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Wednesday
January 4th, 2017
Volume 21 Number 10
Editor: Faye Lippitt
2016 - 2017 Sunrise Board
 
President
Dawn Cummings
 
President Elect
Deirdre McFarlane
 
Vice President
John Lee
 
Immediate Past President
Christine Mathews
 
Secretary
Hazel Brown
 
Treasurer
Uli Ecke
 
Director - Membership
Stacy Parke
 
Director - Communication
Faye Lippitt
 
Co-Chairs - Club Administration
Alison Shirlaw &
Frank Balderamos
 
Director - Youth Service
Jerrell Garner
 
Co-Chairs - Fellowship
Barbara Oosterwyk 
Pauline McGettigan
 
Director - Literacy
Woody Foster
 
Director - Community Service
Anthony Lawson
 
Director - International Service
Pat Steward
 
Well-Being Officer
Aimee Bush
 
Director - Fundraising
TBA

Foundation Chair
Christine Mathews
 
Sergeant -At-Arms
Jerrell Garner
 
Disaster Recovery Chair
Barbara Anley
 
 
 
 
Member Birthday
 
Dawn Cummings          Jan 1
Tony Cowell                 Jan 5
Hendrick vanGenderen  Jan 6
Andrea Whittaker         Jan 6
Jerell Garner                Jan 11
J.D. Matchett               Jan 13
Chris Bowring              Jan 14
Bob Kostich                 Jan 15
Ian Comins                 Jan 19
Krishna Mani               Jan 27
 
Member Club Anniversary
 
Gordon Hewitt       40 years    Jan 1, 1976
Franz Manderson    7 years     Jan 1, 2009
Alastair Peterson  33 years   Jan 1, 1983
Winston Connolly    13 years   Jan 18, 2003
ClubRunner
 
 
Rotary Foundation Month 
 
 
My fellow Rotarians, Rotaractors, and the family of Rotary:
 
I’m Haresh Ramchandani, District Governor of Rotary District 7020 Northern Caribbean. Well, October has come and gone and what a month it was!
 
Our District got hit with Hurricane Matthew, a Category 4 Storm, which impacted the southern peninsula of Haiti, on 3rd & 4th of October, and affected 2.1 million people, of whom 1.4 million are in urgent humanitarian need.  Haiti’s Centre of National Emergency Operations reported as of 13 October 2016; 546 dead, 128 missing and 439 injured. And More than 175,000 people are in temporary shelters.
 
Hurricane Matthew then moved over The Bahamas on the 6th of October 2016.  Based on the reports received, hundreds of roofs were lost. Clean water was also an issue but has been resolved.
 
We had several people offering support and contributions from around the world. The District Disaster Committee was setup and went to work right away. Rotarians in Haiti and The Bahamas rose to the challenge and truly highlighted our motto “SERVICE ABOVE SELF”. Our efforts to date have been in roofing repairs for homes & schools, as well as assistance in healthcare.
 
We will continue to help our communities and friends as we strengthen their Economic and community development, our theme for October.
 
This brings me to November: Rotary Foundation Month. OUR 4 star, 100% rated Foundation, as announced by Charity Navigator. OUR Foundation celebrates 100 years of Doing good in the world. How are you celebrating it? Several clubs are doing Public Image initiatives & Special Dinners. We have over 200 registered for Atlanta at the Rotary International Convention June 10-14. And We have over 400+ registered for the District Cruise Conference May 15-19.
 
Through The Rotary Foundation and our partners we truly are THIS CLOSE to eradicating Polio, President John’s #1 Priority. The internet was lit up on World Polio Day on Oct 24 as across the globe awareness grew to new heights. Rotary is at the forefront of this historical achievement. And it is because of Rotarians like you, who have contributed and helped. And for that I thank you.
 
Let’s use November to continue the awareness of our Foundation; of our effort to eradicate Polio; and in continuing to do good in the world.
 
 
 
 
               
         Directors' Reports
 
            International Committee
                        Pat Steward
 
Our International Committee will be pairing with several clubs in the Philippines, spearheaded by the Rotary Club Muntinlupa Filinvest..  By joining with clubs in the Philippines our club will help them to receive an international grant for what they are calling Rotary NanayCare Network of birthing centers. “Nanay” is the Filipino word for mother. Each birthing center costs $45,000, and $20,000 for the capacity building interventions as well as public image and communication programs. Each clinic has the capacity to deliver at least 20 pregnant women per month, serving a catchment population of 6000 families in the local areas. Our investment will be $4000.
 
The project addresses two areas of focus: maternal and infant health, and community and economic development. These community-managed birthing centers will serve as the nucleus for the following:
  1. Adolescent-friendly reproductive health services
  2. Exemplary care for first-time mothers and their newborns
  3. Husband-wife partnership in creating health-promoting happy homes.
Inherent advocacies are: Avoidance of unwanted teen pregnancies, HIV/AIDS Prevention, Breastfeeding, Preparedness for home emergency response, Prevention of domestic violence, Multiple intelligence development of children, Gender Sensitivity and mature love, Family management, Neonatal care, Wash in homes, and single moms and dads life skills.
                         
                     Youth Committee
                     Director Jerrell Garner
 
Earlyact  has had it's third meeting at Georgetown Primary School. A lively group of forty students age six and seven gather once every two weeks for half an hour of fun with Director Jerrell, Michelle Watler and any of our many Rotary volunteers who can spare a half hour at lunch time. Jerrell promises you will leave rejuvinated.
 
Junior Achievement
Our club financially supports these enthusiastic young folks. Volunteers are encouraged to help out at their weekly meetings. Check with Jerrell for more information.
 
                            Literacy
                   Director Woody Foster
 
Scrabble Scrum for our Senior High students will be held this Thursday, November 17th.  It is expected that 5 schools with 7 teams will enter in this competitive meeting of the minds.
 
Butterfly Storybook Competition is well underway once again and judges have been secured. All schools should have their stories in by this week.
 
Dictionaries will be given out to year 5 students at our public schools over Christmas once again.
 
Buy a Kid a Book will be held in February, locations will be at Foster’s Strand and A.L. Thompson’s.
 
Also in February we will hold the Storyboard Competition: February 11th at the Public Library.
 
The ever-popular Battle of the Books will take place April 1st at Sir John A Cumber Primary. This competition sees students reading a number of books over a period of time and then having a Battle by answering questions from those books.
 
                          Membership
                       Director Stacy Parke
 
We presently have seventy-three members on our club's active list, twelve honourary members and one proposed member. Director Stacy encourages all Rotarians to explore our ClubRunner site where you will find the New Members Site on the front page. Click on that and you will see how to sponsor a new member, and also red badge to blue badge for those new members in our club. Remember, it is up to the sponsoring members to ensure that their new Rotarian is able to navigate through their red badge.
 
Visiting Speaker 
 
 
The Special Needs Foundation Chair in Cayman introduced the visiting co-ordinator from Seattle's Haring Center who spoke to our club about inclusivity in schools. The Haring Center for Research and Training in Inclusive Education is an integrated early childhood program dedicated to improving the lives of children with developmental disabilities and other special needs as well as their families and those who work on their behalf. The center, located on the University of Washington's Seattle campus, is part of the university's College of Education and the Center on Human Development and Disability.
 
 
Honduran Home for Family
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Secretary Hazel thanked club members who donated towards housing for a needy Honduran Family.
 
 
 
 
Meeting Make-Up Information
    Check with all clubs to see what their holiday meetings will be.
 
Rotary E-Club of the Caribbean 7020: Online meetings anytime. Visit the new e-club platform at
http://portal.clubrunner.ca/9515/Stories/welcome-to-rotary-e-club-of-the-caribbean-7020
 
   Traveling: If you are going to be traveling for an extended period of time (more than two weeks), be sure to let the Secretary know and remember to submit any make-ups you do in a timely manner.