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Haiti Relief Dear Rotarian Leadership, I know that many of you are receiving inquiries from Rotarians with questions regarding contributions to assist Haiti. Please know that a Donor Advised Fund has been established that is accepting contributions. Complete information is available at www.rotary.org/haiti. Information is also available on the home page, www.rotary.org. Also check the information available in "Our Foundation Newsletter." Annie Palubicki (annie.palubicki@rotary.org) will be happy to answer additional questions that you might have on the fund.
District 6110 Water Boxes for Haiti Rotary clubs worldwide mobilize to help meet the need for aid in Haiti MORE>>
Click on Play above for a prayer from Willem and Beth Charles from Mountain Top Ministries MSNI Field Hospital |
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Click on the Alliance for Smiles tab above for updates Books 2 Africa Fort Smith January 22, 2010. We got the books loaded yesterday......2562 total!!! I got choked up at the end of loading thinking about what an impact these books are going to make 6110 Vision Quest and Vision Quest to India Vision knows no geopolitical boundaries. To be able to function at daily tasks one must be able to see. Much More>> --------------------------- Club Celebrates Nicaragua Water Well Project Just a three and a half hour flight from Houston is a small Central American country. Its name — Nicaragua — is rooted in the Spanish word for water: agua.MORE>> Four Way Test Speech Contest 50 Year Rotarians Rotarians share their views from Booneville, Arkansas 5 Rotarians from Muskogee, OK F. L Holton from Poteau, OK J.P. Hammerschmidt from Harrison, Arkansas Rotary & Polio 1948 Report "no new cases" in North Carolina. PDF of Magazine
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District Governor A.C. in India Bartlesville Club Helps Display Historic Steam Locomotive
For the second time in its history, the Bartlesville Rotary Club has been instrumental in preserving and displaying a rare steam locomotive for the benefit of the community and visitors. MORE>> Williams Center Green is Location for Centennial Sculpture Project After months of negotiations, the Rotary Club of Tulsa's $700,000 Centennial Project has a home.
On January 6, the day new Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett spoke to the club for the first time, it was announced that the five bronze sculptures will be located .... MORE>>> Everywhere we turned it was something new to us. Every moment saw us on sensory overload. Every view was a photo-op. The sights, the smells, the food, the people, the traffic were all to be remembered, but most of all the friendship and cordiality of our hosts gave us multiple Rotary moments. MORE>> |
Mtn Home Raises enough money for 38 Waterboxes! ----------------------------- ----------------------------- Broken Arrow Trivia The Rotary Club of Broken Arrow is holding their second annual “Crowing Rights” Trivia Contest on February 26th at Northeastern State University in Broken Arrow. MORE>> Hello from PDG Ron Petersen, Sr., As the District Chairman for the Health and Hunger Committee, I would like to encourage Rotarians of D6110 to become involved in A Rotarian Action Group Fighting AIDS and a Rotarian Action Group for Diabetes. MORE>> -------------------------------- District Conference 2009 Pictures Mike Collins' PowerPoint from District Conference -------------------------------- Words to give by: George Kaiser discusses moral obligations MORE>>
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Mt. Vernon Chanute Aurora Carthage Oswego
A.C Visits Henryetta
A.C.'s Travels first set July
A.C.'s Travels second set August
A.C.'s Travels August Part Two
A.C.'s Travels third set September
Mid-Marion County Rotary
A.C. at the Pittsburg noon Club
Bartlesville Daybreak slideshow
Cassville Rotary Special!!
Larry Bradley, A.C.Moncrief, Brian Bloom and Marjorie Cooke enjoyed some extra special fellowship at the Nevada Rotary Club.
Donna Thomas, Nevada, Missouri Rotary Club Member, has been selected as one of the Tri-State Area's Ten Most Influential Women from over 400 candidates. Donna also serves as the Public Relations Chair of the Nevada Club.
Three special ladies you want to meet in Lamar: Lois Duncan, Allene Scott, and Peggy Sangster, aka "Chicken Chefs".
In spite of the sign, attendence was outstanding at Lamar Rotary. Some say it was because they served their famous chicken....and people came regardless of the program.
Check out the Lamar Past President Photos behind Assistant Governor Larry Bradley.
This has to be the most outstanding Banner Presentational Wall in the District located at Lamar Rotary.
Talk about making a strong first impression....Lamar Rotary Club's banner wall does just that.
Lois Duncan, Allene Scott and Peggy Sangster spend two days preparing the best fried chicken in District 6110 especially for the Lamar Rotary Club.
Neodesha Rotary Involves Juniors The Neodesha Rotary Club has a sure-fire way of recruiting. Each month they choose several students to be Junior Rotarians. They attend each meeting and although they miss class, they are expected to make up the work. MORE>> From AG Jean Anderson Brigitte Cronkwright was honored as the Golden Eagle Award recipient at the November NWACC Board of Trustees meeting. A scanned copy of the article is also attached for your information. MORE>> Nevada Rotary Honors Guthrie Seeds to Uganda I delivered seeds to the Kyegegwa ESL school. Knowing I was coming, they had already prepared the fields where the seeds were to be planted. Below is a picture of me standing with Mr. Bahemeku in the prepared field. I am holding our Mountain Home Rotary Club banner. Our Rotary Club is currently raising $6,650 for the purpose of constructing and equipping a fully functioning school building MORE>> Claremore Public Schools Reading teacher, honored Leesa Dickson, Claremore Public Schools Reading teacher, honored by her husband, Al Dickson, with a Paul Harris Fellow for 25 years of “Service Above Self”. Dickson’s elite award recognized his wife for her love and dedication to improving students’ scholastic ability through the love of books. MORE >> ----------------------------------- |
Neodesha Rotary Park Neodesha is on the move. See some pictures of the Neodesha Rotary Pary MORE>> Letter from New Skiatook Rotarian MUSKOGEE ROTARIANS PAINT (PART OF) THE TOWN September 11, 2009 - Again this year, Rotarians joined forces with representatives of MORE>> On September 8, 2009, Dr. Wilbur G. Thomas returned to Africa as part of a State Department program to assist the government and citizens of Liberia (West Africa). Dr. Thomas will serve as the Principal Advisor to MORE>> Cassville Rotary Cassville Rotary Club in Cassville, Mo. has a membership contest going. MORE>> --------------------------------- Claremore ReveilleMembers of the Reveille Rotary club, led by President Steve Walker and sponsor Dan Schiedel, recently welcomed Roger Evans, Vice President RCB Bank as a new Rotarian. Reveille Rotary is an energized international service organization that meets at 6:45 a.m. every Thursday at the First United Methodist Church MORE>>
Van Buren Rotarian Warren Blaylock Awarded Medals from WWII |
Muskogee Rotary gives $8,000 to support Muskogee work Muskogee, OK—December 18, 2009 — On December 17, Muskogee Rotary President, Hershel McBride presented checks to two local organizations to help support their missions in support of Muskogee and its citizens.MORE>> Rotary Quiz Bowl In a clear sign of the coming Apocalypse, the Rotary Club of Fayetteville (AR) won back-to-back Quiz Bowls at the 2009 (They Collide for Pride) Rotary Quiz Bowl hosted by the Northside (AR) Rotary Club on December 1. Team captain Larry Long and team anchor John Threet (defending champions) were joined by Mieka Hatcher who was chosen for her looks and charm (sorely needed), but wowed the crowd with her brains as she carried the team to victory. MORE>> Seeds to Uganda I delivered seeds to the Kyegegwa ESL school. Knowing I was coming, they had already prepared the fields where the seeds were to be planted. Below is a picture of me standing with Mr. Bahemeku in the prepared field. I am holding our Mountain Home Rotary Club banner. Our Rotary Club is currently raising $6,650 for the purpose of constructing and equipping a fully functioning school building MORE>> Special Rotary Club of Sand Springs Event For Seniors
Just prior to a meeting of the Rotary Club of Sand Springs, club member Debi Langley was approached by the director of the Sand Springs Senior Citizens Center and was informed that on the last Friday of MORE>
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WORLD UNDERSTANDING
By A.C. Moncrief
February 1, 2010
DIST. 6110 NEWSLETTER
Having just returned from India, a country of cultural contrast, this month’s theme truly touches me. It has often been said: “we get, what we see, on the screens of our mind.”
DG 2007-08 Ellis Potter calls India “sensory overload”. It is what the US Peace Corps described as culture shock.
What connotation do you have when you see women on the sides of the road breaking large rocks with small sledge hammers into stones for the highway, for as little as $1.50 a day, then meeting a Rotary Foundation chair who thinks his District can raise one million dollars next year?
How do you understand smiling, beautiful people who greet you with folded hands, saying “namaste”, and wishing our spirits would be together and in peaceful harmony, with a teenage terrorist motivated by a gun, some ammunition, a GPS device, a little food, and promise of heaven?
Communication in the most perfect setting is still a challenge. What if you can’t speak the language? What can we as Rotarians communicate without words? Trust me, wearing Rotary caps and shirts, even the pin itself, will send multiple messages, and open a lot of doors on your behalf throughout the world.
The smiles of Rotarians reflect the Rotary spirit and the heart of the Rotarian and starts the process of World Understanding. What do you communicate, does your club communicate, to our wonderful world of Rotary?
What do you see on the screen of your mind for World Understanding? Others see it too.
----A.C.Moncrief
District 6110
6110 in 2010. THE FUTURE OF ROTARY IS IN YOUR HANDS!
AN INTERNATIONAL SERVICE PROJECT TO REPAIR CLEFT LIP AND PALATE ANOMALIES AND ESTABLISH POST-OPERATIVE TREATMENT CENTERS
(Designed to build partnerships with small, medium, and large Rotary Clubs throughout the world)
Jan. 15, 2010 -- Here is another touching story about one of the children we've been able to help here in the Philippines. And another...
Greetings from Santiago City, Isabela Province, Philippines. Jan. 13, 2010 Nikylla Aceret
Greetings from Wenzhou, China 11-9-09 Great Pictures!!
LuWei Zeng is a pretty young thing
Shang Li update September 10, 2009
Final Philippines Journal 2009
Photos from Fall 2008 China Trip
OVERVIEW
Alliance for Smiles (AfS) was founded in October of 2004 by five members of the Rotary Club of San Francisco who
had been involved for ten years previously with cleft lip and palate reconstructive surgery. The desire on the part of the Founders was to create a two-tiered program that not only send medical teams to sites to perform free reconstructive surgery but to also create Treatment Centers where the protocol of cleft treatment found in Centers in the United States could be replicated. Since most cleft patients require multiple surgeries, follow up surgeries and post-operative treatment in AfS established Treatment Centers conducted by local medical personnel is both empowering and cost effective.
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ALLIANCE FOR SMILES AND ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
AFS has as its philosophical base the Rotary principle of service above self so as to create international understanding and goodwill. In order to put its philosophy into action, AFS will partner with Rotary Clubs and Districts and provide a vehicle for Rotarians to be involved in a hands-on world community service project. AFS will actively promote Rotary while on site by giving recognition to Clubs and Districts that support the mission in the following ways:
- Names of sponsoring clubs and districts will be placed on T-Shirts, highlighted in the AfS newsletter, and listed on the AfS website.
- Sponsors will also receive before and after pictures of children changed by surgery, as well as receive pictures of club members who participated as volunteers on missions on DVD’s.
Currently, AfS has working partnerships in more than 19 Rotary Districts in the U.S., Taiwan and Hong Kong.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Since its first mission in 2005, AfS has completed more than 1,450 corrective surgeries in a total of 15 medical missions to China. The first Treatment Center was dedicated in Jiujiang, China in April of 2007 and is functioning with over 150 children enrolled. Discussions are under way to establish two more Treatment Centers in China. Alliance for Smiles subsidized the training of the leader of the first Center by inviting him to the United States and UCSF for a period of four months during which time he learned the team approach which includes the services of not only the surgeon but also speech pathologists, dentists, orthodontists, and psychologists. AfS continues to subsidize treatment of patients and pay for patient/parent travel costs to the Center.
In 2009, six missions will take place. Three new countries will be added to the current missions in China –
The Philippines, Bangladesh and Ghana, Africa. All three of the new sites are collaborations between AfS and Rotary Clubs in the host country.
INTERNATIONAL SERVICE PROJECT PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES WITH ROTARY CLUBS & DISTRICTS
Alliance for Smiles provides hands on service opportunities for Rotarians from areas supporting its work. Some non-medical volunteer positions involve specific skills and training (e.g. Medical Photographer, Record Keeper). Non-medical Rotarians are encouraged to build relationships with hosts to create further service opportunities with a site. The more support a Club or District gives to Alliance for Smiles, the greater the opportunity for acceptance as a non-medical volunteer. The Direct Cost of a mission is approximately $80,000 per mission. Rotary Clubs can participate in supporting this world community service project by sponsoring surgeries. Suggested levels of support are as follows:
Small Rotary Clubs – Sponsor one child at $1,000 per surgery (Sponsorship range = $500 to $1,000)
Medium Size Rotary Clubs – Sponsor 2 -5 children at $1,000 per child (Sponsorship range = $2,000 to $5,000)
Large Rotary Clubs – Sponsor 5 or more children at $1,000 per child (Sponsorship range = $ 5,100 and above)
District Sponsorship of an entire AfS mission = $80,000
Alliance for Smiles also works with schools and Interact Clubs by encouraging them to sponsor one child and hold activities to raise the funds to cover the surgery. Alliance for Smiles will follow up with pictures of the child treated so as to create awareness of the results of the donation and of the need to be involved in the broader world community.
CHANGE FOREVER THE LIFE OF A CHILD, A FAMILY, AND AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY
Build a Rotary Partnership with Alliance for Smiles
For additional information, please visit the AfS website at: www.allianceforsmiles.org and
Contact:
Mary Alice Rathbun Maryalice@allianceforsmiles.org
Director of External Relations, Alliance for Smiles, (415) 647-4481