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Today's Events:

President Bill Enright presiding  

Renee Abu – Florida’s Blood Centers

Barbara Acker – 2 weeks from today Santa’s Parade of Elves

S. Miami Vice Mayor Brian Beasley - Caldwell Banker ( Leo)

Oliver Von Gundlach - Calwell Banker  (Leo)

Eileen Maastricht – Estate Attorney Asaad

Brett Steinheart – Flight Attendant Asaad

Brett B. Trembly, Attorney (Asaad)

Kirk Zaremba – Sunrise Community

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

Board Meeting

Rotary Club of South Miami

Monday, December 1, 2008 @ 6:00pm

First National Bank of South Miami

The South Miami Rotary Foundation Board meeting will convene immediately after. Please e-mail yukonbill@bellsouth.net any agenda items or if you are unable to attend.

~Retroactive allocation of matching funds for November’s donations will be motioned at the next board meeting this Monday by Linda Kaplan.

SAVE THE DATE

Saturday, December 6, 2008 @ 7pm
Holiday Party

NOTE: 

Roselyn maintains part of her practice in Homestead.  There, she learned of New Hope Drug Rehab Center for the homeless who are trying to get back on the feet.  Some there have no clothes to wear ---nearly in dirty rags. We are requesting used men’s clothes be brought to the holiday party.   Roselyn will take the clothes to the center.

Thanks.  Roy

Doreen Reitnauer’s Home

15100 SW 71st Court

Miami, FL  33156

(305) 235-1192                  (305) 253-1057

Pot luck with an OPEN bar!

RSVP with

Donna Gaines at gaines.d@ewm.com or

(305) 665-6390

Sunday, December 7, 2008 @ Noon – 3:00 pm

Santa’s Parade of Elves

Calling ALL Rotarians! 

Meet at City Hall to show your support of the little ones when Santa gives his helpers time off to enjoy their day in the sun at the 26th annual Santa's Parade of the Elves down Sunset Drive in South Miami. Spend a few hours surrounded by beautiful holiday floats and skipping to the jovial beat of marching bands, as you watch the elves stand tall to spread holiday cheer.

The little guys and girls will be joined by Santa Claus himself as well as multiple beauty pageant winners. The day will perfect for a parade and so bring your camera!

Make Reservations Now

for

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Districts 6990 & 6930 present

2008-2009 Rotary Foundation Chairman

Jonathan Majiyagbe

at the

Westin Ft. Lauderdale Hotel

Cocktails at 6:00 / Dinner at 7:00

Preferred seating for Major Donors

and Paul Harris Society Members

$75 per person

The Rotary Foundation’s 2008-2009 Goals

•Keep our promise to eradicate polio

•Embrace the two pillars of support for The Rotary Foundation;

Annual Programs Fund and the Permanent Fund

•Enhance Rotary’s public image.

•Participate in a “lend-a-hand program”for sharing funds

to permanently establish Rotary World Peace Fellows program

and support global polio eradication.

Dear Rotarian

The Rotary Foundation Chairman, Jonathan Majiyagbe is scheduled to be in South Florida in January, and our District, along with DG Betsy Owen and District 6930, is planning a wonderful evening of Rotary fellowship to honor all those who make a difference in the world by giving, so generously, to The Rotary Foundation. You can register on-line thru the District Website. 

Yours in Rotary Service,

Gov. Marcy

WORLD ATLAS GIVEAWAY

Last year, RCSM provided dictionaries and atlases to every child in S. Miami  at a cost of $2,800 to fulfill this project. We applied to our District 6990, in a grant application requesting $2,000 to expand it to other schools.  The money you donate today comes back to us to fund our own projects.

The next Atlas + Dictionary Giveaway will be

Tuesday, December 9^th

in the morning before our weekly meeting at the
South Miami K-8 Center located at 6800 SW 60th Street, Miami, FL 33143. 305-667-8847 Ext. 119
with Loretta P. Nelson, MS, NCC, School Guidance Counselor.

Let Ellen Book know if you wish to participate  d007078C@yahoo.com

Pictured (l-r) Past Presidents Ellen Book, Linda Kaplan and President Bill Enright

David Jacobs

Entertainment Books:

Save time / Save money!

$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

John Sorgie:  

Charitable IRA Rollover provides a new way to support Rotary

Rotary International News -- 18 November 2008 

Provisions in the Pension Protection Act of 2006 and the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 can help you make an immediate gift in support of The Rotary Foundation. The act's provisions allow for the direct transfer of any amount up to $100,000 each year until 31 December 2009 from an individual retirement account to The Rotary Foundation without triggering federal income tax. The contribution counts toward the required minimum distribution and is available to people age 70½ or older.  

• Make a contribution to The Rotary Foundation via a Charitable IRA Rollover
• Read more information on Charitable IRA Rollovers

There are several ways to direct how a donation is allocated in order to create a customized legacy. Please contact The Rotary Foundation to learn how your generosity could be used exactly how you wish.

If you’d like to learn more about using a Charitable IRA Rollover to make a generous contribution for any amount up to $100,000, The Rotary Foundation staff is here to help. Please contact 847-866-3100 or plannedgiving@rotary.org.

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)

$$$ PRINTER CARTRIDGES

 RECYCLING FUNDRAISER $$$

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

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

Programming Chair Dr. Darryl Downs introduced someone most of us know.  November is Rotary Foundation Month – and letting us know how to reduce our tax load we have our own…

ED FISCHER, VICE PRESIDENT
SPEAK OUT, INC.
 (305) 669-1449 / ed@speakoutinc.com

President Elect Pansy Graham with Past President Ed Fischer

As most of you know, November is Rotary Foundation Month.  Part of the reason November was selected, is to give Rotarians time before year-end, to make a tax-deductible donation.  If asked what we know about the Rotary Foundation, some of us may know very little, while others know more and still there are others among us who possess a great deal of knowledge.

Today we are going to be reminded of and/or learn a great deal about our Rotary from our speaker. 

Our very own Rotarian Ed Fischer has been in the club since 1982.  He is a past president of the RCSM and a multiple Paul Harris Fellow.  Over the years, Ed has served his club as Bulletin Editor, Program Chair, Public Relations Chair, Membership Chair, Director of club Service, and Director of Vocational Service.  Additionally, Ed has served District 6990 as Chair for the Membership and Education and Retention committee, the Planned Giving Subcommittee.  Up until this year, Ed served as the District’s Communication Committee chairperson for eight years producing The Rotary Moments - an educational E-News blurb about Rotary.  Ed has also been a presenter at District Conventions, the S4TL program and at PETS – the President-Elect Training Seminar.  Currently, Ed is an Asst. Governor for our club along with the others here in South Dade.

Professionally, Ed is VP of Speak Out, Inc. a communications and training company – and until recent budget cuts, Ed was an Adjunct Professor of FIU’s Speech Communication’s Dept. Ed holds a Bachelor of Professional Studies degree from Barry University and a Masters of Science in Adult Education/Human Resource Development from FIU. 

When it comes to donated to the Rotary Foundation, Ed says, “that which you share, multiplies; that which you withhold, diminishes!”

ANNUAL PROGRAMS FUND CONTRIBUTIONS
PURPOSE: Provide the necessary funding for operation of Rotary Foundation programs. Visit www.rotary.org for additional information, including ways to give.

HOW the FUND works: Contributions made by individuals, clubs, and districts are invested for three years. After three years · 50 percent of the original contribution is returned to the district through the DDF. · 50 percent of the original contribution is provided to the World Fund to support humanitarian programs and provide one Group Study Exchange per district every year. · Investment earnings support administrative costs and may be used to benefit the Foundation’s humanitarian and educational programs.

RECOGNITION: Gifts to the Annual Programs Fund count toward Paul Harris Fellow Recognition, Multiple Paul Harris Fellow Recognition, Rotary Foundation Sustaining Member Recognition, and Major Donor Recognition.

Money gets spread around the foundation to accomplish making this a better world in which to live and to share knowledge with other countries through Rotary.

World Fund includes funding for:

1.   Group Study Exchanges – a professional between 25-40 gets nominated

2.   District Simplified Grants – matching funds to conduct service projects

3.   Ambassadorial Scholars

Paul Harris Fellowship

Paul Harris Fellows are individuals recognized by Rotary for substantial donations made in support the Rotary Foundation Annual Programs Fund.

Anyone who contributes, or in whose name is contributed, a gift of $1,000 USD or more to the Annual Programs Fund may become a Paul Harris Fellow. Each new Paul Harris Fellow receives a commemorative certificate, a Paul Harris Fellow pin, and a medallion. Donors are eligible for Paul Harris Fellow recognition when their cumulative giving reaches $1,000 USD.

For additional gifts totaling $1,000 USD or more, a Paul Harris Fellow ...

• Is recognized as a Multiple Paul Harris Fellow.
• May also choose to honor someone else as a Paul Harris Fellow with their Foundation Recognition Points, formerly called "available credit" .
• Is eligible to receive a Multiple Paul Harris Fellow pin with additional stones.

Sustaining Membership

A Rotary Foundation Sustaining Member (formerly called a Paul Harris Sustaining Member) is a person who contributes $100 USD or more per year to the Foundation’s Annual Programs Fund.

Without sustained support of the Annual Programs Fund, the programs of The Rotary Foundation cannot happen. With contributions of $100 from every member every year, Rotary could nearly double its efforts to help needy people the world over, supporting the continued growth of programs.

All gifts given through the Sustaining Member program go to the Annual Programs Fund and are eligible for and count cumulatively toward the Foundation’s various recognition programs, including recognition as a Paul Harris Fellow after $1,000 USD has been contributed.

Each and every Sustaining Member gift to the Rotary Foundation is a gift of hope to those less fortunate. Every gift truly makes a difference in someone's life. 100% of the money donated to the Foundation is used in programs. Funds contributed in any given year are invested for three years before being spent on programs. This ensures that all contributed dollars go directly to programs; only investment earnings are used to pay administrative costs.

Sustaining Member

Anyone who contributes US$100 or more per year to the Annual Programs Fund  is automatically recognized as a Rotary Foundation Sustaining Member.

Sustaining Members are critical to the Foundation. If every club member contributed $100 every year, Rotary could nearly double its efforts to help needy people worldwide and support the continued growth of its programs.

All gifts cumulatively count toward other Foundation recognition programs .

Benefactor

You may become a Benefactor  by making the Permanent Fund  a beneficiary in your estate plans or by donating $1,000 or more to the fund outright.

Bequest Society

Couples or individuals who have made commitments of $10,000 or more in their estate plans, such as in a will, living trust, or through whole or universal life insurance, can become Bequest Society members.

All Bequest Society members receive recognition from the Trustees of The Rotary Foundation. Donors may elect to receive an engraved crystal recognition piece and a Bequest Society pin. You must ask to become a Bequest Society member by filling out a form .

Paul Harris Fellow

Donors of US$1,000 or more to the Annual Programs Fund, PolioPlus, or the Humanitarian Grants Program, or people who have that amount contributed in their name, can be recognized as Paul Harris Fellows .

Major Donor

The Rotary Foundation recognizes couples or individuals whose combined personal outright or cumulative giving has reached $10,000. All outright contributions made to the Foundation are included in this total, regardless of the gift designation.

Where does the money go?

Health, Hunger and Humanity (3-H) Grants

Health, Hunger and Humanity (3-H) Grants are awarded to fund large long-term international self-help and grassroots development projects that use an integrative approach to address humanitarian needs. An integrative approach incorporates multiple program components, including a combination of sustainable factors such as training, community participation, capital assets, and technical expertise from Rotarians and other sources.

Projects must be self-sustaining after the 3-H grant funds have been spent. All projects must involve Rotary clubs or districts in at least two countries, with a significant number of Rotarians actively participating in the project.

To be eligible for a 3-H grant, the primary host and international sponsor clubs or districts must have successfully worked together as primary sponsors of a Matching Grant project within five years of submitting their 3-H application. The sponsors must contribute at least 10 percent of the 3-H grant award amount. Grants range from US$100,000 to $300,000.

Volunteer Service Grants

 Volunteer Service Grants support qualified Rotarians and their spouses traveling internationally to provide a needed service or plan a needed project in a community. Eligibility for travelers is based on:

1.   A defined community need

2.   A need that can be met by the team’s experience and skills

3.   An understanding that the skills and experience are not available in the community

The award is a flat grant of US$3,000 for an individual or $6,000 for a team of up to five members. A single project site may not benefit from more than one grant award at any given time. An individual volunteer may receive no more than two Volunteer Service Grants per Rotary year.

Rotary World Peace Scholarships

Rotary World Peace Scholarships for study at The Rotary Centers for International Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution

The Rotary Foundation has taken a bold and critical step in its commitment to world understanding and peace with the establishment of the Rotary Centers for International Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution. The Rotary Centers for International Studies will provide opportunities for scholars to focus on dealing effectively with obstacles, such as war, famine, poverty, and disease, that currently impede international cooperation and peace. Through partnerships with universities throughout the world, the Rotary Centers for International Studies will advance knowledge on issues of peace and conflict resolution among the next generation of community and world leaders.

Rotary is an icon in the world of non-profits by keeping all of the contributions going to the causes. 

Before the end of the year, dip into your pocketbooks and make this world a better place to live. 

Give

Give and

Give more.

If  it is to be, it’s up to thee