Thursday 7 July 2016

July 8, 2016 - Weekly Meeting


 

WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY MEETING

FRIDAY, July 8, 2016

  


In this meeting:

  • Welcome
  • President’s message
  • Rotary Calendar
  • Rotary Minute
  • ABCs of Rotary
  • Update on Polio
  • RI President's Message - John Germ
  • DG's Message - Haresh Ramchandani
  • What happened last Saturday
  • Nutrition
  • Humour
  • Music
  • What happened Wednesday, July 6
  • Notice re NID in India in 2016
  • Foundation Corner (has not changed from last year)
  • Rotary Anthem
  • Four-way test to end


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OUR GREETER THIS WEEK IS ROTARIAN DAWN

 

      
          

President's Message for July 8

      





THE ROTARY CALENDAR


JULY
New Rotary officers’ year of service

AUGUST
Membership and New Club Development

SEPTEMBER
Basic Education and Literacy

OCTOBER
Economic and Community Development

NOVEMBER
The Rotary Foundation

DECEMBER
Disease Prevention and Treatment

JANUARY
Vocational Service

FEBRUARY
Peace and Conflict Prevention/Resolution

MARCH
Water and Sanitation

APRIL
Maternal and Child Health Month

MAY
Youth Services Month

JUNE
Rotary Fellowships Month



 

ROTARY MINUTE




QUOTATIONS REGARDING ROTARY
by Rotary International Presidents

1977-78 W. Jack Davis (automobile distribution), Rotary Club of Hamilton, Bermuda. Rotary vision: That Rotarians around the world Serve to Unite Mankind.

“Much of the trouble in the world today is not so much the noise of the bad as it is the silence of the good.”

— Address to 1977 Rotary Convention, San Francisco, California, USA

1978-79 Clem Renouf (accounting services), Rotary Club of Nambour, Queensland, Australia. Rotary vision: That it marshal its vast resources to Reach Out to people everywhere.

“Rotary takes ordinary men and gives them extraordinary opportunities to do more with their lives than they ever dreamed possible.”

— Acceptance Address, 1977 Rotary Convention, San Francisco, California, USA


ABCs OF ROTARY


 
RI President (1992-93) Cliff Dochterman

Annual Rotary Themes

In 1955 RI President A.Z. Baker announced a theme, "Develop Our Resources," to serve as Rotary's program of emphasis. Since that time, each president has issued a theme for his Rotary year. The shortest theme was in1961-62 when Joseph Abey selected "Act." Other one-word themes were chosen in 1958-59 by Charles Tennent ("Serve") and 1968-69 by Kiyoshi Togasaki ("Participate").

Carl Miller, in 1963-64, had a theme for the times when he proposed "Guidelines for Rotary in the Space Age." Other "timely" themes were in 1980-81 when Rolf Klärich created "Take Time to Serve" and William Carter in 1973-74 used "Time for Action." Two themes have a similarity to commercial advertising: "A Better World Through Rotary" (Richard Evans, 1966-67) and "Reach Out" (Clem Renouf, 1978-79). Bridges have been a striking metaphor. Harold Thomas,
1959-60, urged Rotarians to "Build Bridges of Friendship"; William Walk, 1970-71, created "Bridge the Gap"; and Hiroji Mukasa, 1982-83, declared "Mankind is One - Build Bridges of Friendship Throughout the World."

A worldwide focus was given by Stanley McCaffrey in 1981-82 with the message, "World Understanding and Peace Through Rotary," and again in 1984-85 by Carlos Canseco who urged Rotarians to "Discover a New World of Service." In other years, the individual was emphasized, as "You Are Rotary" (Edd McLaughlin, 1960-61), "Goodwill Begins With You" (Ernst Breitholtz, 1971-72) and "You Are the Key" (Edward Cadman, 1985-86).

Frequently the theme urges Rotarians to become more involved in their club, such as "Share Rotary – Serve People" (William Skelton, 1983-84) or "Make Your Rotary Membership Effective" (Luther Hodges, 1967- 68). But whether you "Review and Renew," "Take a New Look," "Let Service Light the Way" or "Dignify the Human Being," it is clear that the RI president provides Rotarians with an important annual program of emphasis. In 1986-87, President M.A.T. Caparas selected the inspiring message that "Rotary Brings Hope."

Charles Keller in 1987-88 saw "Rotarians - United in Service, Dedicated to Peace," while Royce Abbey asked his fellow members in 1988-89 to "Put Life into Rotary - Your Life." Hugh Archer (1989-90) urged us to "Enjoy Rotary!" and Paulo Costa (1990-91) asked that we "Honor Rotary with Faith and Enthusiasm."

Rajendra Saboo (1991-92) exhorted every Rotarian to "Look Beyond Yourself." In 1992-93 Clifford Dochterman reminded Rotarians, "Real Happiness Is Helping Others," and in 1993-94 Robert Barth counselled Rotarians, "Believe In What You Do and Do What You Believe In." In 1994-95 Bill Huntley encouraged Rotarians to "Be A Friend" to their communities. During 1995-96 Herbert Brown asked Rotarians to "Act with Integrity, Serve with Love, Work for Peace." In 1996-97 the theme of Luis Giay was "Build the Future with Action and Vision;" Glen Kinross in 1997-98 proposed the plan to "Show Rotary Cares;" and James Lacy asked Rotarians to "Follow Your Rotary Dream" in 1998-99.

Do you know the more recent themes?  What is the theme for this Rotary year – 2016-17?


Campaigning Prohibited

One of the interesting bylaws of Rotary International provides that "no Rotarian shall campaign, canvass or electioneer for elective position in Rotary International" This provision includes the office of district governor, Rotary International director, RI president and various elected committees. The Rotary policy prohibits the circulation of brochures, literature or letters by a candidate or by anyone on behalf of such a candidate.

After a Rotarian has indicated an intention to be a candidate for one of the elective Rotary offices, he or she must refrain from speaking engagements, appearances or publicity that could reasonably be construed as furthering his or her candidacy. The only information that may be sent to clubs relating to candidates for an elective position is that officially distributed by the general secretary of RI.

A Rotarian who becomes a candidate for an elective position, such as district governor or RI director, must avoid any action that would be interpreted as giving him or her an unfair advantage over other candidates.

Failure to comply with these provisions prohibiting campaigning could result in the disqualification of the candidate.

In Rotary it is believed that a Rotarian's record of service and qualifications for office stand on their own and do not require publicity or special promotion.
 


AN UPDATE ON POLIO


At end of June, 2016



Afghanistan
  • No new case of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) was reported in the past week. The most recent case had onset of paralysis in Shigal Wa Sheltan district of Kunar on 29 May.  The total number of WPV1 cases for 2016 remains six compared to four at this time last year.
  • No WPV1 environmental positive samples have been reported in 2016. The most recent environmental positive samples were collected on 27 December 2015 - one in Jalalabad in Nangarhar province and the second in the city of Kabul.
  • Subnational Immunization Days (SNIDs) are planned for 18 – 22 July using bivalent oral polio vaccine (bOPV). The next National Immunization Days (NIDs) will take place on 15 – 19 August.
Pakistan                           
  • One new case of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) was reported in the past week in Dera Ismail Khan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with onset of paralysis on 6 June. The total number of WPV1 cases for 2016 is now 12, compared to 25 at this time in 2015. 
  • No new WPV1 environmental positive samples were reported in the past week. The most recent positive sample was collected from Dera Ghazi Khan in Punjab on 12 May.
  • Efforts continue to further strengthen immunization and surveillance activities in all provinces of the country.

This is the plan...


July 2016


John F. Germ, RI President (2016-17)
Today, we look ahead toward a Rotary year that may one day be known as the greatest in our history: the year that sees the world's last case of polio. Wild poliovirus caused only 74 cases of polio in 2015, all of them in Afghanistan and Pakistan. As we continue to work tirelessly toward our goal of eradication, we must also look beyond it: preparing to leverage our success into even greater successes to come.

It is tremendously important to Rotary's future that our role in the eradication of polio be recognized. The more we are known for what we've achieved, the more we'll be able to attract the partners, the funding, and, most important, the members to achieve even more. We're working hard at RI headquarters to be sure that Rotary gets that recognition.

But it can't all happen in Evanston. We need you to get the word out through your clubs and in your communities about what Rotary is and what we do. We need to be sure that our clubs are ready for the moment when polio is finally eradicated – so that when people who want to do good see that Rotary is a place where they can change the world, every Rotary club is ready to give them that opportunity.

We know that if we want to see Rotary Serving Humanity even better in the years ahead, we'll need more willing hands, more caring hearts, and more bright minds to move our work forward. We'll need clubs that are flexible, so that Rotary service will be attractive to younger members, recent retirees, and working people. We'll need to seek out new partnerships, opening ourselves more to collaborative relationships with other organizations.

Looking ahead, we also see a clear need to prioritize continuity in our leadership. We in Rotary are all playing on the same team, working toward the same goals. If we want to reach those goals together, we all have to move in the same direction – together.

Every day that you serve in Rotary, you have the opportunity to change lives. Everything you do matters; every good work makes the world better for us all. In this new Rotary year, we all have a new chance to change the world for the better, through Rotary Serving Humanity.

 




From the July 2016 issue of The Rotarian

Just before John Germ dropped by, Rick Youngblood took a deep breath. “You want to match his energy,” he says, “but he makes it hard to keep up.” Youngblood is the president and CEO of Blood Assurance, a regional blood bank in Chattanooga, Tenn., that Germ helped found in 1972. After his visit with Youngblood, Germ strode between mountains of empty bottles and cans at Chattanooga’s John F. Germ Recycling Center at Orange Grove, which he designed, before he drove to a construction site and popped a cork to dedicate a Miracle League field where special needs children will play baseball – all before zipping to the airport for a flight to Chicago and a cab ride to Rotary International World Headquarters, where he takes office as president of RI this month.

Why the breakneck pace? “I don’t have hobbies,” he says. “Civic work is my recreation.”

Not long ago Germ, 77, spent a raucous evening at the Chattanooga Convention Center, enjoying jokes at his expense. “John is a very influential person,” his friend Harry Fields announced from the podium. “I can’t tell you how many people emulate him … at Halloween. I mean, he’s the epitome of tall, dark, and handsome. When it’s dark, he’s handsome!” Nobody laughed harder than the guest of honor at the celebration of his contributions, which was referred to as the “roast of John Germ.” The dinner raised more than $75,000 for Chattanooga State Community College. In closing, Fields noted Germ’s contribution to his community and the world: “100 percent of himself – and everyone else he can shake down!”

A legendary fundraiser, Germ led Rotary’s $200 Million Challenge, an effort sparked by a challenge grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Rotarians ultimately exceeded that number, raising $228.7 million to fight polio. He has already served Rotary as vice president and director, and The Rotary Foundation as vice chair and trustee. His contributions to the fight to eradicate polio led to his selection as one of 12 U.S. Rotarians honored at the White House in 2013 as a “Champion of Change” – someone who has improved communities around the world. As president, Germ chose three simple, no-nonsense words to be the theme of his year: Rotary Serving Humanity.

“Rotary has kept its light under a bushel for too long,” he says. “We need to do a better job of promoting our cause. That’s the challenge ahead, but I don’t see it as a problem. I don’t believe in problems – I believe in opportunities.”

The son of a stonemason, who built the family home with his own hands, excavating its foundation with a shovel and a wheelbarrow, Germ developed his work ethic early in life. Nothing came easily. Other schoolboys made fun of his name – “they called me ‘Bacteria’ ” – and his parents couldn’t afford college tuition. After a stint in vocational school, he paid his way through the University of Tennessee at Knoxville by working in a machine shop and serving food in a dorm cafeteria. 

After graduating, he joined the U.S. Air Force. Soon promoted to captain, he was navigator on a 50-ton Douglas C-124, ferrying troops and tanks to Vietnam. “Unfortunately,” he says, “we flew home with soldiers’ bodies.” In 1965 Germ’s C-124 carried the Gemini IV space capsule to Cape Kennedy. On another mission, the giant plane lost two engines and skimmed the ocean, shaking like a bumper car all the way back to base. “When we landed, we found seaweed hanging off the fuselage,” he says. “That’s how close we came to a watery grave.”

When Germ’s military service ended, he joined engineering firm Campbell & Associates in his hometown. His boss, George Campbell, liked the young flier’s can-do attitude. “Within 10 years,” Germ told him, “I’ll either own some of this company or I’ll be your biggest competitor.” He wasn’t wrong. He eventually became chairman and CEO of the firm, which went on to serve Chattanooga’s airport, its most prominent hospital, several downtown high-rises, and the Convention Center. One of his challenges was a new cineplex, where the owner gave him a warning that puzzled him at first: “Don’t make the air conditioning too good.”

Germ asked, “Why not?”

“Because the customers need to smell the popcorn; we make most of our money at the concession stand.”

As president, Germ wants to “find the popcorn smell that’ll bring people to Rotary. And what is that? Service. We’ve got a service-minded generation coming up. We’ve got to get our message out to them, and we’d better do it fast.”

Part of that message, he says, is that polio hasn’t been eradicated yet. We may be “this close,” but there were still 74 cases worldwide last year (all in Pakistan and Afghanistan). His own father was struck with the disease as an adult. “We were on a fishing trip when my brother said, ‘Daddy can’t walk,’” Germ recalls. “We carried him back to the car. Doctors said he’d never stand up again, but he did exercises. He tied an iron weight to his leg and tried to lift it. Little by little he got to where he could lift that weight and wave it around. He walked with a limp after that, but he walked.” Germ thinks he inherited a little of his father’s stubbornness. “I don’t give up easily either,” he says.

He’s certainly not giving up on supporting polio eradication – and he’s calling on Rotarians to follow his lead by urging every Rotary club to give at least $2,650 to fight polio during his term, which is also The Rotary Foundation’s centennial year. The number commemorates the first donation – of $26.50, made by the Rotary Club of Kansas City, Mo., in 1917 – to the Foundation. 

During the 2017 Rotary International Convention, a birthday celebration is also planned for Arch Klumph with tickets costing $26.50. If that all sounds a little gimmicky, fine. “If we can get people to pay attention,” Germ says, “they’ll see that Rotary is doing great things in the world.”

While preparing for his presidential term, he stayed in touch with friends and allies – often from the nerve center of his world, a maroon leather La-Z-Boy recliner in his comfortable home on the Tennessee River. He designed the house himself. He hangs corncobs on the poplars out back to feed the squirrels that run around his porch. His desk holds a photo of Germ dressed as Elvis Presley, entertaining at a district conference, and a plaque his wife brought home from the local Hobby Lobby. The plaque reads, “Integrity is doing the right thing when no one else is watching.” “It made me think of John,” says Judy Germ.

Since her husband of 57 years became president-elect last fall, “Rotary has consumed our lives,” she says. “In a good way.”

His presidency marks the apex of a life devoted to service. Previously active in the Jaycees, Germ joined the Rotary Club of Chattanooga in 1976. A natural leader and inveterate schmoozer, he has set fundraising records for Rotary and other organizations. The Blood Assurance program grew from a single blood draw into a regional network that supplies over 70 health centers in the Southeast with more than 100,000 units a year. 

It began when the United Way sent three doctors to the Chattanooga Jaycees to seek help with a blood shortage, recalls Germ’s friend and co-founder of Blood Assurance, Dan Johnson. “John was the Jaycees president and I was treasurer, so I got to watch him in action,” Johnson says. “When he goes to work, he never looks back. From nothing, we grew to our current budget of $29 million.” With help from Germ, Johnson, and others, Blood Assurance got its message out: Donating a pint of blood is a painless way to spend 30 minutes and save three lives.

“We owe much of our success to John Germ,” says Youngblood. “To me, he epitomizes three aspects of leadership: He’s a gentleman at all times, he’s compassionate to all people, and he’s an achiever. If John can’t get something done, it probably can’t be done.”

According to Fields, Germ’s success as a fundraiser comes from his out-of-the-box thinking. “Go back to the ’90s, when he was district governor. People thought of him as Mr. Chattanooga. We bought a barrel of Jack Daniel’s whiskey in honor of [well-known Tennessee Rotarian] Bill Sergeant. A barrel is 266 bottles’ worth, so we gave one bottle from that barrel to anyone who donated $1,000, and we raised $250,000.” The two men have often tended bar for charity, wearing matching aprons marked “Bar” and “Tender.” “My friend John is my greatest hero,” says Fields.

At the recycling plant Germ converted from a run-down dairy in 1989, adults with developmental disabilities sort tons of recyclables into great stacks of bottles and cans. “He has been involved in every bit of what happens here, from engineering the building to helping us negotiate contracts with the city,” says Tera Roberts, director of adult services for the center. Few of the employees would have a job if not for the recycling center, and they can keep anything interesting they come across. One worker found a crumpled $100 bill.

To finance the city’s new Miracle League field, one of the best-equipped in the country, Germ enlisted co-sponsors including Berkshire Hathaway, BlueCross BlueShield, and his own Rotary Club of Chattanooga. “Every kid should be able to play sports,” he says. “It’s not just for the child, but the whole family. What’s better than a child hearing his mom and dad cheer when he plays?” Another of his causes, the First in the Family program at Chattanooga State, provides scholarships for students who couldn’t attend college otherwise. Flora Tydings, the school’s president, calls Germ “an excellent role model to many of our students who, like him, are the first in their family to attend college.”

Today his schedule changes daily – sometimes hourly – as he keeps up with the duties of his new office. On his agenda, he says he would like to see Rotary operate more like a business. “We’ve been getting leaner, and I’d like to speed that up. In January, for instance, we’re going to hold our Board meeting in Chicago instead of San Diego. That means we won’t have to fly a couple dozen staff members to San Diego and put them up there. It’s just common sense.” He wants to shorten Board meetings, shrink some RI committees, and save money on committee meetings to make Rotary more cost-effective.

Half a century after landing his last C-124, Germ sees himself as Rotary’s navigator, plotting a course toward a bright future. “It’s going to be a team effort,” he says. His main target after polio will be Rotary’s static membership. On that issue, he says, “The fault is with us, the current Rotarians.” He wants members to “step up their outreach. I really think one of our main problems is that we don’t ask enough people to join. Why? For fear of rejection. We need to get over that – to get out there and bring in new members we’ll be proud of.”

To appeal to younger members, he supports a new move (approved at the Council on Legislation in April) that allows membership in Rotaract and Rotary at the same time. “I’m all in favor of that,” he says.

It doesn’t stop there. Germ supports flexibility in many Rotary matters. “Our clubs have always been organized around a meal. Lunch and dinner were part of our dues, and that system served us well. But society has changed,” he says. Rotary International is catching up by allowing clubs more leeway in when and how they meet. “How do we accommodate the 30-year-old businessperson raising a family? Well, for one thing, we could pay less attention to attendance,” he adds. “My question isn’t ‘How many meetings did you make?’ It’s ‘How are you making a difference in your community?' "

By Kevin Cook
The Rotarian
1-Jul-2016



OUR NEW DISTRICT GOVERNOR
HARESH RAMCHANDANI




District Governor Haresh L. Ramchandani welcomes the new Rotary year and invites us all to join him and RI President John Germ in this year's quest to Serve Humanity and Be the Change we want to see in the world.

 
 
DG Haresh's July 2016 Message from Rotary District7020 on Vimeo.



WHAT HAPPENED LAST SATURDAY

July 2


President Paul's Installation

                 



Musical Interlude


            


 And now Past President Camille

             


And the Rotarian of the Year
Congratulations, Lou!


                


HOW THE FOOD YOU EAT AFFECTS YOUR BRAIN










HOW TO PUT A BABY TO SLEEP


            




A 12-year old Prodigy


                     




 






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WHAT HAPPENED ON WEDNESDAY!

July 6



Menstruation

It's true: talking about menstruation makes many people uncomfortable. And that taboo has consequences: in India, three out of every 10 girls don't even know what menstruation is at the time of their first period, and restrictive customs related to periods inflict psychological damage on young girls. Growing up with this taboo herself, Aditi Gupta knew she wanted to help girls, parents and teachers talk about periods comfortably and without shame. She shares how she did it.

Aditi Gupta uses storytelling and art to educate young girls about menstruation.


Why you should listen

Aditi Gupta is a social entrepreneur and co-founder of Menstrupedia, working towards spreading awareness about menstruation. While studying at the National Institute of Design as a Ford Foundation research scholar, she has conducted extensive research in understanding the scenario of menstrual unawareness in India and its impact on a girl's life. She has designed effective educational tools for girls and schools using storytelling and sequential art for educating young girls about periods in a society where the subject is a major taboo. 

Menstrupedia Comic is a complete guide on periods designed by Menstrupedia team being used by more than 30 schools across India. The books are being distributed in other countries like Nepal, South America and Nigeria.

Gupta is a World Economic Forum Global Shaper and made it to the achiever's list of Forbes India 30 under 30 in 2014 for her work towards breaking the taboo around menstruation. She is a International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) alumni. Her work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, CNBC and BBC. She aspires to create a future where menstruation is not a taboo but a welcoming change in a girl's life.






A second video on the same topic -



Nancy Muller is program officer at PATH specializing in global women's health issues. In this talk she discusses the importance of safe, low-cost sanitary pads and possible solutions for providing these.



Affordable sanitary pads can give girls 
more options for their future

When 12-year-old Beatrice first begins bleeding, it takes her a day to work up the courage to tell her grandmother. “You are now a woman,” her grandmother tells her, and explains that her period will happen every month.

But in Uganda, where Beatrice and her siblings were orphaned by HIV and her family has little money, the girl wonders how she will manage her menstruation. She doesn’t own any underwear. Some shops in town sell disposable sanitary pads, but they’re too expensive for her family. Her brother, the only family member who earns any money, brings home too little to pay for the expense.
Women improvise with whatever they have, Beatrice’s grandmother tells her—rags, old towels, leaves, grass, school notebook paper, even dung.

At school, Beatrice can’t imagine asking her teacher, a man, to be excused to use the latrine several times a day. She soon notices that the older girls miss school four or five days a month and sometimes stop attending altogether. Limited options for menstrual hygiene make it difficult for these students—like female students worldwide—to participate in school during their periods, despite the proven benefits an education can have for the health and development of girls, their families, and society.

As part of our work to help girls and women reach their full potential, PATH and other groups are seeking innovative, low-cost solutions to this often-overlooked problem. Our aim is to support the health of girls and women in poor communities, and empower them to remain active contributors to society, by making affordable sanitary pads more widely available.

The case for an education

Although girls and women find resourceful ways to improvise sanitary pads, some of the materials they use offer limited absorbency, making it challenging for girls to participate in school.

As a result, millions of girls worldwide either skip school during menstruation or drop out entirely because of a lack of hygiene solutions—even though their education is crucial to their success and that of their communities. Girls who complete secondary school are less likely to get HIV or become pregnant when they are young, and more likely to have fewer children, earn higher wages, and educate their own children.

Better pads can help: studies in Uganda and Ghana have shown that absenteeism decreases significantly when girls have access to sanitary pads and underwear.

Solutions for poor communities

We began our effort by investigating options for affordable menstrual management products to see what would make sense in poor communities. Reusable options, such as cloth pads and menstrual cups, can last for several years, but they require higher up-front cost, access to clean water and soap, and thorough drying—resources that aren’t always available. We also heard from girls and women that they are interested in disposable products that offer better absorbency and have a cheaper price tag.

Next, we tested sanitary pads from markets around the world and evaluated cost-effective, creative strategies for making and selling better products. Through this process, we’ve learned that locally made pads often work as well as imported products. Increasing local production, in addition to improving availability for women, has the potential to provide a sustainable, locally based source of income.

We’ve learned that many local groups that make pads are enthusiastic about this prospect, but they would need technical assistance to improve their production processes before producing the pads.
 


                        




Attendees

Plan to join us on a Wednesday to continue to learn and to have fun!



WORLD'S GREATEST MEAL TO END POLIO
ATTENDEES on July 2


Anita and Howard were also in attendance.



                      
NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION DAY IN INDIA
If you are interested in participating in an NID (National Immunization Day) in India, you may be interested in the following information:

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WHAT IS THE ANNUAL FUND

ANNUAL FUND is the primary source of funding for all Foundation activities. Our annual contributions help Rotary Clubs take action to create positive change in communities at home and around the world.  Our gift helps strengthen peace efforts, provide clean water and sanitation, support education, grow local economies, save mothers and children and fight disease.

The EVERY ROTARIAN every year (EREY) initiative asks every Rotarian to support The Rotary Foundation every year.

  


 

Through our annual Sustaining Member contributions of $100 or more, the Rotary E-Club of the Caribbean, 7020 has been a 100% EREY contributor since we were chartered in 2013.  Let us continue to support The Rotary Foundation (TRF) through our annual donations.  We have been and continue to “Be a gift to the World."

        

THE ROTARY ANTHEM

                     
Rotary Anthem from Rotary International on Vimeo.






THE ROTARY FOUR-WAY TEST


To close the meeting...

ROTARY FOUR-WAY TEST

of the things we think, say, or do...

Our new DG Haresh leads us.

                          




And the final bell with our own John Fuller...



 



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