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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Monday, January 30, 2012
Power of the Individual in Rotary
[Excerpted from Sparks, the Rotary Club of Altadena weekly newsletter]
by Tony Hill
by Tony Hill
In this week’s President’s message I am focusing on one of the great aspects of being a Rotarian: the ability of the individual to accomplish great things that would be very difficult — if not impossible to accomplish — without the resources of Rotary and the commitment of dedicated Rotarians to improve their world.
I can condense this thought in the following quote from a fellow Rotarian that I read in this month’s Rotarian magazine: “I joined Rotary for business and fellowship, I stayed to change the world.”
What prompted this line of thinking was a notice in last week’s District newsletter advising us of the death of Montebello Rotarian George R. Hensel on January 9, 2012. George was 87 years old at the time of his death, so he certainly lived a full life. But why George ...
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I can condense this thought in the following quote from a fellow Rotarian that I read in this month’s Rotarian magazine: “I joined Rotary for business and fellowship, I stayed to change the world.”
What prompted this line of thinking was a notice in last week’s District newsletter advising us of the death of Montebello Rotarian George R. Hensel on January 9, 2012. George was 87 years old at the time of his death, so he certainly lived a full life. But why George ...
(more) - on p. 1
January Fireside Presents Musical Talent?
Posted on behalf of Diane Cabral
Our January Fireside (fellowship event) was hosted by Kelly Overpeck at the New Vista Emporium. The party featured some excellent Mexican cuisine followed by a Karaoke event featuring among others, Past-President Diane, Kellie, and President-elect designee Betty. Please don't let this influence you. However, to be fair, these folks were sober! Don't give up your day jobs :)
Sunday, January 29, 2012
ShelterBox Provides Hope to Families in Disasters
[Excerpted from 1/24/12 'Round the Wheel]
Alan Monroe, a fellow Rotarian from Florida is the Volunteer Manager for the Shelter Box program-one of the most successful Rotary programs in the world. The program was started by Tom Henderson a member of the Helston- Lizard Rotary Club in Cornwall , England. Yes, we double-checked with Alan and, indeed, this is the name of the club. Howsoever that may be, Tom was disturbed by all the human suffering following a huge natural disaster and came up with the idea for the shelter box in 1999. The heavy plastic box weighs 130 to 150 pounds and contains supplies specially picked for the location of the disaster. The box contains such supplies as: Tent, tool box, cooking stove, cooking equipment, thermal blankets, etc. The organization distributed over 110,000 boxes in 2011, and close to one million over its existence. Each box costs about $1,000 including transportation and volunteer travel. You can check out the USA portion of this organization by going to www.shelterboxusa.org. Our thanks to Alan Monroe for presenting this very interesting program.
Alan Monroe, a fellow Rotarian from Florida is the Volunteer Manager for the Shelter Box program-one of the most successful Rotary programs in the world. The program was started by Tom Henderson a member of the Helston- Lizard Rotary Club in Cornwall , England. Yes, we double-checked with Alan and, indeed, this is the name of the club. Howsoever that may be, Tom was disturbed by all the human suffering following a huge natural disaster and came up with the idea for the shelter box in 1999. The heavy plastic box weighs 130 to 150 pounds and contains supplies specially picked for the location of the disaster. The box contains such supplies as: Tent, tool box, cooking stove, cooking equipment, thermal blankets, etc. The organization distributed over 110,000 boxes in 2011, and close to one million over its existence. Each box costs about $1,000 including transportation and volunteer travel. You can check out the USA portion of this organization by going to www.shelterboxusa.org. Our thanks to Alan Monroe for presenting this very interesting program.Saturday, January 28, 2012
Rotarians at Work Day
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The official RAWD is actually a week later, but the scheduling worked better for everyone on 4/21. Our collaboration with the city on RAWD is working out well for all concerned: the city gets a spiffed up park and we always have a great time. Please plan to join us. More information will be available closer in. Right now just reserve the date.
2012-13 Rotary Theme: Peace Through Service
RI President-elect Sakuji Tanaka
will ask Rotarians to build Peace Through Service in 2012-13.
"Peace, in all of the ways that we can understand it, is a real goal and a realistic goal for Rotary," he said. "Peace is not something that can only be achieved through agreements, by governments, or through heroic struggles. It is something that we can find and that we can achieve, every day and in many simple ways."
Go to full article.
Monday, January 2, 2012
Welcome to the Summerlin Rotary Experience Blog
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