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THE MONTH OF DE-CEMBER is designatedas “Family Month” byRotary. How does yourclub celebrate “family”during December? Inmy club visits I am con-sistently told of themany holiday activitiesthat our members par-
ticipate in with their families, our youth inEarly Act, Interact, Rotaract, our seniors andthe needy of all ages. These include Holidayparties, parades, and various forms of donat-ing food, clothing and toys.
THANK YOU to the 400 of you who partici-pated in our Foundation Gala. What a funevent commemorating the 1950s when theSalk Polio Vaccine was invented. Dr. Steve Salk (nephew of Dr Jonas Salk), Phil Crackney(RC Palm Desert), and Don & Dee O’Dell (RC San Bernardino Crossroads) participatedin a panel raising awareness of the Post Polio Syndrome experienced by many sur-viving Polio. Keynote speaker RI DirectorSteve Snyder, surprised at the high atten-dance, recognized our District for our mem-bership increases, our successful dual districtMarch to End Polio Event and other accom-plishments. Rotary Regional Rotary Founda-tion Coordinator Pam Russell awarded JohnHusing (RC San Bernardino Crossroad) as ourZone 26 nominee for the Global AlumniService to Humanity Award. Silent Auctionnumbers are still being worked but we morethan doubled our silent auction income, plusother great fundraisers. Congratulations GalaChair Susan Gyi and the many hard workingCommittee Members.
OUR MEMBERSHIP RECRUITMENT is con-tinuing to increase at an amazing rate. We areofficially at 1995 members which is a net 53new members. I am pleased to report thatamong the 23 Districts in our Zones 25 and26 we are #2 in percentage increase in
members and #4 overall in new members.What a remarkable turnaround from lastplace in both zones last year. What is moreimportant is that after losing an average of66 members per year for the past 6 years, weequaled the one year of positive growth andyou did this in less than 5 months!
ROTARY ROSE PARADE FLOATCongratulations to Crissy Meier (Wallace)who will represent our District and walk nextto the 2014 Rotary Rose Parade Float. Shewalked the Pacific Coast Trail raising over$70k for Polio after being inspired by her parents PDG Steve and Vicky Wallace whowere part of the first team to return to Nigeria after the country was reopened toNational Immunizations.
$200,000 RAISED towards eradicating Polio($600k when adding Gates Foundation double match). Our first ever dual district5300 and 5330 March to End Polio event wasa success. Final amounts will be calculated bymid-December and a large check will be pre-sented to RI President Ron Burton on Jan. 3.Please follow up and turn in your PolioPlusDonations ASAP. In our District 5330 alonewe have 22 clubs who have already sur-passed their annual goals by $25,832 for atotal of $58k (which was the entire District’sannual goal).
THANK YOU all for your donations to ThePhilippine Typhoon Disaster Relief Fund. Weare again partnering with District 5300 onthe fund and talking with our sister districtsthat we have grants so funds go directly toimmediate local needs. District 5330 is cur-rently at over $7k in donations. Contact PDGCarrie Allan for more info.
Jeanne and I wish all of you and your familiesa happy, safe and healthy holidays.
In This Issue• Vocational TeamSelected.....................................2
• Oduoro Village........................2• Take the Plunge......................3• Membership ............................4• Literacy ......................................5• Feeding Our Own ..................5• Letter From Editor..................5
District Governor: Joseph RamosDistrict Governor Elect: Chehab El AwarPast District Governor: Jean EasumDistrict Secretary: Carolyn HaysDistrict Treasurer: Jamie ZinnAdmin/Club Service: William ChaseCommunity Service: Susan Trihus-GyiVocational Service: Dee ThomasRotary Foundation: Joseph LaGuessYouth Service: Neal DewingPublic Relations: Sheryl SilverIntern’l Service: Carrie Allan
Full List of District Staff and Contact Information at:www.Rotary5330.net
Does Your Club…Need New Members?
Does Your Community Know About Your Events and the
Great Things Your Club Does?
Do Your Members Want to Make a Real Difference for
LOCAL People?
We hope the answer is “Yes”to all of these questions. Turn topage 6 to learn how to accomplishall of these objectives with one great project.
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District 5330 Vocational TrainingTeam (VTT) Chair Jesse Siglow announces our new members of our VTT with Southern IndiaDistrict 2980. Selected to participate in a Global Grant are Team Lead Cheryl Moxely(RC Lake Arrowhead), with members Myrl Noifzinger(RC Coachella Valley) who is alternate team lead, Brenda Cardona (non-Rotarianfrom Hemet), Lisa Brock (non-Rotarian from Palm Springs), and Thomas Smith (RC PalmSprings). Alternates are Bert Block (RC Redlands Sunrise)and Angie Contreras (Non-Rotar-ian Hemet).
They will be providing Vocational Training to schools, colleges and the Vocational Training Centers managed byfive Rotary Clubs in India. Along with this we are providing
District 5330 Vocational Training Team Selected
With the holidays almostupon us, we know that youare busily shopping andpreparing for them.
We would like to remind youthat you have the unique op-portunity to give a remark-able gift to a youngster fromOduoro Village Uganda – aneducation that will allowthem to become self sufficient and a productivemember of their society.
Your contribution will be atremendous blessing to achild who cannot continue school without it. Every scholar-ship that you provide with your contribution will change thelife of a village child forever! Please find it in your heart tothink of one child in the village this holiday season and send acheck to me for that scholarship. The tuition money is dueevery January and your contribution will allow a child to stay
Email: [email protected] for details and an invite to a special informative lunch.
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computers and sewing machines to the Vocational Training Centers of these clubs tobenefit ladies and girls of the rural basedcommunity. This will result in training 1000 of them to learn tailoring and 400 to benefitfrom computer education so they can earn a livelihood.
India’s Vocational Training Team inbound to our District will also be selected shortly
so we will be soonasking for Rotariansto host one or moreIndia’s team for one to four weeks.
Both teams will be available for club presenta-tions and will alsobe at our District ConferenceMay 2-4, 2013.
in school or give a new child thebenefits of attending school. Onefull year’s scholarship is $950.00, butany amount that you can send willbe put towards scholarships if youso designate.
Send your check today made out to Rotary District 5330 Foundationwith the memo designating OduoroVillage Scholarship and sent to:Dr. Helene Kalfuss1506 Chico CirclePalm Springs, CA 92264
Should you have any questions, please email
me at [email protected].
Thank you so much for your generosity and may your holidaysbe just as blessed as those of the children you help.
–PDG Helene A. Kalfuss
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The Rotary Club of Lake Arrowhead is hosting the fifth annualPolaRotary Bear Plunge at the Lake Arrowhead Resort and Spa Beach at 10:00 AM on Saturday. February 1, 2014.
Styled after fundraising walk-a-thons, volunteers dive into thefreezing cold waters of Lake Arrowhead to raise money for theLake Arrowhead Rotary Foundation AND their favorite charita-ble organization. Last year, close to $20,000 was raised.
Those who jump can choose to split the money they collectbetween the Rotary Foundation and another nonprofit organization of their choice.
Brittany Taylor of Lake Arrow-head chose to jump for theLake Arrowhead PreschoolCooperative last year, a 50year old nonprofit preschoolbenefiting young ones in themountain community.
When asked how the schoolbenefited, the school’s direc-tor and teacher Jodie Autensaid, “We struggled much fi-nancially last year due to theeconomy hitting so manyfamilies, and I believe it wasthe donated funds from thePlunge that helped us getthrough to the end of theyear. We were able to pur-chase supplies like art paperand crayons as well as keep-sakes for the parents and chil-dren to treasure forever.Without that donation, wewould not have been able tofinish the year with as manyfun projects as we did.”
Other benefactors of the Plunge in past years have includedSoroptimist International, Rim Education Foundation, Arrow-head Arts, Mt. Calvary Lutheran Preschool, Arrowhead FilmFestival, Mt. Sunrise Rotary Club, Wildhaven wildlife sanctuaryand the Mountains Community Hospital Foundation.
The most successful fundraiser in 2012 was Tom Freeley,a part time mountain resident from San Diego, who raisednearly $4,000 for his favorite charity, the Sharp Hospice Foundation.
Jumpers have included State Assemblymen, County Supervi-sors, Mountain Citizens of the Year, the Mountain CommunityHospital CEO, Rim of the World School Board members, schoolteachers and principals, Rotary Presidents, Soroptimist Interna-
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tional Presidents, and a wide range of citizens who want toraise money for a good cause and have fun doing so.
Remember, you don’t have to be a Rotarian to raise funds andtake the plunge.
There are only three rules with which the jumpersmust comply:• No wet suits• No nudity• Complete submersion (no time limit)
Event chairman Dr. PatrickRains hopes to smash allrecords this year and en-courages all readers in-volved with nonprofit
organizations to consider the PolaRotary Bear Plunge as a fundraising opportunity.
Contact Dr. Rains at [email protected], call 909-337-4541,or visit PolaRotaryBearPlunge.com (scan QR code above) formore information.
Brittany Taylor of
Lake Arrowhead, took
the Polar Plunge to benefit
the Lake Arrowhead Preschool
Cooperative in last years event.
She is pledging to do so again,
you can learn more by emailing
Rotary Club is one of the most prestigious and the most wellknown service organizations locally and internationally. It isone of the most trusted service organizations by govern-ments, corporate business leaders, philanthropic foundationsand the public. Rotary’s secret for enjoying such a stature liesin its motto “Service above Self.” The service Rotary bragsabout is rooted in the philosophy of volunteerism. Rotarians don’t live for themselves, in stead, they live to build communities soeveryone can live, work and enjoy life alittle better. Rotary’s high visibility andcredibility attract executives to join theRotary family. However, the dynamicglobal cultural pressures have pro-vided many challenges that have dis-tracted many to become inactivemembers after they join, and manysilently leave the family. Here are a fewimportant tips that may help in retain-ing members.
ADOPT A NEW MEMBERThe experienced members who have already tasted the benefits ofbeing a Rotarian MUST step up andadopt a new member and cultivatefriendship to engage in activities outside the club meetings.
PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT SERVICE OPPORTUNITIESNew members join Rotary to servetheir communities. A monthly serviceproject is one way to engage everyonein service. Every member may notserve every month, but the opportunity must be provided.NOTE: An ideal opportunity is shown on page 6.
ENCOURAGE NEW MEMBERS TO BEAR FRUITFruit of an active Rotarian is anotherRotarian. Encourage new members to invite guests and induct at least one member every six months. Don’t leave the recruitment only to the club President.
LEARN HOW TO SPOT A POTENTIAL ROTARIANRotary Club is a service organization and not a fraternity. Spot people who are already living the “Rotary Lifestyle” –Serving their community, their church, or a community service organization. Invite them to the club and encourage them to join Rotary.
The Art of Retaining Rotary Members by Manzoor Massey, District Membership Chair
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HAVE AN ACTIVE WE CARE PROGRAMEach member must feel loved enough so he or she would feel lonely when they are away from the club, especially on the day when they miss the Rotary meeting. We Care takes more than just lip service. It takes investment of time. If you truly love them, you will invest time in calling or e-mailing them to express that you missed them.
MAKE FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS IF NEEDED:Other than RI and District Dues, the club has the authority to make what-ever arrangements deemed necessaryto make it easy for members to remainactive. Under the present economic climate, a little understanding of thisprinciple will go a long way in retaining members.
Finally, it will take a team effort to attract and retain members in the Rotary Family. Let the Membership chair be your cheerleader, but it willtake concerted focus on the part ofeveryone to make our clubs fun placesfor people to come, share their talents,engage in Rotary and change lives.Things are already turning around.
Let’s keep up the momentum!
Secret ActionIf someone says “Humanity Accomplished”
shake the hand of a fellow Rotarian.
Meeting in a regularly scheduled session on November 14th,the Murrieta Valley Unified School District School Board wasbriefed about a $7,500 grant received from the Rotary Club ofMurrieta and Rotary District 5330 to provide additional read-ing materials for the district’s literacy interventionprogram.
The School District will use the grant funds to purchase Read180 materials for five Murrieta elementary schools. Read 180 isan intensive supplemental reading program that replacesthe basic curriculum with engaging, interactive books andmaterials that help accelerate the readingskills of struggling readerswho are two or more yearsbelow grade level.
Through its Community Serv-ices committee, the MurrietaRotary looked for a way inwhich it could address localliteracy concerns and bud-geted $5,000 for the 2012-13Rotary year for this program.An additional $2,500 wasgranted from The Rotary In-ternational Foundation andRotary District 5330.
Working with Char Gollogly,MVUSD Executive Director ofElementary Education, andSue Hall, an Instructional andLiteracy Coach, the RotaryClub was able to fund com-plete sets of Read 180 materi-als for the five schools and establish opportunities for Club members to volunteer as assistants in many of the special reading intervention classes.
“When Rotary-Murrieta approached the school district with a desire to not just give a monetary donation for books, butalso a time donation by their members, our staff respondedenthusiastically,” said Hall. “As one teacher wrote, ‘I would be THRILLED to have a volunteer during ANY of my intervention classes.’”
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“This is such a rewarding program for us in Rotary, and it fitsperfectly into that part of the Rotary Code of Conduct to pro-vide opportunities for young people, to work for the relief ofthe special needs of others, and to improve the quality of lifein my community,” said LouEllen Ficke, chair of the Club’sCommunity Services committee.
One of Rotary International’s areas of focus is Education, according to Ficke. According to the RI website, “. . .more than775 million people over the age of 15 are illiterate. Our goal isto strengthen the capacity of communities to support basiceducation and literacy. . .”
Murrieta President Patsy Orr posed with (from left)
Char Gollogy - MVUSD Executive Director of Elementary
Education, Sue Hall - Instructional and Literacy Coach,
LouEllen Ficke - Community Service Chair, and MVUSD
Superintendent Patrick Kelley after a presentation
on the Rotary Club of Murrieta's donation to
the Read 180 program."
Email your stories and events to [email protected] for details and an invite to a special informative lunch.
Tell your success stories to people who want to know!
is your soap box to reach potential new members seeking information about Rotary and YOUR CLUB!
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When your Public Image Committee was looking for a way forour clubs to be seen as an important and relevant part of ourcommunities, we looked at issues that affected the widestcross-section of our neighbors in the Inland Empire. Learningthat as many as one in four children, seniors and hard-workingpeople go to bed hungry, and wake up hungrier, we knew wefound the cause that was most needed by the most people.
Your clubs’ already established food drive efforts, along with the programs and ideas your Pubic Image Committeeworked tirelessly to develop, raised morethan 1.1 million meals in last years effort. As a result, local clubs and our district hasgotten a tremendous amount of great publicity and attention.
To keep the food donation and public aware-ness momentum rolling, all clubs are encour-aged to report the weight or dollar amountsof all of your food donation programs to Million Meals District Chair Susan Gyi ([email protected]).
In addition to anything you already do tohelp feed the hungry, we have also devel-oped some GREAT WAYS TO BE SEEN IN YOUR COMMUNITY!
The very best of them results from Stater Bros. inviting us to set up donationcenters at selected stores. In October wecollected more than 15,000 meals at justthree locations (Hemet, Palm Springs andGrand Terrace).
We have four to eight stores available tous for weekends this coming January.This is a terrific opportunity to be SEEN in your communitydoing a tremendous service. In addition to collecting food donations, this is also a great way to promote your club andany other events, activities or programs it does. Ideally you will be seen in a positive way by thousands of shoppers, many potential new members who would like to learn more about Rotary and/or your event, etc.
We have almost everything you need to set up the donationcenter including table banner, standing banner, posters andhand outs that politely mention the request for donation, as well as the list of the “most needed items.”
All the food and money you collect during this, or any part of your Million Meals effort can go to the food pantry or foodbank of your choice, no requirements or restrictions, (remem-ber though, every $1 donated to a food bank generates asmuch as 7 meals). After the event, please be sure to report yournumbers so we can once again report to the news resourcesthat “Local Rotary Clubs Worked Together to Provide More than One Million Meals to LOCAL hungry Children,
Seniors and Hard-Working People.”
Million Meals is MUCH More than a Food Drive!
These Stater Bros. locations should be claimed quicklyto ensure your club benefits from this tremendous opportu-nity. Remember that clubs are encouraged to work together –with other clubs or other organizations. If you might not haveenough members to cover a weekend, work with neighboringclubs, or church groups, or firefighters, or whatever, be creative.
To claim a store, or to learn more about this, or any part of theMillion Meals effort, please call Susan Gyi at 951-776-4197.
Nicole Felix, ColtonRotary Club Presi-dent, was one ofmany district Rotar-ians who generateda tremendousamount of visibil-ity for Rotary asshe requestedfood donationsoutside the GrandTerrace StaterBros. location.Don’t miss theopportunity to promote your cluband all the great things Rotary is about as they have invited us to set up at more stores thiscoming January, claim yours now by calling Susan Gyi at 951-776-4197.
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What a terrific evening, and there are
loads of great pictures to prove it. Go to
www.CharClarPhotography.com
Select “Client Ac-
cess” on the left
Enter rotary5330
(no space) for the
gallery ID and
enter “All” in the
keyword search to
view the photos, or enter the name
provided at the portrait table to
be taken to specific photos.
Gala photos galore
It is that time of year again. A time when thoughts turn to giving thanks, giving back, and helping those in need. For many this is called the holidays.
For Rotarians this is called… “every day!”Already my mail box is stuffed to the brim withyearly “asks” and fundraising drives. At every turn there is another organization telling meto pass on that coffee and give instead (adding it all up I must be drinking 15-20 extra cupsof coffee a day).
I know things are busy, but the well is drying up and I have a feeling that with the crazinessof the holidays, some might forget to turn in success stories. Stories that say what we do,rather than ask for more.
Take a look around your club and write up a little note about all the good your club and itsRotarians are doing in the world. Drop it in my inbox and look forward to toasting in thenew year with yours and all the other amazing District 5330 successes highlighted.
That’s all for now. Pick a new seat, share the newsletter, and submit those stories!Deadline to submit to the January newsletter is December [email protected], or call me at 562-673-2775.
PS: This week’s secret action is not back here ;)
Giving is living. What is important is how much of yourselfyou put into the giving.That is what makes the living sublime.”
–Rajendra K. Saboo1991-’92 Rotary International President
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