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Today's Events:

President-Elect Pansy Graham presiding

WE ARE HAPPY…

~For your energy Lakitsia

~That Brett keeps on coming to our meetings

~City College, his new employer has him teaching two courses – Ed F.

~To Felipe for the new computer fix - Captain Assad Happy

~To be back after a long vacation - Wendy

~For the Beaux Art Show - Ann

~For the BCS game this Sunday and bringing home a winner – David J.

* * * A N N O U N C E M E N T S  * * *

ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD NEXT WEEK for the Board of Directors

The Official Roster of Club Officials:

Pansy Graham, President 2009 – 2010

Doreen Reitneauer, President Elect

Bill Enright, Vice President

Cathy Miller Secretary

Fabio Fernandez , Sgt. of Arms

David Jacobs, Treasurer

Notify Ed Fisher if you cannot participate in the Board

Fabio Fernandez:

Coca Cola won’t buy back our excess that doesn’t sell at the Art Show
We don’t know how much we’re going to sell. 

Does anyone know of a group having a March event that would buy

sodas / water from us?

Kathy Miller, Foundation Chair

 RCSM HAS $1,000 IN MATCHING FUNDS FOR ROTARY INT’L FOUNDATION UP TO $150 PER MEMBER

Your contributions support the many good works implemented by Rotary clubs around the world through Humanitarian Grants; spread “goodwill and better friendships” by supporting Group Study Exchange (GSE), Ambassadorial Scholars, University Teacher Grants, and Peace Fellow programs; and – probably our most important endeavor – further the eradication of Polio from the face of the earth.

President Elect Pansy Graham with

James McCants, Outreach Coordinator

 South Miami Community Redevelopment Agency

6130 SW 72 Street, South Miami , FL  33143

PH 305-668-7236 FAX 305-663-6345. 

District 7 which covers Coconut Grove and South Miami has  Mom and Pop type business grants for start ups.  Free $10,000 per business to spur  economic development.  Contact Mr. McCants for more information.

http://www.cityofsouthmiami.net/index.php?src=gendocs&ref=SMCRA_HOME&category=SMCRA

Saturday, January 24 from 10 a.m. –  4 p.m.

Bill Tuttle, our cluster’s Assistant Governor, is employed at Miami MetroZoo.

Inviting ALL Rotarians

Bring the family for a bar-b-q, free monorail

Admission for the whole event is $25 per perso

David Jacobs

Entertainment Books:

Save time / Save money!

GIVE THEM AS HOLIDAY GIFTS!

$30 per book for discounts all over town. 

COUPONS VALID UNITL 11/09

Coupons include Miami City Ballet – Keys Dive Center – TCBY – Cold Stone Creamery – and hundreds more.  Our club earns half of the proceeds

Mark your calendars:

SOUTH MIAMI ROTARY ARTS FESTIVAL

Saturday & Sunday, February 21 – 22, 2009

Thank you to our newest member LAKITSIA GAINES & her company State Farm Insurance who are now Emerald $5,000 sponsors of the Festival.

~~ this money allows our club to offer future scholarships~~

www.southmiamiartfest.com  (official site)

 www.myspace.com/southmiamiartfest (unofficial site)

DID YOU MISS A MEETING‘CAUSE YOU WERE AWAY?

Our club goal is 100% Attendance!

If you miss a meeting, it can be made-up within 2 weeks, before or after, of the missed meeting date.

For online make-ups:

http://www.rotary.org/newsroom/downloadcenter/pdfs/eclub_list.pdf

For make-ups anywhere around the world when traveling internationally: http://rotary.org/support/clubs/index.html

Mark Your Calendars
January 17, 2009		Rotary Leadership Institute  American Intercontinental University 2250 N Commerce Pkwy Weston, FL 33326
January 24, 2009 – February 22, 2009		Inbound GSE Team from the Phillipines The Rotary Foundation’s Group Study Exchange (GSE) program is a unique cultural and vocational exchange opportunity for business people and professionals between the ages of 25 and 40 who are in the early stages of their careers. The program provides travel grants for teams to exchange visits in paired areas of different countries. For four to six weeks, team members experience the host country's culture and institutions, observe how their vocations are practiced abroad, develop personal and professional relationships, and exchange ideas. RI District 6990 is looking for 5 GSE team members for this year’s trip to Quezon City in the Philippines, which is RI District 3780. Deadline for applications is December 8th, 2008. Click here for application form. For more information, contact GSE Chair Yolanda (Yoli) Woodbridge at 305-301-5024 or email her.
February ?		Polio National Immunization Day Interested in participating in a District 6990 Polio National Immunization Day Trip to India in February 2009?
February 21st & 22nd 2009		The 14th Annual Upper Keys Rotary Club Gigantic Nautical Flea Market An event as unique as the Florida Keys, admission is free to the public. www.giganticnauticalfleamarket.com / 305-453-3802
February 19th – 23rd 2009		District 6990 District Conference Do you know it’s time to think about 2009? Yes, RI District 6990’s Conference is February 2009. There is a special promotion available only until May 10, 2008, so it’s not too early to make your plans. Click on the thumb nail on the right to read about the Carnival Cruise for February 2009!
February 21st & 22nd 2009
February 24th–March 24th  2009		Outbound GSE Team to the Phillipines
March 5 – 7, 2009		ALL Florida PETS  in Orlando
May 2, 2009		Rotary Leadership Institute  American Intercontinental University 2250 N Commerce Pkwy Weston, FL 33326
June 21 – 24, 2009		RI Convention - Birmingham
Meeting Functionaries
Invocation:	Ed Fischer
Pledge:	Ann Fisher
Guests:	Kathy Miller
Happy $:	Lakitsia Gaines
Door Prize:	Brett Trembly
$$$ $6/$240 Prize K of Hearts	Raquel Hickey
It’s Your Turn ( in alphabetical order unless a switch is requested)
January 20, 2009	Fabio Fernandez
January 27, 2009	Horace Feliu
February 2, 2009	Bill Enright
February 9, 2009	Darryl Downs
February 16, 2009	Hampton Booker
Future Speakers:
January 13, 2009	Shriners = Tampa Shriners Hospital.

President:  Bill Enright
bill@handsonmiami.org

President Elect:  Pansy Graham
pansygraham@bellsouth.net

Vice President: Mike Mills
millsmike@aol.com

Secretary:  Doreen Reitnauer
dhiker217@aol.com

Treasurer: David Jacobs
david@jnccpas.com

Sergeant at Arms:  Azam Malik
azam@sdsol.com

To send an E-mail to the Rotary Club of South Miami’s Board of Directors, board@southmiamirotary.org

South Miami Rotary Club:
www.southmiamirotary.org

Rotary District 6990:

www.rotary6990.org

World Organization:
www.rotary.org

Mission Statement

The mission of Rotary International, a worldwide association of Rotary clubs, is to provide service to others, to promote high ethical standards, and to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through its fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders.

THE 4-WAY TEST OF THE THINGS WE THINK, SAY OR DO:   

Benefits of Being A Rotarian (Membership)
Rotary membership provides the opportunity to:

¨       Become connected to your community.

¨       Work with others in addressing community needs.

¨       Interact with other professionals in your community;
assist with RI's international humanitarian service efforts.

¨       Establish contacts with an international network of professionals.

¨       Develop leadership skills.  Involve family in promoting service efforts.

Renewing or Joining
To Renew ($275) or to become a New Member ($325) contact

Asaad Massoud, at www.racharters.com

Fundraisers
Interested in putting together a fundraiser? Contact Club Service Chair Linda Kaplan at lk@lindakaplane.com

After attending the Jr. Orange Bowl Parade, where crazy active guys in little cars showered him water from squirt guns .Programming Chair Darryl Downs got interested in the Shriners.  Today  he introduced…

.

Shiner Lenny Ettinger
Ettinger Associates
Healthcare – Business – Consulting
7951 Via Villagio,  West Palm Beach, FL  33412
561-514-6099 / 305-790-4242 cell

In 2010, Lenny will celebrate his 60 year member anniversary!

Each day the cost to run the 22 Shriner Hospitals $9 million per day to run the 22 Shriner hospitals.

Started hospitals in 1922 and now they have 22 hospitals
3 burn centers  - every single dept for a 50-60 bed facility

Everyone contributes to the hospitals.  Through the years, they’ve accumulated money through profits from an endowment fund of $8 billion (at one time)

Shriners have 500,000 current members.  In Miami last year we took in 110 new members.

We accept any child, any race, any age – it makes no difference

Each Shrine must transport the patient from their area to the nearest facility.  In Florida that hospital is in Tampa.  There are two vans in Miami and one in Ft. Lauderdale.  We pay for air ambulances for burn victims. Members who participate are called road runner volunteers. 

Once there, they see the physician for the determination to see if the hospital can provide treatment for their malady.

A cleft palate – needs 5 specialists.
Other ailments that can be helped at a Shriner’s Hospital include:
Spina bifita

Toe walkers
Spinal rehab since 1980
Scoliosis,

brittle bone disease

Juvenile  rheumatoid arthritis

Cerebral palsy

Scoliosis

Burns – contraction of skin, scarring, deformities, port wine stains, congenital ear deformitites

Prosthetics until the age of 18 plus rehabilitation to use the limbs

This year they’ve help treat 1 million children.

The Shriners just expanded into Mexico City.  Many hospitals are being rebuilt next to medical schools.

PROCESS:
~200-250 children per week apply to each Temple.

~The application comes first from the parent.

~The doctors at the hospital review, board of directors vote on approval if we are medically qualified to handle the case.

~We don’t care if they are insured or uninsured. 

~We get no money from the government or demand insurance coverage. 

Of 325 patients per month, we turn away 8 or 9 because our facilities are not equipped for their care.

Offered services to the returning veterans – but the question of whose patient belongs to whom with the V.A. has kept this offer from being accepted.

Once a child is taken in, any of their issues are covered.
The typical cost of care  is $250,000 per patient once they are in the system

Out patient costs may make the hospital costs come downward.

At the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade – there is a strong presence for the Shriners.

To be a Shriner, you must first become a Mason.  You must believe in a God to be a Mason.  Other than that basic premise, there is no religion in Masonry.  Any religion is accepted. 

History tidbit:

All of George Washington’s officers were Masons.  The fraternity goes back to the building of King Solomon’s tomb – those workers formed the Masons. 

It is a brotherhood of Man – you help your brother and respect his life. 

Criteria for accepting the sick chidren? 

We take any child and pay for the medical portion of their care, transportation with a parent, at the hospital there is a room for a parent to stay. 

Our hospitals have the smallest infection rate for surgical patients in the country. 

Masons are all men.
Affiliated group is called Ladies of the Nile – and other associated groups for the ladies.

We will be meeting next Tuesday during inauguration day. We’ll TRY to have a television set for broadcasting.

President Elect Pansy Graham, Programming Chair Darryl Downs with Shiner Lenny Ettinger