CLUBS OF THE MONTH
(Prepared by Shiv Luthra)
Many Rotary Clubs put more INTERNATIONAL touch into their weekly meetings by recognizing a Rotary Club from another country. To facilitate this practice, the BREADBASKET presents data on several clubs each month. These clubs are not selected because they are the biggest or the best, but merely chosen from our files at random, keeping in mind that we should recognize clubs from all the corners of the Rotary World. We try to have information that is accurate and up-to-date. This is much easier if readers would email information about their clubs to Shiv Luthra at shivluthra@vsnl.com for inclusion in the BREADBASKET.
Those who use the data below to recognize a club are requested to send a note to the club they recognize to let them know that they have been honored.
This month the BREADBASKET is happy to recognize:
CLUB 1
Club : Alexandria Pharos Rotary Club
State :
Country: Egypt
District : 2450
Chartered: April 1998
Number of Members: 27
Meetings:
Language: English
Home Page: http://www.soficom.com.eg/rotary/
Community Service:
We contributed the full cost of US $50,000 for erecting a Training Workshop for school dropouts in the area of Karmouz in Alexandria, as a part of a bigger complex, with other Rotary and Rotaract clubs in Alexandria.
A party was organized for the children of an orphanage and gifts were distributed together with sweets.
A breakfast during the holy month of Ramadan was organized for another group.
Vocational Service:
Several financial awards and certificates were given to 10 nurses, selected on pre-announced criteria, and they were honored in a large gathering of Rotarians as IDEAL NURSES in Alexandria.
International Service:
An Art Exhibition of drawings symbolizing World Peace, was organized in Alexandria and Nicosia, Cyprus during the District Meeting. Our club was awarded the first position and a nice shield.
For this year we have several projects
Submitted by Adel M Hamdy
Email adel-om@inetalex.ie-eg.com
CLUB 2
Club : Rotary Club of Valley Center
State : California
Country: USA
District : 5340
Chartered: 1967
Number of Members: 38
Meetings:
Language: English
Home Page:
English is our main language, with Spanish a common second language due to being so close to the Mexican Border.
We were over 60 members and hope to grow to that figure in the near future.
Valley Center is a rural community in the North Eastern part of the unincorporated area of San Diego County in the USA. It is made up of approximately 100 square miles of valleys, hills, pastures and groves. The typical homesite is at least two acres. Agriculture plays an important part in the lives of its residents. Retirees move here to become "gentlemen Farmers" or try their hand at growing exotic flowers. Full time farmers harvest acres of avocados, citrus fruits, apples, peaches, row crops, decorative eucalyptus and many other varieties of fruits, vegetables and flowers. Families move here to raise their children in a clean country atmosphere. They soon become involved in many community and school activities. Horse ranches are also in abundance in Valley Center. Several equestrian parks are available for public use. One may even encounter farms with dairy cattle, ostriches, emus, llamas, pigs and buffaloes while meandering through the country roads in this region.
Our Rotary club is very active in the community, sponsoring along with other service clubs the "Just say No" to drugs. We also sponsor a Pancake Breakfast during the annual Valley Center Western days as well as Ice Cream Socials at the local schools during their Open Houses. We have sponsored a Casino Night to raise funds for our Honorary Mayor Candidate. This is one election where you can buy the Mayorship at a $1.00 per vote!! The club has a foundation that presents scholarships to high school seniors. Most of our fund raisers are dedicated to this fund.
We have "sister" clubs in Istanbul, Turkey, ( new 4 bed neo -natal intensive care units were purchased), and Ecuador ( housing project to replace homes destroyed by storms). The club is always looking for "sister" clubs projects.
This year we are trying a new approach to fundraising. WE are having a "Celebrity Waiter Dinner". It will be held in the closest large town at their Center for the Arts.
Submitted by Ann Godwin
President Elect
Also Past President
Email agodwin@utm.net
CLUB 3
Club : Club Rotario Juarez Norte
State : Chihuahua
Country: Mexico
District : 4110
Chartered: 1989
Number of Members: 14
Meetings:
Language: Spanish
Home Page: http://www.gratisweb.com/juarez_norte
One of our president’s goal is to increase our membership to 25 by the end of this year. Our language is Spanish but many of us can speak English which we find useful since we live in a city bordering the United States of America, and sometimes we get visitors who don’t speak Spanish.
Our main projects include:
Our Future Projects planned are:
Submitted by Antonio Gosset
Email: Antonio_Gosset%ACER@tx.acer.com
CLUB 4
Club : Rotary Club of Mumbai Parleshwar
State : Maharashtra
Country: India
District : 3140
Chartered: June 14, 1994
Number of Members: 31
Meetings: Fridays 20:00 hrs at Hotel Transit Bombay
Language: English
Home Page:
During the last 5 years, the club has actively participated in Polio Pulse Immunization Program of Rotary International with an aim to eradicate Polio decease by year 2000. Recently, it has donated a Heart Brigade Ambulance which is a free ICU Ambulance Service available for heart patients on dialing 105. Last year, the club donated a Public Telephone Booth to a handicapped at Andheri for providing him the daily earnings. The club has organised free Dental & Eye Checkup Camps for economically backward class where almost 500 people were benefited. Every Year the Club distributes Slumber kits to needy people donated by Canadian Organisations.
The club has adopted a Municipal School at Veravali, Mahakali, Andheri. About 1200 students of this school have been benefited by a Water Cooler, Uniforms, Notebooks in last 5 years. The club has also organised Drawing Competitions for these students.
The club has undertaken the Herculean task of collecting & compiling Blood Group information of above 5000 Rotarians & their families in Dist. 3140. This information will be made available at all major hospitals in Mumbai.
To facilitate employment, the club has sponsored Vocational Training for Computer Operators.
Every year, the club arranges RYLA, the Youth Development Forum for college students. The club has formed a Rotaract Club for promoting Rotary Internationals Service Object in college students & youth. The club will seek their continued cooperation in its' community service programs.
To promote National Spirit & Leadership Skills, the club has sponsored cadets to Bhonsala Military School, Nasik. The club has felicitated Gallant Police Officers for their bravery with 'Mumbai Parleshwar Service Above Self Award'
In its weekly meeting held at Hotel Transit, Santacruz Airport, Mumbai on every Friday at 8.00 pm, eminent personalities are invited to speak on various topics.
In the coming years, the club plans to undertake many more community oriented service programs & sustain projects which it sponsored in the last 5 years. The forthcoming projects are tabulated for the ready reference in following pages.
Submitted by Vishal Badle
Email: aquarius@vsnl.com
CLUB 5
Club : Rotary Club of Pimpri, Pune
State : Maharashtra
Country: India
District : 3130
Chartered:
Number of Members: 53
Meetings: Tuesdays 17:00 hrs at Rotary community Center
Language: English
Home Page:
We have done various projects like Tree Plantation, Yoga for the benefit of the community, Hepatitis-B Immunization, Computer Education for the needy and various other community and vocational projects.
We have a Rotary Community Center, which is being used for Service Projects and the meetings of two other Rotary Clubs. We also run a FREE dispensary at the center apart from a Computer Training Center for the underprivileged.
Our Club has sponsored One Rotaract Club and One Interact club.
We collected about Rs 100,000 for the Kargil Conflict affected people
This year we are planning a Matching Grant project and are on the look out for a Partner Club. In our Area we have a need for a ventilator (Respirator). We want to install one in one of the hospitals here for the benefit of the Community. Many lives have been lost because of the lack of this facility in this area. The total cost of the equipment is around US $ 24000, and we are looking for a club which can contribute US $6000.
Submitted by Ashok C Gupta
Email: acgupta@ip.eth.net
CLUB 6
Club : Rotary Club of Bangalore South
State : Karnataka
Country: India
District : 3190
Chartered: 23rd January, 1967
Number of Members: 97
Meetings:
Language: English
Home Page:
The main areas of service are Community Service, Health and Family Welfare, Children Education, Youth Service.
New and Unique Projects:
Projects Targeted:
Submitted by Dash Kayvee
Email: dash@vsnl.com
CLUB 7
Club : Rotary Club de(of) ITU
State :
Country: Brazil
District : 4310
Chartered: October, 1947
Number of Members: 41
Meetings:
Language: Portuguese
Home Page:
I am already enjoying being a ROTIan as much as a Rotarian, and hope also to be of help to ROTI.
Itu is the name of our town, which means river water fall in the native language. There are two more clubs in town.
The Interact club sponsored by our club has 14 members. They have implemented the project of collecting funds from different companies and campaigns to fund our projects like "Anti Drug" program, food for the poor hungry, medicines for the public hospitals.
This year we hosted 5 IGE people from Canada and now are hosting one IYE student from Belgium for a long term program and have sent one of ours to Mexico.
Submitted by: Durval Lavieri Filho
E mail: dlavier@uol.com.br
CLUB 8
Club : Rotary Club of Liege-Ouest
State : Luxemburg
Country: Belgium
District : 1630
Chartered:
Number of Members: 39
Meetings:
Language: French
HomePage: http://www.euronet.be/rotary/d1630/dc_1630_clubs/dc_1630_liegeouest.html
We have a lot of Service and other projects in Belgium and other countries. For details you are requested to visit our URL site at the above reference.
Submitted by: Guy Cotton
Email: Guy.Cotton@win.be
CLUB 9
Club : Rotary Club of Rayleigh Mill
State : Essex
Country: United Kingdom
District : 1240
Chartered: 1995
Number of Members: 25
Meetings: Mondays at 1930 hrs at the Coffee Mill at the Mill Hall, Bellington Lane,
Language: English
Home Page:
Rayleigh is an expanding former market town in Essex, 30 miles east of London. We are a young club and currently single gender.
Our main project to date has been an annual outdoor concert with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra as the main attraction. We have also had input from local musical organizations. This year we ran the first of, hopefully many, our schools orchestral and ensemble musical competitions. A monetary prize was given to the music department of the successful schools in each category as well as the opportunity to perform on the same bill as the Royal Philharmonic.
In 1998-99, for the fourth of our annual concerts, we received the Rotary Significant Achievement Award; one of only 115 awarded that year.
Last year we joined our Local Council in the promotion of an evening event in aid of the Council Chairman’s Charity. This was so successful that we have been asked to help with a similar event this year.
Last year our major financial support was for our local children’s hospice, "Little Haven". Our other support is usually given on request to charities where we can support the maximum people for the money spent. We also provide practical support to a local home for the handicapped people.
We are in the process of twinning with a club from Holland, Emmen Monarch.
Submitted by Geoff Kittle
Email: Geoff.Kittle@btinternet.com
CLUB 10
Club : Rotary Club of Halifax Northwest
State : Nova Scotia
Country: Canada
District : 7820
Chartered: 1956-57
Number of Members: 55
Meetings:
Language: English
Home Page:
The Rotary Club of Halifax Northwest came out of the main Halifax Club. We have since spun off one other club – Halifax Harbourside in 1989.
Fundraising
The first fund-raiser of the club which ran for a number of years was the Fisherama where we sold tickets at $! Each for folks to fish off one of the local piers.
The longest running and most important event has been the Subscription Dinner, now entering its’ 33rd year. We sell 300 tickets at $275 each and each patron has a one in six chance of winning a prize equal or greater than the cost of his/her ticket. The evening is a black tie affair and usually raises $32000 to $35000 net profit. The last ticket drawn wins a luxury automobile.
Our interests focus on the underprivileged in the community, we have just committed $50000 over 3 years to a Metro House for substance abusers and mentally challenged folks. We have been seriously involved in The Gambia with funding programs and numerous local causes.
The average age of the club is creeping up and we share the problems of attracting and retaining new members with many other clubs. We are currently struggling to find additional fund raising projects that will wean us off dependence on the Subscription Dinner as our only fund-raiser. Innovative suggestions on how to motivate the members to actively sell the tickets are invited.
I am particularly interested in exchanging details on fund raising concepts
Submitted by Jon Denman PHF*
Email: denex@accesscable.net