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Rotary East Tribute 2014-2015

by President Corinne Van Rensselaer

Rotary Club of St Thomas East will be performing a Visioning Facilitation Exercise on Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at Inspiration Hall at Paradise Cove at 6:30PM.  President Corinne has asked LaVerne Ragster to be our guest and to assist us with this exercise.  

“You are Invited!

Come and share an evening of fellowship and being updated on the progress of the Practice Peace Initiative on Wednesday March 11, 2015 at the next Rotary East meeting, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at Inspiration Hall at Paradise Cove, Ridge Road, Estate Nazareth.   Our speaker, LaVelle Campbell, is an ardent advocate for at-risk youths in the Virgin Islands through his work with the VI Police Department and the Department of Education.     Rotary has been deliberately contributing to the efforts in our community that reduce conflict and support peace through the Practice Peace Initiative since the beginning of 2014.   This is an opportunity to find out what has been done and learn about the plans for the future.    Peace is up to us. “

Our meeting fee is $22, and includes a buffet dinner.

For directions to Paradise Cove, please text Greg Miller at 340-690-1083

  LaVelle Campbell displays a few of the gang color bandanas he has confiscated from students in the territory's schools.

 Fellow Rotarians and Friends,

Our guest speaker tonight will be Vince "Doc" Palancia, who is on the Board of Directors for the St. Thomas Historical Trust, and is Chairmen of the Hassel Island Taskforce and the lead Hassel Island Guide.

He has an interesting talk for us about Hassel Island and its historical significance for the US Virgin Islands.

Please join us - RSVP, if possible.Our meeting fee (including dinner) is $22.  Wine is available for a donation of $5/glass. We have a 50/50 raffle and lots of fun!!

Inspiration Hall, Paradise Cove

Future Meetings and Activities:

Wed, Feb 4, Fellowship at Tillett Gardens, dinner and concert

Wed, Feb 11, Guest Speaker Tammi McKnight - "How to Stay Young for the First One Hundred Years"

Sat, Feb 14, Partnership with Salvation Army - a "Pink" Kettle for Valentine's Day at Food Center, from 10am to 6pm - please sign up for an hour or two fellowship as we celebrate this day of love by showing our love and raising funds for members of our community in need

Wed, Feb 18, Tentative Poolside cookout at Paradise Cove

Blessings - Corinne

Easters and Friends - as we approach the dawning of a new Rotary Year, we also approach yet another year that the Polio virus still has the capacity to permanently maim babies, children and adults, and bring grief and hardship upon families already struggling to meet the cost of the most basic of human needs to survive. Whatever our own trials and tribulations, we are truly blessed beyond compare in so many, many ways.

Thus, it seems fitting that as we celebrate Rotary and Rotarians at our Installation Dinner on July 2nd, 2014, we also register this event as a fundraiser for The  World's Greatest Meal to Help End Polio; and through our contributions at the meeting - whether via fines, happy dollars, donations or auction items - we can make a huge difference in the lives of people we don't know and may never meet - what an awesome concept!!

So far, this Social Media idea which started in Australia, has raised over $600,000 for the Polio Plus Fund - that's 1,000,000 vaccinations against Polio!

AND the 1,000,000th dose milestone was achieved through the efforts of a club in district 7020!  So far, eight clubs in our district have held or are scheduled to hold, a WGM event. The beauty of this is that it need not be an elaborate, time consuming project for the club; simply dedicate the fines, raffle or special collection from a weekly meeting or meetings.

I look forward to seeing all of you and your friends at the table on July 2nd, for Rotary East's 2014-2015 Installation Dinner and our first (of many) World's Greatest Meal To Help End Polio.

Blessings to all

Corinne