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PRIP Wilf Wilkinson, left, and past chair Calum Thomson, right spoke at the 2009 RGHF awards event. Here presenting recognitions to RIBI's PE and Rotary's RIPN. Details... 

RGHF Chairman of the Board & President 07/10 Joe Kagle spoke about RGHF's mission on 2 June, at Rotary Club of Kingwood, Texas, USA.

Official photo of participants from District 3450 at the Taipei Zone Institute 2008 where RGHF zones 09-10 board member PDG Tony Chiu Man Wong was standing in the front roll, right of RI President D K Lee.

Dr. Vimal Hemani, India, presents fellowship and RGHF information to a district
 
Pietro Brunoldi - RGHF Board Member - was interviewed by the Italian Rotary's Magazine on December 2008 and he spoke about RGHF (Italian language)  

Rotary Italian Magazine - Decembre 2008

Zone 32 RGHF board member PDG Helen Reisler leads
    "Rotary/UN Day 2008"

PDG Helen Reisler, zone 32

I just heard PDG Eddie* speak at the World Peace Symposium online at
rotary.org/newsroom/downloadcenter
/Audio/Blender_1-2.mp3
 
a typically great speech from a passionate Rotarian, Calum Thompson, RGHF past president

*PDG Dr. Eddie Blender, RGHF Founding Member

 
A POWERHOUSE OF FOUNDATION SUPPORT

A recent RI publication highlights our founding member PDG Eddie Blender (PDF)

Tim Tucker spoke at the RI pre-convention Rotaract Meeting at Los Angeles

Coordinator for Health and the Fight Against Hunger in zone 19 of Latin America, RGHF board member and PDG Jaime Ceballos (Chile), PRI Dong Kurn Lee (Korea), District Instructor, Pamela Moreau (Chile), and the Director of RI, Zone 19, Themistocles Pinho (Brazil)

On May 27th Tim Tucker spoke at the Rotary Club of St Ives on the early years of Rotary

 
RGHF Board Member Abbas Lavingia, D3270 Pakistan hosted an RGHF sign up and information booth at the 2008 District Conference

RGHF Member and PDG Bill Ballou recently represented Rotary Global History at High Country PETS in Denver, CO, USA. At that event he was presented with the Service above Self award from Rotary International.

RGHF Member and RC Metro Lipa President Arnold R. Capuloyintroduces RGHF to District 3820 in the Philippines.

Tom and Cindy Shanahan comfortably at work for RGHF at the RI District 9820 Conference

 
RGHF member, PDG Dave Ewing with Richard Farson, D6650 Club Avenue of Service Chair, at a PETS Booth promoting the Ohio License Plate www.ohrotaryplates.org and also RGHF

RGHF DIRECTOR EMERITUS EDWARD “EDDIE” BLENDER IS PRESENTED THE
ROTARY FOUNDATION DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD AND
THE SERVICE ABOVE SELF AWARD

My presentation in the past Seminar on Recruiting and Retaining Members in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic. August 26, 2007

Saludos cordiales,

Zhema

 
District 5150 (San Francisco) 21 April 2007 (The entire speech is onine)

RGHF member and webmaster, Pietro Brunoldi, presenting RGHF in Italy inMay 2007

Basil Lewis speaks about RGHF at UK and USA clubs

 

RGHF Past Chairman MattsIngemanson is seen here together with Two Times Past District 7230 Governor Chuck Katze, President Jim Kushner, President Elect Flora Holderbaum, Matts' wife Sundra Lee and members of the Rotary Club of Inwood, Manhattan in early 2007

A January 2007 article, in The Rotarian, about RGHF's efforts to collect history.

An April 2007 article in The Rotariancrediting RGHF with their work on trees. www.friendshiptrees.org

 
Approximately 250 Rotarians listened to Matts Ingemanson's speech about Paul Harris' Exciting Youth during the Rotary District 5170 Conference in Santa Clara, CA. On the left picture, Matts is congratulated for his speech by District Governor Ron Sekkel, who is also a member of Rotary Global History. On the right picture, Matts is congratulated by (from left to right) by Rotary Foundation's Holger (Hogie) Hansen and Rotary International Past President 1986-87 M.A.T. Caparas.

RGHF Treasurer and President's Representative to District 5500 Conference, PDG Geri Appel, presented DG Jim Aslin with a "What Paul Harris Said" written especially for the conference.  10/20/06.

RGHF Senior Historian Dr. Wolfgang Ziegler, and his many articles in Der Rotary Magazin, including this 2006 tribute to Ziegler.

 
Matts spoke 2 Dec. 2004, to the Rotaract Club at the United Nations in New York. The Rotaractors were very interested in Paul Harris and asked Matts Ingemanson many questions about both Paul Harris and Rotary.

Centennial Celebration of the Rotary Club of Chicago(ROTARY/One) attended by both RGHF Chairman Matts Ingemanson and RGHF Director Dick McKay as speakers.

 
Matts O. Ingemanson

The Rotary Club of Philadelphia was founded in 1911 as the 19th Rotary Club in History. Matts Ingemanson is seen here, 11 Nov. 2004, together with President Joan Batory and Program Chair Richard Trivane, who is also Past President of the Rotary Club of Philadelphia.

Banner exchange before Matts Ingemanson's speech at the Rotary Club of Stockholm International.  Because it is an International Rotary Club, Matts gave his speech in English. From left Matts, Rotary Club President Ronald Pavellas and Rotary District 2350 Webmaster Tord Elfwendahl, who designed the banner for this Rotary Club. Tord also designed the Swedish Flag Emblem that the Rotary Club of New York used for Sweden Day on January 27, 2004.

Matts Ingemanson spoke about Paul Harris at the Rotary Club of Stockholm, 17 Feb 2004, which is the oldest Rotary Club in Sweden. It was founded in 1926. Matts gave his speech in Swedish and is here together with Rotary Club President Birgit Erngren Wohlin (right) and Incoming President Thomas Franze'n (left). Birgit is holding up the New York Rotary Banner. Matts (middle) is dressed in his New York Rotary Club tie.

 
Don Murphy, managing webmaster, addresses the mid year assembly for D5220 in California

Matts O. Ingemanson gave his "Young Paul Harris" talk to the Rotary Club of New York City on 3 November 2003

Matts O. Ingemanson spoke about Paul Harris at the Rotary Club of Metro New York on October 29, 2003 and is seen here together with their President Kirsten Edstrom.

 
Matts O. Ingemanson spoke about Paul Harris on October 1, 2003 at the Rotary Club of Chatham in Rotary District 7950 (Story)

4 Sept 2003 - President of Younkers' Rotary Club, Vera DeMarco, Matts O. Ingemanson, Two Times 7320 Past District Governor Chuck Katze    ...(Story)

Dr. Wolfgang Ziegler, from Germany was published with a six page article on Rotary's 32 year secretary, Ches Perry. The article was in the German "Rotary Magazin."

The "Little Red Schoolhouse" where the Wallingford Club meets was built by Paul Harris' great grandfather Rustin in 1818.

 


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