RioSaladoRotary

District Training and Foundation Day

Dear 5510 Rotarians,

Are you still looking for a reason to come to District Training and Foundation Day on November 10, 2007? Look no more. Sign up now at www.rotary5510.org for $10 per person. We will be at Scottsdale Community College from 8-2:00pm. Highly recommended for Foundation Chairmen, Membership chairs, new Rotarians, Youth chairmen, and any club officer. This is a great way to learn more about how your club can better leverage all that the District 5510 and International has to offer.

Reason #2:
Quote from PDG Barb Feder our Permanent Fund chairman: This Rotary year we "Share Rotary in identifying and implementing humanitarian projects in our communities and around the world.  The Annual Program's Fund serves our world's present needs.  But what can you do to secure the future of our Rotary Foundation?  The Permanent Fund is the answer!  Two Needs, Two Ways of Giving....the Annual Programs Fund for today and the Permanent Fund for all the tomorrow's to come.  Come learn how you can leave your legacy to make the world a little better for you having been here.

See you on November 10!

Lucinda Rose
District Trainer

September 20, 2007 Weekly Meeting

  
District 5510  2007-2008

Today’s Speaker:  Dan Hill Payson Club speaking about RYLA 

President – Martha S. O'Connor - Secretary – Terry Mickelson  - Treasurer – Eileen Schioppa

Board Members:

Community Service: Goeff Pashkowski & Ron Freeman; Vocational Service: Sue Strebe, Eileen Schioppa Club Service: Sylvia Schweihs; International Service: Open; Foundation: John Burnside & Ben Eubank; Family of Rotary: Terry Mickelson, Jim Lemon.

Call to Order: This meeting was called to order at 8:00 am by President Martha O’Connor.

Invocation:  Ron Freeman Pledge & 4-way Test: Kent Hendricks

Announcements:

Our club will be dark on Thursday, September 27^th but will be having a tri-club meeting on Tuesday September 25^th at Noon, Monties. If you can make this let Marti know.

Gary Law sent out a notice that we are required to place$100. per member per year or we do not get funded for the ongoing projects and grants we have in play. After discussion our club decided to pledge the $100. per member per year.

November 10 is the district Training and Foundation Day. Learn about the Rotary Vocational Fund.

Laird Lynsie was inducted as a new member. Lynsie is with the Boys and girls club Youth Development coordinator at the campus near Laird Elementary School.

In the Picture, President O’Connor inducts and Sponsor Jim Lemmon “pins” new member Lynsie.

Dan Hill of the Payson Club is the new RYLA director. Dan is demonstrating why we are getting a bargain at $275. per kid who attend the camp. This was a very high energy and informative. Dan told the club of several success stories and stories of kids breaking through their own mental barriers.

One such story was of a very large young woman who could not get over the climbing wall. Eventually she was pulled to the top by her teammates. Just this last year she became a bone marrow donor and she credits the RYLA program with giving her the courage and understanding to do this.

Groups or teams are created and named after the countries of the exchange students who are attending.

The groups are given a “Major Project” that engages the kids. Applications are due by April 1^st. If we have a kid but no money we they will match us. This year there are changes in the program to get Rotarian’s to get involved and get a better understanding of what happens and how much the kids benefit from the program.

RYLA will be April 24^th – 27^th in Heber Arizona At the Salvation Army's Camp.

Dan Hill choose the card, he drew Cory’s ticket. Cory drew the 9 of clubs. President Martie says Cory is still a winner. The rest of us are not so sure.

Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 8:10 A.M.

September 6, 2007 Weekly Meeting

Speaker:  PR Randy Cooney, Broker at Keller Realty

Call to Order:  This meeting was called to order at 8:00 am by President Martha O’Connor.
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Invocation:      Dona Eubank                   Pledge & 4-way Test:  Sheila McGuire
Announcements: Next Weeks speaker will be Donna Rogers from United Food Bank. Dog Days of Summer are upon us! Higher utility bills and kids out of school mean the food budget is being hit hard! Please consider holding a food drive or making a donation to help those in need.

Jim Lemmon announced we need help picking up trash on October 6, 2007 for October fest.
Welcome to Lindsey who has submitted an application for membership.
Friday night we have the Service Above Self award dinner at President Martie’s home.

Rotary Rose Parade float 28th consecutive year. Sharing world literacy. They would like to have all members donate $3. per person. In the past we have sent Jan Snyder made a motion that we send $25. as a club. Dr. Eubank 2nd the motion and the club unanimously approved it.

Randy Cooney, prior to being in Real Estate Randy was a Hippy, clown, teacher and minister.  Nice humorous story about consultants and sheep. (You had to be there to get it.) Motivation VS Inspiration. Pain of discipline or the pain of regret. What would you prefer? When you have a “burning desire” (the goal that we each wrote down to help others) is what we are inspired to achieve. Cards were passed out, one to each person. Every one felt that they could win (the entire deck was made of Aces.

Ace means:

•    Affirm somebody
•    Complement somebody
•    Enable somebody

Randy created a National Unity Flag that has traveled across the country. This weekend the flag will be flown between 2 ladder trucks, Fire trucks will be at Tempe Town Lake. If you have any time this weekend volunteers are needed to help raise and lower it.

Ben drew the losing Card. Ben was a looser. Ben’s football team the Longhorn’s will not repeat. They too will be losers.

Adjournment:  The meeting was adjourned at 8:0 A.M.