Steelheads Band from Mott Middle College
On December 5, our speaker was Jim Coviak, music teacher and director of the Mott Middle College Steel Drum Band the Steelheads. Jim also teaches music at UM-Flint, and the Boys & Girls Club of Flint, focusing on steel drum bands and percussion.
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1,000 Trees - Planting Project
In recognition of Rotary International’s Environment Month, the Area 7 Rotary Clubs collaborated with the Flint River Watershed Coalition on April 26th to plant a thousand trees at four City of Flint parks. |
Crim Rotary Mile 2024
Rotarians from the Rotary Club of Flint and other Area 7 Rotary and Interact clubs volunteered at the Crim Rotary Mile on Saturday, August 24. District Governor Katherine Hahn joined in the fun. Together, Rotarians staffed intersections and water stations along the Rotary Mile (roughly between miles 6 and 7 of the Crim 10-Mile race) to keep the course safe from traffic, offer hydration, and cheer on the runners, walkers, and hand cyclists. |
Area Clubs for Makeups
Listed below is information regarding some of the local Rotary Clubs where members can attend make up meetings. |
Rotarians Clean up Downtown  A crew of industrious Rotarians hit the streets of Downtown Flint on Saturday, May 4 to remove litter and debris. The volunteers included President Ann Marie, Jerry Knoodle, Elizabeth Jordan, and Ashley Haldy along with her kids, Paisley and Michael. From Court Street north to Riverbank Park, and from Buckham Alley to Brush Alley, Rotarians made a difference. The event was supported by What's Up Downtown, which provided water and snacks to volunteers. One of the highlights was making the space inviting for the Cinco de Mayo celebration that was held later that afternoon.   |
Crim Rotary Mile 2023  Area 7 Rotary clubs teamed up to support the Rotary Mile along the 10-mile route for the 46th Crim race. Mike Chaffee provided a generous hot breakfast and Bloody Mary bar for volunteers, who gathered at 5:45 am. By 6:30, the team deployed to intersections along the mile to ensure vehicles steered clear of the route, racers had fresh water, and celebrants could take pictures with a Rotary-themed backdrop. In all, more than 35 Rotarians and Rotoractors volunteered, including some who worked behind the scenes in the days and months beforehand to prepare. Thank you to all the volunteers, and congratulations to all the runners, walkers, and hand cyclists on a successful Crim weekend! |
Rotarians in Action!For their monthly service project for August, Flint Rotarians joined the Flint River Watershed Coalition's Drain Stenciling efforts. This activity supports essential community education about our storm drain systems.  |
Miracle League of Greater Flint Bleachers |
Rotarians on the Town!Flint Rotarians gathered for an after-hours social outing at Market Tap at the Flint Farmers' Market. A good time was had by all that attended!    |
Rotary Club of Flint Club Assembly |
Club Member Satisfaction Survey Results |
Support the Flint Rotary Charitable Foundation While Grocery Shopping!
The Flint Rotary Charitable Foundation is registered with the Kroger Community Rewards program. If you are Kroger customer key fob holder please select our foundation as your charity of choice!  |
Group Study Exchange Team Members |
Youth Exchange Students FLINT ROTARY YOUTH EXCHANGE STUDENTS High school age students who spend up to one year in another Rotary District, usually hosted by several Rotary families during the year |
Rotary Scholars Rotary Scholars (For Study Abroad) |
Who We HelpORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTED BY THE ROTARY CLUB OF FLINT
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Cummings Community School Plaque
A special thank you to the Rotary clubs, districts, Rotoract clubs and individual Rotarians from around the world that acted to serve and support the citizens in the City of Flint at a time of crisis.
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20 Reasons to Join Rotary |
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FLINT WATER EMERGENCY INFORMATION
In response to this crisis the Rotary Club of Flint, in partnership with the Rotary Clubs of Genesee County (District 6330/Area 7,) is promoting a comprehensive effort in which Rotary Clubs and individual Rotarians can be of support through a four pronged approach; club level donations to the Flint Rotary Charitable Foundation, individual donations to the Flint Child Health & Development Fund, and dissemination of information regarding material donations and opportunities to volunteer. Please click on the "Read more" link below for more details.
Thank you for your interest in supporting the citizens of Flint during the present water emergency. While the crisis is now national news, work has been taking place on the ground for many months. The systems are now in place to begin to address the immediate needs of families impacted by this emergency. Currently there are 5 fire stations and many churches and community partners that are points of access for families needing water and water filters. Bottled water and filters are also being delivered door to door by National Guard and local volunteers. The local Non- Governmental Agencies are well positioned to process the intake and distribution of the donations of water and water filters that are pouring into the community due to incredibly generous local, state and national individuals and organizations.
On January 16th, President Obama declared a federal emergency thereby allowing Flint and Genesee County to be eligible for additional resources to assist families with short term needs as well as addressing the long term infrastructure concerns. We are hopeful that this will allow the community access to programs, loans and funds that otherwise would not be available.
The challenge that we face as a community is the long term impact of the months of unaddressed exposure to lead experienced by our community’s children. According to the CDC, “No safe blood lead level in children has been identified. Even low levels of lead in blood have been shown to affect IQ, ability to pay attention, and academic achievement. And effects of lead exposure cannot be corrected.”
Experts are now stating that all children who drank the city's water since April 2014 have been exposed to lead, regardless of their current blood lead levels. These tests only measure lead currently in the blood and does not accurately measure exposure. Blood lead levels decrease after 30 days as lead is distributed throughout the body, primarily to bones, teeth and soft tissue. Lead accumulates in the body over time and blood-lead tests do not measure the overall lead burden in the body.
This translates to 8,657 children under age 6 in Flint that have been exposed to lead (based on Census data.) This number could be much higher in that it does not account for exposure to babies whose mothers drank the water during their pregnancy and those that were exposed but do not reside in the city.
The Rotary Club of Flint in partnership with the Rotary Clubs of Genesee County (District 6330/Area 7) is encouraging fellow Rotary Clubs and Rotarians to consider supporting efforts in the following four ways:
If you would like a PDF version of the entirety of this information, you can find a downloadable version to the left of the page.
Thank you for your offers of support during these challenging times. The outpouring of support from Rotarians all across the country has been heartening and greatly appreciated!
Yours in service, Amy Krug
President 2015-2016
Rotary Club of Flint |
