Today's Events:

President-Elect Bill Enright presiding

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

ED FISCHER on

Saturday & Sunday, FEBRUARY 23 – 24, 2008

South Miami Rotary Art Festival

www.southmiamiartfest.com

For a quick slide show of the 2006 craft show click below

Football Mania

This week’s winners:
High score:  Bothwell Gonas sold by Roy Gonas
Low Score:  Chris McCall sold by Mike Mills

Saturday, December 8, 2007 @ 7PM

will be at Ed Fischer’s home.

BILL ENRIGHT, SERVICE PROJECTS COORDINATOR:

This Saturday, November 17, 2007

The Falls’ 11^th Annual Holiday Parade

Miracle on 136th Street Parade!

Volunteer orientation on Saturday,  Nov 10, 2007 10am-11am 

The official kick-off to the holiday season at The Falls with Santa's magical arrival. The parade will take place at 11:30am. However, volunteers MUST attend an orientation on Saturday, November 10th at 10:00am if they wish to participate in this great community event.

The DEADLINE to sign-up and participate in the orientation/event is Wednesday, November 7th 2007.

Volunteers are needed to support parade logistics such as:
-Pacers to keep the parade moving
-Greet Miami-Dade dignitaries
-Coordinate parade’s floats
-Manage booths (including HOM’s)
-Distribute booklets

Volunteers are required to wear comfortable shoes, as they will do a lot of walking. We will also provide you with Hands on Miami volunteer t-shirt.

For more information please contact Lucia Goyen at 305-646-7462/ Lucia@handsonmiami.org

Sunday, December 2, 2007 @ Noon

Santa’s Parade of Elves

On Sunset Drive between US1 and Red Road

PATRICIA PARDINAS, RCCG / CYCLING TO SERVE:

Hi Everyone;

For our Cycling to Serve Ride in December 2^nd Ride we need to get going on the “Tots to Teen Helmets & Gloves” Drive.  We will need: 

1) Gifts Donations;
2) Volunteers (non-riders & riders) for the December 2^nd ride.

Youth Cyclist:  We are working with Interact Clubs in Miami High, Palmetto and Coral Gables in raising their involvement in the sport of Cycling and offering incentives (gloves, helmets and bikes) to do their own “start-up” Cycling Clubs.  I’ll keep you posted on that, as it may become a police sponsored activity (offshoot of our rides) to get kids off streets and out of neighborhood gangs.

Visit the club’s NEW MYSPACE page: 

www.myspace.com/southmiamirotaryclub

Hampton Booker

We are accepting empty inkjet cartridges for recycling.    Bring them to the meetings or take a postage-paid plastic envelop home –  ask Mike Mills
Recycle ~ Reuse ~ Renew

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

Visit www.rotary6990.org to find a club to make up an absence.
Attendance credit for a 30-minute interactive club Web site activity offers an alternative to making up a meeting at another club. To earn this credit, Rotarians log on to the site, read up on a range of subjects, post comments, & submit a form to the club secretary.

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

NOTIFY DOREEN REITNAUER, SECRETARY, OF ALL MAKE-UPS:   dhiker217@aol.com

Programming Chair 2007-08:  Roy Gonas
Members responsible for programming by month:
November – Suzanne
December – Bill
January – open
February – Wendy
March – Otto         
April – Ann   
May – Ed

2007-08 RCSM OFFICERS:

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

• 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 lindakaplan@lk.com

November Program Suzanne Fontana introduced  

Ed Fischer

Foundation Month

MATCHING FUNDS – NOVEMBER IS FOUNDATION MONTH

The Board of Directors has authorized up to $1,500.00 to be available for matching contributions to The Rotary Foundation. Funding is available on a first come/first serve basis and limited to $125.00 per Rotarian. What a great way to support our Foundation this month, which is Foundation month. Remember, you only need a $100.00 contribution to become a Paul Harris Sustaining Member. Mike pointed out that the $125.00 is the Club’s per capita goal for November and that the tax-deductible receipt that you receive from the Foundation would only reflect the amount you contribute – not the matching amount – although the total amount would be credited towards you Paul Harris Fellowship. Make your checks payable to: The Rotary Foundation, and submit them Foundation Chair Kathy Miller.

During this campaign, our club will matching your donation up to $150. When your donation is sent to Rotary International’s Foundation is will look as if you sent double.  For tax purposes, only the amount you sent is deductible.  However, the doubled amount is applied towards a Paul Harris Fellowship in your honor. Currently $850 remains of matching funds. 

Foundation has put Rotary on the map around the world.  Your support of its magnificent work puts it in the forefront of world leaders’ minds. 

The work of Rotary is to fill the gap of service.  Every club around the world has the same framework of service.  The clubs and districts are structured to support our ideals – such as Youth Service:  exchange programs, peace scholars to be negotiators and moderators. 

Understand other cultures and strive for peace.  Example:  Group Study Exchange – the mission is to share career and life stories, network and form bonds.

In the 1980’s the goal to eradicate Polio in the world was a dream.  Successes brought the World Health Organization to ask Rotary to add other inoculations during the Polio campaign which is why the program’s name became Polio Plus. Rotary has a non-voting member of the UN because of this effort. 

Currently, only two countries are not polio-free:  Iraq and Afghanistan . 

The SHARE program – RI guarantees that 60% of member’s contribution is reinvested in the district it derived from.  The administrative fees sits in an investment account for 3 years. The return on interest of that investment is used for administrative costs. 

When our Foundation Chair asks for support – please realize the amazing results that occur from your donation.

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