Rotary District 5340’s

The Human Touch

In This Issue:2. Governor’s Letter3. World Understanding HOW INDIA CONQUERED POLIO4. World Understanding PATHWAYS TO PEACE5. International Service THOUSAND SMILES6. District Grant BRAWLEY HELPS THE DE ANZA RESCUE UNIT7. District Membership NUMBERS UPDATE8. Vocational Service POWAY STRENGTHENS COMMUNITY RELATIONS9. Vocational Service FALLBROOK SPONSORS 4-WAY SPEECH CONTESTANTS10. The Rotary Foundation INCENTIVE PROGRAM AND INFORMATION ACCESS11. Foundation News CLUB CONTRIBUTION UPDATE12. RI News UNVEILING THE 2012-2013 THEME13. RI News ROTARY FELLOWSHIPS14. RI News POLIO UPDATE15. Passion Pics16. District Calendar

Monthly Newsletter

Volume 1, Issue 82012

Reach Within to Embrace Humanity

FEBRUARY IS WORLD UNDERSTANDING MONTHLearn How We Can Achieve Peace Trough Polio Eradication - see page 3

District Governor 2011-2012

Governor’s LetterTo My Rotary Friends -

February is Rotary’s World Understanding Month. Some Rotarians may have

forgotten that this comes from the fourth Object of Rotary that says we will

encourage and foster “the advancement of international understanding, goodwill,

and peace”. One way to highlight this is to have a program at your club that

promotes peace and world understanding. Your club could also make a Peace

award. See the Pathways to Peace article in this Newsletter.

I want to once again thank all of you who volunteered in support of the International Assembly this year. We are so fortunate to

have this amazing opportunity and to experience the internationality of Rotary in our own backyard. We had over 100 people

volunteer to help in a variety of ways. Our international guests raved about the warm greeting they received at the airport and

hotel. Our Rotaractors and Interactors carried in the flags of the nations at the opening ceremony. As so often happens, those

who volunteer get more out of it than they give. If you didn’t get a chance to participate this year, be sure to sign up next year.

And a special thank you to the many clubs who hosted DGE’s and their spouses on Host Hospitality Day. I want to also publicly

thank Dale Bailey, Jim Hughes, and Jim O’Meara who were EVERYWHERE all week long!

On another front, our own District Governor Elect, Dick Stevens, has successfully completed both the Governor Elect Training

Seminar and International Assembly Training. Our District Governor Nominee, Carl Kruse has completed the Governor

Nominee Advance Training Seminar. DGE Dick along with Teri Hall and Chief Assistant Governor Janice Kurth have created

training programs for the President-Elects, and for District and Club Leadership. Later this month Club Presidents-elect will be

heading up to Los Angeles for the President Elects Training Seminar.

Even as we embark on the second half of this Rotary year, we are preparing Club and District leaders for the next Rotary year.

An epigram by Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr in the January 1849 issue of his journal noted “plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.” (The more it changes, the more it’s stays the same).

Sincerely,

Larry Sun!am

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World Understanding How India Conquered Polio

On January 14 India marked a huge public health milestone – a year since a case of polio was found in the country – a critical step in being declared polio-free and an achievement that many experts long argued was impossible. Just two years ago, India reported 741 cases of polio, the largest number in the world. But a mammoth, years-long push, involving billions of dollars and millions of volunteers fanning out across the country’s rural villages and slums to vaccinate children has paid off. It has been a full year since a case was found, allowing the World Health Organization to declare polio is no longer endemic here and transmission has been stopped. It will take two more years without new cases before polio is technically considered eradicated.

Polio now remains endemic in only three countries: Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria. It is still considered present in three other countries (Chad, Angola and Congo) where the virus was reintroduced after eradication had been achieved. “The importance of India can’t be overstated,” said Hamid Jafari, who heads the WHO team here. “This establishes beyond doubt that ... it is possible to stop transmission even in extremely challenging conditions. And India was one of the two major sources of international spread of virus so going forward, if this progress is sustained in India, it will no longer be a source of international spread.”

The WHO used genetic testing to establish that the strain of polio that was reintroduced to Congo and Angola came with a traveler from India. Polio was controlled in much of India a decade ago, but in the poorest states of Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal – and Bihar, where fewer than 10 per cent of people have access to sanitation facilities – the virus lived on and spread from population reservoirs until last year. Many international public health officials said that given the low rates of childhood vaccination coverage, the poor access to sanitation and clean water, and widespread malnutrition (which causes low immunity), it would be impossible for India to stamp out polio now or any time soon. The Indian government and its great champion, software tycoon Bill Gates, among others, disagreed. About four years ago high-powered partnerships began to form with the country and Mr. Gates, who called the ambition his “number one priority” and whose foundation has put in hundreds of millions of dollars. And the WHO, Unicef and Rotary International are equally engaged. India itself poured $1.2-billion into the almost unfathomably large public program to vaccinate children and to monitor water, sewage and sick kids in high-risk areas. Globally, Rotary members have contributed more than $1-billion in support of polio eradication. In all, about $136.67-million in Rotary money has funded polio eradication work in India via grants to WHO and UNICEF. Indian Rotary members have raised more than $11.6-million to fight polio.

Children in many parts of India don’t get routine vaccinations – but the government has focused on repeated polio vaccine blitzes, trying to catch every single child in one or two days. In each of two rounds last year, 172 million children were given oral polio vaccine by 2.5 million yellow-vested volunteer vaccinators. Those vaccinators go door-to-door, as in other countries, but also ride trains and buses and camp out at busy crossings and borders, to catch the low-income migrant populations who have carried the disease in the past. India also put money into developing a new vaccine that would target the strain of polio persisting here.

Deepak Kapur, chair of the Indian polio project for Rotary International – the biggest private financial supporter and provider of volunteer hours to the polio fight – said he is frankly worried by the festive mood here. “The moment we have any kind of celebration it would send wrong signals – money will not flow into the program, political will flag, bureaucracy will say it’s done – and we would have to begin at square one if virus finds its way in again. One virus coming in and catching hold where a number of children are not so well vaccinated and you are going to have a conflagration and this $8-billion invested worldwide and millions of person hours will be in vain.”

(Edited from Globe and Mail article by Stephanie Nolen)

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World Understanding Pathways to Peace

The Rotary District Pathways to Peace Committee was established in 2003 by a small group representing several clubs in Rotary District 5340. As far as we know, it is the only committee of its type in the Rotary world.

Our Vision: Maximize Rotary as an agent for Peace.

Our Mission: Connect Service to Peace; Make Peace a prominent element in all our Rotary thoughts and actions.

Our Structure: A Steering Committee led by Chair Michael Bardin that meets monthly.

Our Goal: To have a strong Peace Chair in each of our 63 clubs. Currently there are 36 that serve as liaison to the Steering Committee and promote peace activities and projects in their respective clubs. Does your club have a Peace Chair?

The month of February is special in the Rotary calendar because it not only designates World Understanding Month but because it includes the anniversary of the first meeting of Rotary held on 23 February 1905, now designated World Understanding and Peace Day. In designating World Understanding Month, the Rotary International board asks all Rotary clubs to plan programs for their weekly meetings and undertake special activities to emphasize understanding and goodwill as essential for world peace.

To observe and celebrate World Understanding Month, Rotary District 5340 and the Pathways to Peace Committee encourage all clubs to go the extra mile in participating this year.

Some examples of club participation include:

• Select a peacemaker from your community and recognize them at a meeting,

• Send a team or two to the Model UN weekend (April 14-15)

• present a Rotary Peace Minute at a meeting

• Sponsor a dialog and invite the community

• Ask your mayor to proclaim February Rotary Peace Month or February 23rd Rotary Peace Day.

• Options are only limited by our imagination.

World Understanding Month provides an opportunity to pause, plan and promote Rotary’s continuing quest for goodwill, understanding and peace among peoples of the world. Let us use this opportunity to make this Rotary quest a reality. World Understanding Month Chairs: Sandra Schrift, schrift@schrift.com and Clara Harris chsplu@cox.net

Submitted by Clara Harris, outreach Chair, Pathways to Peace Committee. Pictured above: Winners of the Rotary Peacemaker Award from left to right Kimberly Stricker runs the Peace Patrol Program at Lexington Avenue Elementary School, Eden Steel, Founder and Executive Directors of Interactions for Peace, and Committee Member Clara Harris

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International Service Thousand Smiles Foundation

Does your club want to experience International Service in a 'hands on' manner? Then Thousand Smiles is a great project for you! Thousand Smiles, founded in 1985, is District 5340's longest continuing project. Quarterly weekend clinics held in Ensenada, Mexico have provided free cleft lip/palate surgeries to underprivileged children for the past 26 years. Opportunities for service are just 75 miles south of San Diego via the toll road. Chartered bus transportation adds to the safety for those who may be at all dubious about south-of-the-border travel.

Surgeons perform an average of fifteen surgeries each clinic weekend, many with multiple procedures. Surgery screening and clinics are held on Friday, with the operations scheduled for the following day. Rotary’s Ensenada facility houses a complete state-of-the-art general dental clinic, audiology, speech therapy, and nutritional counseling. Dedicated volunteer staff from Mexico and the U.S. provide thorough, comprehensive dental and surgical treatment.

As many as 120 patients are given dental care at each clinic. Our general dentistry clinic provides orthodontic appliances and prosthetics. Dental hygienists teach families proper brushing and hygiene techniques; often giving children their first toothbrush. The patients and their families are also given lunch provided by many Rotary Clubs and other kind volunteers. All volunteers assume personal expenses for food, travel and lodging.

What can your club do to help? While medical and dental volunteers are always needed and are a big part of the TSF mission, so are lay volunteers. Many Rotary clubs come down on our chartered bus to provide crafts and do games with the kids. They help with the nutrition lessons, act as translators, provide lunches for the families, and for the volunteers. They help with sterilization, administration, computers, etc. There are numerous service opportunities that don't require medical or dental backgrounds. Professional services, medical supplies, administration and food are provided by Mexican and U.S. Rotarians, as well as the donations from concerned citizens and corporations.

Thousand Smiles has an ongoing need for equipment, supplies and assistance. With more volunteers, additional surgeries can be provided for our kids. You can make a life saving difference in the life of a child with your donation of time, money or grants—and you can volunteer at the Thousand Smiles clinic to experience what your efforts have accomplished! For more information or to volunteer, visit the Thousand Smiles website: http://www.thousandsmiles.org/ or call 619-267-6960. Thousand Smiles is 501(c)(3) foundation.

You can also support Thousand Smiles while having a fun, entertaining evening by attending “So You Think You’ve Got Talent San Diego” put on by Thousand Smiles, Old Mission Rotary and the Francis Parker Interact Club on April 14. Go to: www.gottalentsandiego.com to order tickets or for more information.

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With patriotic red, white and blue graphics gleaming in the Saturday afternoon sun, the De Anza Rescue Unit dedicated a new mobile base station at the Pioneers Museum in Imperial. This used and remodeled toy box was purchased by the volunteer rescue unit and, funded by donations and grants, outfitted to provide air conditioning, rest, radio support, and a helicopter rescue base for their search and rescue organization.

In 1969 Ed Goodell of the San Diego Rescue Unit was called out to search for 7- year- old Keith Riley. The imperial boy and his church group were camping by Mt. Signal in the southern section of the county when he decided to climb the mountain, even after being warned it was off limits. Sadly, the San Diego team eventually located his body, but it was too late for a rescue. That day,

the seed was planted in Goodell that Imperial County needed its own team capable of being mobilized immediately.

Now 43 years later, the highly successful Rescue Unit requires mandatory training which includes their annual “hot training”’ with REACH helicopters. It entails practicing loading gurneys into helicopters with the rotary blades engaged and the engine “hot”. REACH Air generously donates the time of craft and crew to train the De Anza rescue volunteers.

Jeff Green, incoming De Anza president, explained that the search and rescue organization began humbly with a 1950s used box-type trailer. They later upgraded to an old, small school bus and then to a full-size school bus. Since all of these vehicles lacked air conditioning, restrooms, and any electronic features rescue volunteers were basically in the same boat as the lost individuals without cool air in the sweltering summer heat or warmth in the winter. Yet, the set up afforded them a base of operations and a high rate of success.

With the purchase of the 2000 model Sand Tech Toy Box all that has changed. Sponsors, donations and grants have provided a command station that would have cost $280,000 of hard cash if bought outright. Now the remodeled trailer has a satellite, antennae, radio control room with a ham radio, capabilities to speak with search aircraft, and a computer to track the trackers themselves. There is also a restroom, kitchen, and a storage garage for their off-road vehicle.

Jeff Green and Paul Koon (husband of Past Brawley Club President Susan Koon) spent two years running down sponsors, giving talks, and looking for the perfect trailer, Green said. They followed leads over four counties, but each search ended in disappointment with the trailers either too small, too large, too expensive, or too rundown to be of use. Amazingly, a call from Jeff Dickerson in Brawley revealed he had a trailer for sale.

Dickerson had the right price, too. His original asking price was high, but as a little boy, Dickerson himself had been lost in the desert and had been rescued by the De Anza unit. Now he had a chance to give back by lowering the price to what the volunteer unit could afford.

At the dedication ceremony, Sheriff Ray Loera spoke of the lifesaving value of the volunteers. “Nobody at the sheriff’s station has ever said no to any request of the De Anza Rescue Unit. We would put them up against any paid group in the nation. They are second to none.”

County Supervisor Gary Wyatt seconded that sentiment. “They make us incredibly proud. They are completely committed, dedicated and highly trained individuals, and this trailer makes their searches more organized. I guess I won’t have to bring them peanut butter and jelly sandwiches like I had to in the old days.”

As current president Paul Koon said in closing, “We thank our sponsors because without them this trailer would not be possible. And we are can take this out into the hottest, most remote spots, set up our base and search our hearts out, so that others may live.”

District Grant Brawley Helps theDe Anza Rescue Unit

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District Membership Numbers Update

Club NameMembership

ChangeEscondido After Five 29Chula Vista Sunset 26Naval Base San Diego 25Escondido 14Camp Pendleton 6Borrego Springs 5Encinitas Coastal 4La Mesa Sunrise 4San Diego Downtown Breakfast 4San Marcos 4Calexico 3Escondido East 3Escondido Sunrise 3Imperial (Valley Breakfast) 3Rancho Bernardo (San Diego) 3Carlsbad 2Del Mar-Solana Beach Sunrise 2El Cajon Sunset (Bkfst) 2Encinitas 2Oceanside 2San Diego-Paradise Valley 2Valley Center 2Brawley 1Del Mar 1El Centro 1La Jolla 1La Mesa 1Lemon Grove 1Mission Bay (San Diego) 1Rancho San Diego/Spring Valley 1Shadowridge (Vista) 1Vista 1Blythe -1Carlsbad Hi-Noon -1Chula Vista Sunrise -1La Jolla Golden Triangle -1Mission Valley-Sunset, San Diego -1San Diego -1San Diego Uptown Sunrise -1Santee-Lakeside -1Rancho Bernardo Sunrise (San Diego) -2San Diego Coastal -2Torrey Pines (La Jolla) -2Fallbrook Village -3Miramar (San Diego) -3Poway -3Fallbrook -5Chula Vista -10

Total Membership 07-1-11 3,196 Change July 2011 to January 2012 423 New Clubs 80Total Membership 01-26-12 3,238

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In 2007, a group of community leaders from the City of Poway, the Poway Unified School District, and the Poway Chamber of Commerce, created the Poway Community Leadership Institute (PCLI). The program was structured to bring students together once a month for nice nine months.

Students were taught about the structure and workings of the City government, the Redevelopment Agency, the Economic Development components of the City including the Chamber of Commerce, the local Business Park, community emergency preparedness, the school district, the hospital district and the various local service organizations. Each session also included guest speakers on various aspects of leadership and business ethics.

In 2010, the Chamber of Commerce decided it no longer wanted to participate. Pauline Getz, a member of the Poway Club, saw the value of the and realized saw that it could be it as a perfect Vocational Services project for Rotary, as well as a chance to strengthen relationships with the City and the school district. So she worked with the Club Board and the club Foundation to bring PCLI in to the Rotary Club of Poway. The Rotary Club now gets top billing and great visibility.

Pauline, changed the format to a one day "seminar" and lowered the tuition from $500 to $50 to encourage more participation. As a result, 60 students participated. For the noonday meal, the entire Rotary Club participated. The meeting was held at Poway City Hall in the Council Chambers, and ran a regular club meeting, complete with committee reports to demonstrate the kind of things that the club does. The speaker was the keynote PCLI speaker on Leadership.

As one of the "graduation" requirements, each student is required to attend at least one Rotary meeting and at least one other service club meeting. This has resulted in a steady stream of guests at the club's weekly meetings. In addition to club members are now participating in the planning and implementation of the PCLI. Four club members enrolled and took the course.

On January 19, 2012 PCLI held an unprecedented Poway Town Hall meeting to discuss juvenile substance abuse. A standing room only crowd filled Templar’s Hall with another 100+ outside. Also attending were the Mayor, City Council, City Manager, Sheriff’s Department, school officials, treatment providers, coaches, clergy and media.

Pauline and Poway showed a lot of heart - and there was a palpable sense of hope - and it is going the be the start of something big in Poway.

Vocational Service Poway StrengthensCommunity Relations

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Three students from Fallbrook High School began the annual Rotary 4 Way Test speech contest by speakingat a recent meeting of the Rotary Club of Fallbrook. Students pick their own subjects but must include a tie in to the Rotary 4 Way test. Speeches subjects are timely and cover the gamut.

Each year District 5340 Rotary Clubs sponsor High School students to compete. They speak firstat a local Rotary Club. Winners advance to competition with others at other Rotary Clubs in the County. They are limited to 7 minutes and speak without notes. The final competition is held in March at the Marriott Hotel in La Jolla. Fallbrook Rotarian Dick Goodlake is in charge of the speech contest for the District.

In Fallbrook, Nikki Myer placed first and will advance to the next round. Markum and Robbins are alternates. Myer subject was "Father Joe's Village" in San Diego, a model program for serving the homeless. She spent many hours during the holidays donating her time there to better understand homelessness and her subject tobetter prepare her for the Rotary competition.

Photo, courtesy Dr. Doug Clements, shows left to right: Alek Robbins, Kathryn Markham, Margaret O'Leary, Nicole Myers, and Dick Goodlake.

Vocational Service Fallbrook Sponsors4-Way Speech Contestants

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The Rotary Foundation Incentive Program andInformation Access

Rotary reaches major milestones this month

Wow! What an absolutely incredible week! On January 12, the Indian Government and the partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative announced that India had been polio free for one year. On January 17 it was announced that Rotary clubs around the world have succeeded in raising so far $202.6 million in response to a $355 million challenge grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. And then it was announced by Jeff Raikes, CEO of the Gates Foundation, “In recognition of Rotary’s great work, and to inspire Rotarians in the future, the foundation is committing an additional $50 million to extend our partnership.

To date, Rotary club members worldwide have contributed more than $1 billion toward the eradication of polio, since we took up the cause in 1985. But our work is not finished. We will succeed — however long it takes, and whatever the cost!

A number of Club Rotary Foundation Chairs were present at the Club President's Mid-Term Meeting. It’s purpose was to provide ideas and tools to assist the clubs in reaching their goals. We were greeted that morning by RI President Nominee Ron Burton, and PDG Helene Kalfuss brought an inspirational message we all took to heart.

A NEW PROGRAM for donors who haven't given in the last 5 years was announced. For each person who donates $100 or more, the club will receive a Rotary watch autographed by RIP Kalyan Banerjee. For those who donate between $25 and $99, the club will receive a Rotary theme scarf or tie.

“How much have I contributed to The Rotary Foundation?”

Have you ever wondered how close you are to a Paul Harris Fellowship? Has a club member ever wondered how to find out their contribution history?

All Rotarians can check their own Rotary Foundation contribution history by using MEMBERSHIP ACCESS on the upper right hand corder of www.rotary.org. Try it yourself - and then teach your club members how to use this very handy feature of the RI website.

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Foundation News Club Contribution Update

Club APF Per CapitaLa Mesa $ 229.04Rancho Bernardo (San Diego) $ 221.34Vista $ 215.37La Mesa Sunrise $ 206.80Del Mar-Solana Beach Sunrise $ 192.48Escondido Sunrise $ 184.39Del Mar $ 151.23Rancho Santa Fe $ 149.09Carlsbad $ 147.69Encinitas Coastal $ 144.94Mission Valley (San Diego) $ 139.80San Diego Downtown Breakfast $ 130.75Oceanside $ 130.57Torrey Pines (La Jolla) $ 129.75Fallbrook $ 127.19La Jolla Golden Triangle $ 123.74Imperial (Valley Breakfast) $ 117.39San Marcos $ 116.21Borrego Springs $ 109.13El Camino Real $ 108.72San Diego Coastal $ 108.33Encinitas $ 94.62El Centro $ 84.34Rancho San Diego/Spring Valley $ 83.33Lemon Grove $ 82.35Mission Valley-Sunset, San Diego $ 81.11Blythe $ 77.50Shadowridge (Vista) $ 73.88Coronado $ 71.03Ramona $ 66.03San Luis Rey (Oceanside) $ 65.97National City $ 65.88Escondido East $ 65.70Santee-Lakeside $ 64.55Mission Bay (San Diego) $ 58.13San Diego $ 54.36Poway $ 51.19Point Loma (San Diego) $ 48.29El Cajon $ 43.52Brawley $ 40.54Valley Center $ 38.65Carlsbad Hi-Noon $ 36.78San Diego-Paradise Valley $ 35.71El Cajon Sunset $ 30.91Old Mission (San Diego) $ 24.22Southeast San Diego $ 23.68Escondido $ 22.47Chula Vista $ 20.43Holtville $ 17.65Miramar $ 17.19Calexico $ 15.00San Diego North $ 13.86Bonsall $ 11.56Rancho Bernardo Sunrise $ 9.51La Jolla $ 8.04La Jolla Sunrise $ 6.85Camp Pendleton $ 5.77Chula Vista Sunrise 0.00Chula Vista Sunset 0.00Escondido After Five 0.00Fallbrook Village 0.00Naval Base San Diego 0.00San Diego Uptown Sunrise 0.00

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RI President-elect Sakuji Tanaka unveiled the 2012-13 RI theme, Peace Through Service, during the opening

plenary session of the 2012 International Assembly, a training event for incoming Rotary district governors. He will

ask Rotarians to build Peace Through Service in 2012-13.

"Peace, in all of the ways that we can understand it, is a real goal and a realistic goal for Rotary," he said. "Peace is

not something that can only be achieved through agreements, by governments, or through heroic struggles. It is

something that we can find and that we can achieve, every day and in many simple ways."

“In Rotary, our business is not profit. Our business is peace,” he said. “Our reward is not financial, but the

happiness and satisfaction of seeing a better, more peaceful world, one that we have achieved through our own

efforts.”

RI News Unveiling the2012-2013 Theme

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Rotary Fellowships are autonomous, international groups of Rotarians, Rotarian spouses, and Rotaractors who join together to:

· Share a common interest in worthwhile recreational activities (sports, hobbies, etc.)· Further their vocational development through acquaintance with others of the same profession· Make new friends around the world· Explore new opportunities for service· Have fun and enhance their Rotary experience Some members of our clubs belong to Fellowships of Flying Rotarians, Single Rotarians, Quilters, and numerous others. If you would like to get involved go to www.rotary.org/fellowships

RI News Rotary Fellowships

The Antique, Classic and Historic Automobile Fellowship of Rotarians (ACHAFR) is seeking new members. As they continue to grow, you will be able to see more local car activities with your fellow Rotarians.

ACHAFR members who are also club members in good standing can helpclubs put on a car show, as well as offer support with marketing and planning. For more information contact Joanne Pistorius (813) 714-1019 joanne@transflor.com or visitwww.ACHAFR.com

THIS MONTH WE WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT COLLECTIBLE CARE ENTHUSIASTS...

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Polio Plus: Rotary’s obligation to the children of the worldOur Goal is Global Polio Eradication!

6,000,000 Children Saved from Polio Paralysis since 1985!

Polio Eradication UpdateFor The Week Ending 01/21/12

Total paralysis cases Year-to-date 2011 Thru this date in 2010 Total in 2010Globally 642 940 1,352- in endemic countries: 335 227 232- in non-endemic countries: 307 713 1,120

New Polio cases reported in the last week:Pakistan 6, Afghanistan 4, India 0, Nigeria 5, Chad 1

RI News Polio Update

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Passion PicsDISTRICT PHOTO

Top Left Clockwise: Parade of Flags International Assembly, same, Thousand Smiles, same, same, Preparing for PETS, Vista Hospitality Party; Center same

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District Calendar

District Events

February 3-4 Thousand Smiles Clinic, Ensenada

February 12 Zone Assembly, Santa Ana, CA

Feb 23-26 PETS

March 24, 2012 District Assembly San Diego

March 31, 2012 District Assembly Imperial Valley

April 10 District Council, University of San Diego

April 14-15 Model United Nations

April 14 Grant Management Seminar

April 20-22 RYLA for High School Juniors

April 28 Rotarians at Work

May 4-5 Thousand Smiles Clinic, Ensenada

May 6-9 RI Convention, Bangkok

May 16 Four Way Test Speech Contest

June 12 District Council - Awards Dinner

UNITED AIRLINES AND ROTARY PARTNERS...

Rotary receives about 2.5 million United airline miles for humanitarian projects Thank you for your participation in United's 10 Million Charity Miles Giveaway. We couldn't have done it without your participation and persistence.

For the miles giveaway, we officially came in second place and will receive 2,488,070 charity miles from United.

Rotarians will use the miles for humanitarian missions, such as transporting sick children to hospitals.

Although the giveaway wasn't announced in advance, Rotarians and friends of Rotary quickly and enthusiastically got the word out through social media, and we went from 18th place to second place. This enabled us to receive a larger portion of the 10 million airline miles that United was donating. In addition, we congratulate the Shriners, who took first place.

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