weekly newsletter april 26 2011
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Weekly Newsletter April 26 2011TRANSCRIPT
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April 26, 2011
Club News
Last week we had a Club Assembly.
This week we do not have a program. Please contact President Bill or David for suggestions.
Next week we do not have a program. Please contact President Bill or David for suggestions.
Club Coming Events
April 26: We do not have a program. Please contact President Bill or David for suggestions.
May 2: We do not have a program. Please contact President Bill or David for suggestions.
May 9: We do not have a program. Please contact President Bill or David for suggestions.
May 16: We do not have a program. Please contact President Bill or David for suggestions.
May 22-25: Rotary International Convention, New Orleans, LA
May 23: We do not have a program. Please contact President Bill or David for suggestions.
May 30: We do not have a program. Please contact President Bill or David for suggestions.
June 10-11: District 6890 Conference, T. Pepin Hospitality Centre, Tampa. Registration is open in the http://www.directory-online.com/Rotary/Calendar/Event.cfm?EventID=77147219
If you have any suggestions for programs, please communicate with David or José to schedule them.
RI President: Ray Klinginsmith – Kirksville, Missouri, USA District 6890 Governor Ed Odom, Riverview, FL
www.tampawestrotary.org
What if we could prevent just ONE child
from suffering from POLIO?
How much would that be worth?
Click below and contact Dennis or José to learn more.
http://www.rotary.org/en/ServiceAndFellowship/
Polio/HelpEradicatePolio/Pages/ridefault.aspx
Food for Ronald MacDonald’s Home: For at least 20 persons. It can be bought or home cooked and delivered NLT 6pm. David is your contact. *If you can’t make it, please call him.
Irving – Sat., May 7 David – Sun., Jun. 19
Food for thought
Kindness, I've discovered, is everything in life. - Isaac Bashevis Singer
A little humor to brighten your day!
A man walking down the street noticed a small boy trying to reach the doorbell of a house. Even when he jumped up, he couldn't quite reach it. The man decided to help the boy, walked up on to the porch and pushed the doorbell. He looked down at the boy, smiled and asked, "What now?" The boy answered, "Now we run like crazy!"
Birthday/Anniversary
Birthdays Anniversaries April 15: Ray Anderson April 1st: Ray and Gloria Anderson April 25: Iraida Contreras April 1st: Frank and Carmen Irizarry
Quote of the Month: No strangers at a convention Rotary International News -- 21 April 2011
Each month, RI highlights a piece of Rotary history and share an inspirational quote from
past Rotary leaders. April’s quote:
"I commend to you the opportunity for a rare fellowship with men and women from many
lands. There are no strangers in a Rotary Convention. Introductions are unnecessary. To
participate in friendship, show yourself friendly. Your personal enthusiasm imparted to others
will make of this the greatest convention for you that Rotary has ever held."
— Arthur H. Sapp, 1927-28 RI president, address to the 1928 convention in Minneapolis,
Minnesota, USA
Use the comments section below to tell us how attending a convention strengthens your
Rotary spirit.
Visit the Gallery of Past Presidents
See Rotary History and Archives
Learn about the 2011 RI Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, or take a look back at past conventions
Clubs make plans for Rotarians At Work Day By Arnold R. Grahl - Rotary International News -- 25 April 2011
The Rotary clubs of Truckee and Truckee Sunrise, California, USA, will be teaming up to
build an exercise course for elementary school students on Rotarians At Work Day, 30 April.
Dozens of volunteers are expected to help create a looping path through the woods behind
Truckee Elementary School. Steps and ramps will help students navigate between the
course’s two levels.
Started in 2006 by the late Bob Watson, past governor of District 5340 (California), Rotarians
At Work Day happens the last Saturday in April each year and challenges clubs around the
world to carry out hands-on service efforts in their community.
Watson hoped that by 2014, every club and Rotarian would participate.
"We're really starting to see the impact of Rotarians At Work Day as more Rotary clubs
around the world perform community service projects on the same day," says Pamela Russell,
chair of the District 5340 Rotary Foundation Committee. "It provides a great opportunity to
revitalize your club, attract new members, and generate publicity for Rotary."
Other projects planned for Rotarians At Work Day include:
The Rotary Club of Pôrto Alegre-Bom Fim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, plans to collect fresh fruits and vegetables at a
street market to give to patients with mental disabilities.
More than 65 members of the Rotary Club of Carson City, Nevada, USA, are expected to help tidy up the landscaping
around the Brewery Arts Center, a community theater, media, and entertainment facility. Afterward, the club will celebrate
with a barbecue.
Members of the Rotary Club of Hooghly, West Bengal, India, will visit the ophthalmology department of a hospital where
the club is supporting an ongoing project to provide intraocular lens implants for people with cataracts.
The Rotary Club of Napanee, Ontario, Canada, will pick up garbage and recyclables from a 1-mile stretch of highway in
the community.
Rotarians in District 9200 (Eritrea; Ethiopia; Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda), in conjunction with Rotarians for Fighting AIDS:
A Rotarian Action Group, will be helping with HIV testing and counseling throughout the district.
Check out what other clubs are doing, and learn how your club or district can participate in this year's Rotarians At Work Day.
RI and the Foundation are on solid financial ground Rotary International News -- 25 April 2011
While serving as your general secretary over the past decade, I've watched Rotary International and The Rotary
Foundation grow considerably in terms of size, effectiveness, public prominence, and financial assets. During that time,
we also experienced some very challenging financial situations, most recently the economic crisis of 2008. As I write to
you in the final quarter of fiscal year 2011, I'm happy to report that both RI and our Foundation are now on solid
financial ground.
Due to strong performance of the financial markets during the past two years, Rotary International has more than
recovered its investment losses of fiscal 2008 and 2009. With investment returns of 22 percent for the first nine months
in fiscal 2011, our reserves now stand at US$134 million. The Rotary Foundation is also experiencing healthy
investment returns this fiscal year and has recovered about 80 percent of its fiscal 2008 and 2009 losses. RI and
Foundation investment performance has exceeded market performance during the nine months ended 31 March 2011.
As a result of actions taken last June by the RI Board and the Foundation Trustees, RI's General Fund and the
Foundation's Annual Programs Fund have been restructured to mitigate the impact of large losses in the financial
markets and to provide protection against inflation.
The generosity of Rotarians also helps ensure our financial stability. Through 31 March, contributions totaled $69
million to the Annual Programs Fund and $11 million to the Permanent Fund, increases of $6 million and $3 million,
respectively, over the previous year.
These figures are especially heartening when you consider that Rotarians have also been providing tremendous support
to Rotary’s US$200 Million Challenge. Since its inception, contributions to the challenge have totaled $166 million
through 31 March, illustrating Rotarians' unwavering commitment to achieving a polio-free world. Equally encouraging
is the significant progress being made in our fight to eradicate polio in the four endemic countries, particularly India
and Nigeria.
The Foundation's improved financial outlook ensures that Rotarians will have substantial resources to help support their
vital work. Having previously restored the current year's Matching Grants budget, the Foundation Trustees recently
approved a comparable budget for 2011-12. In addition, the budget for the Future Vision pilot will enable pilot districts
to adequately test the new grant model before it launches for all districts on 1 July 2013.
A crucial piece of any financial picture is spending. The Secretariat staff is constantly considering how we can keep
costs down while meeting Rotarians' wide-ranging expectations for service. By aligning our resources more closely to
the strategic plan, taking full advantage of available technology, and closely monitoring our budgets, we have
consistently kept expenses at or under budget.
More information about Rotary’s financial position is available online at www.rotary.org/financials. And on 23 May,
the RI treasurer's report to the convention will be posted as part of our 2011 RI Convention coverage.
As you may know, I am retiring as general secretary on 30 June. Thanks to the vigorous efforts of the volunteer
leadership and the Secretariat staff, I will be leaving Rotary in a strong financial position. My successor, John Hewko,
brings a wealth of experience to the job. With the help of our senior leaders and our staff, he will continue to provide
the level of careful financial stewardship that Rotarians so rightly expect.
I leave wishing you all the best as you continue in Rotary service.
Sincerely,
Ed Futa
General Secretary