Our first month into the Rotary new year and I completed 10 fantastic official Governor Club Visits plus 10 additional visits inducting new members and other club requests. One thing I found in common is the

excitement to “Engage Rotary and Change Lives” this coming year.

This past month I’ve inducted or have been invited to induct 27 new members, presented countless multiple Paul Harris Fellows and new PHF, and recognized several large recent donations. Two clubs pledged to be Every Rotarian Every Year for the first time. The number of new service projects in the clubs I visited both domestic and international has also increased. Most goals and new projects increased from those submitted on Rotary Club Central - encouraging is that these goals and projects are club board approved and not district imposed.

We are turning around the decline of membership. We had a loss of around 100 members from Jul 1, 2012 to 2013 (1969 members – final count to be official Sep 1). The clubs I visited not only brought in 27 new members but aggressively doubled their goals to 20% and looking for 78 new members. If the rest of our clubs also stretched their goals, we are looking at a potential 300-400 new members!

Membership Workshops: August is Membership Month on the Rotary Calendar. Our interactive membership workshops begin Aug 6 for 2 weeks. Schedules are on our District Website www.Rotary5330.net

More funds to Engage Rotary:

• RI just awarded a $9596 grant to our district Public Image Committee to help implement our new district public website www.AskRotary.com – the most ever!

• We have $78k this year as part of our Clinton and Naomi Mitchell endowment for two more Global Scholarships – the most ever! Contact Betty Folsom 951-685-1319.

• We have $18k this year as part of our Wallis Jones endowment (Rotary Friends) for youth programs with the elderly and handicapped. Contact Anne Marie Duncan 909-936-3698.

• $110k Rotary Peace Fellowship – Contact Barry Robinson 909-436-8075.

Million Meals (Susan Gyi 951-565-6747) and March to End Polio (Terry Thompson 951-538-4996) campaigns have been defined and started – visit our District Website www.Rotary5330.net for videos and more info. Both teams are available for club visits. Also visit our new website www.MarchToEndPolio.com

District FaceBook & Website: We changed the name of our District FaceBook three weeks ago to “Rotary District 5330.” However, to do so we had to delete 50 members. So if you were a member but are not now please ask to be “friends” again. Sorry for the inconvenience, but many thought the old site was inactive because it had a 2011-12 date associated with it.

Visit your District FaceBook often or my District Webpage www.Rotary5330.net , select the “District” tab then “Governor” tab. Also visit our Committee Chair tabs as they begin to populate their webpages, and our District Calendar for updated information.

In This Issue• Governor’s Letter (pg1)

• East Coachella Health Project (pg2)

• EREY Update (pg2)

• Youth Exchange (pg3)

• AskRotary.com (pg3)

• Million Meals (pg4)

• New Water Project (pg4)

• Fire Safety Special Feature (pg5)

• Polio Cases (pg5)

• March to End Polio (pg6)

• Letter From Editor (pg7)

Want to submit an article to Humanity Accomplished? Please

e-mail Newsletter Chair Luke Wilson at

lukeswilson@hotmail.com and include your article and any images or photos you have.

District Governor- Joseph RamosDG Elect- Chehab El AwarPast District Governor- Jean EasumDistrict Secretary- Carolyn HaysDistrict Treasurer- Jamie ZinnAdmin/Club Service- William ChaseCommunity Service- Susan Trihus-GyiVocational Service- Dee ThomasRotary Foundation- Joseph LaGuessYouth Service- Neal DewingPublic Relations- Sheryl SilverInternational Service- Carrie Allan

Full list of District Staff and contact information located at:http://www.rotary5330.net

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We have amazing news to announce, District 5330 came in FIRST in Zone 26 in Every Rotarian Every Year Giving. A full 82.5% of our members contributed to The Rotary Foundation this past year. It is a testament to your commitment and devotion to Rotary and The Rotary Foundation that we were able to achieve this outstanding performance. This is the second year year that we were number one, however this year we were a full 6.5% ahead of our closest challenger! I congratulate all of you for your continued support.

-PDG Helene A Kalfuss, Ph.D

From Temecula Noon to Indio Sunrise, Ricardo Loretta, President of Palm Desert Rotary, has been busy visiting District clubs and sharing information on his club’s signature activity, the Southern California Desert Rotary Health Initiative – East Coachella Valley project. (Known internally as the “ECV Health Project”).

Ricardo reports that a first Pilot grant, one co-hosted with La Quinta Rotary and supported by many other District 5330 clubs, including ALL 14 clubs in the desert, provides a

refrigeration unit for the Galilee Center in Mecca and water filters for

four trailer parks. It was approved in May. This matching grant serves to spark enthusiasm for the ECV

project within the Rotary District 5330 family. The second grant in

this initiative, a Future Vision Global Grant, is under development with involvement of Kent Demuth and others. Ricardo is seeking club participation for that as well, mainly through DDF transfers.

Ricardo also advises that he shared a booth with Dennis Spurgin of Palm Springs Sunup club at the RI

Convention in Lisbon, where both the Peanut Butter and ECV projects were promoted. Interest in both projects was strong.

East Coachella Valley Health Project (ECV)

“It is a testament to your

commitment and devotion to

Rotary and The Rotary

Foundation”

District 5330 Leads in EREY Again!

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The Public Image Committee

received a PR grant to launch its new website, Askrotary.com. It is

with great pleasure we announce

that it is up and running

as of July 22. This is not the District

website. Rather, this

destination is designed for non-rotarians to "engage people and change lives"

by asking what Rotary can do for them and their communities. 

We will present success stories that

demonstrate "Humanity inmotion....Humanity Accomplished!"

Stories people can relate to as well

as people and projects they can identify with will be featured. This is

an interactive site created to inspire ongoing conversations between

those wanting to make a difference

in their communities and their local Rotary club. This website creates a

conversational component that invites

visitors to"Ask Rotary" and

then be provided answers in an

interactive format.

To keep this website fresh we ask all clubs to contribute articles and

pictures on their service projects showing "Humanity

Accomplished."

Youth Exchange is lower in numbers for 2013-2014. Our district will host four inbound students this upcoming Rotary year, and three outbound students

There were more

requests for students than there were

students available. For the 2014-2015 Rotary year we can

request a larger number of students

so long as the hosting club commits to a student by the end of November, 2013. This way, everyone that wishes to be

involved in the program will have a student to host. Smaller clubs that may not have the financial resources

can be partnered with clubs that do have the funds.

Clubs may also participate by sponsoring an outbound

student. The number of outbound students is

governed by the number of inbound students the district

hosts. Sponsoring an outbound student costs

$200. The way to get started is easy, contact Pat Southard (info

below). Pat is available to visit clubs and make

a presentation on the Youth Exchange

program. Also, outbound students from 2012-2013 have

returned and are available to give programs about their wonderful experiences abroad.

Youth Exchange Numbers are Down

Inbound• Daphnee Sprockeels - Belgium, hosted by Temecula

• Blanche Niset - Belgium, hosted by Big Bear

• Yi Ann Wang - Taiwan, hosted by Coachella Valley

• Katrine Knudsen - Denmark, hosted by Indio Sunrise

Outbound• Eden Beutler - Germany, sponsored by Temecula

• Danielle Robinson - France, sponsored by Temecula Sunrise

• Nadia Abushanab - New Zealand, sponsored by Redlands Sunrise

Pat Southard patsouthard@usa.com (760) 393-1331 main (760) 851-7002 cell

AskRotary.com Is LIVE

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Starting at the end of July, the AskRotary.com website went live. From the AskRotary.com website you can donate to food banks in your community. For every $1.00 donated to Million Meals, food banks will provide seven meals to the hungry. Clubs can also donate directly to a food bank and specify the specific pantry in their area they want the funds to go to. If every

Rotarian in the District donates $75 over the course of the year, one million meals is achieved.Keep in mind listed for the club community service citation requirements are:

• Donate a minimum of $250 either directly to a food bank, or through AskRotary.com

• Collect food in the club’s community in support of a local pantry and the Million Meals Campaign

District ContactsRiverside/Corona: Susan Gyi susanstg@yahoo.com Mountains: Barry Robinson barry52044@hotmail.com

Desert: Sheryl Silver pshihosilver@aol.com Hemet/San Jacinto: Dan Goodrich dango45@gmail.com

International Service - New Water Project

A new project for this year is “Water in Lebanon,”

every single one of the 24 Rotary Clubs in Lebanon are committed to this project. The goal of this project is to

provide clean water to all the schools in Lebanon. The Lebanese Minister of Education has called upon Rotary to provide support for the 1,065 schools. District 2452

has a water committee to handle all the technical specifications, implementation, and fundraising for the

project. For details contact clean water and sanitation co-chair Raj and Donna Gandhi. Raj and Donna are also ready and available to assist clubs with any water

projects, as both are experienced with bio-sand water

filters (the best available). Please invite them to your club, or to consult on your water projects.

Also, our first vocational training team is looking for a

reading specialist. This is an opportunity that applies to both Rotarians, or Non-Rotarians.

Raj and Donna Gandhi eajmg1029@msn.com (951) 686-2129 ext. 206 erije22@hotmail.com (951) 203-8171

Barbara Howison barbarahowison5@gmail.com (909) 938-0115

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Although it was the most recent fire (Note: Just before press, the Falls fire near Lake Elsinore still rages, our thoughts with those affected) the Mountain Fire was surely not the first time we’ve heard that Rotarians’ and others’ homes and businesses were at risk, or lost. Rotarians and others are again on the front lines battling the blaze. More and more people are making their homes in woodland settings - in or near forests, rural areas, or remote mountain sites. There, homeowners enjoy the beauty of the environment but face the very real danger of wildfire. Every year across our Nation, some homes survive - while many others do not - after a major wildfire. Those that survive almost always do so because their owners had prepared for the eventuality of fire, which is an inescapable force of nature in fire-prone wildland areas. Said in another way - if it’s predicable, it’s preventable! Wildfires often begin unnoticed. These fires are usually triggered by lightning or accidents. They spread quickly,

igniting brush, trees, and homes. The best way to reduce your risk is by preparing now - before wildfire strikes. One of the best places to start is with an emergency kit.

Every household should have an emergency kit

prepared and ready, especially in high risk areas for fire, flood, earthquake, or other natural concerns. An emergency kit is simply a collection of

basic items your household may need in the event of an emergency. After an emergency occurs, you may need to survive on your own, this means

having your own food, water, and other supplies in sufficient quantity to last for at least 72 hours. Local officials and relief workers will be on the scene after a disaster but they cannot reach everyone immediately. You could get help in hours, or it might take days. For more information visit the sites below, and please...Be prepared and safe, fire season goes well into the fall and as the weeks pass, the brush gets drier.

Fire Season is Still Going Strong, Be Safe, Be Prepared

WildFire Safety Advice: http://www.ready.gov/wildfires Emergency Kit Checklist: http://www.ready.gov/sites/default/files/documents/files/checklist_1.pdf

Content provided by FEMA via Lauren England, District Disaster Chair: Image Credit The Press Enterprise

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“Just as Rotary itself can never keep its

place unless it is constantly growing, so

each individual Rotary club cannot afford

to stand still while the stream of life moves

onward.”

Armando de Arruda Pereira 1940-41 Rotary International President

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I am thrilled to have the opportunity to be part of this

newsletter. Each month we will strive to bring you stories of Humanity Accomplished, the Rotary moments

that permeate each and every Rotarians life. That said, I have to ask for a couple favors. Every newsletter needs only two things, people to write articles, and

people to read articles. Luckily, in you, there is both. If you have any Rotary Moments you would like to

highlight, send them in. What a glorious problem it would be to have so many remarkable stories of lives touched, individuals helped, and Rotarians recognized

that we couldn’t fit them all in each month (I’m sure

we’d still find a way). As for the reading part, this month’s secret “Humanity Accomplished” action is holding your right ear. What’s that about?...Club Presidents, Sergeant at Arms, and Fine-masters, for the entire month of August if you shout “Humanity Accomplished!” feel free to fine ANYONE not holding

their right ear. For everyone that read this newsletter cover to cover, you get out of jail free. But don’t expect

to find the secret action back here next month, it will be somewhere else. That’s all for now, pick a new seat, share the newsletter, and submit those articles!

Letter From the Editor

Luke Wilson Lukeswilson@hotmail.com 562-673-2775

Deadl ine to submit to the September newsletter is August 20This newsletter will return

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