November is Foundation Month, and to celebrate it DG Haresh is urging us to follow through with our Planning Guide for Effective Club, in which we pledged to donate a certain amount to the Annual Programs Fund. The District’s goal this year is to contribute $300,000 to APF, and our role in at least achieving this goal is vital to its success.

 

In achieving this goal, $150,000 will come back to our district 7020, to enable clubs to fund more of the projects we put forward. Each club is a link in the chain of success, and we must have strong links to succeed.

 

It is hoped that most, if not all clubs will send their donations to the Annual Program Fund this month. Let us make this our bumper year, not only for DG Haresh, but for each club to reap the success in obtaining funding in future years for our projects. 

 

 

Historically Speaking:

 

Some of you may recall our engagement with the CNCF in their Gimistory Festival some years ago.  We would like to join with them again this year to support this wonderful storytelling festival at venues across the island. Duties will likely be any of the following: Sales Table, Ushers, General help. If you would like to participate as a volunteer, please let Hazel know the date that you are available and she will work with the CNCF to create the roster of activities.

*subject to change

 

Arrive for volunteer shift: 5:00pm

 Saturday November 26^th – Tiki Beach - Dave Martin’s and Tradewinds Cayman Reunion Concert

Monday November 28^th - North Side – Ned Miller’s Yard

Tuesday November 29^th - Bodden Town – Nurse Josie’s Senior Home

Wednesday November 30^th - East End – Heritage Field

Thursday December 1^st - Cayman Brac – Agriculture Ground

Friday December 2^nd - West Bay – Public Beach

Saturday December 3^rd – George Town - Smith Barcadere ~ “Duppy Story Night”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cayman Islands Special Needs Foundation Chair introduced our club to Dr. __________, who works at Seattle's Haring Center. Dr. _______ spoke to us about inclusivity in our 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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Secretary Hazel Thanks The Club

 

Secretary Hazel thanked those members of Rotary who contributed to building this modest home for a family in Honduras. 

 

Robert has been close to Rotary Sunrise for a few years, but due to work travel commitments has not been able to commit time on a regular basis. About a year ago, Robert reduced the amount of travelling, and now lives and works here on Grand Cayman. He is a software engineer, working on iPhone and iPad apps from the comfort of his spare bedroom. Previously Robert’s work has always been with technology, mostly building products and services for Financial Services, he did also spend time working for a fashion publisher.

Robert runs and cycles to stay fit, and competes in local competitions. Many of us see him running in South Sound on our morning commutes, and we are getting used to seeing him donning his running shoes at the end of our morning meetings, to run home and start work.

 

I worked my way through college painting houses and when I left school that was the only thing I could make money at, so I painted houses and grew into a general contractor building custom homes in central Iowa. Spent a few years on a farm where I grew organic produce.  During the Farm Crisis of the 1980’s the bank decided farming was not for me.  So I went sailing.  I spent the next five years sailing and studying natural healing, graduating from the New Mexico School of Natural Therapeutics.
At a low point when I did not have the money for a bottom job on the boat I met Paul Berdelsky, who had been building tennis courts here for over twenty years as he was getting ready for another trip here.  I came down with him and after 4 months he announced it was his last trip and I could have the business if I wanted it. And that is how I got here 26 years ago.

 

 

 

 

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