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Humanity Accomplished Humanity Accomplished The Monthly Newsletter for District 5330 The Monthly Newsletter for District 5330 Volume 4, Issue 4 October 2016Volume 4, Issue 4 October 2016

Rotarians in District 5330 “Imagine Rotary”“Imagine Rotary”

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Hello Rotarians:

October is Rotary's Economic and Community Development month. Now I know that

most of us don't often give this particular focus area much thought because we really

don't know if we, or our Clubs play a meaningful role. Well, good news! I'm here to tell

you that we do.

In some of my talks I point out that I believe that any community is blessed if they have a Rotary Club in their area. The reason I believe this is simply because I see the work you

do as Clubs and as Rotarians. What community wouldn't like to have group of Rotarians who have access to a billion dollar foundation that meet regularly to decide what the next community service project will be! Your mis-sion is service, your objective is to help people, and the focus area for your service, is your community. Rotary Clubs are regionally unique, and they are tightly targeted on local community needs. We all start our meetings with a bell, and we all live the four way test, but we are as different as the day is long when it comes to the ser-vices we provide and the work that we do. We are different because each community has different needs and we seek to positively address those needs; to be a blessing to our communities. And all of what we do depends on our willingness to give some of our assets to help those in need. There is an old saying that tells us that you can find a persons heart if you can see where they invest their time, their talents, and their treasure. I think this is absolutely true and I am convinced that Rotarians have their hearts dedicated to helping people. Murrieta Rotary's motto, Humble Acts, Noble Service, speaks exactly to Rotary's desire to make a difference, to lend a hand, and to make things better! It is this drive to make things better that keeps is involved in the work of Rotary. On November 5, at the Mission Inn, our Foundation Gala going to celebrate our collective willingness to give and the good that we are able to accomplish because of it. I never doubt the ability of good Rotarians to change and improve a community. I've seen it happen, and you have too! Each of us who participate in these commu-nity building efforts have seen lives change because of what we have done. This is the very definition of Com-munity Development and we are all engaged in the process! The next time you grab that paintbrush or hand that student a dictionary, take a moment to realize the impact of what you are doing. It's often creating more than just a positive impact, it's leaving a lasting impression in the hearts and minds of those you serve.

Rotary International President John Germ 2016-2017 District Governor Bob Duistermars 2016-2017

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I'm proud to be a Rotarian and I'm proud to serve next to each of you as you create positive change in your community. I challenge each of you to take a look at your service projects and see if you can ad-just them a little in an effort to reach more people, or reach them more efficiently. Try something new, or try something old in a new way, and never doubt the impact you are having on your friends and neighbors! Yours in Rotary

Bob

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Events and ProjectsEvents and Projects

Page 1. Governor's Message. Governor's Message

. District LeadershipPage 3. District Leadership

Page 4. Area of Focus: ECDPage 4. Area of Focus: ECD

Page 5. Foundation Dash BoardPage 5. Foundation Dash Board

Foundation GalaFoundation Gala

Page 6. Endowment FundsPage 6. Endowment Funds

Page 7. DAC dbPage 7. DAC db-- Data SystemsData Systems

Page 8. Perris HS Interact ClubPage 8. Perris HS Interact Club

Page 9. Four Way Speech ContestPage 9. Four Way Speech Contest

Page 10. Rotary Youth ExchangePage 10. Rotary Youth Exchange

Page 11. Palm Springs HS InteractPage 11. Palm Springs HS Interact

Page 12. The RotarianPage 12. The Rotarian

Page 15. BINGOPage 15. BINGO

Page 16. OktoberfestPage 16. Oktoberfest

Page 17. Orchid FestPage 17. Orchid Fest

Page 18. Calendar of EventsPage 18. Calendar of Events

Page 19. 4 Way Test and Object of Rotary Page 19. 4 Way Test and Object of Rotary

Quote for the Month Quote for the Month

District Governor: District Governor: Bob DuistermarsBob Duistermars

District Governor Elect: Manzoor MasseyDistrict Governor Elect: Manzoor Massey

Past District Governor: Rudy WesterveltPast District Governor: Rudy Westervelt

District Secretary: Melanie RiceDistrict Secretary: Melanie Rice

District Treasurer: Jamie ZinnDistrict Treasurer: Jamie Zinn

Club Administration Services Jennifer LorettaClub Administration Services Jennifer Loretta

Community Services: Beth McGuireCommunity Services: Beth McGuire

Vocational Service: Chuck WeisbartVocational Service: Chuck Weisbart

Youth Service: Neal DewingYouth Service: Neal Dewing

International Service: Shab El AwarInternational Service: Shab El Awar

Public Relations: TBAPublic Relations: TBA

Rotary Foundation: Dan GoodrichRotary Foundation: Dan Goodrich

Membership: Ricardo LorettaMembership: Ricardo Loretta

For a full list of District Staff and For a full list of District Staff and

contact information visit:contact information visit:

www.Rotary5330.netwww.Rotary5330.net

ROTARY SERVING HUMANITY



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Area of Focus: Economic and Community Development

Nearly 1.4 billion employed people live on less than $1.25 a day. Our members promote economic and community development and reduce poverty in underserved communities through training, well-paying jobs, and access to financial management institutions. Projects range from providing people with equipment to vocational training. Our members work to strengthen local entrepreneurs and com-munity leaders, particularly women, in impoverished communities.

Join Rotary and help grow local economies around the world. Give now to promote economic growth in communities.

READ NEWS ABOUT ROTARY'S WORK TO GROW LOCAL ECONOMIES

Rick Burns' thoughtful approach to Iraq and Afghanistan Rise of the female Honduran entrepreneur

New Ugandan club takes on challenges of a growing economy

Free vegetable gardens sprouting up around France

RESOURCES & REFERENCE Read Economic and Community Development Project Strategies, a guide for economic and community development projects Browse Rotary Showcase for member projects that help grow local economies

Find a project to sponsor on Rotary Ideas

Contact our manager for economic and community development

https://www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/member-center/join-rotary-and-make-difference

https://www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/give

https://www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/rick-burns-thoughtful-approach-iraq-and-afghanistan

https://www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/rise-female-honduran-entrepreneur

https://www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/new-ugandan-club-takes-challenges-growing-economy

https://www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/free-vegetable-gardens-sprouting-around-france

https://www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/document/economic-and-community-development-project-strategies

http://map.rotary.org/en/project/pages/project_showcase.aspx

http://ideas.rotary.org/

https://www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/document/areas-focus-staff-contact-sheet



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Endowment Funds

We would like invite any Rotarian (s) that are blessed to give an endowment of any size. This could in any form or time frame . You can leave the endowment in a form of land ,building, home, life insurance, in your will, or just out right giving.

Rotary will give a name for your endowment as long that it is more than 25k.

Also , the Rotary Foundation will be 100 years old so it is a great opportunity to give and be recognized as a centennial recognition.

ARCH KLUMPH SOCIETY CENTENNIAL FAMILY CIRCLE The Rotary Foundation is celebrating 100 years

of doing good. During this centennial year, Arch Klumph Society members who give $250,000 or more can hon-or a family member as part of the Arch Klumph Society Centennial Family Circle. Children, grandchildren, par-ents, siblings, and grandparents are eligible. The gift must be made between 1 July 2016 and 30 June 2017; pri-or contributions are not counted.

Arch Klumph Society Centennial Family Circle honorees are eligible for the following benefits: • Their portraits and names added to the Arch Klumph Society kiosk at Rotary International World Head quarters • Their names listed in Arch Klumph Society publications • An Arch Klumph Society pin or pendant • Access to the Arch Klumph Society lounge at the Rotary International Convention

WHAT YOUR GIVING SUPPORTS Your giving promotes peace, fights disease, provides clean water, saves mothers and children, supports educa-tion, and grows local economies through grants that: • Bring peacebuilding seminars to 200 teachers and 1,300 students in Uganda. • Distribute insecticide-treated mosquito nets and medical services that help prevent malaria in Mali. • Train teachers who are establishing an early-childhood education center in South Africa. • Provide water filters, toilet blocks, and hygiene training to prevent fluorosis in a community in India. • Fund a scholarship for a medical professional to research ways to minimize mortality rates among premature babies in Italy. • Protect children around the world from polio Your endowment chair and proud Rotarian Shab Elawar



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Perris HS Interact club

On Saturday September 18th the Perris HS Interact club volunteered at the Perris Valley Historical Museum - Silent Auction. In the picture is Shannon, the faculty advisor from Perris High School and a few of the more than 15 Interact stu-dents that served that day. This particular event is the most important fundraiser for the little museum, better known as the historic Santa Fe Depot, in Perris Cali-fornia. The museum is staffed only by volunteers. This event could not take place, without these students from Perris High School Interact, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Perris.

This Interact clubs next project will be to take part in serving in the Exhibit Tent at the So-Cal Fairgrounds from October 1-9, with students from other are clubs. And then on to assisting in the planning for the 2016 District 5330 Interact Assem-bly. Anyone can attend this leadership event which this year is on Satur-day October 15, at California Military Institute. Look for the Registration Form, in this issue of the Governors Newsletter, our district Facebook page, or send an email requesting one to [email protected].

Mike Behrens D-5330 Interact Chair Perris Rotary PE 2017-18 951-801-8884 September 24 is World Polio Day http://www.endpolio.org/worldpolioday October 15 is District 5330 Interact Assembly November 5 Is World Interact Day. Follow this Link to update your Club https://www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/interact-club-contact-information

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.endpolio.org/worldpolioday

http://www.endpolio.org/worldpolioday

https://www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/interact-club-contact-information

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District 5330 2017 FOUR WAY TEST SPEECH CONTEST

The Rotary 4 Way Test Speech Contest season begins February 2017. Each club decides a date for

a contest which best suits its schedule. The elimination rounds will be held Saturday, April 29th from

8am to 1pm. The same place we’ve held it the last few years: 1445 Spruce St. Riverside CA 92507

(cross streets are Spruce and Atlantic) in the Crossroads Business Center (owner is considering sell-

ing building; venue subject to change). The Final Round is Saturday, May20, 2017 at The Riverside

Convention Center.

Please send me the following information by April 21, 2016 in the same correspondence to the ad-

dress highlighted below:

1. The name of your contestant.

2. The name of your club.

3. A check for $50.00 made out to Rotary District 5330.

It is important that I receive this information a week prior to the elimination rounds as I schedule judg-

es, coordinate the student panels, arrange snacks and assign my assistants. If you have any ques-

tions, need help organizing a contest, need suggestions or help with the website, please call me at

the numbers below.

The contest rules are posted on the Rotary District website: www.rotary5330.net. Go to avenues of

service, vocational service, Four-Way Test Speech Contest then download. Hint: you can always

Google “Rotary District 5330 Four Way Test Speech Contest” and go directly to the rules. Another

Hint: Sample speeches posted on YouTube; search “Rotary 4 Way Speech Contest”. Rules have not

changed.

Please NOTE: clubs are responsible for giving the date, time and place to their student competitor.

Cell: 951-529-6450; Office: 951-734-5290

Melanie Rice Attn: 4-Way Test Speech Contest 2027 River Road Norco, CA 92860



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ROTARY YOUTH EXCHANGE

TO ALL DISTRICT 5330 ROTARIANS

(If you have any questions, please DO NOT respond to this e-mail, please contact Dick Shaw at [email protected]

Fellow Rotarians,

I'll bet most of you don't know much about Youth Exchange. Am I right? In a nutshell, if your club wanted to host a foreign exchange student, all you need to do is find two to three host families (they don't have to be Rotarians) and provide a $100 per month stipend. It's almost that simple. The student and host families will have one of the most enriching experiences of their lives.

By the same token, if you wanted to send a deserving student on an exchange to another country, all you have to do is find the student and encourage him or her to take the necessary steps to make it happen...which is to contact your club's Youth Service Chair or to contact me. It costs your club noth-ing. It will cost the student's family about $5,250. That's it. Air fare, room and board, insurance, activi-ties...it's all covered. The student to whom you introduce this program, should he or she see it through to fruition, again will have one of the most enriching, life changing, and valuable experience of his or her life. And don't forget about the fact that Exchange Students' college applications tend to rise to the top of the pile. Please take a look at www.scanex.org or www.rotary.org to learn more.

I'm sure all of you know at least one quality high school student who would appreciate knowing about this opportunity. I've attached a preliminary application that you can share with them, or as I said be-fore, you can have them contact your club's Youth Chair or me. I've also attached a flyer, which can be shared as well.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.

Thanks for listening,

Dick Shaw Youth Exchange Officer District 5330

home 909-585-5541 cell 909-855-0924 office 800-288-2811 [email protected]



http://gmail.com/

http://www.scanex.org/

http://www.rotary.org/

http://portal.clubrunner.ca/60071/tel:909-585-5541




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Palm Springs High School Interact Club

"On September 20th I had the pleasure of visiting the Interact Club of Palm Springs High School, by invitation of Rotarian Judy Bronstein, the Youth Service Director in the Palm Springs Club. This was the first meeting for this school year and more than 60 stu-dents filled the room. It was standing room only. Judy does a great job with this club and they are already working on the criteria for this years Interact awards. Last year they achieved the Youth Service, Interact and RI Interact Presidential Award. Judy passed out the Interact Assembly forms and I believe will have dozens attending.

Mike Behrens D-5330 Interact Chair Perris Rotary PE 2017-18 951-801-8884 September 24 is World Polio Day http://www.endpolio.org/worldpolioday October 15 is District 5330 Interact Assembly November 5 Is World Interact Day. Follow this Link to update your Club

https://www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/interact-club- con-

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Friends; What you are about to read is a letter a young Rotarian in Yakima wrote to his Club President after Governor Vern Nielsen completed his Governor's visit at their Club. Gov Vern is a classmate of mine and we shared a great deal of time together preparing for the 16-17 year. It's long, but you won't regret spending the time to read it. Once you're done reading it, I encourage each of you to do what Vern asked us all to do. Gov. Bob

The Rotarian Submitted with respect by Michael Liddicoat, a member of the Yakima Rotary Club Vern Nielsen sits in a chair in Kelowna, British Columbia attached to a tube. A cocktail of chemicals winds its way through the tube and into Vern’s veins. This cocktail is just one of three such treatments that Vern must take every two weeks. The chemicals are searching out a particularly aggressive form of pancreatic cancer. The survival rate for this disease is about 2% within 12 months. Vern is in month five. I didn’t hear about Vern in a medical journal. He wasn’t on the nightly news. His picture is not on my Facebook feed. Vern was standing in front of my Rotary club. As a district governor, Vern has spent the last two years preparing to motivate and guide the 60 clubs in Rotary District 5060, which covers parts of Washington State and British Columbia. Some might have thought he wasted those two years of preparing. The news of his cancer should have changed Vern’s plans. In his talk, he joked of trading in his time with Rotary for his bucket list. With the possibility of six months left to live, most people would change their outlook on life. Vern would tell you he has. Rather than looking inward though, he is looking outward. A more egotistical thing might be to take his partner on the trips they never had time for. Spend cash like there’s no tomorrow and reach his end at frantic pace, trying to accomplish all that he had planned to do in the next 30 years in just 6 months. Vern is not that kind of man. Vern told my Rotary club of his desire to help others. The Rotary International moto is, “Service Above Self.” You only get to be a district governor by embodying this idea. Vern has been involved in multiple successful companies. He has guided numerous non-profit organizations. Traveling the world to help in other countries and contribute to the betterment of mankind is just one of the many reasons Vern was asked to be a District Governor for Rotary. As Vern stood in front of my club, he asked all of us to do our part. The specific ask was very different than I’m used to. As a Rotarian you are asked to do many things. Raise money for local playgrounds, gather donations for a local food drive, or fight Polio, a disease which ravaged every country in the world as recently as 50 years ago and until July of 2016 had gone almost an entire year without a new wild case of the disease. You see Rotarians care about their fellow humans and seek ways to improve their community. For some clubs this is done on a local scale by giving food to children before the start of the school day so that education instead of hunger can be their focus. For other clubs their community is the world so they start projects like Polio Plus or the United Nations. Little projects.

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When Vern Nielsen stands in front of your Rotary club as the District Governor and announces that he has pan-creatic cancer and will probably not see the end of his term and then says he has an ask, you expect this to be the mother of all asks. Vern asked us to talk. No back breaking projects, no huge fund raisers, no world unity events. Vern Nielsen asked that we talk with our friends about what we do as Rotarians. You see Vern believes that Rotarians don’t talk enough about what we do. Rotary International partners with some of the largest organizations and non-profits in the world. Rotarians have received millions of dollars from organizations to do the work we do. Tyrants and governors in war torn countries have called cease fires to al-low Rotarians to bring aid to their people. Despite all this Rotarians have been a dying breed for the last few decades. Each year there are fewer and fewer Rotarians in every community. Vern Nielsen believes that Ro-tarians don’t talk enough about what Rotarians do. All Rotary clubs meet once a week. It can be breakfast, lunch, dinner or even after work drinks that bring them together. Guests are always invited but few come for more than one or two visits. There is a disconnect be-tween the weekly gatherings and the work Rotarians do. It’s difficult to describe how your Rotary club has im-pacted your community. That’s why Rotarians usually put a seal on their projects. We don’t like to boast and brag about the work we’ve done. When we build a bus stop for those that need shelter, we don’t ask for a thank you. We know that it’s being used because we see the people getting a moments rest from the harsh wind. Ro-tarians know what the golden gear / wheel or whatever you want to call it means. Vern believes that it’s not enough for Rotarians to know. He wants our friends to know what that golden gear / wheel or whatever you want to call it means. It's friends that often help us reach understanding. In the time leading up to Vern’s role as District Governor and before his diagnosis there were many trainings and events to go to. Between one of these a very good friend of his approached him. This friend walked up and said, “So Vern, I hear you’re going to be the grand poohbah of Rotary.” In his telling of the story Vern chuckles, “Well not quite. I’ll be the District Governor.” His friend of nu-merous years looked at Vern. This friend had watched Vern leave many evenings to volunteer, go to trainings, and fly out of the country all in the name of Rotary. This friend looked at Vern and said, “What is Rotary any-way?” Vern was speechless. His friend didn’t know about the most influential group in Vern’s life. The group that had demanded so much of Vern but provided him with innumerable opportunities to better his community and himself was a foreign word to this friend. This was where Vern began to understand. “I knew in that moment that we Rotarians need to tell others about the good we do. We need to be our own public relations. We need to speak up about what we do. Not so that others will join us, but so that others will know.” At the end of the District Governors speech I stood and applauded. I applauded for his insight into what we as Rotarians should do to help our communities. How it was our small contributions that could change the world economy or improve the lives of others. I applauded for a man who openly admitted that in in four days the drugs that would be coursing through his body would make him into a different man. A man weak and debilitat-ed. A man unable to carry the burden his title brought with it. A tear came to my eye as well. Before me stood a Rotarian. A member of a small group of individuals who is striving to make his community better. For years I too have called myself a Rotarian. I wondered how many of my friends know what this word means to me.

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Should I walk into the doctor’s office tomorrow and be informed that I too had stage 4 pancreatic cancer, would I behave like Vern Nielson? The motto of “Service Above Self” is a very nice thing to hang on our meeting wall. Would I be able to live up to that motto if I faced Vern’s choice? I don’t know. I know that before me on that day stood a man who was happy. He has had a full life that is potentially being cut short by a terrible disease. What else would Vern have accomplished had he been given more time? That thought is not on Vern’s mind. Doctors cannot tell him how many days he has left. The treatments he receives in his chair are meant to make them as numerous as possible. The time he is given by this treatment will be spent doing the thing that means the most to him. Vern will tell others he is a Rotarian. He is the man who built toilets in countries you haven’t heard of so that little girls wouldn’t be embarrassed by their periods and could continue to stay in school. He is the man who helps put jam on toast so students can have a meal before school starts. Vern Nielsen is a Rotarian. His personal motto is the same as every Rotarians, “Service Above Self.” When Vern’s done taking his medicine he will lie down for a while. To rest, to rejuvenate, and to recuperate be-fore going to his next Rotary meeting. Like all of us, Vern will eventually lie down forever. This time may be sooner than any of us would like. Vern’s family will have seen the good he’s done. His friends will remember the times they shared. I only got to meet Vern Nielsen once. In the forty minutes he spoke, Vern inspired me. He showed me that a motto can be more than words we put on a wall. I am a Rotarian, just like Vern. We are all lucky to have neigh-bors like him.



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October 2016 October 2016 - Area of Focus - Economic & Community Development 10-15-16 Interact Assembly

10-18-16 Finance Committee/ Corp Meeting 10-23-16 District Executive Committee Meeting

November 2016 November 2016 - Rotary Foundation

What's in your Goal? 11-5-16 Foundation Gala

11-5-16 RLI December 2016December 2016—Area of Focus: Disease Prevention/Resolution

12-4-16—District Executive Committee 12-10-16 PRYDE

12-10-16 PDG Christmas Party 12-13-16 Finance Committee /Corp Board

January 2017—Vocational Service Month

1-14-17—President’s Advance 1- 15-17 International Assembly

1-28-17 PREP

20162016--2017 2017 Rotary District 5330 Rotary District 5330

Calendar of EventsCalendar of Events October 2016 October 2016 ——January 2017January 2017



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Quote for the Month

“We are constituted so that simple acts of

kindness, such as giving to charity or

expressing gratitude, have a positive effect

on our long-term moods. The key to the

happy life, it seems, is the good life: a life

with sustained relationships, challenging

work, and connections to community.”

- Paul Bloom

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