same
need in communities all over the United States.
Words By the Numbers
14,839,274
Dictionaries distributed since 1995 6,000 Individuals and/or
groups made donations last
year
$4,090,813
Total support and revenue in 2010 2,461,342 Books donated in
2010
District 6110's Connection In 2001, one of the members of The Southside Rotary Club of Tulsa, Oklahoma saw
an articledescribing Mary French's work and the club ordered enough dictionaries for each of
Springdale Elementary's (Tulsa) third gradestudents.
The books were such a hit that Southside Rotary decided to enlarge the program to include all the third grade
children in the entire Tulsa Public School District.
Reaching Out The project has grown beyond Rotary District 6110 to the point where our project serves as a resource
for other Rotary clubs in other districts. Thousands of dictionaries have been distributed to third grade
students and their teachers in schools across the nation.
Results That Last This project is an effort to improve literacy, and consequently improving the lives of children for
a lifetime. It is a one-on-one personal contact with the future of our nation. The cost is minimal and the
rewards are great. Visit www.dictionaryproject.org for more information.
"Literacy is the single mostimportant factor for human economic advancement and a better quality of life."
--www.RotaryLiteracy.com
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