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Rotary Club of New Manila Heights

Regular Weekly Meeting/Club Assembly 7:30 pm, May 17, 2011 (Tuesday)

Peñafrancia Hall, Mt. Carmel Shrine, 5th Ave., New Manila , Quezon City

P R O G R A M

Regular Meeting Proper

Call to Order Pres. Ma. Elisa “Baby” Allado

Invocation Dir. Josefina “Jpsoe” Ang

National Anthem PN Alexander “Alex” Arrojo

Introduction of Visiting Rotarians

& Guests / Announcements Sec. Bernadette “Badette” Redublo

The 4-Way test Rtn Warren “Bong” Domantay

Rotary Information PP Floro “Jun” San Juan

Community Singing Pres. Ma. Elisa “Baby” Allado

Club Assembly Proper

Call to Order Pres. Ma. Elisa “Baby” Allado

Appointment of new Committee Chairs

Strategic Planning Meeting Schedule

District Induction 2011

Other Matters

RCMH Hymn Rtn Roberto “Bobby” Ang

Adjournment Pres. Ma. Elisa “Baby” Allado

Night Chair: Rtn. Perfecto “Jun” Quilicot, Jr.

Dinner Host : PP Elsa Unson

CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE

This certifies that Rotarian ___________________

attended the regular weekly meeting of the Rotary

Club of New Manila Heights on May 17, 2011 held at

Peñafrancia Hall, Mt. Carmel Shrine Parish Church,

5th

St., New Manila, Quezon City.

_________________________

BERNADETTE REDUBLO

Secretary

President’s Corner

Ma. Elisa “Baby” Allado

Letting Go "As long as I was trying to anticipate what people wanted from me, as long as I was

trying to fulfill other people’s expectations, I was in a losing game," Shriver said in

2007, during her speech at the annual Women's Conference. "You can spend the

rest of your life trying to measure up, trying to figure out what other people expect

from you and trying to fulfill their expectations of you. Or, right now, you can make

a decision to let all that go." – Maria Shriver, former wife of Arnold Schwarzenegger

(the couple decided to separate after 25 years of marriage as they go through

“personal and professional transition”).

Letting go is always a difficult thing to do specially if the person, thing,

position, habit or whatever material thing has been with us for a long period of time.

Maria Shriver was a journalist (NY Times) before her husband became a politician.

She had to give up her job because it would meet with conflicts of interest, time and

attention. Recently, on television, I was shocked to learn that movie stars Yayo

Aguila and William Martinez have also parted ways after 25 years of marriage. I am

affected because after 25 years, you would expect couples to have overcome the

most difficult times in their marriage, have adjusted well to each other’s

idiosyncrasies and now look forward to spending their remaining years together. So

many years, intimate relationships and emotional investments gone to waste!

Many of the parents I counsel find it difficult to let go of their children even

if they are adults already and have even married. They continue to treat them as

children and expect them to “obey and respect” as when they were younger. Hence

they blow their top, threaten to disown or drive them away from home when children

answer back or don’t follow their advice. I also struggled with this but found a

solution to the problem. Now, instead of scolding sessions, I call a meeting to

discuss issues. Instead of screaming or raising my voice, I talk with them as co-

equals and encourage them to explain their side and offer suggestions. But when I

treat them like adults they should act like adults and act responsibly.

Politicians run into trouble when they hold on to their positions too long.

Power corrupts and material possessions are addicting. So they find ways to stay in

power, sometimes involving even their children to continue their reign.

The most difficult thing to let go is measuring up to other people’s

expectations. Since we cannot please everyone, we end up frustrated and depressed.

Thus the Rotary motto of “Service above Self” is ideal because we do things to help

others without expecting praise or recognition and being contented with smiles of

gratitude from our beneficiaries.

I say ideal because many Rotarians violate the very essence of the motto.

You will encounter people who hug the limelight and grab credits because of

personal ambitions and ego trips. But it is not an excuse for us to back out of a

commitment we gave when we became Rotarians. In fact, it should encourage us to

do even better and succeed to prove that the Rotary organization continues to serve

its purpose.

Community Song

Kahit Maputi na ang Buhok Ko

(by Rey Valera )

Kung tayo’y matanda na Sana’y di tayo magbago

Kailan man, Nasaan ma’y ito ang pangarap ko

Makuha mo pa kaya

Ako’y hagkan at yakapin Hmmmm

Hanggang sa pagtanda natin

Nagtatanong lang sa ‘yo Ako pa kaya’y ibigin mo

Kung maputi na ang buhok ko

Pagdating ng araw Ang buhok mo ay puputi na rin

Sabay tayong mangangarap ng nakaraan sa ‘tin

Ang nakalipas ay ibabalik natin, hmmmm Ipapaalala ko sa ‘yo Ang aking pangako

Na ang pag-ibig ko’y laging sa ‘yo Kahit mabuti na ang buhok ko

(Instrumental)

Ang nakalipas ay ibabalik natin, hmmmm

Ipapaalala ko sa ‘yo Ang aking pangako

Na ang pag-ibig ko’y laging sa ‘yo Kahit mabuti na ang buhok ko

Kahit maputi o wala na ang buhok ko

Crossroads

Mario Nery

Rotary's One-Year Service Policy For many Rotarians, their opportunity to become Club President

comes only once in their lifetime. That reality is both a strong

motivation to do the best you can, or for those of lesser stuff, merely a

time to acquire some measure of fame and popularity, usually at the

expense of the club.

Those who are highly motivated to do the best are normally people

who have a high regard of their own personal worth, and regard the

one year as a time to validate their humble judgement of themselves.

These are people who accept challenges for improving their

community gladly, and will not be deterred by any obstacle that come

their way. In Rotary, you will notice them by the seriousness and

intensity with which they prepare for their term of duty, and the high

level of responsibility that is the hallmark of their kind of work during

their term. These are the leaders who truly earn the respect of the

members.

The other kind thinks this is a joyride, and is direction-less, ambition-

less and clue-less. Let's all have a good time. That's what Rotary is all

about, fellowship, isn't it? Yes, Rotary should be enjoyed, but it does

have a direction. It has a mission to do, and that mission is not a joke.

The mission is to help our poor and downtrodden achieve a better

quality of life. A member is invited and accepted on the assumption

that he/she understands this. That is why it is very important that

members are recruited not haphazardly or just to achieve a quota, but

because they possess the necessary qualities of leadership that Rotary

needs to fulfill its role and mission. To do otherwise endangers the

over-all quality of membership. To do otherwise is like stabbing and

bleeding your own club to death.

In less than two months, we will start another Rotary year. Let us

make sure that we are ready for it. Let us not make our club merely

good for laughs. Let us do some serious work also. That is the only

way to keep it alive, and a source of pride.

DISTAS 2011 POSTS RECORD ATTENDANCE

The District Assembly (DISTAS) held last May 14 at the Valle Verde Country Club recorded an attendance of 806 delegates including more than 60 Spouses. This is the highest recorded

so far in the 25 years of existence of RI District 3780.

The program started with the traditional march starting with dignitaries, host clubs, district officers, Silver presidents with some Spouses, PDGs and their spouses, the DGN Designate

& Spouse and DGE Jess Cifra and Spouse Helen.

The Plenary Speakers and their topics were: PDG Gil Divinagracia – Our Purpose Today DGE Jess Cifra – RI Theme & District Vision & Thrusts

DSD Jess Tanchanco – District Organizational Structure PDG Willy Segovia (D3830) – Fulfilling your Club Goals

PDG Sonny Coloma (D3830) – Leadership Begins with You In the afternoon, the delegates were divided into 3 breakout

groups: the PEs, PNs, AGs and AGRs in Session A, the other delegates in Session B who were further divided into 6

breakout rooms (covering the 6 Avenues of Service) while the Spouses had their own workshop in Session C.

Resource persons in the breakout rooms were a mixture of RI District 3780 PPs and PDGs with discussion leaders from

other Districts: 3830 (PDG Sid Garcia and DGND Robert Kuan), 3810 (PDG Paco Atayde & PP Magic Ong), 3820 (PDG Chit Lijauco).

The delegates then congregated once more in the plenary

hall to listen to Guest Speaker Fr. Rocky Evangelista who challenged everyone with his talk on “What are We, You, Doing for the Next Generation?”

RCNMHers present were: Pres Baby, PE AlexB, PN Alex A,

IPP Boone, PPs Boy, Boyet, Elsa & Raffy, Rtns Irma and JunQ.

Greetings to our Birthday Celebrants!

May 1 – Elsa Unson May 13 – Robert Ang

May 15 – Inday Nery May 18 – Annabelle Jereza

May 19 – Janice Adolfo May 24 – Rhose Montreal

CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES

MAY May 2 - - EEPD Orientation for RID 3780, Rotary Center May 7 - Operation Tule (Circumcision)

May 14 - DISTAS, Valle Verde, Pasig City May 17 - Club Assembly

May 21 - Rotaract DISCON, Philips Sanctuary, Antipolo May 21-25 - RI Convention, New Orleans, USA May 24 - Out-of-Venue Meeting

May 29 - Start of ROBOT bowling tournament May 31 – Orientation and Induction of New Members

PRAYER

You have been good and faithful to us all these years, O Lord.

Without You to guide and direct us, without You to provide for

the basic needs of life, without Your love and constancy, we

would all be nothing.

We thank You, Lord for the blessing of life and love...for the

blessing of friends and family...for the blessing of provision...for

the blessing of health...for the blessing of education...for the

blessing of Rotary. All of these help to make us Your

instruments to make this world a better place, a place of blessing

to others. May others see Your face in us as we go about doing

Your will. Amen.

From Motivation in a Minute

THOUGHT OF THE DAY

"Don't lower your expectations to meet your

performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of

yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality."

~Ralph Marston

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak."

~Hans Hofmann

Historic Moments: Origins of Group Study Exchange

By Susan Hanf and Lauren Kalal

Rotary International News -- 16 March 2011

Group Study Exchange team members visit a nuclear research project near Geneva, circa 1967. From the November 1967 issue of The Rotarian.

In January 1964, the RI Board of Directors & The Rotary Foundation Board

of Trustees approved Group Study Exchange as an official Rotary program. Thirty-

four teams from 17 pairs of districts participated in the first round of exchanges

during the 1965-66 and 1966-67 Rotary years.

But young people had been travelling the globe with support from Rotary

clubs well before this decision. In 1950, six young men from England went to New

Zealand, led by English Rotarian Geoff Morton and financed by clubs in Yorkshire.

They travelled the country, staying with Rotarians along the way.

Rotarian Ralph Vernon proposed a similar endeavor in 1955 to clubs in

northern New Zealand, who wanted to commemorate Rotary’s golden anniversary

with a district-wide effort. District 39 (now districts 9910, 9920, 9930, & 9940)

created the Rotary Overseas Travel Award program, & John Ledgerwood, of the

Rotary Club of Hamilton, led the first team on a trip to Great Britain.

The program was so successful that district leaders in New Zealand decided

to continue it after the anniversary celebrations had ended. Over the next few years,

teams from New Zealand travelled to Canada, India, Japan, Sri Lanka, & the United

States. New Zealand Rotarians welcomed visitors from these countries as well as

from Pakistan.

In the early 1960s, the Trustees began considering programs for non-

Rotarians that would promote international goodwill & understanding. One plan was

for small groups of young business & professional men to travel from one Rotary

district to a district in another country.

Harold T. Thomas, a New Zealand Rotarian who served as RI president in

1959-60, shared information about the Rotary Overseas Travel Award with the

Trustees. Soon after the Board & Trustees approved Group Study Exchange, Vernon

& other Rotarians with experience in group exchanges & vocational training were

invited to finalize the details of the new Foundation program.

In the nearly 5 decades since, more than 70,000 young men & women have

travelled the globe as part of Group Study Exchange teams.

Matching Grant #72391 – Haemophilus influenza B Immunization This matching grant has been released recently and will be launched as soon as the list of beneficiaries is completed (tentatively 1

st week of June)

.

The Hib Immunization project aims to reduce morbidity and mortality rates attributable to H. influenzae type b and its complications. Based on records of the Cubao Health Center 1,259 indigent children, aged 0 to12 months from 5 Barangays in the area, were immunized for free under the Phil. Department of Health-Expanded Program of Immunization in 2008. However, the program excludes Hib vaccination due to its prohibitive cost. If we can provide the vaccines for free to Area 20 (Barangays Horseshoe, BL Crame, Valencia), approximately 50% of these infants will benefit from this project. With 4 doses given to infants below 6 months old (3 at 4-week intervals + booster shot 12 months after 3rd dose), and 3 doses to infants above 6 months (2 at 4-week intervals and a booster shot at 18 mos. old) the project will be completed in about 15 months. Expected results are a decline in the incidence of invasive Hib disease up to 90% in the area. A supplementary multivitamins program will also be implemented for health promotion and disease prevention in the area. The Kalusugan Center (a permanent free clinic jointly operated by the Rotary Club of New Manila Heights, Philippine National Red Cross Quezon City Chapter and the Barangay Horseshoe Council) in cooperation with the Cubao Health Center (run by the Municipal Health Office) will monitor the health status of the infants during the immunization period and thereafter. Health education and disease prevention will continue. The Rotary Club of New Manila Heights (host club) will purchase the needed vaccines, supplies and refrigerated storage facility. It will engage the services of nurses to administer the vaccines according to predetermined schedules. Records keeping will be done at the Kalusugan Center with the help of community volunteers. Monitoring and progress reports will be prepared on a monthly basis until the project is completed. The international partners will conduct ocular inspection of the communities to be served (Horseshoe, Valencia, and Bagong Lipunan) and provide technical expertise in the development and implementation phases of the project.

PHOTO GALLERY

*May 10 Regular weekly meeting – PP Ed Aguila gives Rotary

Information regarding the qualities of an effective Night Chair as

RCNMHers listen intently, sleepily and seriously.

*2 Dinner Hosts for the evening – Rtns Bobby Ang and Jun Quilicot

lovingly prepared by their spouses Josie (menu with meat) and Alice

(purely vegetarian vegetarian menu), respectively

*IPP Boone briefs RCNMHers on District Induction 2011 plans

*May 7- Operation Tule at Barangay

Horseshoe sponsored by Councilor Bong

Suntay. Close to 50 patients were served

from Barangays BL Crame, Valencia,

Horseshoe and Kaunlaran

*Pres Baby, Kapitana Josie and Kagawad

Anzeng pose with Councilor Bong Suntay

and his staff