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Program summary SOS

S-O-S:  Save Our Students

Nancy Aita, center, introduces Julie Waters, MS, current Director of SOS.  Support Our Students, the product largely of founder and Sonoma State University Professor Mark Doolittle.  Following Mark's death in June 2014 at just 65, then counselor Julie took the mantle of leadership and transitioned the organization forward, keeping Mark's vision and Sonoma County students access to excellent counseling services alive.  

With strong collaboration between schools, family, law enforcement, counselors provide support to troubled teens and their parents.  Schools sponsor Project Success, empowering young people to continue their education and develop healthy coping strategies.  With supervision, counseling students from Sonoma State University, San Francisco State, and the Wright Institute  reach non and under-insured clients.

High School student Lizette related her gratitude for Project Success, and the compassion her counselor brought as one who had also lost her mother to cancer while in high school.

Flash, a seasoned counselor expressed heartfelt, tearful passion for his privilege of working with SOS clients and staff.

Madeline spoke of her gratitude of training with founder Dr. Mark Doolittle.

Hilary informed us of the age range of clients, not just students served in SOS Clinics:  4 years to 62 years.

Tom Newell a SSU teacher summarized everyone's professional pride:  SOS is high calibre psychotherapy.  Dr. Doolittle asserted that "counseling is a basic human right, everyone deserves it".  His legacy reflected in his proteges attests to the power of his commitment!

 
 

Support Our Students web site is www.soscoundeling.org.  A former article on Dr Doolittle is in the February 10 archived issue of this Bulletin, and details the 1991 collaborative history of Santa Rosa Rotary Clubs in launching what is now Support Our Students.

 
 
Meeting Highlights May 26 2016

Seen and Heard

 

Above, Past President and inveterate Fisherman Mike Kelly brings back Pralines from his fishing safari with Capt. Dude in Louisiana. Mike's Facebook page shows the real catches!

Nothing fishy about Noel's Greeting.  She did double duty as Greeter and presenter of her savory sampled Craft Talk.

Michael Riel 'fessed up to his frequent flights to Portugal (business of corks)!  Millions of pounds in fact, and he does not carry them on.  They make their way to California to his company's premium wine cork factory.

Membership Chair Marty Behr reminds of Friday's upcoming Social at St Francis Winery, 3:00-5:00.  In fact it lasted til 5:30 and was much enjoyed by Marty, Rich, Del, Randy & Kathryn, Don & Wendy and guests Bob & Lindsey.  The winery will be the venue for additional summer soirees when St Francis movies on-the-green commence in July.

Carolyn Anderson, Club Rotary Foundation Chair beams proudly as she announces the remarkable progress on the Elsie Allen High School FFA (Future Farmers of America) fabulous Bunny Barn matching grant project.  Husband George looks on with cool sweat equity satisfaction, knowing his hands and mind helped craft the virtual palace.  Other Sunrise constructors include Leroy Carlenzoli, Jim Moir, Max Childs and Rich Randolph.  The "Grand Opening" of the barn will take place Tuesday May 31 between 7:00 PM and 7:30 PM, on site.  This building is a tribute to fine planning, skills and many hands making light work.

 
News from Korea

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Dicksie Tamanaha, Sunrise Rotarian is greeted at the National Ballet by Korean girls in traditional bun hairdos.

More than 42,000 Rotary members from over 100 countries will come together in Korea to celebrate Rotary.

 

Korea is playing host to Rotary's largest event of the year, its annual convention. More than 42,000 Rotary members from over 100 countries will come together this month to celebrate service, exchange ideas, and relax among friends at unforgettable concerts and social events. The convention runs from 28 May to 1 June.

Attendees will hear from renowned experts in areas of peace, global health, and human rights.

Our will include photos, videos, a live blog, and social media pages

World Water Summit

Immediately before the convention, the Water and Sanitation Rotarian Action Group will host its annual World Water Summit on 27 May, focusing on sustainable strategies for bringing water, sanitation, and hygiene to all communities around the world. The event will feature speeches from experts in the field, including Gary White of Water.org and Sanjay Wijesekera, Chief of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene for UNICEF.

3K Walk for Peace

Attendees, wearing the traditional garb of their home countries, will walk in solidarity for a more peaceful world in the 3K Walk for Peace on 28 May. The event will be complemented by the Rotary Way exhibit, featuring photographs of 111 years of Rotary service.

Convention speakers

Speakers from 29 May to 1 June include:

  • , family violence activist and 2015 Australian of the Year

  • , CEO of International Justice Mission

  • Gary Knell, president and CEO of National Geographic Society

  • , former rugby star

  • Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe

20-May-2016

More to come from Dicksie, reporting live from Seoul!

 

Link to all of Dicksie's Convention Photos:

http://content.clubrunner.ca/4124/Photo/List?AlbumId=60288386-467e-48a1-8e08-c855d9c75a68

 

 

 

Craft Talk ~~ Noel Glab

From GMI to Non-GMO

With a mind geared well for organizational management as well as nutritional creativity Noel brought her administrative training at Michigan's General Motors Institute (GMI) to California and hybridized her focus into food retail and now in production.  Her business acumen at Silicon Valley 's Shugart Electronics and Sun Microsystems quickly morphed to the Northbay, where she co-founded G and G Grocery Markets.  Noel's creativity also transformed Ceres, the County meals-on-wheels kitchen/distributor to become its' own revenue stream as well,  by producing high quality food for retail sale on their website.  Not content to just sell food, Noel and her husband Chris managed to raise daughter Alex now 27 and Nate 25.  Alex works in San Francisco also in nutritional foods while Nate is teaching English in Central America.

In 2011 Noel and Chris established "Wildbrine" with 5 employees in a small warehouse.  Today the venture employs 75 and produces 320,000 pounds of organic, highly nutritious, probiotic brined cuisine.  Featured at Olivers, Safeway, Trader Joe's and Whole Foods, these sauerkraut style, fermented savories were provided for our sampling by Noel.  Gluten free, non-genetically modified (non-GMO), raw and vegan, these colorfully packaged foods found many new flavor fans.  Thank you Noel, and Wildbrine for a gustatory jump start to the day! 

 
 
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Photo of the Week

 

 

On a regular basis, our resident photo pros Warren Smith and Ross Andress submit pictures of what is going on at the weekly meetings. You can always find the most recent pictures at the websites photo journal called "Meeting Sighting" Please note that all the meeting photos for the entire Rotary year are at this location with the most recent on the last page.

Thanks for all the great pictures Warren and Ross! Link to Meeting Sightings. The most recent are on the last page!

Additional photos may be found on the SR Sunrise Facebook Page.

 

 

News From RI

UN chief Ban Ki-moon opens Korea convention

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon indicates that we are “This Close” to ending polio because of Rotary’s great work, during the opening session of the Rotary Convention in Korea on Sunday, 29 May.

 

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was among the first to welcome Rotary members and friends to the 107th Rotary Convention, heralded as one of the largest-ever gatherings of Rotarians and the most multicultural assembly of nonprofit leaders in Korea.

He offered a message of gratitude: “Rotarians do remarkable work around the world,” Ban told the thousands of attendees gathered at KINTEX, the Korea International Exhibition and Convention Center in Goyang city, on the outskirts of Seoul. “You help the United Nations reach our goals, and you help the world understand the United Nations.”

He described Allan Albert, the former Rotary president who, 70 years ago this month, participated in discussions that led to the formation of the UN, as “a passionate defender of human understanding who called for people to be real factors in real peace. Together we are working to realize this vision.”

Ban, the Korean national who has led the UN and its ambitious development agenda since 2007, thanked Rotary for its leadership and commitment to humanitarian causes. He highlighted Rotary’s contributions to the fight against polio, in both funding and advocacy.

“The United Nations is proud to be a partner in ending this debilitating disease,” he said, referring to UNICEF’s role in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. “We must keep up the fight. Please continue to raise your voices, hold your governments accountable, and campaign hard.”

The opening session on Sunday morning was infused with local flavor: drummers, dancers, and martial artists warmed up the crowd with K-pop and tae kwon do before the formal remarks began.

Paul Harris makes a surprise appearance

An animated hologram of Rotary founder Paul Harris joined RI President K.R. Ravindran on stage. After telling Harris about Rotary’s progress, Ravindran greeted attendees and reflected on his term as Rotary president, including a recent decision by the Council on Legislation to grant clubs more flexibility and autonomy.

“The traditional Rotary model, of weekly meetings and meals, may not be a viable proposition to the professionals of all ages we most need to attract,” Ravindran said. “Your Council made more progressive changes to our constitution than any Council in history — with an eye to a future in which the business of Rotary will be conducted on a level more ambitious than ever before.”

Special guests included prime ministers Hwang Kyo-ahn of South Korea, and Ranil Wickremesinghe of Ravindran’s native Sri Lanka.

Hwang, who was the charter president of the Rotary Club of Seoul before he served as minister of justice, spoke about Rotary’s history and presence in South Korea, now the fourth-strongest Rotary country in terms of membership and one of the strongest supporters of The Rotary Foundation, per capita.

“Ours is a nation built on the ruins of war,” he said. “Our recovery from those dark days has been called a miracle, but it is the kind of miracle that Rotary knows well: of many hands working together to achieve a common goal that could not have been achieved alone.”

Wickremesinghe described polio’s unlikely exit from his own war-torn nation 20 years ago. He also gave a government official’s perspective on the interplay between government and service organizations such as Rotary.

“A Rotary club provides a country with something that every community in every country needs.” He said it complements the government’s work “by offering a way for people who want to make a difference in their community to do it for themselves, together, without having to run for office first.”

Walk for peace

In the days and weeks before the convention kicked off, an estimated 43,000 attendees from 160 countries arrived in Seoul, announcing their presence with a parade through the city center on Saturday.

Several thousand participants, many clad in the traditional attire of their home countries, gathered in front of city hall to join in the 3K Walk for Peace. The route to Gwanghwamun Square led participants past the “Rotary Way” photography exhibit featuring images of Rotary service, set against the mountainous backdrop of Bukhansan National Park in the distance.

Sue and Jim Dunlop, members of the Rotary Club of Geelong East, Victoria, were proud to represent Australia at the walk. Before they arrived in Seoul, the Dunlops explored the Korean countryside on one of the Host Organization Committee tours, sampling local fare and mingling with fellow members.

Sue said she savored the vibrant multicultural atmosphere that filled Gwanghwamun Square on Saturday. Her musings about the 3K Walk for Peace could have applied just as easily to the convention itself: “If events like this could happen all the time, in every city around the world, wouldn’t it be wonderful?”

29-May-2016

 
 
More News from RI

Global movement needed to reverse water crisis

Gary White, chief executive and co-founder of Water.org, explains his organization’s microfinance program to attendees at the World Water Summit in Seoul on Friday, 27 May.

 

This year's on 27 May in Seoul highlighted the progress being made:

  • Over the last 25 years, more than 2.5 billion people gained access to improved drinking water, and 2 billion who didn't have adequate sanitation now do.
  • Child deaths from water-related diseases dropped from 1.5 million to just over 600,000.
  • The UN Millennium Development Goals' target for clean drinking water was met five years ahead of schedule.

But for the 1.8 billion people whose drinking water remains contaminated and the 2.4 billion without access to proper sanitation, progress is still too slow, said Vanessa Tobin, director of and one of the event's main speakers.

Mirroring the polio eradication movement

"We need a movement," Tobin declared, saying it should follow Rotary's polio eradication model. "Polio was universal and everyone had one aim: eliminate every case in the world. We need to set a goal that by 2030 every child has safe water and sanitation for life.

"Water and sanitation must be at the top of each country's development agenda," she said.

Gary White, chief executive and co-founder of , agreed and told attendees that charity alone won't solve the global water crisis. White said that it would take five years and $1 trillion to provide and maintain safe water access for all, but international aid totals only $8 billion each year. His organization is making it possible for people in need to help pay for their own clean water and sanitation.

"People who live in poverty or are coming out of it in developing countries want to pay for water security, not just for practical purposes, but for social and financial purposes," White said.

His organization established , a microfinance program that offers loans to families in need of water connections or toilets. The program's repayment rates exceed 99 percent.

"Giving people the capital to ensure water security gives them the dignity they want and need," he added.

Matching expertise with action

The water summit, the eighth convened by the , seeks to match industry expertise with Rotary service projects.

Francis Barram, a member of the Rotary Club of Centurion in South Africa, came to the water summit to find partners for a project to clean up sewage-filled rivers in Johannesburg.

"People here [at the water summit] are passionate about finding solutions for clean water. And more importantly, they know what they're doing," said Barram, who joined the Rotarian Action Group last year. "Our club found the need, and we can pull together the support, but we need the technical know-how. This event can help me find that."

Breakout sessions focused on sustainable strategies for getting clean water and sanitation in schools, partnerships, financing, climate change, and safe drinking water systems. Other speakers included Deuk-Mo Chung, director general of the Seoul Water Institute, and Sanjay Wijesekera, chief of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene for UNICEF.

27-May-2016

 

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