JASPER ROTARY CLUB

MONTHLY NEWSLETTER

NOVEMBER 2003

 

SPEAKERS IN NOVEMBER

November 4       Speaker introduced by Don Kilgore

November 11     No meeting - Veteran’s Day

November 18     Greg Sankey with the Southeastern Conference, introduced by Lou Vick.

November 25     Speaker introduced by Skip Newman

 

 

A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

Fellow Rotarians:

Another successful project is behind us. The Golf Tournament netted us about $4,000, which is a pretty good return on our efforts. Thanks to everyone who helped with the planning and implementation of this project. We have quite a bit coming up in the near future and many of you will be called upon to help. We’ll begin our campaign to raise this year’s pledge to PolioPlus of $3,500. We’ll need to start making plans to host this year’s GSE Team from Taiwan. A fund raiser will need to be planned to fund our Centennial Project. Nominations for officers will have to be voted on in early December - anyone interested in being an officer in 2004/05 or anyone that wants to make a nomination for Secretary, Treasurer or President-elect for the 2004/05 Rotary year should contact the nominating committee: Pam Fikes, Cliff Rhodes, Russ Robertson or Tony Sparks.

District Governor Don Hadden visited with our club on October 28th and gave a very inspiring message to Rotarians which included President Majiyagbe’s goals for the year. In the coming months, you will hear more about our efforts to meet the goals of Pres. Jonathan’s hopes for this Rotary year, including a focus on literacy and education, poverty alleviation, health concerns and support for the Family of Rotary. Our club has worked to develop projects to improve literacy and education in the area and our Auxiliary Association Project will work to meet the Family of Rotary criteria.

Thanks for all your help and support.

Yours in Service

Pam Fikes

 

 

News from around the Rotary World

PAs of August 31, 2003, Rotary clubs and districts throughout the world had successfully raised $111,499,351 for the polio eradication fundraising campaign (PEFC), far surpassing the original goal of $80 million. This is in addition to the $500 million Rotary has committed to Polio Eradication since 1985, when the organization launched its first fundraising drive.

PThe RI Nominating Committee for President of Rotary International in 2005-06 has chosen Carl-Wilhelm Stenhammar of the Rotary Club of Goteborg, Sweden. He will become the official nominee on December 1 if there are no challenging candidates.

PSince 1962, Interact clubs have provided young people aged 14 -18 with opportunities to develop leadership skills, participate in service projects, and encourage international understanding and goodwill, while creating enduring friendships with other members. World Interact Week, scheduled for November 3-9, offers an ideal occasion to promote Interact’s positive impact.

PSince 2000, the Rotary Club of Suita, Osaka Japan has been digging wells and installing water pumps at elementary schools near Pathein City, Myanmar. (The Union of Myanmar is a Republic in Southeast Asia), as part of a 5 year project to supply clean water to 100 schools and 10,000 schoolchildren and their communities. The wells cost about $350 each. The project began when Rotarians learned that many people depended on rivers and rainfall for drinking water. After alerting the local media, sizable public donations came pouring in.

PVisiting Rotarians discovered a staggering magnitude of need in Chernivtsi in the western Ukraine. A collapsed socioeconomic infrastructure exposed the city’s residents to extreme poverty and health problems. At the poorly equipped Neuro-Trauma Hospital, a quick tour revealed children going without medical care for hydrocephalus, brain injuries and tumors. The state of the hospital was extremely wretched - burned out light bulbs, women carrying water in buckets between floors, lack of linen, food and medicines. Sand was being used to clean sinks in the infectious diseases ward. With the support of an Individual Grant from the Rotary Foundation, a team of physicians was able to supply medical equipment and training at the hospital.

 

BIRTHDAYS                       ANNIVERSARIES

Marthanne Brown 15th       Eva and Bruce Ovitt 14th

Jerry Redmill 19th              Max and Francis Judy 27th

Jim Pritchett 20th

Hubert Hagen 23rd                                              NEW MEMBERS

Bob Forbus 23rd                                                 Amy Freeman

Dianne Greene 23rd

Robert Nolen 24th                                              GUESTS

  • Jimmy Cannon

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                                                                             Allen Seehusen

     

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    November is Rotary Foundation Month.

    Our next Board Meeting will be held November 10th at noon.

    Our regular weekly meeting on NOVEMBER 11TH is canceled due to the Veterans Day Holiday.

    The Rotary Club of Decatur will celebrate it’s 75th Anniversary on Tuesday, November 18th at the Mutual Savings Building in Decatur. The Social begins at 6:30 pm and Dinner is at 7:00 pm. Rotary President Jonathan Majiyagbe will be the guest speaker. All Rotarians are invited to attend. Reservations should be made by November 10th by sending $30 per person to the Rotary Club of Decatur, PO Box 2349, Decatur, AL 35602. Please include the names of all guests and make checks payable to the Rotary Club of Decatur.

    Members responsible for speakers in December: Tim McKellar - 2nd; Betsy Lavanna - 9th; open - 16th . The theme for December will be PolioPlus.

    Rotarians may order member shirts by signing up at a regular meeting or by email at pfikes@dir.state.al.us. Shirts are $19 for S-XL, $21 for XXL and $22 for XXXL. Orders will be submitted next week.

    Recent resignations - Mary Johnsey, Barry Allen

    Don't forget to check out our official club website at www.jasperrotary.org.