The Foundation
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PDG JESS NICDAO RRFC Zone 7A
They say that what really matters in life is not what you get, but what you give. Please allow me, therefore, to express my sincerest appreciation for all the work you have been doing for Rotary, for your generous donations to the Rotary Foundation. And most of all, thank very much for the friendship and the love you share. Thank you for helping to create a future that brings the recipients of our donations and services love and peace; possibility and purpose.
Your commitment is the greatest blessing of all.
MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR in 100 LANGUAGES
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t wasn't until about 200 years after Christ's death that Christians even thought about celebrating his birth. No one knows the exact date of his birth. It is believed that December the 25th was chosen to turn people away from celebrating other holidays in this time of the year. Saturnalia, was the Romans holiday that they celebrated in December. It was a time of feasting and parties. Also, in northern Europe there was a holiday known as Yule. They celebrated this holiday by making great fires. They then would dance around the fires, yelling for the winter to end. In time, Christmas took the place of these holidays. But people kept some of the old customs -- such as burning a Yule log and having feasts and parties. The word Yule is still used as a name for the Christmas season. As time went on, new customs crept into Christmas. One was the Christmas tree, which was started in Germany. As the Germans settled in new lands they brought with them this tradition.
From the Old English ‘Cristes Mæsse’ ~ meaning the ‘mass of Christ’ ~ the story of Christmas begins with the birth of a babe in Bethlehem. Many Christmas customs are based on the birth of Christ. Such as giving presents because of the Wise Men, who brought presents to the baby Jesus. Christmas carols based on Christ's birth and scenes of the birth with figures of shepherds, the Wise Men, and animals surrounding the baby Jesus. But some of the ways people celebrate Christmas have nothing to do with Christ's birthday. Many bits of older holidays have crept into Christmas!
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s time went on, new customs crept into Christmas. One was the Christmas tree, which was started in Germany. As the Germans settled in new lands they brought with them this tradition.
In 16th-century Germany fir trees were decorated, both indoors and out, with apples, roses, gilded candies, and colored paper. In the Middle Ages, a popular religous play depicted the story of Adam and Eve’s expulsion from the Garden of Eden. A fir tree hung with apples was used to symbolize the Garden of Eden — the Paradise Tree. The play ended with the prophecy of a saviour coming, and so was often performed during the Advent season. It is held that Protestant reformer Martin Luther first adorned trees with light. While coming home one December evening, the beauty of the stars shining through the branches of a fir inspired him to recreate the effect by placing candles on the branches of a small fir tree inside his home The Christmas Tree was brought to England by Queen Victoria’s husband, Prince Albert from his native Germany. The famous Illustrated News etching in 1848, featuring the Royal Family of Victoria, Albert and their children gathered around a Christmas tree in Windsor Castle, popularized the tree throughout Victorian England. Brought to America by the Pennsylvania Germans, in the late 19th century.
Christmas in Philippines
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he only Asian nation in which Christianity is the religion chosen by the people. Christmas celebrations start nine days before Christmas with a mass known as Misa de Gallo. At this mass the story behind the birth of Christ is read from the Bible.
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ast but not least is Saint Nick. A long time ago, a bishop named Nicholas lived in what is now the country of Turkey. No one knows much about him. There are stories that he often helped children in need. Many years after his death, Nicholas was made a saint. In time, he became the patron saint of children. The origin of Santa Claus begins in the 4th century with Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, an area in present day Turkey. By all accounts St. Nicholas was a generous man, particularly devoted to children. After his death around 340 A.D. he was buried in Myra, but in 1087 Italian sailors purportedly stole his remains and removed them to Bari, Italy, greatly increasing St. Nicholas’ popularity throughout Europe. His kindness and reputation for generosity gave rise to claims he that he could perform miracles and devotion to him increased. St. Nicholas became the patron saint of Russia, where he was known by his red cape, flowing white beard, and bishop’s mitre. In Greece, he is the patron saint of sailors, in France he was the patron of lawyers, and in Belgium the patron of children and travellers. Thousands of churches across Europe were dedicated to him and some time around the 12th century an official church holiday was created in his honor. The Feast of St. Nicholas was celebrated December 6 and the day was marked by gift-giving and charity. After the Reformation, European followers of St. Nicholas dwindled, but the legend was kept alive in Holland where the Dutch spelling of his name Sint Nikolaas was eventually transformed to Sinterklaas. Dutch children would leave their wooden shoes by the fireplace, and Sinterklaas would reward good children by placing treats in their shoes. Dutch colonists brought brought this tradition with them to America in the 17th century and here the Anglican name of Santa Claus emerged.
Mass is held hourly on Christmas Day so that everyone can attend. Christmas celebrations may have evolved from old tribal customs mixed with other influences. Serenading cumbancheros, or strolling minstrels, end their performances by singing Maligayang Pasko to the tune of "Happy Birthday". As part of my people's traditions, the children also go around their neighbor-hood and sing carols to each household. Sometimes, they get money, sometimes they get fed. The money they get, they use to buy gifts for themselves or loved ones. The country also has the unique tradition of making 3-D "parols" or star lanterns made from thin strips of bamboo and covered in colored thin plastic film to symbolize the guiding star that the three wise men followed to find Jesus Christ; it is also the Filipinos' way of inviting the spirit of Christ into their home - it is to mentally reverse the notion of "no room at the inn". The star symbolize the willingness of each home to "house" the baby Jesus. Families and their children gather on Christmas eve or Christmas day and eat the traditional “noche buena” meal (all kinds of food, with pansit noodle representing long life in the centrepiece). Gifts are exchanged. The children receive their “pamasko” (gift or cash) from grandparents and elders. Christmas time is also the best time to enjoy all kinds of fireworks. We also have the noche buena or the meal served at midnight. Traditionally, it is for after the family comes back from the midnight mass.
1989-90 Hugh H. Archer (electrical engineering), Rotary Club of Dearborn, Michigan, USA. Rotary vision: That Rotarian Enjoy Rotary in every aspect, from simple fellowship to wide ranging service.
The Rotarian July 1989
Enjoy Rotary HO, HO, HO
to all
“...There is so much pleasure in Rotary activities. The breakfast, luncheon, or dinner every week bring you in contact with your fellow members. Their diverse interests and knowledge stimulate your interest in your community.... The planning for service projects both close by or across some distant horizon carries us out of our own selfinterests into the wonderful world of service to others... {and the} pleasing paradox... that we grow in nature when we give of our time and talent to improve the quality of life for someone else. How strange that when we give dignity to others, we grow in dignity ourselves...� FROM THE EDITOR PP G. A. NETHERCUTT Rotary Club of Mabalacat DISTRICT 3790
Zone 7A Executive Summary MEMBERSHIP
DISTRICT
As of 1 JULY 2017
As of 20 DEC 2017
TRF CONTRIBUTIONS as of 20 DEC 2017
No. Clubs /Members No. Clubs /Members Annual Giving Other Funds 15,196 10,076
TOTAL $
3410
62
1,168
50 1,131
3420
58
1,185
50 1,059
124,883
3770
67
1,820
65 1,788
115,589 13,120 128,709
3780
102
2,328
101 2,687
3790
102
2,640
99 2,817
276,119 14,310 290,429
3800
100
2,525
98 2,589
260,611 23,025 283,635
3810
122
3,126
122 3,126
176,554
3820
111
3,189
113 3,441
444,568 13,853 458,420
3830
94
3,239
94 3,359
181,097
3850
52
1,268
49 1,325
14,015
3860
97
2,581
3870
TOTAL
182,567
3,445
787
15,196 128,328
183,355
7,858 184,412
23,230 204,327 5,406
19,422
96 2,702
168,065 17,090
185,156
46 1,321
45 1,386
132,528
1,013 26,410
982 29,036
6,796 139,324
2,086,672 134,041 2,220,713
THE
FOUNDATION
Trustee chair’s message Paul An Netzel Trustee Chair 2017-18
This month my focus is on the purpose and power of partnerships.
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e have a history of partnerships at all levels of Rotary. We partner member to member, club to club, district to district, all finding support from the wide variety of The Rotary Foundation's programs, projects, and grants. How powerful this continues to be! But only in the last several decades have we paid much attention to the idea of partnering with organizations outside of Rotary. Most would agree this change led to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, which has accomplished so much through each partner sharing its expertise and working together with a common purpose. This public-private partnership for global health is on the verge of eradicating an infectious disease affecting humans for only the second time in history. Simply put, partners agree to cooperate in advancing mutual goals. In so doing, they accomplish much more than one entity can alone. We now understand that to maximize our impact, Rotary must establish innovative partnerships, not just at all levels within our organization, but outside of Rotary as well. Our second major partnership initiative has been the Rotary Peace Centers program. In little over a decade, our peace centers have trained more than 1,100 individuals. Through this program, Rotary Peace Fellows develop the skills they need to serve as leaders and catalysts for peace and conflict resolution both in their communities and around the globe. Thanks to the ongoing work of the Joint Committee on Partnerships, which includes RI directors and Foundation trustees, the number of Rotary partnerships continues to grow. The Partnerships page at Rotary.org (go to About Rotary, then choose Partners) has a tremendous amount of information. Please take a few minutes and explore the page. Make sure to scroll all the way down to learn more about the partners and – most important – how your club or district can get involved. As we head toward 2018 and consider which New Year's resolutions we will make, dream big about the service opportunities waiting for us with our dedicated partners. Make 2018 the year to take advantage of all that Rotary offers and see how much more productive and effective we can be using the power of partnerships. Best wishes to you for a very happy new year.
RETAIN AND ENGAGE MEMBERS
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hat is the difference between merely retaining members and ENGAGING them? The difference between retention and engagement is simple: Membership retention refers to keeping members from year to year, while engagement concerns keeping those members involved and excited about your club every day. While both are important elements of any membership development plan, engagement can help you retain members who are active participants. Engaged members have a strong bond with their clubs. They feel connected, valued, and committed to Rotary's work and to achieving their club's objectives.
You can help your members feel engaged by:
How to Improve Membership Show appreciation for all members When members feel valued, they get a sense of belonging. There are many things a club can do to show its appreciation for its members such as celebrating the special occasions in every member's life such as birthdays or anniversaries. Always show small gestures such as recognizing and thanking members for their contributions to the club, or conversing about their hobbies, make people feel appreciated.
Give Opportunities Those that join clubs want a chance to be able to contribute to society. As a result, give your members the opportunity to showcase their talent by allowing them to take control of certain projects. When looking for extra volunteers for your next event, have your club members participate in the recruiting process. Give them an opportunity to be part of something worthwhile.
Improve the Team Dynamics
Ÿ Publishing a list of members on your Facebook or club Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ
website to highlight their Rotary anniversary Publicly thanking members who work on a project Writing a personal note to a member to wish him/her a happy birthday or happy anniversary Asking seasoned members to serve as mentors to new Rotarians Inviting members to join (or chair) a committee Encouraging members to involve their family and friends in service projects Creating weekly programs that are of interest to your members Asking members to help choose the next community service project
Your club is a team of members who have come together with one goal in mind. A successful team is a close-knit team that can work well together in any situation. A successful team is also a group of people that know each other's strengths and weaknesses well and can support one another. As such, plan events at least once a month whereby your club members interact with one another in an informal setting such that they befriend one another and start to build a positive dynamic.
Make It Fun! The most popular tip given when discussing member retention has to do with lightening the atmosphere, which plays a vital role in not only retaining current members but also attracting new members. Host competitions among members, play a game or two or even book an arcade once every couple of months. By employing such strategies, you will ensure that members enjoy being part of the club and look forward to the warm and friendly environment found in the weekly meetings.
RC San Fdo La Union celebrates 58th Charter Anniversary
Offer Incentives
Frank Talk
Offer members incentives to remain part of the club, such as awards they would want to receive or raffle prizes that they would want to win. Perhaps get your club sponsors to donate items which you could raffle off to your club members or gift them for accomplishing certain goals. Not only would you motivate your club members to work towards achieving the club objectives but you would also entice them to do more. There is a lot clubs do to retain members however it is imperative that club members understand why clubs lose members in the first place. After all, solutions can always be implemented, if the problem is well understood.
Attracting new members is vital to a Rotary club's long term success, and so clubs put a great deal of emphasis on expanding their membership with enthusiastic and service-minded individuals. Prospective members must actively hold -or be retired from -a professional, proprietary, executive or managerial position. And they must have the desire and ability to serve and to meet the club's attendance requirements for its weekly meetings.
New process for prospective, referred, and returning or relocating members Your online connection to membership leads We are excited to introduce a new process for collecting and communicating online membership leads that will make it easier for club officers and district leaders to follow up on leads, and for prospective members to join a club. Prospective members who visit Rotary.org and select the “Join” button will provide their information using an online form. That information will be sent to Rotary, where the candidate will be screened for basic membership qualifications before being forwarded to district governors and district membership chairs to assign to clubs for follow up. A similar process will be in place for members to make referrals to other clubs or seek out a new club for them. All of these leads will be readily available when you sign in to MyRotary.
Be Sensitive to the Calendar and Clock ŸDespite the best agenda, event attendees have preferences as to when they want to attend such programs and when they cannot. Consider the following when scheduling dates and times for your event: Ÿ Attendees prefer morning schedules for seminars. Ÿ Attendees prefer appreciation events immediately after work. Ÿ Tuesdays and Thursdays are popular meeting days. Ÿ Avoid holding meetings on Fridays if possible. Ÿ Avoid scheduling meetings on holidays and the eve of holidays. Ÿ Be sensitive to attendee travel requirements for the event. Ÿ Equally important: establish a reputation for starting on time and finishing on time.
An important distinction between Rotary and other organizations is that membership in Rotary is by invitation. However this should not stop anyone who feels that they might like to become a Rotarian from indicating an interest, either by speaking to a Rotarian, or by getting in touch with a local Club with no obligation on either side. Clubs usually maintain a list of the types of businesses and professions in their community and seek candidates to fill classifications not already held by an active member of the club, but classifications are many and varied. Examples of classifications include, for example: Schools; Universities; Eye Surgery; Tires - Distributing; Tires -Retailing; Dramatic Arts; Law - Civil.) In this manner, a club aims to include a significant cross section of its community's vocational life, and has the widest possible resources and expertise for its service programs and projects.
Attendance The most important step to overcoming fears about a lack of attendance at an event or to increase the RSVP list is to realize that people really do enjoy attending seminars and other events. By attending business meetings, the participant gets a chance to learn new information and interact with peers and leaders in their field. The most successful meetings create a warm, friendly environment for everyone – and that is why they enjoy attending. An after meeting session of RC San Fernando P
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fter many years in Rotary I am convinced that the crux of survival in Rotary and the survival of Rotary itself is the HUMAN FACTOR. When a person joins Rotary it has to be stressed that he joins a group of people of extremely varied personalities and the journey to satisfaction as a Rotarian lies in loads of TOLERANCE and UNDERSTANDING and the ability to ADJUST. Some individuals leave as soon they are faced with an unhappy situation. One of the key issues of continued membership is the RESPECT for the other individual. It is when this respect is lost that the whole meaning to membership is lost. Clubs and their membership is like belonging to a family and though there may be conflicts, if there is GOODWILL and TOLERANCE added with RESPECT then these irritations can be set aside. It is strange to see that TOLERANCE which is one of the key factors is often forgotten when things are not done in a manner which one may perceive to be the right way . Always remember that there is no one way and that your way, may not be the right way. Rotary International encourages a younger membership and if you do not allow them to be creative then the chances are they will leave. Making mistakes is acceptable and new ideas are the lifeblood of the future of Rotary. Many long standing Rotarians have not learned the art of 'letting go'. One needs to be reminded that Rotary does not belong to anyone and one has to be 'open' in matters of composition and content of the club. There may be many who are leaders in their own profession where their peers and their staff hold them in high regard. Since a Rotary Club is comprised of people of equal status no one must assume that they can ‘command’ the other person. Everything you do and say has to be with consideration for the other person. Work in Rotary is by example and through persuasion. Do not expect someone else to do a job which you yourself will not do. As all of us are volunteers no one should consider himself as being better than the next person.
The CHALLENGES in Rotary By PDG Dr Joseph Rajendran
It is in our clubs, the way they are run, how welcoming and warm we are , how effective they are, how attractive they are to prospective members, therein lies the future of Rotary.
As for growth in membership of a club, too often we hear of individuals who have the 'train compartment syndrome' where they have occupied the compartment, made themselves comfortable and do not wish anyone or anything to disrupt the harmony which have gotten used to. Complacency and apathy are our biggest enemies. Getting used to a certain style or a certain level of membership lulls you into believing that all is well when in reality it is not. Too often individual members take ownership of a club and have strong views of how they should function. They brook no dissenting views and discourage originality. These individuals are the biggest hindrance to growth in Rotary. Recently in one club one such individual did not want female Rotarians, and another asked a potential Malay member if he ate pork as his club was predominantly Chinese! Very often it is their own weakness and unfounded fears which does not allow the club to grow.
Involving youth at the screening Thalasemia, end polio donation, by RC Solo Sriwedari, Indonesia, D3420
Left to me I would ban the statement "small but strong!" Trying to maintain a club with a small membership is like trying to stay underwater with the oxygen running out. Attrition in Rotary is inevitable and unless there is a constant inflow of new members the club will invariably die. In one club which has been successful in terms of growth the MDR committee comprises of a blend of senior and newer rotarians who met monthly. This then is the way to go when much emphasis is constantly given to growth and to retention. If you believe that membership is indeed the lifeblood of Rotary much more need to be done in this area. Rotary International believes that it is in Public Relations and public awareness of Rotary's activities and good works that the future of growth in membership lies. While this cannot be denied it is in our clubs, the way they are run, how welcoming and warm we are , how effective they are, how attractive they are to prospective members ,therein lies the future of Rotary. While Service is our Goal, it is the FRIENDSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP component which needs to be strengthened. Many join Rotary because of the excitement of being part of a crowd which appears to be having fun being a member. I know that I joined Rotary to be where my friends were and I looked forward each week to meet them and have fun. To me Rotary was a initially a social organization which in turn through involvement became a passion. It was an occasion to meet new people of a diverse nature and professions, to listen to interesting speakers (not always!) and most importantly to share Fellowship with my old and new friends. Of course not all may share my views but it is this diversity which makes Rotary what it is. Clubs are an association of individuals who are as varied as the people in a community. Each one is an asset, while one who can spare his time and talent, the other can use his resources during times of need, and the other a good organizer, another a good speaker and the list goes on.
The Rotary Club has to be like a retreat, or an oasis where one looks forward to retire for the day, once a week to rejuvenate and be refreshed after a hard days work. Meetings should entertain and educate while at the same time afford ample opportunities for fellowship.
One of the selling points to new members is the Universality of Rotary. The excitement of joining not just a club but being part of a worldwide movement. The opportunity to meet and instantly know Rotarians from throughout the whole Rotary world. The opportunity to work with the youth, the ability to help the community, self improvement in terms of leadership skills and as an individual. Rotary is an organization which has limitless opportunities for any individual. Rotarians have spent a lifetime in Rotary with enormous satisfaction. Speaking to prospective members with Passion and excitement of belonging to this great Organization is what will attract them to join. Many of us we have received far more through our membership in Rotary than what we would have thought possible. To us Rotary is a way of life, our friends are here, not only in our own country but throughout the Rotary world. EVERY INDIVIDUAL IS UNIQUE AND DESERVES TO BE TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT.This is a slogan i saw many years ago at a charity kitchen and it referred to the poor and the destitute who came there for their meals. This is true of individuals we meet in Rotary as fellow Rotarians for if we do not practice this love and tolerance for one another it is difficult to enjoy being a Rotarian. Thank you Rotary for giving me a lifetime of satisfaction.
At Amazon, Employees Treat the Bathroom as an Extension of the Office WRITTEN BY A FORMER AMAZONIAN
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ecause Amazon is mostly men, the men’s bathrooms were usually crowded. I worked there for four years, in the midst of Amazon’s greatest expansion of headcount. Even though the company had just moved to its new office in the South Lake Union area of Seattle, there was barely enough space for everyone. There certainly weren’t enough desks. But more pressing, there weren’t enough toilets. Even more alarming was the bathroom culture. I can only speak to the men’s room, most of which each had two urinals and two stalls. I come from a background where a bathroom is a place where you do a certain kind of business, in silence, and you leave. At Amazon, the men’s room is an extension of the office. People chitchat about work in the bathroom, as if it is just another meeting room where you can piss everywhere. The most horrifying moment of my employment at Amazon was the time I was using the toilet and a coworker began talking from the stall next to me. He asked me why I had not responded to his very pressing email. I closed my eyes and pretended this wasn’t happening. What email could be so important that it could not wait five minutes for me to use the bathroom? He began tapping on the wall between our stalls, asking why I wouldn’t respond, as if inter-stall conversation should be a totally normal, not disgusting means of communication. He became more specific about what he needed—referencing a project I’d never heard of, nor would I ever have involvement in—and I realized he had misidentified me from my shoes.
(Many brown dress shoes look alike, apparently.) We both exited our stalls around the same time, and he realized his mistake. He didn’t apologize, only explained that he thought I was someone else. As we washed our hands, he just laughed, and I vowed I would never use the stalls on that floor again. I regularly saw people bring their laptops into the bathroom, where they would sit on the toilet and write code From then on, whenever I needed to go to the bathroom, I went to the floors occupied by the rare teams that had more women than men. Amazon Apparel, Amazon Mom, Amazon Baby—these were the places where you had a better shot of getting a free stall in the men’s room. If you were really lucky, and your timing was right, you might even get the bathroom to yourself for a moment. It was a relief from the craziness of Amazon’s corporate culture. These were the best floors. The worst floors were the ones dominated by engineers. I regularly saw people bring their laptops into the bathroom, where they would sit on the toilet and write code. (I’ve never seen anyone clean their laptop after leaving the bathroom.) Engineers would talk to each other through stalls. On many occasions, I heard people take phone calls while mid-business. It was hard to tell if someone was groaning because it was difficult to code or difficult to poop. Another Amazon colleague once joked that this gave new meaning to the word “deploy.”
As with all jobs, you eventually get used to the things that make them difficult. The things that suck eventually become “quirks;” the culture just becomes “the way it is.” I had a role that took me to meetings across a number of buildings on campus. Over time, I memorized which teams were on what floors of which building, so I could strategize where I would stop in to use the restroom. One afternoon, I ran into an executive in the elevator. She was the rare person who had been at Amazon for over a decade. I didn’t have many friends outside of my own team, but in the few interactions we’d had, she had been encouraging and helpful. I suspected she was the happiest person at Amazon because she knew what to take seriously and what she could let slide. I was heading to the cafeteria, and I asked if she wanted to get lunch. She told me she’d already eaten. She was actually taking the elevator down to the first floor where her favorite bathroom was. Nobody knew about this bathroom, she explained, and she liked it because it was for a single person and it was never occupied. Later that day, I explored the first floor of the building in search of that bathroom. It was tucked away, hidden out of sight, waiting to be discovered by the most intrepid, most adventurous Amazonians. I wondered how many people knew about it, and whether I should tell anyone else. Knowing of its existence felt like a responsibility, a secret that must be closely guarded. This past weekend, the New York Times published a brutal portrait of Amazon’s corporate culture. I reflected on my time at Amazon. My experience had not been as bad as those quoted in the piece, but every story rang true. The kicker of the feature comes from Amazon’s own recruiting video: “You either fit here or you don’t. You love it or you don’t. There is no middle ground.” This is the perfect embodiment of Amazon’s corporate culture: If you don’t like it, you are the problem. Weirdly, I did like it. Despite the strangeness of the company’s bathroom culture, my experience at Amazon had been a positive one. I’d succeeded in my roles, been promoted once, given multiple raises, and worked on projects that I’ve been proud of. I left the company on good terms for an even better opportunity. This is rare at Amazon. And the truth is that I probably fit into the company’s competitive, aggressive work environment well because I am also that way too, at least more than I’m willing to openly admit. That’s probably the reason I never told anyone else about the secret bathroom.
Ever wondered what happens after you click "buy"? Come see the process inside buildings that are as big as 28 football fields and have enough steel to build the Eiffel Tower almost 2x over. In 2014, we gave over 350 tours to the public, and we're adding dates and locations to meet customer demand. - Amazon
Amazon.com Inc. said on Friday that it will a open second corporate office in Vancouver, doubling its staff in the western Canadian city by early 2020 as it looks to tap into a burgeoning local tech workforce. The Seattle-based company said the Vancouver expansion has been in the works for some time and is not related to the hotly contested race by cities across North America to land the e-commerce company's $5 billion HQ2.
AMAZON now employ more than 40,000 people in Seattle who come from all around the world. Our employees tell us that they love being in the heart of the city. In fact, about 15% live in the same zip code as their office and about 20% walk to work.. And they frequent the restaurants, food trucks and shops that have popped up all around South Lake Union, the neighborhood in Seattle we call home.
SHENZHEN - World’s Gadget Factory
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orty years ago, the Chinese city of Shenzhen was nothing but a sleepy fishing village across the border from Hong Kong. But, in the decades between then and now, it has become a factory town. Today, Shenzhen produces 90% of the world’s electronics. To keep up with ever-increasing global demand, an endless procession of circuit boards, processor chips, and memory sticks are churned out by toxic factories with suicide nets. Silicon Valley may be in California, but the silicon itself is in southeast China. Mention Shenzhen to most people, and they’ll probably think of the vast Foxconn manufacturing plant that churns out high-end phones, tablets, laptops, and gaming consoles for the likes of Apple, Microsoft, Dell, and Sony. The size of a small city —with an estimated half a million employees—Foxconn’s Shenzhen plant gets media attention not just because of its vast scale and brandname clients, but also because of the numerous reports of atrocious working conditions it has engendered, and the stories of employee suicides, protests, and even riots within the campus walls. It might be the biggest and best-known, but Foxconn is only one of several hundred factories in and around Shenzhen. In fact, the megacity is responsible for producing an estimated 90 percent of the world’s consumer electronics, the vast majority of which are far less glamorous than iPhones and PlayStations.
And there is a silver lining to the clouds of smog that cover the city. After 14-hour shifts, factory workers are putting their unrivalled knowledge of computer hardware to creative use. A maker movement is galvanizing electrical engineers (and inspiring game makers) who, a few years ago, might have spent their free time on intellectual property theft. Today, the tinkerers of Shenzhen create new products instead of offbrand PlayStations, though they still do that sometimes as well. “This scene has always been associated with the image of the ‘factory of the world’, cheap production, and copy-cats,” says Luisa Mengoni, head of the Victoria and Albert Gallery, Shekou in Shenzhen. “But this is something more closely related to the 1990s or 2000s, which is really a very limited perspective for today’s Shenzhen.” Like hacker culture, the maker movement is a subculture of dreamers and inventors. The community revels in disassembling electronics, studying their inner-workings and then repurposing devices, mostly just for fun. And, while there are makers all over the world, nowhere are they as adept and fanatical about reverse engineering gadgets than in Shenzhen. “Shenzhen gets to act fast because of its open and collaborative ecosystem,” says David Li, co-founder of XinCheJian, the first makerspace in China. In addition to establishing makerspaces, Li is a key figure in the Shenzhen tech scene having established a research hub and accelerator program, which is backed by Intel and Shenzhen Open Innovation Lab.
Thousands of workers in a Shenzhen factory assemble and test fiber optic systems.
Shenzhen was recently declared China’s third largest city, after Shanghai and Beijing. But before it was given SEZ status in 1979 Shenzhen was a fishing port with a population of 300,000. Now it’s home to over 15 million—almost twice the population of NYC—and it continues to swell, constantly drawing workers from China’s countryside: the children of subsistence farmers hoping to carve out a better life for themselves in the city.
“It’s where all the electrical crap we buy comes from,” Kate Davies, an academic and architect who studies extreme places, tells me as we walk through Shenzen’s LED-lit streets. “[T]he cheap toys, that box of chargers and adapters that you have, that you’ve no idea what they’re for anymore, the cemetery of old phones in your kitchen drawer… Shenzhen is one of those points on the planet where the world condenses in high density into one place, it’s an artifact of the contemporary global supply network that weaves matter and displaces earth across the planet.” And we’re standing on ground zero as she speaks. Davies focuses much of her work on how Western cities increasingly depend on vast global networks to survive, and she’s a regular here—over the years she has gained a unique insight into what makes the city tick. Along with fellow ‘speculative architect’ Liam Young, she runs Unknown Fields, the infamous nomadic design studio that explores the hidden zones of production and distribution that keep the world running. Now, she’s brought a small group of journalists and researchers—I’m one of them—to Shenzhen as part of an expedition to ride the global supply chain backwards to its source. We arrived here by container ship, and after two weeks of travelling we’ll end up at rare earth mines and refineries in Inner Mongolia, to see firsthand how all that electronic crap is dug out of the ground. In many ways, Shenzhen is the birthplace of this vast, high-tech silk road. As China’s pioneering Special Economic Zone (SEZ) it was the experiment that gave the nation its first economic miracle. It proved that foreign investment and outsourced manufacturing could be attracted on vast scales if the taxes and labor costs were low enough, that an undemocratic Communist state could contain and control zones of hyper-capitalism within its own borders, and that whole cities could be built from scratch to fill a gap in the global manufacturing market.
If they’re lucky, they end up somewhere like TCL LCD Industrial Park, one of the world’s biggest television manufacturing plants. It takes about an hour to get here from Shenzhen’s financial center; the drive a glaring reminder that its futuristic, skyscraperstudded skyline doesn’t represent the city as a whole. Neon-lit towers, high-end electronics stores, and designer label-filled shopping malls give way to a seemingly endless sprawl of brutalist housing blocks and generic, low-rise industrial units. Out here in the manufacturing suburbs, you’re more likely to see signs for faceless factories than the familiar global brands, with laundry strewn balconies and retrofitted air conditioners replacing the better-known sleek glass building facades.
Optoelectronic devices smaller than a pixel are inspected by workers on 12-hour shifts.
The future of Shenzhen very much depends on how the Chinese government decides to handle this. Come down too hard, too soon on intellectual property infringement and they could stifle the culture responsible for the citys success. Turn a blind eye and rampant piracy could prevent Chinese startups from ever becoming global players because their ideas are instantly cannibalised by other startups. But whatever happens, the maker movement seems like it’s only just getting started.
Three new innovations for the Internet of Things (IoT) Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the hottest trends in which physical objects or “things” are embedded with electronics, software, sensors and connectivity to enable it to achieve greater value. For instant, imagine a conditioner that can be turned on using your mobile phone, or a refrigerator that can alert your IPad when it is out of beer, or a pair of glasses that can be tracked what products you are looking at and want to order from eBay. Those are typical IoT scenarios – not imaginary ideas, but already existing products. During the last few months, the world has seen the introduction of Apple Watch, Amazon Dash Button, and the next generation 3D printing technology. So that, in this article we will discuss three major innovations that may serve as the basis of the Internet of things (IoT) revolution for years to come.
The Apple Watch Series 3, unveiled on Sept. 12, arrived with some compelling fitness features, along with an LTE cellular connection in some versions that lets users receive calls and text messages without having to carry a smartphone. And, after undergoing our standard smartwatch tests—plus a few new ones—the Series 3 has emerged with a Consumer Reports recommendation, ranking among the Samsung Gear S3 Frontier and Gear S3 Classic models near the top of our ratings. The Apple Watch Series 3 (42mm) Stainless Steel Case with GPS + Cellular earned high marks for step counting and heart-rate tracking.
First, we start our trip with Apple Watch. There is a trend that Apple Watch expects to set: A mainstream wearable IoT product. Sometimes, you may wonder that why Apple has decided to build a watch now. The underlying story at Apple is that while a phone holds your application, data, meeting requests and emails, the Apple Watch will act as a smart personal secretary. Running Siri (Apple’s digital assistant), Apple Watch will try to notify you in a gentle, considerate way by a tap on the wrist when it thinks there is something important – not too nagging or pushing like a phone often does. In the Internet of Things world, where having approximate thousands of objects you come across daily and maybe hundreds of them belong to you, filtering out the unnecessary buzzing but still keeping you notified for important decisions is essential. While other competitors try to flood the smart watch with features, Apple Watch over simplifies and focuses on what it does best: How the user interact with the hardware, firmware and software in a perfect-engineered, intuitive user experience. Technically Apple Watch may not have high hardware, configuration and even battery life may be low but its user experience is the best. Besides setting a trend, with the right innovation and ecosystem, Apple Watch can become your personal assistant for the Internet of Things .
Second, how about Amazon Dash Button? It is a simple Internet-connected button provided by Amazon. You push the button and Amazon deliver the corresponding goods (i.e: cleaning powder bags). It is a devilishly genius idea about how everything can be streamlined, and many people even mistook it for an April Fools (1/4) joke. Given an action: Buying, there is a button for it – it is extremely easy for everyone to use. Also an example of the streamlined user experience, Amazon Dash Button creates a different direction when compare to Apple Watch. While Apple aims to keep everything in the Watch experience, the Dash Button user experience is almost zero. Just press that button. What we see here is not only an IoT product, but it’s such a fantastic way of transferring existing normal objects and workflows into things. Again nothing can prevent Amazon from more tweaking and customization, then build that type of button into everyday functions, connect it to another kind of services, or open it to developers. While it can seem far fetching, we can imagine a version of the Dash Button attaching to help desks, bus stops or doors. While we still have some doubts about the longevity of the Dash Button in the long run (how does it compare against the combination of QR code and mobile?), we consider Dash Button an important advancement in the IoT field.
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AMAZON DASH BUTTON DEVICE
And now, 3D Printing - The recent innovation of the 3D printing front, with a breakthrough from Carbon3D that allows 3D printing to be 50-100x times faster than existing technology, and allows 3D printing to be done over large variations of materials. As the 3D printer becomes more and more advanced, there are two advantages. In fact, it allows better automated, better-optimized manufacturing at the industrial scale. But the second advantage is more subtle: It enables everyone with the right software and skills to build their products. It democratized manufacturing. With 3D printing, it now makes possible for many engineers and small startups to quickly develop, prototype and test their products (or “things”) in the market. Thus, we have seen the three main innovations and how they map together. Apple Watch sets trends and gives us a quick view of how people should interact with “things” for the best user experience, Amazon Dash Button hints at an exciting new way to turn existing objects and workflows into “things”. And the 3D printers make it easy for startup to build and experience with “things” on their own. Those are three ingredients of a new revolution: IoT will become a reality when “things” are easy to use, easy way to change existing objects and workflows into “things”, and new “things” are easy to build. So what will happen at FPT? As an enterprise we should allocate more resource to research to catch up with the current advancement in the field and master corresponding technologies. We should consider how we can leverage IoT technologies shortly and organize internal pilot projects to test that. We can also aim to build partnerships with the existing players to develop and maintain software for their ecosystems and customers. Finally, one interesting direction is that we should seriously consider leveraging 3D printing to enable IoT “lean startups” inside the company.
REMINDER:
Your JANUARY 2018 CLUB INVOICE Dear Rotary leaders:
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his is a friendly reminder to confirm your club membership and officer information in Rotary’s database by 1 January. We’ll use this information to generate your January 2018 club invoice.
It’s important that your membership information is up-to-date, because we can’t change the club invoice after it’s been generated or accept membership updates with your payment. As a current club officer, you can ensure that your club invoice will be correct by checking the accuracy of the information in Rotary’s database. Here’s how: Ÿ Sign in to My Rotary and choose Manage, then Club & District Administration, Club Administration,
and Club & Member Data. Ÿ Report all new or terminated members and 2017-18 club officers no later than 1 January. Ÿ Members with admission dates of 1 January or before will be counted for the January 2018 club
invoice. Ÿ Members with termination dates of 1 January or before will not be counted for the January 2018 club
invoice. Note that incoming club officers can view data in My Rotary but cannot make changes. The 1 January due date also applies to clubs that use RI-approved data integration software to update membership. Your club invoice is generated based on membership information recorded in Rotary’s database, not your club’s, so it’s important to make sure Rotary has the latest information. Sign in to My Rotary to verify the information there. If you’re unable to update your member information online, you can submit the Member Data Form in one of three ways: Ÿ Scan and email it to data@rotary.org Ÿ Fax it to +1-847-556-2207 Ÿ Mail it to your local Rotary office or fiscal agent early enough that it will arrive by 1 January
For more information about the club invoice, including how-to guides and answers to frequently asked questions, go to My Rotary’s Club Administration pages. For help with membership questions, contact data@rotary.org. Sincerely, Kenneth A. Wright Manager | Data Relations | Data Services
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The 2018 Rotarian Photo Contest Show Us Your Best Shot Do you have a great shot from a club project or fundraiser? Did you capture a memorable moment at the convention or during an international trip? Enter your images in The Rotarian's 2018 photo contest and you might see them in the pages of the magazine. You may enter up to three photos taken since 1 January 2017. While some photos might have elements of all three, select one category to enter your photo. Our previous guest judges have included Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer David Hume Kennerly, Kathy Ryan, director of photography for the New York Times Magazine and photojournalist Steve McCurry. This year's judge will be announced soon. Enter
Photograph Requirements Ÿ Your photographs must be your original creation; Ÿ You must hold all rights to the photographs,
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for horizontal photos or 1600 pixels high for vertical photos at a resolution of 300 pixels per inch (ppi); Photographs must be of high-resolution: at least 2 megabytes (MB) and not to exceed 5 MB per file; Only photographs saved in a .jpg or .jpeg format may be submitted; Photographs may be in color or black and white; Photographs must have been taken digitally since 1 January 2017; and If your Submission includes images or likenesses of people, you must receive permission to photograph those people
Deadline 15 February 2018 WHO Any member of a Rotary club, honorary Rotarians, or a participant or alumnus of an official Rotary program who are eighteen (18) years or older.
WHEN Photographs must be submitted between 1 December 2017 at 00:00 Central Standard Time (“CST”) and 15 February 2018 at 23:59 CST (“Contest Period”).
HOW Ÿ Visit on.rotary.org/Photo2018 and complete the
entry form (“Form”) and agree to these Terms. the link provided at on.rotary.org/ Photo2018, upload and submit a maximum of three (3) photographs in the formats required, in addition to a description of the photographs. Photographs should relate to Rotary projects and people, or in some way to Rotary club activities or Rotary values. The Form is also available in electronic form upon request by contacting Rotary International (“Rotary”). Ÿ You must only submit three (3) photographs. By submitting one or more photographs, you represent and warrant that your photographs are in compliance with these Terms. All photographs will become the property of Rotary and will not be returned. Ÿ Using
PHOTOGRAPHS Photographs may not have been previously published, exhibited, displayed, submitted or distributed to a third party and may not be pending publication; Sponsor will not accept scans of nondigital photographs;
2018: 24-27 June Toronto, Canada
2019: 1-5 June Hamburg, Germany
2020: 7-10 June Honolulu, USA
2021: 13-16 June Taipei, Taiwan
2022: 5-9 June Texas, USA
An email confirmation is sent for all registrations, including faxed and mailed registrations. If a letter of invitation is required for your visa application, you will receive it with your confirmation.
Important deadlines 14 June 2017: Last day for special promotional discount 15 June 2017 to 31 March 2018: $10 discount for registering online; applies only to Rotary members, Rotary club or district employees, guests ages 19 or older, and spouses of deceased club members 15 December 2017: Last day for early-registration discount 31 March 2018: Last day for preregistration discount. Last day to register groups. 27 June 2018: Last day for online registration
Registration fees Register early to take advantage of discounted rates! Go to registration fees for information about rates, cancellations and refunds, and what your registration includes.
Group registration Groups of 25 or more Rotary members, Rotaractors, and club and district employees may register as a group through 31 March. All fees must be submitted in full in a single payment using a credit card or check (drawn from a U.S. bank only), or through an international office or fiscal agent. Cancellations and refunds All registration cancellations are subject to a $50 service fee. Requests to cancel registrations or tickets must be received by 30 April 2018. Cancellations caused by visa denial must be received by 27 June 2018. Cancel online (preferred method) Cancel by email: ri.registration@rotary.org Cancel by fax: +1-847-556-2194
Your registration includes a full schedule of activities: Ÿ Admission to the convention’s opening
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and closing ceremonies and general sessions, where you’ll hear from inspiring and entertaining speakers, including top leaders in our organization Informative breakout sessions to help you build your communication, leadership, and project management skills Opportunities to network and exchange ideas while browsing the project and fellowship booths in the House of Friendship Entertainment provided by local artists and musicians in the House of Friendship and at the opening and closing ceremonies and general sessions Transportation between your hotel and the convention venue, if you booked your hotel through Rotary’s official housing partner, Experiant
What’s not included: Ÿ Preconvention events Ÿ Rotary- and host-ticketed events Ÿ Accommodations, meals, and trans-
portation to and from the airport
WASH AND HEALTH
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"It’s the best way there is to celebrate a year of successful service, and renew our energies for the year to come." 2017-18 RI President Ian H.S. Riseley, Rotary Club of Sandringham,
A tour of Rotary's 2018 convention city reveals one common thread: a welcoming spirit By Vanessa Glavinskas Photography by Alyce Henson
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e’re lost. My phone battery is low, so I don’t risk draining it to consult Google Maps. Instead, we duck inside a coffee shop and I pull out a paper map while my nine-year-old daughter orders a hot chocolate. The clerk smiles and asks where we are trying to go. On a small sheet of paper, she begins drawing a map of the area – complete with landmarks – so that I will know how to get to Kensington Market. It reminds me of the hand-drawn maps in a Rick Steves guidebook. I thank her, and as we leave, my daughter says, “Wow, they are so nice in Canada.” It’s true. The people of Toronto gave us a warm reception on our visit to the city that will host the 2018 Rotary International Convention. Toronto has been shaped by immigrants, who have added new languages, customs, and foods while boosting the economy. Condo buildings are going up rapidly, and beyond downtown’s skyscrapers, Toronto is a sprawling network of neighborhoods: from ethnic enclaves such as Little Italy and Little India to Kensington Market with its bohemian cafés and Yorkville with its postcard-perfect Victorian houses. But despite its size, Toronto is safe and easy to navigate. The streets are clean. And the city’s 2.8 million residents – half of whom were born in other countries – speak more than 140 languages. The result is a cultural convergence that makes Toronto feel like home no matter where you’re from.
Once you touch down at Pearson International Airport, you can grab a taxi to the city for about $55, an Uber for $35, or the Union Pearson Express for $12 directly to Union Station near the Metro Toronto Convention Centre (MTCC). The ride is 25 minutes; trains run every 15 minutes and offer free WiFi. If you fly Porter Air, you’ll land on the Toronto Islands, which are a short ferry ride from downtown (unless you opt to reach the city via the new pedestrian tunnel, which is full of moving walkways and escalators, making the total trip about six minutes). Hotels are abundant near the two convention venues: the MTCC and Air Canada Centre, which are within a 10-minute walk of each other. Just be sure to book early: Toronto is a convention magnet, and rooms fill up quickly in the warmer months. The MTCC and Air Canada Centre are close to Toronto’s Lake Ontario shore, where the Waterfront Trail is popular with cyclists and a boardwalk draws those who would rather stroll along the water’s edge.
https://www.rotary.org/en/cellphoneshelp-disease-eradication
Using mobile phones to fight polio
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obile phones and simple text messaging may be the keys to victory in the world’s largest public health initiative: the eradication of polio. As the disease retreats from the global stage, thriving in only a few remote areas in three countries, it’s up to health workers to deliver vaccines and share information with speed and accuracy. Health workers in Pakistan are receiving cellphone and e-monitoring training at the Rotary Resource Center in Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Rotary and its partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative are strengthening the lines of communication by giving cellphones to health workers in Pakistan and Nigeria, where a single text message could save a life.
They also can note any children who didn’t receive the vaccine or parental refusals – and record successful immunizations. In Pakistan, the polio eradication effort aims to reach the nation’s 35 million children under age five. The result is a collection of real-time information that officials can easily monitor and assess, says Michel Thieren, regional emergency director of the World Health Organization’s Health Emergency Program.
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In Pakistan, Rotary has been working to replace traditional paper-based reporting of maternal and child health information, including polio immunization data, with mobile phone and e-monitoring technology. Community health workers across the nation have received more than 800 phones through a partnership with Rotary, the Pakistani government; Telenor, the country’s second-largest telecommunications provider; and Eycon, a data monitoring and evaluation specialist. Organizers plan to distribute a total of 5,000 cellphones by the end of 2018. Health workers can use the phones to send data via text message to a central server. If they see a potential polio case, they can immediately alert officials at Pakistan’s National Emergency Operations Center.
https://my.rotary.org/en/member-center/rotaryglobal-rewards/offers#/offers
CHANGES TO THE
GLOBAL GRANT REPORTING Dear global grant primary contacts:
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n 23 January we’ll unveil changes to the global grant reporting section of the Grant Center. The updated report will match the layout and language in the global grant application, making it easier to understand and use. Both primary contacts are now required to authorize reports. Global grant reports that are now in the system will be modified to fit the new format. However, because we’ve changed the report so extensively, much of the information that was entered earlier will stop being visible on 23 January. This information will still be available to staff, and we can provide it upon request. Here’s how your reports will be affected and what you’ll need to do, depending on their status: Ÿ Draft: Because much of the information that was put in the report will no longer be visible, it must be added again using the new report. If you can’t complete and submit the report before 23 January, download a copy of your draft and save it so you can use it to complete the new report. Ÿ Authorizations required: Both primary contacts must authorize the report, and any remaining authorizations must be completed before the report can be submitted to the Foundation. Ÿ Submitted: No action is needed. Your report will be adjusted to fit the new format but will be reviewed using the previous report format. Ÿ Accepted: No action is needed.
If you have a report due before 23 January, please go ahead and submit it. Otherwise, you may wish to wait and use the new software, which Rotarian-testing has shown to be superior to the current system. I also encourage you to download PDFs of your reports, whether they’re in progress or completed, for your records. Thank you for your patience as we make these changes. We hope they will make it easier for clubs to report on the tremendous work that they accomplish through global grants. If you have any questions, write to rotarysupportcenter@rotary.org. Thank you for your commitment to The Rotary Foundation. Sincerely, Abby McNear Rotary Grants Manager +1-847-425-5656 Rotary.org
Changes to grant terms and conditions GLOBAL GRANT
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he Foundation periodically updates grant terms and conditions for clarity and to include policy changes. See the current version for these changes:
Dear district Rotary Foundation chairs and grants, scholarships, and vocational training team subcommittee chairs:
In Section II, the Foundation — Added the requirement for community assessments to be conducted before applying for a global grant (beginning 1 July 2018).
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he Global Grants Community Assessment Results form, which I mentioned in my last message, is now available. Starting 1 July 2018, any club or district that applies for a global grant to support a humanitarian project or a vocational training team must first conduct a community assessment and submit the completed results form with its global grant application in the Grant Center. Make sure that Rotarians in your district who are planning global grant projects know about this requirement and the many benefits of conducting a community assessment. These assessments: Ÿ Improve project design Ÿ Help ensure that a project will truly benefit the
people it's intended to help Ÿ Make it easier to plan a project that will be
sustainable Ÿ Streamline the approval process by reducing
the number of exchanges between applicants and the Foundation Please encourage your clubs to review Rotary’s Community Assessment Tools to learn about proven methods for evaluating a community’s assets and needs, including community meetings, surveys, interviews, and focus groups. If you have any questions, write to rotarysupportcenter@rotary.org. Thank you for your commitment to Rotary grants and all your work to support the Rotarians who are Doing Good in the World. Sincerely, Abby McNear Rotary Grants Manager +1-847-425-5656 Rotary.org
In Section III, the Foundation — Clarified the restrictions on global-grant funded construction to cover projects with or without a strategic partner. In Section V, the Foundation — Clarified that it cannot fund any grant whose success depends on international travel to a country on the travel ban list, even if the project’s budget excludes the cost of travel.
Prior to applying for a global grant, a club must meet the specified criteria and sign both the Memorandum of Understanding and the district addendum. Global Grants support large international activities with sustainable, measurable outcomes in Rotary’s six areas of focus. The total project must be at least $30,000. For more information on Global Grants, go to the home page of the Global Application Tool in the Rotary Grant Center. Global Grant applications must be submitted online through the Rotary International website. For access to the application form, click on Grant Application Tool (on the left of your screen), sign-in, click on “apply for a grant”, select “Global Grant” from the dropdown box and then click “let’s get started”. The application form will appear Once you begin filling in the global grant application form, you may come and go as you please. Be sure you ALWAYS save your work using the bottom on the bottom of each page BEFORE leaving any page. If there is no activity on the grant application for six months, your application will automatically be deleted.
POLIOPLUS IS A GREAT ROTARY GRASSROOTS PEACEMAKING PROJECT
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PDG Matts Ingermanson District 7230, New York & Bermuda
One of the main challenges to completing the eradication of Polio, is that wars have prevented vaccination of children in the war zones. Rotarians have on many occasions convinced the warring parties to stop hostilities in different war zones, so their children can be vaccinated. PolioPlus is a great Rotary Grassroots Peacemaking project.
rassroots Peacemaking is becoming more and more popular. I was very impressed with the United Nations Conference about Preserving Pluralism and Diversity in Iraq on November 30, which was arranged by the Holy See. The participants presented a vision of tolerance and cooperation, even though Iraq of today is not a perfect world. It is necessary to first present a vision for something to become reality. If the people in Iraq buy into this vision, they can make it into reality. It takes a lot of time and patience. In the meantime, we must live with the fact that Iraq today is far from perfect. It is nevertheless important to hold up a vision of a perfect situation in Iraq, so it can be a leading star to creating a better reality. The reality is that everybody wins with peace and everybody loses with war. It is therefore in everybody’s self-interest to have peace. I spoke at the United Nations Conference on November 30, 2017 with Sundra by my side. You can watch my speech on the conference video at http://webtv.un.org/search/preservingpluralism-and-diversity-in-the-nineveh-region/ 5663770 452001/?term=holy%20see&sort=date. My comments were made after 1 hour and 46 minutes. You can fast forward to this time, if you want to listen to my comments. The Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the UN, together with the Nineveh Reconstruction Committee (NRC) and the Knights of Columbus, organized this conference at the United Nations Headquarters. The conference was chaired by Archbishop Bernardito Auza, who is the Permanent Observer of the Holy See and the personal representative of Pope Francis to the UN Archbishop Auza said that restoring those displaced by ISIS back home to the Nineveh Plains will not only require restoring houses, schools, and places of worship, but also rebuilding society with a peaceful coexistence for the region’s diverse ethnic and religious groups. ISIS is on the verge of military defeat. Unless those displaced from the Nineveh Plains can return, ISIS will have succeeded in its objective of eliminating religious minorities from the region. Returning religious minorities to the Nineveh Plains, where 40 percent of Iraq’s Christians lived before 2014, is also of deep importance to Pope Francis. In addition to contributing millions of dollars in aid to persecuted Christians and other religious minorities, the Knights of Columbus played a large role in petitioning the United States Congress to recognize the atrocities committed by ISIS towards Christians as genocide.
ROTARY BRANDING
“Rotary has an identity that’s recognized around the world,” said Justin Peters, global executive creative director of Siegel+Gale. “The team didn’t set out to reinvent the wheel (logo). On the contrary, the goal was to celebrate the wheel’s heritage and build upon an identity that has unified and inspired Rotarians for over a century. The new identity enables the organization to move forward with a stronger, more consistent visual expression. While the design system better aligns Rotary communications, it also provides enough flexibility that each club can have its own creative voice within the framework.”
By Patrick Plantenberg District 5390 Public Image Chair
New Rotary Branding Works!
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n Townsend, our community image branding we did about 10 years ago has never caught on. The new Rotary brand works! At our District Assembly in April at Fairmont, I purchased the new Rotary lapel pins in both the pin and magnetic versions for our club members (See pictures below). I have always been a believer in wearing my Rotary wheel style lapel pin wherever I go. Every once in a while, someone would ask “What does it say on your pin?” I have been wearing the new style Rotary lapel pin now for about two months and many people have commented-“Oh I see you’re in Rotary!” or “What is Rotary?” They actually can read the word “Rotary” on the pins! This recognition is what branding is all about. I encourage all clubs to contact any of our Rotary Club suppliers at: https://www.bing.com/search?q=rotary+club+supplies&form=EDGEAR&qs=PF&cvid=5fd2fa1 856b54d8e896b6418e1be627e&pq=rotary%20club%20supplies and purchase the new style pins in blue or white. Wear the new lapel pins proudly-and be ready with your “What is Rotary?” response! Use the new Rotary logos on all correspondence and social media. Visit the Rotary Brand center at https://brandcenter.rotary.org/en-GB to find example formats for press releases, letters, etc. And please forward me any copies of press releases, newspaper articles, or social media postings. Let your community know what your club is doing. If we don’t toot our horns no one else will.
- In Lighter Mood! Excerpts by Laurence MinskyColleen Fahey
Rotary Strengthened Their Brand by Simplifying It
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otary is a highly complex organization, steeped in tradition, with 1.2 million members in 34,000 autonomously run clubs in 530 districts across the globe. Navigating its extensive and varied programming was difficult for members and the public alike, making it hard for the organization to stay relevant. Rotary also discovered, through an internal survey, that members had difficulty explaining the nonprofit’s role in the world. Working with Siegel+Gale, they conducted two additional worldwide studies. The first one assessed a donor’s motivation to give money or time by comparing the nonprofit to 12 international peers and two local charities in each of four global regions to see how people perceived Rotary, as well as the respondent’s “brand preferences” among these organizations. This survey found that while some nonprofits were positioned clearly in people’s minds, Rotary wasn’t. The second study revealed that neither their members nor their staff could consistently answer the question, “What is Rotary?” While the results were certainly disappointing, these surveys found two recurring and motivating themes: People join and stay with Rotary because of the connections they make with others and the positive feelings they get by giving back to their communities. Seeing the potential in these themes, Rotary adopted “community and connections” as their brand essence — the core benefit, promise, or purpose of a product, service, or organization. Rotary organized all of their activities into three core areas at aligned with this brand essence: 1) “join leaders” for their club meetings; 2) “exchange ideas” for their work finding solutions to community problems; and, 3) “take action” for their work to create positive change in their local communities and in the world. As a result, Rotary was able to imply the benefits of getting involved with the organization, as well as explain how to do it, through one simple structure.
PUBLIC RELATIONS
Publicity, Branding And Marketing This is how a Professor explained Marketing Concepts to a class: 1. You see a Gorgeous Girl at a party. You go up to her and say: "I am very rich. Marry me!" - That's Direct Marketing. 2. You are at a party with a bunch of friends and see a Gorgeous Girl. One of your friends goes up to her and pointing at you says: “He’s very rich. Marry him!” - That’s Advertizing
3. You are at a party and see a Gorgeous Girl. She walks up to you and says: "You are very rich! Can I marry you?" - That's Brand Recognition. 4. You see a Gorgeous Girl at a party. You go up to her and say: "I am very rich. Marry me!" She gives you a nice hard slap on your face.
- That's Customer Feedback. 5. You see a Gorgeous Girl at a party. You go up to her and say: "I am very rich. Marry me!" And she introduces you to her husband.
- That's Demand and Supply Gap. 6. You see a Gorgeous Girl at a party. You go up to her and before you say: "I m rich, Marry me!", your wife arrives.
- That's Restriction for Entering New Markets.
From the Editor
DISTRICT 3410, INDONESIA www.rotaryd3410.org
as of 1 July 2017 Number of clubs 62 Number of members 1,168
as of 20 Dec 2017 50 1,131
as of 20 Dec 2017 Total TRF Contributions
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Bike to Cook 2017 hosted by RC Bandung Selatan, is a fundraising event to support basic education and literacy for people in Cijaringao Village, Bandung West Java Indonesia. This is fun event combined between funbike and fun cooking. The aim is to raise funds to help people in Cijarigao Village builds their Community Library. Collaborate with Rotaract and Saung Angklung Udjo Foundation
Bike to Cook 2017
One Rotarian One Tree One Rotarian One Tree hosted by RC Bandung Selatan, the actvities is to plant 1100 coffee seeds in Cijaringao Village, Bandung West Java, so people in Cijaringao can produce coffee to improve their income by sell coffee. In the other hand this project goal is to improve the enviromental in Cijaringao village, 19 Nov 2017.
RC Medan Deli, Sumatera Utara, Indonesia distributed 200 packages in the form of rice, cooking oil, vermicelli, sugar, salt, pastries, biscuits, instant noodles, milk cream, sardines, and angpao. The package is organized by the RCMD together with NGOs and social workers. President of RCMD, Samsudin Zhang admitted grateful that this event can run smoothly because of the help of friends both personal and groups who have the same social
200 Heads of Families Received Deepavali Packages
DISTRICT 3420, INDONESIA http://rotaryd3420.org/
as of 1 July 2017 Number of clubs 58 Number of members 1,185
as of 20 Dec 2017 50 1,059
as of 20 Dec 2017
Talk Show "Membangun Kembali Nasionalisme Generasi Muda�
Total TRF Contributions
$ 128,328
Dalam memperingati Hari Kemerdekaan Republik Indonesia, Rotary Club Semarang Sentral mengadakan joint meeting dengan Rotary Club area 1,2,3 Semarang mengadakan talk show dengan Bapak Hendy (Walikota Semarrang) dan Bapak Arnas (Ketua Kadin Semarang) dengan topik "Membangun Kembali Nasionalisme Generasi Muda" yang di adakan di Semarang pada tanggal
Atasi Abrasi, Rotary Club Tanam 5.000 Mangrove
Rotary Club Kudus, Rotary Club Kudus Srikandi held a seminar about thalassaemia prevention at Universitas Muria Kudus, attended by 500 people from Universitas Muria Kudus, Sekolah Tinggi Agama Islam Negeri Kudus, STIKES Cendikia Utama and students from Senior High School at Kudus.
Rotary Club of Semarang Sentral bekerjasama dengan RC Semarang Kunthi, RC Semarang Bojong, RC Semarang Indraprasta, RC Semarang Tanjung Emas, RC Semarang Lawang Sewu, RC Semarang Pandawa bersama Interact SMK Bagimu Negeriku serta RYE menanam 5.000 batang mangrove, 400 pohon cemara di desa Mangunharjo Wetan Kecamatan Tugu Mangkang pada tanggal 10 September 2017.
The Hurricane happened at Sidoarjo
DISTRICT 3770, PHILIPPINES D3420 as of 1 July 2017 Number of clubs 67 Number of members 1,820
as of 20 Dec 2017 65 1,788
as of 20 Dec 2017 Total TRF Contributions s
RC San Jose Del Monte Central joins the World's Largest Lantern Parade - Guinness World Records On the occasion of the 18th founding anniversary of the City of San Jose del Monte, Mayor Arthur Robes and Congresswoman Rida Robes made a call to all residents to participate in the official attempt to grab the world record for the “Largest Lantern Parade” from record holder Singapore. Responding to the challenge, RCSJDMC organized its partners—RCC, Rotaract and Interact to participate in this rare opportunity. The attempt was done with more than 30,000 participants, overshadowing Singapore’s record of 10,000. Amidst a heavy downpour, citizens braved the bad weather and pushed thru with the parade resulting in a bigger number of participants which convincingly validated the record. As a token of gratitude and in appreciation of the club’s participation, the city government displayed the Guinness Certificate during the 18th Induction of the club at the Grotto Vista Resort, where guests and visitors were given the opportunity to take photos with the Certificate. WE DID IT!!!
Largest Lantern Parade Guinness World Record
$ 115,589
DISTRICT 3780, PHILIPPINES
as of 1 July 2017 Number of clubs 102 Number of members 2,328
as of 20 Dec 2017 101 2,687
as of 20 Dec 2017 Total TRF Contributions
$ 183,355
Discovering Future Artists and Writers District 3780 Community service Annual Project "Discovering Future Artist and Writers" An Interschool competition for Grade 6 Students from our Adopted Elementary School. (San Jose Elementary School).
Walk for a Cause ( ALay-Lakad) Rotary Club of San Jose Del Monte Central participates the Walk for a Cause Project On September 1,2017, Alay Lakad Foundation Inc. wrote a letter thru Great Pres Leo inviting Rotarians to participate in the Alay Lakad 2017 on September 9, 2017, an activity which the Club has always aggressively supported in the past years. Still feeling tired from participating in the Tanglawan Lantern Parade the night before, the inspired Rotarians joined other various organizations in this symbolic �Walk� to support the out of school youth of the city. Consequently, payment for tickets given by the Foundation was paid on site. Alay Lakad 2017 is one of the significant activities highlighted to celebrate the 17th Cityhood celebration of the City of Sn Jose del Monte.
TRF BANQUET - All Giving from the Heart
W
hen attendees at the TRF Banquet began to gather on 21 November 2017 at Hotel Stotsenberg, Clark, and the size of the crowd exceeded 600, one became aware that this was not an ordinary event. PDG Jess Nicdao, the Regional Rotary Foundation Chair, and DG Boboy Valles had a smile on their face which grew throughout the evening. The TRF Donation Table was busy from the time that the doors opened at five pm, and continued all evening. A very surprised Rotarian from the host club Mabalacat was amazed to be handed $9000 and that someone would just hand that amount of money to any individual. It shows that Rotarians trust other Rotarians, even a Rotarian that they had not met.
DISTRICT 3790, PHILIPPINES www.rotary3790.org as of 1 July 2017 Number of clubs 102 Number of members 2,640
as of 20 Dec 2017 99 2,817
as of 20 DEC 2017 Total TRF Contributions
$ 290,429
As the event continued, Rotarians continued to come forward during the presentation of trophies and several increased their original donation. In fact, the previously ordered trophies were all given, and additional ones were ordered and given out during the D 3790 Christmas Party on December 16th at Laus Event Center. DG Boboy announced that this was the largest number of attendees at any TRF event in the history of D 3790. The TRF Banquet exceeded its goal in donations and close to $45,000 was raised in a very short time!
President Anton Hernandez of host club RC Mabalacat, DRFC PDG Digna Ragasa, IPP May Valdez of RCM, Annual Giving Chair PDG Dennis Go keep tabs on donation envelops containing cash or checks.
Recount and recording of on-site contributions by district treasurer.
DG Boboy Valles presents new major donors with jacket.
Vaccination for School Children of Lawacamulag Elementary School ROTARY CLUB OF MIDTOWN TARLAC
ALIS TRANGKASO sa KAMPO (15 Dec 2017) - part of the Medical Mission, protecting and vaccinating our soldiers from Camp General Servillano Aquino, San Miguel, Tarlac City against the influenza virus. Joint project
RC SUBIC PEARL JINGLE BELLES DGE PANDING NISCE’S PRE-PETS Eyeglasses Distribution via GVAM 792 ROTARY HOUR Radio broadcast host IPP May Valdez of RC Mabalacat partners with GVAM to give away free eye glasses to needy adults.
AmBAG ng ROTARIANS (Gift Giving) by RC DADUPAN
DISTRICT 3800, PHILIPPINES
as of 1 July 2017 Number of clubs 100 Number of members 2,525
as of 20 Dec 2017 98 2,589
as of 20 Dec 2017 Total TRF Contributions
$ 283,635
SAFE DRINKING WATER AND HAND WASHING STATION AT MALANDAY ELEM. SCHOOL Originally, the project covers the construction of a lavatory with drinking water filtration system with four (4) faucets. Upon careful study of the requirements of the school community, there came a need for the lavatory and water filtration system to be secured. Hence, the canopy was extended, and railings were added to project. Only one (1) UV system was required. Finally, a four-stage filtration system with One (1) Set Slim 20” NPT ¾” plus three (3) stages of 10” size filters,One (1) set UV system and a long lavatory with two (2) faucets for drinking water and four (4) faucets for hand washing that was tapped from the nearest local water utility. Covered and secured to ensure security and good maintenance. The project benefits 1,177 pre-school and elementary pupils and the 30 faculty members as well. The project also covers the improvement of the existing drainage system to ensure proper disposal of waste water coming from the lavatories,
Rotary Club of Marikina Valley
GUIDE'S KASAMA, SAMA KA
On December 3 members of the Rotary Club of Marikina Heights celebrated the annual International Day of Person with Disabilities with hundreds of special children at the Marikina Sports Center. The event started at 8 in the morning and ended at 5 in the afternoon. Physical therapy students, nurses & other volunteers (called Kuya) from universities in Metro Manila were in attendance to make it a memorable advanced Christmas day for the children. After the opening ceremonies and the parade, the children participated in a variety of sports activities. Toward lunchtime they rested and enjoyed a session of story telling at the covered court. A variety of presentations followed in the afternoon. The parents of the children were in a nearby location in the sport arena to listen to and interact with a variety of speakers on how to care for their children with special needs. The unifying interest of the volunteers from diverse background is toward genuine acceptance of PWDs in the community.
MARIKINA HEIGHTS
Children with disabilities gathered for an early joyful Christmas celebration
Screening for Provision of Artificial Limbs A Rotarian medical Team from India screens and measures needs for artificial limbs On Wednesday, November 6, 2017 RC Marikina Heights hosted a project for people in need of artificial limbs. The activity took place in the low income community of Tumana in the City of Marikina. The project is sponsored by District 3800 Committee for PWD Concerns chaired by PP Augie Soliman and RC Coimbatore Midtown India District 3201 and participated in by Zone 4 D3800 Rotary Clubs. Medical specialists from India: PP Baboo Kannan-District Chair for Artificial Limbs Project (RC Coimbatore Midtown) and AG K.Srikanth (RC Pondicherry) examined and attended to 42 patients from Marikina and other places in Metro Manila. The patients were brought in and were accompanied by leaders from the various Rotary clubs in District 3800 and beyond. Councilors from Tumana, Marikina Heights Rotarians and RCCers provided a helping hand and saw to it that the patients were comfortable.
DISTRICT 3810, PHILIPPINES http://3810rotary.org as of 1 July 2017 Number of clubs 122 Number of members 3,126
as of 20 Dec 2017 122 4,572
as of 20 DEC 2017 Total TRF Contributions
$ 184,412
RCDM's 15th Vocational Livelihood Training Seminar Once again, the District Vocational Livelihood Seminar Training Program hosted by Rotary Club of Downtown Manila was held at Penthouse, Malate Crown Plaza, Malate, Manila last December 2, 2017. This program has been serving our District 3810 for the past 15 consecutive years towards its commitment to community service. We like to thank: Rotarians from different Rotary Clubs of RI District 3810 who showed their unwavering support, participants for generously giving their time to attend, our RCDM scholars who volunteered to help us during the event, our skilled Resource speakers and of course, the undying support of our major Sponsors: FLY ACE Corporation, ZETA INT’L CORP, BETONIT, SOHO, JEA STEEL, LATICRETE and POLYDOOR.
PROJECT CARAVAN 2017
The Rotary Project Caravan 2017 is a multi-club level project headed by RC Manila Maharlika Rotary Club of Sampaloc joined the project caravan of RC Manila Maharlika which was also participated by other clubs within District 3810. Since we are sister clubs, we decided to have another project caravan this 2017 since we had a very successful project last year. Just like what we did in year 2016, this project caravan also focused on the 6 areas namely Disease Prevention and Treatment, Maternal & Child Health, Peace and Conflict Resolution, Basic Education and Literacy, Livelihood and Economic Development, and Water & Sanitation. We had our medical-dental mission; seminar on teenage pregnancy; livelihooddishwashing soap making; & federalism with emphasis on peace & conflict resolution with Brgy Officials. Also, short talk about proper handwashing was emphasized with demonstration on how to do the correct handwashing. Road safety was tackled since we had our motorcade from meeting (SM Fairview) to venue (Brgy Bagong Silang).
BANDANA FESTIVAL FOR CANCER PATIENTS A Signature Advocacy of BANDANA to motivate Cancer Patients to hope by keeping a positive attitude by the Rotary Club of Manila Robinson.
as of 1 July 2017 Number of clubs 111 Number of members 3,189
as of 20 Dec 2017
DISTRICT 3820, PHILIPPINES http://web.rotary3820
113 3,441
as of 20 Dec 2017 Total TRF Contributions
$ 458,420
Distribution of Nebulizer Kits To have an available Nebulizer Kits in selected primary and secondary school clinics. The Rotary Club of Metro Mauban, in partnership with RC Lipa West donated Nebulizer Kits to Mauban North Elementary School I, Brgy. Cagsiay II National High School, and Dr. Maria D. Pastrana National High School, all located in Mauban, Quezon. The primary purpose of the said project is to have an standby Nebulizer Kits in their respective school clinics to be used in case of asthma attacks to their students.
With the cooperation of various Rotary Clubs in Laguna, Quezon and Batangas, a District (3820) project, Donation of Artificial Leg for the Poor was headed by the Rotary Club of San Pablo City South.
Artificial Legs for the Poor RC San Pablo City South - Headed District Project
The leg measurement was carried out by doctor and technicians from India on December 4 2017 at Mega Disco, Bgy. San Francisco, San Pablo City. The artificial legs will be prepared and fabricated also in India through the generosity of RC Coimbature of India.
World Teacher's Day Celebration Our Teachers, Our Hero. Honoring the people who molded us of what we are today. Rotary Club of Metro Daet honors five outstanding teachers for the passion they put in their craft. The recognition ceremony is part of the celebration of World Teachers Day.
Club Medical Mission with Alitagtag Brgy Health Workers Another Club Medical Mission but this time at a location not usually accessed by Rotary, a RC Taal-Lemery project. Doctors were able to examine 128 patients at Villa Salome. To donate our excess time to do this type of work for the community is always fulfilling. Thanks to the Villanueva family, Dr Go and Villa Salome, the Brgy Health Workers, and last but not least, our Chairman, Rtn Advent Araja for making this happen.
The Rotary Club of Metro Mauban, together with Brgy. Sadsaran officials, Rotaract Club of Metro Mauban, District Governor Maria Lewina "Lewi" A. Tolentino, as Guest of Honor, and Monsignor Eugenio Antonio A. Viray, officiating priest, inaugurated the newly constructed public toilet, a flagship project of RC Metro Mauban.
Inauguration and Turn-over of Kubeta para sa Masa
The said project was made possible through the effort of the members of the Rotary Club of Metro Mauban, under the leadership of Great President Alween M. Sardea, and the financial support of some benefactors. The Kubeta para sa Masa primary purpose is to have a clean and comfortable public toilet to be used by the local tourists who visited Cagbalete Island, in particular and local residents in general.
DISTRICT 3830, PHILIPPINES /http://rotary3830.org
as of 1 July 2017 Number of club 94 Number of members 3,239
as of 20 Dec 2017 94 3,359
as of 20 Dec 2017 Total TRF Contributions
$ 204,327
Pamaskong handog kay lolo at lola An annual gift giving project A continuing project of Rotary Club of Makati Poblacion for the senior citizens of Hospicio de San Jose. The program was started by PP Ed David who decided to spend his birthday celebration with fellow seniors for the third year.the beneficiaries received 2 pairs of new clothings, diapers, slippers, toiletries,geriatric vitamins,christmas meals, reading materials. Singing and dancing were also conducted that made the seniors very happy as most of them have not been visited or abandoned by relatives. Beneficiaries were 64 female and 25 male, plus all the staff and volunteers of the facility.
Gentle Hands Merienda mission Provided merienda to 100 orphans of Gentle Hands Foundation by the Rotary Club of Makati BelAir 50 orphans decorated their own cupcakes and ate it with spaghetti, ice-cream, milk drinks. Select Language▼
4th Manila GUITARFEST 2017 Fund raising event and cultural awareness on international and local classic guitar music A program aimed to create awareness of the guitar culture intended for the students from several universities, with masterclasses conducted by 6 international classic guitar performers, 4 guitar ensembles,with support from 4 national universities conducting classic guitar course. The 5 day event was highlighted by evening performances of the international artists, hosted by Rotary Club of Makati Poblacion. Several Rotary clubs have supported the event and so with e district governor of 3830. The 5 day event benefited almost 1000 students, 50 Rotarians, and 200 music enthusiasts and raised additional funds for the club's ROTARY BRIDGE PROJECT inSan Teodoro Elementary School, Anilao, Batangas.
Happy Barangay: Care-A-Van Part 2 The Rotary Club of Makati San Miguel (led by the club’s Chair for Service Projects, Melecio Advincula) held the Happy Barangay: Care-a-van Part 2 on November 24, 2017 at the adopted barangay’s covered court. The club sought again the assistance of local government officials to provide the following no-cost services to the low-income constituents of the adopted barangay, Barangay San Martin de Porres: CBC, Urinalysis, Blood Typing, Pneumococcal, Vaccination, Free Eye Check and Free Eyeglass, ECG, Hair cut, Talk on Polio.
as of 1 July 2017 Number of clubs 52 Number of members 1,288
as of 20 Dec 2017 49 1,325
as of 20 Dec 2017 Total TRF Contributions
$ 19,422
840 Children at the evacuation site (tent city) who are victims of the Marawi conflict were given school supplies, hygiene kit, stuffed toys and also underwent stress debrifieng through fun activities like storytelling and games. War in Marawi, Southern Philippines, is still ongoing and the children are the ones most suffereing from this. Their schools have been totally devastated but the Department of Education, as a start for normalcy is conducting classes in the relocation site despite it being irregular in nature. Partners: Rotary Clubs of Subang, Selangor (Malaysia), Marawi City, Makati Olympia, Iligan-Maria Cristina, Lanao del Norte, Metro Lanao, Makati Pio Del Pilar, and Boracay, Aklan
DISTRICT 3850, PHILIPPINES
North Disaster Response Project Give Hope 2017 Rotary Club of Zamboanga North distributed 285 school supplies for children who are victims of fire during Christmas Day 2016, at Camino Nuevo Pasonanca
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he main objective of the project is to establish coral gardens in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi using fragments of damaged (such as those dislocated by waves, boat anchors and other mechanical causes) and healthy portion of diseased corals, which are call corals of opportunity. The materials used are all natural such as rocks or dead corals for substrates, i.e. where corals are grown, and the chemicals are all organic and have been tested to be environment-friendly.
Coral Gardening in Tawi-Tawi To establish coral gardens in Tawi-Tawi using fragments of damaged and corals of opportunity, by the Rotary Club of Bongan, Tawi Tawi.
The other objectives of the project are: Ÿ To promote environmental awareness by conducting IEC campaigns with the community and school youths on the importance of coral reefs to humans and marine organisms. Ÿ To promote coral reef conservation. By setting up coral gardens or nurseries, we are ensured that we have healthy corals which can be used as source to rehabilitate damaged coral reefs in other areas in Tawi-Tawi for faster recovery. Ÿ To promote eco-tourism. Coral gardens can also be an additional tourist attraction.
as of 1 July 2017 Number of clubs 97 Number of members 2,581
as of 20 Dec 2017
DISTRICT 3860, PHILIPPINES
96 2,702
as of 20 Dec 2017 Total TRF Contributions
$ 185,156
OCTOBER 2017
PINKRUN October Pink Run Activity to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month. October 8, 2017. October Run Program activity in partnership with the Philippine Medical Association of General Santos City and other cause oriented groups in support to Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The pink jumped off at 5am held at Doctor’s Hospital, GSC.
Rotary Club of Dadiangas - General Santos City South Cotabato
Pamaskong Handog 2017
Christmas Gift Giving to more than 500 children held at Veranza Mall General Santos City. The Rotary Club of Dadiangas in partnership with the Gen. Santos City Police Station 6 headed by Rtn. Chief Inspector Bryan O' Neil Salvacion were giving early Christmas gifts, food, and fun filled activities for more than 500 children of Brgy. Bula, Gen. Santos City.
By Rotary Club of Ormoc Bay with Ormoc City Government Officials No Plastics Day a project launched in 2012 was re-launched again just in October of this year with the support of the City of Ormoc government headed by Mayor Richard Gomez and Vice Mayor Toto Locsin, a well known eco-advocate In institutionalizing the "No Plastic Ordinance" of Ormoc City that will be a city ordinance in 2018. The Vice Mayor Toto together with the Chairman of the Committee on Environment, Goito Yrastorza and The Rotary Club of Ormoc Bay, visited the Public Market of LGU Palompon to observe and benchmark how their "No Plastic Ordinance" is implemented as well as the impact thereof to the local consumers of Palompon to make it more viable when its time to carry out the ordinance in Ormoc City next year.
Benchmarking NO PLASTICS in Palompon Leyte
DISTRICT 3870, PHILIPPINES http://www.rotarydistrict3870.org/
as of 1 July 2017 Number of clubs 46 Number of members 1,321
as of 20 Dec 2017 45 1,386
as of 20 Dec 2017 Total TRF Contributions
$ 139,324
HANDWASHING and TOOTH BRUSHING PROJECT by the Rotary Club of Uptown Iligan
Conducted by the Rotary Club of Uptown Iligan, Toothbrushing and Handwashing project to the students of Estenzo-Comendador School. Keeping hands clean is one of the most important steps we can take to avoid getting sick and spreading germs to others. Washing your hands properly can help prevent the spread of the germs (like bacteria and viruses) that cause these diseases. Toothbrushing is the most neglected hygiene practices especially among kids. However, poor dental hygiene leads to toothache, dental carries and infection. All these dental diseases affects poor performance in school and could lead to a more serious illness. Through toothbrushing, students acquire experiencial knowledge on dental hygiene practices for disease prevention. Many diseases are caused due to lack of oral hygiene, so this project is targeted to promote oral hygiene and hand hygiene to school children. Club distributed a kit that includes soap, nailcutter, toothbrush, toothpaste, face towel and comb.
Distribution of Wheel Chairs to Cerebral Palcy Patients.
On October 23, 2017 Rotary Club of East Cagayan de Oro the distributed wheelchairs to cerebral palsy children from Cagayan de Oro City . These wheel chairs were donated by Rotary District 9685 of Australia thru PDG Danny Low.
MILF PEACE IMPLEMENTING PANEL DIALOGUE WITH BUSINESS COMMUNITY
Held at Kutawato Manor Hotel and Convention Center on 13 Nov 2017, arranged by the Rotary Club of Cotabato City South