July 26 TRI-GEAR REPORT
Flag Salute: President Bob Bustard
Invocation: Bernie Cohen
Members Present: Bob Bustard, Ryan Cangialosi, Irma Chazotte, Bernie Cohen, Pat DiRosa, Jan Doornbosch, Steve Fox, Stuart Gold, Steve Hopper, Fay Logan, Cindy Rose, George Sherman, Nancy Swales, Peter Wells, Phil Wells.
Visiting Rotarians and Guests: Rotarian and Guest Speaker Y.S. Yoo; Bob Forsch and Rosemary Bustard guests of Pres. Bob.
Make Ups:
(Please be sure to report your make-ups for our records and to improve our percentage of attendance!)
Birthdays and Anniversaries: Phil Wells’ birthday was last week. Also celebrating birthdays in July were Fay Logan, Bob Kleinberg, Ann Kilmartin, Mauro Cappitella and Paul Janssen.
Sunshine: Cindy Rose reported that Helen Paul is back at home and is scheduled for a procedure next week that will hopefully alleviate her back pain. We’re all hoping for the best.
Steve Hopper reported that a fire had seriously damaged two apartments in Bob Guller’s building. All are asked to keep him in your thoughts.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to all who are currently contending with adversity of one type or another.
Happiness:
by George Sherman
Nancy Swales was happy that Larry’s treatment seems to be progressing well and that the Royal baby had FINALLY been born.
Phil Wells was happy for the wonderful time his family enjoyed on their Mediterranean cruise.
Pat DiRosa was happy to be headed for the shore with her grandchildren (and Joe).
Bernie Cohen was happy to be attending a 90th birthday party for a friend.
Stuart Gold was happy for the break in the weather and for the progress that’s been made in preparing for the 5K Run September 22.
Steve Fox was happy to be getting ready to go on vacation.
Steve Hopper was happy to have his daughter taking ice-skating lessons.
President Bob was happy to have our speaker, Y.S.Yoo here to talk about Gift of Life. He was also happy to have Rosemary and his guest Bob Forsch with him today.
Announcements:
by George Sherman
President Bob shared Bonnie Sirower’s e-mail: "The Long Term Recovery Group for Hurricane Sandy in Bergen County has asked if Rotary could provide meals for volunteers who are visiting our District to help repair the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy. We need approximately 23 meals beginning July 22, or gift cards from places like ShopRite or Pathmark to feed approximately 30 volunteers of all ages who will be staying in the hostel that our District helped to build. If you or your club would like to help, please contact Marisa Santiago at msantiago@bergenvolunteers.org at the Bergen Volunteer Center or Mary Ellen Lyons at the South Bergen Rotary at mlyons@moonachie.us.” Bob suggested that volunteers from the club join him in preparing and delivering lunches one day a week for a month. Contact Bob if you can help.
Job transfer has required Lisa Peck to resign from our club. She will be transferring her membership to the Hackensack Club. The club greatly appreciates all Lisa has done for us in the years she has been with us and wish her the very best in her new surroundings.
President Bob announced the appointment of 2 new members to the Club’s Board of Directors: Ryan Cangialosi agreed to fill Lisa Peck’s seat and Bernie Cohen will assume the seat of Sargeant at Arms Steve Hopper since Steve is not allowed by By-Laws to fill both positions.
Linda Hanlon and Ryan Cangialosi are hard at work with representatives from Halfway Hounds in preparing for our September 22 5K Run/Walk. Registration form, Sponsorship form and Participation Waiver have been put onto the Download section of our website. We need 100% involvement of our membership to make this whole thing work. Sponsorships are available for as little as $100.00. Ryan will be updating the membership each week as to our progress. Everyone is asked to commit to obtaining at least 1 sponsor. Let Ryan know which business(es) or individual(s) you are contacting to avoid duplication.
At our July 17 Board Meeting the Charitable Foundation accepted the recommendations of the Projects Committee to award up to $275.00 to Adopt-a-Soldier Platoon. The money will be used to pay for a ½ page ad in their Salute to American Heroes journal. Also awarded were $200.00 to Charlotte Bennett Schoen for her INTERACT film distribution project of “The Lady” - the life of Aung San Suu Kyi, as part of her Global Justice / Peace Initiative for Rotary; $250.00 for the District7490 support fund for victims of the Oklahoma Hurricanes.
Mark Your Calendar with these UPCOMING EVENTS:
by George Sherman
Mon., Sept. 9 – District Staff Meeting – Holiday Inn – Hasbrouck Heights – 5:30 - $25.00
Sun., Sept. 22 – 5K Run/Walk
Mon., Oct 7 – NJ Vocational Assembly – Pines Manor, Edison
Sat., Oct. 12 – Rotary Leadership Institute – Courtyard by Marriott
1/3;1/3;1/3: Bernie Cohen won the small pot but was unable to locate the Joker.
Program:
by George Sherman
The Park Ridge Rotary Club was honored to welcome Mr. Y. S. Yoo as their guest speaker today. After a successful business career, Mr. Yoo served for many years at the highest levels of the U. S. government, most recently as special advisor to the President of Cote D’Ivoire between 2003-11. In 1991-2 he was Special Envoy of President George H.W. Bush to North Korean leader Kim Il Sung.
Mr. Yoo is also a long-time Rotarian who, in 1999, was awarded RI’s Service Above Self Award for his work on behalf of the Gift of Life Foundation. After hearing his talk, it was not hard to understand the reasons for which he was given this prestigious award.
A successful businessman, Mr. Yoo became a Rotarian in 1973. Named Commissioner of the NJ Economic Master Plan Committee in 1994, he chaired the International Trade Sub-Committee of that group and brought multiple businesses and thousands of jobs to New Jersey. Throughout his career he has put that business acumen to work in building up thriving Gift of Life programs in Korea and in several nations in Africa. Overall his determination to make the world a better place by engaging leaders at the highest levels of government and business has served as a great inspiration to all.