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Club Awards 2005

Date
Venue
 June 30, 2005 (Thursday)
Marikina Rotary Youth Center
Lighted Billboard
Handover Ceremonies



Valley Wheel Vol. 40 No. 50
CLUB AWARDS 2005

President's Current Account by Pres. Kiko Pe Benito

It is with overwhelming gratitude that one feels for having been bestowed the Club Presidency at a rare occasion of celebrating not one, but two special events --- the Centennial Year of Rotary International and the Club�s 40th Year Charter Anniversary.

With the excitement though came the anxiety of living up to expectations, upholding excellence and creating a balance between family, work and committed Rotary service. But, as the proverbial Rotary wheel turns, everything came into place as each Rotarian join hand in service. The initial fear of surmounting such a big feat, was comforted by fellow Rotarians & their spouses constantly willing to assist.

In this light, I wish to take this opportunity to thank the Centennial Board, all the Past Presidents, Members and Spouses of RC Marikina for their full support. Our heartfelt gratitude to Assistant Governors Jun Abellar and Tony Fidelino for their guidance; and of course, to our Centennial Governor Fabio J. Enriquez and DGL Myrna Enriquez for their all out support to our club. And lastly, thank you to my wife and family for their understanding on the demands of my presidency. Needless to say without all these support coupled by Divine guidance & blessings from above, all our endeavors would be in vain.

Leading the Club for a year has given me the opportunity to widen my horizons on revitalizing members participation and understanding Rotary�s motto of �Service Above Self�. I do hope this humble service as Centennial President has contributed to our purpose and mission as Rotarians.

As we pass on the mantle of leadership, let us continue to �Celebrate Rotary� through �Service Above Self� as President Fabi Cadiz leads the Rotary Club of Marikina to the second century of Rotary movement.

To the new board Congratulations & More Power!!! And, that in all things we do, may God be glorified!!!

Francisco �Kiko� I. Pe Benito
Centennial President
RC Marikina


Touching Lives by Sec. Doy Smith

DISTRICT AWARDS
Rotary Year 2005-2006

C. OUTSTANDING ROTARY CLUBS

Most Outstanding Clubs

The Most Outstanding Rotary Club will be selected from among the Outstanding Rotary Clubs. The clubs shall be given merit points for the following accomplishments:
  1. Outstanding Rotaract Club (5 pts.)
  2. Outstanding Interact Club (5 pts.)
  3. Outstanding Rotary Community Corps (5 pts.)
  4. For Organizing
    1. New Rotary Club (15 pts.)
    2. New Rotaract Club (5 pts.)
    3. New Interact (5 pts.)
    4. New Rotary Community Corps (5 pts.)
Likewise, the Top Five Clubs in Different Projects/Activities will be given merit points as follows:
    1. First Place - 5 pts.
    2. Second Place - 4 pts.
    3. Third Place - 3 pts.
    4. Fourth Place - 2 pts.
    5. Fifth Place - 1 pt.
    1. Best Club Bulletin
    2. Best in Attendance
    3. Top five club contributors to The Rotary Foundation in three categories:
      1. total contributions
      2. per capita contribution
      3. 100% club members contributing to TRF
    4. Outstanding Literacy and Education Projects
    5. Outstanding Water Management Projects
    6. Outstanding Health and Hunger Projects
    7. Outstanding Public Image Projects
    8. Most Number of Attendees in the Rotary Academy (%)
    9. Most Number of New Women members inducted
    10. Highest Net Membership Growth (%)
    11. Highest Number of New Rotarians Inducted
    12. Most Impressive Four-Way Test Billboard/Display Project
    13. Most Number of Attendees to the DISCON (%)
    14. Highest number of significant activities participated in as recommended by the 2005-06 Public Image Task Force as indicated in the RI Web site
    15. Most meet coverage of Rotary club events
    16. Most number of public service announcements in the newspaper, on the radio and/or television
    17. Most number of Four Avenues of Service Citations for Individual Rotarians
    18. Most number of new projects in support of Vocational Service
    19. Greatest impact in publicizing the Rotary�s role in the Global Polio Eradication
V. AWARDING CEREMONIES - The �Gabi ng Parangal at Pasasalamat� will be on June 10, 2006


Rotary Information by PP Eric Ignacio

"CHAPTER 15 - ROTARY�S COMMITMENT TO YOUTH"

Rotarians have felt drawn to serve the needs of children and young people from the earliest days of the International Association of Rotary Clubs. In December 1913, the Rotary Club of Syracuse, New York, USA, appointed a crippled children�s committee. Their interest was sparked by the plight of a disabled girl whose parents couldn�t afford the surgery and rehabilitation that was needed to restore her mobility. The Syracuse Herald endorsed the club�s project and in two weeks collected $2,728.74 from its readers.

The club then conducted a citywide survey of similarly needy children and found 200 of them. This opportunity motivated the new Rotarians to make �crippled children�s work� their primary community service, and they mobilized social workers, medical caregivers, and rehabilitation specialists to their cause. Club members provided food baskets to the poorest families and clothes, toys, and books to physically disabled children. In 1914, the club added 40 blind children to the program, and every surgeon and hospital donated their services.

Inspiring stories such as these appeared in The Rotarian magazine just at the time when both the association and its clubs were trying to shed Rotary�s image as a self-serving business-boosting organization. Other clubs picked up the idea and looked for similar needs in their own communities.

In 1915, a Toledo, Ohio, USA, Rotarian learned of a 16-year-old quadriplegic boy named Alva Bunker who was unable to read or write. The club discovered a unique school in Michigan that specialized in educating such children, so it raised enough money to pay for the boy to be fitted with artificial limbs and to complete his education. The Toledo Rotarians wanted to continue their work with other handicapped children, so they formed the Toledo Society for Crippled Children. When automobile magnate Henry Ford donated a large sum of money to help disabled children, the press credited the Rotary Club of Toledo�s work for drawing Ford�s interest.

Not far from Toledo was Elyria, Ohio, home of Edgar F. �Daddy� Allen. Allen owned a successful lumber company that supplied railroad ties and telephone poles throughout the East and Midwest, but his wealth and business accomplishments meant nothing when his beloved son Homer, 18, and other people were killed in a streetcar accident in Elyria. The loss seemed even worse when officials told Allen that had there been a hospital in the town, Homer probably would have survived. Allen dedicated the rest of his life to helping children, especially those with physical disabilities. When an eight-year-old orphan boy insisted on calling him �Daddy� for all the help he gave him, the name stuck.

Daddy Allen sold his business and within two weeks had raised $100,000 to start work on the Elyria Memorial Hospital, so named in honor of the victims of the streetcar accident. After it was completed, the doctors approached him to build an extension especially equipped for crippled children. Allen not only raised the money to finish that building; he became so aware of the need for such treatment centers that, dividing Ohio into eight districts, he persuaded hospitals in each area to erect their own crippled children�s wings.

To nobody�s surprise, Daddy Allen, a member of the Rotary Club of Elyria, convinced his club�and other Rotary clubs across the country�to make crippled children�s work a major focus of their own community service outreach.

Rotary clubs outside the United States initiated similar projects. When the English industrialist Lord Nuffield visited New Zealand, he was so impressed with the work undertaken by local Rotarians that he donated �50,000 to their cause. Aucklanders Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Wilson donated a house to Rotary and 13 acres of land to be used for a crippled children�s home, at which point Lord Nuffield added another �10,000 to his original gift. Many Rotary clubs formed city and then state societies for crippled children. This led to the formation of the National Society and then the International Society for Crippled Children in 1921, of which Paul Harris was chairman and Daddy Allen was president. This worthy organization added �and Adults� to its name in 1944, and in 1979 dropped the term �crippled� to become the Easter Seals Society.

Boys Work

While Rotary was actively supporting projects for disabled children, it also invested in something called �Boys Work.� Boys comprised the vast majority of juvenile delinquents, truants, and youth prison inmates at that time. Rotarians saw the opportunity to act as mentors who could be positive role models with the resources and desire to steer the boys in the right direction.

So many clubs launched Boys Work projects that the 1916 Cincinnati convention authorized a standing committee to promote and coordinate such programs throughout the Rotary world. Each convention for many years thereafter voted to continue this committee, and in 1920 delegates to the Atlantic City convention even voted to amend the Rotary bylaws to include Boys Work. In January 1924, RI established the National Boys Work Committee and U.S. President Calvin Coolidge became its honorary chairman.

It is easy to see why Boys Work appealed to Rotarians. The objectives� �to develop boys into good citizens and honorable businessmen, to afford every boy the opportunity to attain his full potential, [and] to encourage vocational training��were congruent with their own beliefs. Every issue of The Rotarian contained stories of clubs actively involved in Boys Work.

Clubs frequently organized Boys Weeks, during which parades, conferences, and newspaper articles were dedicated to the project. Many clubs sponsored Boy Scout troops, citizenship training and character-building and vocational training classes. Others created summer camps, orphans homes, and boys clubs. Many Rotarians volunteered their time in juvenile courts, reform schools, and prisons as counselors for boys already in trouble. When fathers left home to serve their countries in two world wars, Rotarians stepped in to be the positive male role models. When wars and the Great Depression caused rampant unemployment and family despair, Rotarians provided jobs, playgrounds, and a sense of hope to boys everywhere. The Rotary Club of Atlanta, Georgia, USA, formed an educational foundation in 1920 and in its very first year provided enough funds to put six boys through college. By 1940, the number had grown to 900 students, 700 of whom had graduated. Two California districts emulated the Atlanta model and provided college scholarships for 200 students from 40 countries.

Rotary�s work with youth cuts across all Avenues of Service. When a club organizes a Boy Scout troop or takes disabled children on an outing, that is Community Service. When it mentors teenagers with job skills or teaches a physically challenged youth how to work with his hands, that is Vocational Service. When Rotarians in one country provide assistance to children in another or host a Youth Exchange student, they are performing International Service.



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