QUEST MAGAZINE DISTRICT
6930
EDITION 07 FEBRUARY 2019
Quest Rotary District 6930
The Official District Magazine
2019-20 presidential theme announced Page 11
Learning a common language of respect
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Page 14 Julia Babbitt
How to create your own Instagram story Page 15
Kenyetta Haywood Steve Kepley Douglas Heizer Bob Hyde Donna Keys Julie Vianale
Looking back at 10 years of riding to end polio Page
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GOVERNOR CORNER
Peace and Conflict Prevention/Resolution Month Conflict and violence displaced more than 68 million people in the past year, and half of those are children. We refuse to accept conflict as a way of life. Rotary projects provide training that fosters understanding and provides communities with the skills to resolve conflicts.
How Rotary makes help happen Through our service projects, peace fellowships, and scholarships, our members are taking action to address the underlying causes of conflict, including poverty, inequality, ethnic tension, lack of access to education, and unequal distribution of resources.
Rotary makes amazing things happen, like: Improving quality of life - Rotary members founded the People for People Foundation, which has helped 10,000 families afford food, clothing, rent, utilities, medications, and other necessities. Raising awareness of bullying - Rotaract clubs in the Philippines conduct antibullying campaigns in schools to teach children how to handle conflict peacefully from an early age. Protecting domestic violence survivors and their families - The U.S. state of Louisiana has the fourth highest incidence of death caused by domestic violence. Local Rotary members met this issue by helping a shelter provide food, clothing, legal advocacy, and counseling to over 500 women in one year. Promoting positive peace - Rotary has partnered with the Institute for Economics and Peace, an independent think tank and leader in the study of peace and conflict, to help address the root causes of conflict and create conditions that foster peace. * 100 peace fellowships are offered each year at Rotary Peace Centers around the world * 65 mil people are currently displaced by armed conflict or persecution * $142 mil has been raised by Rotary to support peace * 1,000 + students have graduated from Rotary’s Peace Centers program By Rotary International
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CALENDAR CORNER
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DISTRICT LEADERSHIP CORNER
District Governor
DG-Elect
DG-Nominee
Julia Rose Babbitt e
Donna Marie Gaiser
Els H Van Engelenburg
District Secretary
District Treasurer
Public Image
Marcia Gaedcke
Terri Marie Wescott
Douglas S. Heizer
Polio Eradication Chair
District Disaster Relief Chair
Grants Committee Chair
Laile E. Fairbairn
Philip Harry Lustig III
Eugene B. Burkett
Club Rotary Foundation Chair
Membership Chair
District Finance Chair
James A. Sisserson
Arthur W. Hodge
Juan F. Ortega
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Peace Project Chair
Young Professionals
Nadine Burns
Lawrence G. Labadie
Michael F Walstrom
Trainer
Alumni Adm
Newsletter Editor
Carol Sutton
Debbie Avery
Dini Mancebo Heizer
Assistant Governor Area 1
Assistant Governor Area 2
Assistant Governor Area 3
Boca Raton Boca Raton Central Boca Raton Downtown Boca Raton Sunrise Boca Raton Sunset Boca Raton West
Boynton Beach-Lantana
Doyle Ainsworth Dally
Evelyn Flores
Delray Beach Lake Worth Royal Palm Beach Wellington
Jupiter-Tequesta Palm Beach Palm Beach/Flagler Singer Island The Northern Palm Beaches West Palm Beach
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Assistant Governor Area 4 Belle Glade Okeechobee Pahokee Stuart Stuart-Sunrise
Assistant Governor Area 5 Fort Pierce Port St. Lucie Port St. Lucie Sunset
Assistant Governor Area 6 Orchid Island,Sebastian Vero Beach Vero Beach Oceanside Vero Beach Sunrise
Tod B. Hardacre
Lyle Ryant Fried
Marc Gingras
Assistant Governor Area 7
Assistant Governor Area 8
Assistant Governor Area 9
Eau Gallie Indialantic Melbourne Melbourne Beach Palm Bay Suntree
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Cocoa Cocoa Beach Cocoa Beach Daybreak Merritt Island Merritt Island-Breakfast
Brenda Mulberry
North Brevard Rockledge
Titusville Titusville-Sunrise Viera
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CLUB DIRECTORY CORNER Club
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1. Belle Glade Tuesday 12:00 - 13:00 Community United Methodist Church 2. Boca Raton Wednesday 12:00 Renaissance Boca Raton Hote 3. lBoca Raton Central Tuesday 12:00 - 13:00 The Capital Grille at the Town Center Mall 4. Boca Raton Downtown Friday 12:00 - 13:30 Renaissance Boca Raton Hotel 5. Boca Raton Sunrise Thursday 07:30 Renaissance Hotel 6. Boca Raton Sunset Monday 18:00 - 19:30 The Griddle Restaurant 7. Boca Raton West Thursday 19:00 - 20:15 Restaurante Brasil 8. Boynton Beach-Lantana Thursday 11:45 - 13:00 Westchester Country Club 9. Cocoa Tuesday 12:1 5 Eastern Florida State College 10. Cocoa Beach Wednesday 12:15 Azteca II Mexican Restaurant & Lounge 11. Cocoa Beach Daybreak Tuesday 07:30 - 08:30 Roberto's 12. Delray Beach Tuesday 12:00 - 01:00 Harvest Seasonal Grill & Wine Bar 13. Eau Gallie Tuesday 12:15 - 13:30 Intracoastal Brewing Company 14. Fort Pierce Thursday 12:00 Pelican Yacht Club 15. Indialantic Wednesday 12:15 - 13:30 Eau Gallie Yacht Club 16. Jupiter-Tequesta Tuesday 12:00 - 13:15 Mangrove Bay 17. Lake Worth Wednesday 12:00 - 13:30 Brogue's Down Under 18. Melbourne Thursday 18:00 Iron Oak Post 19. Melbourne Beach Tuesday 07:30 - 08:30 Ocean Side Pizza Melbourne Beach in Melbourne Beach 1st-3rd Tuesday of each month. Fourth and Fifth Tuesdays -- no breakfast meeting. Check Facebook page for 4th/5th week info 20. Merritt Island Thursday 17:15 - 18:30 The Island Tiki Grill. Upstairs at the Island Lincoln-Mercury Dealership. We meet on the 1st Thursday of the month and 3rd Thursday of the month. Please make note of the meeting times. Just twice a month. 21. Merritt Island-Breakfast Wednesday 07:15 - 08:00 Victoria's Restaurant 22. North Brevard Wednesday 18:00 - 19:00 Beef O'Brady's 23. Okeechobee Tuesday 12:00 - 13:00 Golden Corral Restaurant 24. Orchid Island Wednesday 12:00 Vero Beach Country Club 25. Pahokee Thursday 08:00 - 09:00 First United Methodist Church of Pahokee 26. Palm Bay Thursday 12:15 - 13:30 The Broken Barrel 27. Palm Beach Thursday 12:15 - 13:30 The Chesterfield Hotel, Palm Beach 28. Palm Beach/Flagler Tuesday 07:45 - 09:00 The Chesterfield Hotel, Palm Beach 29. Port St. Lucie Tuesday 12:15 19th Hole at The Saints Golf Course 30. Port St. Lucie Sunset Tuesday 17:30 - 19:00 PGA Golf Club 31. Rockledge Thursday 07:15 - 08:30 Twisted Burch 32. Royal Palm Beach Thursday 07:30 - 08:30 Pirates Well 33. Sebastian Thursday 12:15 - 13:15 Captain Butcher's 34. Singer Island Friday 12:15 Sailfish Marina 35. Stuart Wednesday 12:00 The Dolphin Bar & Shrimp House 36. Stuart-Sunrise Thursday 07:30 Monarch Country Club 37. Suntree Friday 07:30 Suntree Country Club 38. The Northern Palm Beaches Tuesday 07:30 - 08:30 The first and second Tuesdays at the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel, Palm Beach Gardens 39. Titusville Thursday 12:00 - 13:00 LaCita Golf & Country Club 40. Titusville-Sunrise Tuesday 07:15 River Lanes 41. Vero Beach Thursday 12:00 Vero Beach Yacht Club 42. Vero Beach Oceanside Tuesday 17:30 - 19:00 Italian American Club The River House 43. Vero Beach Sunrise Wednesday 07:00 - 08:00 44. Viera Wednesday 12:00 - 13:00 Tequila Azul 45. Wellington Thursday 12:15 - 13:30 Wanderers Club Okeechobee Steak House 46. West Palm Beach Tuesday 12:00 - 13:00 Cohen Pavilion, Kravis Center February 2019 * Quest Magazine
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INTERNATIONAL CORNER
2019-20 presidential theme: Rotary Connects the World
Rotary International President-elect Mark Daniel Maloney explained his vision for building a stronger Rotary, calling on leaders to expand connections to their communities and to embrace innovative membership models. A member of the Rotary Club of Decatur, Alabama, USA, Maloney unveiled the 2019-20 presidential theme, Rotary Connects the World, to incoming district governors at Rotary’s annual training event, the International Assembly, in San Diego, California, USA.
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Rotary Youth Exchange students share stories and ideas with students from a high school for the deaf Rotary Youth Exchange is my favorite Rotary program. From my experience, I found the challenges of Youth Exchange are fairly universal. Among these, I believe one of the most important is connecting the students’ exchange year with Rotary’s mission of providing service. My district hosted about 35 exchange students in 2017-18, seven of which were in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, in northeast Brazil. The other students came from Canada, Denmark, Finland, Belgium, Germany, Taiwan, and Poland. At the beginning of the year, I started to think of ways we could add more social value to their exchange year. I came up with the idea of having the exchange students visit a local high school for the deaf. The deaf students belong to a Rotary Community Corps sponsored by the Rotary Club of Natal. The exchange students talk about life and culture in their home countries, and all the students learned the John Lennon song “Imagine” together in Brazilian Sign Language. Over the period of two months, this initiative had a great impact on everyone. I realized that the exchange 14
students we were hosting had the extra challenge of not only learning Portuguese, but also a completely different form of communication, sign language. They became more sensitive to the circumstances of young deaf students. Brazilian deaf students have never before had the opportunity to meet students from other parts of the world. Both groups learned a lot about each other and about inclusion. For that period of two months, exchange students, deaf students, Rotarians, and staff at the school were all speaking the same language – one of tolerance, respect, and love. I received a lot of positive feedback when I shared our example at the 38th meeting of Brazilian Youth Exchange Officers later in the year. We had youth exchange officers not only from Brazil, but also other countries like the United States, Denmark, Mexico, and the Netherlands. I am very excited to repeat the project with exchange students we host this year (2018-19). By Daladiana Cunha Lima, co-chair of the Youth Exchange committee for District 4500 (Brazil) Quest Magazine * Edition 07
How to create your own Instagram story As a social media team here at Rotary headquarters, we are encouraged to see a growing number of clubs adopt social media to promote Rotary and tell their stories. We realize that keeping up with all the changes to social media can be challenging. So I wanted to share one of the exciting new features we have been using to tell An Instagram story Rotary’s story, and give about Miles to End Polio you a few tips for using sound on and creating your own. Instagram stories are any piece of vertical content, either a photo or video or text, that disappear about 24 hours after you create it, similar to Snapchat. You can extend how long a story is viewable by adding it to your highlights. Stories tend to get more engagement than your regular grid posts, making them a powerful publicity tool. Here’s how you do it: First, open up the Instagram app on your mobile. (If you don’t have it already installed, you can download it from the Apple App Store, Google Play for Android, or App for Windows Phone Store.) Click either the camera icon or the Your Story profile near the top of your screen. Select a photo from your existing gallery (icon on the bottom left), take a new photo or video, or scroll through the options at the bottom of your screen to add “type.” You may have noticed that in addition to type, there are other options you can select such as Rewind, which allows you to play videos in reverse; and Boomerang, which captures a short burst of video and loops it backwards and forwards. February 2019 * Quest Magazine
These tools are fun and creative, so play around with them. For Boomerang, I have found they work best with half rotations. For instance, I went to the archery range and had my husband shoot a Boomerang as the arrow left the bowstring. The final product looped the arrow off the string and back. If he had shot the arrow going all the way to the target, it would have been too fast and wouldn’t have looked as good. Now that you have your desired content, click on the square smiley face in the upper right to bring up a variety of additional features that will enhance your story. Here are a few creative ones to try: * Poll – good for having your followers cast a vote. In a recent story, we had followers choose between their interest in different types of Rotarian fellowships like surfing vs. yoga or cycling vs. chess. * Questions – good for getting follower feedback or crowd sourcing opinions. We use this feature ahead of live interviews like with President Barry Rassin to gather questions Rotarians would like us to ask him on camera. * Gif – there’s a gif for almost any search term. We particularly like using gifs to animate photos; for instance: adding bicycle gifs to the Miles to End Polio story made those photos come to life. * Countdown – get your followers excited with a countdown to big events like the Rotary Convention, district conferences, or even your next club meeting. I entered 1 June for Rotary’s annual convention and it auto calculates how many days are left from now until then! * Hashtag – be sure to include #peopleofaction in your stories as part of our public image campaign. The social team monitors new uses of the hashtag to look for club content to re-post. But if you don’t tag your work, we won’t see it. A bit of advice on layout. All these features sit on top of your content. Stick to blank spaces around your photo, and avoid covering a face or placing a feature at the very top where your account information will block it. Social media is meant to be fun! Don’t be afraid to experiment with these new features and see how your followers respond. By Ashley Demma, social & digital specialist for Rotary International 15
Hamburg Is Waiting For You Join thousands of Rotary members in Hamburg for the opportunity of a lifetime at the Rotary International Convention, 1-5 June. Attend general sessions to hear the latest news from Rotary senior leaders, learn new skills and engage in absorbing discussions at our breakout sessions, and take in the local culture both at the House of Friendship and at exciting host-ticketed events, which offer something fun for everyone. Hamburg, known as the gateway to the world, is an eco-friendly city that offers many easy and affordable transportation options. Plan to extend your stay so that you can explore all that Europe has to offer. Preregistration savings end 31 March. Don’t wait — register today and Capture the Moment at Rotary’s biggest event of the year.
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Peace in Action: Join US in promoting the 2020 Rotary Peace The 2020 Rotary Peace Fellowship application is now available. This fully funded fellowship provides peace and development leaders with the knowledge, skills, and networks they need to advance their peacebuilding careers. Help us publicize this incredible opportunity! Here are some resources for promoting the program and recruiting candidates: * Share our new promotional video. * Circulate the fellowship announcement to your contacts. * Do you know someone who could benefit from our program? Submit a name and email with our referral form, and we’ll follow up with them. * See the application page for an overview of the process and read the steps to becoming a peace fellow. * Follow us on the Rotary Peace Centers Facebook page and share our fellowship updates on your own pages. * Rotarians, take the courses All About the Rotary Peace Fellowship and The Role of the District to learn everything you need to know about the fellowship. Interested candidates must apply to their districts by 31 May. Districts need to submit endorsed applications to The Rotary Foundation by 1 July. Learn more about the district interview and endorsement process.
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HEART Valentine’s Day 2019 On or around Valentine’s Day 2019, all clubs in our Zone 34 are being asked to engage in a hunger project and ‘Rise Against Hunger’. Each club may decide for itself how it wants to participate. It could be something as simple as donating money to an established hunger program, to organizing a full-fledged meal event as a club service project. This is first and foremost an effort to put food on an empty plate, to fill an empty stomach, to bring a ray of hope to the hungry. It is also a chance for us to show thousands of communities throughout our Zone what Rotarians can do when we are Inspired to Rise Against Hunger
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POLIO CORNER
Rotarians participate in the El Tour de Tucson in Arizona, USA, in 2016
Looking back at 10 years of riding to end polio
Roughly 10 years ago, Rotarian
Michael J. Harris of the Casas Adobes Rotary was debating ways to help small Rotary clubs take advantage of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s 2:1 match for contributions to PolioPlus. For some time, Mike had also lobbied Perimeter Bicycling to allow Rotary to field a team in El Tour de Tucson as one of the ride’s “beneficiaries.” He thought that would be a great opportunity for clubs large or small. Mike could not have imagined what his pet project would become. Or, knowing Mike, maybe he could. Mike left us in 2011—way too early, and too soon to see his dream bear fruit. Ten years ago a loose association of Rotarians fielded a team that rode in El Tour and raised about $10,000, or $30,000 if you include the Gates match. Fast forward to November 2018. Eighty-five cyclists came to Tucson from as far away as France and Australia to Ride to End Polio and teams from as far away as Mongolia participated on stationary bikes in homes and gyms around the world. All told the 2018 participants raised $5,732,550 February 2019 * Quest Magazine
including the match. Cumulatively since Mike birthed the concept the ride has raised over $53.3 million. It is hard to know the impact of the ride, but it is safe to say there are a lot of children walking around today that need not fear this terrible disease as a result of what the district has achieved. During the past decade the Ride to End Polio has gained in popularity and notoriety. Since 2012, Rotary’s General Secretary John Hewko has participated in the ride and his global reach supercharged our fundraising. In fact, in a tribute to his fundraising success, the 2013 El Tour de Tucson named John as the Dedication Recipient. Cyclists have joined us in Tucson from the Philippines, Germany, Canada, France, Brazil and Australia and from a dozen states. Several years ago Darrell Stewart and Chris Harris collaborated to produce what is known as “the Harris Trophy.” Each year the most successful fundraisers’ names are engraved on the trophy, which sits just outside the office of the General Secretary at Rotary headquarters in
Evanston, Illinois. The Ride to End Polio is nothing without the many volunteers that contribute to the effort. A volunteer committee plans and manages the ride each year. The Marana Rotary coordinates the aid station that serves thousands of cyclists looking for a drink, a snack or someone to hold their bike while they take a quick break. Other volunteers staff a booth at the El Tour finish line providing food, drink, massage, and a seat in the shade for weary cyclists. Most agree that the Ride to End Polio has evolved into one of the most successful single fund-raising events in the history of Rotary. While we cannot make that claim with certainty, what is certain is that District 5500 and the Ride to End Polio have made an enormous contribution to the eradication of polio and to the elimination of suffering in the world. By Gary Hirsch, a member of the Rotary Club of Tucson, Arizona, USA The Harris Trophy contains names of the most successful fundraisers
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DELRAY BEACH
CLUBS CORNER
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CELEBRATES 30TH ANNIVERSARY * 1998-99 – The Club helps sponsor the Citrus Bowl football game to benefit the Buoniconti Foundation. A fundraiser is held at Vero’s annual Autumn in the Park event, but ends prematurely because “the health department shut us down – no running water” * 2000-01 – The Club begins its support, with both money and manpower, of Rotary’s Camp Florida, in Brandon. It was, back then, a new facility designed to give children with special needs a meaningful camping experience. * 2001-02 – Joyce Kober is installed as the Club’s first, but not its last, woman President. The Club begins plans for the redesign and restoration of the Rotary Fountain at Pocahontas Park. Originally erected in 1931 to honor Vero Beach Rotary Club founder and Charter President Dr. C.H. Pettibone, it had been replaced and then fallen into disrepair. * 2003-04 – A long standing sister club relationship The provisional club is developed with began holding regular the Rotary Club meetings at the Golden of Pretoria, South Corral. They frequently Africa. featured a speaker, “most * 2004-05 – The of whom were awake by the Club receives both time breakfast was over and its first District it was time to speak”. The Grant and Rotary new organization grew and Foundation Grant, prospered and received its both intended for charter from Rotary projects in Pretoria International on February 15, in connection with 1989. Next Month, on March our sister club. 25, 32 new Sunrise Rotarians * 2005-06 – The gathered at the Best Western Rotary Fountain Vero Beach as Governor Phil project is presented the Club’s Charter completed as a to Charter President Jim joint effort among Thompson. President Jim all Vero Beach had a brief tenure, (during Rotary Clubs as which one member resigned their Rotary “because all you guys do is Charter Members. L to R: Joe Conrado, Centennial Project. eat breakfast”) as he handed Tim Schmidt, Jim Thompson, Billy Halliday, * 2006-07 – the gavel to his successor on Dr. John Rogers, Larry Labadie Charter Member July 1 when the new Rotary Larry Labadie Year began. But the new serves as Sunrise club was off and running, Rotary’s first District 6930 Governor. with many members new to Rotary and learning to be * 2007-08 – Three Club members travel to Peru with Rotarians. donated medical equipment as part of Operation Cure’s cleft lip project. Vero Beach Sunrise Rotary Club… * 2008-09 – Growth continues, slow but steady, as highlights through the years: membership reached a new high of 52 on the Club’s 20th anniversary. * 1992-93 – The Club adopts its motto…”For the Young, the * 2009-10 – VBSR sponsors the first Interact Club at Vero Elderly and the Environment”. The motto survives, Beach High School and participates in Vero’s first annual unchanged, to this day. Rotary Oktoberfest, raising funds for Polio Plus. Over 1,000 * 1993-94 – The Club admits Joyce Kober, its first woman member, “despite some disgruntled old timers fighting it tooth and nail”. Cont. page 25
Vero Beach Sunrise
In the late 1980’s there were two Rotary Clubs in Vero Beach,
The Rotary Clubs of Vero Beach and Vero Beach West. Both were suffering attendance problems, as many members felt that club meetings took too much time from work responsibilities. As a result the West Club, with the support of its “Mother Club” to the east began efforts to organize a breakfast club. On August 28, 1988, then District Governor Phil Gaarder (two a’s, not a typo) asked Section 7 representative Jack Sherman to help those efforts along. Accordingly, on October 12, 1988, the first organizational meeting of what was to become The Rotary Club of Vero Beach Sunrise was held at the Golden Corral Restaurant in Vero Beach at the intersection of U.S. Route 1 and 20h Street. District Governor Phil, a surprise visitor, joined 14 prospective members at the meeting and was sufficiently impressed that he declared the group a “provisional club” on the spot.
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packages of food are packed for delivery to Haiti in support of Ride to Beat Hunger. * 2010-11 - The Citrus Elementary School reading program – Sunrise Rotarians reading twice weekly to young children - begins. The first of an ongoing Dominican Republic water safety project is conducted with the installation of a water filtration system. Both programs survive and thrive to this day. * 2011-12 - Laile Fairbairn serves as the Club’s second District 6930 Governor. VBSR’s first annual Craft Brew and Wing Fest draws over 5,000 people and raises $15,000. The Club establishes its 501-C-3 Foundation, allowing it to accept tax free donations. * 2012-13 – RISSA (Rotary Initiative for Submerged Seagrass Awareness) is initiated. The Club hosts Rotary GSE Students, Exchange Students and Peace Scholars all within the same Rotary Year. * 2013-14 – Arthur Hodge serves as the Club’s third District 6930 Governor. * 2014-15 – With increasing membership and the great success of the Craft Brew and Wingfest fundraiser, Club leadership recognizes the need for tighter controls and establishes budgets and objectives for both the Club and Foundation. * 2017-18 – The Craft Brew and Wingfest sets new records, with attendance reported in excess of 15,000 and over $65,000 raised for the Club’s Foundation. Since its inception it has now raised over $230,000 for charity. * 2018-19 – In the wake of Hurricane Michael, Sunrise Rotarians purchase and fully equip a trailer with emergency supplies and send it to Panama City to be used as part of Rotary relief efforts there. It will be kept in Vero Beach, ready to roll wherever and whenever it’s needed. As with most Rotary breakfast clubs, finding a permanent home has proved difficult. The Club had long stays at the Golden Corral, Morrison’s Cafeteria, Atlantic Grill, Lobster Shanty and Grille on the Green, with briefer stays at the Indian River Medical Center, Trinity Episcopal Church, and the Vero Beach Elks and Italian American Clubs. Following some trial and error the club moved in the autumn of 2018 to Riverhouse, a beautiful city owned meeting facility on the Indian River beneath the Merrill P. Barber Memorial Bridge. A delicious breakfast is provided by our local TooJay’s Restaurant. 2019 finds the Rotary Club of Vero Beach Sunrise, led by President Linda Scott, stronger than ever with 90 members (23 women), record fundraising, and ever greater contributions to our community. During the last Rotary Year the Club donated money and / or manpower to 65 different organizations and
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initiatives. The Club will be celebrating its anniversary one day late, on February 16, as the 8th annual Craft Brew and Wingfest takes place at Royal Palm Pointe in Vero Beach. Rotarians throughout the District are invited to come celebrate with us…have a cold one, munch on some wings, enjoy great live music from 4 bands and join us in Rotary fellowship as we continue to try, now for the 31st year, to Be The Inspiration! For information about the Craft Brew and Wing Fest visit www.floridacraftbrewandwingfest.com By Bob Hyde
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SUNRISE ROTARY DOMINICAN DENTAL PROJECT Vero Beach Sunrise Rotary Club’s International Director, Rick L. Root, DMD, recently returned with his Rotary Dental Project team from Puerto Plata (La Colorada), Dominican Republic (DR). This was their fourth annual trip to provide dental care to an impoverished area of the DR. This trip included four dentists, one hygienist, five dental assistants and four logistical support volunteers. Over 425 dental procedures were completed on 159 patients over three days. The value of the dental treatment provided was $72,320.00. Robert Hildreth, a member of the Puerto Plata Dominican rotary Club coordinated the logistics at the site. He, along with local Rotary Community Core volunteers, fabricated six plywood adjustable dental chairs for the project. He also supplied two generators (there is no electric in the village), and donated a new compressor to power the portable, self-contained, dental units. In addition, Bob supervised the sterilization station at the dental site. Propane burners were used which heated water in pressure cookers to sterilize instruments. The Dominican Rotary Community Core volunteers worked the sterilization station, helped with crowd control, translation, as well as set up and break down. One Community Core volunteer even stayed all night at the site to protect the dental equipment! The 2018 Sunrise Dental Project included Vero Beach Sunrise Rotary members Jane Burton, Laile Fairbairn and Rick L. Root, DMD. Dr. Jim Hart, a Rotarian dentist from Cleburne, Texas, also participated in the project. This year, additional manpower and logistical support was donated by Treasure Coast Community Health (TCCH, a local non-profit health care association), who sent down two dentists, one hygienist and two assistants. They also provided transportation to and from the Miami International Airport for the entire team. Financial support came from the Vero Beach Sunrise Rotary Foundation, Vero Beach Rotary Club District 6930 matching grants, a private donation from Sunrise Rotarian Lundy Lundmark, TCCH and from the dentists’ personal funds. The Christian Dental Society (CDS), of which Dr. Root is a member, provides services every year that are essential to the dental projects’ success. First, the CDS loans portable dental equipment and instruments on a reduced cost basis. Just as importantly, as patient safety and quality care are cornerstones of the endeavor, the CDS provides optional quality and operational standards that make the mission safer and more efficient. These standards assure first class care in spite of treating patients in a third world country.
Dr. Rick Root is given an honorary citizenship by "Major" Francisco Garcias Nuñez
Dr. Rick Root with his technician Jolie Wake and one happy patient
Dr. Root and Vero Beach Sunrise rotary hope to continue providing quality dental care to the indigent residents of La Colorada. To do this, we will need ongoing financial and manpower support. If you or your rotary Club are interested in offering assistance, or have a question concerning the project, contact Dr. Root at ricklrootdmd@gmail.com. For more information on this and other projects that Sunrise Rotary Vero Beach does, visit a meeting any Wednesday morning at 6:45am at the Riverhouse at 305 Acacia Dr., www.sunriserotaryverobeach.org or visit our facebook page www. facebook.com/sunriseRotaryVB.
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West Palm Beach Rotary Club Charity Fund and Palm Beach County Food Bank present…
FEED PALM BEACH COUNTY DAY 2019 6th Annual Event to Feed Hungry Children and Families in Palm Beach County
WEST PALM BEACH
Volunteer with Your Friends, Family and Colleagues! Families, Couples, Individuals, Businesses, Organizations Welcome
Gaines Park
Saturday, March 30, 2019 1501 North Australian Avenue
West Palm Beach
Last year we packed almost 115,000 meals… Together we will pack even more! To volunteer go to http://vhub.at/fpbcd Packing Meals (2 shifts-250 vols per shift): 8:30am to 11:00am or 11:30am to 2:00pm 6:30am to 10:30am Set Up/Food to Tables(25 vols): 10:15am to 3:00pm Food to Tables/Clean Up(15 vols): FYI…approx. 15-30 minutes of each shift is registration and orientation
Hunger in Palm Beach County
60%+ PBC public school children qualify for free or reduced lunches 157,000+ PBC residents depend on federal food assistance for daily sustenance To become a 2019 sponsor call Tony Lofaso, FPBCD Coordinator at 561-689-6775.
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6TH ANNUAL FEED PALM BEACH COUNTY DAY 3.30.19 SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES SPONSORSHIPS PRESENTING
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK EXCLUSIVE PER INDUSTRY
CORPORATE LEADER
PLAQUE
$15,000 $10,000
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NAME ON NAME IN NAME NAME ON PRE-EVENT POST-EVENT PRESENTED AT BANNER MATERIALS MATERIALS ORIENTATION S
NAME ON SPONSOR BOARD
CERTIFFICATE OF THANKS
GOLD $2,500 SILVER $1,500 BRONZE $1,000 COPPER $500 BRASS $250 FRIEND $100 PLEASE FAX OR MAIL THIS FORM BY FEBRUARY 28.---------------------YES! I (WE) WANT TO BE A PART OF FEED PALM BEACH COUNTY DAY 2019! Options: mail or fax this form. Check made payable to West Palm Beach Rotary Club Charity Fund PLATINUM
EXCLUSIVE PER INDUSTRY
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Please complete the following: SPONSORSHIP
___PRESENTING ___CORPORATE ___PLATINUM ____GOLD ____SILVER ____BRONZE ____COPPER ____BRASS ____FRIEND
CONTACT NAME
COMPANY/GROUP (if applicable)
SPONSORSHIP NAME STREET ADDRESS CITY, STATE, ZIP
TELEPHONE NUMBER EMAIL
. 1. Mail this sponsorship form and check to Rotary Club of West Palm Beach, 5652 Corporate Way, WPB, FL 33407. 2. Fax this sponsorship form to 561.689.9710 and mail check to the above address. Note in memo - FPBCD.
For more information on how you or your group can volunteer, call Maryann at 561-262-4541 or info@rotarywestpalmbeach.org. West Palm Beach Rotary Club Charity Fund is a 501 (c)3 non-profit corporation. Contributions are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law. Only the value of a donation in excess of benefits, goods and/or services received is considered a tax-deductible contribution. Federal ID # 59-1002972. A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF WEST PALM BEACH CHARITY FUND CH3733, MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL FREE 1-800-435-7352 WITHIN THE STATE OF FLORIDA OR VISITING WWW.800HELPFLA.COM. REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE.
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Rotary Clubs of Indian River
HOPE RESALE BOUTIQUE PARTNERS WITH ROTARY It didn’t take long for the Rotary Club of Vero Beach to realize that its charities and community projects could benefit from a partnership with the Hope Resale Boutique. It also didn’t take long for the Boutique thrift store to realize that they too could benefit from Rotary’s strength in numbers and ability to spread the word about the store. Hope Resale Boutique is located at 8860 North U.S. Highway #1 in Wabasso (a few blocks north of CR510). The Boutique is a popular thrift store that collects and sells gently used, quality resale goods. Now, all five of the Rotary Clubs in Indian River County receive 100% of the net proceeds from the store. The partnership has become a “Win-Win” for all parties involved, with Rotary distributing funds to charities and projects that support Rotary goals throughout IRC. The idea was conceived by John Meikle, a member of the Rotary Club of Vero Beach (Vero’s first Rotary club, established in 1926). He and Michael Kanuka, President of the Club, often meet to brainstorm ideas for club activities and fundraisers. Several ideas were tossed around, but the possibility of an alignment of their Club and the Boutique clicked. This was good timing, because the Club recently elected to terminate its main fundraiser, the Twisted Tail Ribfest. For three years, the Ribfest was successful monetarily, but the two-day event was a 5-month full time job for several volunteers. In addition, the Club was apprehensive about adverse effects on the community and its residents (thousands of plastic cups/containers that consumers often did not recycle, but rather mixed with BBQ grease and other food products, not to mention the consumption of
processed, high fat animal products). Meikle, owner of a real estate management company, also manages properties for Warren Schwerin, a retired real estate executive who has a home in Vero Beach. Schwerin, a philanthropist, supporter of several charitable causes, and Trustee of the Foundation that owns the Boutique, loved the idea of having the store benefit from Rotary’s outreach. By spreading the word among members from the local Rotary Clubs, more residents and visitors can learn about the store, bring their resale goods there, and have a better understanding of all the good things that Rotary is doing in the community. The more popular the store, the more funds can be raised for local charities and projects, such as 32
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Kanuka brought the idea to Rotary International, the Rotary District, and the four other Clubs in Indian River County. The positive feedback lead to the signing of an agreement that was recently put in place between the Boutique and the Rotary Clubs. A large sign was created and erected in front of the store along U.S. Highway #1, which advertises the collaboration among the Rotary Clubs and the Boutique. The Boutique continues to independently manage the store, while Rotary manages the distribution of proceeds to local charities, including the Daisy Hope Community Center (after which the Boutique was named when it opened in 2009). Those wishing to volunteer at the Boutique or require large furniture items to be picked-up, should contact Colleen Flaherty, Store Manager, at (772) 918-4640. Charities wishing to apply for grant funds and those interested in Rotary membership are welcome to contact one of the IRC Rotary Clubs. All
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are invited to attend a ROTARY DAYS event to celebrate the Hope Resale Boutique/ Rotary Partnership on Saturday, April 13 from 10:00am – 2:00pm. Bring your gently used merchandise and furniture and come shop at the store. All five County Rotary Clubs will be in attendance, answering questions about their clubs and programs that benefit the local community. By Michael Kanuka
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OPAL The Rotary of Boca Raton held its 21st Annual OPAL (Outstanding People And Leaders) Awards Dinner.
BOCA RATON
Boca came together to honor eight standouts and collectively raised $220,000 at the 21st annual OPAL Awards. “Because of nights like this, we’re able to provide scholarships,” OPAL cochairman and auctioneer Neil Saffer told 360 supporters at Boca West Country Club. The Rotary Club of Boca Raton honors Outstanding People and Leaders to raise funds for scholarships and mentoring. By Robert S Weinroth
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ROTARACT CORNER
The best way to find yourself
Sebaggala takes part in a service project Common wisdom tells us that when you help someone else, you help yourself. But what does that mean? What does it mean to find yourself, or for that matter lose yourself? In the busy world we live in, we are becoming more and more isolated from our friends, neighbors, and family. I believe that by using our time and talents to help people, we can reverse that trend. I believe that there is value in being connected to other people, and the volunteers I meet professionally and every day through my Rotaract club continuously strengthen this belief. The happiness that I see radiating out of our volunteers when I meet them is beautiful. They have a glow from doing something that makes a difference in other people’s lives that you could never achieve by living only for yourself. Connecting with others is ultimately how we learn about who we really are ourselves, it’s what guides us to find ourselves. Volunteering to benefit the people around you, in my mind, is the ultimate way to connect with others. Through using your time and talents to serve others you can gain many benefits, both tangible and intangible. You gain valuable work experience, learn new skills, earn job references, have opportunities to explore career possibilities, improve communication skills, earn academic credit, and broaden your personal and professional networks. In addition to this, the intangible benefits you can gain are endless. You will increase your understanding of your communities and the people in them and you will begin to feel that you are truly making a difference in the lives of others. Whatever it is that you are looking for in your volunteering experience, Rotaract is a great place to use your gifts and talents. Contact a Rotaract club near you. By Younis Sebaggala, professional leadership and development chair and president-elect of the Rotaract Club of Kampala North, Uganda February 2019 * Quest Magazine
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INTERACT CORNER
What Fairwold is saying about Interact “It means a lot to me because I get to help the community and the homeless. This includes planting trees, and helping older people at Genesis Healthcare.” - Josh H, Interactor 2012-2015, 2018 to present
Fairwold Academy serves children that need emotional support from throughout the area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. The opportunities we are able to provide these students are amazing. Our members have designed and sold tree certificates to raise money to purchase and plant thousands of trees in our local nature preserves. Our original recycling project, Plastic Planet Savers, won a sustainability award at Temple University’s EarthFest celebration a few years ago. And the club has earned the Presidential Citation from Rotary International each of the past three years. But better than all of that is what they say about how Interact is shaping their lives. Here is just a sampling: “I was an angry, hyperactive teen with low reading comprehension. They turned my anger into passion, harnessed my hyperactivity into creativity. They put me on a podium to hone my skills of reading and public speaking. I wouldn’t be the man I am today without the knowledge I learned from the people of Rotary, and the mentors from my time in Wordsworth Interact Club.” - Chris Perkins, Interact President “Interact Club is well needed! It helps bring smiles, and makes the world brighter, one project at a time.” - Destine R, Interactor since 2015 “The Interact Club makes me happy to help other people, be responsible, and it makes me feel part of a team.” - William B, Interactor since 2018
“I like Interact because I get to help plant trees and support the environment. I like Interact because we get to help people that need support, and I like Interact because I get to bond and work with my fellow Interactors!” - Sean H, Interactor since 2018 “Being a member of Interact has been a wonderful experience, in which I have been able to give back to the community through numerous service projects. These included preparing and planting trees in preserved areas; spreading warmth at homeless shelters in downtown Philadelphia, educating people regarding recycling and the environment at EarthFest, and countless other projects! Because of Interact, every year I give back to numerous charities.” - Samuel Steiner, Interactor 2011-2014 “I planted two trees today, one in honor of my father, who passed away last July, and one in honor of my aunt, who passed away the day before yesterday. It brought a lot of warmth, and joy to my heart!” - Leigh DeTato, Ambler Rotarian “Over the last several years it has been my pleasure watching and being a part of the development of our students who are active members of the Fairwold Interact Club. Our Interactors have certainly lived and demonstrated their ability to live the motto of Rotary International ‘Service Above Self. I am just so PROUD.” - Dick Target, Ambler Rotarian, Interact club mentor since 2013
“Rotary Club makes a world of difference. I like to help people. I like Rotary Club because it helps people out!” By Steve Bass, Fairwold Interact Club advisor - Johnathan B, Interactor since 2016 February 2019 * Quest Magazine
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ROTARY CELEBRATES 114 YEARS IN SERVICE On February 23, 2019 Rotary will celebrate 114 years in service to others. It all began with these gentlemen‌
The first 4 Rotarians -
The first 4 Rotarians Gustavus Loehr (L), Silvester Schiele, Hiram Shorey and Paul Harris, circa 1905-1912.
"The Rotary Way Works! But Rotary has no patent on it, for it is but the Golden Rule in action. Any person, any nation, can apply it by displacing negative hatred and fear with goodwill based upon understanding. Peace among nations is not impossible of attainment; they can find peace if they will," Paul P. Harris, January 1946. By Rotary International
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