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RI President's Message - January 2019
Vocational service can be hard to define, but it is easy to describe: It is simply the point where our Rotary lives and our professional lives intersect. When we put our Rotary ideals to work through our work, that is vocational service.
Fellow Rotarians,
This month is significant for many reasons, because it is the month that we celebrate Family month and also focus on our cause “Disease Prevention & Treatment”.
It also represents a time of great celebration that many will not be able to afford and challenges our belief in giving and generousity.
The late Winston Churchill, former Prime Minister of Great Britain once said:
“We make a living by what we get.
We make a life by what we give”
RI President's Message - August 2018
A well-known saying goes, "If you want to change the world, go home and love your family." That doesn't mean people should ignore the needs outside their own homes; instead, they should pay attention to the needs within.
It can be tempting, when our priority is service, to focus only on the things that look like service: the projects, the planning, the work that yields a visible benefit to those who need it. But to do that work effectively, we need to keep our own house in order. In Rotary, that means conducting ourselves in accordance with the principles of Rotary, treating others with respect, and following The Four-Way Test. It means maximizing our impact by planning carefully and stewarding our resources wisely. And it means looking after the long-term health of our organization by ensuring that our membership is strong, engaged, and healthy.
Our membership has hovered around the same 1.2 million mark for 20 years. We aren't growing, and our membership is getting older. We have too many clubs that don't have the knowledge or motivation to have an impact: clubs that don't know what we're doing on a global level, clubs that don't know about our programs or our Foundation, that don't even know how to get involved. And with a membership that is still mostly male, we clearly aren't doing enough to become the organization of choice for women who are seeking to serve.
We are a membership organization first. If we want to achieve the goals we've set for ourselves, we need to put membership first. All of us have a responsibility to take membership seriously, not only by inviting prospective members, but also by making sure new members are welcomed into clubs that offer them something of value. If you see someone walk into a meeting and hesitate, be sure that person has a place to sit and is part of the conversation. If you're enthusiastic about a Rotary program, make sure your club knows about it and knows how to get involved. If you see a need in your community, talk about it at this week's meeting. If we want to be part of an organization that's strong, that's active, that's having an impact – start at home, and Be the Inspiration in Rotary.
Barry Rassin
President 2018-19
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Dear 7020 Rotarians,
Our beloved Rotary provides us with an array of resources that ensures that our service to humanity, not only makes a difference but inspires those that we serve.
In September, Rotarians place emphasis on the importance and value of basic education, literacy and our young generation.
In the words of Nobel Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai:
“One Child, one teacher, one pen and one book can change the world”
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About 50 Youth Club Members, Rotarians and parents participate the first annual Rotary Club Road to Peace Walk/Run. I was such an exciting event!. It began with exercise/warm-ups and presentation of our two newest EarlyAct Clubs (Emma Cooper and Governor's Harbour Primary Schools) with their club banners by RCE Director of youth Rotarian Juanita Pinder and Sherrin Cooper. The energetic group departed Police Headquarters for the Governor's Harbour Primary school promptly at 6:30am.
The OEF and Rotary Club had made a commitment to establish Peace sites at all of the
The event was organized by newly appointed Road to Peace member Rotarian Jacquie Gibson
Dear Fellow Rotarians,
Our Rotary Foundation has set up the 6 Areas of Focus to encourage us to do projects in the areas
needed in our community. Many times one Area of Focus helps and can enter into another.
Last month was Water and Sanitation which also helps prevent diseases in pregnant mothers and children.
This month is dedicated to MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH and having done projects in last month’s theme, and providing clean water, sanitation and hygiene efforts we maximise child
nutrition and at the same time we are already working on this theme as well. Each year 6.3 million children under the age of five die from diseases, malnutrition, poor health care and inadequate sanitation. More than 200 million women who would prefer to delay or avoid childbearing lack
access to safe and effective contraception.
Let’s take action this month :
-Supporting or developing programs that provide immunizations
-Promoting good nutrition and also encouraging breastfeeding for most infants
-Supporting or developing programs to provide access and information about contraceptives.
-Supporting training programs for health professionals such as midwives
Rotarians serve their communities and are always ready to help Make a Difference in people’s lives including the little ones and the mothers.
DG Robert Leger
District Governor D7020
2017 - 2018
The club hosted an interactive and enjoyable Vocations presentation led by Rotarian Deborah Fox! She started with a twist of Rotary Table Topics focusing on in-house vocations, the 4 Way Test, and Rotary Code of Ethics. Spontaneous questions were thrown out to each Rotarian in the room to encourage each person to speak off the cuff and to have fun doing so. This exercise was fun and delightful!
Rotarian Dellarice Young-Fox Vocations coordinator addressed the club
The focus of the month is to give attention to and celebrate the varied vocations of members. The meeting ended with a presentation by business owner PP Juanita Pinder who gave a dynamic presentation on her journey from the legal field to ownership of a successful office supply store.
Past President Juanita Pinder
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Past presidents and members of the Rotary Club of East Nassau. T. Murray Forde standing second from left.
By T. Murray Forde, Past Assistant Governor of District 7020 and Past President of Rotary Club of East Nassau
Part of what makes Rotary so special are the connections you make with fellow members and the impact that has on your life.
I first met Sir Durward Knowles in 1963 when I was dating his niece (now my wife). He was well known in sailing circles both locally and internationally. I remember with pride going to the airport with the family in 1964 to welcome him home from the Olympics in Tokyo. He had won the first-ever Olympic gold medal for the Bahamas, and is now the oldest living Olympic gold medalist in the world.
The Knowles family after his Olympic Gold Medal.
Durward brought me into the Rotary Club of East Nassau in July 1975 when he was incoming club president. I knew a little bit about Rotary, but through Durward I was able to learn even more and get involved. Looking back, I realize the positive influence he’s had on my life and how his mentoring helped shape who I am. Durward was an outstanding example of what it meant to encompass vocational service by leading with integrity and contributing his expertise to the problems and needs of society.
During his year as president, Durward led his club to achieve great things. As president, he really stressed engagement and introduced new projects that encouraged fellowship, which in turn led to an increase in membership. Growth happened naturally as the club became more involved in fundraising, community service, and gained publicity from inspiring guest speakers.
He also got the club thinking big, doing larger community service projects and collaborating with other charitable organizations. His favorite charity is the Bahamas Association for the Physically Disabled. He spearheaded fundraising projects to finance construction of a building for the association. Following his lead, the Rotary Club of East Nassau has since financed the construction of other buildings.
Durward, who just celebrated his 100th birthday on 2 November, continues to be highly respected in Rotary and our community. A great Rotarian, sailor and humanitarian – I am grateful that Durward introduced me to Rotary
The club hosted a Careers Fair at Central Eleuthera High School, the home school of our Interact Club on 23rd October. 300 students attended. The following vocations participated:
1) Hospitality Industry - Ministry of Tourism – Ms. Jacqueline Gibson, Manager (Eleuthera)
2) Professional Nurse - Nurse Velleicia Rose – Douglas RN, DPH, Gov. Harbour Clinic
3) Educator – Mrs. Karen Crean, Retired School Principal
4) Business Entrepreneur – Mrs. Juanita Pinder, Proprietress Office General
5) Business Entrepreneur – Managing Non Profits – Mr. Shaun Ingraham, CEO, One Eleuthera Foundation
6) Accountancy / Auditor – Ms. Susan Culmer, Finance Manager (CTI)
7) Electrical - CTI
8) Plumbing - CTI
9) Agriculture – CTI
10) Carpentry - CTI
11) IT – Paultera Johnson
12) Law Enforcement – Chief Superintendent Stephen Adderly, OIC RBPF, Eleuthera
13) Law – Ms. Ronique Carey, Attorney at Law
A careers Expo was also hosted at the South Eleuthera Mission on Saturday 21st October. The 12th graders from Preston Albury High School attended and were also exposed a variety of professions. The Expo was a smashing success!
Rotarian Susan Culmer
PRESIDENT NOMINEE 2019-2020
Rotarian Susan Culmer joined RCOE in 2012. Since joining, Rotarian Susan has completed all levels of RLI training including training at the Foundation Graduate level. She has also gained vast Rotary experience because of her attendance and participation in District Conferences in Cayman Islands, Montego Bay, Jamaica, Atlantis Paradise Island, and the PETS/Conference Cruise last year.
She also attended the Rotary International Convention in Atlanta earlier this year, exposing her to a vast knowledge of the organization from a global perspective. She also had the opportunity to work as a RI volunteer, and was among only a few hundred persons at the RI Convention to attend the Great Women In Rotary event, where she had the opportunity to spend time with Sylvia Whitlock, the first ever female Rotarian (and first female President), who made it possible for women to legally take their rightful place in Rotary 30 years ago. She is a member of the Paul Harris Society.
Message Month of November
Dear Fellow Rotarians,
In many ways, The Rotary Foundation is an invisible presence in our clubs. Most of what we do in our clubs and our districts, on a weekly basis, we do without the active involvement of the Foundation. But our Foundation is invisible in our clubs in the same way the foundation of a building is invisible when you’re in it: Just because you don’t see it doesn’t mean it’s not holding you up.
The Foundation that enabled Rotary to take on polio is, in many ways, the foundation upon which our Rotary service is built. For 100 years, since it came into existence with a first donation of $26.50, the Foundation has supported and strengthened our service, enabled our ambitions, and allowed us to be the organization that we are. Because of the Foundation, Rotarians know that if we have the ambition and put in the work, very little is truly beyond us.
It is an incredibly effective model that we have here in Rotary, one that no other organization can match. We are completely local and completely global: We have local skills, connections, and knowledge in over 35,000 clubs, in nearly every country of the world. We have a deserved reputation for transparency, effectiveness, and good business practices, and because we are highly skilled professionals as well as volunteers, we achieve a level of efficiency that very few other organizations can approach.
To put it simply, a dollar given to The Rotary Foundation has a great deal more muscle than a dollar given to most charities. If you want to spend a dollar on Doing Good in the World, you can’t do better than to spend it with the Foundation. That is not just me speaking out of pride; it is verifiably true and is reflected in our rankings by independent organizations.
In the Foundation’s centennial year, Rotarians surpassed our goal of raising $300 million. If you were part of that achievement, you have been part of something tremendous. Somewhere in the world, someplace you have probably never been, people you may never meet will lead better lives because of you. Ultimately, it is our Foundation that lets us make good on our core beliefs: that we can make a difference, that we have an obligation to do so, and that working together, as well and as efficiently as we can, is the only way to effect real and lasting change.
IAN H.S. RISELEY
President, Rotary International
LOUIS A. BUTLER, FCGA, CA
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