January 2012 Vol. 25 No. 7 District 3780 responds swiftly for the relief of typhoon Sendongvictims RI President Kalyan Banerjee presents the Zone Public Image Award to D3780 DG Jess Cifra accepted from RI President Kalyan Banerjee the Zone Public Image Award for RI D3780's UNTV Rotary in ActionTV Program during the 2011 Rotary Zone Institute held in Bali, Indonesia last December 2 to 4. Rotary in Actiontraces the social services rendered by Rotary clubs through numerous outreaches for the people. The weekly UNTV program has been conceptualized and is hosted by Rotarian Daniel Razon of RC Ka- muning. Upon their return f rom Bali, Governor Jess and Lyne Abanilla, RI Public Image Coordinator in South Pacific, presented the Public Image Co- ordinators PR Award to UNTV’s Daniel Razon. The award came less than two months after Daniel Razon received the Vocational Excellence Award for broadcast journalism from District 3780 Typhoon Sendong(international name Washi) struck Northern Mindanao, the Visayas and Palawan last December 17, 2012 when everyone was pre- paring for the Christmas holidays. The storm, now known as the deadliest this year, killed over 1,000 people (mostly in the Cagayan De Oro and Ili- gan areas) and is now considered more destructive than Typhoon “Ondoy”in terms of casualties and level of destruction. DG Jess Cifra (who was in the Middle East at the time) immediately sounded off the Rotary clubs in the district for an organized relief effort to help the typhoon victims. DS Jesse Tanchanco was tasked to coordinate the activity. Despite the short notice, about 40 Rotary clubs responded by bringing cash, food, clothes, toiletries , blankets, slippers and medicines to the Rotary Center non-stop from December 18 to 23, 2011. More than two dozen Rotaractors from 12 Rotaract clubs headed by DRR Marby Montellano and the Rotary Center staffspent the several days sorting, repacking, marking, and load- ing the relief goods. The donations were shipped free ofcharge via Air21 before Christmas. A parallel effort initiated by RC SFDM and in partnership with the Radio Mindanao Network yielded 2 x 20-ft container loads of goods which were shipped via Negros Navigation at no ex- tra cost. The donated goods were turned over to District 3870 in coor- dination with DG Sam Fontanilla. All told, the value of the D3780 donations amounted to more than one million Pesos in kind and about P200,000 in cash.
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District 3780 responds swiftly for the relief of typhoon Sendong victims
RI President Kalyan Banerjee presents the Zone Public Image Award to D3780DG Jess Cifra accepted from RI President Kalyan Banerjee the Zone PuImage Award for RI D3780's UNTV Rotary in Action TV Program during2011 Rotary Zone Institute held in Bali, Indonesia last December 2 to 4.
Rotary in Action traces the social services rendered by Rotary clthrough numerous outreaches for the people. The weekly UNTV proghas been conceptualized and is hosted by Rotarian Daniel Razon of RC muning. Upon their return from Bali, Governor Jess and Lyne AbanillaPublic Image Coordinator in South Pacific, presented the Public Image ordinators PR Award to UNTV’s Daniel Razon.
The award came less than two months after Daniel Razon received
Vocational Excellence Award for broadcast journalism from District 3
Typhoon Sendong (international name Washi ) struck Northern Mindanao,
the Visayas and Palawan last December 17, 2012 when everyone was pre-paring for the Christmas holidays. The storm, now known as the deadliest
this year, killed over 1,000 people (mostly in the Cagayan De Oro and Ili-gan areas) and is now considered more destructive than Typhoon “Ondoy”
in terms of casualties and level of destruction.
DG Jess Cifra (who was in the Middle East at the time) immediatelysounded off the Rotary clubs in the district for an organized relief effort tohelp the typhoon victims. DS Jesse Tanchanco was tasked to coordinate
the activity. Despite the short notice, about 40 Rotary clubs responded bybringing cash, food, clothes, toiletries, blankets, slippers and medicines tothe Rotary Center non-stop from December 18 to 23, 2011.
More than two dozen Rotaractors from 12 Rotaract clubsheaded by DRR Marby Montellano and the Rotary Center staff
spent the several days sorting, repacking, marking, and load-ing the relief goods. The donations were shipped free of
charge via Air21 before Christmas.
A parallel effort initiated by RC SFDM and in partnership withthe Radio Mindanao Network yielded 2 x 20-ft container loads
of goods which were shipped via Negros Navigation at no ex-tra cost.
The donated goods were turned over to District 3870 in coor-dination with DG Sam Fontanilla. All told, the value of theD3780 donations amounted to more than one million Pesos inkind and about P200,000 in cash.
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State of the District, First Half, RY 2011-2012and Our Challenge for the Second Half
(Speech delivered during the Opening Plenary Session of Rotary International D3780 Mid-Year Review held on January 28, 2012at Casas Filipinas de Acuzar, Bagac, Bataan)
The past is a wellspring of lessons to learn from. One of those in-valuable lessons is looking back to where we started and realizing what we have achieved to gain inspiration and more energy tomove on. Looking back is what has made people and organizationstremendously successful in the pursuit of their dreams. As a wiseman once said, ―Remembering the past gives power to the pre-
sent.‖
Many times I heard about this story about a businessman who putthis lesson into practice in his daily life. In the evening he wouldwrite down on his planner all the things he would do the next day.But he was not content with that. He would re-write everything on apiece of paper and when he’d leave his home in the morning he
would hang that piece of paper inside his car so he wouldn’t miss
anything.
At the office he would open his planner and every time a task wasdone he would place a check mark on it to indicate which taskshad been done and which ones still needed action. At midday hewould make a review of his planned activities for the day and whathe had achieved in the morning. Then, resolving to get everything done before sundown, he would enjoy his lunch and continue onhis day’s work. At the end of the day he would make a final review
and reward himself with a good dinner with his family and a restfulnight.
This Midyear Review is like that man’s midday activity. Here we
shall take a good look at what we have achieved so far in the first
six months of our year and see what still needs to be done in thesecond half of our year. And as I have stated earlier, we shall drawnspiration from our achievements and gain strength from them toenable us to move on to complete our year’s success.
know deep down inside me that we have done more than what wehad planned to achieve in the first half of our year. I have seen howyou and your clubs worked so hard to pursue your plans and pro-grams. I know you have toiled passionately as I have been to yourprojects and we have had our monthly meetings. I have seen inyour eyes the glow of contentment emanating from your sweet suc-cess. However, I would like this Midyear Review to reveal all thatwhen all the figures are written down on paper.
n the meantime, let us go through some of the spectacular eventswe had in the district to demonstrate our excellent performanceduring the first half of our year.
We began our year with the awe-inspiring district induction on July3, 2011 at Hotel Sofitel, graced by no less than the most reveredand loved, RI Past President Bhichai Rattakul who flew all the wayrom Thailand to administer my oath of office. Hosted by the Rotary
Club of New Manila Heights, the great event also witnessed thenstallation of the ―Silver Presidents‖ and district officers and es-
ablished the following ―firsts:‖
First time for a RI past president to serve as installing officer inD3780
First time to have 50 clubs congregate in a multi-club inductionmony
First time to recognize 179 Paul Harris Fellows (including 20 Donors) for a Rotary year on installation night
First time to breach the 1,000 attendance mark (1,084) for ou trict turnover ceremonies
Let us give a round of applause to the host club of that hisevent, the Rotary Club of New Manila Heights, led by Silver Pdent Alex Buot. The chairman of our district induction, as yo
recall, was Lt. Gov. Boone Ongchoco.
The Children's Parties held by our clubs in different areas of zon City also marked the beginning of our ―Silver Year.‖ Thr
the love and care as well as the food, gifts, and fun that we shwith the children, we have most certainly initiated waves of chin their young hearts and minds – waves of change that will se their future and that of the world. May I request all Silver dents who led their clubs in conducting the Children’s Partie
early July or even later than July to please rise.
To celebrate August as Membership Development Month, wganized a welcome fellowship for new members, to pave thefor their assimilation into our unique world of service. The firstwelcome fellowship was hosted by the Rotary Club of Timog leSilver President Johann Montellano.
Another spectacular event we had was the celebration of our trict’s 25 th anniversary at the historic Manila Hotel which feat
our tribute to all past district governors who served during the25 years since our district was assigned its own district numb the worldwide Rotary movement.
Also at our Silver Anniversary celebration we launched the titled, ―EMBRACE: The Heart of Service,‖ a 260-page full colofee table book celebrating 25 years of District 3780 as a ―One
One District‖ in the world of Rotary. Written by Silver Pres
Melandrew T. Velasco, and published with funds mostly soliciteSilver President Eren Tumali, the book was launched by the foPresident of the Philippines Fidel V. Ramos who was the even
guest of honor and speaker. This book has been hailed as anparalleled public image initiative. May we ask Silver PresidMel and Eren to stand to acknowledge our gratitude and ad
tion.
Our Vocational Excellence Awards night, which we held on Oct26, 2011 at the Eastwood Richmonde Hotel, was also one obiggest events during the first half of our year. On that evenight we honored fourteen distinguished individuals in Quezonwho have excelled in their respective vocations, demonstcommitment to high ethical standards, and established themseas role models for others. PRID Paing Hechanova was the guehonor and speaker. The Awards night was hosted by the RClub of Araneta, whose president is Silver President Terence tos, and the affair was chaired by the District Vocational SeCommittee Chair Albert Lee.
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I guess Rotarians are quite fortunate that insteadof celebrating one New Year, we actually cele-brate at least two (more if you also follow theChinese New Year, etc.). That means at least twoopportunities to initiate changes, improvementsor new directions in our personal, professional or
even in our Rotary involvement. If you are not a Rotarian, you may not under-
stand what I am talking about. We have just toasted and hailedthe change in calendar year from 2011 to 2012. On July 1, 2012,we will see the advent of the new Rotary year wherein as expectedthere will be mass changes in leadership from RI President
(except those on a 3-year term), to District Governors, to ClubPresidents and officers.
At the end of a calendar year, many of us promise and swear toinitiate changes or make what we call New Year’s Resolutions.
But how many really follow through or carry out those commit-ments through the New Year and even beyond?
On the other hand, the new Rotary year is well planned for in ad-vance. Leaders and officers are elected and/or appointed at least18 months in advance (as in the case of RI Presidents, DG’s and
Club Presidents). District and Club training and planning sessionsare initiated months prior to the end of the Rotary year in prepara-tion for the next RY based on time enduring principles and prac-tices in order to continue the tradition of service, as well as to ad-just to new global conditions and priorities. Rotary leaders of thecurrent year in turn monitor the performance of clubs and even
individual Rotarians to make sure that we do not veer off cours
The change in calendar year also provides us with opportunitassess and analyze the first 6 months of the Rotary year aninitiate necessary changes for the next 6 months. It is often that a Rotary year usually starts out with a bang on July 1, reacpeak by the end of December, and then things go downhill th
after. On the other hand, we should look at it this way – whengo downhill, our speed usually increases due to gravity. It shobe no different in Rotary. The finish line is in sight and we shpull out all the stops to reach it with flying colors.
By this time, practically all clubs have completed their Govern
visits. That means there will be more time to focus on comple the plans and programs which the clubs have set out to do atstart of the Rotary year. Club Presidents and district officers mnow assess what they have achieved and what still needs todone. Questions that need to be answered: Are we getting cl
to our targets? Do we need to change courses of action in ordecome closer to our original objectives? Are we better off now cpared to last year? If the answers are yes, no and yes, res
tively, then we are in good shape. The Midyear Review on Jan28 and 29, 2012 at the Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar in BaBataan (hosted by RC Paraiso) will be a good opportunity fordistrict governor to gauge how the clubs and the district awhole have performed so far. Remember, we still have 5 monahead of us, enough time to initiate changes or adjustmentslet’s focus on our priorities and do what is doable and rea
based on resources available to us.
District Secretary’s Report By DS Jesus ―Jesse‖ Tanchanco
Editorial Board
DG JOSE FRANCISCO ―Jess‖ Q. CIFRA Publisher
JESUS ―Jesse‖ TANCHANCO (RC Loyola Heights)District Secretary
EDUARDO ―Duke‖ ZULUAGA (RC New Manila East)District Chair, Public Image
RICARDO ―Ric‖ SALVADOR (RC Holy Spirit)Editor-in-Chief
GARY ―Gary‖ TING (RC Pag-asa)Assistant Editor-Business Manager
WINSTON ―Winston‖ SIA (RC VisMin)Associate Editor-Webmaster
Associate EditorsPASTOR ―Mar‖ REYES (RC SFDM)
FAUSTO ―Osty‖ MANLAPAZ (RC New Manila East)Printer Relations Manager
BETSY ―Betsy‖ BULANADI (RC Mega EDSA)Distribution Manager
The Silver Edition of the Governor’s Monthly Letter is available in printed foand in digital format. The digital edition offers access to more information th
the 8-page print. Please send suggestions to the editor and articles for publica
RI President-electSajuki Tanaka willask Rotarians to
build Peace
Through Service in2012-13.
— We thank all club leaders and district offi-
ers who have been helping us cover and write up districtvents and share news on their clubs’ service projects.
ll clubs are invited to continue sending news of their com-munity service projects, joint activities with other clubs, and
service-support practices such as fund-raisers, for examPublication would help promote public awareness of Rotwhile enabling the sharing of experiences with other club
This magazine particularly its digital edition is widely distuted in the Philippines and abroad.
reamers showing former senator Ninoy Aquinowhose eloquence as a writer and speaker in-pired the event’s concept) hanged conspicuously
every school around the country to remind thatovember 25, 2011 is the Araw ng Pagbasa.
he Rotary Club of Mega Edsa Silver Presidentarissa Santos together with PP Lino Atienza,ub secretary Cora Abio and treasurer Tessenitez impressed in the minds and hearts of theupils at the Balara Elementary School the es-ence of reading in their daily lives.
ays before Araw ng Pagbasa, PP Lino Atienza,ssisted by Balara High Interact adviser, Dr.urelio Almario distributed 50 pieces of Supernoy Kid komiks book at the Grade 3-class. The
emo-class was instructed to prepare a presenta-on (role-playing) based on the four (4) stories ine komiks book that depict important values that
very student should possess.
n November 25, 2011, the RC Mega Edsa groupas accompanied by Balara High School coordi-ator Dr. Almario assisted by Interactors Mariel
Rocaflor (DIR), Janelo Mariamonte and Kevin An-
geles to the demo-class of around 50 pupils.Selected pupils in their costumes performed arole-playing based on the first story about hon-esty. Performers for the second and third storieswere chosen by RC Mega Edsa. Interpretation of
the fourth story was done by RC Mega Edsa and the Interactors with the pupils playing the role of narrator.
RC Mega Edsa offered tcharacterization specificafacial expression (proper of emotions), pacing, blvoicing and delivery.
PP Atienza explained Ar
Pagbasa and the role of in this endeavor. He scored that the values dein the komiks book are thevalues being taught in thWay Test of the Rotary. ―
someday you will join t tary,‖ he said.
In closing, President Santos expressed grafor the cooperation and enthusiasm of theas well as the team from the Balara High and Balara Elementary School. Indeed, theng Pagbasa went beyond its objective of gating the value of reading. The activity acame a channel of peace and friendship toa meaningful service.
RC MegaEDSA in Araw ng Pag-asa : Beyond reading By Club Secretary Cora Abio, RC MegaEDSA
RC Uptown Cubao opens free clinic for the poor By SP Armand Santos, RC Uptown Cubao
a move to bring Rotary closer to the heart of e community, the Rotary Club of Uptown Cubaormally opened the D3780 Rotary Center Foun-
ation Clinic to the public on July 29, 2011. Onand for the ceremonial ribbon-cutting were Dis-ct Governor Jess Cifra and Past District Gover-
or Oscar ―Oca‖ Inocentes, the club’s chairman
meritus. The opening coincided with the club’s
duction of its 2011-2012 officers led by Silveresident Armand Santos.
he clinic is the brainchild of PDG Oca Inocentes,so the chairman of the Rotary Center Founda-on, Inc. and was established in cooperation withe Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office. Viewed
s a major project of the club and of RI District780, the clinic offers free medical, optical, den-
tal and nursing services as well as medicines to the less privileged in the nearby communities. It isopen from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM every day exceptFriday (where services are available 2:00 to 9:00PM,) and Sunday. Medical services include con-sultation for obstetrics & gynecology, surgery,urology, and cardiology. On the other hand, opticalservices are focused on refraction while dental
taking with temperature, respiratory rate, andpulse rate taking; wound care; first aid treatment;medication (parenteral with doctor’s prescription);
physical assessment; and health education.
The clinic is just one of the many major projectsRCUC has lined up for implementation in 2011-
2012. But it is the club’s flagship project th
touch people’s lives daily.
st December 7, 2011,
e Rotary Club of Newnila East held a fund-
sing concert at the UPg Bahay ng Alumni for
e Benefit of the Grade 1pils at Toro Hills Ele-ntary School, who aree beneficiaries of ourk Feeding Program.k feeding for schoolldren has been one of e club’s signature pro-
ms.
e AMP Band staged the ―Big Heart Concert,‖ with Mel Villena as the Musi-
Director, while the featured vocal artists were Cookie Chua and Artnuntag. RCNME Director Allan Cueva acted as overall chair of the event.
RC New Manila East raise funds for children By SP Ed Ayento, RC New Manila East
RC Camp Crame and PNP join hands to serBy Sheena Montierro, RC Camp Crame
A Memorandum of Understanding underscored the joint collaboratio
cooperation of the Rotary Club of Camp Crame and the Philippine NPolice in the conduct of various community-based projects and humian activities. RC Camp Crame is a duly registered civic organization
the jurisdiction of Rotary District 3780, and under the Rotary InternaIt is a socio-civic organization that aims to bring together businesprofessional leaders to provide community-based humanitarian sencourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goand peace in the world.
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young elementary school pupils By SP Non Sariba, RC Biak-na-Bato
RC Cubao Central promotes health throu
free chest x-rays and treatment
By SP Marilyn Manabat, RC Cubao Central
RC Cubao Central recently ssored a community project, "Heis Wealth, Free Chest X-RayVilla Arman Resort, BaraCaniogan, Malolos, Bulacan January 7, 2012. This continmedical project is chaired byArman Sy of RCCC in cooperawith St. Augustine's School of ning and Barangay Chairman
Precy Mateo. This was a preliminary step for our big Medical MissioFebruary 18, 2012 at the same venue. Close to 300 indigent residof Barangay Caniogan benefited from this free chest X-ray. The rehave been evaluated by doctors and those found with ailments wbe given free check-up and medicines on Feb.18. On that date, wealso offer free circumcision, free check-ups and medicines. Wealso be donating medical instruments and kits to Barangay Canioga
n order to augment theeeding Activity at Dalu-an Elementary Schoolor both Kindergartennd Grade 1 students,he Rotary Club of Biaka Bato has been giving
monthly donation of ne sack of rice whichtarted last October 7,011. President Nonariba, PE Ed Corpuz,tn Jolan Salino andrincipal Agnes Noble
witnessed the said activ-y which was done dur-
ng lunchtime at the school canteen. The project aims to help feed thechildren well, becauseonly children with fullstomach can concen-
trate on their studiesand participate well in
school activities.
On the same occasion,RC Biak-na-Bato turnedover volumes of hard-bound books to the
elementary school.
he Rotary and Rotaract Clubs of Agham and theniversity of the Philippines (UP) Pan Xenia Fra-ernity successfully held a medical mission inrgy. Lupang Pangako, Payatas, Quezon City. Thisas done in partnership with Unilab, Euromed,antex, Cong. David Kho, and The Generics Phar-acy, together with 14 doctors from the Univer-ty of Santo Tomas Hospital and other volunteerpecialists.
he medical mission catered to children & adults,ental patients, ophthalmologic patients, and
surgical patients. Over 600 patients were served.250 children and 140 adults were given generalcheckups, multi-vitamins, ascorbic acid, and themedicines they needed. Some 112 patients wenthome with a brand new set of reading glasses.85 patients had dental checkups and tooth ex-
tractions. Lastly, 25 extremely blessed patientswere given surgical attention. Minor surgerieswere performed, treating tendon cysts, and thelike. One patient, for example, who had beenliving with a tendon cyst on his arm for 18 years,was very delighted and relieved. We are happy we
truly were able tochange some lives.
Unlike other medicalmissions, we sought
to look more into thelonger term. Wecannot really make alasting differencesimply by providing secondary and terti-ary health. The prob-lem needs to bestopped at its root.Thus, we gave theresidents hygienekits: the basic tools
they need to main- tain good hygiene as
a means of primary healthcare, and hop
reduce the number of illnesses in their conity. The hygiene kits included toothbru
toothpastes, and face towels. Furthe through the generosity of Bantex, we were ainclude slippers in the kits to protect themdiseases they can pick up from dirty roadfloors. A total of 500 hygiene kits were away.
The medical mission was indeed a great sucWe helped people in need of immediate meattention, fed them, and provided kits for bprimary health care. It was a touching sceneing how thankful the people were after thesion. Many of them walked out with exactly
they needed, and got rid of what they dneed like decayed teeth and cysts, for exam
RC Agham serves 600 poor patients through integrated healthcare care mission By SP Bermar Bantola, RC Agham
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We also launched the district’s First Literacy Congress during which
were launched a menu of literacy projects that Rotary clubs mayhoose to adopt and implement this Rotary year. The Congresseatured full descriptions of the various literacy projects presentedy their respective proponents, from the district and from other
nstitutions, our cooperating organizations. The First Literacy Con-ress was a multi-club activity, with the Rotary Club of Batasan Hillss lead club, chaired by RCBH Past President Becca de la Cruz andilver President Agnes Santos. May I request Agnes and the Silver
residents of the Co-Host Clubs to rise to be recognized.Our District Fellowship and Rotary Family Day, another ―first‖ in our
istrict’s history, gathered more than 600 Rotarians, their families
nd Rotaractors in the spirit of fun, great fellowship and friendlyompetition. Again, this activity was a multi-club affair, with theotary Club of Diliman Heights as lead club, with RCDH Past Presi-ent Lyndon Wong as Chair, Rotary Club of Pearl of the Orient Pastresident Myra Gonzales as Co-Chair, and they were supported by
mostly Dream Maker Presidents of several other Rotary Clubs. Maywe ask Silver President Jorge San Diego of RCDH and the Silver
residents of the other Clubs which co-hosted the District Fellow-hip and Rotary Family Day to please stand.
Our Testimonial Dinner for Paul Harris Major Donors, fellows and
ustaining members had no less than PRIP Wilf Wilkinson as guest.was an elegant formal function hosted by the Rotary Club of Ka-
muning West whose president is Silver President Bob Ruiz. Ourestimonial Dinner was chaired by District Service Projects Chair,CKW Past President Rencie Padernal. On that occasion we also
aunched the RI District 3780 Paul Harris Society with PDG Ocanocentes as PHS coordinator.
he On to Bangkok Fellowship organized and sponsored by theDistrict's International Convention Committee chaired by CP Oyie
alarao of the Rotary Club of Pag-Asa was another meaningfulnd fun-filled event. With a presentation of Thai dances and a buf-et of Thai food, the affair signalled what I am very confident will behe most attended and best organized participation of our district
n an international convention. I ask that the presidents of the Ro-ary Club of Pag-Asa, SP Jess Lim, and the presidents of the otherlubs which have a past president who is a member of the Interna-tional Convention Committee to please stand up to be recog-ized. Now, I ask the club presidents who already confirmed atten-ance and the presidents of clubs with members who have alreadyigned-up for the convention to stand, also to be recognized. Fi-ally, I ask the presidents of clubs who have not signed-up and
those without any member yet who have signedp: Why? Please register now!
warms the heart to realize that more than 700 children sharedifts, fun, and laughter at our First District Children's Christmasarty. Such a sight brings us back to our youth and inspires us to
evote our lives to serving the new generations. Held at Camprame, the Christmas Party we provided the children, aged be-ween 5 and 9 years, mostly coming from depressed communities,ublic day care centers and pre-schools, was hosted by the Rotarylub of Camp Crame, led by Silver President and Chief, Philippineational Police, P/DG Nick Bartolome. Adding glitter to the occa-ion was the participation of about 20 police officers who helpederve food and hand gifts to the children. The Children’s Christmas
arty was a gesture most appreciated by the children, their parentsnd teachers. It was the first time for many of the kids to receiveifts and the party certainly lent meaning to the oft-repeated state-
ment that Christmas is for children. Let’s acknowledge Silver Presi-
ent Nick, RCCC Vice President Alfred Bayan and Secretary Thirdy
rincesa. Allow me to reiterate my gratitude also to Rotary Club of
Pag-Asa Past President Oyie Valarao and Rotary Club of KamuWest Past President Rencie Padernal for the food and gifts donated which were distributed to the children.
The District Christmas Party will be remembered for its many fiFor one, it included already what used to be called in prevyears as the Past Presidents Fellowship Night. This was meanemphasize the spirit of oneness and equality among Rotariapast presidents, and for that matter past district officers inclupast district governors, and other Rotary club members. What
made our District Christmas Party this year special was that forfirst time ever, a batch of Rotary club presidents hosted the ewith a "Mardi Gras" theme. Hands-On Governor Dulce Coyu(2009-2010) and the Hands-On presidents led by event chairPP Kiko Gutierrez and overall event coordinator Noemi Hernanleft no stone unturned to ensure a very colorful and truly memble night. To salute our Hands-On Governor Dulce and allHands-On presidents, let us all rise and give them our applause
I cannot forget the trips I made to Hawaii to support our GSE te to the Bali Zone Institute to participate in this annual Rotary evand to Hongkong to join the Rotary Club of Quezon City as they ticipated in their sister-club's charter anniversary celebration. A these helped to promote friendship and goodwill with other c
tries.
There is one event that until now stirs my imagination and th the thanksgiving celebration of our district spouses with castricken children. On this rare occasion, the kids and their parsmiled their biggest, danced and pranced, momentarily forge their woes, while partaking of the lunch and receiving gifts D3780 spouses led by our first spouse Helen Cifra. Helen joined by the spouses of our District Secretary Jesse TanchaJoji, and of our Chief of Staff, Anne, as well as the spouses of mof our Silver Presidents. Let us honor them through you whohere, and so, may I request Helen, Jesse, Joe and the Silver Pdents of spouses who have been serving the children afflicted cancer, to please rise.
I would also like to mention with great modesty our district’s eff
to develop sister-district relationships with six neighboring dist the ultimate goal of which is to pave the way for D3780 clubs tup with foreign clubs for sister club arrangements, possibly lea to Matching Grants and other joint undertakings. Forged duringforeign trips, these sister-district relationships were signed withgovernors of D3300 of Northern Malaysia, D3310 of SingapSouthern Malaysia and Brunei, D3330 of Thailand, D3360 alsThailand, D3400 of Indonesia, and D3450 of Hong Kong, Maand Mongolia.
The list goes on and on but I cannot mention them all in ordekeep our timelines for this Midyear Review. I would like howeve
share with you a glimpse of our tremendous success as seen four performance in the areas of Membership Development support for The Rotary Foundation. The figures you will see shstir our imagination and inspire us to the heights of heaven.
These are our figures on Membership Development:
Members Clubs Net Gain % Net GMembers Clubs Members C
As of 1 July 2011: 2,187 93As of 31 Dec. 2011: 2,306 95 119 2 5.44 2
Special notes: a. D3780 ranks 4th in Membership Gain in the 11 districtZone 7A (Philippines & Indonesia)
b. D3780 has 52 clubs under 25 members or 56% of totanumber of clubs, the 3rd lowest in Zone 7A.
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On The Rotary Foundation, here are the figures that should inspires all:
ANNUAL GIVING YTD DECEMBER 2010 YTD DECEMBER 2011 COMPARISON
US$29,337 US$153,359 422.8%
Special Note: D3780 ranks 2 nd in total annual giving, withD3800 topping the list with US$314,581.
PER CAPITA GIVING YTD DECEMBER 2010 YTD DECEMBER 2011 COMPARISON
US$12.39 US$74.37 500.23%
Special Notes: a. Since the target per capita giving is only US$50,we surpassed the target by US$24.37
b. D3780 ranks 3rd in per capita giving in Zone 7A.c. None of the 28 districts in Australia and New
Zealand surpassed D3780’s per capita giving.D3780 therefore also ranks 3rd in per capitagiving in Zones 7A & 7B.
My friends, these facts and figures demonstrate our passion and
ommitment to the spirit of our theme, ―Reach Within to Embraceumanity.‖ And these are just two areas of Rotary concerns that I
ave presented for your appreciation. With these alone, we canmodestly claim that D3780 belongs to the top 3 or top 5 Rotary
istricts in Zones 7A and 7B. And that is because of our combinedpirit of teamwork. That is because of your effective and efficienteadership of our clubs. I therefore ask you now to give yourselves
big round of applause! And another thunderous round of ap-lause!
ess than six months from now we shall look back to our year withmixed feelings of great pride and nostalgia. We shall all long to re-main in the festive mode of success. But that is still some 60weeks and 3 days from now. We still have work to do and other
dreams to fulfill. For this reason, I would like to remind you thatdeadlines for the 2011-12 Changemaker Award and PresideCitation. The submission of your entries is very, very urgent!
Let us quickly go through some of the most important thingsneed to know about these two awards:
Changemaker AwardRecognizes achievements related to each of the five aven
of service.
Rotary clubs, Rotaract clubs, and Interact clubs may qualifQualifying clubs must submit a completed ChangemAward brochure to the district governor by 15 Match 20
The district governor must report the names of all qualifclubs online no later than 22 March 2012.
Presidential CitationRecognizes achievements in Foundation giving and mem
ship at both the club and district levels.Only Rotary clubs may qualifyQualifying clubs must submit a completed certification f
to the district governor by 6 April 2012The district governor should review all club certifica
forms and submit the district certification form to RI via
or scanned attachment to email by 10 April 2012Let us continue to work with passion, commitment, and excelle to complete our mission for 2011-2012. We know how it feebe successful, plainly because we have made our first six montbig triumph over our challenges. Let us move on and never Remember, in our unique world of service, ―. . . the best is ye
be.‖ There can be no end to our quest for excellence.
Let me therefore close with a challenge. Greg Hickman aptly
this challenge in his words: ―Paint a masterpiece daily. Always a
graph your work with excellence.‖
That is the best way to ―Reach Within to Embrace Human
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Silver Presidents roll out project to renovate the 4th floor of Rotary CenterBy SP Ped Condeno, RC Holy Spirit
Message of ThanksBy Lt. Gov. Daniel ―Boone‖ Ongchoco, D3780 Annual Giving Chair
I am a believer in thesaying that true altruismis best manifested dur-ing the most difficult of times—when the giving truly hurts. With thecloud of uncertainty hov-ering around us once
ain due to the European sovereign debtsis and the threat of another global finan-
al meltdown, it has been most heartwarm-g to witness how the Foundation contribu-ons in our district has already breached the
cord total set two Rotary years ago.
of December 31, 2011, we already havetal check collections of $197,449 (versuse old record of $170,233). With a numberpledges still in the collection pipeline, we
ok forward to surpassing the $200,000ark soon and to hopefully achieve $100
r capita contribution in our district of 300 plus members. Yes, these lofty goalse within our reach in the most unlikely of mes. Indeed, when the going gets toughd the giving really hurts, the generosity of
strict 3780 Rotarians overflows.
So, at the half-way mark of our Annual Giving campaign, on behalf of Governor Jess Cifra,RRFC Bobby Viray, DRFC Dan Espinosa, An-nual Giving Committee Adviser PDG DulceCoyukiat and my hard-working Annual Giving Committee Vice-Chairs PP Chito Borromeo,PP Noemi Hernandez, PP Rose Imperial, PPRoland Tan, PP Irma Pizarro, PP Ricky de
Guzman, PP Fe Canton, and PP ConnieAguila, I would like to extend my heartfeltgratitude to all our Foundation donors thisRotary year, specifically our 18 continuing and new Paul Harris Major Donors, 215 mul- tiple and new Paul Harris Fellows, 80 PaulHarris Sustaining Members and to the rest of our District 3780 record and R.I. Zone 7A-high of 834 TRF contributors. Thank you for
your selfless contributions.
To the Silver Presidents of RY 2011-12, ithas truly been a pleasure to see all of you
very much involved and at the heart of thiscampaign. Thank you for inspiring your clubmembers to be Foundation donors this Ro- tary year. Without a doubt, you have been the X-Factor behind whatever success we
have achieved thus far.
As a final message, may all our donorRotary year serve as inspiration to the r the District 3780 Rotarians to contribuwell to the noble cause of The Rotary dation. Lest we forget, we are just halfwour journey as there remains anothmonths in this Rotary year to achievgoals, and the rest of our lifetimes to
tinue spreading the good being done bFoundation not just in our country b
around the globe.
As I always say, in my opinion, one canna true Rotarian without being a donor tRotary Foundation. Whether it be $1$100 or just $10, one must find it in her heart to give to the Foundation. Aftregardless of the times, I would like to that we remain much better off than oderprivileged brothers around the globeas the biblical saying goes, ―to whom
is given, much is expected.‖ May we tinue to master the art of giving and cul
the kind of heart that never stops giving
May God bless you all and reward you
erous hearts ever more abundantly!
uring the Fellowship of Silver Presidentsosted by RC Camp Crame last February
nd, SP Nick Bartolome led the unfolding of ans to renovate and transform the 4 th oor of the Rotary Center into a multi-urpose hall that will include provisions for36 square meter Audio-Visual Room, an
1 square meter elevated stage, and up-aded comfort rooms for ladies and gentle-
en with an open wash area in between.
e total floor area is about 286 squareeters with granite flooring and powder
coated swing doors. Walls and ceiling shallbe repainted to reflect the colors of the Sil-
ver year.
Club presidents present during the fellow-ship event each committed to shareP10,000 to kick off the fund raising. SPRonnie Yap of RC SFDM pledged a whop-
ping P50,000 as his club’s contribution.
The renovation work shall start in April2012 and is planned to be completed by
June 30, 2012.
“It's kind of fun to do the impossible.” Walt Disney
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At Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington, D.C.,stands a memorial to the Seabees, formally known as theU.S. Naval Construction Force. An inscription reads, “Withwilling hearts and skillful hands, the difficult we do at once; theimpossible takes a bit longer.”
n Rotary, we already have our own mottoes. If we didn’t, I might be given to
ominate those two lines. The power of combined effort, as Paul Harris oncewrote, knows no limitation. When we work together, the impossible becomesossible.
thought of this when I read, a few months ago, an article in the New England ournal of Medicine, the premier medical journal in the United States. Titled “Theolio Endgame,” it outlined a strategy for a post-polio era, including managingost-eradication risks.
hirty years ago, such an article could never have been published. Today, it is aestament to the power of dedication, of persistence, and of combined effort. Thempossible has, indeed, become possible. A post-polio world, once the stuff of reams, will soon be here.
My friends, the day that polio will be eradicated is close at hand. We have to beeady for it with a powerful Rotary – a Rotary of enthusiasm and confidence, of
old vision and clear ambitions. It is time for us to prepare by taking an honestook at our clubs. Are our projects meaningful, sustainable, and relevant? Areur meetings productive and enjoyable? Are our clubs welcoming to new mem-ers, and are our schedules and events friendly to young families? And onceeople join us, do we welcome them properly, involve them enough? Do we
make them a part of the family of Rotary quickly enough?
he figures tell us that while enough new individuals join Rotary every year andverywhere, too many exit Rotary, on an ongoing basis. What unfulfilled hope dohey leave with? What expectations are we not meeting? Can we do more andetter?
Now is the time to focus our energies on our clubs, and on the way people seehem. It is time to show our communities that the Rotary of today is not the Ro-ary of their preconceptions. Rotary is a way to connect, to do more, to be more
it is a way to take our idealism and our vision, and turn them into reality.
Kalyan Banerjee— President, Rotary International
RI President’s January Message Foundation Chairman’s January MessageAreas of focus are the causes that drive RotarAreas of focus are the causes that drive RoWe are now halfway through the pilotour Future Vision Plan, and as I look to the fuI think the most significant change will beadoption of the six areas of focus -- and notfor our Foundation. I recently heard RI Dire
Stuart Heal, the chair of the Strategic Planning Committee,
that our areas of focus fit very comfortably into our RI StratPlan.
Today’s generation supports causes rather than organizati
and so we in Rotary should be able to clearly identify the ca that drive us. When somebody asks you what Rotary is, yonot have to fumble for words. Tell the person that we are anganization of service-minded individuals around the world are working to make the world a better place with our efforwater and sanitation, basic education and literacy, maternal child health, disease prevention and treatment, economic community development, and peace and conflict resolution.can say that in 20 seconds!
You can see how this may bring new members to Rotary
increase the giving to our Foundation. If you approach corp tions for a contribution, they are much more likely to respo they know how their money will be spent, and that we will spit wisely. We are building on a strong record of performance a long period of time. Bill Gates has said as much on a numof occasions. He has shown his faith in us through his signifigifts for polio eradication.
While I am writing this from a Foundation perspective, the mbership factor should not be overlooked. Plenty of organizat talk about issues, but Rotary is about action, not words William B. Boyd - Rotary Foundation Chairman
The FOUR-WAY TEST of the Things We Think, Say and DoI s i t t h e T R U T H ? I s i t F A I R t o a l l c o n c e r n e d ?
W i l l i t b u i l d G O O D W I L L a n d B E T T E R F R I E N D S H I PW i l l i t b e B E N E F I C I AL t o a l l c o n c e r n e d ?
RI Changemaker Award (2011-12) for clubs. Application to DG office - 15 th Mar 2012
