E-bulletin August 28th, 2016 (Aug 28, 2016)

Aug 29, 2016
Sharon Moody
Lots of Hugs Summmer Reading Program

Sep 05, 2016
Labor Day
No Meeting

Sep 12, 2016
Laura Moore
Girla on the Run, Greater Tampa Bau

Sep 19, 2016
Tony Azorin
Family Journey from Cuba to America

Sep 26, 2016
Rotarian - Brian Griffin
Speaker Unknown

Oct 03, 2016
Rotarian - John Haney
Speaker Unknown

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This Week's Program

Speaker: Sharon Moody

Topic: Lots of Hugs Summer Reading Program

Last Meeting- Aug. 22nd

Last week’s program was presented by Rotarian Clayton Jenkins. Clayton’s guest speaker was District 6890 Governor, Joyce Ann Gunter. Governor Joyce is a second generation native Floridian. She was born and raised in Sebring, Florida. After graduating from Sebring High School, she moved to Lakeland, Florida where she graduated from Lakeland Business College with an Associate of Arts Degree in Business. After college, Joyce began a banking career in Haines City, Florida where she started as an entry ¬level teller. Over her 25 year career, she worked her way through various positions in a small community bank. She was promoted to Senior Vice President, Chief Lending Officer for the bank in December of 2000. In 2006, she was recruited by another small community bank as a Regional President to establish a branch network in the Polk County area. It was during this time that Joyce was invited to join the Haines City Rotary Club due to her extensive involvement in her community. She had served in numerous leadership positions. Joyce served as the President of the Haines City Rotary Club during 2007-¬2008, which she credits as one of her best years in Rotary, earning the District Governor’s “Club of the Year for Small Clubs” and the Presidential Citation from Rotary International. It was that year that Joyce was to meet “the love of her life” on a trip to attend a Project Fair in Costa Rica and she owes it all to Rotary! Joyce is a multiple Paul Harris Fellow, a Benefactor, and sustaining member of the Rotary Foundation. Joyce believes that Rotary can change lives and the Rotary Foundation, which celebrates its 100th anniversary this year, exemplifies that belief. The Foundation started in 1917 with $26.50 and since then has distributed more than $3 billion world-wide! Our current RI President, John F. Germ, is driven to succeed and wants to end Polio this year. There have been 2 new cases in Nigeria this year, bringing the total to 24…Polio WILL be eradicated very soon! President Germ believes that working together we can change the world with our “All Star” team!

-provided by Mike Arndt

Club News

James Surrency Recognized

James Surrency was presented with a “Shining Star” award by Governor Joyce Gunter for his efforts and dedication to Rotary. James was also presented with an “Ideas in Action” award for his vision and implementation of the “Community Appreciation” event. Well deserved!

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Rising Star Awards
Governor Joyce Gunter also presented “Rising Star” awards to Rotarians who are doing great things in our club. Congratulations to Bill Hughes, John Haney and Doug Watson for all they do for our club!

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Program Chairman

John Haney is our program chairman. Please notify him regarding upcoming speakers and programs. Call 813-716-5108 or email John at jhaney@acebid.com

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Birthdays This Month

Amity Kokochak - Aug 08

Michael Watkins - Aug 09

Lee Williams - Aug 14

Jim Scott - Aug 16

Billy Riddle - Aug 25

Alvin Futch - Aug 26

Bill Wicker - Aug 26

Greg Buckner - Aug 30

Club Anniversaries This Month

John Haney – 1 year

Arnold Schulte – 2 years

Steve Smith – 2 years

Beau Walden – 5 years

Billy Keel – 9 years

Billy Riddle – 7 years

Jimmy Carapezza – 13 years

Brian Griffin – 13 years

Tom Schaub – 19 years

Billy Herold - 28 years

Rotary district collecting relief funds for Louisiana flood victims
Rotary clubs of District 6200 are collecting relief funds to help thousands of victims after record flooding devastated communities in southern Louisiana, USA, earlier this month. Torrential rains caused rivers, streams, and bayous to swell, damaging or destroying more than 60,000 homes and killing at least 13 people. The U.S. Coast Guard and emergency responders helped rescue more than 30,000 residents from the rising flood waters. As of 25 August, more than 3,000 residents were still in emergency shelters even after the water receded. Donate to District 6200 disaster relief fund.

Hall of Fame singer Donovan becomes a Rotary polio ambassador
Legendary singer and polio survivor Donovan Leitch, better known simply as Donovan, has joined Rotary in its fight to eradicate the paralyzing disease that afflicted him during much of his childhood. Donovan contracted polio at age three in Glasgow, Scotland. The disease weakened his right leg and left it thinner and shorter than the other. Confined to his bed for much of his childhood, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer said his father would read him poetry. In a recent interview with the Daily Express, Donovan said that listening to poetry piqued his interest in creative writing. “If I...

World Polio Day toolkit available — start planning now
Rotary's fourth World Polio Day celebration, on 24 October, will highlight extraordinary progress in the eradication campaign and emphasize the work that remains before we wipe out the virus for good. With the number of new cases worldwide nearly halved from this time last year, we have the opportunity to rally our resources and see the last case of polio this year. Health officials and Rotary's celebrity polio ambassadors will head to Atlanta, Georgia, USA, for the event, the first to be held at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It will be streamed live and then will...

Young member uses leadership positions to promote diversity, inclusion
The way Rotary member Todd Jenkins puts it, he's the first generation in his family "to do everything": first to go to college, first to fly on a plane, first to visit another country, and the first to live across state lines. Jenkins, 28, grew up in a low-income neighborhood in Columbia, South Carolina, USA. His family worked hard just to make ends meet. So travel and college seemed out of reach. The eldest of ten children, Jenkins says his goal was to break out of the family status quo and set a positive example for his siblings. He credits his mother with helping him avoid falling into the...

Rotary recommits to ending polio in Nigeria
The World Health Organization has confirmed two cases of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in Nigeria, the first cases in the country since July 2014. After passing a year without a case of the wild poliovirus, Nigeria was removed from the list of polio-endemic countries in September 2015. These cases – from two local government areas of Borno state – occurred in July 2016. The Government of Nigeria – in partnership with the Global Polio Eradication Initiative – will take immediate steps to respond quickly to the outbreak to prevent further spread of the disease. This response will include...

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