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President's TimeThe Darwin's are out!!!! Yes, it's that magical time of year again when the Darwin Awards are bestowed, honoring the least evolved among us.
Here is the glorious winner:
When his 38 caliber revolver failed to fire at his victim during a hold up the robber in Long Beach did something that can only inspire wonder. He peered down the barrel and tried the trigger again. This time it worked ...
And just one of the nine honorable mentions for a chuckle:
When a man attempted to siphon gas from a motor home by sucking on a hose, he got more than he bargained for. Police found a very sick man curled up next to the motor home near spilled sewage. You guessed it, he put the siphon hose into the sewage tank by mistake.
DUES ARE DUE: Today, June 30 is the last day to pay and take advantage of the 20% discount on lunches for the coming year. If you pay during the month of July up through July 31, you can still take a 15% discount. You can at the meeting or you can go to the website and pay with a credit card through PayPal.
2010-2011 Was A Very Good Year!
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WE PROMISED TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OFINTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT, RAY KLINGINSMITH, WHO TOLD US THAT SERVICE, FELLOWSHIP, LEADERSHIP, DIVERSITY AND INTEGRITY IS WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE A GREAT ROTARY CLUB. CORAL GABLES IS A GREAT ROTARY CLUB!
FELLOWSHIP IS WHAT BRINGS US HERE WEEK AFTER WEEK, FELLOWSHIP IS AT THE FOUNDATION OF OUR SERVICE. OUR DIVERSITY AND OUR DEDICATION TO EACH OTHER IS WHAT MAKES OUR CLUB GREAT. PEOPLE ALWAYS COMMENT ON THE CAMARADERIE THEY FEEL WHEN THEY COME TO OUR MEETINGS. IT’S ONE OF OUR STRONGEST POINTS - WE MAKE NEW PEOPLE FEEL WELCOME. WE’RE A FRIENDLY BUNCH, WE ENJOY EACH OTHER AND LIKE TO HAVE FUN. WE HAD PARTIES!
WE DID SERVICE!
WE RAISED MONEY!
OUR GOLF TOURNAMENT IN OCTOBER RAISED $5,200;
THE YARD SALE IN NOVEMBER MADE $4,700.
WE MADE ANOTHER $3,500 POURING BEER ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY AND $2,000 FROM ANONYMOUS DONOR.
WE DID INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS!
IN FEBRUARY A GROUP OF MEMBERS TRAVELED TO HONDURAS THANKS TO CATARINA JIMENEZ. OUR DONATIONS FOR WHEELCHAIRS IN TEGUCIGALPA ($16,500) AND ECO-STOVES IN COPAN ($22,000) WERE WELL RECEIVED. WE WERE AWARDED FIRST PLACE IN THE DISTRICT FOR OUR 2010-2011 INTERNATIONAL SERVICE PROJECT IN HONDURAS
WE PARTICIPATED WITH THE ROTARY CLUB OF CARTAGENA WITH $2,000 A MATCHING GRANT THAT BECAME $38,000 FOR THE FRANCO PAREJA CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IN CARTAGENA COLOMBIA.
IN APRIL WE DONATED $5,000 TO THE PETIT GOAVE/HAITI CLINIC AND ANOTHER $5,000 TO THE DISTRICT HAITI INITIATIVE WITH PROJECT MEDISHARE.
WE GAVE OUT SCHOLARSHIPS!
HAPPY DOLLARS THIS YEAR RAISED MORE THAN $4,700 FOR OUR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. WITH THE MATCHING FUNDS FROM FOUNDATION AND PRIVATE DONATIONS WE GAVE OUT NEARLY $11,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS TO CORAL GABLES HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS GRADUATING IN 2011.
ROTARY IS SUCH A GREAT ORGANIZATION, AND CORAL GABLES IS SUCH A GREAT CLUB ... I LOVE THIS CLUB ... WE’VE BEEN BRIDGING CONTINENTS AND BUILDING COMMUNITY FOR 65 YEARS. BUT WE NEED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE ARE AND WHO WE ARE. WE SET OUT TO BRAND OUR CLUB THIS YEAR AND FOR OUR EFFORTS, OUR PIN, OUR SHIRTS, OUR BANNERS AND LOGO, WE WERE AWARDED 2ND PLACE IN THE DISTRICT FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS. THIS BLOG TOOK 2ND PLACE IN THE DISTRICT FOR CLUB COMMUNICATIONS TOO. AND TO TOP IT ALL OFF, WE RECEIVED THE PRESIDENTIAL CITATION FROM ROTARY INTERNATIONAL FOR OUR OUTSTANDING WORK FOR 2010-2011!
NEW GENERATIONS BECAME AN OFFICIAL AVENUE OF SERVICE THIS YEAR AND SO YOUTH HAS TAKEN THE FOREFRONT IN ROTARY. WE HAVE A FIRST CLASS INTERACT CLUB AT CORAL GABLES HIGH SCHOOL AND HAVE ADOPTED A SECOND CLUB, GULLIVER PREP INTERACT BEGINNING NEXT YEAR.
OUR ROTARACT CLUB (THE ONLY COMMUNITY BASED ROTARACT IN MIAMI DADE) IS A STRONG, VIBRANT CLUB WITH ACTIVE MEMBERS.
SO I GUESS YOU COULD SAY THAT THE 2010-2011 OFFICERS AND BOARD ACCOMPLISHED MOST ALL OF THE GOALS WE SET FOR OURSELVES. COULD WE HAVE DONE MORE? PROBABLY. CAN WE BE PROUD OF WHAT WE DID ACCOMPLISH? ABSOLUTELY.
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| 2010-2011 Officer & Board of Directors |
THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING YOU DID TO MAKE 2010-2011 A SUCCESSFUL 65TH YEAR FOR THE ROTARY CLUB OF CORAL GABLES. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE FOR THIS YEAR. IT’S BEEN FUN!
Happy $$$
Today we gave Dick Golden the mic and let people pay him NOT to tell a joke. It worked pretty well. We got a lot of $20 happy dollars for just that reason! First of all Sally B was happy to have had the opportunity to serve as President for the past year. Lan Nghiem-Phu, who didn't make it in time to do the Invocation today, paid to do it anyway. Yolanda Woodbridge was very happy with the award that she received because it's signed by the RI President! Chris Morrison gave us a college baseball update. Stanford, Gators, Oregon State, Texas, USC all doing FINE. Ed Morris was washing his hands in the men's room today when Gloria Burns walked in!! Debbie Swain thanked Sally for all her hard work this past year. Dan Scipione just got back from vacation with the wife, and the kids and three dogs and a cat having spent nine lovely days in Ashville. It took him 16 hours to get home. Carlos Bolado was pleased to be recognized for this devotion to the Club this year and thanked Sally for a great year. Margarita Tonkinson is happy to have two new GREAT Rotarians in our Club, Carlos Ruiz from the Miami Club and Carol Alexander from Miami Sundown. Welcome to them both! Jack Witty has been in Ashville too and last week when he visited their Rotary Club he was greeted by two old men dressed in tutus of pastel yellow and blue with organdy wings and caps (the tooth fairies?) to raise awareness of their dental clinic project. Rodney Langer thanked Debbie for putting him on the new Board but warned her that he is not the most organized person to do the job. Rosendo Castillo has just returned from a trip to Montreal with his wife France. They had a great trip and drove back across the border through historic New York where they had a blowout. But everything came out okay. Happiness pays so keep on smiling!
Working Rotarians - June 30, 2011
Greeters - Rolf Frankfurther & Rodney Langer
Registration - Aaron Glasser
Collections - Carlos Bolado
Head Table - John Wallace
Special Needs - Chris Morrison
Open Meeting - Dick Golden
Invocation - Bill Quesenberry
Pledge - Dick Golden
Singers - Bill Quesenberry & Dan Scipione
Introductions - Dick Bullman
DeWitt Law Silver Dollars - Hadley Williams
Given to - Rodney Langer & Ed Morris
Pin Drawing Gift - THE Donald
Pin Drawing Winner - Paolo Possenti
50/50 Collections - Gloria Burns
50/50 Winner -
5 Way Test - Sally B.
Thought of the Week
by Felix Pardo
'There are two ways to live life,
you can live as if there are no miracles,
or you can understand that all of life is a miracle."
Albert Einstein
NEXT WEEK'S MEETING: "Seagull One" with author Lilian Prellezo. A true story of the rescue of Cuban rafters.
REMEMBER, WE WILL BE MEETING AT THE CORAL GABLES COUNTRY CLUB, 997 North Greenway Drive. Same time, 12:15
Installation 2011 - 2012
Officers & Board of Directors
Past District Governor Marcy Ullom did the honors.
President - Debbie Swain
President Elect - Walter Alvarez
Past President - Sally B.
Vice President - Rick Tonkinson
Secretary - Dan Scipione
Treasurer - John Porro
Sergeant at Arms - Jack Witty
Abe Horowitz
Deena Bell-Lewellyn
Rodney Langer
Terry Long
Mead McCabe
Greg Martini
Bill Martinez
Patrick Morris
Bill Quesenberry
Kelly Sastre
Margarita Tonkinson
John Wallace
Yoli Woodbridge
See you next week, same time 12:15,
new place, CORAL GABLES COUNTRY CLUB
Same great bunch of Rotarians.
HAVE A HAPPY, SAFE 4TH OF JULY!
God Bless America.
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