District-wide End TB launch was initiated by RC Pag-Asa QC at Lupang Pangako Elem.

School at Payatas, QC

WHAT’S INSIDE:

The RI D3780 End TB Launch

Preventing From Getting Sore Eyes

60th year Celebration of Polio Vaccine

ROTARY CLUB OF PAG-ASA, QC DISTRICT 3780

The H.O.P.E. ExpressTHE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF RC PAG-ASA, QC

VOLUME 8. NO.2 SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

OBJECT OF THE ROTARY

The object of the 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 appreciation of the ideal of service in

each Rotarian’s personal, business, and community

life;

FOURTH. The advancement of international

understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world

fellowship of business and professional persons united

in the ideal of service.

THE 4-WAY TEST

Of the things we think, say and do:

1. Is it the truth?

2. Is it fair to all concerned?

3. Will it build goodwill and better friendships?

4. Will it be beneficial to all concerned?

5 AVENUES OF SERVICE

Based on Object of Rotary, the Five Avenues od

Service are Rotary’s Philosophical cornerstone and the

foundation on which club activity is based:

CLUB SERVICE focuses on strengthening fellowship

and ensuring the effective functioning of the club.

VOCATIONAL SERVICE encourages the Rotarians to

serve other through their vocations and practice high

ethical standards

COMMUNITY SERVICE covers the projects and

activities the club undertakes to improve life in its

community

INTERNATIONAL SERVICE encompasses actions

taken to expand Rotary’s humanitarian reach around

the globe and promote world understanding & peace

YOUTH SERVICE recognize the positive change

implemented by youth and adult through leadership

development activities, service projects and exchange

program

OFFICERS

Marilou D. Lapuz President

Stanley Jan D. Agojo President-Elect Oscar D. Karaan Vice President

Kenneth Jiro D. Agojo Secretary

Renzie M. Dizon Stanley Jan D. Agojo Club Administration Marichu M. Agojo

Treasurer Jesus D. Flores

Vicente Estanislao Sgt. at Arms

Sarah B. Estanislao Auditor

SERVICE OF AVENUE DIRECTORS

Oscar D. Karaan Club Service Jesus H. Lim

Community Service Jose O. Montenegro Vocational Service Sarah B. Estanislao

International Service Kenneth Jiro D. Agojo

Gerard Datuin Youth Service

Cris Yenko Rotary Foundation

Marcelino M. Encarnacion Alice G. Villados

Membership/Retention Rizalina M. Alfonso

Public Relation Gary M. Ting Club Adviser

Jose O. Montenegro Club Trainer

Oscar D. Karaan Epifano Cua

Club Legal Adviser Joseph V. Galaroza

Spiritual Adviser

ROTARY CLUB OF PAG-ASA, QC

FRIENDS OF RC PAG-ASA, QCPRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

MARILOU DONOR LAPUZ WORLD CLASS PRESIDENT

August is the month where celebrate several

occasions. One is the celebration of our Filipino

language. We are also launching the End TB

Campaign.

In this light, never cease to celebrate life and

bring cheer to the world. There are many things to

celebrate.

Mabuhay!

FEATURED STORYAUG 2015 COMMUNITY

SERVICE ACTIVITIES

August 6, 2015Mahalin Natin Ang Mga

Bata (Odelco Elem School)

August 26, 2015END TB LAUNCH

Lupang Pangako Elem School

D3780 LAUNCHES END-TB CAMPAIGN at

Lupang Pangako Elem School, Payatas, QC(from the front page)

Rtn. Kenneth Jiro Agojo

It was a Wednesday morning last August 26, 2015, RI DISTRICT

3780 launched an End- TB Campaign as a district-wide launch for

this Rotary Year, facilitated by RC Pag-Asa and RC Agham. It was

noted, this campaign was launched by PDG Sammy Pagdilao Jr. It

was participated by the same children recipient (around 20 students)

of the BLT or Busog Lusog Talino which RC Pag-Asa hosted.

Headed by the main leaders: our very own DG Rey David,

Community Service Chairperson CP Irene Santos, RC Pag-Asa’s

Community Service Chairperson PP “Doc Jess” Lim and

Congresswoman Bernadette Herrera –Dy.

It was noted that the 3 of our leaders were doctors and they were

able to do the shot skin testing for the children.

End TB aspires to screen the children who may have screened to

have TB (tuberculosis) may receive medication and to further

prevent it from spreading. Medications are being provided thru the

initiative of CP Irene Santos of RC Agham.

Likewise, Rotarian and Cong. Bernadette Herrera – Dy

challenges World Class Presidents to mimic and bring the campaign

to their respective school communities in the aspiration of TB-FREE

communities.

The school principal and LPES teachers were very thankful to

this beautiful cause.

CLUB AFFAIRS

Please be notified by the following reminders:

Every Rotarian is encouraged to contribute article whether literary, features, news etc.

Kindly submit at rcpagasa.newsletter2015@gmail.com

Pp “Doc Jess” Lim

HEALTH CORNER

Usually during the summer season, the incidences of“Sore eyes” cases are on the rise. According to Dr.Luningning Villa, IDD medical specialist IV, it is attributedto the common practices of wearing sunglasses and thetrekking to swimming pools during the season due to theoppressive heat. But this year, I observed that theincidence of “sore eyes “(viral conjunctivitis) has increasedfor this month of August during the start of the rainyseason and still continues. The best way to protect us fromgetting acute viral conjunctivitis is by avoiding hand to eyecontact, hand shaking and washing our hands before wetouch our eyes. A person usually gets “sore eyes” when heis exposed to the adenovirus which cause the acute Viralconjunctivitis. The transmission of the virus may comewhen one touches surfaces or things touched by infectedperson with “sore eyes” and then touches his or her owneyes. There is no truth to the belief that one gets the “soreeyes” by simply having an eye to eye contact with a personafflicted with the ailment.

Acute viral conjunctivitis (pink eye) is a highly contagious disease caused by adenovirus. Infection is a self-limited disease that usually last from three days to two weeks without any complication. Signs and symptoms include: redness of one or both eyes, eye discomfort or irritations, burning and gritty sensation, photophobia (sensitivity to light), eye pain, difficulty opening the eyes after sleeping, watery eye discharge and eyelids struck together after sleeping. Other causes of acute conjunctivitis are bacterial, allergy, chemicals, foreign bodies, too much sun exposure, eye fatigue or contact lens wear.

Generally, the diagnosis of acute conjunctivitis is based on clinical features, the signs and symptoms describe above alone. Laboratory test are not necessary.

Treatment of acute viral conjunctivitis is just supportive. The best thing to do when having sore eyes is to seek the help of eye medical doctor. Patient is instructed to apply cold compress on both eyes for ten to fifteen minutes daily. Use lubricants and anti-histamine eye drops for comfort. Topical corticosteroid and antibiotics eye drops may be used for severe itching or bacterial infection. If treatment is delayed, complications can arise including corneal scarring, vision changes or loss of visions, spread of infection and development of other eye problem.

For prevention, simply wash your hands frequently and thoroughly with soap and water. Otherwise touching your eyes and face must be avoided. Sharing towels, eyeglasses, sunglasses or cosmetics must be avoided since this may cause the spread of the infection.

In my daily clinical practice, I encountered more than 6 patients who are having acute viral conjunctivitis “sore eyes”. Aside from my patients, they also told me that some members of their family or friends also have the ailment. So let us practice proper personal hygiene to avoid getting “sore eyes”. Source: philstar and web med

How to protect your eyes from getting sore eyes (Acute Viral Conjunctivitis)

Blood Letting Activity at GIST BranchesStarting from Sep 15, 2015

Mooncake Festival and RC Pag-AsaFellowship Night

Sep 24, 2015

Bagbag Novaliches Medical MissionSep 27, 2015

QUOTE TO PONDER CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES OF RC PAG-ASA, QC

ACTIVITIES FOR OCTOBER 2015

LIVELIHOOD SEMINAR –In Cooperation of HortalezaFoundation and Greenview Worship Council October 16 2015 (tentative)

BAKING SEMINAR: DISTRICT-WIDE LAUNCH(Vocational)Oct. 23, 2015

MR. RELEVANTPP Oscar Karaan

ROTARY WORLD INTERNATIONAL SCENE

There are many ways to skin a cat and there are also many ways to cause the death of

a Rotary Club.

To this author one of the best ways to cause the death of a Rotary Club would be to

deliberately not call a meeting or cancel the regular meeting of the club for several times.

Certainly, under said situation the members would ultimately lose their interest to attend

the regular meeting and the same would inevitably result to their failure to attend said

regular meeting forever.

Precisely, that situation actually happened to the Rotary Club of Pag-asa, Quezon

City when the President cancelled the regular meeting of the club on the pretext of bad

weather. Thus, when the next regular meeting was scheduled after the cancellation of

several regular meetings only a few die hard members arrived in order to attend the same

thereby almost causing the eventual demise of the club.

It bears stressing that the failure of the Rotary Club of Pag-asa , Quezon City to

schedule regular meetings for several weeks may actually cause the automatic

termination of its members and as such the same would also result to the death of the

club. Stated differently, how can a Rotary Club exist without any member under its fold?

It is good that the members and the officers of the Rotary Club of Pag-asa, Quezon

City finally realized their follies and decided to attend the next regular meeting.

Hopefully, the members would learn from said bad decision and sad experience and they

would not repeat the same in the future at least for the benefit of the beneficiaries of the

club who are eagerly awaiting for its notable and meaningful projects and also for the

benefit of CP Gary who is always asking about the status of the club and how many

members attended its regular meeting.

President Malou and the other officers of the club, please don’t put the club in

another compromising situation which in the end will be prejudicial to its interest. Let us

therefore endeavour to actively attend all the regular meetings of the club this Rotary

year and beyond.

A SURE WAY TO CAUSE THE DEMISE OF A ROTARY CLUB

Sunday, 12 April, marks 60 years since the Salk polio vaccine wasdeclared safe, effective, and potent. In that time, the number of polio caseshas dropped by 99 percent worldwide. With just three countries remainingpolio-endemic, we are closer than ever to eradicating this crippling disease.Jonas Salk’s inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) has been crucial in helping usreach our goal of a polio-free world. Before the vaccine was widely available,in the United States alone, polio crippled more than 35,000 people eachyear. By 1957 -- two years after the introduction of Salk’s vaccine -- cases inthe U.S. had fallen by almost 90 percent, and by 1979, polio had beeneradicated there.The impact on the rest of the world has taken longer. In 1988, when

Rotary International launched the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI)with its partners at the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and the U.S.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, polio continued to cripplechildren in 125 countries. Today, polio remains endemic in only three:Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan. And it has been more than eight monthssince Nigeria’s last case, making a polio-free Africa a real possibility.Salk’s vaccine will play an important role in the end-game strategy againstpolio when 120 countries introduce IPV into their routine polio immunizationsystems this year. Leading that effort are the GPEI partners and Gavi, aglobal vaccine alliance, along with Sanofi Pasteur, the largest manufacturerof polio vaccine.

“As more than 120 countries in the world are introducing IPV, we arebeginning the last chapter on polio eradication,” said Olivier Charmeil, SanofiPasteur’s chief executive officer. “At Sanofi Pasteur, we have had a long-term vision of IPV as the ultimate public health tool able to finish the jobstarted with Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV).”

https://www.rotary.org/en/polio-vaccine-celebrates-60th-anniversary

Polio vaccine celebrates 60th

anniversary