Chartered April 4, 1980 Meets Tuesday at 7:00 A.M., Cultural Center of Charlotte County, Port Charlotte, Florida

Rotary Club of Charlotte Harbor

OFFICERS AND

DIRECTORS

2012-2013

PRESIDENT Carl Rehling

PRES-ELECT Darryl Keys

SECRETARY Vibha Kumar

TREASURER/ PAST PRESIDENT Sherry Penfield

SERGEANT

AT ARMS Don Helt

DIRECTORS

Cheryl Bowman Stephen Carter Bob Clendenin

Don Helt Nancy Lisby Joe Rezek

Club #4308

Official Publication of the November 20, 2012 Volume 33 - Issue 22

Rotary International President: Sakuji Tanaka District Governor, District 6960: Steve Schlueter

Assistant Governor, Area 7: Mike Colgan

The Conquistador The Conquistador

PCHSPCHSPCHS InteractInteractInteract Visits Visits Visits RCCHRCCHRCCH

Our guests last week were, from left, Kimberly Baermann, PCHS advisor, members Maria Cepeda, Nina Smarjesse, club president, Sa-vannah Baer-mann and Rotary advisor Rick Hay-man. Details of their visit can be found on page 3

Get up to speed on the new grant model On 1 July 2013, The Rotary Foundation will launch its new grant model, the Future Vision Plan, worldwide. While the Foundation’s primary service opportunities – humanitarian projects, scholarships, and vocational training – will remain, this new model streamlines its programs and helps clubs and districts make a more sustainable impact. Before, the Foundation spent about 20 percent of its annual programs budget on large-scale, high-impact grants. Under Future Vision, the target percentage is 80 percent – a change that will help promote Rotary as a leader in global de-velopment and humanitarian service. Aside from the PolioPlus and Rotary Peace Centers pro-grams, which will not change, the model simplifies the Foundation’s grant options, offering 3 types instead of 12. The following link takes you to a PDF document you can download and print: rotary.org/RIdocuments/en_pdf/global_outlook_1211_en.pdf

Invocation May each of us assembled here today enjoy the many offerings of Rotary.

May we abide by the rules we have established - those of trust, fellowship and ethics.

May we place Service above Self, in our daily endeavors.

May we always test ourselves and our efforts to be sure they are the truth, good for all concerned, of benefit to man-kind, and provide peace and under-standing.

Amen

Make plans to attend the Christmas Party on December 9

Today • Program: José Basilio • Greeter: Bob McDuffie • Bulletin: Mike Moody November 27 • Program: Carol Stevens • Greeter: Sherry Penfield • Bulletin: TBA December 4: • Program: Cheffy Bowman • Greeter: Joe Rezek • Bulletin: Wayne Salladé Volunteers needed to serve Cultural Center volunteers at 8:30 am.

Club Breakfast Calendar

Back to Normal with Interact and Haiti By Guest Editor Dave Powell

The election is over and the pre-meeting conversa-tions returned to more nor-mal topics. President Carl rang the bell promptly at 7:58 and had Wayne Sal-ladé give the invocation. Carl led the pledge and Bob Wilson led us in sing-

ing God Bless America. After eating breakfast, the morning was given a good start by Sergeant Don Helt. He was a bit rushed because of an impending long program but we introduced guests Don Voigt and Karol Wyckoff, plus special guests from the Port Charlotte Interact Club. Advisor Kimberly Baermann and members, Maria Cepeda, Savannah Baermann and Nina Smarjesse were also introduced. Happy dollars came next with donations by José, PJ, Meera, Carol W., Selva, Don V., Mark, Tom, Mike C. Bob M., Mike M., Wayne, Sherry and Rick. Birthdays cele-brated were for Phoebe, Jeremy, Suzanne and Tyler; Bob McD. noted the anniversary of the Vietnam memorial in Washington. Bob W. led us in the happy song. Sergeant Don gave us a brief history lesson taken from PJ’s book and the value of studying history. Steve V. won the 50/50 and donated it to the Drew Lisby Foundation. This morning’s program was presented by Rick Hayman. He started with a groaner Ser-vice above Shelf, then really got into telling us about the Interact program. He talked about the Object of Rotary and what is Interact. To-day’s program featured the Port Charlotte High School Club. President Nina Smarjesse talked about her experiences attending S4TL this past summer. She showed pictures of her teammates and told us she learned it is okay to be yourself and to get to know people before you form an opin-ion, a valu-able lesson for all of us.

Rick then talked about a possible water project that could be done by our club and In-teract. He showed some interesting photos from his trip to Haiti showing people lined up with buckets to get water from the only source in town. They would then carry the buckets back to their homes for the family to use. The source of the water would never measure up to our sanitary standards. He also talked about the many children in the world who never get a chance to get a pub-lic education. To demonstrate he showed award winning videos by other Interact Clubs. When the meeting ended we all had the opportunity to talk with the students and their faculty advisor.

Nancy Lisby shows the funds donated to The Drew Lisby Foundation at last Wednesday’s Quiz.

THE

FOUR-WAY TEST

Of things we

think, say or do First, Is it the TRUTH?

Second, Is it FAIR to all concerned?

Third, Will it build GOODWILL & BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?

Fourth, Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

Charlotte High School Advisor

Todd Helt

Port Charlotte High School

Advisor Rick Hayman

“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it ”  

William Arthur Ward 

November message from Foundation Trustee Chair Wilfrid J. Wilkinson

As the clock ticks down to 1 July, we are in the final stages of preparing for the full rollout of the Future Vision Plan. Our goal is simple: enabling our Foundation to con-tinue Doing Good in the World, and ensuring that we make the best use of every dollar, euro, yen, and peso

that we have. In everything we do in Rotary, we strive for the greatest impact. This means focusing on sus-tainability – on projects whose effects will go on for years, and on work that will continue to change lives even after Rotarians’ involvement has ended. When polio is eradicated, every child who will ever be born will benefit, long after the last drop of vaccine has been put into a child’s mouth. PolioPlus is, of course, a unique Rotary program – but it is time to bring that kind of long-term per-spective to all our service. Part of our goal in Future Vision is making sure that we focus on the long view in everything we do. Accordingly, part of that mindset is making sure that we make it a priority to support The Rotary Foundation and its Annual Fund. Our goal is Every Rotarian, Every Year: for every Rotarian to give a gift each year to the Annual Fund, with an average donation of US$100. Meeting that goal would mean $120 million per year for Rotary service. It would also mean an organization in which every single member is supporting, and is invested in, the Foundation’s success – making The Rotary Foundation truly Our Foundation.

Date 6.15pm Volunteer Volunteer

Thurs 22 Nov CLOSED CLOSED

Sun 9 Dec Meera A Darryl K

Thurs 20 Dec Rick H Charlene H

Taking the Long View

Sunday January 20th

2013

11am

José’sJosé’s One and OnlyOne and Only

FamousFamous

PikPik--II--NikNik

Club Announcements

District 6960 Web Site www.rotary6960.org

Rotary International Web Site www.rotary.org

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Editorial Team: Bob Clendenin, Chris Gover,

Darryl Keys

Printed by the Cultural Center of

Charlotte County

Visit our Rotary Website: www.charlotteharborrotary.org

Charlotte Harbor Roster

Nearby Rotary Clubs For Make Ups

Club mailing address: P.O. Box 510391, Punta Gorda, Florida 33951-0391

Meera Adhi $□ (Adhi) Medical Office Manager José Basilio $□♦ (Miriam □) Real Estate Cheryl Bowman $□ (Rodney) Personal Chef/Caterer Stephen Carter $ □♦ (Marilyn) Insurance Bob Clendenin $ □▲ (Linda □) Telecommunications Michael Colgan $□♦ (Kate) Audio Architecture Pierre J.“PJ” Fisher $□▲ (Carol) Surgeon, Retired Tom Fisher $□ (Trudi □) Scuba Instructor Chris Gover $□♦■ (Nancy □) Non-profit Management Jim Hageman $□♦ (Jackie) Non-profit Director Rick Hayman$□▲ (Charlene) Education Administration Don Helt $□ (Sandy□) Treescape Todd Helt GIS Project Manager Wally Keller $□♦ (Jacqueline) Athletic Director Darryl Keys $□ (Samantha) Fuel Technology Vibha Kumar $ (Sanjay) Yoga Instructor

Nancy Lisby $□ Historical Preservation Ryland Lovett $ □♦■ (Marcia □) Fast Food Robert McDuffie $□♦ (Cindy) Minister Mike Moody $□♦ (Sherrie) Radio Manager Mark Payne (Katharine) Financial Advisor Sherry Penfield $□ Auditor G. David Powell $□ (Arlene) Publisher Carl Rehling $□♦ (Bonnie) Fraternal Management Joe Rezek $□▲ (Ann) Environmental Engineering Don Roll $□▲ (Carlene □) Fraternal Management Wayne Salladé $□♦ (Vicki) Sports Announcing Carol Stevens $□▲ Periodontist Selva Sunderavel $□♦ (Quincie) Travel Consultant Steve Vollmer $□♦ (Nancy) CPA Bob Wilson □▲ (Pamela) Commercial Insurance

Murdock 7:15 am - Perkins Restaurant

Breakfast at 7:00 am

North Fort Myers 8:00 am - Capt’n Fishbone’s

at the Shell Factory

Punta Gorda Noon - Isles Yacht Club

Punta Gorda Isles

Friday Cape Coral Goldcoast

11:45 am - Gulf Coast Village

North Port 7:15 am - Old World Restaurant

Cape Coral North 6:00 pm - Palmetto Pine Country Club

1940 SW 9th Court

Fort Myers East 7:30 am - Beef ‘O’ Brady’s

Verandah Plaza

Harbor Heights - Peace River 7:00 am - Charlotte Harbor Yacht Club

Except first Wednesday - 7:00 pm

Placida 7:00 am - Rotonda Hills Golf Club

Thursday

Englewood Lemon Bay Sunrise 7:00 am - Englewood Hospital

Monday Fort Myers South

12:15 pm - Crowne Plaza Bell Tower Shops

Tuesday Arcadia

Noon - DeSoto Memorial Hospital

Englewood Noon - Englewood Hospital

North Port Central

Noon - Heron Creek Country Club

Wednesday Cape Coral

8:00 am - La Venezia Ballroom

Revised 6 November 2012

Rotary Area 7Rotary Area 7 “Make Up Monday”“Make Up Monday”

November 26November 26thth

Join Assistant Governor Mike Colgan on No-vember 26th from 6 pm to 7 pm on the roof of the Wyvern Hotel in Punta Gorda for an hour of Rotary fellowship!

Interact members Maria Cepeda, Nina Smarjesse & Savannah Baermann