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Quest Rotary District 6930
The Official District Magazine
YOUNG PROFESSIONALS AND ROTARY
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8,000 KILOMETERS TO PEACE
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Contributors Governor Eric Gordon Donna Gaiser
BOCA RATON FC & END POLIO NOW CAMPAIGN
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Richard Hattwick Mathieu Daquin Betsy Owen Kenyetta Haywood Cynthia Pelicas Scherpf
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Governor Message
Young Professionals and Rotary As we look to revitalize our clubs with younger members ask yourselves this question. How will you make room for the next generation of young professionals and volunteers in your clubs?
What should older Rotary members understand about young people? A major difference is the way they connect. The greatest advantage of social media is that it allows younger people not only to share meeting and project details but also to communicate with clubs around the world. Their spirit of community service is no different from that of older generations; they just have different methods. Young professionals are results-driven, move quickly — some might think too quickly, want to feel that their work has purpose when they participate in something, and get frustrated when ideas aren’t considered just because they’re unfamiliar. The workplace has changed a lot: People commute longer distances or take a pay cut to work from home and spend more time with family. Young Professionals are protective of their spare time and less willing to tolerate wasted time, like spending time in costly meetings discussing information that could be shared through email. Regardless of generation, gender, or vocation, their most valuable resource is the time the can give to Rotary and one another. If you want to recruit younger members, you need to remember that Rotary has the power to make great leaders. There are so many young people who have the time and the passion to make a difference in the world — they just need Rotarians to believe in them and give them that opportunity. Young professionals have a lot of energy and passion and a burning desire to make a difference. They don’t want to be patronized or micromanaged. They will tolerate positive club traditions and different ways of serving, even if some projects don’t particularly excite them. But Rotarians shouldn’t be too critical of a young person trying a new approach. It’ll be a different leadership style because they don’t have 30 years of experience, but be constructive: Rotary provides an incredible vehicle for them to learn and grow, and they are hungry for the wisdom and experience of older Rotarians. Remember, working together we can make it happen! Yours in Rotary Service,
Eric Gordon District Governor Quest Edition 10
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District Leadership
District Governor Gordon, Eric (Eric) Office: 561-308-9305 Club: Royal Palm Beach
PolioPlus Chair Owen, Frances Virgin (Betsy & Mike) Office: Club: Delray Beach
District Treasurer Herschbein, Ira (Ira) Office: 561-287-4312 Club: Boca Raton Sunrise
DG-Elect Freudenberg, David (Dave & Pat) Office: Club: Downtown Boca Raton
District Secretary Miller, Jeanette K (Jeanette) Office: 863-763-7711 Club: Okeechobee
DG-Nominee Babbitt, Julia (Julia & Clint) Office: Club: Indialantic
Public Image Kaye, Jon A (Jon) Office: 561-3925166 Club: Downtown Boca Raton
iPDG Burkett, B. Eugene (Gene) Office: 321-631-0383 Club: Merritt Island
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DG-Nominee Designate Gaiser, Donna (Donna & Carl) Office: Club: Okeechobee
Asst Governor (Area 1) Fertel, Stanley M. (Stanley) Office: Club: Boca Raton Sunrise
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Asst Governor (Area 2) Etzler, Candace (Candace & Emil) Office: 561-398-4403 Club: Delray Beach
Asst Governor (Area 3) Walker, Barnie G. Jr. (Barnie) Office: 561-422-2021 Club: Pahokee
Asst Governor (Area 4) Kollmer, Marianne B. (Marianne) Office: Club: Jupiter-Tequesta
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Asst Governor (Area 7) Gingras, Marc (Marc) Office: Club: Sebastian
Asst Governor (Area 8) Sutter, Richard Daniel (Rich) Office: 321-723-3352 Club: Eau Gallie
Asst Governor (Area 9) Mulberry, Brenda (Brenda) Office: 321-453-7453 Club: Cocoa Beach
Asst Governor (Area 5) Tobin, Patricia A. (Pat) Office: Club: Stuart Rotary Club, Inc
Asst Governor (Area 10) Angel, Baerbel (Babs) Office: Club: Titusville-Sunrise
Asst Governor (Area 6) Gaiser, Donna (Donna) Office: Club: Okeechobee
Membership Chair Hodge, Arthur W (Arthur) Office: 772-778-3910 Club: Vero Beach Sunrise
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District Rotary Foundation Chair Ortega, Juan F. (Juanfer) Office: 561-537-4504 Club: Wellington
Vocational Service Chair Hattwick, Richard (Dick) Office: Club: Lake Worth
RI Convention Promoter Asch, Christina (Christina) Office: 321-267-3376 Club: Titusville-Sunrise
DCO-District Comm. Officer Thorne-Shearer, Betty L. (Betty) Office: 772-971-5720 Club: Port St. Lucie
Newsletter Editor Heizer, Dini Mancebo (Dini) Office: Club: Boca Raton West
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Youth Service Chair Susin, Matthew (Matt) Office: 321 726 6550 Club: Suntree
Trainer Sutton, Carol (Carol) Office: Club: Northern Palm Beaches
Matching Grants Chair Lustig, Philip Harry III (Phil) Office: 561-212-6554 Club: Boca Raton Sunset
Literacy TF Chair Voss, Gay S. (Gay) Office: Club: Boynton Beach-Lantana
Member Walstrom, Michael F. (Michael) Office: Club: Downtown Boca Raton
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8,000 kilometers to peace Rotary members in a small town of Nova Scotia, Canada, took action to bring two families from war-torn Syria to their country, where the refugees are starting a new life. This explosion was close – much closer than the others that had rattled the village on the outskirts of Homs, Syria, where Sultanah Alchehade lived with her four young children. This one hit the school next door, blasting out one of the walls of their house. Alchehade grabbed the children and ran into the night and the choking smoke and dust. A neighbor helped her carry her three-year-old twin boys, Mounzer and Kaiss; another drove the pickup truck they all clambered into. Over the next several days, as bombs continued to fall, the family – including daughters Kawthar, age six, and Roukia, a baby – took refuge in a nearby forest, sleeping under the trees as Sultanah tried to figure out their next move. In neighboring Lebanon, Sultanah’s husband, Mazen, frantically tried to contact his wife. For years, Mazen had shuttled back and forth across the border every few weeks to do construction work on high-rise buildings in Beirut. While the jobs provided an income for his family, he says, the separation was hard. But their situation had just gotten much harder.
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With the Syrian civil war now engulfing his village, Mazen couldn’t return. And it would be four months before his wife and children could cross into Lebanon. Eventually, the family was reunited. They were alive. But they were refugees, seeking asylum in any country that would take them, hoping to get far away from the violence that had driven them, along with millions of other Syrians, into foreign lands. The Alchehade family registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the agency responsible for resettling Syrian refugees, and waited. They were still in Lebanon nearly three years later. Meanwhile, 8,000 kilometers away, Rotarians in the small town of Amherst, Nova Scotia, were watching images of Syrian refugees on television and looking for ways to help. By Ryan Hyland Produced by Andrew Chudzinski Rotary International
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Why host a Rotary Peace Fellow?
Masao Mizuno meets with a Rotary Peace Fellow Hosting a Peace Fellow substantially changed my life in Rotary. Since joining Rotary, I have been running a company that imports industrial tools, mostly from Israel and Europe, so I am familiar with talking to people from other countries. My initial purpose for joining Rotary was to make local friends and expand my network. However, I began to think about peace more seriously after running a joint venture with an Israeli company. After seven years in my club, I took a position on our club’s Rotary Foundation committee, and heard about the Rotary Peace Fellowship program. Getting involved seemed like the right thing to do.
Most of the Peace Fellows are well experienced in both studying and travelling. When I talk to them, I feel relaxed and encouraged. Additionally, I have had many chances to meet with family members and friends of Peace Fellows as a Rotary Foundation committee member during the last two years. I have been enjoying the time I get to spend with Peace Fellows and I appreciate the opportunity to support these enthusiastic young students. By volunteering as host counselors, Rotary members share culture and build friendships with Peace Fellows. Learn more about the Rotary Peace Centers.
I met many Peace Fellows in May of 2015 as part of By Masao Mizuno, Rotary Club of Ageo West, Japan a cross-cultural trip I joined. The students were so similar to the people I work with internationally, so it Rotary Voices took only a few seconds to make friends with them.
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RLI Graduate Class - Melbourne Part I Front row: * Mike Kanuka * Bob Visconti * Els van Engelenburg * Kira Honse * Barbara DuPont Back row: * Bruce Lysne * Stuart Kennedy * Alan Frisher * Carl Fetzer * Daniel Picciolo * Ed Luty * Al Nuttall * Michael Peacock * Mark Rendell * Terry West * Wyatt Werneth * Loren Wilder
Pat II L-r: Front: * Daniel Fourmont * Art MacQueen * Jim Kusel Back: * Greg Reader * Pam O’Donnell * Carl Gaiser * Dave Freudenberg * Judith Lennox * Linda Scott * Brian Carman * Debbie Avery
* Amy Sullivan * Steve Kelley * Marcia Gaedcke * Kelly Davis * Brenda Mulberry * Michelle Baker * Claudia McCaskill * Bob McCabe * David Ryan * Christine Steinkrauss
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CLUBS WHICH EARNED A DISTRICT LITERACY AWARD 2016-2017 1. RC of Boca Raton ( Exemplary) 2. RC of Boca Raton Sunrise ( Exemplary) 3. RC of Boca Raton Sunset – (Exemplary) 4. RC of Boca Raton West – (Exemplary) 5. RC of Downtown Boca Raton –(Exemplary) 6. RC of Boynton Beach – Lantana – (Exemplary) 7. RC of Cocoa - (Exemplary) 8. Rotary Club of Cocoa Beach 9. RC of Cocoa Beach Daybreak – (Exemplary) 10. RC of Delray Beach – (Exemplary) 11. RC of Eau Gallie 12. RC of Fort Pierce – ( Exemplary) 13. RC of Hobe Sound/Port Salerno – (Exemplary) 14. RC of Indialantic --- (Exemplary) 15. RC of Jupiter –Tequesta --- (Exemplary) 16. RC of Lake Worth --- (Exemplary) 17. RC of Melbourne 18. RC of Melbourne Beach – (Exemplary) 19. RC of Merritt Island – (Exemplary) 20. RC of Merritt Island Breakfast - (Exemplary) 21. RC of Northern Palm Beaches - (Exemplary) 22. RC of Okeechobee – (Exemplary) 23. RC of Pahokee – ( Exemplary) 24. RC of Palm Bay – (Exemplary) 25. RC of Palm Beach –( Exemplary) 26. RC of Palm Beach/Flagler –(Exemplary) 27. RC of Port St. Lucie – (Exemplary) 28. RC of Port St. Lucie Sunset – (Exemplary) 29. RC of Rockledge – (Exemplary) 30. RC of Royal Palm Beach – (Exemplary) 31. RC of Sebastian – (Exemplary) 32. RC of Stuart – (Exemplary) 33. RC of Stuart Sunrise – (Exemplary) 34. RC of Titusville – (Exemplary) 35. RC of Titusville Sunrise – (Exemplary) 36. RC of Vero Beach 37. RC of Vero Beach Sunrise – (Exemplary) 38. RC of Wellington – (Exemplary) 39. RC of West Palm Beach – (Exemplary)
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CLUBS WHICH EARNED A VOCATIONAL SERVICE LITERACY AWARD 2016-2017 1. RC of Boca Raton ( Exemplary) 2. RC of Boca Raton Sunrise ( Exemplary) 3. RC of Boca Raton Sunset – (Exemplary) 4. RC of Boca Raton West – (Exemplary) 5. RC of Downtown Boca Raton –(Exemplary) 6. RC of Boynton Beach – Lantana – (Exemplary) 7. RC of Cocoa - (Exemplary) 8. Rotary Club of Cocoa Beach 9. RC of Cocoa Beach Daybreak – (Exemplary) 10. RC of Delray Beach – (Exemplary) 11. RC of Eau Gallie 12. RC of Fort Pierce – ( Exemplary) 13. RC of Hobe Sound/Port Salerno – (Exemplary) 14. RC of Indialantic --- (Exemplary) 15. RC of Jupiter –Tequesta --- (Exemplary) 16. RC of Lake Worth --- (Exemplary) 17. RC of Melbourne Beach – (Exemplary) 18. RC of Merritt Island – (Exemplary) 19. RC of Merritt Island Breakfast - (Exemplary) 20. RC of Northern Palm Beaches - (Exemplary) 21. RC of Okeechobee – (Exemplary) 22. RC of Pahokee – ( Exemplary) 23. RC of Palm Bay – (Exemplary) 24. RC of Palm Beach –( Exemplary) 25. RC of Palm Beach/Flagler –(Exemplary) 26. RC of Port St. Lucie – (Exemplary) 27. RC of Port St. Lucie Sunset – (Exemplary) 28. RC of Rockledge – (Exemplary) 29. RC of Royal Palm Beach – (Exemplary) 30. RC of Sebastian – (Exemplary) 31. RC of Stuart – (Exemplary) 32. RC of Stuart Sunrise (Exemplary) 33. RC of Titusville – (Exemplary) 34. RC of Titusville Sunrise – (Exemplary) 35. RC of Vero Beach 36. RC of Vero Beach Sunrise – (Exemplary) 37. RC of Wellington – (Exemplary) 38. RC of West Palm Beach – (Exemplary) Quest Edition 10
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RC OF VERO BEACH SUNRISE AND RC OF VERO BEACH EARN VOCATIONAL SERVICE PROJECT OF THE YEAR AWARD The Rotary Club of Vero Beach Sunrise and the Rotary Club of Vero Beach earned District 6930’s VOCATIONAL SERVICE PROJECT OF THE YEAR AWARD. The clubs’ winning project involved providing dental and school support services to residents of the city of Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic. The club has sponsored this project for a number of years. A detailed description of the project will appear in a separate article in the June edition of QUEST. Kudos are also in order to the RI District Grant program and our district’s management of that program. The Vero Beach project was made possible in part by a $2,900 District Grant. The District 6930 VOCATIONAL SERVICE OF THE YEAR AWARD was instituted by PDG Juan Ortega during his year as district governor. The full list of clubs recognized by this award since its inception is: 2013-2014 RC of Boca Raton and RC of West Palm Beach for their full menu of vocational service projects covering all 5 areas of service. 2014-2015: RC of Boca Raton West for its pioneering approach to classification talks RC of Downton Boca Raton for its Honor Your Doctor Luncheon RC of Palm Beach Flagler and RC of Palm Beach for the BriteSides Road Safety Project 2015-2016 RC of Downtown Boca Raton for its Boca Raton Mayors Ball project. 2016-2017 RC of Vero Beach Sunrise and the RC of Vero Beach for the Dominican Republic Dental Clinic and Educational Aid Project. Nominations for this award can be made by any Rotarian and are selected by the districts Vocational Service Committee. Projects selected for the award are chosen for their relevance as role model projects which other clubs in the district might consider.
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RC Delray Beach
SCHOLARSHIPS On April 18, at the 39th Annual PBC Scholastic Achievement dinner at the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida ,Delray Beach Rotary President; Fred Bonardi , had the honor to present student; Katie Weltz, one of the many the Rotary scholarship awards of the 2017 Rotary year.
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RC West Palm Beach Our 4th Annual Rotary Day Celebration was held on February 21, 2017. Over 90 people attended the Reception and Awards Luncheon. During the Reception, a strings ensemble performed from U. B. Kinsey School of the Arts, one of the Club’s SDPBC’s Business Partnerships. District Governor Eric Gordon presented two awards to Club Members for distinguished service. Past President Richard E. Linn received the Club’s Service Above Self Award. Also, Jack Hairston, “Jack, The Bike Man” received the Service Above Self Award, Community Organization. Certificates were given to the Club’s four Business Partners and three groups volunteering in our W.E.C.A.R.E. Service Project (Winning Endeavors and Collaborations Achieve Reading Excellence). Luncheon guests viewed Rotary Foundation’s Centennial Video - “A Century of Doing Good in the World”. Copies of 101 Interesting Facts about Rotary International were highlighted. Also, an interesting overview of the Club’s diverse, Service Projects and Club Activities was shared.
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RC Orchid Island been a member of the VBHS Rowing Team for three years, serving as the co-captain her junior year and the head captain her senior year. She is also an accomplished pianist, earning a Superior rating on her piano solo at Florida Bandmasters Association two years in a row. Somehow, in her busy schedule, she finds time to offer her services to the community as a devoted volunteer. Over the past two years you could find Caroline in the emergency department at Indian River Medical Center, helping to transport patients to rooms. In addition, she volunteers regularly at Beachland Elementary School’s Music Department. The Rotary Club of Orchid Island is pleased to To date, during her high school career, she
announce that its April Student of the Month has spent 425 hours working as a volunteer. is Caroline Granitur from Vero Beach High Caroline credits her sister, Sydney, as the person School. who has guided her the most throughout her Caroline is the epitome of a well-rounded life. “She inspired me to work hard in school and student. She excels in academics, athletics and find my passion in extracurricular activities.” music, all while accumulating an amazing number of hours as a volunteer in her She plans to attend Simmons College in Boston this Fall where she will major community. in Political Science and Public Policy. She has achieved an outstanding 4.38 weighted We are proud to honor this talented and grade point average while challenging accomplished young woman. herself with a rigorous Advanced Placement academic course schedule including: English, Art, European History and Government. By Cynthia Pelicas Scherpf Caroline balances her academic life with a dedication to athletic competition. She has
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RC Downtown Boca Raton
Raising funds of more than $90,000 for medical and nursing school scholarships, this year’s 19thAnnual Honor Your Doctor Luncheon (HYDL) presented by the Rotary Club Downtown Boca Raton recognized more than 120 physicians and medical professionals. Attended by more than 300 in healthcare, community and civic leaders, the HYDL each year funds the Helen M. Babione Medical Scholarship that benefits medical and nursing school students attending four local universities: Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at FAU, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing at FAU, Lynn University and Palm Beach State College. By AmericanTowns.com
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BOCA RATON FC - A SOCCER TEAM & end POLIO now CAMPAIGN The Boca Raton FC supports Rotary International to bring visibility to the “End Polio Now” campaign. The club is wearing an End Polio Now strip on its uniforms throughout the 2017 season.
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Rotary is an international community that brings together leaders who step up to take on the world’s toughest challenges, locally and globally. The eradication of polio is one of Rotary’s longest standing and most significant efforts. Along with its partners, Rotary has helped immunize more than 2.5 billion children against polio in 122 countries. Rotary has helped to reduce polio cases by 99.9 percent worldwide and the organization is committed to continuing the campaign until the disease
Boca Raton Football Club has won four straight American Premier Soccer League (APSL) titles. In 2017 Boca Raton FC will compete in the APSL as well as the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) . Founded in 2015, Boca Raton has found success in its infant stages and has played international friendlies with the Jamaican National Team, The New York Cosmos, and European powerhouse, Shakhtar Donetsk. Boca Raton FC also has a HighPerformance Academy, as well as a partnership with Barcelona Elite which gives Boca Raton a complete soccer pyramid effect that starts when a child is 7 years old until they are ready to turn professional. The visibility Boca Raton FC has developed not just in south Florida but globally in the last three years will help increase the visibility of the End Polio Now campaign in strategic areas. By Kartik Krishnaiyer Boca Raton Football Club Communications Director
You are ours guest! Come to our first home game in 05/12/17 Get your FREE TICKETS, use promo code ROTARY at www.bocaratonfc.com/tickets/
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Looking for an International Project? 2016.11.17 Vocational Training in Honduras Eau Gallie Rotary Club is putting together a Global Grant to provide vocational training equipment for a school in Puerto Cortes, Honduras. The Eau Gallie Rotary Club is seeking other clubs to participate in financing the cash portion of the grant. This is an opportunity for any club to get involved in an international project with a small contribution yet learn the important aspects of how the Foundation multiplies contributions and how we can make a difference in the lives of people in other parts of the world we will never meet. The local Rotarians are fully knowledgeable about the grants system and its requirements, and have successfully applied for and completed a number of grants in the past. The total projected budget is $36,200. Eau Gallie Rotary Club needs to raise $4,600 cash to implement this project. We hope to have at least 5 clubs participate in the grant. $500 or $1,000 contributions would be great. Please contact PDG Jim Sisserson for more information on this wonderful opportunity. 2016.07.17 Rotary Family Health Days – GHANA 2016 Rotary Family Health Days is the signature program of Rotarians for Family Health & AIDS Prevention (RFHA). The program promotes healthy living and disease prevention by implementing a massive, annual campaign in four countries in Africa that provides comprehensive, free health care services tens of thousands of people in underprivileged communities. Contact RFHA President PDG Alicia Michael at alicia@rfha.org to become a partner with other Rotary Clubs and support a Global Grant.
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Rotaract Sustainable and innovative Rotaract projects earn top honors The 2017 Rotaract Outstanding Project Award recognized the Rotaract Club of the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, for launching a three-year project to improve lives in the rural community of Ranugalla. The club, which represents Rotary District 3220 (Sri Lanka), hopes to empower residents through sustainable education and economic development initiatives. During its first year, the club opened a library and science lab for the local school and helped students prepare for college entrance exams and careers. It also targeted infrastructure, bringing clean water into homes and building bridges to link neighborhoods flooded during the rainy season. To stimulate economic growth, the club opened a weaving cooperative for female entrepreneurs.
Best multidistrict project went to Rotaractors in Brazil for their campaign to combat hate crimes in online communities. More than 1,000 Rotaract members from 34 Brazilian districts planned activities during World Rotaract Week in 2016, adapting the campaign to their communities — such as partnering with a university to design a workshop series on Internet hate crimes — and using their social networks to spread messages of diversity, inclusion, and peace. This year, over 300 projects were nominated in 52 countries. The awards recognize the best single-club project, best multidistrict project, and outstanding service projects in each of six geographical regions. The best single-club project and best multidistrict project receive $500 each for future service activities and will be invited to inspire other Rotaractors at the Rotaract Preconvention in Atlanta.
“Rather than initiating a project to donate materials, we thought a project to address all the issues in the village would be much more By Sallyann Price beneficial to all,” says Chamal Kuruppu, president Young Leaders in Action of the University of Moratuwa Rotaract club. Quest Edition 10
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Hayden Hulihan
Taiwan My Bio
Hometown: Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida School: Ponte Vedra High Sponsor District: 6970 Sponsor Club: Ponte Vedra Beach Host District: 3480
Nín hǎo! My name is Hayden Hulihan and I will be going to Taiwan as a Rotary Exchange Student in 2016-2017. I am fifteen years old and was born in Jacksonville and have lived herethere all my life. Growing up I went to a catholic grade school and am currently attending Ponte Vedra High as a freshman. At school I like to help create sets for drama productions our school holds every year. At home I also enjoy to sketch, paint, and about everything else that is artistic. Books are one of my favorite pastimes. They help me relax and are always fun to read. I also enjoy doing special effects makeup on myself. It is when I create some gash or wound or even a different face structure on top of my own face to create monsters and creatures. My parents are divorced, at my dad’s I have four siblings two brothers and two sisters and at my moms I have two siblings one brother and one sister. My dad remarried about two years ago. It is fun always having company at my dad’s with all my family but, it is nice to get alone time at my mom’s. I wanted to become an exchange student because other cultures and the lifestyles of other people have always been interesting and exciting to me. Rotaty has given me the opportunity to experience it all first hand. I am so lucky that I have the privilege to go to Taiwan as a Foreign Rotaty Exchange Student!
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Journals: Hayden – Taiwan 2016-17 My first month in Taiwan has been without a doubt the best, busiest, most awe-inspiring month of my life. As soon as I stepped off the plane and into the place that I would soon call home I was met with love and hospitality. Taiwanese people pride themselves as being one of the most hospitable countries in the world.
I was the last student from my club ti arrive in Taiwan but that was no problem. It also meant that I had three days until my first day of school. The first three days flew by so quickly, everyday I would wake up early and go out with my sister and brother. As I went to bed before the first day of school I remember being terrified. I was so afarid that no one would talk to me and I would be outcasted. The day of course went much different. I first arrived at my class and our English teacher said a few words to me then asked of I would introduce myself, so I said the introduction that I had memorized in Chinese and everyone in the class br oke out in to cheers and applause. The English teacher later told me that they didn’t expect me
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I started to develop a somewhat normal routine: leaving for school at 7:00 and getting home at around 6:30-7:00 depending on the day. I have done more in Taiwan in a month than I have in three months in America.
Since I have been here I have only woken up past 7:30 on two occasiaons. Every day other than that I am always doing someting with either my family, my host club, or studying.
Thinking about what I was going to do in Taiwan I would have never guessed what my life is like now. My school is from 7:30-5:00 but most days I will stay after school and learn dances from my classmates. We will be presenting these dances to the rest of our grade in a couple weeks! Ta i w a n so far has been an amazing and eye opening experience that I wish I could share with everyone. One day I hope that RYE can provide the same amazing oppo rtunity to another student like me Mon, October 17, 2016
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CITY OF JUPITER The area where the town now sits was originally named for the Hobe Indian tribe which lived at the mouth of the Loxahatchee River, and whose name is also preserved in the name of nearby Hobe Sound. A mapmaker misunderstood the Spanish spelling “Jobe” of the Indian name “Hobe” and recorded it as “Jove”. Subsequent mapmakers further misunderstood this to be the Latin translation of the god Jupiter, and they anglicized the name from Jove to “Jupiter”. The Roman god Jupiter (or Zeus in the Greek mythology) is the chief Roman god, and god of light, of the sky and weather, and of the state and its welfare and its laws. Jupiter’s consort was Juno, inspiring a neighboring town to name itself “Juno Beach”. The most notable landmark is the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse, completed in 1860. Made of brick, it was painted red in 1910 to cover discoloration caused by humidity. Hurricane Jeanne in 2004 sandblasted the paint from the upper portion of the tower, and the tower was repainted using a potassium silicate mineral coating. The lighthouse is often used as the symbol for Jupiter.
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CURIOSITY:
the same as the pole. And my pole is a portable pole. And the state government says I can do it.»
United States flag incident In 1999, Jupiter resident George Andres wanted to display a United States flag in his front yard; however, the homeowners association had a bylaw prohibiting the display of a flagpole in the front lawn. Andres still displayed the flag, while the homeowners association went as far as foreclosing his home to cover legal fees after being in court at least twenty-eight times. Even after governor Jeb Bush visited his home along with members of the local and national media, the homeowners association refused to budge. Andres said, «Well, first they said that it was going to cost more to cut the grass around the pole, which is kind of funny. And then they told me that the flagpole was going to take away from the value of the property. And I said, well, then we should be able to take away all the trees around here, because they›re
George Andres won and was allowed to display his flag in his front lawn with the use of a flagpole. During the last week of July 2006, President George W. Bush signed the Freedom to Display the American Flag Act of 2005, allowing residents to display the flag on their residential property despite any homeowners association rules.
People from Jupiter
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Questions
1. What was the theme of RI in 1992-1993? 2. Who was the International President in that year? 3. Who was our District Governor in that year?
Answers 1. Real Happiness is Helping Others 2. Clifford L. Dochterman - Rotary Club of Moraga, California, USA 3. William J Bean (Bill Bean) - Jupiter-Tequesta
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RYLA 2017
JUST A NOTE Hey everyone, it’s been officially a week since we all met and I just wanted to say miss you guys so much!! I hope that you’ve gone back to your school as a stronger leader and a person who stands up for others. I know that we all wanted to stay at RYLA forever but getting to go back to the real world and showing everything that you’ve learned and telling others what you experienced is a blessing. I hope that you all know that you are incredible and all of you can and are making the world a better place, don’t let the RYLA spirit in you die, you are so so so powerful with it. You have a family in us, we are looking to support you in anyway that we can. If you ever need anyone to talk to, whether it’s serious or you just wanna be friends, you can text me anytime!! By Brianna Finnk
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Rotarian Story
My mom was a Polio Pioneer Since joining Rotary in 2011, I have been impressed by its commitment to eradicating polio from the world through its End Polio Now campaign. That said, polio never resonated with me as a significant cause.
children today, allowing future generations to live ignorant of polio’s long shadow. And through Rotary, every dollar contributed, every mile walked, and every teddy bear purchased goes to support that hope.
I was generally aware of polio’s impact throughout history: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the March of Dimes, iron lungs, and the polio panic here in the United States. But it wasn’t personal to me; it was something of the previous generation, abstract, to which I had no emotional investment.
As with anything, the cause or position to which we have a personal commitment is often the one we support most strongly. Personal connections make abstract issues into important concerns, but we cannot limit ourselves to trying to understand or supporting only those concerns to which we have a connection. The key, it seems, to understanding other’s concerns and (equally importantly) helping others understand yours is to tell stories.* It is not enough to share objective data or historical fact – both are important, but not entirely compelling on their own. Advocacy, through story-telling, can bridge the gap between data and engagement.
And then my mom went and showed me how wrong I was. A couple of weeks ago she handed me a small piece of cardboard and said “Since you’re in Rotary and its always talking about polio, I thought you might want this.” The cardboard was my mother’s “Polio Pioneer” card, marking her as one of hundreds of thousands of children throughout the United States who, in the summer of 1954, participated in the largest clinical trial ever conducted. For most of us born after 1954, I suspect the idea of hundreds of thousands of parents across the nation volunteering their children to test an unproven vaccine for polio is a bit mind blowing. After all, today when we hear about vaccines it is usually in the context of parents asserting the right to not vaccinate their children due to personal or religious beliefs. Yet imagine a public so overwhelmingly fearful of a disease that it offered up its children to try to stop it. Little wonder so many born before 1954 understand the need to eradicate polio, and why Rotary has embraced this as its signature cause.
So with this, I share a story I never knew I had. Thanks to my mom, I better understand why Rotary is so focused on polio and why so many see its eradication as being so important. This further cements my admiration of, and commitment to, Rotary and the great Rotarians worldwide who work so diligently to make our world a better place. By Richard J. Fox, Rotary Club of Charlotte-Shelburne, Vermont, USA
Today, parents worldwide offer up their children to be vaccinated not just out of fear of polio, but with the hope that the vaccine tested by the “Polio Pioneers” in 1954 will save their Quest Edition 10
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Editor Message
Who benefits from The Quest Magazine? Sometimes I catch myself thinking: what is the use of The Quest? A simple newsletter would be a lot easier, just putting the information that people tell me and done! Just that! However a magazine has to have a lot more material, photos, advertisement of events, etcetera. Yet on second thought.... I am the one who gains from spending so much time creating the Quest, you know why? 1.
I learn everyday something new.
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I learn more about Rotary.
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I am always connected with anything pertaining to Rotary.
4. Every city I research (Section: Local Tourism), I have the desire to move there.. they are beautiful! So much history! 5. The stories I read about our youth around the world (Section: Youth Exchange) are exciting, marvelous, and special. 6. I am improving in this art of creating this magazine that I created. 7. I am spreading the projects that every club is doing (as best as I can)! 8. The world knows about our district! This magazine can be viewed anywhere around the world, we have readers here in the USA, Egypt, Brazil, Canada, and other countries! However, who loses? 1. You, because you’re missing the opportunity to know a little about your club or your district. 2. The clubs that do not spread their projects... 3. The people who do not send me material to publicize.... 4. The clubs that don’t use or that do not utilize social media (Facebook) to show what they are doing... So I leave you all with this tip: Publicize what your club is doing! Keep you club alive! Strong Hug,
Dini Heizer
District 6930 Newsletter Editor 2014-2017 rotaryquestmagazine@gmail.com Quest Edition 10
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