Welcome to Rotary District 6200
Service Above Self across Louisiana
Our District 6200 covers the region of South Louisiana with service above self. Come join one of the many clubs in our district and learn what we think, say and do as Rotarians.
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About District 6200
At the time that the Rotary Club of Lake Charles was chartered in 1916, the new club was placed in Rotary District 12. The district governor was W. H. Richardson of Austin, Texas.
When the Rotary Club of Baton Rouge came into existence in 1918, the two clubs (Lake Charles and Baton Rouge) were in Rotary District 20. The district governor was Samuel Mason of Shreveport, Louisiana.
The following year the young south Louisiana clubs were incorporated into District 14 until 1922, at which time they became part of District 17. In 1937 they were
included in District 139.
Joel L. Fletcher of Lafayette was the last governor of District 139 in 1948. The following year the clubs became part of District 202 until 1957 when the clubs were included in District 619. In 1958 the territory became District 620. In 1991 the district number was revised to its current designation, District 6200.
The boundary description of District 6200 in Louisiana is as follows: That portion south of the northern boundaries of the parishes of Beauregard, Allen, Evangeline, St. Landry, Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana, East Feliciana, and west of the western boundaries of the parishes of St. Helena, the Tickfaw River in Livingston, St. John The Baptist, St. Charles and Jefferson, but not including Grand Isle in Jefferson Parish. Inclusive parishes are: Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, East Baton Rouge, Evangeline, Grand Isle in Jefferson, Iberia, Iberville, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Lafourche, Livingston west of the Tickfaw River, Pointe Coupee, Si. James, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, Terrebonne, Vermilion, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana.
District 6200 Governor
Craig Walling and his wife are fully retired now. In July 2020, Craig and Clara closed C&C Treasures, LLC. Treasures was a small antique store located within the Cajun Village in Sorrento, LA. Additionally, Treasures ran private estate sales for people in need of a professional and compassionate team to downsize or liquidate household items from their personal residences. Treasures was in business since July 2013.
Prior to starting his own business, Craig was employed for twelve years with Innovative Emergency Management, Inc. (IEM) as the Director, DoD and Homeland Defense. His responsibilities included oversight and coordination of IEM’s projects within Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Edgewood Area, MD, the Maneuver Support Center, Fort Leonard Wood, MO, and DoD CBRNE programs and Coordinating Programs within Homeland Defense.
Craig retired as a United States Army Chemical Corps, Colonel on May 31, 2002. A resident of Houma, Louisiana, he entered the U.S. Army on May 15, 1976. He graduated as a Distinguished Military Graduate from Nicholl’s State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana, and received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Animal Science. He received his Master of Business Administration from Long Island University in March 1988. Colonel Walling’s military assignments spanned the military’s leadership and staff roles from Platoon Leader to two battalion commands, one of which was in Kitzingen, Germany. He also had such unique assignments as Course Director and Instructor for four years at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, and Commander, United States Army Recruiting Battalion, New Orleans, Louisiana. Colonel Walling’s last military assignment was as the Director, Chemical/Biological Defense Directorate, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, where he managed the $1.2 Billion Chemical and Biological Defense budget.
Craig Walling and his wife, Clara, have settled in Maurepas, Louisiana, and have two daughters and five grandchildren. Craig is a Rotary Paul Harris Society Major Donor and Bequest Society Member.
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Mr. Craig A. Walling
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Rotary Areas of Focus
The needs spanning Rotary’s seven areas of focus are vast, ranging from lack of access to clean water to the need for immunization that prevent deadly diseases.
Learn more in the Rotary’s Areas of Focus publication
Rotary clubs serve communities around the world, each with unique concerns and needs. Rotarians have continually adapted and improved the way they respond to those needs, taking on a broad range of service projects. The most successful and sustainable Rotary service tends to fall within one of the following seven areas:
Promoting Peace
Rotary projects provide training that fosters understanding and provides communities with the skills to resolve conflicts.
Fighting Disease
Disease does not prevent itself. We educate and equip communities to stop the spread of life-threatening diseases.
Providing Clean Water
Clean water, sanitation, and hygiene education are basic necessities for a healthy environment and a productive life.
Supporting Education
More than 775 million people over the age of 15 are illiterate. We take action to empower educators to inspire learning at all ages.
Saving Mothers & Children
We makes high-quality health care available to vulnerable mothers and children so they can live longer and grow stronger.
Growing Local Economies
Nearly 800 million people live on less than $1.90 a day. We are passionate about providing sustainable solutions to poverty.
Protecting the Environment
We are tackling environmental issues the way they always do: coming up with projects, using their connections to change policy and planning for the future.
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$2.1B Raised
Rotary has been working to eradicate polio for more than 30 years. Our goal of ridding the world of this disease is closer than ever.
As a founding partner of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, we’ve reduced polio cases by 99.9 percent since our first project to vaccinate children in the Philippines in 1979.
We’ve helped immunize more than 2.5 billion children in 122 countries. So far, Rotary has contributed more than $1.8 billion toward eradicating the disease worldwide.
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People of Action
The Rotary Brand Center now has “Create Your Own” templates for club specific “People of Action” print ads and Facebook Posts. You can choose from several headlines and upload your club’s photo of Rotarians in action. Find these new templates under the “Materials” and “Create Your Own” menu links at the Brand Center. These new tools add to the previously available templates for club logos, club brochure and youth program promo cards. RI’s marketing team promises more “People of Action” templates are coming soon, including for Facebook Page covers.