Rcdd May22 Issue

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EDITORIAL BOARD

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF:

Joyce Abigayle C. Ko

ASSOCIATE EDITOR:

Xena Joy C. Lim

MANAGING EDITOR:

Josefa P. Ortiz

COLUMNISTS:

Pres. Lagrimas T. Acero

PE. Marie Josephine de Vera

Asst. Sec. Lorellei “Lalay” Samela

PP. Edna C. Ko

PRAYER WHAT’S INSIDE

President’s Message, Programme, 1Prayer, Editorial Board

Editorial, Sticker Notes, 2Drop of Sunshine, Cover Story

Secretary’s Report, 3Barkadahan

RI News Update 4New Members Roster

Pictures 5

RCDD Fact Sheet, Past Presidents 6Where to Make Up, Make Up Card

Call To Order

Pres. Lagrimas “Lagring” T. Acero

Turn-over of Proceedings to Master of Ceremonies

PP Ma. Richelle “Ichie” Vicente

Invocation, Philippine National Anthem,

and the Object of Rotary:

Joan Gulanes

Introduction of Visiting Rotarians and Guests

PE Marie Josephine “Jing” de Vera

Community Singing

Serenity Team

RETURN OF PROCEEDINGS

TO THE PRESIDENT

President’s Time


Secretary’s Time

Asst. Sec. Lorellei “Lalay” Samela

AdjournmentPres. Lagrimas “Lagring” T. Acero

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGEBy: Pres. Lagring Acero

PROGRAMME

39th REGULAR MEETING

May 22, 2013 – 12:00 nn

Grand Men-Seng Hotel, A. Pichon St., Davao City

Gracious God, so much as been

bestowed upon us. We lack for little and

yet yearn for so much. Continue to teach

us to appreciate what has come to us as

blessing and gift.

Keep on urging and challenging us to

share what we have. Help us to give

generously and freely of our bounty. We

offer thanks for all that has been granted

to us.

Amen.

Henry Ford once said, “Coming together is a

beginning. Keeping together is progress. Workingtogether is success.” We have come together at the

beginning of the theme “Peace through Service.” We

have progressed and achieved a lot by keeping our

promise of rendering service to others. I can say that

we have succeeded by working together as one

family and as one body, contrbuting to the

accomplishments of our beloved club through our

individual strengths.

We are almost at the finish line for the Rotary Year

2012-2013. The successes we have achieved would

never have been possible without your support and

continued love for service.

This week and in the following days to come, I

strongly encourage everyone to actively participate

in the planning sessions that shall be taken up by

President-Elect Jing de Vera as we continue our

mission in serving others through the Rotary Year 2013-

2014 theme, “Engage Rotary, Change Lives.”

We, at the Rotary Club of Downtown Davao believe

in the word TEAM and the very essence of its

meaning. Together, Everyone Achieves More!

God bless and may we all have a blessed weekahead us!

Call To Order


Turn-over of Proceedings to Master Of Ceremonies

Xena Joy Lim

Invocation, Philippine National Anthem, and the Mission of

Rotary:

Club Historian Marina “Maring” Ruivivar

Introduction of Visiting Rotarians and Guests

Lovinglei “Lab” Amisola

Community Singing

Peace Team



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STICKER NOTES:

Random Facts of Life…

Or how to make sense of the

SHENANIGANS

COVER STORY

For RY 2012-2013, every Rotarian is called to be a Peacemaker

and the way to achieve a part of that Peace is to do so with

whole-hearted service in every way we can, in whatever task

we decide to do.

Our magazine logo is a reection of the changes we can achieve

in the world when we work together as a team.

A DR P OF SUNSHINE

By: PP Joy Hilario

People born on August …

Can be termed the “heart force of

humanity”

Are overflowing with sympathy

Are generous to a fault

Are exceptionally truthful and

honest

They have the power to inspire

others

Are extremely independent

Will defend their friends against a

million foes

People born on May…

➢ Are strong-willed andhighly motivated

➢ Loves to travel

➢ Loves to dream and are

clairvoyant ➢ Are understanding

➢ Have good imaginations

➢ Loves literature and arts

➢ Are high-spirited

From Daisaku Ikeda:

Many years ago, it was the tradition among the Canadian Indian

indigenous people to hold great celebrations when a daughter

came of age. Two daughters of a great chief had reachedadulthood and a feast was being prepared. But news arrived

that enemies to the north were preparing for war.

The daughters went to their father and said, “Dear father!

Someday we will become mothers and will give birth to children

who will grow up to be strong chiefs like you. For their sake,

please invite the people of the north to our celebration.”The

chief couldn’t refuse his daughters, so reluctantly he sent a

message to his longtime enemies and invited them. They came

in great numbers, bringing their wives and children and many

gifts. War songs changed into songs of joy.

Later the two sisters each gave birth to a son, and they becamechiefs called Peace and Brotherly Love. Near Vancouver there is

a beautiful twin-peaked mountain and according to legend, the

two girls who loved peace became these peaks and still watch

over Vancouver today. The heart of even one peace-loving

woman is strong; it can change society and reshape history.

Happy Happy Birthday, May Celebrants!!!

Joan Gulanes 6

Retrina Fuentes 15

Xena Joy Lim 11

Sec. Anjera Calaca 27

If we have no peace, it is because we

have forgotten that we belong to each

other. ~Mother Teresa

May you be at peace, May your heart remain open, May you awaken to the light of your own true nature, May you

be healed, May you be a source of healing for all beings.~ Joan Borysenko

Forgive others, not because they deserveforgiveness, but because you deserve peace

~ unknown



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By: Asst. Sec. Lalay Samela

ATTENDANCE REPORT WEEK 1 WEEK 2 WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5

Members Actually Present 14 12

Members with Valid Make-up 10 11

Total Attendance 31 23

Membership size (excluding honorary members) 31 31

Excused due to Health Reasons 2 0

Net Membership Base 31 26

Total Attendance Divided by Net Membership Base 90% 88%

SERENITY TEAM

TL: Marie Josephine “JING” de VeraJoyce Abigayle “ABI” Ko

Joan GulanesCora Costan

Erlinda “UDANG” Magbanua Edna “EDZZ” Ko

Janine SatoMa. Richelle “ICHIE” Vicente

Joy Ramos Diamante

PEACE TEAM

TL: Enerie “IRENE” Aquino Vilma “VI” Kho

Marina “MARING” Bello-Ruivivar

Ruth Castillones Annalisa Marie “PICKOTT” Bonafe

Xena Joy LimYvonne Sasin

Rozanne “TWINKLE” Gamboa Retrina “RAYNA” Fuentes

HARMONY TEAM

TL: Cora Alba

Venus Altamera

Filomena “FELY” Lovitos Josefa “JOSIE” Ortiz

Thelma Ciudadano

Maria Donna Pareja

Patria “BENG” Mejos

Rizalina Gloria “SALLIE” Manongdo

Lorellai “LALAY” Samela

BARKADAHAN

SERENITY TEAM

TL: Marie Josephine “JING” de Vera

Joyce Abigayle “ABI” Ko

Joan Gulanes

Cora Costan

Erlinda “UDANG” Magbanua

Edna “EDZZ” Ko

Janine Sato

Ma. Richelle “ICHIE” Vicente

Anne Belen Josephine “JOY” Diamante

PEACE TEAM

TL: Enerie “IRENE” Aquino

Vilma “VI” Kho

Marina “MARING” Bello-Ruivivar

Ruth Castillones

Annalisa Marie “PICKOTT” Bonafe

Xena Joy Lim

Yvonne Sasin

Rozanne “TWINKLE” Gamboa

Retrina “RAYNA” Fuentes

Lovinglei “LAB” Amisola

HARMONY TEAM

TL: Cora Alba

Venus Altamera

Filomena “FELY” Lovitos

Josefa “JOSIE” Ortiz

Thelma Ciudadano

Maria Donna Pareja

Patria “BENG” Mejos

Rizalina Gloria “SALLIE” Manongdo

Marilyn “BOLYN” Puno

Lorellei “LALAY” Samela

Valid Make Ups:

1. Marina Ruivivar

2. Edna and Abi Ko

3. Josie Ortiz

4. Joy Hilario

5. Enerie Aquino

Early Birds:

1. Jing de Vera

2. Thelma Ciudadano

3. Irene Aquino

4. Joan Gulanes

5. Vilma Kho



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Lab

Rayna

Bolyn

Lalay Joy

Company Nurse

B & L Incroporated

Coronon, Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur

0922-4748463

LOVINGLEI A. AMISOLA

Criminal Law - Prosecutor

Department of Justice

City Prosecution Ofce, Davao City

0917-7055004

RETRINA E. FUENTES

Public Dentist

City Health Ofce

A. Pichon St., Davao City

227-4749

MARILYN P. PUNO

Choreographer

Ateneo de Davao University

JGrade School Unit, Matina, Davao City

0922-8590414/ 0917-3062775

LORELLEI A. SAMELA

Businesswoman

Toughclean Laundry

32-B Riverview, Bacaca, Davao City

0922-8610512

ANNE BELEN JOSEPHINE

R. DIAMANTE

Little Buster Keeps Her City Clean

Wendy Marcus calls herself a bag lady: On her frequent walks

around her neighborhood, she is never without a plastic bag, which she

lls with everything from plastic wrappers to bottle caps to paper clips.

“Litter has always bugged me. Maybe I take after Lady Bird Johnson,”she says, referring to the conservationist (and wife of U.S. President

Lyndon B. Johnson) who, like Marcus, was a Texas native.

When the Rotary Club of Providence celebrated its centennial

in 2011, Marcus and other members of the club’s environmental

committee persuaded 100 Rotarians to join a campaign to reduce litter.

In the now-annual monthlong event, culminating on Earth Day, 22 April,

Rotarians recruit friends and family members to pick up trash – in their

neighborhood, at their children’s soccer games, wherever they can –

for 100 minutes each.

Like Lady Bird Johnson, Marcus also believes in beautication

through planting. In 2012, she planted trees in Providence – her clubdonated eight London plane trees to the city, and high school students

helped plant them in a park across from city hall – and in India – where

from January to March of that year, she led a Group Study Exchange.

When the Rotary Club of Jalandhar Central donated fruit trees to local

farmers, Marcus and her team were on hand to help plant them as a

living reminder of their visit.

Wendy Marcus



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A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS…



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Te Rotary Club of Downtown Davao (RCDD) was chartered when Rotary International was celebrating its 88thFoundation Anniversary on February 23, 1993. RCDD then was the 29,258th Rotary club all over the world and the 79thclub in R.I. District 3860. RCDD is the 2nd all-women Rotary club in Davao City, nurtured by its Mother Club - RC Davao.Its siblings are the RCs of South Davao, North Davao, West Davao and East Davao. It started with 26 lady executives ofdifferent professions led by Charter President Evelyn A. Magno, who became the first lady governor of R.I. D3860 in RY2005-06, when Rotary International celebrated its centennial year.

Te Downtowners meet every Wednesday noon first at the Apo View Hotel, then later and currently, at the Grand Men-

Seng Hotel along A. Pichon, Sr. Street, Davao City. Te weekly meetings are spiced up with a variety of interesting programsand fellowships hosted on rotation by the club’s “barkadahan” (peer groups).

On this 20th year of service & fellowship, RCDD continues its annual programs and projects with emphasis on the six(6) areas of focus: 1) Peace & Conflict Resolution, 2) Disease Prevention & reatment, 3) Water & Sanitation, 4) Maternal& Child Health, 5) Basic Education & Literacy, and 6) Economic & Community Development. RCDD’s major partner-in-service is the Mindanao Commission on Women (MCW), under its banner program “Mothers For Peace.”

RCDD’s Center for Hope is the venue for the club’s service projects in partnership with its Rotary Community Corps(RCC), serving the marginalized families of Barangays Centro and Vicente Duterte. Tis monument of service is the legacyof all the club’s past presidents and the Downtown Foundation, Inc. RCDD’s Family of Rotary extends to their youngcounterparts in RMC’s Interact Club and UIC’s Rotaract Club, its sister clubs here and abroad, the city and local governmentof Davao and its service agencies, other NGOs, the business and private sectors, and added this year is the MindanaoCommission on Women (MCW), whose advocacy is to empower women for PEACE in Mindanao through its program on“Food Revolution”

RCDD was a grand slam district awardee during RY 1998-

1999 under the leadership of PP Linda C. esoro, an unprecedentedtrack record in RI D3860. Last RY 2011-2012, RCDD made anotherhistorical milestone as one of the 100% Paul Harris Fellow Club.Tanks to the leadership of Immediate Past President Enerie “Irene”B.Aquino, who likewise led the club in its recognition as “MostOutstanding Club” in Zone 2C and in Mindanao, as it “Reach Withino Embrace Humanity”.

Tis RY 2012-13, under the leadership of President Lagrimas“Lagring” . Acero, RCDD hopes to strengthen its capacity tocontinue serving with the continued blessings of God the Father inheaven for “PEACE HROUGH SERVICE.

RCDD‘S 20TH YeaR of SeRviCe & fellowSHip

MONDAYS

6:00pm RC Central Davao

Grand Men Seng Hotel

TUESDAYS

12:00nn RC East Davao

Marco Polo Hotel Davao

WEDNESDAYS

12:00nn RC Downtown Davao


RC South Davao Marco Polo Hotel Davao

6:00pm RC Matina Davao

Lispher Inn

RC Davao 2000

Road Way Inn

7:00pm RC Sta. Ana Davao


WEDNESDAYS

7:00pm RC Pag-Asa Davao


RC Calinan Davao

Milsoso, Calinan

THURSDAYS

12:00nn RC Davao

RCD Club House

RC Waling-waling


6:30pm RC West Davao

Marco Polo Hotel

FRIDAYS

12:00nn RC North Davao

RCN Clubhouse

SATURDAYS

7:00pm RC Toril Davao

RCT Clubhouse

Where to Make-up in Davao

Make-up Card

Name of Rotarian:

Club & Position:

Make Up Date/Time:

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