DISTRICT 5240 MONTECITO ROTARY CLUB AXISIS December 13, 2015 Rotary International K.R. “Ravi” Ravindran President 2015-2016 District 5240 Jim Bell District Governor 2015-2016 Bob Braitman Executive Assistant Governor Region 3 2015-2016 Joseph Kirkland President 2015-2016 Bernadette Bagley Secretary & President Elect 2015-2016 George Thurlow III Treasurer Marc Fleischman Past President Directors Dusty Baker, Membership Conner Rehage, Service Rober Mislang, Youth & RYLA Jennifer Goddard- Combs, Programs & Public Relations Harlan Green, Grants & RI ROTARY CLUB of MONTECITO Tuesday’s @ Noon at the Montecito Country Club P.O. Box 40218, Santa Barbara, CA 93140 Presidents Message December 13, 2015 Greetings Rotarians, Just when you thought it couldn't get any cuter than the MUS Children's Choir, Angela Walters Rockwell of ASAP shows up with her seven fury little kitten siblings. Angela and her cohorts at ASAP do some really incredible and compassionate work with Santa Barbara County's "little lions”. It's that time of year again, when we get to dress up and celebrate the season with our extended Rotarian Families and Friends! Our Annual Holiday Extravaganza!! Be sure to join us at the Montecito Country Club for good food, good spirits and good friends. Party starts at 5:30pm so don't be late! Yours in Service, Joe Kirkland Rosslyn Ray talking about what being a Rotarian means to her on her anniversary in Rotary. Her longevity in the group and her commitment to Rotary is one to be admired.
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DISTRICT 5240 MONTECITO ROTARY CLUB AXISIS December 13, 2015
George Thurlow III!Treasurer!!Marc Fleischman!Past President !!Directors!
Dusty Baker, Membership!Conner Rehage, Service!Rober Mislang, Youth & RYLA!Jennifer Goddard- Combs, !Programs & Public Relations!Harlan Green, Grants & RI
ROTARY CLUB of MONTECITO Tuesday’s @ Noon at the Montecito Country Club!
P.O. Box 40218, Santa Barbara, CA 93140
Presidents Message December 13, 2015
Greetings Rotarians,!!Just when you thought it couldn't get any cuter than the MUS Children's Choir, Angela Walters Rockwell of ASAP shows up with her seven fury little kitten siblings. Angela and her cohorts at ASAP do some really incredible and compassionate work with Santa Barbara County's "little lions”.!!It's that time of year again, when we get to dress up and celebrate the season with our extended Rotarian Families and Friends! Our Annual Holiday Extravaganza!!!Be sure to join us at the Montecito Country Club for good food, good spirits and good friends. Party starts at 5:30pm so don't be late!!!Yours in Service,!Joe Kirkland!
Rosslyn Ray talking about what being a Rotarian means to her on her anniversary in Rotary. Her longevity in the group and her commitment to Rotary is one to be admired.
ASAP
Harlan Green receiving a Paul Harris Fellowship Award.
Angela Walters Rockwell talking about the work her and her team does at the Animal Shelter Assistance Program (ASAP). It was so impressive to find out that the majority of the kitties they bring into their shelter are adopted by kind, caring families.
DISTRICT 5240 MONTECITO ROTARY CLUB AXISIS December 13, 2015
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So happy to announce our Rotary Club will be putting on our first ever Lobster Boil Fundraiser on Saturday, January 23 from 5:00-10:00 pm at The Harbor Restaurant. With the purchase of a ticket, you can expect a full lobster dinner (lobster, corn on the cob, clam chowder, sausage and potatoes), complimentary beer and wine, live music and a live auction. This fundraiser benefits the Mumosho Water Project- which will bring fresh, accessible water to the villages around E. Congo. We will also be honoring Larry Hammett, a long-time Rotarian who has unfortunately passed. For tickets, please click on the link below.
DISTRICT 5240 MONTECITO ROTARY CLUB AXISIS December 13, 2015
1. One person can make a difference and together as Rotarians we can have a stronger impact. (I am one-Rotary as many.)!
2. For camaraderie, and new friendships.!
3. To serve locally, nationally or internationally.!
4. To learn more about other cultures.!
5. For a way to share your talent and resources effectively.!
6. To have a place to go each week to connect with like-minded people who motivate you.!
7. To make life-long relationships.!
8. To be part of something bigger than yourself.!
9. to hear an interesting speaker each week and learn what is going on in the community.!
10. To be able to take advantage of the true “family” of rotary while traveling nationally or internationally.
Upcoming Programs!
Dec. 15- Holiday Dinner Party/ DARK!Dec. 22- DARK!Dec. 29- DARK!Jan. 5- State of the Club/ Joe Kirkland!Jan. 12- Art Therapy with Traumatized Children/Christine Scott- Hudson
FOUR WAY TEST!
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?
NO WEEKLY ASSIGNMENTS DUE TO THE HOLIDAY PARTY!!December is the YELLOW Team!!Setup/Breakdown Team: The YELLOW Team includes: Bernadette Bagley, Dusty Baker, James Bechtel, Andrew Berwick, John Brinker, Carolyn Brown, Kati Buehler, Cathy Cash and Aaron Clark.
The Top 10 Reasons to Join the Montecito Rotary Club
Tuesday!
Goleta Noontime- Frog Bar (Glen Annie Golf Course) !
@ 11:45am!
Goleta (2nd and 4th)- Frog Bar (Glen Annie Golf Course)!
@ 6:30pm!
Rotaract (1st and 3rd)- Silvergreens on Chapala !
@ 6:30pm!
Wednesday!
Carpinteria Morning- Carpinteria Women’s Club
@ 7:00am!
Santa Barbara Sunrise- Santa Barbara Club !
@ 7:00 am!
Santa Barbara North- Harry;s Plaza Cafe !
@ noon
Thursday!
Carpinteria- !
Lion’s Community Park !
@11:45 am!
Friday!
Santa Barbara Downtown- Fess Parker Double Tree !
@ noon!
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DISTRICT 5240 MONTECITO ROTARY CLUB AXISIS December 13, 2015
When the Canadian army liberated the Netherlands in 1945, they found the country on the brink of starvation. Seeing the suffering of so many, and especially moved by the faces of the children, four Canadian privates stationed near Apeldoorn that year decided to make that Christmas special for as many Dutch children as they could.!
Together, they made the rounds among their fellow soldiers, collecting chocolate bars and chewing gum, candy and comic books. In their spare moments, they built toy trucks out of wood and wire, sawed scrap lumber for building blocks; one, risking the military police, sold his cigarette ration on the black market, using the money to buy rag dolls. Each thought longingly of his own family at home; each channeled his energies instead toward the children whose Christmas they knew they could brighten.!
By 1 December, four sacks of gifts lay ready; the soldiers eagerly looked forward to the 25th. But two days later, they learned the date they were to depart for Canada: 6 December, long before Christmas. With mixed emotions, the soldiers decided that the best plan simply would be to take their sacks over to the local orphanage and leave them there to await Christmas.!
The night before they were to leave the Netherlands, the four set off for the orphanage, one of them in a makeshift white beard and red cap. On their way, they were surprised to hear church bells ringing and see houses lit brightly, with Christmas still some weeks away. As they approached the orphanage, boots crunching in the snow, they saw through the windows that the children, two dozen girls and boys, were gathered at their evening meal. Only a few months after the war's end, food was still scarce; the meal was small, and the children's faces pale and thin.!
"Santa Claus" raised the knocker on the door and knocked three times, hard. As if by magic, the chatter of young voices inside fell silent; a priest opened the door. His polite expression gave way to one of shock, as the children behind him erupted into cheers, rushing forward and swarming the private who had dressed for Christmas three weeks early – but exactly on time. For in the Netherlands, Sinterklaas comes on St. Nicholas Eve: 5 December.!
For an hour, joyful chaos reigned as packages were opened and exclaimed over, sweets were tasted, dolls caressed. The last wooden truck, the last bar of chocolate, went into the hands of a little boy who had been waiting patiently all the while. After thanking the men, he turned to the priest and said something to him in Dutch, his face alight with happiness. The priest smiled and nodded. "What did he say?" one of the soldiers asked.!
The priest looked at them with eyes full of tears. "He said, 'We told you he would come.'"!
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K.R. “Ravi” Ravindran!President 2015-2016
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