Ang Kumintang_October 16-31, 2022_12th Issue

Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) are any non profit, voluntary citizens' group which is organized on a local, national, or international level. Task oriented and driven by people with common interest, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) perform a variety of services and humanitarian functions, bring citizens’ concerns to governments, monitor policies, among others.

Rotarian’s Humor Monger

The Rotary Club of Batangas, under the imaginative leadership of Genuine Service President Arnel Pulla for RY 2022 2023, attended the regular session of the Sangguniang Panglunsod ng Batangas held last October 18, 2022 at the SP Session Hall in P. Burgos St., Batangas City. The session attendance was in consonance to the CSO (Civil Society Organization) accreditation hearing for the club as required by the city’s Committee on Accreditation, chaired by Honorable Councilor Nelson Chavez. Hence after the accreditation meeting, the Rotary Club of Batangas was again “accredited” and will continue as “representative member of the local special body” like the City Development Council.

Rotarian’s Words of Wisdom

ABC’s of Rotary

SharingRotarytoNewMembers

Are you aware of the responsibility or obligation most Rotarians fail to perform; Paying their dues? Attending meetings? Contributing to the club service fund? Participating in club events and projects? No, none of these! Of all the obligations a person accepts when joining a Rotary club, the one in which most Rotarians fail is "sharing Rotary." The policies of Rotary International clearly affirm that every individual Rotarian has an "obligation to share Rotary with others and to help extend Rotary through proposing qualified persons for Rotary club membership." It is estimated that less than 30 percent of the members of most Rotary clubs have ever made the effort to propose a new member. Thus, in every club, there are many Rotarians who accept the pleasures of being a Rotarian without ever sharing that privilege with another qualified individual.

The Rotary policy on club membership states: "In order for a Rotary club to be fully relevant to its community and responsive to the needs of those in the community, it is important and necessary that the club include in its membership all fully qualified prospective members located within its territory" One merely has to glance through the yellow pages of the local telephone directory to realize that most clubs have not invited qualified members of all businesses and professions into Rotary Only a Rotarian may propose a customer, neighbor, client, supplier, executive, relative, business associate, professional or other qualified person to join a Rotary club. Have you accepted your obligation to share Rotary? The procedures are very simple, and everyone must know at least one person who should belong to Rotary.

The Group Study Exchange program has been replaced, under the Future Vision of The Rotary Foundation (TRF), by Vocational Training Team (VTT). As the name suggests, VTT is about team visiting other parts of the world with an emphasis on training, either of themselves or of the communities they visit. The focus of the visit will be around one area of work and training, though not all participants will necessarily have the same vocation or profession.

MEET OUR NEW MEMBER SHERRYL BOOL

The Rotary Club of Batangas, under the imaginative leadership of Genuine Service President Arnel Pulla, participated in the VTT Screening & Selection held last October 15, 2022 at Laiya Adventure Park in Barangay Laiya, San Juan, Batangas. PP Mario Contreras and Mr. Rocky Earvin Gonzales joined and were successfully selected as VTT Team Leader and Team Member, respectively, for the WeldingTeam boundto SouthKorea.

SHERRYL BOOL

NewMember (RY 2022-2023)

Rotary Club of Batangas

Rtn Sherryl is a newly inducted member for Rotary Club of Batangas for Rotary Year 2022 2023. Rtn She, aged 46 years old, has worked in the City Hall of Batangas for 19 years and currently holds the position of City Accountant at the City Accountant’s Office.

Rtn She is happily married to PP Rolando Bool, also a Rotarian and an active member of RC Downtown Batangas City. They are blessed with three (3) children, namely; Rosh Gabrielle, Reese Anne Madlen, andRileyMatthew.

IN PERSPECTIVE : Batangueño Rotarians in Action

Club’s Renewal of CSO Accreditation

GSP Arnel attends the committee hearing after submission of document requirements by GSS Pheng De Chavez

Sangguniang Panglunsod Hall, P. Burgos St., Batangas City / October 18, 2022

City Councilor Nelson Chavez presides the Committee on Accreditation along with his committee members

GSP Arnel seats beside with other representatives of civil society organizations for their accreditation

Vocational Training

(VTT) Screening & Selection

Team

Laiya Adventure Park, San Juan, Batangas / October 15, 2022

PP Mar Contreras and Rocky Earvin Gonzales pose with the VTT Selection Team and other VTT 2022 aspirants

The certificate of recognition and event ID of PP Mar Contreras during the VTT Screening & Selection 2022

PP Mar and Mr. Rocky receive their respective certificate from GSP Miljun Magadia and PP Jenny Salud

PERSPECTIVE : Batangueño Rotarians in Action

Together… We Will END POLIO

Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a disabling and life threatening disease caused by the poliovirus. The virus spreads from person to person and can infect a person’s spinal cord, causing paralysis (cannot move parts of the body).

After 40+ years, Rotary along with our partners, have reduced polio cases by 99.9 percent worldwide since our first project to vaccinate children in the Philippines in 1979. Rotarians have helped immunize more than 2.5 billion children against polio in 122 countries. We are close to eradicating polio, but we need your help and take part.

Rotary’s Partnership in Eradicating Polio

On 29 September 1979, volunteers administered drops of oral polio vaccine to children at a health center in Guadalupe Viejo, Makati, Philippines. The event in metropolitan Manila was arranged and attended by Rotarians and delegates from the Philippine Ministry of Health. When James L. Bomar Jr., then RI president, put the first drops of vaccine into a child’s mouth, he ceremonially launched the Philippine poliomyelitis immunization effort. Rotary’s first Health, Hunger and Humanity (3 H) Grant project was underway.

Bomar and Enrique M. Garcia, the country’s minister of health, had earlier signed an agreement committing Rotary International and the government of the Philippines to a joint multiyear effort to immunize about 6 million children against polio, at a cost of about $760,000. In a 1993 interview, Bomar reminisced about the trip. He recalled how the brother of one of the children he had immunized tugged on his pant leg to get his attention and said, “Thank you, thank you, Rotary.” The project’s success led Rotary to make polio eradication a top priority. Rotary launched PolioPlus in 1985 and was a founding member of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in 1988. Through decades of commitment and work by Rotary and ourpartners, more than 2.5 billion children have received the oral polio vaccine.

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENTIAL

MONTHLY MESSAGE

In August, I was proud to visit Pakistan and highlight Rotary’s top goal, eradicating polio. It was also a tremendous opportunity to spotlight female health workers who are playing a critical role in protecting children from this vaccine-preventable disease. This month, as we celebrate World Polio Day, we are shining a spotlight on our more than 30 year effort to lead the first global polio eradication campaign and our success in forming partnerships capable of completing this massive goal. We all know that this is one of the most ambitious global health initiatives in history and that we’ve reduced polio cases by more than 99.9 percent worldwide.

Pakistan is one of only two countries in the world where wild poliovirus remains endemic. (The other is neighboring Afghanistan.) I was able to witness and take part in vaccination campaigns in Pakistan, and soon after I left, a monumental nationwide immunization campaign took place, focused on 43 million children under the age of 5. I saw the incredible work of Rotary members on the ground. More than 60 percent of vaccinators in Pakistan are women, and they are doing a remarkable job building trust and convincing mothers to vaccinate their children.

Seeing it all firsthand, I know that the will exists across the Rotary world to end polio, and I’m confident that we have the strategy. The Pakistani media has been very supportive of our efforts as well, and this is making a difference. This month, a new global pledging moment at the World Health Summit in Berlin promises to pull together more resources to fund these time-sensitive eradication efforts. Now it is up to us to do our part and raise $50 million this year to earn the full 2-to-1 match from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

There’s great cause for optimism on the polio front — but also some staggering new events that have further raised the stakes. Over the past few months, new polio outbreaks have occurred in Israel, the United Kingdom and, most recently, in the New York City area. These stories are frightening, but in every case, the response is clear — vaccines work, and if polio is spreading, we need to make sure the most at-risk people have kept their vaccinations up to date.

Most importantly, we need to eradicate this virus now. If polio exists anywhere, it can spread everywhere. What I saw in Pakistan convinced me that we can and must finish the job, but it will only happen if we remain committed to a strategy that’s working and back it with all necessary resources.

Through our commitment, generosity, and sheer determination, we will #EndPolio.

JENNIFER JONES RI President,

2022-2023

Signing of Sisterhood Agreement with

“Sisterhood club agreement” intends to forge lasting relationships with partnering with other Rotary clubs to increase collaboration for a global network of fellowship, service projects, and world understanding.

The Rotary Club of Batangas, under the imaginative leadership of Genuine Service President Arnel Pulla for RY 2022-2023, signed a “sisterhood agreement with the Rotary Club of Tiaong Circle” during the latter’s induction ceremonies held last October 17, 2022 at El Coco Grande Hotel in Tiaong, Quezon. GSP Dennis de los Reyes signed for RC Tiaong Circle during their club’s20th handover & induction rites.

RC Tiaong Circle

Rotary’s Public Image Enhancement via Social Media Flatform “Personalized Facebook Profile Photo Frame”

RC Batangas Sponsors Interactors to District Interact Assembly 2022

ERADICATING POLIO

Polio is a crippling disease; hence, “prevention is better than cure.”

There’ s no cure for polio but getting the vaccine in time can be done.

We are the Imaginative Genuine Service Batangueño Rotarians We are the People of Action.

The Interact Club of Batangas attended the District Interact Assembly 2022 held last October 1 2, 2022 at La Virginia Resort & Hotel in Mataas na Kahoy, Batangas. The youth club was represented in these two day event by Pres. Steph De Chavez, VP Zyrene Aguila, Sec. Celine Contreras, Asec. Sam Aguila and Treas. Zulita Gondrez, and were accompanied by Sec. Pheng De Chavez and Treas. Lorna Abacan. The five (5) Interactors actively participated in all the event activities and learned more as future youth leaders of the club.

InteractClub

of Batangas (Community Based)

IAC Year 2022 2023 / Chartered: February 2020

Club Officers:

President: Stephanie “Steph” De Chavez

Vice President: Maria Zyrene Aguila

Secretary: Isabelle Celine Contreras

Assistant Secretary: Maria Samantha “Sam” Aguila

Treasurer: Maria Zulita Gondra

Auditor: Maru Lazarte

Club Service Director: Mikhayla Lazarte

Finance Director: Precious Sydney Ramirez

Community Service Director: Marc Jairus Evangelista

Immediate Past President: IPP Julia Ann Marie “Jam” Gonzales

Charter President: CP Franchesca Marie “Yishka” Untalan

Interact is a Rotary

club that gives young people an opportunity to participate in

while developing leadership skills and meeting new friends. The basic principle of Rotary Interact is to help others. Our motto is “service above self.” Through service activities, Interactors learn the importance of developing leadership skills and personal integrity, demonstrating helpfulness and respect for others, and advancing international understanding and goodwill.

Members of the club called Interactors help to develop and carry out a wide variety of service projects. Raising money for worthwhile causes, working within the school, and working directly with people in the community are a few ways Rotary Interact members are involved. Members of the club also assist the Rotary club with various local community projects. There are no special requirements for membership other than willingness to help others and a desire to make our community a better place in which to live. There are no dues to pay and everyone is welcome.

shows (seated

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left)

sponsored service

fun and meaningful service projects

Photo

from left) Vice President Zyrene Aguila,

from left) Assistant Secretary Sam Aguila, (6th from

Treasurer Zulita Gondra, (7th from left) President Steph De Chavez and (8th from left) Secretary Isabelle Contreras, along with other participants of District Interact Assembly 2022 from the different Interact clubs of District 3820.

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End Polio Now Streamer Billboard located at Caltex Gasoline Station in Brgy Kumintang Ilaya, Batangas City

END POLIO NOW Public Image Drive by INTERACT Club / ROTAKIDS of BATANGAS

President STEPHANIE DE CHAVEZ of the INTERACT CLUB of BATANGAS

President KOBE ANDREA BALINA of the ROTAKIDS of BATANGAS

ROTARY CLUB OF BATANGAS ATTENDS CDC MEETING

The CITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL shall be headed by the City Mayor and shall be composed of the following members: 1. All “Punong Barangays” in the City; 2. The Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of the Sangguniang Panglunsod concerned; 3. The Congressman or his representative; 4. The Representatives of **NGOs or CSOs (Civil Society Organization) operating in the City, as the case may be, who shall constitute not less than ¼ of the members of the fully organized Council. **The NGO representatives must have been accredited by the “Sangguniang Panglunsod” and elected in accordance with the procedures stipulated in the Rules and Regulations Implementing the Local Government Code of 1991.

The Rotary Club of Batangas, thru the imaginative leadership of Genuine Service President Arnel Pulla, attended the meeting of the Batangas City Development Council (CDC) last October 21, 2022 at BCCC, as one of the accredited member orgs. The main highlight of the meeting was the Accomplishment Report of Honorable CityMayor Beverley Rose Dimacuha-Mariño onthe100daysofher citygovernance.

GSP Arnel Pulla represented the Rotary Club of Batangas in the 1st meeting of City Development Council (CDC)

Photo shows GSS Pheng De Chavez and GSP Arnel Pulla, holding the “Certificate of Accreditation”, flanked by members of Batangas City Council; from left: Hon. Zester Hernandez, Hon. Mando Lazarte, Hon. Karlos Buted, Hon. Dondon Dimacuha, Hon. Oliver Macatangay, Hon. Hamilton Blanco, Hon. Nelson Chavez (Committee Chair for Accreditation), Hon. Vice Mayor Alyssa Atienza, Hon. Andrea Macaraig, Hon. Marjorie Manalo, Hon. Ched Atienza, Hon. Boy Dimacuha, Hon. Jonash Tolentino, Hon. Lorenzo Gamboa Jr and Hon. Michael Villena.