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Rotary District 5000 2009—2010 District Governor

Lisa Foster

Volume 09/10 Issue 9 APRIL IS MAGAZINE MONTH

In this Issue:

∗ DG Lisa’s Message

∗ April is Magazine Month

∗ Walk to End Polio a Success! Page 2

∗ Walk to End Polio-More Photod

∗ What is Post Polio Syndrome? Page 3

∗ Walk to End Polio-More Photos! Page 4

∗ Walk to End Polio-More Photos!

∗ Rotary’s 105th Birthday Page 5

∗ International Service Project Page 6

∗ Rotarians at Work Day

∗ The Permanent Fund

∗ Rotary Action Groups Page 7

∗ D5000 GSE Team to Thailand Page 8

∗ DG Lisa: The Children of Cambodia Page 9

∗ 2009-2010 Awards Ceremony

∗ Installation Recognition

∗ Roto-Olympics

THE FOUR WAY TEST OF THE THINGS WE THINK

SAY OR DO

1st IS IT THE TRUTH? He ‘oia ‘i’o kēia?

2nd IS IT FAIR TO ALL

CONCERNED? He kūpono iā kākoku?

3rd WILL IT BUILD GOOD

WILL AND BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?

He kūkului ka lokomaikai’i a me ka pilialoha ma waiena

o kākou?

4th WILL IT BE BENEFICIAL TO ALL

CONCERNED? He pōno la kākou?

Dear Rotarians,

The Rotarian magazine began as one of Rotary’s oldest traditions in January 1911, as a 12-page tabloid called The National Rotarian. The first issue contained an essay written by Rotary Founder, Paul Harris, called “Rational Rotarianism.” The newsletter also included club news and advertisements and approximately 2,000 copies were published that year. Soon after, the magazine was published monthly. Later in 1912, the name of the magazine was changed to The Rotarian by a vote at the Rotary International Convention.

The RI Board of Directors designated the month of April as “Magazine Month.” The Rotarian is edited at RI headquarters in Evanston, Illinois and has a circulation of about 500,000. Through this broad network of information, The Rotary World Magazine Press consists of 32 magazines from Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia, and Europe that inform, inspire, and entertain in 25 languages. In addition to The Rotarian, Rotary’s English-language flagship publication, offers magazines such as Vida Rotaria (Argentina), Rotary in Bulgaria, and The Rotary-no-Tomo (Japan). The total circulation of the Rotary World Magazine Press is 1.25 million! The RI Bylaws require all club members to subscribe to The Rotarian or a Rotary regional magazine.

DISTRICT GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE

Terrific Planning by WEP Committee! Over 250 Rotarians, families, friends, visitors, Interactors, Rotaractors and members of the Post Polio Network joined together on a beautiful Satur-day morning for fun, food, great music and a jaunty walk around Magic Island and Ala Moana Beach Park. Emcee Sean Hoban, President of the Rotary Club of Honolulu Pau Hana, got everyone off to a roaring start with introductions, instructions, and a blessing by the Reverend George Scott of Punahou School. Tina Yap of the Rotary Club of Metropolitan Honolulu piped the Post Polio Network participants around Magic Island (chicken skin moment) and then the whole group was off and walking (ok - a couple of them ran!) as rock band extraordinaire Puna Rock (a group of Punahou teachers who would put many professional groups to shame) provided music that really got the blood moving. They played all morning - adding a fantastic party atmosphere to the event. The Rotary Clubs of Honolulu Sunset, Waikiki, and East Honolulu cooked and shared hot dogs, kalbi ribs (yummy!) chicken, salads, brownies, and lots of snacks with all the participants. Thank you to all the Rotarians who came out and participated and to everyone who made dona-tions and bought bracelets and raised funds. And a big thank you to the Rotary Club of Volcano for setting up a collection table on Saturday and to the Kauai Rotarians who made donations at their District Assembly. Together, LET’S KICK POLIO OUT OF THIS WORLD!

WALK TO END POLIO A SUCCESS!

District 5000...The Future of Rotary is in Your Hands

More Walk to End Polio Photos!

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What is post-polio syndrome?

Post-polio syndrome (PPS) is a condition that affects polio survivors years after recovery from an initial acute attack of the poliomyelitis virus. PPS is mainly characterized by new weakening in muscles that were previously affected by the polio infection and in muscles that seemingly were unaffected. Symp-toms include slowly progressive muscle weakness, unaccustomed fatigue (both generalized and mus-cular), and, at times, muscle atrophy. Pain from joint degeneration and increasing skeletal deformities such as scoliosis are common. Some patients experience only minor symptoms. While less common,

others may develop visible muscle atrophy, or wasting.



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Shirley Sypert & Laura Steelquist

The Walk to End Polio was a District-wide team effort! Members of five District 5000 Rotary Clubs appeared on the Perry and Price Morning show at Jimmy Buffet’s Restaurant on Sunday, March 6, 2010 to promote the Second Annual Walk to End Polio that took place on Saturday, March 20, 8-12 Noon at Ala Moana Beach Park!

Walk to End Polio, the R.C. of Pahoa Way!

The Rotary Club of Pahoa “participated” in their own Walk to End Polio, the Pahoa Way! Club members joined the victory celebration parade of the Pahoa Basket-ball Team who won the State Championship as they marched down the main street in Pahoa. While club members marched in the Parade, others collected do-nations and gave out material about Polio and Rotary. Way to go!



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Rotary’s 105th Birthday Celebration!

The Rotary Club of Pahoa Sunset on Tuesday, February 23rd celebrated the 105th

Birthday of Rotary International at our regular meeting, which took place at Ake-

bono Theater in Pahoa. We showed the DVD Conversations with Paul Harris by

Cliff Dochterman. This DVD is a must see, lots of laughter and the evening was a

great success. We also presented our first Community Service Award this year to

Elizabeth “Liz” Salfen, for outstanding service to families in our community, here in

the Pahoa area. Liz is in the center with a lei.

International

Service:

Rotary Club of Honolulu Pau Hana Rises to the Occasion! One Project – Many Benefits Rotary International Teams with United States Coast Guard Providing Donations to Pacific Islanders. HONOLULU — (December 14, 2009) In the Fall of 2009, the USCG Cutter Kukui requested help collecting clothing donations to assist Pacific Island communities during the holiday sea-son. The Rotary Club of Honolulu Pau Hana rose to the challenge. Pau Hana Club member, Sue Heinz, a Contractor assigned to the USCG District 14 Response Division in Honolulu, together, with the Cutter Kukui Ops Officer, Lt. Jillian Malzone, created a plan to leverage the vast Rotary network to help Kukui with her challenge. The Rotary Club of Honolulu Pau Hana would collect quality donations to be distributed and Kukui graciously of-fered to provide a Vocational site visit for the club members on the Cutter. Pau Hana Vocational Service Chair Lawrence Van Hoey was thrilled and jumped right into the planning by organizing the Site Visit and conducting a donation mini-drive at the Diamond Head Unity Church. The Rotary Club and USCG District 14 had collected, sorted and packed over 90 boxes. Club members asked family and friends to donate gently used clothing and new school supplies. Ro-tary donations were collected during the Pau Hana meetings for the month of October. Mean-while District 14 personnel brought their donations to the International Affairs office. Unfortu-nately, due to unforeseen evolutions, the USCG Cutter Kukui was not available to deliver the donations.

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The Rotary Foundation

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Submitted by Dave, District 5000 Permanent Fund Chair

I am really excited about the way you have all recognized the increased importance that the Permanent Fund will have in the future and the enthusiastic way you have responded. For the seven months ending in January of this year the number of new Benefactors and Bequest Society members is far ahead of the totals from the past three years combined. Please keep up the good work. There are three months to go in this Rotary year and each new commitment is important. In talking to Rotarians throughout the District, I have met many who have established Charitable Gift Annuities or Charitable Remainder Trusts in which the Permanent Fund of the Rotary Foundation is one of the beneficiaries, yet they have not notified Rotary. In many of these cases the annuity or trust was set up through another organization such as the benefactors alma mater or favorite charity with Rotary as a secondary beneficiary. The main reasons I have for not advising Rotary are the fact that they are a secondary beneficiary and also because they cash value of what they bequest will be at the time it is realized is uncertain. If you are in this category you should make it known to Rotary. On the simple Bequest Society Membership Card there is a line that says:“The amount to The Rotary Foundation will be ________% and/or US$________.”You can fill in either a dollar amount or a percentage of your annuity or trust. If it is a percentage you should put in the estimated current value in to US$ blank. You will receive the level of recognition (pins and crystals) based on the estimated current value. Please remember that for all Benefactors and Bequest Society commitments you should mark SHARE so that a portion of the earnings will be returned to the District in the form of District Designated Funds.

The Permanent Fund

ROTARIANS AT WORK DAY April 24, 2010 is drawing near. If you have not already done so, now is the time to plan your event for this years community service day “Rotarians at Work”. Please provide your project information to John Nie at [email protected]. This information will then be posted on the District 5000 web site. After the event you will be asked to provide information on the number of Rotarians and non Rotarians that participated. If you still have not identified a project, look at past tips or in the Community Service section of the District WEB site or at the RI site About Rotarians at Work Day

Rotarians At Work Day happens the last Saturday in April each year. It started in 2006 as a joint effort between two Rotary Districts (one in the United States and one in Mexico), Rotarians at Work Day continues to grow. Each year, Clubs around the world identify a hands-on project that all members can participate in to help their local community. This day is a great way to revitalize your Club, bring in new members, and generate publicity for Rotary.

Submitted by Dave Berry, RAGS Chair

Last month we featured the RAG Disaster Relief. This seemed appropriate because of the

recent major disaster in Haiti. I have been hearing for the past month about how our

District Rotarians have so generously responded to the Haiti disaster and it makes me

very proud to be a Rotarian. Just one example is from the Rotary Club of Kona. They

passed the hat a one meeting and raised enough to send three shelter boxes to those in

heed in Haiti. My hat is off to all of you who assisted in this massive relief effort. This

month our featured RAG is Rotarians For Fighting AIDS. Every day over 8,000 people in

Africa die from AIDS. The AIDS pandemic there has left more than 1.2 million orphans

without food, shelter, care and the ability to improve their lives through education. This

RAG has started the Orphan Rescue Program in a partnership with The African Network

for Children Orphaned and At Risk. They received an 8.1 million grant in USAID funds

and the program currently provides for 146,000 orphans. They have also established Kids

Clubs throughout Africa. There are currently over 200 clubs in seven countries that are

caring for over 20,000 kids. The kids meet weekly in groups of 20 to 50 and receive basic

care and extended support to their caregivers. To learn more about this RAG go to their

web site www.rffa.org

Rotary Action Groups (RAGS)

GSE Journal Excerpts….

Fri 2/19 4:00 P Arrive Narita, Tokyo – 2 hrs, 35 min layover 8:35 P Depart Narita for Bangkok – UA #881 (7 hr, 10 min) (Blue – Must be presentable) 11:45 P Arrive Bangkok Airport – met by D3350 delegation and taken to Lily Mansion Hotel

(Lily Mansion, 24/1 Soi Sukhumvit 68, Sukhumvit Rd., Bangna Bangkok)

We were met when we exited the plane by Oradee and her Customs friend … so we never changed into our blue shirts. We were all in casual sweats, t-shirts, etc … not very “team” like … but they did not seem to matter. We were wisked through customs and met at the baggage by Kich … and his son with a banner welcoming the GSE Team … took some pictures and went to Lily Mansion for the night. Sat 2/20 Purple - casual Brunch at Lily Mansion - Afternoon Education Tour – Ancient City (hosted by Pat and Nu) Eve Chareon-Nakorn (blazers and

nice muu-muu) fund raising event at Tawana Hotel (plan for Introductions) (everyone is wearing pink!)

Pat and Nu took us to the Ancient City park … toured around on a tram visiting the many replica sites of Thailand … quite interesting and picturesque. Went to the fund raising event for Chareon-Nakorn RC. introduction to the spicy Thai food. Everyone was dressed to the nine’s in pink … they also song Karaoke (not everyone was a star)! Met the YE group … they also modeled clothes, etc. 6:00 P Welcome party at Nine Thai Restaurant by Thai Rotarians. Host family (2/20 to 2/25) Hal- PP


D5000 GSE Team in Thailand and Cambodia

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District Governor: The Children of Cambodia: Building Peace One Child at a Time

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After attending the District 3350’s District Conference in Pattaya, Thailand, the feeling of anticipation began to build within me as I prepared to return to Cambo-dia to see my children, Mary and Mara, my “foster” daughter and son at at Fu-ture Light Orphanage (FLO) in Phnom Penh.

FLO is the home of over 270 orphans in Cambodia. The name Future Light Or-phanage or FLO, represents the mission of the orphanage to provide children with learning skills and opportunities necessary to lift themselves out of poverty towards a brighter future, and become future leaders of Cambodia.

It was two years ago that I journeyed to Cambodia for the first time since hear-ing about FLO from PDG Hal Darcey and his wife, Lei, and the selfless work of Rob Hail, Rotarian from the Rotary Club of Honolulu Sunrise. I remember when I first entered the secured and guarded entrance way to FLO. The children had gathered in two lines to greet the visitors, or “foreigners” as visitors are sometimes referred to as. The simplicity and the care of the orphanage with ponds, gardens, fruit trees and dirt pathways, reminded me of small village with a heartbeat of its own. The smiling faces of the children captivated me, their curiosity and enthusiasm were refreshing, in spite of the intense heat of the sun’s rays, and amidst the poverty of the people of Cambodia.

I had no intention of “adopting” a child, or becoming an “email foster parent.” But before my stay at the orphanage ended, I became a “mother” to a sister and brother. “Oh my gosh,” I lamented, “how am I going to explain this to my husband, Brad, when I return to Hawaii?”

Upon entering FLO once again last week, the familiar lines of children, in their “official” greeting clothes of white shirts and black pants, caught me eye. Among the sea of young faces, I strained to see Mary and Mara. I could not find them, there were so many children there. Then from the corner of my eye, I saw the two beautiful faces of my children approaching me. I was wearing dark sunglasses, and as they came toward me, I felt my eyes well with tears. I hugged both of them the same time, and Mary presented me with a beautiful, sweet smelling lei of flowers that she had strewn for my wrist. They smelled so aromatic like pikake flowers, one of my favorite flowers in Ha-waii! Mary, in her soft voice that is so familiar to me, whispered, “Mom, we missed you!” I looked at her soft brown eyes, and that of Mara’s, and I knew that I had come “home” again to a place of love, friendship and beauty. Most of all, I had returned to a place that was truly building a world at peace, one child at a time.

For further information about FLO, contact Hal Darcey at [email protected], or Lei Darcey at [email protected]


2009-2010 Awards Ceremony and 2010-2011 Installation & Team Recognitions

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District Conference

September 10-12, 2010

Kapa’a, Kaua’i

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