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Rotary Code of Conduct

As a Rotarian, I will

1. Exemplify the core value of integrity in all behaviors and activities

2. Use my vocational experience and talents to serve in Rotary

3. Conduct all of my personal, business, and professional affairs ethically,

encouraging and fostering high ethical standards as an example to others

4. Be fair in all dealings with others and treat them with the respect due to

them as fellow human beings

5. Promote recognition and respect for all occupations which are useful to so-

ciety

6. Offer my vocational talents: to provide opportunities for young people, to

work for the relief of the special needs of others, and to improve the quality

of life in my community

7. Honor the trust that Rotary and fellow Rotarians provide and not do any-

thing that will bring disfavor or reflect adversely on Rotary or fellow Ro-

tarians

8. Not seek from a fellow Rotarian a privilege or advantage not normally ac-

corded others in a business or professional relationship

CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE

This certifies that Rotarian ___________________________________ of The

Rotary Club of _________________________________________________,

District ___________, attended the October 29 2013 meeting of the Rotary

Club on New Manila Heights held at the Rotary Center, Quezon City.

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By: PP Floro San Juan— Club Secretary

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REGULAR MEETING

October 29, 2013

7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

3F Rotary Center

P R O G R A M

Call to Order Pres. Al Villacorte

Invocation Rtn. Ding Villafuerte

National Anthem IPP Alex Arrojo

Introduction of Visiting

Rotarians & Guests PP Jodie Moreno

The Four-Way Test RPP Boy Escueta

Short Ghost Story-Telling Time PP Alex Buot

and PP Ed Aguila

Recognition Time PP Boone Ongchoco

Community Song

(Unchained Melody - Theme Song from "Ghost") PP Baby Allado with

PP Ponchit Miranda

Announcements PDS Jun San Juan

Introduction of "Ghost" Speaker PDS Jun San Juan

Heritage Houses and Costumes Angelito Perez

President's Time Pres. Al Villacorte

Rotary Hymn PP Boy Escueta

Adjournment Pres. Al Villacorte

Night Chair PP Boone Ongchoco

Host for October - Group 4

(October February June)

PP Boone Ongchoco

PP Alex Arrojo/

PP Jodie Moreno

PP Boyet Alfonso

Rtn Pancoy Saavedra

Rtn Ding Villafuerte

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NIGHT PRAYER

As we continue the Rotary

Year, we ask You to be with

us each step of the way

Prayer to Be Delivered From All Evil

Sanctify, O Lord, our souls, minds, and bodies.

Touch our minds and search out our consciences.

Cast out from us every evil thought, Every impure idea,

every base desire and memory, Every unseemly word,

all envy, pride and hypocrisy, Every lie, every deceit,

every worldly temptation, All greed, all vainglory,

all wickedness, all wrath, All anger, all malice,

all blasphemy, and all sloth, Every movement of flesh and spirit

That is alien to the will of your holiness. And enable us to turn to You,

Master, Lord who loves humankind, To call upon you

with boldness and without condemnation, With a pure heart, a contrite soul,

a face unashamed, and with lips that are sanctified Liturgy of Saint James, adapted

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District Activities:

Nov 1 Deadline for a Polio Free

World Awards

REMINDERS

Please pay your Dues

Please pay your TRF Pledges

Groupings:

Group 1 (July, November, March)

Inday Nery (Leader), Mar Nery, Al Villacorte, Jun San Juan,

Marvin Rillo

Group 2 (August/December & April)

Baby Allado (leader)/ Alex Buot/ Rod Lejano/ Alice Arcano &

Irma Pizarro

Group 3 (September/ January and May)

Elsa Unson (leader)/ Boy Escueta/ Ponchit Miranda/ Ed Aguila/

Raffy Pefianco

Group 4 (October/ February/ June)

Boone Ongchoco/ Alex Arrojo/ Jodie Moreno/ Boyet Alfonso/

Pancoy Saavedra/ Ding Villafuerte

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COMMUNITY SINGING

The Righteous Brothers

Unchained Melody Lyrics

Oh, my love, my darling I've hungered for your touch A long, lonely time

And time goes by so slowly And time can do so much Are you still mine?

I need your love I need your love God speed your love to me!

Lonely rivers flow To the sea, to the sea To the open arms of the sea

Lonely rivers sigh "Wait for me, wait for me" I'll be coming home, wait for me!

Oh, my love, my darling I've hungered, hungered for your touch A long, lonely time

And time goes by so slowly And time can do so much Are you still mine?

I need your love I need your love God speed your love to me!

Songwriters LINDE, DENNIS/MCDANIEL, MEL

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RCNMH Members

Rtn. Janice Melody Adolfo Nursing

PP Eduardo Aguila Art Retailing

PP Francisco Alfonso Construction

PP Ma. Elisa Allado Medicine-Family Medicine

Rtn. Alicia Arcano Medicine-Pediatrics

IPP. Alexander Arrojo Jewelry Trading

PP Alejandro Buot, Jr. Management Consultancy

PP Roman Escueta IT-Distribution

PP Rodolfo Lejano Construction

Rtn. Glenn Macatiag IT/ Education

PP Alfonso Miranda Real Estate

PP Hector Moreno Jr. Agri Business

Rtn. Isidra Nery Government Service

PDG Mario Nery Consultancy/ Public Service

PP Daniel Ongchoco IT Mgn’t & Education

PP Rafael Pefianco Management Consultancy

Rtn. Irma Pizarro Entrepreneur

Rtn. Marvin Rillo Government Service

Rtn. Francisco Saavedra Law Practice

PP Floro San Juan IT—Infrastructure

Rtn. Nicolas Torres II Law Enforcement - PNP

PP Elsa Unson Foundation & Educ’l Mgn’t

Pres. Aladin Villacorte Foreign Service/ Education

Rtn.RicardoVillafuerte Traffic Management

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CROSSROADS Mario R. Nery

Note : Due to unforeseen circumstances, PDG Mar in unable to provide an

original article, so the editor decided to print this article instead from ROTI

with acknowledgements to the original writer.

UNDERSTANDING THE ROTARY ORGANIZATION Clubs Rotarians are members of more than 34,000 Rotary clubs, which belong to the global association of Rotary International (RI). Each club elects its own officers and enjoys considerable autonomy within the framework of Rotary's constitution and bylaws. Districts Clubs are grouped into more than 530 RI districts, each led by a district governor, who is an RI officer and leads about 50 clubs. The district administration, including assistant governors and various committees, guides and supports the clubs. The RI Boards The 19-member RI Board of Directors , which includes the RI president and president elect, meets quarterly to establish policies. Traditionally the RI president, who is elected annually, develops a theme and emphasis for the year. The Secretariat RI is headquartered in Evanston, Illinois, USA, with seven international offices in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, India, Japan, Korea, and Switzerland. The office of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland (RIBI), located in England, serves clubs and districts in that region. The Secretariat's active managing offi-cer is the general secretary, who heads a 650- member staff working to serve Rotarians worldwide. Contact the Secretariat . Council on Legislation

The Council on Legislation, Rotary's "parliament," meets every three years to deliberate and act upon all proposed enactments and resolutions submitted by clubs, district conferences, the RIBI Conference or General Council, and the RI Board. The Council itself also makes proposals.

The Trustees of The Rotary Foundation

The 15 directors of The Rotary Foundation are appointed by the RI president, with the agreement of the RI Board. The Trustees manage all business of the Foundation. The trustee chair, who serves for one year as chair, is the head of the Trustees. Each trustee is appointed to a four-year term.

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Currently a designer / entrepreneur whose main business concern is CAMP SUKI, dealing in the manufacture and rental of costumes, spe-cializing in period and contemporary costumes and accessories. CAMP SUKI is a pioneering venture in the rental of formal wear and cos-tumes, established in 1979 and is the only one of its kind in Manila. Past President and Chairman of the FASHION DESIGNERS ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES, from 1990 to 1992 and 2000 to 2001 respectively and chairman of other fund raising projects of the association. Lito Perez graduated from La Salle Green Hills Elementary School in 1974 an La Salle Green Hills High School in 1978.A A graduate of Bachelor of Interior Design from the University of the Philippines, Class 1982, He has participated in various solo and group shows in Manila, Singapore and Taipei, USA and London. He was a finalist at the Manila Fashion Awards held in Manila 1989and the Asian Young Designer Awards sponsored by JETHRO, in 1990. He represented the country in Singapore Fashion Conventions in 1991 and the Rotary World Conven-tion held in Taipei, Republic of China in 1994. He also showed in Lon-don on February 20th, 2002 showing his collection for the Overseas Women's Club at the Imperial Hotel, London, UK. His latest collections were shown in a grand 5-state fashion tour in the United States from August to September 2003. Lito Perez's fashion tour led him to California, New Jersey, Florida, Chicago and Hawaii, ending the year 2003 with style.

ANGELITO “LITO” PEREZ

OWNER—CAMP SUKI COSTUMES

MANAGING DIRECTOR VILLA ARCE MANSIONS

VIGAN VILLA TORTUGA TAAL BATANGAS ENTREPRENUER

FASHION DESIGNER

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With 1,000 garbage cans, we will be covering around 6 to 7 jeepney junctions and yet there are over 30 jeepney unions nationwide. How beautiful it would be if the future batches of Xaverians can continue this project and cover all jeepneys in the Philippines. Through the power of networking and the help of groups like Rotary, I am pretty sure this can be done and we will one day see all jeepneys, not just in San Juan, not just in Metro Manila, but all over the Philippines with garbage bins. The moral of the story is that, we must never give up on our ideas and projects. Although, we will face challenges, road bumps and criticisms along the way, we must never just throw away our ideas especially when these same ideas have a shot at making a difference in the lives of others. Furthermore, there will always be people and groups who share the same vision as us. And when you have willing donors and benefactors like the Raffles Institute of Singapore that donated the initial funding for the project and of course, the Rotary Club of New Manila Heights that matched this seed funding with their own one-for-one garbage can donation, you can create an even big-ger ripple. This is what social entrepreneurship is all about, making the world a better place to live in. Maybe, we don’t need to wait for that “one day when we start running our own businesses or hold top managerial positions” before we start helping out in society and making a difference in the lives of others. Maybe, even as students, we can already be more than just aware. Maybe, as students, we can already shine light upon our surroundings! At the end of the day, the choice to do something greater than ourselves will always be right there, and it is up to us to make that choice.

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PRESIDENT’S CORNER

President Amba “Al” Villacorte

Getting involved In my younger years I joined rallies and street demonstrations as a form of es-cape, to get out of the classroom and create my own time and space. I was the prototype of an accidental militant; I rebel without a cause; I was neither left nor right, I was above, above the fray, feeling ten feet tall, mighty proud of being part of something, even something I cannot fully explain or understand, something akin to faith and belief, an ideal that's bigger and greater than all of us. As I grew a little older, I picked my issues, I chose my fight. Without admitting it, however, there had been occasions when I felt that marches and rallies were just a waste of time, an exercise in futility, inconsequential, ineffectual. (The Bataan nuclear plant remains brand-new, never produced a single watt of energy, re-member?). They say in this country critics are a dime a dozen; we discuss and debate and investigate, and talk some more, while garbage swim around us, while traffic jams literally stall the national economy. It's all talk and no walk. Believe it or not, the campaign against corruption, our search for justice and truth, is now jokingly reduced into a game of acronyms. Where have all the young men gone, as the song goes, gone to their graves, eve-ryone. Today, old and weary, I join people's marches with a prayer. Then as now, I find myself drawn to the old chorus for change, the clamor for reforms, not knowing whether my small voice will add anything to the whole exercise, not knowing whether it will make any difference at all, but somehow just being there listening, standing, singing, being part of the angry crowd, a multitude, raising my fist once or twice, makes me feel good inside, makes me feel a little more alive, and helps me sleep a little bit more soundly at night. Many were asking why Mar, my high school classmate, fights alone; I think the question should be directed at us: why are we not fighting with him? What do I owe to my neighbors, to my community, to my country? Such are the questions we ought to ask ourselves. For me Rotary's motto Service Above Self carries a simple message: each one of us has the responsibility to give back to our country that has given so much to us. The government can only do so much, true, but if we join hands and work together, a united nation, everything is possible. I am sure there'll be more people's marches, for transforming words into deeds, for making miracles happen, for getting involved.

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The Green Meeting

Group 4 led by PP Boone Ongchoco conceptualized a meeting that was predomi-nantly Green in color , even greener in content and greenest in comedy. With La Salle’s great escape in the UAAP basketball league, PP promised the members a sur-prise provided the members wore green. Everything was green that evening including the Guest Speaker, Dr. Mark Anthony San Juan, Valedictorian of La Salle Greenhills Class of 99 and now a practicing ophthalmologist in Bohol province. He provided the members with what care should be done to their eyes. It was informative as he had to field a lot questions regarding the consequences of delaying much needed eye care since neglect may lead to irreversible consequences. He mentioned that early detec-tion will reduce the seriousness of the eye diseases. The speaker also provided some eyewitness accounts of the Bohol earthquake since the doctor was at Tagbilaran City at the time of the earthquake. He mentioned that Tagbilaran as relatively OK which cannot be said for some western towns in the island where infrastructure and build-ings were almost 90% damaged

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THE PROJECT JEEP LAUNCH: TURNING IDEAS INTO REALITY

(Speech given by Xavier Green Team Head and Interact Club of St. Fran-

cis Xavier President David Ongchoco during the Project Jeep launch held

last October 25, 2013) It is never too early to engage ourselves and to make a difference in our own little way. More often than not, social entrepreneurship all starts with a simple idea. Most of us want to create the next big thing but what we forget is that sometimes, we must start by just looking around us and thinking of ways to make our community a better place. As high school students, we can create our own simple solutions and to eventually expand these into bigger things. Two years ago, during the TiltShift 2011 Conference held in Raffles Institute Singapore, Xaverians Patrick Wee, Christian Go and Jaime Young of Batch 2013 came up with an idea that was recog-nized and as a result was granted a seed funding of P40,000 during the conference. However, due to their busy schedule, the project was never really put into action. The idea was shelved for quite some time. But just this year, the project leader Patrick Wee asked the Xavier Green Team to help revitalize and launch this project. This project is Project Jeep and today, THIS PROJECT BECOMES A REALITY! Project Jeep aims to create a simple solution to a taxing problem at the very heart of the Philip-pine metropolis. By merging culture and innovation, Project Jeep’s main goal would be to mini-mize litter thrown onto the streets of Manila by adding recycling bins to the Philippines’ most famous method of transportation—the jeepney, a cultural public utility vehicle. This project will be held in cooperation with a jeepney union in a chosen city (in our case, San Juan and its surrounding areas), whereby jeepneys will be receiving garbage bins for their passen-gers to throw their trash in. “Project Jeep" will also require all jeepneys to segregate daily the trash and sell the recyclables to designated recycling plants for additional income. As such, the project goes beyond helping the environment and will also help in reducing income inequality, as jeepney drivers themselves will earn extra income from the trash that they will be selling to these recycling plants. With the initial seed funding given by Raffles Institute Singapore, the challenge was for this year’s XS Green Team to not only help in the execution of the project but also in the expansion of the coverage of the project by covering more jeepneys. We wanted this to be our legacy. And so we began talking to foundations and service organizations like Rotary to help with additional funding. Today, the Rotary Club of New Manila Heights will be donating an additional 250 garbage cans to match the 250 garbage cans of Xavier School to benefit 500 jeepneys. Whereas the 250 garbage cans from Xavier will benefit the Rosario-San Juan jeepney route, Rotary’s 250 bins will benefit the combined total of 250 jeepneys plying the Cubao-Rosario and Trinoma-Sta. Maria Bulacan jeepney junctions. The XS Green Team and the youth service organization Interact Club of St. Francis Xavier will be in charge of monitoring Phase 1 of this project. To ensure the project’s success, we will monitoring whether garbage bins are well taken care of, daily recycling is being done and proper turnover and selling to designated recycling plants is accomplished. If successful, we hope to launch Phase 2 of Project Jeep with another 500 garbage cans before the school year ends. This will be funded by the remaining budget from the Raffles Institute funding and a Rotary Foundation grant with the help of the Rotary Club of New Manila Heights once again.

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ROTARY DISTRICT 378O PARTNERS WITH RED CROSS Last October 25, the QC Red Cross Chapter celebrated its 65th Anniversary and Rotary District 3780 saw it fit to partner with the Red Cross in having a mass blood donation at the Ever Gotesco Commonwealth atrium. RCNMH participation was highlighted by PP Baby Allado who delivered the welcome remarks and actually coordinated the whole event for both major partners. The event was able to generate 269 units of qualified blood from suitable donors. It also witnessed the launching of the Blood Samaritan Fund which got donors from various clubs totaling PHP 14,500.00

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VARIOUS SCHOOL PROJECTS—BUSOG LUSOG TALINO AND HANDWASHING RCNMH donated vitamin supplements to Busog Lusog Talino participants at P Bernardo Elementary School. The QC Red Cross donated Milk and Soap for P Bernardo Elementary School and P Tuason Elementary School and demonstrated the technique of proper hand washing. This is in effect a celebration for Global Hand washing month. FCP Al Villacorte, PP Baby Allado and Rotarian Janice Adolfo were present along with several other Red Cross Volunteers. The principals of P Bernardo Elementary School Linaflor Cabildo and P Tuason Elementary School Reynaldo San Mateo were happy and clean recipients of the various donations. Kudos to RCNMH Rotarians

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2013 GOLDEN WHEEL AWARDS ROTARY CLUB OF NEW MANILA HEIGHTS

BEST CLUB IN VOCATIONAL SERVICE PROJECT THE RCNMH “KARUNUNGAN AT KABUHAYAN” CENTER

With the number of institutions offering livelihood programs or literacy training in different communities, what makes the Rotary Club of New Manila Heights (RCNMH) “Karunungan at Kabuhayan” Center different from all the others. For RCNMH, their project is not just for literacy or for livelihood. What sets it above the rest is its unique holistic literacy and livelihood program that does not just provide skills training, but also integrates values formation, career guidance and counseling, job placement, micro financing and enterprise development as well. The Center does not just stop at offering year-round free I.T. and non I.T. vocational courses, it further continues its assistance by providing venues for its beneficiaries to translate this liter-acy into a permanent form of livelihood. Through the vast network of RCNMH members, the club was able to make the project more sustainable by tapping partners such as Informatics, TESDA, Knights of Colum-bus, Mt. Carmel Shrine Chapter, LGUs and even an international partner, RID 3060. Five years into the project, it has proven its great potential in creating a truly far-reaching economic impact and effecting a more palpable change in the lives of the needy. The Center aims to reach out to over 6,000 out-of-school youth, idle mothers and unemployed or underemployed residents of “Area 2-” and other neighboring barangays an Barangay Sta Monica in Novaliches. RCNMH seeks to continuously improve the program by offering new courses such as beauty care, hairdressing, cellular phone repair, small electrical appliance repair, and reflexology and massage, in addition to its current course offerings such as basic com-puter literacy, PC troubleshooting, basic graphic design, call center training, dressmak-ing and tailoring. Despite being a relatively new project, it has already made its mark in the community through Rotarians ‘ sheer determination in effecting positive change in the lives of their constituents. In the awards night, the club was represented by PP Boone Ongchoco, PP Baby Alladoi and PDS Jun San Juan. Event was held at Crown e Plaza and the club was among 5 Ro-tary Club awardees , 10 Rotarian awardees and 17 non-Rotarian awardees . Notable awardees present were Hans Sy of SM, Kara David of GMA-7, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin, UP President Federico Pascual and Kris Aquino among others. It was a full night of awarding and entertainment and showcase the best that Quezon City has to offer.

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NEWS FLASH RCNMH has received the proceeds of the matching grant for the “Karunungan and Kabuhayan” Center. Special thanks to RID Dis-trict 3060 and the RI Office in facilitating the deposit to the club’s account of the Matching grant proceeds