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Today's Events:

President Bill Enright presiding

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President Bill called on John Sorgie for an update on Football Mania, the second biggest fundraiser for the club after the Crafts Festival. John Distributed ten books to each member and reminded them that each book is only $10.00 and if sell all the books, the Club will earn $3,000.

Even if you sell a book after the season begins and the book has a game from an earlier week, the winner will still be paid.

Entertainment Books 2009 are HERE!

David Jacobs distributed the Entertainment Books, which offer discounts for restaurants, movie houses, and other entertainment. The books sell for just $30.00 and the club keeps $15.00 per book.

Doreen Reitnauer handed out the invoices for the 2008 – 2009 Rotary year. Kindly submit your dues ASAP.

President Bill then read a letter from the Fisher House Foundation thanking us for the contribution and support for America ’s military and veterans.

The contribution will help build the Fisher House at the Miami Veterans Administration Hospital (VAH). The Miami VAH provides services for veterans from Key West to West Palm Beach and Fisher House provides living quarters to a hospitalized veteran’s family who may be from out of the immediate area.

Diana Phillips presented a Paul Harris Fellowship from the Club to Karen Dorfman

Saturday, August 9, 2008 @ 8:30 AM

The International Fellowship of Hunting and Fishing Rotarians hosts a fishing trip for kids so bring your children / grandchildren to the Miami City Marina

See Fabio for more information

fernandezfabio@bellsouth.net / (305) 205-2117

Saturday, December 6, 2008 @ 7pm

Save the date!

The Rotary Business2 Business Directory

ROTARIAN to ROTARIAN BUSINESS DIRECTORY

pay $50 (VISA, MasterCard only) and get your business known to thousands of like-minded, service oriented humanitarians.

Deadline:  September 15, 2008.

Questions?  Felipe Madrigal, Chair, R2R Business Directory  femadrig@bellsouth.net or 305-298-5917

Mark your calendars:

SOUTH MIAMI ROTARY ARTS FESTIVAL

Saturday & Sunday, February 21 – 22, 2009

Diana:

Announcements:  Diana – sponsors to our show.  Packets with a merchants circle of $200 or Friends of the Festival for $100

Annie Goodrich is setting up these categories. 

Think SPONSORSHIPS!!!!!

~~which allows our club to offer future scholarships~~

www.southmiamiartfest.com  (official site)

 www.myspace.com/southmiamiartfest (unofficial site)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Miami_Rotary_Art_Festival (wiki encyclopedia article)

$$$ PRINTER CARTRIDGES FUNDRAISER $$$

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

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 ($250) or to become a New Member ($300) contact

Asaad Massoud, at www.racharters.com

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

Program Chair Darrell Downs introduced the immediate past president of the Thai-American Association

Khonya Mollsiai,

Asian Community Activities in South Florida

The Asian Festival is held every year at the Fruit & Spice Park in South Dade. Khanya, a Native of Thailand came to South Florida in 1982 after working for the Royal Thai Consulate and the Thai Trade Center and is one of the founding members and immediate past president of the Asian American Federation of Florida.

The Asian Festival began in 1984 and is hosted by the Miami-Dade Parks & Recreation Department at the Fruit & Spice Park. The park was chosen specifically because the Park has fruit trees native to many countries in Asia. The festival has been such a success that in 1999, because the attendance outgrew the Fruit & Spice Park, it was relocated to Bayfront Park and renamed the Asian Cultural Festival. The festival is always the first weekend in March and recently was recognized by the U.S. government as the best festival in the U.S. featuring Asian culture.  It has been so successful, that it has drawn many Asians to Miami, who have relocated and established businesses here in the Miami area. Last year’s event attracted 10,000 visitors. The event features the food and culture of the exhibitors from Korea , Japan , China , Thailand and the Philippines .