Today's Events:

President Linda Kaplan presiding

ROTARY THEME 2006-07

We welcome all of our Visitors:

Sunita Kaul (Linda), Pamela Rabin (Capt. Asaad), & Jennifer Dewsnap (Ellen)

Linda: 

Bring in a check to next week's meeting to support the Univ. of Miami's Rotaract Project in Haiti that supports production of nutritional supplements for the impoverished and malnourished. 

Young girls try to catch water from an open water pipe, February 26, 2004. Many Haitians do not have access to clean water.  Photo : Reuters/Andrew Winning, courtesy www.alertnet.org

RCSM sponsored $1,000 towards their $51,000 goal.  We'll bundle your additional funding with the club's submission.  UM Rotaract has raised $36,000. 

YOUR DONATION WILL COUNT TOWARDS YOUR PAUL HARRIS FELLOWSHIP.

GET OUT AND HELP OUR COMMUNITY

Choose from 3 service projects:

Saturday, April 14, 2007 ~ 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Last Year

On April 22nd, 2006, six thousand volunteers joined us for the Baynanza Biscayne Bay Cleanup Day.   This was a great way to celebrate Earth Day! Cleanup sites ranged from East Greynolds Park to Biscayne National Park and everything in between! 

Felipe Vidal, Coordinator

954-343-1106 / felipe@felipevidal.com

www.miamidade.gov/derm/baynanza

            Helping Veterans, Young Mothers

http://www.handsonmiami.org/

Saturday, April 7, 2007 ~ 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

  EXTREME HOME MAKEOVER

Size Limit: 100
Volunteers Signed Up as of 3/20/07: 13

Description: Volunteers will have the opportunity to help transform a worn down house into a home for our allied veterans. Once the "Extreme Home Makeover" is complete, 6-8 veterans will have a place to live affordably.

Saturday, May 5, 2007 ~  9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

SERVICE JURIS:

Description:  Help improve the quality of life for young mothers and their families at Wings for Life.  Legal community volunteers will transform this safe haven for girls from a shelter into a home with vibrant color, and new appliances & furniture. Volunteers will landscape, paint, clean, beautify the dorms, nursery and campus grounds.

Bill Enright, Coordinator

786-662-7057

Club Fundraiser

Party Invitation:

FRIDAY MARCH 23, 2007

TERTULIA theme:

 WEST SIDE STORY

The Dance of the Millions

Where: The Residence of Dr. P.Pardinas
5911 Maynada Street
Coral Gables, Florida 33146

 Time:  8:00  - Dinner and Great Conversation
Event:  Musical & Dinner
"served" at 9:15 sharp.
Dance and Readings to follow.
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BICYCLING THROUGH THE COUNTY

For ROTARIANS:Meet to cycle @ 7:30am
EVERY Saturday
@ Patricia's (5911 Maynada, Coral Gables)

 Check out Patricia's website:  www.Watch-Inc.org

 To become a cycling fellowship member:

Go to www.cyclingtoserveuscanada.com

THIS MONTH IS ... 

LITERACY MONTH

According to UNESCO, approximately one quarter of the world's adult population, over one billion, are illiterate.

Of those, two-thirds are women, with 98% of all illiterates living in developing countries.

The correlation between illiteracy and poverty is conclusive. Literacy improves the health and welfare of a community. 

What do you want to see happen locally or globally, to promote literacy? Make it happen!

THE DISTRICT ASSEMBLY IS FAST APPROACHING!
Saturday, April 21, 2007 

Signature Gardens
12725 SW 122 Avenue, Miami , FL 33186

AGENDA:

 On line registration will soon be available on the District 6990 web site.

We look forward to seeing all incoming 2007-2008 President-Elects, Secretaries, Treasurers, Club Officers, Directors and Members (Heck that's everybody!) on April 21.  Remember incoming RI President Wilf Wilkinson's motto for the coming year, "Rotary Shares" and begin our year by sharing time with your fellow Rotarians. 

Christopher (Chris) T. Morrison
District Secretary-Designee 2007-2008
Rotary International District 6990
170 W. Sunrise Avenue
Coral Gables, Florida   33133
(305) 582-7690

$$$ PRINTER CARTRIDGES FUNDRAISER $$$

Accepting empty inkjet cartridges

Bring them to the meetings or take a postage-paid plastic envelop home - ask Mike Mills

DID YOU MISS A MEETING 'CAUSE YOU WERE AWAY?

Visit www.rotary6990.org to find a club to make up an
absence.

Take the opportunity to visit another club and meet new and interesting members who are business owners and community leaders.  They might be interested in the services that you provide.

For online make-ups:

http://www.rotary.org/newsroom/download
center/pdfs/eclub_list.pdf

Attendance credit for a 30-minute interactive club Web site activity. This offers an alternative to making up a meeting at another club. To earn an attendance credit, Rotarians usually log on to the site, read up on a range of subjects, post comments, and submit a form to the club secretary.

For make-ups anywhere around the world when traveling internationally:

http://rotary.org/support/clubs/index.html

Maxene Graham introduced

Jamie Furgang
Senior Everglades Policy Associate. Audubon of Florida

Water, Water Everywhere

Florida's tourism industry is $23.1 billion in 2005.  Tourism is based on our beaches, fishing, diving and weather NOT shopping malls and pavement.

Recently the state of Florida stopped Dade county's approval of the largest onslaught of applications for development of farmlands.  The county has to prove to the state ways that it can bring water resources to match the needs this building spree brings.

When the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers fixed drainage systems by 2,000 miles of levies, canals, dikes there was a huge die-off of birds and animals who could no longer live based on the dry land.

The sheet flow of the Everglades was changed to a drain and dump into Biscayne Bay. 

1 trillion gallons of untreated storm water flow out to tide each year which would be enough drinking water for 15 million people for one year.