Sinag - Issue No.2

Issue No.2 July 2020 - June 2021

SINAG T H E O F F I C I A L C LU B B U L L E T I N

VEGETABLE SEEDLINGS DONATION Club of Downtown Olongapo

Prayer Almighty and loving Father, Creator of Heaven and earth We praise and adore you, you are the King of Kings We humbly ask your forgiveness for our sins Have mercy on us , Oh Lord We are gathered here today for our meeting Send us your Holy Spirit to be our guide and give us the wisdom to Understand every topic that we are going to discuss Enlighten our minds and let your love be upon us, May this meeting bring success and growth to our team.

We thank you Father for this precious time that you have given us.

All this we pray through our Lord Jesus Christ your son who lives and Reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit one God forever and ever.

Program Regular Meeting 18 July 2020 Call to Order President Didet Danguilan-Santiago Invocation Rtn. AJ Castelo National Anthem Rtn. Milbert Adlawan Recitation of The Four Way Test PP Nes de Leon Community Singing PP Gina Diesto Rotary Information PP Mhel Soriano Secretary's Time Sec Grace Corsino Introduction of Guest Speaker PP Bot dela Torre Guest Speaker: Mr. Allen Lim Topic: Internet 101 President's Time Pres. Didet Danguilan- Santiago Adjournment Pres. Didet Danguilan- Santiago

Amen.

Quote of the Week …

Moderator DGN Ann Lorenzana

RCDO Club Of icers RY 2020-2021 “Wo dein Herz aufgeht: Your heart opens. Whenever you talk to the young people, they'll tell you, 'It was the best time in my life.' Sometimes I think they are surprised about themselves, about what they are able to do, and about the possibilities that are open to them through Rotary.”

RI President Holger Knaack On helping out with a camp for a short term Youth Exhange Student in Northern Germany in 1992.

President Didet Danguilan-Santiago President Elect Mhel Soriano Vice President Ann Lorenzana Secretary Grace P. Corsino Treasurer Bot Dela Torre Chairman: Membership Grace P. Corsino Service Project Gina Diesto TRF Mhel Soriano Public Relation Aj Castelo Club Admin Chie Escarilla Family of Rotary Loyd Golosino Board of Directors: IPP Mel Pamintuan, PP Jerry Azurin PP Nes De Leon, Rtn Ghie Azurin PP Grace Mana-ay

From the President's Desk Grateful for everything.

Months prior to assuming my role in the Club, I envisioned myself to be on the road most of the time, traveling from Manila to Subic Bay/Olongapo to dispense my responsibilities. You see I work in the metropolis and you could just imagine how I shall work this out.

Fast forward, the COVID-19 pandemic came and it changed everything. The situation led me to work from home for my job. Looking at it now, the pandemic made me be physically present for the Club. A blessing in disguise, I told myself.

But please don't get me wrong. Like all of you, I feel how we all continue to live by the disruption the pandemic has brought to all.

And we are doing our best in adjusting to the changes.

Let me take this opportunity to thank each of you for your sel less devotion as Rotarians to keep the desire of service burning in your hearts. Each one of us have our unique talents, skills and personality, and our diversity is what binds us together.

The recent Year End Review of the Champion Team was a concrete testament of how we as a Club work and play together. Thank you District Governor Andronico Pahed and the entire Champion Team for the recognition! We thank our partners and supporters in embracing the Rotary spirit.

Congratulations to our Champion President Mel Pamintuan for the untiring demeanor in leading us, and to our hardworking and genial Secretary/Past President Gina Diesto. To the Club, a big round of applause. Being the Top 3 Outstanding Rotary Club (small club category) in our District is a feat. I am proud of US! Happy RCDO Day! Bye for now

Club of Downtown Olongapo

Didet Danguilan-Santiago RCDO President

Rotary Information

HOW DID WE GET HERE? expertise to the problems and needs of society.

• Community Service encourages every Rotarian to ind ways to improve the quality of life of people in their communities and to serve the public interest.

The irst four Rotarians: Gustavus Loehr, Silvester Schiele, Hiram Shorey, and Paul P. Harris, circa 1905-12.

We’ve been making history and bringing our world closer together for over 100 years. The irst Rotary club was started in Chicago, Illinois, USA, in 1905 by an attorney named Paul Harris.

Harris wanted to bring together a group of professionals with different backgrounds and skills as a way to exchange ideas and form meaningful acquaintances. In August 1910, the 16 Rotary clubs then in the United States formed the National Association of Rotary Clubs, now Rotary International. In 1912, Rotary expanded to a few more countries, and by July 1925, Rotary clubs existed on six continents. Today, there are more than 35,000 clubs, in almost every country in the world.

• International Service exempli ies our global reach in promoting peace and understanding. We support this avenue by sponsoring or volunteering on international projects, using local member expertise to build long-term partnerships for sustainable projects, seeking service partners abroad, and more.

• Youth Service recognizes the importance of empowering youth and young professionals through leadership development programs such as Rotaract, Interact, Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, and Rotary Youth Exchange.

AREAS OF FOCUS The causes we target to maximize our impact are called our areas of focus. Our most successful and sustainable projects and activities fall within these areas. Through global grants and other resources, we help clubs focus their service efforts in the following areas:

WHAT WE VALUE Rotary was founded on principles that remain at the heart of the organization today. These principles re lect our core values — integrity, diversity, service, leadership, and fellowship, or friendship. Our core values emerge as themes in our guiding principles.

AVENUES OF SERVICE We channel our commitment to service through ive Avenues of Service, which are the foundation of club activity.

• Club Service focuses on making clubs strong. A thriving club is anchored by strong relationships and an active membership development plan.

• Vocational Service calls on all Rotarians to work with integrity and contribute their

• Promoting peace • Fighting disease • Providing clean water • Saving mothers and children • Supporting education • Growing local economies ∙ Supporting the environment Projects that focus on these causes are eligible for global grant funding from The Rotary Foundation.

Source: Rotary Basics 5-7

Presidential theme

2020-21: Rotary Opens Opportunities

RI President-elect Holger Knaack’s theme for 2020-21, Rotary Opens Opportunities, asks Rotarians to create opportunities that strengthen their leadership, help put service ideas into action, and improve the lives of those in need.

COVER STORY

VEGETABLE SEEDLINGS DONATION The Rotary Club of Downtown Olongapo led by President Didet Danguilan –Santiago traveled to Tarlac City to deliver the 300 vegetables seedlings to Rotary Club of Midtown Tarlac. The two clubs met at the residence of PDG Jaypee Cadaing and Spouse Rory where a short and brief of icial turn over of the said vegetables seedlings was held.

Aside from the seedlings, soil implements which include one sack fertilizer and water sprinkler were donated to RC Midtown Tarlac. President Jane Garcia received them on behalf of her club. Joining her were PDG Jaypee Cadaing with Spouse Rory and some members of RCMT as well. On RCDO’s side, President Didet was accompanied by DGN Ann Lorenzana, PP Chie Escarilla, PP Lec Gabaga, Rotarians Loyd Golosino, Dhal Ebilane, Milbert Adlawan and then soon to be inducted member Marvin Bacay.

With RCDO as the lead club on this project, all these was made possible with the assistance and cooperation of Embrace who provided the vegetable seedlings, in support of Rotary’s campaign to encourage people to plant vegetables for food consumption most especially in this time of the pandemic. To sustain the said program, RCDO and Embrace plan to give and share more of these seedlings to other Rotary clubs in the district. Keep it up RCDO! Thank you EMBRACE!

RI President's Message Holger Knaack President 2020-21 July 2020 This does not seem like a time for great optimism, but it has to be. Long before Rotary was founded, the world dealt with great crises that tested humankind's ability to progress and endure. In the age of Rotary, the world has faced many more catastrophes; however, we have survived, and every step of the way, Rotary has helped the world heal.

Every great challenge is an opportunity for renewal and growth. I revealed the theme of Rotary Opens Opportunities at the International Assembly in San Diego just as the COVID-19 crisis was beginning, but these are words that I have believed for many years.

Rotary is not just a club that you join; it is an invitation to endless opportunities. We believe in creating opportunities for others and for ourselves. We believe that our acts of service, large and small, generate opportunities for people who need our help, and that Rotary opens opportunities for us to live a richer, more meaningful life, with friends around the world, based on our core values.

Governments and institutions are gaining a greater appreciation for the types of public health partnerships that are critical to our work.

People stuck at home, eager for greater connections and hungry to help their communities, are now embracing the values we have promoted since our beginning.

All of this is positive news, but just because there are greater opportunities than ever for Rotary to thrive does not guarantee that we will succeed.

The world is changing rapidly — and was doing so even before this crisis. People were starting to move away from regular lunch meetings and toward online gatherings. Friendships were being cultivated and revived in social media relationships even before most of our meetings moved to Zoom and Skype. Younger generations have a strong desire to serve — but have questioned whether they could play a meaningful role in organizations like Rotary or whether they

might make a bigger impact forming different types of connections. Now is the time to put everything on the table, test new approaches, and prepare Rotary for the future.

The COVID-19 crisis has forced all of us to adapt.

This is good, and our new Action Plan speci ically calls on us to improve our ability to adapt. But adaptation is not enough. We need to change, and change dramatically, if we are to face the challenges of this new age and provide the Rotary the world so desperately needs.

This is our great challenge, not just in the next year but into the foreseeable future. It is up to us to remake Rotary for these new times — to wholeheartedly embrace the ideas, energy, and commitment of young people eager to ind an outlet for idealism. We must become an organization fully enmeshed in the digital age, not one that simply looks for online ways to keep doing what we have always done.

The world needs Rotary now more than ever. It is up to us to make sure that Rotary Opens Opportunities for generations to come.

CHEERS TO THE CHAMPIONS! Year-End Review 2020

District 3790 under the governorship of now Immediate Past District Governor Andronico “Sonny” Pahed culminated Rotary year 2019-2020 with the traditional Year-end Review on July 11, 2020 at 9 in the morning. In spite of the unexpected turn of events brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, the District was determined to push through with the event virtually via Zoom. Rotarians all over the district convened either in small groups following safety protocols or joined and watched the whole event at their homes or of ices.

The moderator for the said event was District Secretary Lorna Regala and assisted by Chief of Staff Ariel Jersey. The two together with the people working closely behind the scene gave their very best to have a well presented Year-End Review, to honor and acknowledged the contributions and effort of each Rotary club in the district.

For the Rotary Club of Downtown Olongapo, some members gathered at the club’s home base at Seorabeol Grand Leisure Hotel while majority opted to watch the awarding ceremony at home while IPP Mel Pamintuan together with Secretary Gina Diesto joined the rest of Cluster 4C headed by Assistant Governor John Baguilat at Aristocrat Restaurant for the awarding ceremony.

PDG Vitt Gutierrez and DGN Ann

Lorenzana were commissioned by the district to assist in the awarding ceremony for Cluster 4C. RCDO was thankful to be recognized as Top 3 in Outstanding Club (small club category). Other clubs in the cluster likewise have been recognized by the district for their contributions and meaningful projects within their respective communities. Congratulations to the Champion Team. Congratulations to us all in RCDO!

Guest Speaker Pro ile MR. ALLEN LIM By profession he is an experienced Creative and Art Director, Graphic and Web Designer, Motion Graphic Artist, Video Editor. He acquired 64,512 working hours or 12 years of Work Experiencein various areas of Marketing and Advertising, from Traditional Marketing (ATL & BTL) to Digital Marketing, From Creative and Strategic Conceptualization to proven Creative Execution, these professions allow him to gain experience in the core areas of the Corporate business world such as Sales & Marketing, Consulting Services, Business Development & Management, Human Resource Management, Legal, Accounting, Finance, Administrative and Analysis, Research and Tech Development.

EDUCATION AMA University Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, Programming ¡ (2003 - 2007) Comteq Computer and Business College Web Graphics and 3D Animation, Design and Animation ¡ (2008 - 2011)

Calendar of Events and Activities JULY 2020 New Rotary Year 1 July 2020 - Kick-Off Project:

Vegetable Growing

Barretto, Olongapo City 4 July 2020 - First Regular Meeting

Induction of New Member

Mr. Marvin Bacay 11 July 2020 - 3rd Board Meeting 12 July 2020 - Ocular inspection in Mampweng 18 July 2020 - 2nd Regular Meeting

Guest Speaker's Night 24 July 2020 - Rotary Friday: Online 101 25 July 2020 - TRF – Global Grant Seminar 31 July 2020 - Fellowship Night:

Mask” querade Night/

Virtual Toast to all the

Celebrators for the month of July

Object of Rotary The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster: FIRST: The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service; SECOND: High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society; THIRD: The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business, and community life; F O U R T H : T h e a d v a n c e m e n t o f international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.

Club of Downtown Olongapo

RCDO MY RCDO! RCDO my RCDO We are proud to share with you Our commitment to our country And to our community Hand in hand We serve all mankind And leave all strife behind We will always live By the 4 Way Test RCDO you’re the best!

ROTARIAN HYMN Composed by George Canseco

I want to be A Rotarian for the world Make the Rotary lag As the lag of peace unfurled I shall serve my community Help achieve universal unity Through Rotary I shall dedicate my all World understanding Shall be my cherished goal With the 4 Ways Test I’ll pursue my quest And if I in a way Help obtain…

Peace in the world I shall not have lived in vain I observe Service Above Self Lend a hand to all Who need my help I’ll get my spouse To involve in Rotary And in Rotary ways I will train my family

With the 4 Ways Test We’ll pursue my quest And if I in a way Help obtain…

Peace in the world We shall not have lived in vain Build a bridge For tomorrow’s youth Strengthened by nothing But the truth Let’s join our hands There’s no reason We’ll divide We shall all understand Why the good Lord is our Guide With the 4 Ways Test We’ll pursue my quest And if I in a way Help obtain…

Peace in the world I shall not have lived in vain Peace be achieved We shall not have lived in vain…

JULY C E L E B R AT O R S PAMINTUAN, Mel 1 July GOLOSINO, Loyd 9 July Rotakid Benecia Golosino 11 July LORENZANA, Ana Maria 25 July Rotakid Sophia Lorreign Castelo 30 July

Club of Downtown Olongapo Meets every Friday at 7:30pm at Seorabeol Grand Leisure Hotel Subic Bay Freeport Zone, Olongapo City, Zambales 2200, Philippines