[D9640general] [eFlash_Rotary] Digest Number 837

[Garry Krischock]

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1. 1584: <>  District Conference Manual available online From: Sunil K
Zachariah 

2. 1585: Give us your best shot <>  From: Sunil K Zachariah 

3. 1586: RI to be inducted into <>  Polio Hall of Fame From: Sunil K
Zachariah 

4. 1587: Having a good time in Peru <>  From: Sunil K Zachariah 

5. 1588: Some projects are a <>  nightmare From: Sunil K Zachariah 

Messages 

1.
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eFlash_Rotary/message/1503;_ylc=X3oDMTJxNmE2d
mJqBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzI3ODYwNzYEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDY0MDg2BG1zZ0lkAzE1M
DMEc2VjA2Rtc2cEc2xrA3Ztc2cEc3RpbWUDMTIyNTM1MjE4MQ--> 1584: District
Conference Manual available online 

Wed Oct 29, 2008 3:13 am (PDT) 

District Conference Manual available online

The District Conference Manual 
<http://www.rotary.org/RIdocuments/en_pdf/800en.pdf> (800-EN) has a new
look and is now available for download on www.rotary.org 
<http://www.rotary.org/> . The manual is designed to assist with
planning and conducting a district conference. It addresses conference
promotion, program planning, and logistical arrangements as well as
district business, such as conference resolutions.

Search for District Conference Manual 
<http://www.rotary.org/RIdocuments/en_pdf/800en.pdf> on www.rotary.org 
<http://www.rotary.org/> to check it out.

Source: Rotary International News / Courtesy: eFlash_Rotary

2.
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eFlash_Rotary/message/1504;_ylc=X3oDMTJxYnJxN
nNwBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzI3ODYwNzYEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDY0MDg2BG1zZ0lkAzE1M
DQEc2VjA2Rtc2cEc2xrA3Ztc2cEc3RpbWUDMTIyNTM1MjE4MQ--> 1585: Give us your best
shot 

Wed Oct 29, 2008 3:15 am (PDT) 

Give us your best shot 
[http://www.rotary.org/SiteCollectionImages/News/photocontest2008.jpg]
Richard S. Lawrence won the 2007-08 contest by taking a picture of a boy
inspecting a cup of water at a project in Guatemala in which 11 clubs in
District 7890 raised more than US$24,000 to provide water filters,
vented pit latrines, and raised vented stoves for 52 families.
Do you have a great shot from a fundraiser, international project, the
RI Convention, or local club event? The deadline for The Rotarian's
annual photo contest is 28 February, and we're looking for anything that
illustrates Service Above Self.

In addition, Rotarians will be able to vote for their favorite photo in
the People's Choice Award category. Online voting will open 15 April and
run through 15 May. So submit your photos now, and tell your friends and
fellow club members to visit the Web site starting in April to cast
their votes!

Click here for contest rules and to submit your photos.
<http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/TheRotarian/Pages/TheRotarianPhot\
<http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/TheRotarian/Pages/TheRotarianPhotoCon
test.aspx> 
oContest.aspx>

Source: Rotary International News / Courtesy: eFlash_Rotary

3.
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eFlash_Rotary/message/1505;_ylc=X3oDMTJxY210O
GgxBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzI3ODYwNzYEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDY0MDg2BG1zZ0lkAzE1M
DUEc2VjA2Rtc2cEc2xrA3Ztc2cEc3RpbWUDMTIyNTM1MjE4MQ--> 1586: RI to be inducted
into Polio Hall of Fame 

Wed Oct 29, 2008 3:25 am (PDT) 

RI to be inducted into Polio Hall of Fame By Dan Nixon

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<http://www.rotary.org/SiteCollectionImages/News/Polio-Hall-of-Fame1.jpg> 
]
The Polio Hall of Fame monument honors pioneers in the battle to
eradicate polio. Photo courtesy of Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for
Rehabilitation.
In 1958, the United States was well on its way to winning the battle
against polio. Mass immunization using the Salk vaccine had succeeded in
decreasing the number of cases by more than 90 percent from the peak of
58,000 cases in 1952. Field trials of the Sabin oral vaccine had just
begun.

The same year, the Polio Hall of Fame was established by the Georgia
Department of Labor's Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for
Rehabilitation. Seventeen pioneering heroes in the early battle against
polio were inducted into the hall, including former U.S. President
Franklin D. Roosevelt and vaccine inventors Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin.

To commemorate its 50th anniversary, the Polio Hall of Fame will induct
as members the four spearheading partners of the Global Polio
Eradication Initiative: Rotary International, the World Health
Organization, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and
UNICEF.

The induction ceremony will take place on 14 November at 3:30 p.m. in
the institute's quadrangle, featuring special guest speakers Dr.
Peter Salk, eldest son of Dr. Jonas Salk, and Missouri Congressman Ike
Skelton, a former Warm Springs polio patient.

Representatives of the new inductee organizations and family members of
the original inductees will attend the ceremony, and the public is also
invited. Rotary Foundation Trustee John Germ, who chairs Rotary's
US$100 Million Challenge Committee, will represent Rotary International.

The inductee organizations will be honored on a large bronze plaque
detailing their contributions to ongoing polio eradication efforts, and
the contributions of the original inductees will be highlighted with a
matching plaque. Both plaques will be permanently displayed in front of
the Polio Hall of Fame's monument outside Founders Hall, which was
unveiled by Eleanor Roosevelt in 1958.

Following the ceremony, attendees are invited to a reception at 18:30
and a Franklin D. Roosevelt's Founders Day Dinner at 19:00 in the
institute's Georgia Hall. Cost of the reception and dinner is $175 per
person, with proceeds benefiting the Roosevelt Warm Springs Development
Fund.

"It promises to be a great day and a great way to recognize what the
four global partners are doing," says Greg Schmieg, executive director
of the institute. "The fact that polio was pretty much eradicated in
this country 50 years ago doesn't change the fact that it is still an
ongoing problem in many parts of the world, and what Rotary and the
others have done and continue to do remains a tremendous example that
deserves to be honored."

For more information on the institute, go to www.rooseveltrehab.org. 
<http://www.rooseveltrehab.org./> For reservations to attend the
dinner, call 706-655-5669 by 3 November.

Source: Rotary International News / Courtesy: eFlash_Rotary
 

4.
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eFlash_Rotary/message/1506;_ylc=X3oDMTJxdTN0c
zVrBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzI3ODYwNzYEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDY0MDg2BG1zZ0lkAzE1M
DYEc2VjA2Rtc2cEc2xrA3Ztc2cEc3RpbWUDMTIyNTM1MjE4MQ--> 1587: Having a good
time in Peru 

Wed Oct 29, 2008 5:02 pm (PDT) 

Good time in Peru with the Happiness Caravan By Diana Schoberg
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[http://www.rotary.org/SiteCollectionImages/News/Caravan-21.jpg]
The caravan (top) arrives at "Friendship Park" in Surco city. At
bottom: seniors receive special presents as they leave the party. Photos
courtesy of July Carlin
Rotarians in Peru know how to throw a party.

For the past 25 years, the Rotary Club of Monterrico-Surco has been
hosting what it calls an annual "happiness caravan" for low-income
seniors in the Lima area, serving up food, music, and dancing as well as
tending to the seniors' medical and personal needs.

"We are going to give you one happy day for 364 ordinary days," explains
July Gereda de Carlin, a past president of the club and one of the
event's organizers.

The event got its name in its early years, when club members used their
cars to shuttle seniors on tours of the city and gatherings at a local
park.

Later, for the comfort of the seniors, the club switched to buses and
moved the event to a school gym.

The most recent event, held in September, was attended by 320 seniors. A
well-known musical act performed, and a national champion dancer, the
grandson of a Rotarian, demonstrated the traditional Peruvian marinera.
The seniors also were treated to a "crazy hour," with Interactors and
Rotaractors handing out balloons and Rotarians donning festive hats. The
crowd celebrated like it was a "big Carnival party," Gereda de Carlin
says.

"They feel they are again in their young times, when they went to the
Carnival parties," she says. "Everyone wants to dance."

The lunch included rice with chicken, tuna sandwiches, desserts, and
Inca Kola, a Peruvian soft drink, all prepared or donated by Rotarians
and their relatives and friends. Dorit Gross, the wife of Past RI
Director Gustavo Gross, obtained 75 donated cakes, a task she's
performed since the first happiness caravan.

In addition to the food and festivities, the seniors were given
makeovers including haircuts and manicures, and Rotarian doctors and
their colleagues provided medical care. Participants were sent home with
gifts like scarves and personal care items.

Gereda de Carlin, District 4450 governor nominee, says she plans to
encourage all the clubs in her district to do a similar project when she
is governor.

"It's a lot of work, but people are very grateful," she says. "You
feel your heart is big."

Source: Rotary International News /Courtesy: eFlash_Rotary

5.
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eFlash_Rotary/message/1507;_ylc=X3oDMTJxaTQ4Y
zJuBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzI3ODYwNzYEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDY0MDg2BG1zZ0lkAzE1M
DcEc2VjA2Rtc2cEc2xrA3Ztc2cEc3RpbWUDMTIyNTM1MjE4MQ--> 1588: Some projects are
a nightmare 

Wed Oct 29, 2008 5:09 pm (PDT) 

Some projects are a nightmare By Arnold R. Grahl
N ightmare at Beaver Lake is one of the creepiest club projects
you're likely to run into - but in a good way.

Last year, the Rotary Club of Sammamish, Washington, USA, raised more
than $100,000 through its haunted adventure at Beaver Lake Park,
entertaining thousands of children and their parents. The Halloween
event this year runs from 24 October through 31 October.

Proceeds are used to support club service projects, help local
charities, and support RI projects that address the Millennium
Development Goals.

The Sammamish club, chartered in 2003, launched Nightmare at Beaver Lake
as a way of involving the city's sizable teenage population in the
planning and execution of an event they'd also be drawn to as
customers, says Dee Hoeke, the club's 2004-05 president. The event
has grown from 4,000 visitors during four nights in 2004 to an
eight-night production attracting more than 10,000 visitors.

Through the process, the club has formed a broad partnership with local
businesses, youth groups, high school students, and the Sammamish City
Parks Department. The event is co-produced by Scare Productions, a
nonprofit organization with more than 20 years' experience staging
haunted-house events.

"We literally involve hundreds of people in the community to put on the
show for the enjoyment of thousands," says Anita Boser, press secretary
of the Sammamish club.

Each year's theme is unique. This year, participants encounter
scenes of fractured fairy tales and medieval mayhem as they make their
way along a three-quarter-mile wooded trail with indoor and outdoor
sets.

"A medieval battle is underway to win the castle back from a vampire
clan, an evil hag has placed a curse on the poor villagers, and fairy
tales are being fractured," says Dana Young, a Sammamish resident and
volunteer.

For event details, including hours of operation, visit
www.nightmareatbeaverlake.com <http://www.nightmareatbeaverlake.com/> .

Nightmare at Beaver Lake raises money for college scholarships,
computers for schools in Uganda, wells in Ethiopia, and a literacy
program for third-graders in King County. The event also supports
Thanksgiving baskets for needy families and fresh fruit and vegetables
for local food banks.

Additional charities supported include Habitat for Humanity, the Life
Enrichment Organization for developmentally challenged adults, the YMCA
Partner with Youth program, and DECA.

For information on how to put on a similar fundraiser, contact the
Rotary Club of Sammamish <http://www.sammamishrotary.org/HTML7.phtml> .

Source: Rotary International News / Courtesy: eFlash_Rotary

 

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