Next Meeting: October 17, 2014
Opener: Ira Bloom
Program: Lori Cochran-Dougall - Westport
Farmers’ Market
Greeters: Lenihan, Hill, Jinishian
Place: Bobby Q’s
October 17, 2014 / Volume 25, No. 16
Sunrise Rotary Club of Westport ● P.O. Box 43 ● Westport, CT 06881-0043 ● www.westportsunriserotary.com
and before we knew it, the vendors
October 10 Club Meeting
Executive Director of the
Opener
Westport Farmers’ Market and shoppers had doubled.
Today, boasting the accolade of the
will speak at Sunrise on
strictest
guidelines in the state, the
October 17th
market is blooming with 45 vendors!
Food trucks, GMO free vendors,
organic farmers, pizza, yoga, chef
demos, tamales, and an eager,
hungry lunch crowd. We now
welcome
thousands
of
eager
shoppers every week.
From the first seeds that were
planted in 2006, we have grown, and
blossomed. We remain committed to
our initial goals -- to provide fresh,
Cheryl Eldh opened with some quotes
local, healthy and seasonal food to
Lori Cochran-Dougall, Executive
our community. And we continue to
Director of the Westport Farmers’
Guests
aspire to create a fun, safe and
Market will speak at Sunrise on
Joe Valerio, Speaker
healthy community environment that
th
October 17 .
Karen Kline, guest of Mark Mathias
promotes education about local food,
In addition to her duties at WFM,
Katherine O'Reardon, guest of
local farms, and sustainable, healthy
Lori is a Marketing Consultant at LLC
Justin Phillips
growing practices.
Marketing Solutions, LLC and has
Chris Lewis, guest of Pete Wolgast
The Westport Farmers’ Market
worked in marketing and sales for
Lauren Rosenkranz, guest of
operates Thursdays 10:00am to
several
other
companies
and
Mildred Bunche
2:00pm in the parking lot at 50
organizations.
Imperial Avenue.
The following history of WFM
Visiting Rotarians
appears
on
its
website
Steve Lewine, Westport Rotary
Westport Rotary Club and
westportfarmersmarket.com:
Sunrise Rotary to Celebrate
In June of 2006, Paul Newman and
Program
World Polio Day at Special
Michel Nischan planted a seed and
we opened our doors in the parking
Luncheon October 21
lot
of
the
Westport
Country
In anticipation of upcoming World
Playhouse. We were so proud of our
Polio Day on October 24, the
14 vendors, and so grateful for the
Westport Rotary Club (“WRC”) and
500 shoppers who showed up to
the Westport Sunrise Rotary Club
support us.
(“Sunrise”) will be hosting a
In 2009, we moved to our current
celebration of World Polio Day at
home at 50 Imperial Avenue, a
WRC’s normally scheduled lunch
stone's throw from the Saugatuck
meeting at 12 noon on Tuesday, Oct.
River. With a little more space and a
21 at Christ & Holy Trinity Church,
little more air, we began to put down
Westport.
roots. We started expanding our
The public as well as guests of
programming,
and
our
role
within
the
Rotarians
are invited to attend this
Joe Valerio, author of Second to None:
community.
meeting
at
a cost of $20. At the
The Relentless Drive and the Impossible
luncheon,
each
Rotarian is being
By
2010,
we
welcomed
winter
by
Dream of the Super Bowl Bills, Spoke
asked
to
donate
$5
or more toward
expanding
our
market
to
cover
the
about his experiences over many years
Rotary’s PolioPlus Campaign. Of the
colder
months,
too.
Gilbertie’s
Herb
as a sports writer at the NY Post and
$20 guests will pay for lunch, $5 will
Garden embraced us with open arms,
producer on network TV and ESPN
go to the PolioPlus Campaign.
District 7980 Governor: Mukund Nori • Club President: Dennis Wong
An important highlight of the
meeting will be a video presentation
of a 2012 interview with polio survivor
Bonnie Brown, who will share her
story of contracting polio at age 14
and surviving with dignity and
courage (she passed away at age
80). A heartfelt story of how one polio
victim met the challenge of living with
this disease, the video makes
especially meaningful Rotary's efforts
to eradicate polio.
As a founding partner in the world’s
Global Polio Eradication Initiative,
Rotarians worldwide are especially
dedicated to ending polio in our
lifetimes. Those who cannot join the
Rotarians and health workers in
Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria—
the only three countries left where
polio is “endemic”—can stand behind
them by supporting their work and
protecting the work Rotary has
engaged in since 1979.
WRC and Sunrise will match
contributions raised at the October 21
luncheon 100 percent, thereby
turning $5 into $10. From there, the
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
will match those donations an
additional two times – transforming
one person’s $5 donation into $30
toward the eradication of polio.
Rotary began immunizing millions of
children against polio in the 1970s,
first in the Philippines and then in
other high-risk countries. When
Rotary’s initiative began, more than
125 countries were polio-endemic.
Today there are only three,
Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria.
But when the goal is this close, the
job gets harder. Funding is drying up,
and the disease of polio no longer
has the attention of most of the world.
However, polio that still exists
anywhere is a risk to children
everywhere. This year-to-date there
have been 19 cases of polio in nonendemic countries. Rotarians are
committed to moving the world to
finish the job.
In honor of World Polio Day on
October 24, Westport’s two Rotary
clubs are sponsoring an event in
which all 62 Clubs in its District 7980
will participate. The Clubs will help to
make the final push to eradicate Polio
and protect the progress Rotary has
made, while continuing to raise
awareness.
Nick Notes
Club Announcements
By Nick Clarke
IS IT THE TRUTH? IS
IT
FAIR
TO
ALL
CONCERNED? WILL IT
BUILD
GOODWILL
AND
BETTER
FRIENDSHIPS? WILL
IT BE BENEFICIAL TO
ALL CONCERNED?
Scholars have been puzzling over
this ancient poem since King Arthur
and his knights sat around the first
round table in Camelot.
Take the first line, for instance. IS IT
THE TRUTH? Of course it’s the truth.
Rotarians don’t lie. Some of ‘em do
but they would say it was the truth
even if it was a lie. That’s what liars
do. So that makes the first line a
1
moot point.
The second line say’s IS IT FAIR
TO ALL CONCERNED?. Well, just
read the first line again. If it’s a lie,
then of course it is not fair to all
concerned. Especially if you are the
person or club that is on the receiving
end. Unless, of course, the liar is
lying to the benefit of his or her own
particular Rotary Club. Then it doesn’t
matter if it’s fair or not fair to the
‘other ‘club. Who cares?
Well, WILL IT BUILD GOODWILL
AND BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? Of
course it will, on a temporary basis.
Especially if you’re requesting a
matching grant. or an extra Paul
Harris here and there.. Once again
we have to go back to line one. If it’s
a lie then we are all in deep do-do
anyway. If it’s the truth then we have
nothing to worry about.
WILL IT BE BENEFICIAL TO ALL
CONCERNED? Well, it may be
beneficial to the person in line one, I
don't know about the 'all concerned'
bit. If he or she is telling a whopper
then the benefits are short lived.
Once again, it might get you a PH or
two. but they'd take away your
knighthood once they found out. See
line one. It is my suggestion that we
discard the last three lines, because if
it ‘aint the truth’ then the lines two,
three and four are irrelevant. From
now on, the slogan should be “IS IT
THE TRUTH? Of course it’s the truth.
Oh no, let’s not start all that again.
1 Moot is a Viking word. When the
leaders sat around on a regular basis to
discuss how many towns they had raped
and pillaged, they called it a moot.
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Greeters
October: Lenihan, Hill, Jinishian
November: Meehan, Phillips, Flug
December: Wiggers, Jaffe, Keenan
January: A. Smith, Kirby, Horne
February: Rossi, Galan, Cady
Meeting Openers
October 24: Tim Wetmore
October 31: Nora Jinishian
Programs
October 24: Club Assembly - Wine
Tasting
October 31: Rotary Foundation
Speaker
Gillespie Center Schedule
On the first Saturday of each month, two
Rotarians are assigned to deliver and
serve meals to the homeless at the
Gillespie Center. Please contact Mildred
Bunche [email protected]
November 1: Cohen & Muktavaram
December 6: Garten & FuchsLuscombe
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Oct 21 Tue - World Polio Day
Luncheon at Christ & Holy Trinity Church
12 noon-1:30pm
Oct 24 Fri - Wine & Beer Tasting
fundraiser at Christ & Holy Trinity Church,
6:30-9:30pm
Nov 1 Sat – Rotarians serving meals at
the Gillespie Center, 4:45-5:45pm
Nov 2 Sun – District 7980 Foundation
Brunch
at
The
Woodwinds,
29
Schoolground Rd. Branford, CT, 12:00pm
Nov 3 Mon - Board of Directors meeting
at Christ & Holy Trinity Church Tower
Room, 5:30-7:00pm
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Dec 1 Mon - Board of Directors meeting
at Christ & Holy Trinity Church Tower
Room, 5:30-7:00pm\
Dec 6 Sat – Rotarians serving meals at
the Gillespie Center, 4:45-5:45pm
Jan 5 Mon - Board of Directors meeting
at Christ & Holy Trinity Church Tower
Room, 5:30-7:00pm
Feb 2 Mon - Board of Directors meeting
at Christ & Holy Trinity Church Tower
Room, 5:30-7:00pm
Mar 2 Mon - Board of Directors meeting
at Christ & Holy Trinity Church Tower
Room, 5:30-7:00pm
Apr 6 Mon - Board of Directors meeting
at Christ & Holy Trinity Church Tower
Room, 5:30-7:00pm
May 4 Mon - Board of Directors meeting
at Christ & Holy Trinity Church Tower
Room, 5:30-7:00pm
Jun 1 Mon - Board of Directors meeting
t Christ & Holy Trinity Church Tower
Room, 5:30-7:00pm
Jun 6 Sat – Tue Jun 9 - Rotary
International Convention in São Paulo,
Brazil
Westport Sunrise Rotary Board
Meeting
Monday, September 8, 2014
Christ and Holy Trinity Church
Vestry (Tower Room)
Called to order at 5:32 pm.
Members attending were Dennis
Wong, Charlie Adams, Jeff Cohen,
Roy Fuchs (5:40), Helen Garten,
Nora Jinishian, Sheila Keenan, Justin
Phillips, Mario SáCouto, Liz Wong,
and Richard Jaffe. Ralph Krueger
was also in attendance.
Members not in attendance were
Mildred Bunche, Bob Galan, and Ron
Holtz.
1. President’s Comments
• Wine Tasting - Sources of income
are sponsorships, ad sales, ticket
sales, and the auctions. We have
one $1,000 sponsor who is also
buying 20 tickets. Jim Meehan
and Ralph Krueger are organizing
donations of tickets, e.g., sports
tickets, which are always popular
auction items. Replacing the silent
auctions of the past, we will have
a “tea cup” raffle, where buyers of
raffle tickets enter those tickets
only in drawings for items they
want to win.
• Our District Managed Grant
(DMG) for the All-Star Project has
been completed.
2. August Minutes – Minutes for the
August meeting – an earlier
version, because a later version
had not been widely circulated
among Board members - were
accepted unanimously.
3. Treasurer’s Report – Jeff Cohen
Jeff Cohen reported that the
month end checkbook balance
was $22,516.64. The bank
statement, meant to accompany
the
Treasurer’s
report,
is
forthcoming. Revenue to date is
well ahead of last year -$19,000, versus $10,000 last
year -- because more of our
members have paid timely. Club
Supplies is over budget because
Membership chairman Ron Holtz
is doing such a great job with our
marketing materials that he has
exceeded the too-low budget we
set.
Motion: To accept the Treasurer’s
report
for
August.
Passed
unanimously.
4. Membership – Ron Holtz -- No
report.
5. Speaker Program – Bob Galan,
Mario SáCouto -- No report.
6. International Service Committee
– Rick Jaffe
• Steve Lewine of the Westport
Rotary asked WSR members to
indicate interest in one of two
possible dates for a coming
“hands on” international service
trip, but received almost no
response from WSR members.
• Rick Jaffe asked the Board to (ask
the Foundation Board to) set aside
the traditional 20% of our annual
giving
that
we
direct
to
international.
Currently,
the
Foundation Board has not set
aside any funds for use by the
International Service Committee.
Dennis Wong will study the issue,
and
expects
to
have
a
recommendation at the next Board
meeting.
7. Youth Services Committee –
Justin Phillips, Jeff Cohen,
Dennis Wong
a. The Rotaract/Interact Annual
Leadership Assembly is coming
up on September 20. Attendance
at the event, which targets
Rotarians, school advisors, and
Board
members
of
Interact/Rotaract, costs $25 per
student or faculty member.
b. Rotary-United Nations Day is
November
1.
Rotary-related
activity
options
will
be
forthcoming.
c. Thank you to Vic Muktavaram
for hosting Martin, an exchange
student from the Czech Republic.
8. Community Service Committee
– Hands On – Mario SáCouto
Mario presented a written
summary of our club’s Hands On
activities.
9. Charitable Giving Committee –
Gene Cederbaum and Bob
Galan -– No report.
10. Fellowship Committee – Sheila
Keenan
We will start a social Dinner Club.
11. District and RI Report – John
Hendrickson, Dennis Wong -–
No report.
12. Foundation Reports
a. Rotary Foundation
Lowrie, Dennis Wong
–
Tom
A Rotary Foundation Training
Seminar is coming on September
11.
st
b. SR 21 Century Foundation –
Arlo Ellison, Eric Zielinski – No
report.
c. Fairfield County Community
Foundation – (open) -- No report.
13. Marketing and PR –- No report.
14. Other Business; New Business
• Charlie Adams is looking to add
WSR members to the Book Group
at Bridgeport Academy.
The meeting
7:07pm.
was
adjourned
at
Respectfully submitted,
Richard Jaffe, Secretary
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Rotary at a Glance
Founded 1905
Mission: The Mission of Rotary
International, a worldwide association of
Rotary clubs, is to: Provide service to
others; Provide high ethical standards;
and Advance world understanding,
goodwill and peace through its fellow of
business, professional and community
leaders.
Core Values: Service, Fellowship,
Diversity, Integrity, and Leadership By
Example.
Vision:
The
Vision
of
Rotary
International is to be universally
recognized for our commitment to
Service Above Self to advance world
understanding, goodwill, and peace.
Rotary Foundation: The mission of the
Rotary Foundation is to enable Rotarians
to
advance
world
understanding,
goodwill, and peace through the
improvement of health, the support of
education and the alleviation of poverty.
Membership: 1,220,115 Rotarians in
34,558 Rotary Clubs in 531 Districts, in
200+
countries
and
geographic
territories in all seven continents (as of
October 2013)
Rotaract (age 18-30, started in 1968):
195,040 members in 8,480 clubs.
Interact (age 12-18, started in 1962):
303,991 members in 13,217 clubs.
Rotary Community Corps (since
1985): 151,759 members in 7,033
Corps.
www.rotary.org
The Westport Sunrise Rotary Club
meets 7:30AM every Friday Morning
at Bobby Q’s Restaurant, 42 Main
Street in Westport. Meetings are
open to all Rotarians and their
guests.
Avenues of Service
Rotary’s commitment to Service
Above Self has been channeled
through the Avenues of Service,
which form the foundation of club
activity.
Club
Service
(Fun,
Fellowship and Fundraising)
Club Service focuses on strengthening
fellowship and ensuring the smooth
functioning of Rotary clubs.
Vocational Service (Four-Way Test)
Vocational Service involves club
members serving others through their
professions and aspiring to high
ethical standards. Rotarians, as
business leaders, share skills and
expertise through their vocations, and
they inspire others in the process.
Community Service (Charitable
Giving and Hands-On)
Community Service is the opportunity
Rotary clubs have to implement club
projects and activities that improve life
in the local community.
International Service (International
Projects and Polio Eradication)
International Service encompasses
efforts
to
expand
Rotary’s
humanitarian reach around the world
and to promote world understanding
and peace. It includes everything from
contributing to PolioPlus to helping
Rotary Youth Exchange students
adjust to their host countries.
New Generations Service (Rising
Young Voices)
New Generations Service recognizes
the positive change implemented by
youth and young adults through
leadership development activities such
as RYLA, Rotaract and Interact club
service
projects,
and
creating
international
understanding
with
Rotary Youth Exchange.
WSR Board of Directors
President: Dennis Wong
President Elect: Jeff Cohen
Past President: Bob Galan
Secretary: Rick Jaffe
Treasurer: Jeff Cohen
Sgt. at Arms: Roy Fuchs
P.E.N.: TBA
Member at Large: Charles Adams
Member at Large: Mildred Bunche
Member at Large: Helen Garten
Member at Large: Ron Holtz
Member at Large: Sheila Keenan
Member at Large: Justin Phillips
Member at Large: Mario SaCouto
Member at Large: Elizabeth Wong
Member at Large: Nora Jinishian
www.rotary.org
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Hal Levy
Reporter/
Roy Fuchs
Photographer
Columnist
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