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Club Assembly Part III
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June 17, 2004 (Thursday)
Marikina Rotary Youth Center
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| Marikina Rotary Foundation Annual Meeting
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Valley Wheel Vol. 39 No. 48
CLUB ASSEMBLY PART III / MARIKINA ROTARY FOUNDATION ANNUAL MEETING
President On Call 24/7
by Pres. Dindo Santos
During our last two meetings, Centennial Pres. Kiko Pe Benito held our Club Assembly. This assembly prepared us for the Rotary Year ahead.
Just like last year, our plans and programs had been laid out a month before the Rotary Year starts and we know where we are heading. It is now up to us for its implementation. But sometimes along the way, we change course to what is more appropriate and feasible. But at the end we still achieved our goal.
Next week, we will have our Club Awards. As you know, our Club gives very limited awards. If there will be more, the award will lose its premium. I remember my grandmother, when in Paris, bought Lacoste shirts for everybody. One thought that it is cheap and from the sidewalk. If you don�t receive an award, it doesn�t mean that your efforts were not appreciated. You are part of the team who was awarded Outstanding and Effective Club by the District. This award is for all of us.
Our Club is expected to maintain the premiere status in the District. Thank you for your LENDing A HAND during my term. I know that you will extend the same support to Pres. Kiko when he assumes office. Next Rotary Year, it is time to CELEBRATE ROTARY� for its 100 years and our 40th.
Rotary Information
by PP Roland Garcia
"RI PRESIDENT J. MAJIYAGBE�S FINAL MESSAGE IN THE ROTARIAN"
Dear fellow Rotarians,
In this my final month as RI president, I hardly know how to begin to thank all
of you for your support and encouragement throughout the 2003-04 Rotary year.
I will begin with a tip of my Chicago baseball cap, a gesture that also honors
Rotary's birthplace, where we will celebrate our centennial in 2005.
One of my main emphases this year has been the family of Rotary, but I could not
have anticipated how I myself would benefit from this initiative at the outset
of my term. When my dear wife, Ade, passed away a year ago, the outpouring of
love and condolences from Rotarians worldwide demonstrated beyond a doubt that
Rotary is, indeed, one giant family. On behalf of my own family, I would also
like to thank everyone for their generous support of Ade's Hope Fund for the
Education of Women and Children. Through this special fund within The Rotary
Foundation, Ade's memory will live on as more and more women and children
receive the education they need to become productive, independent citizens of
the world.
I have also been gratified to observe that this year's RI theme, Lend a Hand,
has resonated so deeply with so many Rotarians. It refers to a simple gesture of
kindness that cuts across every national border and cultural barrier to capture
the essence of Rotary. The timeless nature of this phrase has caused it to
appear repeatedly over the generations in discussions of humanitarianism and
service to others. For example, a fellow Rotarian recently informed me that
Edward Everett Hale, a well-known U.S. author and clergyman who was Senate
chaplain in the early 1900s, once wrote: "Look up and not down; look forward and
not back; look out and not in; lend a hand." Similarly, no less than Rotary's
founder, Paul P. Harris, wrote in this very magazine in September 1912: "It is
fair to assume that we shall not be indifferent to the welfare of the
communities in which we exist, nor unwilling to lend a hand to the doing of
those things in the interest of the public." No wonder that today's Rotarians
have embraced the sentiment with such vigor and enthusiasm!
It is also appropriate that the final month of the Rotary year is dedicated to
Rotary Fellowships, international groups that provide opportunities for
Rotarians who share common pastimes, vocations, and interests to practice the
first concept of the Object of Rotary: acquaintance as an opportunity for
service. I urge districts and clubs to encourage their members to participate in
fellowships, which enhance the Rotary experience and collectively comprise a
strong membership recruitment and retention tool.
It is time, fellow Rotarians, for me to end my final monthly missive on these
pages. It has been an honor to serve you this year, and I will remain forever
humble and grateful for the opportunity. Another successful RI Convention is
behind us, and as we move forward into our historic centennial year, let us
never hesitate to Lend a Hand to those in need. Thank you so very much.
Jonathan Majiyagbe
President, Rotary International
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