Rotary International - District 6930 - 009 Quest Magazine - April 2016

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Quest Rotary District 6930

The Official District Magazine

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Content Jubilee of Rotarians Page 12 Vocational Service Literacy Know the History and Wisdom of Rotary’s 2 Mottoes

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Contributors Angelica Blakely

Institute Equips Regional Leaders

C. Ron Douglas Heizer

Page 17 Flávia Proença

Tell your Story Published by:

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Editorial Fellow Rotarians,

Governor, Eugene Burkett

Recently each of you received an email from me announcing that registration is now open for our District conference. The conference is being held at the beautiful Hutchinson Island Marriott from June 24-26, 2016. I want to encourage you to attend the conference to share your Rotary experience with the other Rotarians in our district. We have an exciting program and some amazing presenters.

Registration for the conference is easy. Just go to www.rotary6930.org and select “District Conference”. You must book your room directly with the hotel, but there is a link on the District calendar that will take you directly to the hotel reservation system with our rates. Remember you must book your hotel by May 27 to receive our reduced hotel rate of $135 per night.

In addition to some great programs and presentations we have two great opportunities for service scheduled for you to participate in. The first will be an early morning “Walk for Polio” on Saturday June 25 where we plan on having as many Rotarians in our District as possible to walk with the “Polio Flame” across the causeway in Stuart into our conference. I encourage you to plan to participate in this effort to show our commitment to end this disease form our planet. Our Saturday Lunch program will feature Susanne Rae, founder of the World’s Greatest Meal to help end Polio.

The second opportunity is Saturday afternoon from 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm. During that time we will pack meals for Stop Hunger Now. I know many of you have participated in a meal packing event and I am sure you will agree that this is a great program.

When you register for the conference please indicate if you wish to participate in the meal packing event. This helps us to determine the number of people we have available. Our goal is to pack over 10,000 meals on Saturday afternoon.

Maternal and Child Health Month The Rotary theme for April is Maternal and Child Health. Please consider doing one or more programs at your club meetings incorporating this theme. And lastly please note the following upcoming events: Key Dates: May 14, 2016 – District Assembly Keiser University, West Palm Beach, Florida.

May 28—June 1 – Rotary International Conference, Seoul, Korea.

June 24-26, 2016 – District Conference, Hutchinson Island Marriott, Stuart, Florida.

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Wed Apr 20, 16 thru Sun Apr 24, 16

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District 6930 Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA)

Indian River County Fairgrounds 7955 58th Ave Vero Beach, FL 32967

The Last Ticket Standing is Lake Worth Rotary’s annual fund raiser. It starts at 6:00 PM at the American German Club located at 5111 Lantana Rd, Lake Worth, FL. ( Approx. 3 miles west of I-95).

We start pulling tickets one by one out of a tumbler and the last ticket pulled wins the grand prize of $5,000.00.

For a $100 ticket you get 2 people in for dinner, a cash bar, door prizes about every 10th ticket drawn and a chance to win $5,000.00. No more than 200 ticket will be sold.

If you would like to purchase a ticket or need additional information you may call Phil Albertz @ 561-721-2700 or Pat Growney @ 732-690-0979. It is a club event with entertainment and a chance to help our club’s literacy project.

American German Club 5111 Lantana Rd, Lake Worth, FL 33463 About 3 miles west of I-95 on the north side of the road.

Crowne Plaza Mebourne-Oceanfront 2605 North A1A, Melbourne, FL 32903 Register at www.rlitraining.org Parts I, II, III and Graduate Course are being offered The hotel being offered for this event is: Melbourne Beach Crowne Plaza 2605 North Highway A1A Indialantic, FL 32903 321-777-4100 This is an Oceanfront Hotel and has offered a $109.00 rate per night plus tax. This rate includes free wi-fi, fitness center, parking, 24 hour business center and more.

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Dear primary contacts of global grants in progress: As part of its centennial celebrations, The Rotary Foundation plans to recognize major achievements related to its programs, including the important work that Rotary clubs and districts accomplish through Rotary Foundation grants. At the 2017 Rotary International Convention in Atlanta, the Foundation will recognize 10 outstanding global grant-funded projects completed in 2015-16. The criteria for selection are:    

Community impact Sustainability Rotarian involvement Replicability

To be eligible for recognition, the project’s final global grant report — submitted via My Rotary — must be accepted by 30 June 2016. As always, we encourage you to include photos and videos of project activities with the final report. Photos should have a minimum resolution of 300 dpi, and videos should be shot horizontally at the highest resolution your camera will allow.

We hope that this project recognition will encourage even more Rotarians to become involved in their Foundation as we work together to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty.

Please share this information with your club president. If you have questions, email rotarysupportcenter@rotary.org. Thank you for your commitment to The Rotary Foundation.

Sincerely, Abby McNear

Rotary Grants Manager Tel 1.847.425.5656 www.rotary.org

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Jubilee of Rotarians My dear friends, The day draws close when we will celebrate the Jubilee of Rotarians, on 30 April.

This is a very special event hosted by Rotary District 2080 and the Vatican. We will join His Holiness Pope Francis for a special mass at St. Peter’s Square, Rome, where we have 8,000 seats reserved for Rotarians, as well as friends and family.

One of those seats can still belong to you, as the registration deadline has been extended. To join us for this momentous celebration, please visit the Jubilee of Rotarians website and register today.

This Jubilee, as established by Pope Francis, is a commitment to serve with joy and in peace across the world. I believe this event is a tremendous honor that will raise Rotary’s status across so much of the world, and it should bring us all great happiness to be a part of it, regardless of our own religions and beliefs.

As you work hard to Be a Gift to the World, I do hope you will join us. I look forward to seeing you there.

Regards,

K.R. Ravindran Rotary International President, 2015-16

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Rotary Leadership Institute – Sunshine Division Presents

Rotary Leadership Institute – Courses 1, 2, 3 & Graduate Course Building better Rotarians, one session at a time.

Saturday, April 16 at Crowne Plaza, 2605 N Hwy A1A, Indialantic, FL 32903 7:00 A.M. – 3:30 P.M.

Part One: The Rotarian Your introduction to the RLI experience. Begin your day by meeting fellow Rotarians and your Rotarian Discussion Leaders. Emphasis is placed on providing an overview of Rotary programs and helping develop ideas that participants can take back to their Rotary Clubs. Courses include Object of Rotary, Rotary Beyond the Club, Membership Retention, Rotary Opportunities, Ethics & Vocational Service, and Rotary Foundation I.

Part Two: The Rotary Club The RLI journey continues, the depth of subject matter increases and focus is placed on fostering the qualities of a knowledgeable Rotarian by building on the basics learned in Part I. The day includes an individual analysis of your Rotary Club and its effectiveness. Courses include Analyzing Your Rotary Club, Leadership – Team Building, Strategic Planning, Service Projects, Membership Attraction, and Public Relations.

Part Three: The Rotary Journey The final phase of RLI, courses become much more in-depth and detailed. Learn about opportunities available to you and your club through RI and how to best utilize them. Understand what it means to be a Rotarian and how you can use your RLI knowledge to better your club. Courses include Rotary History, International Service, Leadership: Effective Strategies, Rotary Foundation II, Communication Techniques, and Making a Difference.

Graduate Couse ~ Rotary Foundation Graduate Class GC-D The Rotary Foundation is the tool box Rotarians use to build a better world. This graduate class covers many of the specialized tools available and shows you how to work with them. Enroll today to learn more about the Foundation and how you and your club can be more powerful!

To register visit www.rlitraining.org. Cost to attend is $95 per session which includes course materials, breakfast and lunch.

Registration cut-off is April 4, 2016 so please register early!!!

Directions to Crowne Plaza Oceanfront From Intersection of US192 & A1A – North 2.5 mi on Right From Intersection of 518 & A1A – South .8 mi on Left

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VOCATIONAL SERVICE LITERACY KNOW THE HISTORY and WISDOM OF ROTARY’S 2 MOTTOES The following short history of Rotary’s two mottos appears at www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/history-rotary-mottoes.

“Rotary’s official mottoes, Service Above Self and One Profits Most Who Serves Best, trace back to the early days of the organization.”

“In 1911, He Profits Most Who Serves Best was approved as the Rotary motto at the second convention of the National Association of Rotary Clubs of America in Portland, Oregon. It was adapted from a speech made by Rotarian Arthur Frederick Sheldon to the first convention, held in Chicago the previous year. Sheldon declared that, ‘ only the science of right conduct toward others pays. Business is the science of human services. He profits most who serves his fellows best.’ “ (NOTICE THE EMPHASIS ON SERVICE IN BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS or VOCATIONAL SERVICE) “The Portland convention also inspired the motto Service Above Self. During a convention outing on the Columbia River, Ben Collins, president of the Rotary Club of Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, talked with Seattle Rotarian J.E.Pinkham about the proper way to organize a Rotary club, offering the principle his club had adopted: Service, Not Self.

Pinkham invited Paul Harris, who also was on the boat trip, to join their conversation. Harris asked Collins to address the convention and the phrase, Service Not Self was met with great enthusiasm.”

“At the 1950 RI Convention in Detroit, slightly modified versions of the two slogans were formally approved as the official mottoes of Rotary: He Profits Most Who Serves Best and Service Above Self. The 1989 Council on Legislation established Service Above Self as the principal motto of Ro-

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tary, because it best conveys the philosophy of unselfish volunteer service. He Profits Most Who Serves Best was modified by the 2004 Council to They Profit Most Who Serve Best and by the 2010 Council to its current wording One Profits Most Who Serves Best.”

These two mottoes form a wisdom pair. The primary motto expresses the Rotary ideal of good character. The secondary motto pithily explains the lifetime payoff to a life characterized by such behavior. The payoff, of course, comes in the form of the psychological benefits of a life of service. But, as Rotarian Sheldon said back in 1911, the secondary motto is also a guide to long run financial success. There is no better short summary of vocational service literacy than Rotary’s two mottoes.

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Rotary Club Boca Raton West Hold Successful Dictionary Project Celebration The third grade is a year where you are going through a lot of new and exciting changes when it comes to your education. You learn to write in cursive, you learn to play the recorder, and you begin those dreaded spelling test that you can’t perfect not matter how hard you try.

The Rotary Club Boca Raton West has been trying to make third grader’s lives easier for over four years with the Dictionary Project.

The Project bring together three local schools, Coral Sunset, Waters Edge, and Del Prado as all third grade student in those three school receive their own, The third grade is a year where you are going through a lot of new and exciting changes when it comes to your education. You learn to write in cursive, you learn to play the recorder, and you begin those dreaded spelling test that you can’t perfect not matter how hard you try.

The Rotary Club Boca Raton West has been trying to make third grader’s lives easier for over four years with the Dictionary Project.

The Project bring together three local schools, Coral Sunset, Waters Edge, and Del Prado as all third grade student in those three school receive their own, personal dictionary.

“The best part of the whole project is seeing the joy in the kid’s faces,” says Dini Heizer, President of the Rotary Club Boca Ra-

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ton West. “We have been doing this for numerous years and today was one of the best celebrations parties we’ve ever had.”

The Dictionary Project begins in September, near the start of the school year, with members of the Rotary Club going to the three schools and speaking to the kids about the importance of dictionaries, and the essay contest that they will participate in.

The sponsor of the Dictionary Project this year was Ultimate Soccer Store, a new soccer store that will open in Boca Raton at the end of the month, and because of this every kid was encouraged to write an essay regarding soccer.

Over 20 essays were handed in by students, and one student from each school was chosen and received a kindle as their reward for the best-written essay at their respective school.

This year the Rotary Club of Boca Raton West also awarded the teacher that most supported the project with a gift card to Blue Fashion, a fashion boutique in Boca Raton.

With over 100 attendees at Sugar Sand Park, The Rotary Club of Boca Raton West had its most successful post-project celebration to date.

“We are very excited at the turnout that we had today at the park,” added Heizer. “We can expect this project to continue to grow in the coming years.”

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ROTARY GIVES US$35 MILLION TO END POLIO WORLDWIDE

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INSTITUTE EQUIPS REGIONAL LEADERS TO ADVANCE ROTARY’S STORY

Regional leaders from around the globe gathered at Rotary World Headquarters in Evanston in early March for training they will use to inspire members in their respective areas.

Several participants - most of whom will begin their term on 1 July - noted that the true measure of the institute’s success will be how well the information they learned is transmitted to Rotary members.

“We have to realize that training doesn’t stop at the district level,” said Michael Boyer, a Rotary public image coordinator from Pismo Beach, California, USA. “We train people really well to be governors and club presidents but we have to realize that we also have to train our members in how to talk about Rotary.”

Boyer said his goal is to ensure that members can discuss Rotary’s brand in a clear and compelling way. “We have to make our club presidents understand they can’t just stand in front of their club and say, ‘Go invite members.’ They actually have to train members in how to ask and what to say,” he said.

A major goal of the four-day regional leaders training institute was to equip these leaders -- regional Rotary Foundation coordinators, Rotary coordinators, Rotary

Regional leaders from around the globe gathered at Rotary World Headquarters for a four-day training institute in early March.

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public image coordinators, and endowment/major gifts advisers -- to help club and district leaders strengthen club membership, focus and foster Rotary’s humanitarian service, and enhance the organization’s public image.

Many participants were impressed to learn about new tools available on Rotary.org, which they practiced using during multiple workshops.

“I have used Rotary.org for years but I have realized these past couple of days how much more advanced it has become,” said Alasdair Seale, an endowment/major gifts adviser from Edinburgh, Scotland. “I didn’t realize, for example, that there are alumni reports that include Group Student Exchange students, vocational training teams, Ambassadorial Scholars, and Rotaractors. They are all clearly a target for membership.”

Patrick Coleman, a regional Rotary Foundation coordinator from Luanshya, Zambia, said members need to be encouraged to use Rotary.org. “(What we are learning) is very exciting because we are bringing Rotary into the 21st century,” Coleman said. “We have members who brag about being born before the age of computers. But that’s a bit like saying, ‘I was born before cellphones so I am not going to use one.’ We’re here, we need to use these tools.”

Sherri Muniz, a Rotary coordinator from San Antonio, Texas, said the value of the institute for her was being able to share ideas.

“The program itself is designed to teach us teamwork,” Muniz said. “But we are building connections with people who have success stories, with people who have similar challenges, and those connections will last us far beyond the end of the institute.”

By Arnold R. Grahl Rotary News 16-Mar-2016

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Rotary Peace Fellows poised to change the world throughout the centuries? We have been advertising war. The pages of history reek with it. In the days of my childhood, no education was considered well begun until hatred of alien races had been burned into one’s mind. It was surely wonderful advertising and done just in the nick of time. The child mind is a delicate film, wonderfully impressionable. Love is mightier than hate. Give it one half the advertising that hate has had, and there will be no more war.”

Peace Fellows at the 2015 Rotary Convention in São Paulo, Brazil.

By Teree Bergman When I was an undergraduate, one of my professors expressed the interesting idea that scholars should stop studying the causes of war. He suggested that conflicts occur all the time and that the natural state is war. He proposed that we should be studying the causes of peace, as that is the less common situation.

Paul Harris expressed a similar view in a recorded interview in Tuskegee, Alabama, in 1945: “The way to war is a well-paved highway and the way to peace is still a wilderness.”

While Rotary’s number one objective rightly continues to be on polio eradication, the inception of the Rotary Peace Centers program may be the initiative that secures Rotary’s role in the world. Rotary has a long history of promoting peace, and Rotary Peace Fellowships are the embodiment of this long-term interest. In 1923, Paul Harris offered an opinion as to the real mission of Rotary.

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The Rotary interest in achieving peace has continued throughout its 111-year history. As past RI President Frank Devlyn said in 2006, “In Rotary we have always practiced and have an ongoing policy of promoting Better Understanding and Peace.”

Rotary was instrumental in the formation of the United Nations and has continued that collaboration for 70 years. Rotary holds regular peace symposia and forums throughout the world.

The Rotary Peace Centers program that Rotary created in 2002 offers great promise for the future, and it is worthy of our support. These peace fellows are the best and the brightest, and they choose to put their talents to work in the study of peace. Your financial gift to the Rotary Peace Centers make you a part of this great effort to promote nonviolent solutions to problems that would otherwise be decided by conflict.

About the author: Teree Bergman is a member of the Rotary Club of Tucson Sunrise, Arizona, a past district governor, and an assistant Regional Rotary Foundation coordinator for Zone 26.

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Good afternoon PE’s, The 6930 Disrtict Assembly will be held on Saturday May14th from 9am - 12pm with breakfast starting at 8:15am at Keiser University in West Palm Beach.

What is District Assembly?

In view of the annual turnover of Rotary leadership each year, special effort is required to provide club leaders with appropriate instruction for the tasks they will assume. The annual district assembly is the major leadership training event in each Rotary district of the world.

The workshops offer motivation, inspiration, Rotary information and new ideas for club officers, directors and key committee chairmen of each club. Some of the most experienced district leaders conduct informative discussions on all phases of Rotary administration and service projects. The sessions give all participants valuable new ideas to make their club more effective and interesting. Delegates from each club (officers, directors, committee chairs, etc.) are invited to attend the training session.

Another important feature of the retreat is a review by the incoming district governor of the program theme and emphasis of the new RI president for the coming year. District goals and objectives are also described and plans are developed for their implementation.

The success of each Rotary club is frequently determined by the club’s full representation and participation in this annual meeting.

I am a Rotarian but not an officer or a committee chair, why should I attend?

One key to a successful and growing Rotary club is informed and enthusiastic members. Attending Rotary meetings above the club level exposes them to knowledge about Rotary that will motivate them and make your club stronger and more effective. They will also expand their personal and business network to Rotarians from across the district and will enhance their personal leadership skills so we encourage all intersted members of your Rotary Club to attend the Distirct Assembly.

Registration is open and can be found on the 6930 distirct calendar on Dacdb. I have attached a link to the registration so please share this with all who are interested in attending.

Please feel free to call or email me or your AG with any questions.

Thank you for all that you do and I look foward to seeing you all at the Distiect Assembly.

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Highlight Rotary Club of boca raton west

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Highlight West Palm Beach Rotary Club 3rd Feed Palm Beach County Day Packs 92,000 Meals

On March 12, 2016, over 500 volunteers packaged 92,000 meals at Gaines Park in West Palm Beach from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. This is the third Feed Palm Beach County Day event sponsored by the West Palm Beach Rotary Club Charity Fund and the Palm Beach County Food Bank.

The diverse volunteers included people of ethnic diversity, religions and race. Students, families, groups of friends, employees of varied businesses, and many organizations from age 4 to 92 worked in

assembly line teams to package nutritious rice and beans meals that will be delivered thru the Palm Beach County Food Bank to over 100 food pantries in Palm Beach County.

Tony Lofaso, Chairperson of the event explained “The goal of this event is to help address the critical issue of food shortage in Palm Beach County; create awareness and have the community volunteer to make a difference.” Also, he highlighted acts about hunger in our community:

• 200,000 Palm Beach County residents do not know where their next meal will come from • 57% of Palm Beach County public school children qualify for free or reduced lunches • 190,000 Palm Beach County residents depend on food assistance programs for daily sustenance

Sponsors for the event include the following: The Order of Jack Lansing UBS and West Palm Beach Rotary Charity St John of Jerusalem Palm Beach Command, Fund. In kind: City of West Palm Beach, U & Me Transfer K & M Electric, Surplus Giant, Robert & Janet Nakushian, and Sign-O-Rama.

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Highlight Rotary Club Boca raton sunrise

The Rotary Club of Boca Raton Sunrise held its first Essay contest awards dinner on Wednesday February 24th at the downtown Boca Public Library. Each year the club distributes dictionaries to 3rd grade students attending Hammock Pointe, Sandpiper Shores and Whispering Pines elementary schools. This year they included an essay contest with the question being, “if you had a super power, what would it be and how would you use it to be a gift to the world”. 21 students were selected from over 300 essays. Each student was recognized with a credential and certificate with one winner from each school winning a Kindle for the grand prize. The teacher of the winning student received a $100 office depot gift card as well.

Over 100 people attended as students, parents, teachers and Rotarians enjoyed hot dogs, chicken tenders, mac n cheese and cookies for dessert catered by City-Eatz located in the Festival Flea market in Pompano Beach.

During the festive meal videos were shown to educate parents and students alike about Rotary’s international reach and contribution to improve lives around the globe.

For more information contact rotarybocasunrise.org

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Highlight West Palm Beach Rotary Club West Palm Beach Rotary Club’s 2016 Rotary Day Program West Palm Beach Rotary Club’s 2016 Rotary His expertise, commitment and Day ofProgram students in West Palm Beach

passion benefit a multitude elementary schools. In 1999 heOn was instrumental in starting the Principals Grants Service February Project at 10 schools. Today, he leads the Bike Project and the 23, 2016 the West Principal Grants Service Project that gives $20,000 in grants Palm toBeach principals at 20 schools in West Palm Beach. Also, he leads Rotary the Club’s Dictionary Service Project. To date, the Club has Club given over $300,000 in principal grants and 18,000 dictionaries celebrated toRotary schools. In addition, he is a 7 time Paul Harris Fellow.

Internatio Noble Lockhart-Mays, Director of Faith’s Place received the nal’s 111th Community Organization Rotary Day Service Above Self first, anniversa Award. ry. Also, Faith’s Place is a nonprofit organization operating at the the Club Pleasant City Community Center, in the heart of the inner city. presented InRotary 2012, she started Faith’s Place with a vision and 12 students.

Day Service Above Self awards to incredible individuals who embody Rotary International’sCurrently, 2015-16 Faith’s Place Program has 120 students who receive Theme “Be a gift to the world”. music, dance, and arts training, homework assistance, characRotary International’s President Ravindran urges Rotary members to give the gifts of time, talent, and Greg Kissel, Dr. Timothy Abrams and Nobel Lockhart-Mays ter building, and etiquette training. knowledge to improve lives in communities across the globe. He stated “Through Rotary, we can Greg Kissel, Dr. Timothy Abrams take these gifts and make a genuine difference in the lives of others and inThe our Community Center is surrounded by housing projects. Stuand Nobel Lockhart-Mays 23, 2016 the West Palm Beach Rotary Club celOn February world." dents see and experience things that we could never imagine, ebrated Rotary International’s 111th anniversary. Also, the Club yet they crave something better. As a teacher for 12 years in Greg Kissel received an Day Extraordinary Service AboveSelf Self Award for to his incredible leadership, commitment and presented Rotary Service Above awards Palm Beach County public schools, Noble saw a need to give dedication to the Club's Programs and Services. He has been a member of the West Palm Beach Rotary Club for individuals whois aembody Rotary International’s 2015-16 30 years. Also, Greg Past President and currently serves on the Board of Directors.Theme these students a positive influence and a safe place to go. No“Be a gift to the world”. ble encouraged us all to help others meet physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. Also, Mrs. Lockhart-Mays said “My mentor Rotary International’s President Ravindran urges Rotary mem- once told me “Not everybody can be famous, but everyone can bers to give the gifts of time, talent, and knowledge to improve be great – and you can become great by serving others.” lives in communities across the globe. He stated “Through Ro- Dr. Timothy Abrams, Principal of Gold Coast Community School tary, we can take these gifts and make a genuine difference in received a donation of $250. Principal Abrams was grateful for the lives of others and in our world.” the support of our Club. He said “It is with the support of organizations like the Rotary Club that we are able to provide for Greg Kissel received an Extraordinary Service Above Self Award the whole child. On behalf of the faculty here at Gold Coast, for his leadership, commitment and dedication to the Club’s Pro- I thank you for helping us make a difference in the lives of our grams and Services. He has been a member of the West Palm students.”

Beach Rotary Club for 30 years. Also, Greg is a Past President Pete Bozetarnik, Past Club President presented an overview of and currently serves on the Board of Directors. the Club’s exciting, 2016 International Service Project; estab-

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Tuesday, April 26, 2016 Bogart’s Bar & Grill 3200 Airport Rd, Boca Raton 5:30-6:00 Drinks and Networking 6:00-7:00 RMB meeting [Rotarians only please]

We hope to see you at our April meeting where we will have a panel presentation with these fellow Rotarians: Norman Matus—R-Force Partners LLC Penny Morey—RemarkAbleHR, Inc. N’Quavah Velazquez, Ed.D— Achievement Heights Academy Please make sure to share this invite with your Club and don’t forget your business cards.

Please RSVP to Jenifer: 561-416-5037 (text friendly) or rmbsouth6930@gmail.com

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Tell Your Story

My name is Angelica Blakely and I will be at service as Public Image team in our District.

As part of Rotary’s new strategy we are trying to strengthen our image so that everyone will understand what Rotary stands for, how we’re different, and why it matters.

I encourage all Public Image Chairs for each club to download from Rotary Brand Center the Messaging Guidelines Brochure, subtitled The Voice, and Visual Rotary Guidelines, to share with club members. In this brochure you will find powerful tools to do “What we need to do”, which is to tell our great story in a way that ensures our actions and supports our words. And if your club doesn’t have Public Image Chairs please ask your president to appoint someone.

One of the best ways to bring our story to life is to simply tell about it. With this in mind we will have a thisspace brochure you will find powerfulcalled “Telling You Story”. It will be a forum for individuals to tell about the day they became a in the District newsletter great in a way that ensureswill ourneed to be no more than 400 words and, if possible, should include the author’s picture. Stories truestory Rotarian.

Submissions esn’t have Public Image Chairs please like these can inspire others and help to connect people to one another.

Please, send to me at: anbblakely@hotmail.com

ply -tell about it. With this in mind we Angelica Blakely ing Rotary You Story”.

It will a forum Club of Boca be Raton West for DistrictSubmissions Public Imagewill Team Rotarian. need to be ude the author’s picture. Stories like 28 one another.

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TellYourStory

My first experience with Rotary was when I was a young girl. You see my brother played Little League baseball, and he was on the “Rotary” team. Rotary to me was just another day at the ball park: candy, gum, popcorn, and ice cream, what was not to like about Rotary? At that time I had no idea that Rotary was a service organization or that is was global. I only knew that my parents said it was a group of old men who made things happen in our community. Fast forward many years later when as an adult the name Rotary came into my life again.

This time I was working as an insurance agent in Indian Harbor Beach, FL. My son-in-law told me I should join Rotary. He thought Rotary would be a good place for me since I get great enjoyment out of helping others. I looked at him and thought he had lost his mind. How would I join Rotary? I am a female and certainly NOT old. Rotary as I had always perceived it was an organization for old men. In fact my impression at the time was that Quest  Edition 09

Rotary was a group of old men who often got together and had lunch or dinner together, just like my parents had said. I had never heard of women being in Rotary. I Googled Rotary to see if it was true that women were allowed to join. I found that women had been allowed into Rotary since May of 1987, when the Supreme Court ruled that women could not be excluded. In 1989, the Council on Legislation voted to eliminate the requirement in the RI Constitution that membership in Rotary clubs be limited to men. Further research on Rotary made me aware and impressed me with how much Rotary does in the communities.

I think here in the United States that we forget that people in our own neighborhoods need help.

This same research gave me the understanding of what Rotary does on a global scale as well.

I was invited by a client, Trina Downey, to join her for lunch at a Rotary Meeting. That was a very intimidating lunch for me as Trina was the treasurer and sat in the back of the room while I walked into a room of 80+ strangers. I was warmly welcomed

by Suzie DeBusk who invited me to sit with her and by the end of the meeting I knew Rotary was for me-- for so many years I had so much to offer with no place to put it. While I believe most people join Rotary for networking, I had one main reason for wanting to join Rotary: “Service Above Self”. I became a member of the Rotary Club of Indialantic in February of 2009, but I truly became a Rotarian in 2011.

In 2011, I was asked to serve as the Secretary of our club by incoming President Sue Tyson Parker. I accepted the position and I am so thankful that I did. Like anything I do, I was all in. This was the first of many stepping stones where I could truly begin to understand the objective of Rotary.

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I started taking RLI classes and attending our District Conferences. In 2013, I was asked to be President Elect of the club. In 2014-2015 I was the President of the Rotary Club of Indialantic.

Prior to taking over as president, I met with several of our members, both well established and new alike, and asked them what they would like to see as the future of our club. Mostly what I found was that many of long-standing members wanted things to remain the same, while the newer members wanted change. How does one accomplish making both happy?? While I have never been afraid of a challenge, I was now more afraid than ever, to lead this group and make everyone happy. YIKES! Well, first things first. Out with the old days of Robert’s Rules of Order, I made a couple changes at the very first meeting, just subtle ones…

First I eliminated a plate from each table setting and second I asked that the club no longer fill the water glasses. The “one less plate” idea came from PETS training and it works because someone has to sit in a new seat. The seating created minimal grumblings, however, water glasses being empty upon arrival was a huge hit for all members. Such a little thing got so many compliments after the meeting. I did this because of Rotary’s dedication to water sanitation and the members picked up on it immediately. This was the beginning of good things to come for our club.

We made several other little changes that year-some good some not, but most importantly we tried new things, while keeping the tried and true flourishing.

I recall a long-standing member, Ernest Bortner, coming to me and asking for help. There was a

church in the community that was building a playground for the public and they needed funds to buy a Cozy Cocoon, a swing designed for kids with autism. I took it to the board and it was approved, giving Earnest and the membership both a feeling accomplishment. Our club also donated volunteered time to build the playground. During my tenure a new member come to me and tell me that he did not have the funds to participate in one of our projects but he did have time to donate and would work in any capacity to feel that he had done his part. Like him I believe that young professionals in our communities can find something in Rotary that will help them make sense of their existence. It was a beautiful sight seeing our younger members working side by side with our older members bringing Rotary to life by getting involved, gone was the 80/20 rule, where 20% of the members do 80% of the work. The one thing I realized in talking to our membership was out of all the walks of life and all the different opinions we had, we found a way to come together unified as one.

There are few words that can describe how I feel as I move forward in my Rotary career and begin my march to District Governor in 2018-2019, I have some of the same apprehension that I did when I was about to become president of my club. I look forward to serving the district and hope for the same support of the members that I had with the membership of my club. For me, Rotary is not just a commitment but it is an opportunity to engage with fabulous people doing miraculous things.

Julia Babbitt

Rotary Club of Indialantic DGE 2018-2019

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DISTRICT QUEST MAGAZINE Dear Rotarian,

It’s an honor to be able to speak to you!

You probably have noticed that every month, you get an e-mail of

month, you get an e-mail of the District Quest newsletter transformed into a magazine to get all n a more modern, efficient, and exciting way!

the District Quest Magazine. Quest is our monthly district newslet-

ter transformed into a magazine to get all the district information out to Rotarians in a more

you to send me information, flyers, and photos of we can promote it throughout the whole district. know what yours is up to and encourage them to

modern, efficient, and exciting way!

e district, so we created a print version of the for us! It was an absolute success, and it was 6930 Conference!

Through this letter, I want to encourage you to send me information, flyers, and photos of

the events that your club holds so that we can promote it throughout the whole district. That

ay for all members in our district to be up to date also a great way to recruit future Rotarians. We hat being a Rotarian is all about. They will see the munities, along with the fun time we have while o use this magazine as a recruitment tool for your

way, you will be letting other clubs know what yours is up to and encourage them to do the

same!

We want to show support to our entire district, so we created a print version of the magazine. This was a dream come true for us! It was an absolute success, and it was distributed to everyone in the last District 6930 Conference!

This will be a fast, easy, and pleasant way for all members in our district to be up to date on the happenings of every club. This is also a great way to recruit future Rotarians. We can let others in our community learn what being a Rotarian is all about. They will see the wonderful services we do for our communities, along with the fun time we have while doing it! I encourage all your members to use this magazine as a recruitment tool for your clubs.

Dini Heizer District 6930 Newsletter Editor 2014-2016 District 6930 Public Image Chair 2015-2016 President Rotary Club of Boca Raton West – 2015-2016 Quest  Edition 09

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