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Angelica Blakely

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Douglas Heizer

Flávia Proença

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polio Giving history

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under one sky lights

the way to a better world

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Frequently asked

QuestionsPage 15 & 16

presidential message

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Fellow rotarians,

November is Foundation month.

Please use this month to pro-

vide programs to educate your

club members of the many great

things our Rotary Foundation

has been able to accomplish

because of the contributions made by Rotarians. I

also encourage you to review some of the projects

on Rotary Showcase and share them with your club.

Our District has always contributed generously to

the Rotary Foundation. I would like to acknowledge

the following clubs for their contributions for the Ro-

tary Year 2014-2015:

• Every Rotarian Every Year (EREY) Clubs:

Boca Raton Sunset, Boca Raton West, Cocoa

(100% Sustaining Member), Cocoa Beach Day-

break, Downtown Boca Raton, Eau Gallie, Hobe

Sound/Port Saleron (100% Sustaining Member),

MerrittIsland,PortSt.LucieSunset(100%Sustain-

ingMember), Rockledge (100% SustainingMem-

ber),RoyalPalmBeach,Suntree(100%Sustaining

Member),TheNorthernPalmBeaches(100%Sus-

tainingMember),Titusville,VeroBeach.

• TopAnnualFundGivingClubs:No.1,Boca

Raton Sunset - $725.83 per Capita; No. 2 – Indial-

antic - $306.34; No. 3 – Jupiter-Tequesta - $260.96.

membership updateWe began this Rotary year with 1,529 members in

our District and 45 clubs. As of November 1 our mem-

bership is now at 1,572; a growth of 43 members!

Congratulations, to all of you who have worked so

hard to bring in new members. The challenge now

is to engage these new Rotarians, and make their

experience with Rotary meaningful so that you can

retain them as members.

club GoalsDo not forget to log in to Rotary Club Central and in-

put your goals and the completion of those goals. A

large number of clubs have yet to put in their goals. If

you have any questions on how to enter your goals,

pleasecontactyourAreaGovernorforassistance.

This year as you are aware the Presidential Cita-

tion is measured based upon the goals recorded in

Rotary Club Central. The results must be updated

no later than April 1, 2016—the date which Rotary

International will use as the measurement criteria

date for the Presidential citation.

district Governor VisitsAs of November 1, I have completed District gov-

ernor visits for all but 6 clubs. I have 5 of these

remaining club visits scheduled in November and

one in December. I want to thank all of you for mak-

ing me feel welcome in your club and for sharing

the many great things you are doing for Rotary and

your community. I also want to extend my offer to

visit your club anytime you need or want me to do

special presentations, awards and new member in-

ductions. Thank you and enjoy the coming of the

holiday season.

Editorial

Governor,Eugene Burkett

November 2015 • Quest4


November - Rotary Foundation Month

Mon Nov 02, 15 10:15A Royal Palm Beach Dictionary Project Disbursement - Golden Grove Elementary

Tue Nov 03, 15 12:00A Royal Palm Beach Holiday ~ Election Day

Tue Nov 03, 15 05:30A Palm Beach/Flagler Palm Beach Flagler Annual Fundraiser & Holiday Toy Drive

Del Frisco's 340 Royal Poinciana Way Suite 300 Palm Beach, FL 33480

Tue Nov 03, 15 07:00A Melbourne Beach 31st Pineapple Man planning meeting

LastHoleGrill,SpessardHollandGolfCourse

Tue Nov 03, 15 07:30A Melbourne Beach DG Official Visit - Melbourne Beach

Last Hole Restaurant Spessard Holland Golf Course 2374 Oak St, Melbourne Beach, FL 3

Tue Nov 03, 15 12:00P Okeechobee DG Official Visit - Okeechobee Golden Corral Restaurant 700 S. Parrott AVE

Wed Nov 04, 15 12:10P Stuart DG Official Visit - Stuart Rotary Club, Inc

The Dolphin Bar & Shrimp House, 1401 NE Indian River Drive, Jensen Beach, FL 1401 NE Indian River Drive

Wed Nov 04, 15 03:00P Royal Palm Beach Shred Fest 2015

Thu Nov 05, 15 07:30A Royal Palm Beach Rotary Club Central: Turning a 'Do I Have To?' into 'I Want To

OAK Bistro & Wine Bar 11051 Southern Blvd Ste 210 Royal Palm Beach, FL 33411 West end of the Costco shopping plaza

Thu Nov 05, 15 12:00P Fort Pierce DG Official Visit - Fort Pierce

Pelican Yacht Club 1120 Seaway Drive, Fort Pierce, FL 34949

Sat Nov 07, 15 06:00P Merritt Island PUTTIN' ON THE PINK

Café Unique 607 Florida Avenue Cocoa, Florida Contact Joe Fonseca for tickets or information Email:[email protected] Phone: 321-917-8746

Wed Nov 11, 15 12:00A Royal Palm Beach Holiday ~ Veterans Day

Tue Nov 17, 15 06:00A Palm Beach A Night at the Museum

South Florida Science Center 4801 Dreher Trail N, West Palm Beach, FL 33405

Tue Nov 17, 15 12:00P Jupiter-Tequesta DG Official Visit - Jupiter-Tequesta

Mangrove Bay 110 Mangrove Bay Way, Jupiter, FL 33458 Thu Nov 26, 15 12:00A Royal Palm Beach Holiday ~ Thanksgiving

noVEmbEr - rotary Foundation month


rotary proJEct sErVicE mission to GuatEmala

To District 6930 Rotarians,

From Riccardo Boehm, President elect Rotary Club of Palm BeachI am organizing a Rotary project service mission toGuatemala in February, 2016. Wewill visit theAk’Tenamit school an indigenous community devel-opment organization on the Rio Dulce near Livings-ton, on the Caribbean coast. http://aktenamit.org/Several clubs in our district have been visited by Steve Dudenhoefer, the founder of Ak’Ternamit. Clubs and individual Rotarians have contributed to

TheGuatemalanTomorrowFund.AgroupfromourDistrict 6930 went several years ago, and we have been invited to come next February.As in past groups we can divide people by interest andaffinityinto:1)HeavierConstruction-carpentry,etc.2)Lightconstruction-painting,varnishing,etc.3)Englishteaching,andotheractivitiesI will gladly come to your Rotary Club to tell you about this wonderful school and its work. I have spent a week at Ak’Tenamit and my involvement there with a wonderful team of Rotarians from Chicago was an unforgettable experience and a lot of fun.The mission will probably be a week in length, with fivedaysofworkandatwodayvisittoTikal,AntiguaGuatemalaorBelize (tobedetermined). Thestaywill be from Saturday to Monday. The cost including lodging in shared rooms, meals and air fare from Fort Lauderdale should be about $1,800 (I will be need-ing $400 deposits to hold seats on our flights before November 30) I will also be seeking interest from District 6990. This should be a great and enjoyable service project.Interested Rotarians can contact me at [email protected].

ROTARY PROJECT SERVICE MISSION TO GUATEMALA

To District 6930 Rotarians

From Riccardo Boehm, President elect Rotary Club of Palm Beach

I am organizing a Rotary project service mission to Guatemala in February, 2016. We will visit the Ak’Tenamit school an indigenous community development organization on the Rio Dulce near Livingston, on the Caribbean coast. http://aktenamit.org/

Several clubs in our district have been visited by Steve Dudenhoefer, the founder of Ak’Ternamit. Clubs and individual Rotarians have contributed to The Guatemalan Tomorrow Fund. A group from our District 6930 went several years ago, and we have been invited to come next February.

As in past groups we can divide people by interest and affinity into:

1) Heavier Construction - carpentry, etc.

2) Light construction - painting, varnishing, etc.

3) English teaching, and other activities

I will gladly come to your Rotary Club to tell you about this wonderful school and its work. I have spent a week at Ak’Tenamit and my involvement there with a wonderful team of Rotarians from Chicago was an unforgettable experience and a lot of fun.

The mission will probably be a week in length, with five days of work and a two day visit to Tikal, Antigua Guatemala or Belize (to be determined). The stay will be from Saturday to Monday. The cost including lodging in shared rooms, meals and air fare from Fort Lauderdale should be about $1,800 (I will be needing $400 deposits to hold seats on our flights before November 30)

I will also be seeking interest from District 6990. This should be a great and enjoyable service project.

Interested Rotarians can contact me at [email protected].

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polio GiVinG historyThe attached spreadsheet shows the donations to the PolioPlus campaign made by Rotarians in our DistrictsinceD6930cameintobeing(1995-96).The1st column of course is the Rotary years. The next column (amount) is the amount in dollars contrib-uted by Rotarians in our district for that year. The followingcolumn(DDF) is theamountofDDFcon-tributed by the District in that year. These are funds thatflowedbackintothedistrictbasedoncontribu-tions 3 years prior. The following column is the sub-total of the prior two columns. The column headed “GatesMatches”istheamountofmoneytheBillandMelindaGatesFoundationcontributedtomatchthecontributions of Rotarians in our District and the DDF contributed from our District for the appropriate year, ThefinalcolumnistheGRANDTOTAL–byyearof

funds generated due to the fantastic generosity of the Rotarians in our District. This report only shows giving this Rotary year through 30 September. We know of a couple of major fundraisers that have tak-en place in October and we expect that by the end of thisRotaryyeartheGrandTotalforPoliogivinginourDistrict will surpass $2,000,000.00You should all be proud of what we have done in our District to eradicate Polio

- Philip H. Lustig III President, Gift of Life East Florida, Inc. Treasurer, Caribbean Partnership, Inc. Treasurer, Disaster Network of Assistance - Rotarian Action Group Rotary International District 6930 District Governor 2007-2008 District Rotary Foundation Chair 2013-2016 District 6930 Strategic Plan Revision Chair 2012-2013 District 6930 Disaster Chair 2008-2014



prEsidEntial mEssaGEOne sunny morning at the end of June 1991, a van drove through the busy, rush-hour streets of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Winding through trafficto a northern suburb, the van arrived at the For-ward Command Head-quarters of the Defense Ministry. Security guards

stopped it for inspection. When they did, the two sui-cide bombers driving the van detonated their cargo: thousands of kilograms of plastic explosives.The roof of the building was blown off completely. De-bris was strewn for blocks. In total, 21 people were killed and 175 people injured, among them many pu-pils of the girls’ school next door. More than a kilo-meter away, the blast shattered every window in my home. My wife raced toward the sound of the explo-sion – toward our daughter’s school.Our daughter was then nine years old. That morning, she had forgotten her pencil case at home. At the mo-ment of the blast, she was coming out of a stationer’s shop, admiring her new pencils. Suddenly her ears wereringing,theairwasfilledwithsand,andevery-where around her people were screaming, bleeding, and running. Someone pulled her into the garden of the badly damaged school, where she waited until my wife arrived to bring her back to our home – its floorsstillcoveredwithbrokenglass.Sri Lanka today is peaceful and thriving, visited by some two million tourists every year. Our war now is only a memory, and we as a nation look forward to

a promising future. Yet so many other nations can-not say the same. Today, more of the world’s coun-triesare involved inconflict thannot;arecord59.5million people worldwide live displaced by wars and violence.In Rotary we believe, in spite of all that, in the possi-bility of peace – not out of idealism, but out of experi-ence. We have seen that even the most intractable conflictscanberesolvedwhenpeoplehavemoretolosebyfighting thanbyworking together.Wehaveseen what can happen when we approach peace-building in ways that are truly radical, such as the work of our Rotary Peace Fellows. Through our Rota-ry Foundation, peace fellows become experts in pre-ventingandresolvingconflict.Ourgoal is that theywillfindnewwaysnotonly toendwarsbut tostopthem before they begin.Among the hundreds of peace fellows who have graduated from the program, two from Sri Lanka, one fromeachsideoftheconflict,studiedtogether.Inthefirstweeksof thecourse,botharguedpassionatelyfor the rightness of their side. Yet week by week, they grew to understand each other’s perspective; today, they are good friends. When I met them and heard their story, they gave me hope. If 25 years of pain and bitterness could be overcome by Rotary, then what, indeed, is beyond us?Wecannotfightviolencewithviolence.Butwhenwefightitwitheducation,withunderstanding,andwithpeace,wecantrulyBeaGifttotheWorld.

- k.r. raVindran PRESIDENT 2015-16

PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE

One sunny morning at the end of June 1991, a van drove through the busy, rush-hour streets of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Winding through traffic to a northern suburb, the van arrived at the Forward Command Headquarters of the Defense Ministry. Security guards stopped it for inspection. When they did, the two suicide bombers driving the van detonated their cargo: thousands of kilograms of plastic explosives.

The roof of the building was blown off completely. Debris was strewn for blocks. In total, 21 people were killed and 175 people injured, among them many pupils of the girls' school next door. More than a kilometer away, the blast shattered every window in my home. My wife raced toward the sound of the explosion – toward our daughter's school.

Our daughter was then nine years old. That morning, she had forgotten her pencil case at home. At the moment of the blast, she

was coming out of a stationer's shop, admiring her new pencils. Suddenly her ears were ringing, the air was filled with sand, and everywhere around her people were screaming, bleeding, and running. Someone pulled her into the garden of the badly damaged school, where she waited until my wife arrived to bring her back to our home – its floors still covered with broken glass.

Sri Lanka today is peaceful and thriving, visited by some two million tourists every year. Our war now is only a memory, and we as a nation look forward to a promising future. Yet so many other nations cannot say the same. Today, more of the world's countries are involved in conflict than not; a record 59.5 million people worldwide live displaced by wars and violence.

In Rotary we believe, in spite of all that, in the possibility of peace – not out of idealism, but out of experience. We have seen that even the most intractable conflicts can be resolved when people have more to lose by fighting than by working together. We have seen what can happen when we approach peace-building in ways that are truly radical, such as the work of our Rotary Peace Fellows. Through our Rotary Foundation, peace fellows become experts in preventing and resolving conflict. Our goal is that they will find new ways not only to end wars but to stop them before they begin.

Among the hundreds of peace fellows who have graduated from the program, two from Sri Lanka, one from each side of the conflict, studied together. In the first weeks of the course, both argued passionately for the rightness of their side. Yet week by week, they grew to understand each other's perspective; today, they are good friends. When I met them and heard their story, they gave me hope. If 25 years of pain and bitterness could be overcome by Rotary, then what, indeed, is beyond us?

We cannot fight violence with violence. But when we fight it with education, with understanding, and with peace, we can truly Be a Gift to the World.

K.R. RAVINDRAN

PRESIDENT 2015-16

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wEst palm bEach rotary club’s dictionary proJEct hElps 2,400 studEnts

This year the Club held its 12th annual Dictionary Project. We delivered over 2,400 dictionaries to students at our 20 Business Partnership Schools. Club Members, students, and educators are very en-thusiastic about this service project! Initially, forty Club Members attended a fun, diction-ary sticker party. They put Rotary’s Four Way Test stickers into the dictionaries. Then they organized the dictionaries for deliveries by Club Members. Forty-five ClubMembers delivered over 2,400 dic-tionaries to all of the third graders at 20 schools. TheydeliveredEnglishanduponrequest,SpanishtoEnglishdictionariestothoseexcitedstudents.Also,Club Members met with students. They praised the students and encouraged them to succeed academi-cally. Principals often comment that this is important because it shows students that adults care about them. Students were very happy to get their dictionaries. For many students this is the first book they ever

owned. The dictionar-ies help them increase their academic success. Many educators and re-searchers see this as a key to better reading, speech, writing, math,

and test taking skills.

These unique dictionaries feature detailed reference information including: •Countriesandcapitolsoftheworld•StatesandcapitalsoftheUnitedStates•PresidentsoftheUnitedStates•Planetsofthesolarsystem•Basicsignlanguage

Inadditiontotheupdatedcollectionwordsanddefi-nitions, one of the unique items in the book is “The LongestWordintheEnglishLanguage,”(aprotein)which contains 1,909 letters – yes, one thousand, ninehundrednineLETTERS!Thisisalwaysasourceof intrigue and amazement for children. Also, we are sponsoring a Dictionary Essay Con-test. All of the students who received dictionaries are eligible to submit an essay about their dictionar-ies or Rotary’s Four Way Test. We will award mon-etary prizes to three students and give gift cards for classroom supplies to their sponsoring teach-ers. TheDictionaryEs-say Contest winners will be announced in Janu-ary 2016.

West Palm Beach Rotary Club’s Dictionary Project Helps 2,400 Students

This year the Club held its 12th annual Dictionary Project. We delivered over 2,400 dictionaries to students at our 20 Business Partnership Schools. Club Members, students, and educators are very enthusiastic about this service project!

Initially, forty Club Members attended a fun, dictionary sticker party. They put Rotary’s Four Way Test stickers into the dictionaries. Then they organized the dictionaries for deliveries by Club Members.

Forty-five Club Members delivered over 2,400 dictionaries to all of the third graders at 20 schools. They delivered English and upon request, Spanish to English dictionaries to those excited students. Also, Club Members met with students. They praised the students and encouraged them to succeed academically. Principals often comment that this is important because it shows students that adults care about them.

Students were very happy to get their dictionaries. For many students this is the first book they ever owned. The dictionaries help them increase their academic success. Many educators and researchers see this as a key to better reading, speech, writing, math, and test taking skills. These unique dictionaries feature detailed reference information including: Countries and capitols of the world States and capitals of the United States Presidents of the United States Planets of the solar system Basic sign language In addition to the updated collection words and definitions, one of the unique items in the book is “The Longest Word in the English Language,” (a protein) which contains 1,909 letters – yes, one thousand, nine hundred nine LETTERS! This is always a source of intrigue and amazement for children.

Also, we are sponsoring a Dictionary Essay Contest. All of the students who received dictionaries are eligible to submit an essay about their dictionaries or Rotary’s Four Way Test. We will award monetary prizes to three students and give gift cards for classroom supplies to their sponsoring teachers. The Dictionary Essay Contest winners will be announced in January 2016.

West Palm Beach Rotary Club’s Dictionary Project Helps 2,400 Students

This year the Club held its 12th annual Dictionary Project. We delivered over 2,400 dictionaries to students at our 20 Business Partnership Schools. Club Members, students, and educators are very enthusiastic about this service project!

Initially, forty Club Members attended a fun, dictionary sticker party. They put Rotary’s Four Way Test stickers into the dictionaries. Then they organized the dictionaries for deliveries by Club Members.

Forty-five Club Members delivered over 2,400 dictionaries to all of the third graders at 20 schools. They delivered English and upon request, Spanish to English dictionaries to those excited students. Also, Club Members met with students. They praised the students and encouraged them to succeed academically. Principals often comment that this is important because it shows students that adults care about them.

Students were very happy to get their dictionaries. For many students this is the first book they ever owned. The dictionaries help them increase their academic success. Many educators and researchers see this as a key to better reading, speech, writing, math, and test taking skills. These unique dictionaries feature detailed reference information including: Countries and capitols of the world States and capitals of the United States Presidents of the United States Planets of the solar system Basic sign language In addition to the updated collection words and definitions, one of the unique items in the book is “The Longest Word in the English Language,” (a protein) which contains 1,909 letters – yes, one thousand, nine hundred nine LETTERS! This is always a source of intrigue and amazement for children.

Also, we are sponsoring a Dictionary Essay Contest. All of the students who received dictionaries are eligible to submit an essay about their dictionaries or Rotary’s Four Way Test. We will award monetary prizes to three students and give gift cards for classroom supplies to their sponsoring teachers. The Dictionary Essay Contest winners will be announced in January 2016.


undEr onE sky liGhts thE way to a bEttEr world

RotaryandONE,aninternationaladvocacyorganization,joinedother event partners in downtown Chicago on 24 September to demonstrate a commitment to ending extreme poverty and inequality and to promoting action on climate change on the eve of the United Nations launch of its Sustainable Develop-mentGoals.The 17 ambitious goals constitutea roadmap for findingso-

lutions to the world’s most pressing problems, and dovetail with Rotary members’ work to create positive change in their communities and around the world. As dusk fell over Chicago, participants in the Under One Sky event held up blue lights, transformingtheplazawheretheyweregatheredintoafieldoffirefliesto#LightTheWaytoamorejustworld.“This is a great opportunity for people to network and join an eventwhereweareallfocusedoncreatingabetterworld,”saidCheryl McIntyre, president of the Rotary Club of Chicago.Julie Bordo, a district representative forONE.org, noted thatRotaryandONEaremoreeffectivewhentheyworktogether.“We have very similar goals, and when we put our collective ef-forts together, it allows us to reach more people in addressing theseincrediblyimportantissues,”shesaid.Under One Sky Chicago was one of more than 40 such events planned in the United States and more than 150 around the world. Other cities that hosted them include Sydney, New Delhi, Johannesburg, São Paulo, and New York.

Learn more about Rotary’s areas of focus

- arnold r. Grahl Rotary News 29-Sep-2015

Participants in the Under One Sky event in Chicago on 24 September dance along to music performed by Funkadesi.Photo Credit: Rotary International/Alyce Henson


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TellYourStoryMy name is Angelica Blakely and I will be at service as Public Image team in our District. As part of Rotary’s new strategy we are trying to strengthen our image so that everyone will understand what Rotary stands for, how we’re different, and why it matters.I encourage all Public Image Chairs for each club to download from Rotary Brand Center the Messaging GuidelinesBrochure,subtitledTheVoice,andVisualRotaryGuidelines,tosharewithclubmembers.Inthisbrochureyouwillfindpowerfultoolstodo“Whatweneedtodo”,whichistotellourgreatstoryinaway that ensures our actions and supports our words. And if your club doesn’t have Public Image Chairs please ask your president to appoint someone.

One of the best ways to bring our story to life is to simply tell about it. With this in mind we will have a spaceintheDistrictnewslettercalled“TellingYouStory”.Itwillbeaforumforindividualstotellaboutthedaytheybecameatrue Rotarian. Submissions will need to be no more than 400 words and, if possible, should include the author’s picture. Stories like these can inspire others and help to connect people to one another.Please, send to me at: [email protected]

- angelica blakelyRotary Club of Boca Raton WestDistrict Public Image Team

Telling You Story

My name is Angelica Blakely and I will be at service as Public Image team in our District.

As part of Rotary’s new strategy we are trying to strengthen our image so that everyone will understand what Rotary stands for, how we’re different, and why it matters.

I encourage all Public Image Chairs for each club to download from Rotary Brand Center the Messaging Guidelines Brochure, subtitled The Voice, and Visual Rotary Guidelines, to share with club members. In this brochure you will find powerful tools to do “What we need to do”, which is to tell our great story in a way that ensures our actions and supports our words. And if your club doesn’t have Public Image Chairs please ask your president to appoint someone. One of the best ways to bring our story to life is to simply tell about it. With this in mind we will have a space in the District newsletter called “Telling You Story”. It will be a forum for individuals to tell about the day they became a true Rotarian. Submissions will need to be no more than 400 words and, if possible, should include the author’s picture. Stories like these can inspire others and help to connect people to one another.

Please, send to me at: [email protected]

Angelica Blakely Rotary Club of Boca Raton West District Public Image Team


I’ve always heard of The Rotary Club, but it wasn’t until I was invited by Douglas Heizer that I became involved with it and eventually became a member of the Rotary Club Boca Raton West.

AlreadywithmyfirstsalarywhenIwasstillanintern,Idonated10%ofwhatIreceived to one of my neighbors and her children. Since then I’ve constantly donated financially to organizations that that take careof young childrenandtheelderlyinBrazil.Forthelast8yearsI’veevenfinanciallysponsoredachildin Uganda, his name is Innocent Opio. I also volunteer is various projects in the United States.

OneoftheprojectsIdedicatemyselftoisVamosFalarPortuguese.Thisorgani-zation focuses on teaching Portuguese to children. It brings me so much joy seeing the kids coming in mixing upEnglishandPortuguese,insomecasesevenSpanish,andfromthisexperienceleavingtrulylearningPortuguese, their parents’ native tongue. Sometimes, the parents still don’t even participate with their chil-dren.

Within this organization years is completely free to the students, I started a campaign with the parents this year where all the donations made are used as funds for the incoming group of students, for each $100 col-lected an entire group of students is guaranteed for the next year. This project currently serves 400 children between the ages of 3 and 15 within South Florida. The curriculum is approved by professional educators who are passionate about the work done in the organizations.

My son Nicholas is 7 years old, he already has been in this organization for 2 years and he loves learning about our culture and customs. His happy face when he learns a new song, he leaves there singing or with a new drawing celebrating a holiday. Anyways, it’s very gratifying and important knowing that a program like this has quality and seriousness to cater towards this new generation.

Insideofthisprogram,RotaryispromotingtheEndPoliocampaignandthekidscollaboratebyhavingtheirown piggy bank to collect money to help the kids in countries that still have polio.

I’m very proud that I participate in Rotary and the happiness that comes from helping those around me.

A big hug!

- Vânia amorim Rotary Club of Boca Raton West

TellYourStory

Tell your Story

I've always heard of The Rotary Club, but it wasn't until I was invited by Douglas Heizer that I became involved with it and eventually became a member of the Rotary Club Boca Raton West.

Already with my first salary when I was still an intern, I donated 10% of what I received to one of my neighbors and her children. Since then I've constantly donated financially to organizations that that take care of young children and the elderly in Brazil. For the last 8 years I've even financially sponsored a child in Uganda, his name is Innocent Opio. I also volunteer is various projects in the United States.

One of the projects I dedicate myself to is Vamos Falar Portuguese. This organization focuses on teaching Portuguese to children. It brings me so much joy seeing the kids coming in mixing up English and Portuguese, in some cases even Spanish, and from this experience leaving truly learning Portuguese, their parents' native tongue.

Sometimes, the parents still don't even participate with their children.

Within this organization years is completely free to the students, I started a campaign with the parents this year where all the donations made are used as funds for the incoming group of students, for each $100 collected an entire group of students is guaranteed for the next year. This project currently serves 400 children between the ages of 3 and 15 within South Florida. The curriculum is approved by professional educators who are passionate about the work done in the organizations.

My son Nicholas is 7 years old, he already has been in this organization for 2 years and he loves learning about our culture and customs. His happy face when he learns a new song, he leaves there singing or with a new drawing celebrating a holiday. Anyways, it's very gratifying and important knowing that a program like this has quality and seriousness to cater towards this new generation.

Inside of this program, Rotary is promoting the End Polio campaign and the kids collaborate by having their own piggy bank to collect money to help the kids in countries that still have polio.

I'm very proud that I participate in Rotary and the happiness that comes from helping those around me. A big hug! Vânia Amorim Rotary Club of Boca Raton West


dear rotarian,It is very great speaking to you!

You probably have noticed that every month, you would get an e-mail of the District

Quest Magazine. Quest is our monthly district newsletter transformed into a maga-

zinetogetallthedistrictinformationouttoRotariansinamoremodern,efficient,

and exciting way!

Through this letter, Iwant to encourage you to sendme information, flyers, and

photos of the events that your club holds so that we can promote it throughout the

whole district. That way, you will be letting other clubs know what yours is up to and encourage them to do

the same!

We wanted to show support for our entire district, so we created a print version of the magazine. This was

dream come true for us! It was an absolute success, and it was distributed to everyone at the District 6930

Conference!

Now, we want to be able to continue printing every month and send out the magazine to all the clubs in our

district so that each member can be handed a copy. This will be a fast, easy, and pleasant way for all mem-

bers in our district to be up to date on the happenings of every club.

This is also a great way to recruit future Rotarians. Distributing these magazines throughout our workplaces,

we can let others in our community learn what being a Rotarian is all about. They will see the wonderful ser-

vices we do for our communities, along with the fun time we have while doing it! I encourage all your mem-

bers to use this magazine as a recruitment tool for your clubs.

So that we can keep Quest printing every month, I ask you to share this letter with each member of your club

and incentivize them to buy advertisement space for their businesses. With the support of your members, we

will be able to cover the cost of printing and stay on track with our goal of having a print version of Quest. We

hope that all Rotarians show their support and promote their business through our magazine.

For more information, here is the contact who is responsible for handling the advertising of the magazine:

Contact andre heizer at (561) 807-6304 or [email protected]

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Documents

Rotary International - District 6930 - 004 Quest Magazine - November 2015