Weekly Newsletter Nov 10 2010

Date: November 10, 2010 Club News Last week we had a meeting at the Alpha House followed by dinner at Arco Iris Restaurant. This week we have Dr. Mack who specializes in surgery around the eyes. Next week we have Margaret Wan. Prolonging the functional age.

Club Coming Events Nov . 10: We have Dr. Mack who specializes in surgery around the eyes.. Nov. 13: District Bike Ride in Downtown Bartow. Click here for more information. All proceeds to support literacy efforts within our District. Nov. 17: Margaret Wan. Prolonging the functional age. Nov. 21: Westshore Mall Fund Raiser. Details to come. Nov. 24: We have a Club Assembly. Dec. 19: NFL “Big Game” Raffle Drawing Party @ 2:30PM. Crabby’s Loading Dock, 401 Gulf Blvd, Indian Rocks Beach, FL.

If you have any suggestions for programs, please communicate with David or José to schedule them.

RI President: Ray Klinginsmith – Kirksville, Missouri, USA District 6890 Governor Ed Odom, Riverview, FL

www.tampawestrotary.org

What if we could prevent just ONE

child from suffering from POLIO?

How much would that be worth?

Click below and contact Dennis or José to learn more.

http://www.rotary.org/en/ServiceAndFellow

ship/Polio/HelpEradicatePolio/Pages/ridefau

lt.aspx

Food for Ronald MacDonald’s Home: For at least 20 persons. It can be bought or home cooked and delivered NLT 6pm. David is your contact. *If you can’t make it, please call him.

Nov. 27 – Raúl Dec. 19 - Jim

Food for thought

In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool. - Lord Chesterfield

A little humor to brighten your day!

The teacher asked little Johnny if he knows his numbers. "Yes," he said. "I do. My father taught me." "Good. What comes after three." "Four,"

answers the boy. "What comes after six?" "Seven." "Very good," says the teacher. "Your dad did a good job. What comes after ten?" "A Jack."

Join Rotary for the ride of your life: http://www.rotaryrides.org/

Birthday/Anniversary

Birthdays Anniversaries No birthdays this month. No anniversaries this month.

Progress for Rotary's US$200 Million Challenge for polio eradication Rotary International News -- 9 November 2010

As of 31 October, Rotarians have raised about $152 million for Rotary's US$200 Million Challenge. These

contributions will help Rotary raise $200 million to match $355 million in challenge grants received from the

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The resulting $555 million will directly support immunization campaigns

in developing countries, where polio continues to infect and paralyze children, robbing them of their futures

and compounding the hardships faced by their families.

As long as polio threatens even one child anywhere in the world, children everywhere remain at risk. The

stakes are that high.

Read more about Rotary International's polio eradication efforts.

Message from the chair

November 2010

Celebrate Rotary Foundation Month

November is Rotary Foundation Month. It all began in 1917 when then RI President

Arch Klumph announced the acceptance of endowments for doing good in the world –

The Rotary Foundation was born! Contributions took off in 1947 in memory of our

founder Paul Harris. Although The Rotary Foundation originally sponsored only

educational programs, it added humanitarian programs in the late 1960s and has

continued to evolve with the addition of our famous PolioPlus program to our

Permanent Fund, the Rotary Centers for International Studies and, finally, the Future

Vision Plan.

Our 3-year Future Vision pilot took effect on 1 July. The pilot is intended to teach us what is good – or bad –

in our plan, so that we can correct it, as the Future Vision Plan is here to stay.

However, The Rotary Foundation’s Future Vision Plan is much more than just a plan for the Foundation.

Rotary International’s Strategic Plan is a parallel plan which, to a large extent, joins and supplements our

plan. We are too small an organization for two plans of this magnitude – they shall have to merge. Not

necessarily tomorrow, but some time after 2017 when The Rotary Foundation celebrates its 100th

anniversary. If I were to target a year for this merger, I would pick 2025 – the year when our Permanent Fund

is expected to reach USD1,000,000,000 (one billion!).

How can we reach this goal? By Building Communities – Bridging Continents through Service Above Self.

Carl-Wilhelm Stenhammar

Foundation Trustee Chair

The Indian Rocks Beach Rotary Club in partnership with the Tampa West Latin Rotary Club

How do I get my Chances?

Order online at:

www.tampawestrotary.org (click on NFL DRAWING)

Call: Frank Irizarry (813) 886-5113 or José Feliciano (813) 690-0852

Purchase from any TWLRC Rotarian