Rotary International District 7950

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Steve SilvermanDistrict Governor 2008-09

Congratulations to District Governor Steve who became a grandfather on October 17th at 10:58 A.M. with the birth of a 7 lb. baby girl girl named, Elizabeth Maddison Winslow.

Rotary International District 7950

THE GOVERNOR’S November, 2008

NEWSLETTER

FROM DISTRICT GOVERNOR STEVE — “The Rotary Foundation”

VOLUME III, ISSUE 5

Rotary International President D. K. Lee

District Governor Steve Silverman and Amy-Jo Silverman

District Governor Elect Terry Humfryes and

Mary

District Governor Nominee Charlie

Murphy and Carrie

Inside this Issue Page

District Governor’s Message 1

Vocational Service 2

Available Speakers 2

Open World Pot Luck 2

Club Visioning Update 3 & 4

DGE Terry Humfryes Message 4

Club Meeting Locations 5

Attendance Statistics 6

Message from Assistant Governor Area 3 7 & 8

Club News 8,9 &

10

Calendar of Events 11

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VOCATIONAL SERVICE by William L. Palmisciano,PAGChair, District 7950 Vocational

Service Committee

Vocational Service, the second Avenue of Service, promotes high ethical standards in businesses and p r o f e s s i on s , r e c ogn i z e s t h e w o r t h i n e s s o f a l l d i g n i f i e d occupations, and fosters the ideal of serv ice in the pursu i t o f a l l vocations. The role of members includes conducting themselves and their businesses in accordance with Rotary’s principles.

One of the priorities of the RI Strategic Plan is to revitalize the advantage of Rotary’s unique vocational basis by:

• Influencing ethical decision- making by encourag ing Rotarians to join and take leadership roles in business and vocational associations.

• Finding new ways to develop vocational skills of others, especially people without j obs , by fu l l y u t i l i z i ng Rotar ian exper t i se and experience.

• Developing more vocational forums for learning and information exchange to encourage p ro fess iona l development.

When professionals join a Rotary club, they do so as a representative of their particular business or profession.

R o t a r i a n s h a v e t h e d u a l responsibility of representing their vocat ion within the c lub and exemplifying the ideals of Rotary within the workplace.

Vocational Service opportunities include:

• Mentoring• Career Days• Vocational Awards• Business Assistance• Rotary club presentations

The district Vocational Service chair coordinates and promotes club

vocational service projects within the district. The chair:

• Works with clubs• Encourages district-wide

participation• Shares project information

and ideas with Rotarians worldwide.

NEED A SPEAKER FOR A FUTURE

MEETING?

Rona Mann and Ed Skwirz of t he Ro ta ry You th Exchange Program are available to let y o u r c l u b k n o w a b o u t t h e w o n d e r f u l o p p o r t u n i t y o f hosting a foreign student for a year and also sending a young person from your community r e p r e s e n t i n g y o u r c l u b t o another country for the school year. It costs NOTHING to send a kid out and only a monthly stipend from the club when a young person comes here for the year. Ask any club that's sponsored kids in and out in the past what a r e wa r d i n g a n d e n r i c h i n g experience it is for the entire club. To book them for your club e-m a i l E d a t essexstepeds@cox.net or Rona at six07co@att.net

OPEN WORLD

• Open Wor ld p o t l u c k dinners:

ALL ARE INVITED

• O n S u n d a y t h e 9 t h o f November there will be a pot luck w e l c o m e d i n n e r a t J a n e t Schmitz’s home in Scituate, MA. Please RSVP at 781.545.2632 or janetschmitz@comcast.net

• Sunday the 16th of November there will be a pot luck farewell party is in Norwell on Riverside Drive and requires an RSVP at 7 8 1 . 8 2 6 . 6 8 3 1 o r janice.brown@home123.com

T h e O p e n Wo r l d g r o u p includes two Rotarians from Russia who really want to talk to Rotarians. We will have plenty of interpreters on hand. Please come and please remember to RSVP Thank you!

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CLUB VISIONING

This is an EVENT. It is an opportunity for your club to reach consensus on a focus and a vision for your future. It allows everyone to have an equal say. It values everyone’s input. It is intense – and it is fun!

“Club Visioning” empowers Rotary clubs to determine their own vision and to work towards it. Club Visioning has been developed in North America over a six-year period, and is currently assisting Rotary clubs in more than 50 Rotary districts across the USA and Canada. The majority of clubs taking part in this program have achieved positive outcomes.

If your club wishes to participate – here are the steps you will need to take:

• Notify the Visioning Coordinator of your interest (Terr i F i tch, 401-847-6340), terrifitch@newportrotary.org

• Ask club members to participate in a pre-event survey (provided by the Visioning Team)

• Choose one club member to act as coordinator and contact (does not need to be the club president)

• The Visioning Workshop must be scheduled for 4 hours from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm on a weeknight (Monday through Thursday); the club must secure a commitment from each participant to be on time and to stay for the entire event

Some questions you might have:

Can we break this up into two sessions of two hours each? It is not practical to expect to develop a five-year vision and action plan is shorter sessions. The program builds momentum throughout the evening to allow a consensus among all present.

Can you send me a written synopsis of the program? Please read the article in the May issue of The Rotarian, entitled “A Plan for All Seasons”. Or email Terri Fitch (terrifitch@newportrotary.org) and she will send a copy of the article to you.What is the purpose of the pre-event survey? The Visioning Team needs some background and the perspectives of all of the club’s members to prepare fully for your event. It also serves as a benchmark against which you can measure your future success.Who and how many will you send as our Visioning Team? We have 16 fully-trained facilitators – who will be assigned on a rotating basis depending upon availability. There are usually between three and five facilitators assigned for a visioning event. (A list of the Visioning Facilitators is provided below.)How much will this cost? There is a flat fee of $75.00 to cover the cost of supplies. The clubs are expected to provide a meal for the training team (we recommend a “working meal” such as a sandwich buffet or box dinner for everyone), one screen and two easels. The visioning team facilitators will donate their time and travel expense. Are clubs required to do this? No, there is no requirement that clubs conduct a visioning event.What will we actually have at the conclusion of the event? The club will have consensus on a five-year focus and action plan – as well as the tools and support necessary to further develop their action plan.Will the Visioning Team return if we need them to do so? Absolutely. In fact, a PowerPoint synopsis of the event and the results will be presented to you within two weeks of the workshop. Your Visioning Team will be available to provide on-going support and follow up at your request.

Our Club Visioning Team spent seven (7) intensive training hours together in Nashua, NH – and four (4) additional hours at a second in-district training event.

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The Team is able to help facilitate a framework from which you can build an infrastructure within your club, based on input by your own members and not imposed from the outside, to develop goals and programs that reflect a consensus within your club.

The Club Visioning Team is comprised of 16 enthusiastic, motivated, and positive people. They are: David Augustinho (Hyannis MA), Dietrich Bilger (Scituate MA), Joe Clancy (Weymouth MA), Mike Davis (Bristol RI), Terri Fitch (Newport), Kyle Hinkle (Nauset-Orleans MA), Dick Lemay (Woonsocket RI), Bruce Marquis (Bridgewaters MA), Chris McGowan (Mansfield MA), Dave Melchar (Middletown RI), Angela Ponte (Quincy MA), Mary Roda (Wakefield RI), Caryn Smith (Quincy MA), Jan Tkaczyk (Yarmouth MA), Tom Warren (Bridgewaters MA), and Jonathan Young (Braintree MA).

Please contact Terri Fitch, Club Visioning Coordinator (terrifitch@newportrotary.org, VM: 401-847-6340, FX: 401-847-8476)

A “global” vision will provide a framework – but the practicalities must belong to the clubs.

Message From DGE Terry Humfryes

This year the Foundation Seminar and the Foundation Dinner were combined for an afternoon/evening event. Also added was a Partners Program that ran concurrently with the seminar.

Our guest speakers for the seminar, from other districts, included Jack Best (D7120), Elias Thomas (D7780) and Alan Hurst (D7980). All were very

k now l e dgeab l e a nd complimented our own district speakers who included Paul Watts, District Foundation Chair, PDG Ann Williams, PP Bart Nuboer and PDG Peter Carnevale. Pro Lyon, an invited guest of PDG Terri Fitch and a polio survivor, gave a very inspirational talk on the effects of polio and post polio syndrome.

The agenda included some very pract ica l breakout sessions – including District Simplified Grants (DSG), the $100 Million Gates Challenge for PolioPlus, Paul Harris Fellow recognition, and more.

It was a great opportunity to access Rotary Foundation monies for your local and international projects, to educate your club leaders, to introduce your newest members to the wider world of Rotary, to participate in an excellent program with some of our Zone’s best speakers, and to enjoy wonderful fellowship with clubs from around our district.

The Partners Program had many interesting topics as well, which were presented by Rotarians and their spouses. Included in this list of presenters and the individual who actually developed the program was Rotarian Amy Aronson-Silverman. Mary Humfryes, wife of DGE Terry Humfryes, provided other assistance. PP Fran Jeffries and Linda Clifton spoke on literacy in Africa and the trip they just concluded as Rotary Volunteers, while AG Bill Vangel talked about district activities, and David Eby spoke on the Shelterbox project.

Thank you to all who participated. We know that with all the words of inspiration you heard and the many brochures you went away with that you are now the Foundation spokesperson for the club. We wish, as do you that missed it, that there could have been representation from every club. It was truly a learning experience!

Next month we will have the recap of the Foundation Dinner and the fantastic speaker, Ann Lee Hussey, we have right next door in District 7780. An individual you will want to meet and will meet at the PETS training in March 2009, as she takes on the role of District Governor Nominee and classmate of our own DGN Charlie Murphy.

Contact DGE Terry Humfryes via:e.humfryes@comcast.net

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CLUB MEETING LOCATIONS AND TIMESAbington—Tuesday 6:30 - Abington Ale HouseAttleboro—Wednesday 12:10 - Highland Country ClubWebsite: www.attlebororotary.orgBourne/Sandwich—Thursday 7 AM - Upper Cape Technical High SchoolBraintree—Thursday 12:15 - SheratonBridgewaters—Wednesday 7:15 AM - Good Days RestaurantBristol—Wednesday 12:15 - Tweet’s RestaurantBrockton—Thursday 12:15 - Holiday Inn at WestgateWebsite: www.brocktonrotaryclub.orgCanton—Thursday 7:30 AM - Maxie’s Deli StoughtonChariho—Tuesday 6:30 - Richmond Country ClubChatham—Wednesday 6:15 - 400 East Restaurant, HarwichCohasset—Monday 6:30 - Lightkeepers HouseCranston—Wednesday 12:15 - Macera’s Cumberland/Lincoln—Monday-12:15 AmicaDartmouth—Thursday 6:30 - Country Club of New BedfordDuxbury—Tuesday 6:30 - Kingsbury ClubEast Greenwich—Wednesday 12:15 -Potowomut Golf ClubEast Providence/Seekonk — Monday 12:15 - Best Western, 45 Mink, SeekonkFairhaven—Tuesday 12:15 - The Pasta HouseFall River—Thursday 12:15— White’s Website: www.frrotary.orgFalmouth—Tuesday (summer - JML Center 7:30 A.M.) other seasons 6:15 - Nimrod’s Foxboro—1st and 3rd Thursday 12 noon -Invensys Company CafeteriaWebsite:www.foxbororotary.orgHarwich/Dennis — Thursday 7 AM Grumpy’s

Hingham-Hull—Thursday 6:15 - South Shore Country ClubHolbrook—Monday 6:30 - Abington AleHouseWebsite: www.holbrookrotary.orgHyannis—Thursday 12:15 - Sheraton HyannisWebsite: www.hyannisrotary.orgJamestown—Thursday 7:15AM - The Lionel Champlin HouseWebsite:www.jamestownclassic.org/rotaryMansfield—Tuesday 12:15- Holiday Inn Website: www.mansfieldrotaryclub.orgMartha’s Vineyard—Wednesday 12:10-Oceanside RestaurantWebsite: www.mvrotary.orgMashpee—Wednesday 7AM - Percy’s Place, Rte. 28Middleboro—Wednesday 6:15-Tuscan HouseMiddletown—Wednesday 6:30-Mainstay InnMilton—Wednesday 12:15-Fuller Village Nantucket—Wednesday - 12:15 -Faregrounds Restaurant, Fairgrounds Rd. Nauset/Orleans—Tuesday 7AM -Hearth’n’ KettleNew Bedford—Wednesday 12:15 - Wamsutta ClubNewport—Tuesday 12:30-Atlantic Beach ClubWebsite: www.newportrotary.orgNorth Attleboro—Wednesday 12 Luciano’s North Kingstown—Tuesday 12:15 -Gregg’s RestaurantNorth Providence—Tuesday 5:15 - J&D Family RestaurantWebsite: www.rotarynprovri.orgNorwood—Monday 6:15 - Conrad’s Restaurant Osterville—Wednesday 12:15 - St. Peter’s Pawtucket—Thursday 12:15 - St. Paul’s Pawtuxet Valley—Tuesday 7:30 - Café Gianna, 915 Tiogue Ave., Coventry, RI.Website: www.pawtuxetvalleyrotary.orgPlymouth—Monday 12:15 - John Carver Inn

Plymouth Sunrise—Monday 7 AM -Hilton Garden InnPortsmouth—Tuesday 6:30-Valley Inn Providence—Monday 12:15-Providence MarriottProvidence-Sunrise—Thursday 7:10 AM Providence Marriott CourtyardWebsite: www.providencerotary.orgQuincy—Tuesday 12:15-Neighborhood ClubRandolph/Avon—Wednesday 7:45 AM -The Breakfast ConnectionRockland/Hanson—Thursday 6:30 -Woody’sScituate, MA—Wednesday 6:30-Scituate Country ClubScituate, RI—Wednesday 7- Chester’s Sharon—Monday 6:30 - Sharon Community CenterWebsite: www.sharonrotary.orgStoughton—Tuesday 6-Golden Palace Taunton—Thursday 12:10 - Stoneforge Public HouseTri-Town/Hanover—Monday 6:15 - Imperial GardenWakefield, RI—Thursday 12:15-Liliana’s Italian Restaurant at the Holiday InnWarren/Barrington—Tuesday 6:30 - The Wharf TavernWarwick—Thursday 12:15 - Radisson AirportWebsite: www.warwickrotary.orgWesterly—Monday 5:30 - Venice RestaurantWeymouth—Monday 6:15 - Hajjars Function HallWebsite: www.weymouthrotary.orgWoonsocket—Thursday 12:15 - River Falls RestaurantYarmouth—Friday 7AM-Hearth & KettleEmail updates to Ed Meaney at: dgnewsletter7950@comcast.netThank you,Ed Meaney

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Club Name Club # # Mem Start

# Mem End

% Attend

# of Mtgs

Abington 6643 29 26 70.8 5

Attleboro 6644 61 64 66.59 4

Bourne/Sandwich 6645 26

Braintree 6646 48 48 72.13 4

Bridgewaters 6647 18 18 67 4

Bristol 6686 62 60 70 4

Brockton 6648

Canton 6649 20 20 60 3

Chariho 6687

Chatham 6650 33 34 74.26 4

Cohasset 6651 24 22 88 4

Cranston 6688 24 23 62.5 4

Cumberland/Lincoln 6689 21 21 79.37 3

Dartmouth 6690 25 25 59 4

Duxbury 6653 15 15 57 5

East Greenwich 6690 51

East Providence/Seekonk 6691 29 29 66.9 5

Fairhaven 6655 19 19 71.58 5

Fall River 6656

Falmouth 6657 31 32 68 4

Foxboro 6658 25 26 74 2

Harwich/Dennis 6660 33 33 72.73 5

Hingham-Hull 6661 57 58 60.04 4

Holbrook 6662 24

Hyannis 6663 84 84 77 4

Jamestown 6692 19 20 69 4

Mansfield 6664

Martha's Vineyard 27997 76 77 74.63 4

Mashpee 50826 21 21 63 4

Middleboro 6666 27 28 61 4

Middletown 6693 25 24 75 4

Milton 6667 25 25 61.2 4

Nantucket 6668 76 75 62.5 4

Club Name Club # # Mem Start

# Mem End

% Attend

# of Mtgs

Nauset-Orleans 6672 32

New Bedford 6669 42 41 90.9 4

Newport 6694 44 44 72.94 5

North Attleboro 6670 19 19 49 3

North Kingstown 6695 31 32 66.9 5

North Providence 6707 21 21 67 5

Norwood 6671 24 24 75 5

Osterville 6673 47 48 88.07 4

Pawtucket 6696 41

Pawtuxet Valley 6697 17

Plymouth 6674 97 95 79.16 4

Plymouth Sunrise 70995 19

Portsmouth 6698 23 23 62 4

Providence 6699

Providence-Sunrise 31434

Quincy 6676 78 76 54 5

Randolph/Avon 6677 19 19 84 5

Rockland/Hanson 6678 13 13 90 4

Scituate, MA 6679 27 28 90 4

Scituate, RI 6700 16 17 81.5 4

Sharon 6680 37

Stoughton 6682 14 14 58 5

Taunton 6682 72 72 69 4

Tri-Town/Hanover 6659

Wakefield 6703 92 92 78 4

Warren/Barrington 6704 20 20 77 5

Warwick 6705 113 101 62.8 4

Westerly 6706 24 24 80.88 4

Weymouth 6685 89 89 68.18 4

Woonsocket 6708 38 39 82 4

Yarmouth 26580 73 75 79.63 4

DISTRICT TOTALS 2210 1953 71.21

DISTRICT 7950 ATTENDANCE TOTALS - SEPTEMBER-2008

PLEASE EMAIL YOUR MONTHLY ATTENDANCE REPORTS TO DISTRICT ATTENDANCE SECRETARY, SALLY BOWLES - SALLY@ CATANIAHOSPITALITY.COM OR POST TO THE

WEBSITE - DISTRICT 7950.ORG

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AS S I S T A N T DI S T R I C T GO V E R N O R F O R AR E A 3 ,

DA V I D ST O R L A Z Z I

As with all areas in the district, Area 3 is busy as ever during the 2008-2009 Rotary year with service projects, fund raising efforts, and fellowship events.

This past summer all the clubs from Area 3, along with other clubs on the South Shore, got together for the 2nd annual Boston Harbor Cruise. Led by the Past Presidents Joe Clancy (Weymouth) and Rich Barry (Quincy), Rotarians from all over the south shore enjoyed a wonderful evening of fellowship and fun as they toured Boston Harbor and visited Spectacle Island for a dinner buffet. After covering all expenses from the event, the remaining funds were donated to the Rotary Foundation in each participating club’s name.

During the Rotary year, various clubs in Area 3 get together for special occasions to strengthen club relations and to share ideas and fellowship. Braintree and Milton meet the day before Thanksgiving. Quincy and Milton meet on (or around) St. Patrick’s Day. Quincy and Weymouth also have a joint meeting during the year. There are plans in the works for a joint

meeting with all of the Area 3 clubs as well.

To date, Braintree, Weymouth, Holbrook, and Quincy have held membership meetings inviting prospective members to an evening gathering to learn more about their Rotary club and the community

service performed. Guest speakers w e r e p r e s e n t a t t h e s e meetings ,providing their association with the Rotary club and how the Rotary club directly affected each speaker and the organization that they belong to. Positive feedback has been reported from these membership meetings with the hopes of each club adding some new members before the end of the

calendar year.

The Braintree Rotary Club just finished their literacy project of donating dictionaries to every 3rd grader in Braintree and thesauruses

to every 5th and 6th grader in Braintree. Over 1500 books were donated. This is the third year of d o n a t i n g d i c t i o n a r i e s a n d thesauruses and the first year in which the original third grade c l a s s e s we r e now r e c e i v i ng thesauruses as f i f th graders. Braintree has also held a Texas Hold’em fundraising event and is in the middle of their annual Memorial Tree Lighting Celebration. The club sells light bulbs in memory of loved ones (passed on or living) on a Memorial Tree located at the town library and has a lighting and name reading ceremony in December.

The Milton Club is in the middle stages of a great community service project involving multi-generations. A mosaic wall that was sponsored by the Milton club and built by grammar students in the 1950’s was accidentally destroyed during construction of the new town library. The club is in the process of building a new mosaic wall at the entrance of the children’s section of the new library. All interested 3rd and 4th graders are meeting in November to paint tiles for the mosaic. Rotarians, high school students, and senior citizens will be assisting the grade school students with this project as well.

The Quincy Rotary club has a busy year planned as they are having two pancake breakfasts (one already held), a holiday party in December, Million Dollar Meal in February, silent auction in April, and a walkathon in May. They are also getting involved

Dave Storlazzi and his daughter, Karynne

Area 3 Assistant Governor, Dave Storlazzi, presents his 5th grade daughter, Karynne, with a Thesaurus as part of the Braintree

Rotary Club’s Literacy Project.

Weymouth High School Dancers with Weymouth Rotary Club Past President Joe

Clancy 12-3-2007

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with youth projects as they are working on strengthening the Interact groups they are associated with and looking to participate in the district’s new RYLA program. Also, they are developing a mentoring program for middle school students. On the service side of Rotary, the Quincy club is working with the city to improve the youth soccer fields and internationally they are looking to start or join forces involving a water/sanitation project. The club has implemented a comprehensive PR program involving the local cable station and running ads entitled “What is Rotary?”.

The Weymouth club is starting up their annual car raffle. The club raffles off a Mercedes Benz as the grand prize but also has many other prizes that are given away. The club is also involved with International projects entitled Project Deaf India and Pure Water. Closer to home, they have been involved in many food pantry drives, a literacy project involving the distribution of dictionaries and thesauruses, organizing care packages for our troops, and a CHiPs project. As the holidays approach, the Weymouth club adopts families in the community and has a fun-filled pancake breakfast.

Speaking of holidays, the Randolph/Avon club holds its annual breakfast with Santa at Lantana’s in Randolph in conjunction with the high school’s national honor society. Not only is this one of the club’s largest fund raisers, it is also a great community service project providing for deserving families in the community.

Like all clubs in the district, the Area 3 clubs are quite busy involved in great service projects both locally and internationally. It is a privilege and pleasure to serve as assistant governor to these clubs.

Unwanted Car Wash at Fort Adams

The Middletown Rotary Club, undaunted by a steady and “totally un-forecasted” rain and mist that continued throughout the entire event, held its seventh annual Fort Adams in the Fall auto festival charity fundraiser on Sunday October 5th. It speaks well of Middletown Rotary that over 100 cars, trucks, and motorcycles were driven to the show, as Rotary’s reputation for hosting a great event has grown every year. With good weather, it was thought that over 240 vehicles would be in attendance. This was the last car show of the year for most of the participants and they all enjoyed the camaraderie of fellow owners, great food, and the always superb sounds played by Crusin’ Bruce of 100.1FM. Somehow, the great sounds like “Barbara Ann” and “Johnny B. Goode” made everyone forget the bad weather.

Yarmouth Rotary Club’s Annual Holiday Auction

On December 5th at 6:30AM the Rotary Club of Yarmouth, MA will hold its annual Hol iday Auct ion . Anyone can attend the auction. (This is our regular Friday morning meeting, only a little earlier.) It is EARLY; but it is FUN!!! All proceeds from the auction will provide a Ch i ldren 's Ho l iday Party on December

14th. The families invited will be served turkey dinner, Santa will deliver gifts, there will be clowns, face painting and games. This is the true spirit of Christmas, helping families that are less fortunate. Marianne EubanksPresident 2008-2009Rotary Club of Yarmouth

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The Taliban kill three Rotary Polio Volunteers

On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 10:55 PM, Cherie C. Binns RN BS MSCN <cheriebinns@cox.net> wrote: Sad news as we strive to eradicate polio. I went on the Internet and searched this after reading and seeing what is in this forwarded email and It does confirm that this

happened despite Taliban promises to honor world peace day (the day this happened) with secession of all hostile acts. Despite this tragedy, polio immunization week in the region did take place and, under heavy security, several hundred thousand were vaccinated. There have been 18 cases in Afghanistan so far this year.Cherie

WAKEFIELD ROTARY CLUB’S DONATION

Shown above is one of the two bore wells paid for by the Wakefield , RI Rotary Club and drilled in India in cooperation with the Club of Dharmavaram, India. Suresh Sunku describes the dedication of the two wells that were provided through the Wakefield Club’s efforts. He writes: “All our members were delighted with the project and join me in conveying sincere thanks on behalf of local communities to you and your club members. The people, particularly women, were very happy and expressed their thankfulness to Rotary for providing water to their communities. Municipal Commissioner who inaugurated the bore wells was more than happy and thanked all of us.

Very soon we will be finishing the d i s t r i bu t i on o f p u s h c a r t s t o women. P lease c o n v e y t h e information and s h a r e t h e s e pictures with your members and also s e e t h e poss ib i l i t i es o f sponsor ing our projects this year too.

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Fall River Pancake BreakfastMembers of the Fall River Rotary Club donned their aprons to cook and serve for their 19th annual "All You Can Eat" Pancake Breakfast in the tea room at Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School on last Sunday, November 2, from 8 a.m. until noon.

Proceeds benefited many local charitable organizations. Past recipients of Rotary Foundation grants include: People Incorporated, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, The Diabetes Association, The Samaritans, Fall River Boys and Girls Club, the Citizen’s Scholarship Foundation, A Wish Come True, The Salvation Army, several local soup kitchens, Junior Achievement, Special Olympics, S.T.A.R. Character Education Program, Our Sister’s Place and many other community non-profit organizations.

Fall River Rotarians are dedicated to ‘Service Above Self’ and are committed to make Greater Fall River a better place to live, work and enjoy life, said club vice-president, Tracy Ibbotson.

Bridgewaters Rotary Club Salute Three Citizens of the Year

On December 9th at 7:00 P.M. in the Moakley Center at Bridgewater State College The Bridgewaters Rotary Club will honor a citizen leader from each of the three Bridgewater Communities served by the club. The three award recipients are from the communities of Bridgewater and one each from East and from West Bridgewater.

T h e e v e n t i s h e l d annually and provides area recognition of the c l u b w i t h i n t h e communities. The event a l s o o f f e r s t h e opportunity to show case the work of the local Rotary in the community as well as Rotary’s work around the world. The event is the club’s major fund raiser for the year.

Shown at the left is the District 7950’s Nominating Committee following their meeting at White’s on October 16th to nominate new District Officers. Pictured from left to right are: Dietrich Bilger, AG Area 4, Beth Fay, Club President, Charl ie Murphy, DGN, Terry Humfryes, DGE, Dave Clifton, PDG, Steve Silverman, DG, Jack Ryan, PDG, Paul Welch, PDG, Kyle Hinkle, District Treasurer, Terri Fitch, PDG, Norm Saute, PAG, Dick Anderson, PDG, Ed Skwirz, PAG, Bill Palmisciano, PAG

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ROTARY INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 7950 2008 - 2009 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2008 - YOUTH EXCHANGE OUTBOUND INTERVIEWS

NOVEMBER 22, 2008 - DATE FOR RECEIPT OF CLUB ENDORSED GSE APPLICATIONS

NOVEMBER 19, 2008 - SOUTH SHORE COUNCIL MEETING

NOVEMBER 30, 2008- GOVERNORS ADVISORY MEETING -PLIMOTH PLANTATION

DECEMBER 1, 2008 - AMBASSADORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS’ APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE

DECEMBER, 2008 - GSE MEMBERS INTERVIEW

DECEMBER 15, 2008 - YARMOUTH CLUB’S HOLIDAY AUCTION 6:30 A.M. - PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT CHILDREN’S HOLIDAY PARTY SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 14, 2009

DECEMBER 17, 2008 - SOUTH SHORE COUNCIL MEETING

DECEMBER 27, 2008 - LAST DAY FOR ELECTION OF CLUB OFFICERS AND PRESIDENTS

JANUARY 18-25, 2009 - INTERNATIONAL ASSEMBLY IN SAN DIEGO

JANUARY 21, 2009 - BUDGET & FINANCE AT WHITE’S

JANUARY 31, 2009 - MID YEAR MEETING/PRE-PETS WHITE’S OF WESTPORT

FEBRUARY 28, 2009 - TEAM LEADERSHIP TRAINING AT WHITE’S

MARCH 12 - 14, 2009 - PETS - PRESIDENT-ELECT TRAINING SEMINAR, RADISSON HOTEL, NASHUA, NH

MARCH 28, 2009 - SERVICE ABOVE SELF DAY

APRIL 4, 2009 - RLI - ROTARY LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE, CLASSES FOR FUTURE, PRESENT, AND PAST ROTARY LEADERSHIP AT AMICA

APRIL 6, 2009 - ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL NIGHT, WHITE’S OF WESTPORT.

APRIL, 2009 - 4-WAY TEST SPEAKING CONTEST

MAY 2, 2009- NANTUCKET CLUB’S BLAZING PADDLES AUCTION AND DINNER

MAY 15 - 17, 2009 - DISTRICT CONFERENCE AT WEST POINT, NY

JUNE 16, 2009 - INSTALLATION OF TERRY HUMFRYES AS DG 2009-2010 RIDDERS CC

JUNE 21-24, 2009 - ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

Rotary International District 7950 The Governor’s Newsletter November, 2008

Rotary International District 7950 The Governor’s Newsletter November, 2008

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 7950SERVICE ABOVE SELFDISTRICT NEWSLETTER EDITORdgnewsletter7950@comcast.net

ROTARY VOLUNTEERS“You can find them working in refugee camps, remote clinics, makeshift hospital, and primitive villages. Many are physicians and dentists, they come from all walks of life. They’re Rotary Volunteers. The Rotary Volunteers program is open to Rotarians, Rotaractors, Foundation Alumni-even non-Rotarians can participate. Those wishing to serve abroad must file a Volunteer Registration form with the Secretariat office serving their area. They must also receive an invitation to volunteer from the host Rotary Club at the site where they wish to serve. There are several sources for finding volunteer opportunities and special needs. The Rotary Volunteers program operates under the umbrella of Vocational Service at the club and district level. Participants must be willing to serve a minimum of one month. The Rotary Foundation occasionally provides funds to cover air transportation and modest living expenses for Rotarian volunteers. Volunteers do not receive a salary or honorarium for their services. Rotary Volunteers have traveled to nearly 100 countries to give of their time and expertise.” “The ABCs of Rotary”

The Rotary Year

August - Membership and Extension

September - New Generations

October - Vocational Service November - Rotary Foundation

December - Family Life

January- Rotary Understanding

February - World Understanding

March - Literacy

April - Rotary Magazine

June - Fellowship

Object of Rotary

The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise, and in particular, to encourage and foster: ONE. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service; SECOND. High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society; THIRD. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business, and community life; FOURTH. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service

The Four-Way Test

The test, which has been translated into more than 100 languages, asks the following questions:Of the things we think, say or do 1. Is it the TRUTH? 2. Is it FAIR to all concerned? 3. Will it build GOODWILL and

BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? 4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?