Song Leader: "America the Beautiful" by David Longo
Thought of the Day: Jim Sambold
50/50: Pot is up to $59. Ray Tweedie drew the ‘3 of Clubs’
Guests and Visiting Rotarians:
Dave Anderson’s father Paul
John Catizone
Ben Soussan
PROGRAM SPEAKER: Joan Correll
Joan Correll talked about her service trip to Kenya, Africa this past spring. Her presentation was complimented by a beautiful slideshow of the time she spent in Kenya. This presentation is as much about the power of Rotary as it is about the trip.
Joan spent time in Kakamega, Kenya from March 28 - April 12, 2018, with five other Rotarians from clubs in our district. Most of the time was spent at the Kakamega Orphan Care Center (KOCC) The KOCC was founded by Sukie Rice, who while on vacation from Freeport, Maine, had met a native woman named Dorothy at her friend’s church. This duo was a force of change who recruited many people and organizations. The Freeport Rotary was recruited and the rest is history, so they say. This is the power of Rotary, locally and internationally.
She started the slideshow off with a picture of the children and remarked that they take great pride in their shoes. They walk far, from all over to get to school, which consists of many dusty, dirt roads. All of their shoes were nicely cleaned off in the picture. She also remarked that they do their own laundry by hand – which is very remarkable!
In 2002, the Kakamega Orphan Care Center was established because of all the generous funds collected. There are more than 1 million orphans in Kenya. Surviving members typically take care of the orphaned children, but many are neglected, abandoned, and raised in poverty.
This year at the KOCC:
50 children are currently residing at the KOCC
Home based program – 130 children live with their extended families, with another 260 siblings or cousins who share the food provided by KOCC. In high school there are about 60 kids who attend the HS programs. Approximately 25 kids who are attending colleges and universities are living at their schools.
The Strong Young Women Program is for 20-30 year old women. It helps provide them with instruction on agriculture, entrepreneurship, and health & family planning. It’s provided at home as well as the KOCC.
Kakamega Healthy Homes fund was added as a direct result of their trip this past Spring. Joan announced that they’ve almost completed.
Joan encouraged our community members and Rotary family to help out with two initiatives:
The Orphan Sponsorship Program. Individuals or groups can sponsor an orphan in order to help the KOCC support these children (school supplies, medical care, clothing). Joan and her grandchildren have adopted a few children in lieu of Christmas gifts. Rich and his wife Sharon also chose to sponsor a child. The cost of this is $415 per year for a child in elementary school and $1,000 per year for a child in high school.
Strong Young Women Program. The women are identified and brought into the KOCC. They are provided with specialized training by the KOCC to better their lives. The trainings include agriculture, entrepreneurship, and family planning. These women sometimes walk 2 hours by foot to get to the KOCC. This program has lost its funding, which is so unfortunate. We need to raise enough funds in order to sustain this program.
Joan was able to spend time with Lucy, the sweet and smart girl that the our Rotary Club is sponsoring. She was even given an award while she was there for being one of the smartest girls at the KOCC. We should all be very proud of her! We’re all encouraged to write Lucy a letter – please give these to President Donna.
The home based program is where the children are able to live with their extended family. The children are provided with food, counseling, and essential supplies (mattresses, blankets, towels, tooth brushes). Recently the KOCC supplied the children with solar lights for them use at night to do school work.
The Healthy Homes Fund is the newest program, which was developed as a result of Joan's trip. They visited the families and saw some downright horrible and deplorable conditions. These home required improvements in order to make conditions better for the children. They provided fifteen families with $500 worth of remodeling. They needed a total grant of $7500, which was achieved through a $5,000 District Grant and club donations. These homes needed roof repairs, latrines, and kitchens. The program requires the family to help out in order for them to be invested in the program.
Joan and other Rotarian members solidified a relationship with a few of the local Rotary clubs. She reports that this is so much fun. You can have friends all over the world with Rotary.
New member induction of Matt Famiglietti, pinned by Geoffrey Merrill. Matt shared a little bit about himself to our Rotary family. He grew up in Concord, NH and has worked out of Bedford for the past 2 years. He recently moved to Hampton and is very excited to earn the right to call himself a Rotarian.
Donna announced that the library is hosting their first annual Resource Fair on Saturday, October 13, 2018. We have 2 tables available to us. One table for information on what Rotary is, and the other is for an activity for the children. We’ll be doing cookie decorating.
Dave Anderson updated the club on Crutches 4 Africa. 50 Rotarians from the District showed up. The Past President of the Portsmouth Rotary showed up with a van full of supplies to be loaded up. Dennis Robillard, a member of the Saco Bay Sunset Rotary Club and coordinator in this area, was in charge of the fork lift. The 50 foot container is now on its way to Africa, as we speak.
Ann Kaiser passed out an article on each of the tables. The article announced that Rotary International has won the Best Nonprofit Act for it’s work on eradicating Polio. Each year, the campaign picks two finalists in each of the six categories for their work to make a measurable impact in one of the 10 areas considered most important by the Nobel laureates. Winners are chosen by people all around the world. Rotary and Mercy Corps were the two finalist in the Best Nonprofit Act category. Rotary and the five other winners were recognized at a ceremony held in Monaco in June.
Ann Kaiser reminded the club of the Community Oven event which will be held on October 22, 2018 from 5 PM - 9 PM. She encouraged all members to come, but especially all of the members who have been on an immunization mission. We’ll be doing a 50/50 as well as raffling off gift baskets. We’re still in need of gift basket donations.
Ann Kaiser announced that the ‘Polio Change Box’ will be passed around during our breakfast meetings on the first week of the month. Remember to empty your change drawer and bring all your loose change to the first meeting of the month.
Paula Rappolt announced that the Head Start Reading Program started last week. We still need members to sign-up for 15-minute slots. Rotarians are encouraged to volunteer to read books chosen by the teachers, Wednesdays at Centre School from 11 AM - 11:15 AM. This week we have Dave Anderson, and next week Joan Correll.
Donna reminded all members that next week is our monthly evening business meeting at 5:30 PM.
Larry Marsolais announced that our 50th Anniversary will be at the Atlantic Grill on March 23, 2019. A committee meeting will be determined soon. Anyone else who wants to be on the committee please contact Larry.
Barbara Lizotte reminded the members that the Village Preschool is having some difficulties and is in need of snacks and juices. Please consider donating. An email was sent out with what they’re in need of.
HAPPY DOLLARS:
Larry Marsolais gave a happy dollar for his yard being 90% decorated for Halloween.
Dave Anderson gave a happy dollar for no pin.
Deb Marsolais gave a happy dollar for Matt, our new member, and for making a joke during introduction of guests.
Barbara Lizotte gave a happy dollar for getting a lot accomplished this weekend.
Ann Kaiser gave a happy dollar for the Red Sox win last night. A sad dollar for life repeating itself. She shared a story about losing her tooth while eating a sandwich.
Lori Clark gave a happy dollar for the new member, and a shout out to her husband who ran the Newport Marathon this past weekend.
Ray Tweedie gave a happy dollar for no pin, a Matt dollar, and for fun weekend up in the mountains, biking.
Geoff Merrill gave a happy dollar for our new member, Matt.
Rich gave a happy dollar for our new member and jokingly informs him that these dollars don’t get given to him. He welcomed back John and Ben. His last dollar went to wishing his wife a happy birthday.
Joan Correll gave a happy dollar to the new member, Matt. She also gave a happy dollar to a fun family weekend in RI.
David Longo gave a happy dollar to “everything Rotary.”
President Donna gave a happy dollar to our new member, all of our guests and the beautiful Fall weather.
Thank you everyone for your donations!
FUNDRAISERS:
COMMUNITY NIGHT FOR POLIO (Oct. 22)
This special night of community and connection will build our fund for the fight against Polio. Let us join together share our Hampton Rotary conviction to end Polio forever. Bring fellowship and an appetite to the Community Oven for this special event. There will be raffle prizes, a Hampton Rotary display, and our Rotary spirit committed to the fight against Polio.
This Week's Speaker (10/16/18): No Speaker (Business Meeting)
Upcoming Meeting Schedule:
All meetings occur Tuesdays at The Old Salt, Goody Cole Room, 490 Lafayette Road, Hampton. Breakfast meetings start at 7:30 am. Evening meetings start at 5:30 p.m.
October 16th - Evening Business Meeting
October 23rd - Jen King - My Breast Cancer Support
October 30th - Friends Forever Ireland
November 6th - Peter Christnacht of Copper Cannon Camp
November 13th - Sue Reynold - Lighthouse Kids
November 14th - BOD Meeting - Partridge House - 5:30pm
Attendance is documented weekly through our sign-in sheet at the front desk. If you can't make a meeting, (and most of us can't from time to time, we're all busy people) you have lots of opportunity to get credit by simply doing a make-up two weeks prior or two weeks after a missed meeting. Visit another Rotary club meeting, attend one of our board meetings, a committee meeting, participate in a service project (blood drive, soup kitchen, bell ringing, etc.) or one of our many fundraisers (Reach to the Beach, Golf Tournament, etc) or simply do an on-line make-up.
Neighboring clubs in District 7780 meet on the following days and times:
Exeter:Monday - 12:15 PM at the Exeter Inn, 90 Front Street, Exeter, NH
Raymond:Wednesday - 7:30 AM at the Tuckaway Tavern and Butchery, 58 Route 27, Raymond. Exit 5 off 101
District 7930:
Newburyport, MA:Tuesday - 12:15 PM at Andiamo Restaurant, 24 Winter St, Newburyport, MA
Amesbury MA:Thursday - 12:15 at Crave Restaurant, 32 Elm St, Amesbury, MA. They do a new evening social meeting the first Thursday of the month at the Amesbury Sports Park, 12 S. Hunt Rd, Amesbury from 5:30 - 6:30 pm
Visit these neighboring clubs and make some new friends and contacts!
There are so many ways to receive a make-up, but don't forget to e-mail Deb Marsolais, our club secretary, the event you attended and the date at deb@hamptonrotary.org to have your make-up recorded.
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