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December 2011

Paula Matthews, District Governor

Ed Duryea, District Governor Elect

Lou Mello, District Governor Nominee

Rick Moore, Immediate Past District Governor

Paula Matthews, District Governor

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Historic Rotary Club of Charleston Recognizes Menniti as October Teacher of

the Month; Stroud as October Student of the Month

November 29 2011: The Historic Rotary Club of Charleston recognizes Cecilia Menniti as the October Teacher of the Month and Shanay Stroud as the Student of the Month.

Cecilia Menniti is a 2nd grade teacher

at James Simons Elementary School. Ms. Menniti is noted for her extraordinary patience -- going above and beyond to teach with differentiation to her students. Ms. Menniti has spunk and energy that the children adore, yet they know she is all business when it comes to learning. There’s not a task that Ms. Menniti hasn’t approached with anything other than a positive attitude. She is truly a team player and totally knowledgeable about educating children.

Shanay Stroud was chosen to be SOTM because while

Shanay may initially seem a bit shy, she has a delightful and witty sense of humor, and is a magnet for other students. She’s in Ms. Rugg's 5th grade class at James Simons Elementary School and has been on the Principal's Honor Roll, the A/B Honor Roll, and received the Perfect Attendance Award. Shanay loves to read books that make her laugh and she adores playing kick ball. Shanay also has a special talent — she has her very own sewing machine and designs and makes clothes for her 12 dolls.

Daniel Island Rotary Supports East Cooper Community Outreach

Daniel Island Rotarians Billie Bacon and Judy Burnstein drop off gifts for one of East Cooper Community Outreach’s families in need. In addition to support for the ECCO project, the Rotary Club of Daniel Island filled gift boxes through the Christmas at Sea program for merchant seamen visiting the Wando Port, and provided blankets to East Cooper Meals on Wheels recipients.

CART Salutes Small Clubs!

One hesitates to give special praise for there is always a chance

someone will be offended, but this is one of those times when we should

all be proud of two of our small clubs. Hilton Head Sunset Rotary Club with

a membership of 30 members has contributed $62,970.00 to The CART

Fund since 1997. Low Country Beaufort, with a membership of 45

members, has contributed $45,530.00 in the same period. 55% of Low

Country's contributions have been made in the past 3 years.

GREAT Support! THANK YOU!

The below information has been forwarded to us by Dr. John

Trojanowski of Penn Medical, Chairman of our Scientific Grant Review

Committee. The facts cited should challenge all of our clubs to increase

their support of CART. Our goal is to make 2012 our best year ever.

In the United States alone AD is estimated that ~5.3 million Americans have AD, and as

populations age in the United States, Europe, Africa, Australia, Asia and elsewhere, the number of

people with AD will explode unless ways to prevent or treat the disease are found very soon. Indeed,

someone develops AD in the United States every 70 seconds, and AD has displaced diabetes as the

6th leading cause of death in the United States and by 2030, as many as 7.7 million Americans could

have AD, and by 2050 this number could rise to 11-16 million people. The annual cost of AD in the

United States is >$150 billion, and AD will affect the economies of other countries to a similar extent,

including developing nations. For example, the London-based Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI)

has determined that in the next 30 years the number of AD patients will more than quadruple in India,

China and other countries in Asia, Australasia and Oceania, from ~16 million in 2010 to ~61 million by

2050. Further, in Africa there are expected to be >8 million AD patients by 2050 when the worldwide

burden of AD will be >115 million people. Although the global explosion of AD may seem too

overwhelming a challenge to overcome by 2050, a “cure” for AD is not essential since delaying the

onset of AD by just 5 years could have a profound impact on this disorder by reducing the incidence

and cost of AD by 50% between now and 2050.

The total worldwide costs of dementia in 2010 were estimated to be US$604 billion (~70% of

which occur in Europe and North America), and these expenditures are ~1% of the global gross

domestic product. Accordingly, if dementia care was a country, it would be the world’s 18th largest

economy; and if it were a company, it would be the world’s largest, exceeding Wal-Mart (US$414

billion) and Exxon Mobil (US$311 billion) in expenditures. Given these economic realities, ADI has

called for governments and other research funders to act now to increase dementia research funding

(including research into prevention) to a level more proportionate to the economic burden of AD and

related disorders. To that end, ADI points to data suggesting that a 15-fold increase in funding for

dementia is required to reach parity with heart disease, and a 30-fold increase is needed to achieve

parity with cancer research.

Wimo, A. and M. Prince, Alzheimer’s Disease International World Alzheimer Report 2010 - The Global Economic Impact of

Dementia. Alzheimer’s Disease. .(http://www.alz.org/documents/national/World_Alzheimer_Report_2010.pdf) 2010.

Daniel Island Rotary Donates Equipped Rescue Vehicle

The Rotary Club of Daniel Island used its District Simplified Grant to support the Charleston Fire

Department with a much needed rescue vehicle. This golf cart ambulance will assist the first

responders on Daniel Island when someone is in need of emergency services on the over 12 miles of

trails on the Island. Requested by the Fire Department, the vehicle is fully equipped for emergencies

and will also be used by the Department for certain large crowd events such as the Cooper River

Bridge Run where the sheer numbers of people in attendance make moving a full-size vehicle

impractical.

This grant is a great illustration of the power of matching funds. Beginning with funds from the Rotary Club of Daniel Island's 2011 Duck Race, district simplified grant funds and matching funds from the Daniel Island Community Fund all were added to make the purchase. The vehicle sports decals from both Rotary and the DI Community Fund and will also bear a Charleston Fire Department logo as well. The keys to the vehicle were officially transferred to the Fire Department in a presentation ceremony attended by firefighters and Rotarians. Katie McCravy, Legare

Clement, Paul Stoney

A December meeting of the Florence Breakfast Rotary Club was filled with

holiday joy and happiness as the Violin students from FSD1 entertained us with a

violin and vocal concert. Many thanks go to this amazing group of students and

their teacher for the wonderful concert. The meeting was made even more

enjoyable thanks to the visit from Paula Matthews, District 7770 Governor, Vonda

Turner, Area 16 Assistant Governor and Santa Claus.

The guest speaker at the Rotary Club of Lake

Murray-Irmo meeting for the November 30, 2011 will

be Lt. Joshua Morse, Corps Officer at The Salvation

Army. Josh talked about the Salvation Army and its

mission in Irmo. The Salvation Army was founded in

England in 1865 by William and Katherine Booth to

minister to the less fortunate. The organization is

currently in 126 countries around the world. In the

midlands, the organization feeds 185 people daily as

well as provides vouchers for food, medicine and

clothing. The Salvation Army in Irmo provides

weekly church services on Irmo Drive and provides

the Kids to Camp program which sends 50 children

to camp for a week in the summer. Palmetto Point Project is a weekly program serving hundreds of

children and families. Disaster services, drug and rehab programs, literacy programs, and men's and

women’s programs are also a part of the overall services provided by Salvation Army. Funding is

provided primarily from the kettles during the Christmas season, from private donations and from

grants. Josh Morse is a fifth generation member of the Salvation Army. He is married with two

children. Josh is a member of the Rotary Club of Lake Murray-Irmo and the pastor of the Salvation

Army church in Irmo.

The program at the Rotary Club of Lake

Murray-Irmo meeting for the December 14,

2011 was a Christmas Program by the

Nursery Road Elementary School 4th grade

chorus. The members were thoroughly

entertained by the students who sang, read

an inspiring story, played instruments and

provided animation to their renditions of

various Christmas songs. This was a

wonderful and entertaining event. Our

special thanks to Mrs. Brooks, Music

Director, and Dr. Christina Melton,

Principal, for this program.

Club President Jeanette Coulter & Lt. Joshua Morse

Historic Rotary Club of Charleston Supports Salvation Army Red Kettle Campaign

December 16, 2011: The Historic Rotary Club of Charleston provided their annual support to the Salvation Army Red Kettle Campaign by having Rotarians stationed on King and Meeting Streets, asking passersby to make a contribution. Rotarians offered either to sing Christmas carols or to refrain from singing Christmas carols as an inducement to give. Since Rotarians are notoriously persuasive, there were many contributors and warm thanks extended. The Red Kettle Christmas Campaign enables the Army to provide food, toys and clothing to over 6 million people during the Christmas season and helps more than 34 million Americans recovering from all kinds of personal disasters nationwide. The Red Kettle campaign, first started in San Francisco in 1891, has traditionally been The Salvation Army’s most prominent fund-raiser. In 2004, the campaign raised over $100 million in communities nationwide, with the nickels, dimes, quarters and dollars all remaining in the towns where the money was deposited into the kettles. The funds raised help support many of the 37 million people in poverty who turn to the Army for food and toys at Christmas, utility and homeless assistance, senior and child care, drug abuse treatment and many other social service needs.

Paul Welborn and Jim Atkins Fred Sales and Jeremy Cook

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St. Andrews Rotary Club in Columbia

has visiting Rotarian from Nigeria

On 13 December 2011, Bassey Essien, a hotel owner in Nigeria,

visited the St. Andrews Rotary Club while in Columbia over the

holidays spending holiday time with his family. Mr. Essien lives in

Nigeria and comes to us from the southern part of that West

African country. Bassey is a member of Rotary District 910 and is a Paul Harris Fellow.

ROTARY CLUB PRESIDENT KEN CORBETT (left), BASSEY ESSIEN (center), and ROTARY HOST JOSH BAYNARD (right)

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The Historic Rotary Club of

Charleston extended the season’s

cheer and good tidings to

the Charleston Senior Center by

purchasing, wrapping and distributing

holiday gifts to residents of the

Ansonborough House. Rotarians

shopped for gifts for 80 seniors at

Wal-Mart at Tanger Outlet on the

morning of December 10, wrapped

them and distributed the gifts at a

holiday party on December 20 at the

Ansonborough House.

Top - Carroll Schweers, Tom

Brown, Donna Cook (Chas.

Senior Center), Harrison

Schweers, Bill Nettles, Kyra

Morris, Mark Smith, Avery

Smith, Parker Smith pictured

with representatives from the

Wal-Mart at Tanger Outlet.

Middle - Bill Nettles, Mark

Smith, Kyra Morris, Donna

Cook (Chas. Senior Center),

Carroll Schweers, Harrison

Schweers, Tom Brown

Rotarians gathered at

the Charleston Senior Center to

wrap the gifts purchased at

Wal-Mart for seniors at the

Ansonborough House.

Bottow - Nan Greene, Bill

Prewitt, Carroll Schweers,

Dyson Scott, Mark Smith, Rene

Kramer, Ned Jervey, Tom

Sweeny, Kathy Jones, Bill

Nettles.

District 7770 Rotarians in Tanzania

In November 2011, District 7770 Rotarians Nick Sherfesee of the Myrtle Beach

Club and Bob Gross of the Sea Island Club of Beaufort went on a two-week

medical mission trip to Tanzania, Africa. Tanzania is an extremely poor country

with vast natural resources, including Mt. Kilimanjaro and the Serengeti

National Park, together with mineral resources.

One of the most pressing needs in Tanzania is water – both enough quantity and

quality. While there, Nick and Bob looked for possible international water

projects and identified several possibilities.

While in Tanzania, Nick and Bob visited the Rotary Club of Bukoba and

developed a relationship to implement a water project.

Nick Sherfesee Introduces Himself To The Bukoba Club

After the meeting, Nick and Bob were invited to

the home of Iqbal Ishmail for dinner.

Nick Enjoying Tandoori Chicken and True Rotarian

Fellowship

(Note the Bowl of Fried Crickets

behind the bottle of juice)/

Bob Gross Swaps A Sea Island Club Banner With Johanssen Lutabingwa, President Of The Bukoba Club

Historic Rotary Club of Charleston Holiday Social Photos at Halls Chophouse (L to R):

Katie McCravy, Legare Clement, Paul Stoney

Debbie Smith &

Club President Patterson Smith

Kyra Morris, Ford Reese, Lorraine Perry, Rob Morris Earl Walker, Amy Riley, Beth Savage, Bruce Savage