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President's Message, Announcements,

Rotary Foundation Moment, Program

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President's Message - 8-18-17

Posted by Michael Henstra on Aug 18, 2017

Greetings fellow Rotarians and guests!

Welcome to the

Rotary E-Club of One World!

I am happy to inform you that our friend and Carpinteria Morning Rotarian, Art Fisher, has notified us that our E-Club of One World’s International Service Solar Lights project is on it’s way to helping 67 beneficiaries in three regions of our One World!

Thanks to Solar Lights donors Mitch Wood, David Wood, Bill Boyd, Nabil Bedewi, Amanda Richards, Gregg Persall, Suresh Ranade, Nancy Jeffrey, Thoko Mkwanazi, Frank Tripicchio and Susan Weaver for Making a Difference!

The lights will be distributed as follows:

Fifteen lights arrived in the Himalayas and have been distributed to villagers (our club paid the shipping).
Twenty-six lights are on there way to Zimbabwe via OWR member Thoko Mkwanazi in Tennessee who has arranged their shipping to Thekwane School and will require a three month boat trip to Zimbabwe.
Twenty-six lights will be taken by Art’s Ghana contact, Mark Malangko, to St. Augustine’s Technical School in Ghana on 9 September.

Well done!

REMINDER, if you haven't already done so, please consider donating $5 or more to the Rotary Rose Parade Float Committee by clicking on the Rose to the right. We will provide this opportunity for you to help trough the end of August. Let's show Barry we support him and the RRPFC and all their efforts to bring the Rotary Rose Parade Float to the world!

Thank you!

We are Rotarians "Making A Difference!"

See y'all next week!

Rotarily. . .

Announcements - 8-18-17

NEW Website Feature - Member Locator

Webmaster Nabil developed a page where you can locate members on a world map along with options for contacting them. Follow this link and check it out! http://portal.clubrunner.ca/9201/Page/member-only-locator (requires login) You can also access it from our "Membership" drop down on our website menu bar.

Give it a try and give us your feedback.

District Conference - Celebrate by Registering!

Have you registered for the 2017 District Conference in Ventura yet? If not, now is the time! The conference will be October 6-8, 2017, at the Ventura Beach Marriott. Highlights include:

Aloha Welcome Reception
Amazing Speakers
Celebration Dinner with fantastic music by the Sgt. Pepper Band
Project Expo
Excursions
Raffle to Eradicate Polio
Rotaract 50th Anniversary Celebration
Loads of Fun and Fellowship!

Go to rotary5240.com for more information and to register and make your hotel reservation. Watch the District Conference 2017 Promo Video.

Attention One World Rotary Club Members!

Please report your volunteer service hours using this form:

http://oneworldrotary.org/page/member-service-reporting

And your makeup meeting or activity using this form:

(NOTE: This link is for One World Rotary E-Club members only)

http://oneworldrotary.org/page/member-makeup-reporting

Member Spotlights

In case you missed any of our previous Member Spotlights or would like to see any of them again, we have them all on a Member Spotlight Playlist. You can also access this list on the ZOOM Recordings link under Membership > Members Only area on our website menu bar. To schedule your Member Spotlight, contact Vocational Service Director Ken Meyer or Club Service Director David Wood.

Improving Healthcare in developing countries through electronic health record and clinical measurement devices:

http://oneworldrotary.org/Stories/improving-healthcare-in-developing-countries-through-electronic-health-record-and-clinical-measurement-devices

Become a One World Website Sponsor

Help support our Rotary club and become a website sponsor. For your $100 donation we will add your logo and your URL to our homepage for one year. Contact Webmaster Nabil or President Michael for details.

Rotary Foundation Moment - 8-18-17

Because of You!

By giving to The Rotary Foundation during our centennial year, you joined more donors than ever in empowering our Foundation to take on larger projects with greater impact. From developing nationwide literacy programs to training tomorrow’s peacemakers to helping push polio to the brink of eradication, your donation is Doing Good in the World.

(If you cannot see the video below on your device, click here).

Thank you for celebrating this tremendous milestone by giving. The Foundation’s second century — and the future of all who depend on its work — will be brighter because of you.

Donate to TRF today!

Rotary Convention 2018 Toronto
24-27 Jun 2018
Toronto, Canada

(If you cannot see the video below on your device, click here).

Inspiration Around Every Corner

Program: Our South Africa Journey - Part 2

Posted by Bill Boyd on Aug 18, 2017

Our South Africa Journey and

Hosting by Members of the Rotary International Travel and
Hosting Fellowship (ITHF) and Friendship Force International (FFI)
February 9 through March 13, 2015

by OWR Rotarian Bill Boyd

Bill and Sandy Boyd at Monkey Land

Follow-up to our South Africa Journey

Subsequent to our South Africa Journey, my wife Sandy sent the following photo and an email to the Rotarian Magazine regarding our stay in the Durban area:

About the Photo and the

Rotary Project

Our first destination was Phakama, a small rectangular community center supported in part by the Hillcrest Rotary club, the Catholic Church and Embo Craft, training and craft facility founded by the local Lions Club. We met the center coordinator Mr. Shandu, also Linda Venton of Embo Craft and other locals in the parking lot. They led us inside one half of the building, which was operating as a sewing center training facility for about 20 Zulu seniors. Both men and women were sitting at manual sewing machines, learning to sew. The above photo which Sandy submitted was of one of these seniors.