A Message From D.G. Garry HollingsheadBy the time you read this, the calendar year 2011 will be history, including December, which, in the

Rotary year, is Family month. Marion and I sincerely hope that the holiday season has been joyful for

you and your extended family. But just because December is now behind us, does not mean that we

should cease to include families in our Rotary meetings and projects. On the contrary, every month

should be Family Month. I hope that each of our clubs is continually looking for ways to include

family members in meetings and projects. Indeed, whether it is cleaning a beach, building a trail,

painting a mural, or planting trees; there are lots of ways a service club can involve families.

I am pleased to note that membership is at 2,915 and growing steadily now that summer is past. It is

well on the way to surpassing our goal of 3,000. There seems to be increased interest in Corporate

membership and several clubs are amending their bylaws to accommodate this new class of

membership. I also believe that before year end we will have a few satellite clubs and even possibly

a newly chartered club in the north end of Kelowna. Past President Paul Mulvihill of Kelowna Sunrise

has been working diligently towards this latter objective for several months.

I also believe many clubs have responded well to the higher per capita target of $150 for contributions

to the Annual Programs Fund of the Rotary Foundation. On the other hand, we are not expanding

our scope of humanitarian programs to the extent that we can and should. Please be aware that there

is still a significant balance of available funds in our District Designated Fund. It is there, in part, to

match your club funds and thus to expand the scope of your World Community Service programs. If

your club has such a program in mind, please contact Ed Kolybaba, or Foundation chair Roger Perry

for advice on the preparation of an application for a Matching Grant. Just remember that you must

have in the vicinity of your proposed project, a host Rotary Club which is willing and able to assist in

its completion. It will also be most appropriate if your project fits within one of the Foundation’s six

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

On the Cover: Rotary volunteer time, and family time, can be the same time!

Page 2 - Canstruction Kelowna

Page 3 - GSE 2012 Team

Page 4- Othello Museum

Page 5 - Oliver Project Completed in Moldova

Page 6- More than 900 Lake Chelan kids helped

Page 7 - Come Fly a Kite!

Page 8 - Penny LeGate at Leavenworth

Page 10 - Leadership Institute

Page 12 - A “PR” Check Up for Your Club (continues next page.)

Volume 70, Issue 6January 2012

ROUNDUPROTARY

Areas of Focus. Check out the web site www.rotary.org.

As I write this column, I think back to the weekend that Marion and I spent on Silverstar Mountain with 34 excited Inbound Youth

Exchange Students and half a dozen dedicated DYE committee members. I watched several students from tropical countries get on

snowboards for the very first time and get their feet wet, so to speak. Meanwhile your Youth Exchange Committee members were very

busy reviewing the results of dozens of recent student interviews and by the end of the day had nearly finalized placements for all of

the 2012-2013 Outbounds.

At a recent meeting of Summerland Rotary Club Ferruccio Martinelli (of Milano, Italy) was clearly so exited and appreciative

that Rotarian John Robertson (Osoyoos RC) had guided him and his buddies safely down from the top of the mountain on their

snowboards. I can’t tell you what a great feeling it is to know that we have dedicated Rotarians like John who will use their weekends

in the service of our youth.

Which reminds me that our District Conference is fast approaching. It is going to be a blast!! – and will be another opportunity to

“Celebrate New Generations” Please check out the website www.rotary5060conference2012.com. You can register on line now at

reduced fees and can book your accommodation directly using a link on the noted site. We will be riding the Kettle Valley Steam

Railway, featuring youth throughout the weekend, and admiring your colorful kites throughout the conference venue.

Until next month, have a safe and happy holiday.

Garry

Message from D.G. Garry (continued)

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by Mike Wilding

The second Rotary led Kelowna Canstruction event will take place February 6-12 at the Orchard Park Mall in Kelowna. This year we are pleased to announce a Title Sponsor - Save-on-Foods - who has generously stepped up to support the event.

Eight teams will build structures made entirely out of cans of food which will be judged and then donated to the local food banks. Last year we raised 10 tons of food, and we hope to do better this year. Everyone is invited to come and see them being built on February 6th and 7th. Radio personalities Andy and Tj (and others) will judge the structures on February 11th.

We would like as many friends as possible to visit us on Facebook (Kelowna Canstruction) and “like” our page and vote for your favourite structure - all donations gratefully accepted through our website www.kelownacanstruction.com . Please call 250 454 9053 for further info. Wishing all our Rotary friends a prosperous New Year from Kelowna Canstruction.

Canstruction is Back in Kelowna

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Penticton Rotary in the Spirit of ChristmasThe club has done a Christmas wheel barrow raffle for the past ten years. They have 5 locations, and raffle tickets for $1.00 over 2 days. The five winners receive $350.00 in food and the wheel barrow. The proceeds are split between the Salvation Army and the Soup Kitchen. This year Penticton Rotarians raised about $4,500.00

Over the past twenty years the club has helped the Salvation Army load food hampers. At left: club secretary Rory McIvor helps fill a hamper with food for a family in need.

Sunnyside Clubs Respond to Local NeedsSunnyside Noon Rotarians used funds from their annual Christmas greenery sale to help provide Christmas to more than a dozen local families in need. Club members are each responsible for purchasing gifts for a family member. The gifts are delivered by Santa and helpers shortly before Christmas.

Sunnyside Daybreak raised $250 for the local food bank with their wheelbarrow raffle. Right: Rosalinda Alvarez, Lower Valley Crisis and Support Services, received the Christmas presents collected by the club at their White Elephant party. The gifts were labeled if wrapped. There was also cash and food donated. Club member Tom Lathen is also pictured.

Yakima Herald reporter Ross Courtney, left, is one of the members of the 2012 District 5060 GSE team headed to Brazil in April.

Ross is an excellent reporter, and this blog is his first effort to help all Rotarians get more details about GSE and why it is important to District 5060 and Rotary International.

Here’s the URL: http://rotarytobrazil2012.wordpress.com/ to the blog. Ross is encouraging every one to, “pass the address and e-mail updates around to other clubs and club members. I’m trying to build an audience.”

The other team members include: Ed Kolybaba, Team Leader, Kelowna Sunrise; Agustin Benegas-Garcia, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Chelan, Mike O’Reilly, Rotary Club of

GSE Preps for April Trip to Brazil

Kamloops West; Jennifer Girard, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Salmon Arm.

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Othello Rotary Club President John Lackie (second from right) presents a check for $3,000 to Othello Community Museum representatives (from left) Ken Caylor, Barb Caylor, Howard Yeager, Sandi Dodge and Eric Morgan, to fund their new tower and roof.

The Othello Community Museum features local railroad information about a historical “Milwaukee Caboose”. The Museum is currently open by appointment only, so call ahead to schedule a visit. 509-488-2268.

Othello Rotary Supports Museum

photo courtesy Othello Outlook

by Jodi SnyderOur Interact Club can’t wait for spring to get back to work on a very special cleanup project in our community.

Last year the Interact club of Upper Kittitas County was approached by a member of the Heritage club to take on a worthy, yet large project. The club has 40 students from Walter Strom Middle School in Cle Elum.

There was a forgotten cemetery in Cle Elum that had become over grown and unrecognizable. I have lived here 13 years and had driven by the location several times a week but until this fall I never knew it existed.

A large group of volunteers came in and undercut a huge amount of brush, they also had to punch the road back in just so we could gain access.

We finally got to see our project in September, a group of Interactors, myself, teacher adviser Lisa Browitt and another parent armed with rakes, pitchforks, and shovels set to work. We worked all day raking pine needles, exploring headstones, and discussing the future of the cemetery and its inhabitants (not all human as we also found some pet graves).

We estimate the complete restoration will take a

Upper Kittitas Interact Takes on Cleanup Project

couple of years. We are working with the Heritage club to determine who is resting there and if there is still family living in our area. We found headstones dating back to the 1800s. We hope to get the local college to do some sonar work for us so that we may properly identify all the graves and eventually give the people there a proper headstone.

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Oliver Completes Playground Project in Moldova by Russell WorkIn an earlier edition I gave a report on our club’s initiative to build two playground sets for two orphanages in Transnitria, a break away part of the former Russian state of Moldova. This is a follow up about the delivery and set up.

The playground sets were constructed in January 2011, stored until the container shipment left in June and arrived in Tiraspol (the largest city in Transnistria) the first week of September - awaiting my arrival.

I was the only Rotarian to go, however since we were piggy-backing on a shipment of clothing to the charity, Help the Children, four other people volunteered their time and energy to assist with the reconstruction. I had budgeted three days to reassemble each one, however, since each piece was colour coded and tagged to identify its unique location, the group of 5 was able to accomplish each task in two days.

The project was not without its challenges. The areas had not been prepped prior to our arrival, some of the rods were bent during transportation, and some of the lumber had dried out and warped in the intervening 6 months since original construction, storage and reconstruction.

Still, nothing could be more rewarding than to see the expressions on the faces of the orphans at the two facilities when they were finally allowed to utilize all of the structures.

We had the opportunity to tour the orphanages, one housing 225, the other, 125 children aged 6 to 16. They are schooled there, so as a former teacher, I was keen to find out what specifically the classroom teachers were in need of, for future container loads that will make their way over to Transnistria.

This ended up being a great project for our club and community.

Even before the structure was finished, the enthusiasm was evident. Rotarian Russell Work (in blue) and travelling companion Jeff Crowley work to complete the upper railings while scores of children try out the different parts that are in place.These pictures tell the story better than a thousand words. Three youngsters atop the chain climbing ladder. The thrill of going down a slide for the very first time! A donated, lined culvert pipe proved to make a wonderful slide, just one of seven activities on the assembled apparatus.

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Manger Mall Makes Sure Every Child Gets a Gift In hard economic times Christmas may not be a joyful time for some families. For Lake Chelan families, the Manger Mall makes sure there will be an age-appropriate present under the tree for the children.

Lake Chelan Rotarian Les Cooper presented Mall Manager Alyson Powers $500 to help with the 2011 Christmas. The event was a grand success with toys provided for 910 children from 290 families. The club plans to help again for Christmas 2012.

How the mall worked. Gifts in the $10-20 range were

donated and dropped off at the North Shore Church or Lake Chelan Chamber of Commerce Moms and dads who applied were given a time slot to “shop” prior to Christmas.

During their slot, the parents picked one age-appropriate gift for each child at the church “Manger Mall”. After the gifts are selected, the parents pay at “check out” - $1 per gift. Parents moved to the wrapping room to make the gifts ready to place under the tree and enjoy Christmas treats.

The UnconferenceThe Get to Know International Unconference was held in beautiful Jasper National Park. The unique event was attended by leading green corporations, NGOs, and government agencies from across North America and focused on developing strategies for inspiring the next generation to step outdoors and spend more time connecting with the natural world.

It was important to Unconference organizers that there was increased youth involvement at the event and with the help of Get to Know partners, Parks Canada, Canadian Wildlife Federation, Wildlife Habitat Canada, Rotary Club International and many others, a total of

Left to right: Mary Bunka, Emily Chartrand, Lyndall Huber, Les Stroud, Tanveer Gill and Cledonia Thompson.

28 youth delegates were able to attend the four day event.

Four youth delegates were sponsored by Rotary Clubs in the Okanagan. Mary Bunka and Tanveer Gill were sponsored by the Capri Rotary Club, while Emily Chartrand and Caledonia Thompson were sponsored by the Summerland and Salmon Arm Rotary Clubs.

With Rotary’s help, these young women were provided the opportunity to share their unique voices and perspec-tives on important environmental issues. Youth delegates brought valuable insight and a first-hand youth perspec-tive on effective strategies, that enabled them to put forward meaningful ideas for engaging their peers. Besides partaking in dialogue sessions and presentations, the youth delegates also took part in exciting outdoor activities from nature painting with Robert Bateman, hiking in Jasper National Park to rafting down the Athabasca River with Les Stroud, from television’s ‘Survivorman’.

For more information on the Get to Know Program and specifically on the Unconference, please visit: www.gettoknow.ca.

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This year the Conference committee has decided to run a competition in district 5060 to produce a kite that will

depict their club both Internationally and locally.

Imaginations un-limited

Each club is responsible for the cost of their kite and must be done at club level.

Exchange students collectively, are encouraged to enter a kite constructed at the winter retreat.

The kites will be no bigger than 10’ x 10’ in the body, tail your choice of length. Each club will be responsible for hanging the kite in a designated area at the conference, set out by the

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COMPETITIONS

1. People’s Choice (voted by ballot)2. District Govenor’s Choice3. Most Creative (Judged by committee)4. Most depicts the International Theme for this year(Reach within to Embrace Humanity) (Judged by committee)

PRIZES

First in each category – $100.oo donation, in your clubs name, to RI Foundation and a CertificateSecond in each category – Certificate

Honourable mention – Certificate

The four winning kites will be put up for Auction with proceeds going to the Foundation.

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Interesting Links: http://www.my-best-kite.com/how -to-build-a-diamond-kite-s.htmlhttp://www.skratch-pad.com/kites/make.html

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Reporter Penny LeGate has been on the frontline of the fight to eradicate polio. LeGate has spent the last several years as a Polio-Plus Ambassador raising awareness and money in Rotary International efforts to end polio.

She has traveled extensively around the world inoculating children. She has also spoken at numerous fund raising events including the Rotary International Convention in New Orleans. That’s where Leavenworth Rotarians Bill Forhan and Sandy Owens-Carmody heard her speak and decided they had to find a way to bring her to Leavenworth to speak to their community.

Penny LeGate featured speaker at Leavenworth RotaryFest

Penny LeGate on a PolioPlus mission in Ethiopia.

Leavenworth Rotary has a special reason to engage this fight. The Leavenworth Rotary Club’s founder, Dr. Ed Cadman, was instrumental in establishing the Rotary International program to eradicate polio in 1985. A picture of Dr. Cadman standing together with Dr. Jonas Salk hangs proudly on the wall of the club meeting room in Leavenworth.

Today Rotary Clubs around the world have joined hands together with Rotary and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to finish the job that began with the founder of the Leavenworth club.

LeGate’s experiences as a reporter and activist for humanitarian causes has earned her a reputation for telling compelling and heartwarming stories as well as 5 Paul Harris awards from Rotary International.

Polio was officially eradicated from the Western Hemisphere in 1994, but unless it is eliminated around the world this horrible disease could return. Today, most North American residents have no understanding of the effects of this horrible disease. But in 1985 when Rotary International began its campaign to eradicate polio there were 350,000 cases of the disease reported in 125 countries. Last year there were fewer than 2,000 cases and they were found in only four countries.

With a tough local economy the club recognized it would need to do something special to raise significant funds. LeGate’s presentation did the trick. For 30 minutes she held the attention of those in attendance and by the end of the evening the club had raised a total of $7,200 for the cause of eradicating polio.

A Nebraska native, LeGate holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Broadcast Journalism and a Masters in Telecommunications. She has been a reporter and anchor for KIRO 7 Eyewitness News and Host of King 5’s Evening Magazine. LeGate lives in Seattle with her husband, two daughters and “a bunch” of rescued animals. She is a devotee of charitable pursuits connected with children, animals and the environment.

The Sunrise Rotary Club of Kelowna held its annual Family Christmas Breakfast meeting on Friday, December 16.

Rotarians and their families donated $995.00 in food and cash for the Kelowna Food Bank. When Rotarians delivered the car load of food, President Jim Belshaw presented Kelowna Food Bank Associate Executive Director Lenetta Parry with a donation of $500.00 from the Sunrise Rotary Club bringing the total donated to $1,495.00.

Right: Sunrise Rotarian Dan Hiebrecht, James Sibley, Food Bank Volunteer, Rotarians Greig McPhee and Bruce Falkins deliver $1,495.00 of food and cash donated to help the hungry in the Kelowna area.

Kelowna Sunrise Helps Food Bank

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Okanagan Mission Rotary Helps Out Kelowna by Lois Serwa

We held our annual Rotary Christmas Dinner at The Capri Hotel in Kelowna. We played games, brought in our pennies and bought squares on a board with the hopes of becoming a winner.

The following Monday we met at our President’s home to roll the pennies, do a little carol singing in the neighbourhood and enjoy a cup of good cheer.

We raised $650.25 which we donated to The Kelowna Gospel Mission. The money went toward providing Christmas Dinners. Top: Monika Grimmer, Bud Magrath and Irene Peet getting their boots on to go for the carol sing.Center: Gail Magrath, Cliff Serwa, Ross Grimmer, Iain Allan and Lizann Allan rolling pennies.Below: Tosh Wind, one of the organizers of the event.

Bob Reid and other members of Rotary Club of Merritt got a little pre-Christmas fuzzy by celebrating Mo-vember. Mo-vember is a fund raiser and awareness raiser for men’s health concerns. There are Mo-vember charitable organizations in Canada and in the US.

The idea is to have a clean shaven lip on October 31st and grow out your mustache for the month of Mo-vember, ah, November for the rest of us.

Funds are collected and distributed to cancer programs through the Livestrong Foundation and through Movember.com. Funds are actually collected all year long, and there is some really cool merchandise available on their website.

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The Rotary Leadership Institute held a special training last month at Suncadia Resort near Cle Elum.

Left: a dozen Rotarians from seven clubs in the south part of our district gathered at Suncadia Resort near Cle Elum for a Rotary Leadership Institute on December 2-3, 2011. Training was provided by Dave Dion, Yakima, Susan Grindle, Ellensburg, and PDGs Dave Stambaugh and Corwin King.

Below left: Dave Dion, Yakima, leads the RLI group in a brainstorming session on leadership traits.

Rotary Leadership Institute Training

Left: RLI participants Erich Cross, Ellensburg Morning, and Jim Denison, Ellensburg Noon, show results of a group exercise at the RLI.

by Lockie Bracken

Kelowna Capri Rotarians celebrated the Christmas holidays serving hotdogs and hot chocolate to raise funds and keep families warm during two days of horse rides and pictures with Santa for the Arion Therapeutic Farm annual Christmas Days.

Founded in 2009, the farm provides therapy tohandicapped children and adults through association with horses and other farm animals year-round.

The Kelowna Capri Rotary club has assisted with funding farm projects and special equipment to make it easier for the farm to provide services.

Club members worked the grills again this year to help raise funds and make the days successful and fun for young and old.The philosophy of the Farm is to create a safe and caring environment that supports the development of new skills, increased independence, explores new opportunities and creates new abilities through recreation. The emotional, social, developmental and physical benefits are limitless.

Students have the opportunity to work on essential skills such as core body strength, increased concentration, communication, trust and independence. Social skills can be developed and friendships expanded through small group interactions.

Kelowna Capri Assists Arion Farm Days

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Rotary Roundup is a publication of Rotary District 5060. District Governor Garry Hollingshead. Past District Governor David Stambaugh. P.R. Committee members provide review and consultation: Corwin King PDG, Jennifer McKinney, Leah Bousfield, Al Strachan, Wayne Rimple, PDG, Rob Phillips, Shayne Lawrence (website), Tom Lathen (newsletter editor 2011-12). Email distribution coordinated by Dennis Jacobsen. Email stories and photos to: tom.lathen@sunnysidehospital.org. All Rotarian submissions are welcomed. Contents are subject to editing for space constraints, and content appropriate to the four way test.

Deadline Approaches for PR GrantsATTENTION CLUB PR PRESIDENTS AND PR CHAIRS!

The deadline for applying for a District PR Grant is February 1st. So far, four clubs have been awarded grants this year for a total of a little over $2000.

Grants are made on a rolling basis, so if your club plans to apply, do it soon before the money runs out.

For grant criteria and an application form, visit the district website, or contact District PR Chair Corwin King: kingc@fairpoint.net.

Partners in ServiceLiberty Bottleworks and Yakima Downtown Rotary are partnering on a unique water program.

Liberty is offering up pallets of alumimum water bottles for use in areas where water availability and storage are a problem. Combined with pure water from a well or filtration system these bottles can help stop the spread of illnesses from waterborne parasites.

Each pallet contains 432 bottles and weighs about 300 pounds. They will come to your club ready to ship.

Yakima Downtown Rotary will confirm with Liberty Bottleworks the availability of bottles, the estimated shipping date, arrange preparation for shipping, and provide a freight allowance of up to $100 per bin.

The receiving organization will be responsible for identifying and arranging the shipping carrier, import duties at international borders, paying for freight costs above $100 per bin, distribution of bottles, and 6 and 12 month reporting to Yakima Downtown Rotary. Reporting will be shared with Liberty Bottleworks and may be used in promotional materials and on the World Wide Web.

Partnership application forms are available upon request from Yakima Downtown Rotary Club, P. O. Box 464, Yakima, Washington 98907-0464 Phone: (509) 961-9242 Email: yakimarotary@yakimarotary.org.

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PR TIP For Your Club - by Corwin King, PDG

CLUB PR CHECK-UP

The beginning of a new year is a good time for self-evaluation -- for peopleAND Rotary Clubs. How’s your club doing with its public relations efforts?To find out, take the quiz below. Mark each statement Yes or No.

____ We have a designated PR person for our club

____ Important club information is always communicated to members

____ We have a regularly distributed club newsletter or bulletin

____ We have a current club brochure or fact sheet

____ We have a club website or social networking (e.g.,Facebook) page

____ District events are always promoted in our club

____ We regularly have stories about club activities in the local media

____ If available, we use public access radio and TV to promote club events

____ Our club members always wear their Rotary pins

____ All club members display the Four-Way-Test in their places of business

____ We have a “Rotary Meets Here” sign at our weekly meeting place

____ The Rotary Wheel or club name is always shown at public events

____ Our town or city has Rotary signs at the entrances

____ We ask organizations to publicize our donations through the local media

____ We have a media representative as a member of our club

If you put “no” for more than three or four of these, your club’s PR could probably use improvement. It’s not too late to begin; the Rotary year is only half over. Set a goal to do just one or two more things between now andthe end of June. You’ll be surprised at the results!