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Issue 10 • April 2015
ROTARY DISTRICT 6950 • ZONE 34 • FLORIDA • USA
Rotary Magazine Month
In the Rotary
Calendar
we
celebrate April
as
Magazine
Month.
The
National Rotarian, as it was
originally called
was launched
in 1911 so there
has been an official magazine for almost
as long as Rotary has been around.
Rotarians around the world subscribe
to one of 31 regional publications of the
“The Rotarian”, which is the official Rotary magazine.
The subscription for The Rotarian is
paid with our semiannual dues to Rotary
International in the amount of $1.00 per
month. The mailing label on each magazine contains not only your name, address and your Rotary ID number. This is
the same ID number for our DacDb and
used when making contributions to The
Rotary Foundation.
All share certain common information
but the regional publications are in the
relevant local language and/or reflect
issues relevant to the region. Visit “The
Rotarian” website to see stories, videos,
and exclusive content from each issue of
the magazine.
The purpose of the magazine is to advance the Object of Rotary in all its aspects. Along with the Four-way test and
the Avenues of Service, the Object of
Rotary is one of the guiding principles
which have been developed over the
years to provide Rotarians with a strong,
common purpose and direction.
The Object of Rotary can be considered the foundation stone on which the
Rotary house is built. This brief statement, 106 words in its current form, is a
key element of the Rotary International
Constitution. The “ideal of service” is
the key phrase, expressing an attitude of
thoughtfulness and helpfulness in one’s
endeavors.
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.
Rotary was founded upon networking and fellowship. Rotarians have the
opportunity to create enduring relationships and personal connections with
many business, professional, and community leaders.
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.
Rotary unites people from all cultures
and occupations. Every Rotarian wears
a pin that says “Rotary International.”
There are few places on the globe that
do not have a Rotary club.
So the next time you receive The Rotarian magazine in the mail, sit back,
relax, and enjoy a good read. And for
goodness sake, don’t throw that magazine away, instead drop it off at your local dentist or doctor’s office and let other
people learn more about Rotary.
ERJ
BRING
Our members are leaders in their fields
and communities.
Being a Rotarian validates the person
and their profession and Rotary helps to
make one a better person.
THIRD: The application of the ideal
of service in each Rotarian’s personal,
business, and community life.
Rotarians foster the ideal of service
which is the foundation of building and
sustaining relationships. Rotary gives
you the opportunity to build relationships, but more important, it gives you
the opportunity to contribute to society
FOURTH: The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and
peace through a world fellowship of
business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.
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2015 Rotary District 6950 Conference
Our 2015 District 6950 Conference
is scheduled for May 1st and 2nd at the
Plantation Inn in Crystal River.
Revel in classic Florida at its finest.
Come and enjoy a great experience in
a beautiful setting at the Plantation Inn.
In addition to our Rotary events there
will be many activities for you and your
family. The Plantation Inn sits on the water with plenty to do if you want to relax;
Deluxe Spa, pool, hot tub, volley ball,
horseshoes, shuffle board, croquet, out-
door bar and 27 holes of golf, all right
on the property.
And there is much-much more including river tours to Three Sisters’ Springs,
salt and fresh water fishing, manatee
tours, kayak and boat rentals, swimming
and diving, bike trails, tennis and swim
with the Manatees in Crystal River, Florida, the only place the North America
where you can legally swim and passively observe the endangered West Indian Manatee.
Come to the River and relax along
Florida’s beautiful “nature coast”.
Elsewhere is this issue is more information on the Conference. Registration
is available on our DacDb website.
For a peek at the program schedule
just click here.
District Governor 2014-2015: Edward “Ted” Johnston
352-795-2200 • [email protected]
District Governor Elect
Will Miller (Largo)
H 727-581-2452
[email protected]
District Governor Nominee
Mike Chapman (Dunedin North)
C 727-415-3181
[email protected]
Destrict Gonvernor Designate
Perry Bean
727-207-2090
[email protected]
Aide to the Governor
John Litton
407-462-5511
[email protected]
District Secretary
Brenda Wendt (Crystal River)
O/H 352-249-7302
[email protected]
District Treasurer
Kristine Bigelow (New Port Richey)
O 727-846-9111
[email protected]
District Rotary Foundation Chair
Carl Treleaven, PDG
O 727-388-3511
[email protected]
Membership Chair
Jamie Mick (Holiday)
O 727-642-8041
[email protected]
Assistant Governor Area 3
Mel Sams IV
O 727-465-6767
[email protected]
Public Relations Chair
Tekoa Bean (Port Richey)
C 727-743-1541
[email protected]
Assistant Governor Area 4
Robert Memoli (Seven Springs)
O 727-372-6611
[email protected]
District Trainer
Tom Feeney III (Homosassa Springs)
C 352-201-2520
[email protected]
Assistant Governor Area 5
Mike Mira
M 813-469-0243
[email protected]
District Sergeant at Arms
Paul Friedlander (Trinity)
C 727-641-0575
[email protected]
Assistant Governor Area 6
Gary Coil
C 727-420-6965
[email protected]
Assistant Governor Area 1
CJ Crooks
M 727-218-2120
[email protected]
Assistant Governor Area 7
Karen Van Sickle
C 352-279-1530
[email protected]
Assistant Governor Area 2
Bruce Sobut
O 727-517-2449
[email protected]
Assistant Governor Area 8
Eloy Nunez
H 352-419-4006
[email protected]
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2015 Rotary District 6950 Conference
Come and enjoy a great Rotary experience in a beautiful setting at the Plantation Inn. Step back in time and relax
at this charmingly landscaped property right on Kings Bay and the Crystal
River. The staff is great and the grounds
are amazing. The rooms are spacious,
neat, comfortable, and very reasonably
priced.
Cut off date for rooms at the Plantation
Inn is April 1st.
What does this mean? It means that the
guaranteed convention rate of $139.00
standard or $149.00 patio room rate expires.
There is another convention at The
Plantation Inn at the same time we are,
so the hotel is sold out, except for the
bank of rooms that we, District 6950,
have reserved.
Can I still get a room after the April
1st deadline? Yes, reservation request after April 1st will be accepted at the best
available rate at the time of making the
reservation. The group rate cannot be
guaranteed after the cutoff date.
So what happens if I wait until after
April 1st and the Planation Inn has sold
all the rooms? You will have a choice of
several other comfortable hotels located
a short distance from the Plantation Inn.
I would recommend the following: Best
Western Crystal River (on the water),
Hampton Inn Crystal River and Holiday
In Express Crystal River.
There is no charge for Rotarians in our
District to attend the Conference. The
only cost would be a hotel room and
meals. However, if you wish to attend
an event with a meal you must purchase
a meal ticket for that event.
What is the cutoff for registration for
the District Conference? The cutoff date
for the conference is April 23rd. This is a
requirement of the Plantation Inn in order to plan for meals.
Registration for the conference is
on the District and Club Database at
www.dacdb.com. If you are new to Rotary and not yet familiar with the dacdb
please ask someone in your club to assist you.
“Bring the District Conference back to
our District”. We did and we have made
this event extremely affordable.
All four meals events are $120.00 per
person. You can choose which meals
events you wish to attend, but we do
hope you choose all four as we have
an action packed weekend planned for
you.
Here is a quick schedule:
Friday
• Friday Foundation Lunch – PDG
Russ Miller keynote Speaker
• Foundation Awards
• Friday plenary session - Presidents
Representative PDG Jerry Venters
Keynote speaker
Friday Evening
• Friday luau (under the stars) - PDG
John T. Capps and others, keynote
speaker
• Awards Night (partial)
Saturday Morning
• Breakfast with PDG John T. Capps
• Youth Day - Exchange Students/
Rotaract/Interact/S4TL
Saturday afternoon
• One rake at a time River cleanup. Kings Bay is providing a free
lunch.
• Saturday Evening Banquet
• Special Entertainment (this is an
event you will not want to miss!)
• Awards (Final)
For more information click here
We are looking forward to seeing you
at the River!
Here is a Conference video:
http://vimeo.com/123062307
We listed to our membership who said
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District Calendar
Saturday, April 4th, 7am
Pancake Breakfast
Rotary Club of Indian Rocks
Beach - Breakfast for the Beach
Community Food Pantry
Calvary Church • 1615 1st St.
Indian Rocks Beach, FL 33785
Friday, April 10th, 5:30pm
Rotary Club of Wesley Chapel
Adult Spelling Bee
Tampa Bay Golf & Country Club
San Antonio, Florida
Saturday, April 18th, 7:30am
Central Citrus County/YMCA
Ride
Liberty Park Inverness FL
www.rotarybikerideforthey.com
Monday, April 20th, 6pm
9th Annual Wine & Tapas Extravaganza
An Unforgettable Evening of Tasting, Discovering and Giving.
For more information and ticket
sales please call:
John Gallant @ 727.688.2524
or Ana Maria Schweitzer
@727.458.0943 or purchase online at www.belleairrotary.org
Friday, April 24th, 11am
Palm Harbor Annual 4Club Golf
Tournament
Crescent Oaks Country Club
3300 Crescent Oaks Blvd. Tarpon
Springs FL 34688
Contact FRANK NABOZNY for
details: 727-430-1859
Friday, May 1st, Noon
District Conference 2015
Plantation on Crystal River
9301 W. Fort Island Trail
Crystal River, 34429
Hotel: 800-632-6262
Come for a little Rotary business but, stay for a whole lot of
fun! Fishing, Boating, Golfing,
Snorkeling, Swimming with the
Manatees, relaxing by the pools,
Games, Derby watching and the
famous Derby Hat contest!
http://governorted6950.com/seeyou-at-the-river/
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Let’s Get Social …
I thought that this month it might be fun to give you some useful
information that is not neccesarily widely known. We have been
covering the use of and providing tipe on how to make the most of
Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter and even instagram. But clearly, the
majority of those of you reading this right now likely use
Facebook more than any of the other social media platforms.
Where To Find Us
So let’s be sure that you have a
direct link to the connecting
points of the four primary
social media outlets we use
today. The names below are
hyperlinked and if you click
on them, they will take you to
the page and group for
District 6950. The same goes
for Linkedin where we have a
Group Page established.
Facebook District PAGE
Facebook District GROUP
Linkedin GROUP
Twitter District 6950
Fake Facebook accounts is proving out to be a new trend on
Facebook. It is estimated that 20-30% of total Facebook accounts
are fake or even more. This number is anticipated to be
increasing in the future. Fake accounts on Facebook are mainly
created with an intention to SPAM all over Facebook and spread
viruses. Many people create fake girl’s proﬁles to dupe some
innocent Facebook users too.
Too bad that the powers that be at Facebook could not simply
make them disappear. The reality is that they could do just that.
They have made strides in the last year and Twitter became very
aggressive in making sure that many phony accounts were
deleted. But there is a long way to go!
First thing we see about any facebook account is their proﬁle
picture. If you ﬁnd any facebook account on your friendlist
suspicious, ﬁrst thing you will do is use reverse image search. This
helps you ﬁnd out if similar pictures are available on internet.
Here is how and it is really quite easy.
• First download or copy the proﬁle picture of the account you
ﬁnd suspicious.
• Goto google images and click on the camera icon to the right in
the search window which says search by image.
• Click on upload an image and choose the picture you had
downloaded earlier.
• Google will show you similar images that already exist over
internet.
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Rotary 6950 Facebook Pages:
Like a friend's proﬁle, Facebook
Pages enable public ﬁgures,
businesses, organizations and
other entities to create an
authentic and public presence on
Facebook. Unlike your proﬁle,
Facebook Pages are visible to
everyone on the internet by
default. You, and every person on
Facebook, can connect with
these Pages by becoming a fan
and then receive their updates in
your News Feed and interact with
them.
We utilize the District Facebook
Page to largely reach out to your
communities at large. We use it
f o r p o st s o f l o c a l a n d
international events and to
communicate both to our
members and the potential
members who stop by to explore.
This is a great place for us to
reach a new audiennce.
Facebook Groups: While Pages
were designed to be the ofﬁcial
proﬁles for entities, such as
celebrities, brands or businesses,
Facebook Groups are the place
for small group communication
and for people to share their
common interests and express
their opinion. Groups allow
people to come together around
a common cause, issue or activity
to organize, express objectives,
discuss issues, post photos and
share related content.
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Are you helping to market/share the Rotary Brand?
Last month, that was a question posed to you in hopes that you
might begin to rethink how you use social media and begin to
embrace these tools to help develop and grow this thing we call
ROTARY. There are some still out there that only wonder “how
and why anyone would bother to ready what I have to post” but,
people do. Again, by the very nature of who you are and the fact
that you wear a ROTARY pin, you are considered to be a leader.
You have inﬂuence. You have a platform where many will take
note and “do” becauee you encouraged them to take that action.
Our message remains the
same. Governor Edward
Johnston’s hope that ‘Everyone
Bring One’ is a powerful
message that you can share
simply by talking about what
you are doing in your local club
to your non-Rotarian
followers.
Be sure to post some of your local club activities and also TAG
your photos with #rotary6950. That way we can begin to SHARE
in the photos you post as well.
Try it, you’ll like it!
“LET’S GET CONNECTED”
District 6950 access on your DACdb could
not be easier to set up. In fact, they include
dorections at the link (to follow) that will
guide you to access from any iOS, Android,
Blackberry, Windows or webOS device. So I
think you are covered no matter what platform
you need.
Simply click HERE to ﬁnd the installation
instructions!
In the event that any member of the district needs a DACdb
password reset, simply email [email protected]
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by John Litton
[email protected]
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Annual D6950 Alumni event and Awards luncheon
leaders, from clubs to District to
international work. Among the
guests were AG Bob Memoli (
GSE Chile), PE Chris Fils (Scholar), Nermina Krneta (Croatian
scholar to the US, GSE Taiwan),
Salli Parks ( GSE Scotland).
This year’s D6950 Rotary Foundation
Alumni annual event took place January
31st. Alumni – Rotarians and non-Rotarians , all of whom have been involved in
Foundation programs like GSE, Ambassadorial Scholarships, Rotary volunteering, and received Foundation funds in
the past – were invited to meet and share
their stories. Many have become Rotary
This year’s event was a tour of
the Picasso-Dali exhibition at St.
Petersburg’s Salvador Dali Museum. A lunch at the Hilton Hotel
Bayfront followed. Speaker was D6950
Foundation Chair PDG Carl Treleaven,
who spoke about the changes in Foundation programs such as Vocational
training teams and global scholarships.
He also reported Nigeria now polio free
for seven months, leaving Pakistan and
Afghanistan as the only countries not yet
polio free.
National Speaker Michael Angelo Caruso
Is Coming To Town
Michael Angelo Caruso, a nationally
recognized author and speaker, is delivering a motivational seminar at the Tampa Bay Golf & Country Club sponsored
by the Rotary Club of San Antonio. The
program is titled “How to Engage Someone in 15 Seconds.”
This program offers strategies on
how to make the most of first impressions and is a preview of the content
found in Caruso’s books.
“I saw Michael speak in Sydney, Australia and was blown away at his energy
and how we worked a very large audience. This great Rotarian has a wonderful message for everyone.”
A chance drawing of international
gifts ( donated by Ann Kennedy and Susanne Nielsen) benefitted Rotary Camp
Florida, a camp for those with life threatening illnesses.
Photo: Zone 34 winners of the Alumni
Service to Humanity award, Susanne
Nielsen, Sallie Parks, Ann Kennedy, Sallie Parks (photo: Glenn Nielsen)
New Honorary Members
and the Caribbean and delivers approximately 75 programs every year. He has
been educating and entertaining audiences for over fifteen years on the subjects of leadership, selling, and change.
An accomplished writer, Mr. Caruso
is author of the 5 Cool Ideas book series,
the audio book Dear Michael Angelo—
A Father’s Life Lessons to His Son and
the FastLearnerAudio series, and Present Like a Pro, a DVD that has been described as a “master class in speaking.”
Caruso is based in Royal Oak, MichTuesday, May 19, 2015
igan. His company, the Edison House,
Tampa Bay Golf & Country Club,
attracts clients from all the major sec10641 Old Tampa Bay Drive, San Anto- tors of industry and government, includnio, FL 33576
ing Hallmark, the National Institutes of
The event runs from 6PM to 8:00 PM Health, Rayovac, the Barbados Ministry
of Tourism and the United States Navy. District Governor, Ted Johnston calls
Caruso a “world class speaker” and
promises “a night to remember.”
At this meeting the fifth zone 34
Alumni Service to Humanity winner
from D6950, Alumni chair and rotaryEClub34.org past president Susanne
Nielsen was presented with one of only
34 annual awards. With her were the
last three winners, alumnas of years past
Lynne Faimalie (1990s,2005),Ann Kennedy (2013), Sallie Parks (2014).
Admission to this event is
$30.00, which includes dinner. Go to
www.rotarysanantoniofl.org to register.
For more information about
this
event,
call
352-588-4444
and leave a message or email
[email protected] or visit www.MichaelAngeloCaruso.com.
Mr. Caruso has spoken in Africa
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Congratulations!
Donna Cloud, Ann Carter, Dolores
Caunitz and Carolyn Burns were inducted into our Rotary Club of Pinellas Park as Honorary Members on Jan
8, 2015. The four ladies were chosen
as Honorary Members because of their
dedication and service to our Club as
Rotary “Anns” during their husbands’
many years as dedicated Rotarians.
Richard Breske installed the four ladies
and Treasurer Yvonne Fay and Secretary
Janet Waddell did the honors, pinning
the ladies. They will be full members, attending meetings and joining in at all of
our Pinellas Park Rotary functions. We
are glad to keep them involved in Rotary
and look forward having them as active
members. Welcome back!
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Rotary and Peace Corps Find Relevance With Retirees
The New York Times
THREE years ago, Douglas Crumley
sold his financial planning practice in
Fair Oaks, Calif., and he and his wife,
Ann, left the country.
“The intention was to live in Ecuador
and travel through South America doing
the retirement thing,” he said. “Well, I
became absolutely bored. I don’t speak
Spanish well enough to assimilate and
walking up and down the beaches
seemed unproductive.”
So seven months after setting up stakes
abroad, Mr. Crumley, now 69, and his
wife, Ann, 53, moved back to the United States and settled in Tampa, Fla. She
headed into the work force selling residential real estate, but Mr. Crumley was
not certain what to do with himself.
At his wife’s suggestion, he joined a
nearby Rotary Cub. “ ‘It will make you
feel like you’re doing more than taking
up space,’ she told me,” Mr. Crumley
said.
She was right. For the last year, he has
been going to weekly breakfast meetings and volunteering in community
service projects, for example, helping
collect bikes donated to children living
at a local orphanage. “I feel useful,” he
said. “It’s a wonderful group of men and
women who inspire me, and we’ve become friends.”
Older volunteers like Mr. Crumley are
on the rise, as Americans live longer and
are healthier. In 2013, 24.2 percent of
Americans over 65, 10.6 million people, did some type of volunteer work,
up from 22.7 percent in 2002, and that
number is expected to rise to more than
13 million by 2020, according to the
Corporation for National and Community Service, a federal agency that administers large national volunteer programs
such as AmeriCorps and Senior Corps.
Responding to that spirit, old-line volunteer organizations like Rotary and the
By KERRY HANNON
Peace Corps are stepping in to deliver
opportunities for retirees to stay connected and give back.
“Rotary was the original social network,” said John Hewko, general secretary of Rotary International, later adding,
“way before Facebook.” He said, “From
its start, Rotary meetings have been an
occasion for people to get together and
exchange ideas, discuss critical issues
happening in their community, things
happening globally and to take action.”
It is still going strong. The 110-yearold organization, which was founded
in Chicago, has 1.2 million members in
34,000 clubs in 200 countries and other
geographical locations, and 28 percent
of those members are retired and active
in the group. In the United States and
Canada, 26 percent of Rotarians are between 60 and 69 — nearing or at retirement age — up from 24 percent in 2009
and 21 percent in 2006.
“We have Rotarians in their 70s and
80s traveling to Nigeria to work on polio and traveling to Bolivia to work on a
water project,” Mr. Hewko said. “For our
retiree members, it’s incredibly important to stay engaged with people, to be
out and about, and to be giving back.”
Like Rotary, the Peace Corps is also
working to enlist older American volunteers. The corps, established in 1961 by
an executive order signed by President
John F. Kennedy, is still predominantly a
younger person’s game, but 7 percent of
its volunteers are 50 or older. “I would
like to see that closer to 15 percent,”
said Carrie Hessler-Radelet, the Peace
Corps’ director.
The corps has no upper age limit. Although fewer than 1 percent of volunteers are over 70, more than 4 percent
are 60 and over. And the oldest volunteer, who recently entered the service, is
an 86-year-old trainee in Morocco.
The push for older volunteers began
in 2011, when the Peace Corps began
working with AARP to connect more
older volunteers with service opportunities. Then, in 2012, it expanded Peace
Corps Response, a program that may be
more appealing to older adults because
it requires a shorter time commitment,
three months to a year instead of the traditional 27-month commitment.
The program had been open only to
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Peace Corps veterans, but now anyone
with at least 10 years of work experience
and the needed language skills may apply. In the 2014 fiscal year, more than a
third of people who applied for Peace
Corps Response positions were 50 and
older.
While the medical evaluation process
is the same regardless of an applicant’s
age, depending on medical history, it
can take longer for an older volunteer to
be accepted. “We only place our older
volunteers where we are certain we can
medically support them, so there may
also be a slightly smaller list of countries
you can consider,” said Ms. HesslerRadelet.
All Peace Corps volunteers receive
comprehensive medical and dental
benefits during service. Financial benefits include paid travel to and from the
country of service, living expenses, vacation days and a readjustment allowance upon completion of service that
can amount to thousands of dollars.
Married couples may serve in the
Peace Corps together, but each person
must apply and qualify as a volunteer
separately. John Granger and his wife,
Kate Burrus, from Eugene, Ore., both 64
and retired teachers, recently finished
their second assignment with the organization.
“We really felt that we had a lot of experience to offer and wanted to share it
in a way that could make a difference,”
Mr. Granger said. “At the same time,
we wanted to travel, to live in another
culture and experience a much simpler
lifestyle.”
On their first Peace Corps assignment,
they taught English in Chongqing, China,
from 2009 to 2012. Then they worked at
a small primary school in the foothills
of the Blue Mountains in Jamaica. “We
were each assigned to a small primary
school, and our assignment focused on
working with students needing extra instruction in reading,” Mr. Granger said.
In Rotary, the retiree volunteer story is
similar. Myriad volunteer projects give
retirees outlets for their professional
skills; for example, mentoring budding entrepreneurs, tutoring children or
working on disease prevention.
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Sealing Out Cavities for
Children in Pinellas Park
In the United States, average annual
club dues are around $400, with some
clubs including meals in their costs.
(Rotary members generally meet over a
meal.)
Peggy Halderman, 66, joined Rotary
in Golden, Colo., after she retired from
her job as assistant regional director for
external affairs at the National Park Service. “My husband has been a Rotarian
since about 1991, so I always helped out
on all sorts of projects with his Golden
Rotary Club,” she said.
The club has a philosophy of “find
your passion” and, once a member has
developed a project, Rotary provides
volunteers and financial support, Ms.
Halderman said. “So, I saw a blank canvas.” She said she “had no idea what the
future would bring, but knew that now
was the time for me to contribute in my
own backyard.”
Her project was fighting childhood
hunger through the Golden Backpack
Program, which initially delivered
lunches in backpacks. Now in its seventh
year, the program has raised more than
$450,000 from Rotary and other sources and has served more than 350,000
meals to needy children in the Golden
area. “To see the sheer joy on the faces
of little kids when they get their weekly
sacks of food,” Ms. Halderman said, is
“all our amazing volunteer team needs.”
Although
dental cavities are usually preventable,
they
remain the
most common chronic
disease
of
children aged 6 to 11 years and adolescents aged 12 to 19 years. The Pinellas
Park Rotary Club and St. Petersburg College (SPC) dental hygiene students are
collaborating on a project to help decrease the number of cavities in children
who live in Pinellas Park. The Rotary
Club has graciously donated money to
help purchase the necessary equipment (portable dental chairs, sealant curing
lights, dental lights, compressors) and
preventative materials (sealant and fluoride varnish) for the project. The students
from the SPC dental hygiene program are
providing the workforce. Amy Krueger,
the Community Dental Health Instructor
at SPC, has coordinated efforts with the
Pinellas County School Board and with
Skyview Elementary School, located in
Pinellas Park. Amy is also the recipient
of a SPC 2014 Innovation Grant that the
college offers each year. The money she
was awarded from this grant is also going towards this project.
The “Cooking Crew” at The Rotary
Club of Port Richey Pancake Breakfast held March 7, 2015. Rich Sliz,
Holly Sliz, Anna Farrell, Michael
Stone, Rob Aguis, Steve Kauffman,
Tina Farrell, and Scott Shelton.
This past week, Amy and her dental
students saw over 50 second graders at
Skyview to have sealants and fluoride
varnish placed on their teeth. These second graders were given oral hygiene instructions which also included nutritional counseling. The SPC dental students
plan on going back to Skyview for the
next two weeks to serve more children.
This special collaborative project is desperately needed to help the children of
Pinellas Park. The Rotary Club and SPC
would like to continue this endeavor to
include more children, not only from
Skyview, but from all the elementary
schools in Pinellas Park.
—8—
Presentation On Cuba
On January 22, 47 citizens of Pinellas
County, headed by County Commissioner Janet Long, flew to Cuba as ambassadors of goodwill, for a whirlwind 3 day
tour. Rotarians Gene Stern and Dr. Sandra Lilo, as members of the group, made
a presentation to their Club members on
March 13th about their observations.
Cubans are just beginning to see the
relaxation of the Embargo imposed by
the US Government 50 years ago. Although the goal of the embargo was to
“strangle the communist regime”, all it
did was create an economic malaise in
Cuba. Stern noted that the people generally seemed very happy as opposed
to his observations of people in Soviet
Russia that seemed overly sad when he
visited in the USSR in the 80’s.
Lilo is looking to continue her medical mission work and is working to secure that right from the Cuban government. Stern indicated that he would be
honored to help establish Rotary in that
country and will work with Rotary International to secure that opportunity.
Pictured: Gene Stern, Dr. Sandra Lilo
with painting of the Cuban Capital in
background
Prepared by Gene Stern, Media Chair,
Seminole Lake Rotary, 727-369-1512,
[email protected]
The Governor’s Newsletter
Issue 10 • April 2015
District 6950 Attendance & Club Meeting Location
for February 2015
Welcome to our
new, returning and
transferring Rotarians!
Meeting locations have been updated.
Please refer to this list when checking on club meeting days and locations.
Club
Members
6/30/14
Members
Current
Average
Attend %
Meeting Location
Belleair
Brooksville
Central Citrus County
Central Pinellas
Clearwater
Clearwater Beach
Clearwater East
Crystal River
Crystal River-Kings Bay
Dade City
Dade City Sunrise
Dunedin
Dunedin North
Dunedin Waterside
East Lake Sunrise
Gulf Beaches
Holiday
Homosassa Springs
Hudson
Indian Rocks Beach
Inverness
Largo
New Port Richey
Oldsmar/East Lake
Palm Harbor
Pinellas Park
Port Richey
Rotary E-Club of SE USA
Safety Harbor
San Antonio
Seminole
Seminole Lake
Seven Springs
Spring Hill
Spring Hill Central
St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg Mid-Town
St. Petersburg Sunrise
St. Petersburg Sunset
St. Petersburg West
Sugarmill Woods-Citrus County
Tarpon Springs
Trinity
Wesley Chapel
Wesley Chapel Sunrise
Zephyrhills
Zephyrhills Daybreak
35
31
25
15
99
22
33
51
62
38
17
47
50
19
15
38
50
19
14
31
64
35
132
14
23
30
27
30
14
14
66
29
47
13
21
98
15
29
23
31
25
81
77
89
20
50
27
30
25
23
17
100
26
31
54
66
38
14
49
54
24
17
35
48
19
17
33
66
33
137
15
22
39
33
27
13
14
69
28
46
12
24
96
15
29
28
33
25
86
80
94
19
42
28
76
89
82
84
64
74
63
81
79
70
83
77
83
58
54
70
74
77
93
77
76
83
84
1
59
76
72
68
73
66
73
85
72
79
60
71
0
77
50
75
96
78
64
74
63
65
98
Thu. Noon - Belleair Country Club (25 Belleview Rd.)
Tue. Noon - Brooksville Country Club (23446 Links Drive)
Wed. 7:30am -Tuscany on the Meadows, Quality Inn State 486
Tue. 5:45pm - Liberty Lanes Bowling (Largo)
Wed. 12:15pm - Belleair Country Club
Thu. 12:15pm - Carlouel Yacht & Beach Club (Clearwater Beach)
Fri. Noon - St. Petersburg College (2465 Drew Street, ES Building room 111 Clearwater, FL 33765)
Mon. 12:15pm - Plantation Inn and Golf Resort
Wed. 12:15pm - Seminole Club (3rd St., Crystal River)
Mon. Noon - Kafe Kokopelli (Citrus Room- 37940 Live Oak Avenue Dade City)
Thu. 7:00am- The Hampton Inn (13215 US Hwy 301, Dade City, FL 33525)
Tue. 12:15pm - Church of Good Shepherd (629 Edgewater Drive, Dunedin)
Wed. 7:30am - Dunedin Country Club (1050 Palm Blvd.)
Wed. 6:30pm -Sea Sea Riders (221 Main Street Dunedin, FL 34698)
Thu. 7:30am - Daddy’s Grill (Third Thursday meeting at various locations from 6:30-7:30 pm)
Tue. 12:15pm - Treasure Island Yacht & Tennis Club (400 Treasure Island Causeway, Treasure Island)
Tue. Noon - IHOP (U.S. Hwy. 19, New Port Rickey)
Thu. 7am - Luigi’s (4538 Suncoast Blvd. - US19)
Thu. Noon - CARES Enrichment Center (12417 Clock Tower Pkwy. Hudson, Bayonet Pt.)
Wed. 7:15am Jimmy Guana’s Restaurant, Holiday Inn Harborside (401 2nd St.)
Tue. Noon - Inverness Golf and Country Club (Inverness)
Mon. Noon - Alfano’s Restaurant (Clearwater)
Wed. 12:15pm - Spartan Manor (6121 Massachusetts Avenue)
Thu. 12:15pm - Flamestone Grill (4009 Tampa Rd)
Wed. 12:15pm - Leo’s Italian Grill (Palm Harbor)
Thu. 12:15pm - Banquet Masters (13355 49th St N)
Fri. Noon - Argento’s
Anytime at www.rotaryeclub34.org
Fri. 7:30am - Safety Harbor Spa (105 N Bayshore Dr.)
Tue. 6:30pm - Tampa Bay Golf & Country Club (St. Rd. 52)
Wed. 12:15pm - Lake Seminole Golf & Country Club (6100 Augusta Blvd.)
Fri. 7:15am - Freedom Square Seminole, Roskamp Auditorium
Thu. 7:30am - Seven Springs Country Club (3535 Trophy Blvd.)
Thu. 7:45am - IHOP Restaurant (US19)
Thu. 12:15pm at Silverthorn Country Club (Brooksville)
Fri. Noon - Orange Blossom Catering (220 4th St. N)
Wed. Noon - Sylvia’s (642 22nd Street South St. Petersburg 33712)
Tue. 7:45 am - St. Petersburg Yacht Club (11 Central Ave)
Thu. 6:00 pm - The Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront (333 First St. south St. Petersburg)
Wed. 7:45am - Treasure Island Tennis & Yacht Club (400 Island Causeway, Treasure Island)
Tue. 5:00pm - Sugarmill Woods Country Club (Homosassa)
Thu. 12:15pm - Tarpon Springs Yacht Club (350 S. Spring Blvd.)
Fri. 12:15pm - Heritage Springs Country Club
Wed. 12:15pm - Ciao! Italian Bistro (Wiregrass)
Fri. 7:15am - Quail Hollow Golf
Thu. 12:15pm - Zephyrhills Rotary Youth building (Shepard Park)
Wed. 7:00am - First United Methodist Church (38635 Fifth Ave, Zephyrhills)
— 9 —
March 2015
Clearwater
Brockmeyer, David
Childress, Robert
Clearwater Beach
Allbritton, David E.
Crystal River-Kings
Bay
Gotterup, Tom
New Port Richey
Phillips, David M.
Wilfong, Timothy G.
Palm Harbor
Gedansky, David
Pinellas Park
Chancellor, Jayme L
Allen, David W
Walker, Susan
St. Petersburg Sunrise
Funsch, Michael
St. Petersburg Sunset
Gorga, Caroline
Sugarmill WoodsCitrus County
Frampton, Susan E.
Tarpon Springs
Sisois, Koula
Wesley Chapel
Martinez, Cristen