Scituate Rotary Newsletter May 18, 2011 : John Michalczyk - "Kenya Film Project / Visit to the Rotary Peace Center, Bangkok"
Present: William Clark, Jamie Gilmore,Michael Johnson, Joe Kelly, John Miller, Joan Powers, Jeannie O'Donoghue, Bob Schipul, Sandi Schipul, Ben Summers, Lisa Tompson, Bernie Westerveld, Connie Mitchell
Guest: John Michalczyk
Pledge
Invocation: Bob
William presided over and welcomed John Michalczyk, our speaker
Secretary: Passed out the correspondence on Shelter Box, booklet on Wheelchair Foundation support & Recourses for Rotarians, Medical Mission for Children Golf Tournament on June 27th., South Shore booklet on Courses & Workshops , and newsletter of "Capstone Ministries". Showed poster for the Senior Lunch on June 18th at St. Luke's at noon.
William: We will need volunteers for the senior luncheon on June 18th at St. Luke's
Treasurer: Jeannie O'Donoghue: June dues are coming upon June 1st
Queen of Hearts: $760
Foundation Treasurer: Joe- have $42000 for phone book. Total cost to Fox is
$42000.
Phone Book: We need to get more ads. We need to make calls.
Project Committee: Jack: working with Dan to come up with a budget document on an Excel spread sheet.
Trunk Sale: Lisa working on getting a date
Jazz Brunch @ Mill Wharf: Sat. 21st from 11AM to 3 PM. Have 30 people signed up- sent out several e-mails to different groups including the high school.
Jamie: Did paper work for Patrick Curney,16 yrs old student at Boston College High to go to Spain as an exchange student. Very smart .
Queen of Hearts: Jeannie but no Queen this time
Bernie: He contacted the board about RYLA students. Since our club didn't have two candidates for RYLA at the Scituate High School Bernie approached the board members with the request that the RYLA Team to sponsor two teenagers of adjacent town (Cohasset and Hull) to enable them to go to RYLA . We have $600 amount budgeted. The board approved the request.
Program: Mike introduced the speaker: John Michalczyk: "Kenya Film Project/Visit to the Rotary Peace Center, Bangkok" . John talked about his trip to the Rotary Peace Center, Bangkok earlier this year to teach the Rotary Peace Fellows there.He showed two film clips. One film focused on the conflicts in Kenya in 2007-2008. It included scenes of the conflict violence, the slums, showed where Rotary's helped, Jesuit Center helped. It included the Capstone Ministries Program with Dan & Patty Schmelzer, and interviews with those affected by the conflict. John described the involvement of Rotary/Capstone, the role of taxi drivers (bikes), clean water, and Medical Outreach programs. The film showed the President of Kenya speaking on the conflict. The 2nd film clip focused on "The Capstone Ministries" with Dan & Patty and Rotary. This program helped street boys with education, rehabilitation, restoration and guidance for their families.
There are five film topics under production which were developed by 5 adults and 2 students.
Note: $760 in the pot 8 cards left
Next Meeting: May 25, 2011 John Miller "Financial Benefits for Veterans and Surviving Spouses"
