Official e-Newsletter of the Rotary Club of Holy Spirit

The Dove
March 27, 2017 Rotary Club of Holy Spirit Club No. 69935 RI District 3780 Philippines Vol. X No. 18

Rotary, local government and community members

join hands to protect children and their parents from
deadly dengue virus.
At the request of Don Antonio Heights Homeown-
ers Association (DAHHA) Director and RC Holy
Spirit Rotarian Martin Marinas, an anti-dengue
spraying activity was held at the DAHHA park on
March 25, 2018.

With organic insect repellent liquid compound de-

veloped and provided by PP Chinchin Jurado, and
in cooperation with the office of Barangay Kaga-
wad Lydia Ballesteros, the spraying activity was
led by two (2) barangay crew members using
heavy-duty sprayers. Pres Ric Salvador, PE JR
Delgra, PP Marcia Salvador and Rtn Martin Mari-
nas helped by using smaller hand-held sprayers.
The pleasant-smelling, non-toxic mosquito repel-
lent spray called Bioneem uses biodegradable
properties of the Neem tree and other natural
plant derivatives and is effective as disinfectant,
deodorizer and repellent.

Neem has been identified by WHO/UNEP as envi-

ronmentally ―powerful‖ natural pesticide. The DA-
HHA park is used as promenade, playground and
exercise area by homeowners of Don Antonio

Heights and children and adults residing in the subdivi-

sion‘s periphery.

PP Marcia coordinated the activity with Barangay coun-

cil member Lydia who chairs the Barangay‘s Health &
Environmental Sanitation Committee.
Interact DISCON 2018 celebrates year of friendship,
leadership and service
On March 24, 2018, nearly 200 Interactors,
their faculty advisers and sponsoring Rotari-
ans trooped to the campus gym of Trinity
University of Asia to attend the Interact Dis-
trict Conference: #DISCON2018 with the
theme ―The Youth: Making a Positive Differ-
ence‖. The conference started on time with
the parade of presidents coming from
twenty-five (25) Interact clubs.
Ten (10) key leaders from the Interact Club
Holy Spirit National High School led by
President Shane Macabodbod attended,
accompanied by Adviser Ma‘am Beth Aux-
illo. TGP Ric Salvador came to show his
support.
DIR Novo ―Nokie‖ Mitra reported on the
state of Interact clubs in District 3780.
There are now 44 active, registered clubs,
up from 34 at the start of RY 2017-2018.
In his message, PDG Penny Policarpio
urged the youth leaders to continue being
with the family of Rotary and join the Rota-
ract movement to continue serving the com-
munity.
The first invited speaker was Councilor Vic-
tor ―Vico‖ Sotto of Pasig City who shared his
thoughts on how to make an impact in soci-
ety through a combination of passion, talent
and a set of values. He concluded his mes-
sage by saying that ―the smallest dream is
the dream for yourself.‖ The next speaker
was Adrian Suarez, a dynamic 12th grader
from Don Bosco, founder of School Chang-
ers (an after-school coaching company) who
talked about how the youth can be proactive
members of society. He said that ―true lead-
ership is servant leadership‖.
The last speaker was Mr Chris Egan Roxas
who, at 30, is CEO of the XS Group of com-
panies (XS Multimedia, XS Asia, XS Post-
lab, SX by SX, VRC Architecture, and We
The Pvblic). He expounded on how the
youth can be catalysts for change and gave
practical tips on how to do it: find your pur-
pose, follow your gutfeel, avoid naysayers,
and focus and ―be the best version of your-
self.‖
The program was spiced with entertainment
numbers from Interactors who showed their
talents in singing and dancing. Exciting
raffle prizes courtesy of TGP Mercy Plata,
PP Wee Velarde, PP Doris Sanchez, RC
Holy Spirit and RC West Triangle were
given away.
The DISCON was also time to elect the
DIRN (to serve during RY 2020-2021).
Guided by Vice Chair Rick Bugayong, the
Interact presidents elected TGP Abdullah
Kusain of the Interact Club of Culiat High
School as DIRN.
Before the program ended, the District Inter-
act Committee gave the following awards:
Leadership Awards to the Interact Great Presidents
who served during RY 2017-18.
Most Participative Interact Club Awards to clubs that
attended all seven (7) district activities with the
most number of participants.
1st – IaC Culiat High School
2nd – IaC Holy Spirit National High School
3rd – IaC San Bartolome High School
Most Supportive Faculty Adviser Awards to advisers
who attended the most number of district activi-
ties with the Interactors.
1st – Ms Elizabeth Auxillo, Holy Spirit National High
School
2nd – Ms Ivy San Juan, North Fairview High School
3rd – Mr Antonio Armero, San Francisco High School
Ms Sherry Ann Jove, Culiat High School
Ms Juliza Juanites, Batasan Hills National High
School
Mr Mark Anthony Oroceo, Krus na Ligas High
School
Most Productive Interact Club Awards to clubs with
the most number of projects
1st – IaC Culiat High School
2nd – IaC Holy Spirit National High School
3rd – IaC Batasan Hills National High School
4th – IaC Ernesto Rondon High School
Special citations were given to the following Interact
clubs that implemented flagship projects: Balara
High School, Batasan Hills National High
School, Culiat High School, Ernesto Rondon
High School, Holy Spirit National High School,
Judge Feliciano Belmonte Sr High School, North
Fairview High School and Ramon Magsaysay
(Cubao) High School.
A special award was given to Red Cross
Youth (RCY) Interact Club for having
launched GiveLife.ph, an on-line donor-
donee matching platform in the Philippines
offering assistance in the form of scholar-
ships, textbooks, wheelchairs, surgical pro-
cedures and blood units.
The Interact DISCON was ably hosted by
RC Bagong Sandigan chaired by PP Doris
Sanchez and TGP Marilen Lagniton, with
the assistance of District Interact Chair PP
Marcia Salvador and Vice Chair Rick
Bugayong.
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Rotaractors of Holy Spirit commemorate 2018 World Rotaract
Week and 50th founding anniversary of Rotaract movement
The Rotaract Club of Holy Spirit com-
memorated the 50th founding anniver-
sary of Rotaract across the globe, and
held a program last March 18 as the
club‘s culminating activity for the 1018
World Rotaract Week.
The program shared Rotaract Informa-
tion, Inspired young Rotaractors and
guided them to evolve a Vision of the
future for the club. In the audience
were 3 Rotaract alumni, 22 newly ad-
mitted Rotaractors of Holy Spirit and 5
leaders of the Interact Club of HSNHS.
PP Chie Ladia Bullo, Rotaractors and
Interact PPs Resha Avelino and Jan-
nelle T. Larbio, TGP Shane Macabod-
bod of Interact Club, and the Rotaract
team designed and conducted a superb
program to commemorate 50th found-
ing anniversary of world Rotaract.
Three remarkable parts of the pro-
gram:
1. Revisit history of Interact & Rotaract
of Holy Spirit with some founders led by
PP Kim Berganting sharing recollec-
tions & learning;
2. Human chair team-build exercise
which demonstrated sportsmanship of
our youth and their perceptiveness of
the traits & values of effective leaders
that PP Chie Ladia Bullo had wanted to
elicit; and
3. Stories that our guest speaker Rota-
ractor, PDRR, Rotarian TGP Aya
Nicole Corpus eloquently shared with
Holy Spirit Rotarians, Rotaractors &
Interactors in Grade 10 & 11 levels.
We wish to recognize more Rotaract
leaders who volunteered to help make
the commemorative initiative of the Ro-
taract Club of Holy Spirit, QC, RI Dis-
trict 3780 truly successful:
• James Lanquino who served as MC
and ensured flawless program flow,
• Rein Reinhardt Fernandez who set-up
and managed the ancient sound sys-
tem.
PP Chie Ladia Bullo likewise featured
video clips of inspiring songs rendered
by PP Michelle Mae Estenzo and of the
Rotaract theme song edited & pro-
duced by District Rotaract when Chie
served as RaC HS president two years
ago.
Rtr Argielyn Espiña insisted that she be
recognized as the first volunteer, a truth
that we recognize very proudly. Miss
Argie and Miss Jenine Fantilagan took
care of reception during the event.
Individual Rotaractors and Interactors
also proudly displayed their talents in
singing, dancing, acting in the course of
the program.
Finally, congratulations to all of the pro-
gram participants – learners and shar-
ers and future leaders – for having un-
derstood and loudly expressed their
commitment to make the Rotaract Club
of Holy Spirit THE LEADING ROTA-
RACT CLUB.
The organizers invited all members of
the Rotaract Club of Holy Spirit to par-
ticipate in this program. Many of them
politely declined the invitation due to
busy schedule with school examina-
tions and thesis defence.
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President-elect JR Delgra completes 2018 PETS in
preparation to lead RC Holy Spirit in 2018-19.
PE JR Delgra completed the train- Change Lives‖ the training seminar ernor Chito Borromeo and Spouse
ing for presidents-elect at The was full of inspiring learnings from Nona, offering a song and flower to
Bayleaf Hotel in General Trias, seasoned speakers like PDG Sonny the Inspiring Presidents. TGP Ric
Cavite on March 17-18, 2018. It Coloma, among others. Over 80 Salvador was present to show his
was the culmination of a series of Inspiring Presidents attended the support to PE JR.
six (6) Pre-PETS sessions held to training seminar.
prepare the presidents-elect for the The PETS was hosted by RC Va-
responsibility of leading their clubs In the evening of March 17, the tra- lencia QC.
come July 1. With the theme ditional HARANA was held with The
―Together We Connect, INSPIRE, Great Presidents, led by Great Gov-

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 2018-19 RI President Barry Rassin wants Rotary members to
Be the Inspiration
By Hank Sartin

Rotary International President-elect Barry Rassin laid able to serve, if we want to succeed in our goals — we
out his vision for the future of the organization on Sun- have to take care of our members first.‖
day, calling on leaders to work for a sustainable future
and to inspire Rotarians and the community at large. Rassin asked the incoming district governors to ―inspire
the club presidents, and the Rotarians in your districts,
Rassin, a member of the Rotary Club of East Nassau, to want to change. To want to do more. To want to
New Providence, Bahamas, unveiled the 2018-19 reach their own potential. It‘s your job to motivate them
presidential theme, Be the Inspiration, to incoming dis- — and help them find their own way forward.‖
trict governors at Rotary‘s International Assembly in
San Diego, California, USA. ―I want you to inspire in
your clubs, your Rotarians, that desire for something
greater. The drive to do more, to be more, to create
something that will live beyond each of us.‖
View Slideshow
2018-19 RI President Barry Rassin announces his
presidential theme, Be the Inspiration, at Rotary's Inter-
national Assembly
To achieve this vision, the president-elect said, Rotari-
ans must take care of the organization: ―We are a
membership organization first. And if we want to be

Actress Jodi Sta. Maria shares academic recognition to inspire

more people to keep going and never stop learning 15 January 2018

The career actress who is

taking up Psychology
program, has become
part of the Dean’s List at
Southville International
School & Colleges

Sta. Maria's new drama,

"Sana Dalawa Ang Puso,"
co-starring Richard Yap
and Robin Padilla, is set to
premiere at the end of the
month.

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 This page of The Dove e-bulletin serves as home page
of the “virtual website” of
ROTARY CLUB OF HOLY SPIRIT
Rotary International District 3780

Officers & Members About the Service Gallery What is Club

Chairmen Club Projects Rotary? Bulletin

RC Holy Spirit is on . .
Watch THE BOYS OF
D3780 1905 History of Rotary
Website
International
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 Rotaractors mark 50 years at their
SERVICE ABOVE SELF
triennial meeting in Taipei, Taiwan
From The Rotarian March 2018
The Four-Way Test
OF THE THINGS we think, say or do

1) Is it the TRUTH?
2) Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3) Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER
FRIENDSHIPS?
4) Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

Rotarian’s Pledge
I am a Rotarian
I will always uphold the TRUTH.
I am a Rotarian
I will always strive to be FAIR
in all of my dealings with my fellowmen.
I am a Rotarian In September 2017, Rotaractors attendees marked the occasion with
I will always endeavor to build from around the world gathered in song, dance, parties, and projects.
Taipei, Taiwan, for their triennial In- They also heard inspiring talks and
GOODWILL and UNDERSTANDING terota convention. This year‘s meet- participated in useful workshops that
in my community, ing was a special celebration of the gave them new ideas to take home
among my countrymen fiftieth anniversary of Rotaract, and to their clubs.
and people of all nations.
I am a Rotarian
I will always seek to promote
the greatest good
for the greatest number of people
in the spirit of ROTARY SERVICE.
I am a Rotarian
I will always uphold
the Rotary International Motto,
ROTARY WORLD AT A GLANCE
SERVICE ABOVE SELF. Data as of 30 November 2017

ROTARY ROTARACT INTERACT RCCs

Rotarian Code of Conduct
As a Rotarian, I will
1) Act with integrity and high ethical standards in my Members Members Members Members
personal and professional life
1,230,399 240,757 512,417 223,260
2) Deal fairly with others and treat them and their
occupations with respect

3) Use my professional skills through Rotary to men-

tor young people, help those with special needs, and Clubs Clubs Clubs Corps
improve people‘s quality of life in my community and
in the world 35,784 10,859 22,270 9,707
4) Avoid behaviour that reflects adversely on Rotary
or other Rotarians
Source: THE ROTARIAN February 2018 published by Rotary International
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 From Interact to Rotaract to Rotary
When Interact club member Alexandria Ritchie en-
rolled in the engineering program at John Tyler
Community College in Chester, Virginia, in 2013,
she hoped to join a Rotaract club. There wasn‘t
one, so she reinstated an inactive charter, with the
Rotary clubs of Brandermill (Midlothian) and James
River (Richmond) as sponsors.
Now, as a pre-med student in her last year of the
biomedical engineering program at Virginia Com-
monwealth University, Ritchie is president of the
Rotaract Club of VCU, as well as a member of the
James River Rotary Club.
Alexandria
Ritchie, president
of the Rotaract
Club at Virginia
Commonwealth
University.
Illustration by Monica
Garwood
She has focused
on establishing
more Rotaract
clubs and building partnerships between clubs.
Ritchie founded and now co-directs the Rotaract
Atlantic Network, a multidistrict organization for the
East Coast, and serves as District 7600 Rotaract
chair.
Ritchie, 22, spoke with us about what has kept her
engaged in Rotary since her days as an Interactor
at Clover Hill High School in Midlothian, Virginia.
Q: How did you get involved in Interact?
A: I didn‘t really know what Rotary was. I needed
the community service hours for college, and Inter-
act looked cool. A RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership
Awards) conference was my first real exposure to
Rotary. It was something I wanted to be involved
with in the long term.
Q: What in particular interested you about it?
A: Two things really stood out for me. First was
that our sponsor, the Rotary Club of Brandermill,
always had members at the meetings who were
interested in investing in our service projects. Sec-
ond, it seemed like an opportunity to create sus-
tainable change. The service projects were based
on long-term relationships with the community in-
stead of one-time quick fixes.
Q: What do young people bring to Rotary?
A: Younger individuals have an authentic enthusi-
asm for service. Also, we have great ideas, new
ideas, things we haven‘t tried before. Aside from
that, people my age are generally tech savvy,
which is something Rotary can definitely benefit
from.
Q: How can Rotary appeal more to the millennial
generation?
A: Rotary already does appeal to the younger gen-
eration, in terms of the mission and the purpose of
Rotary. Millennials want to change the world, right?
They want to have an influence on their commu-
nity, and that‘s always been a Rotary mission. It‘s
just a matter of making it a more conducive envi-
ronment for millennials, like being more flexible
with attendance or with dues. The biggest thing is
building the relationship between the more sea-
soned and experienced Rotarians and young
members coming in.
Q: You‘re a member of both Rotaract and Rotary.
What‘s the benefit of dual membership?
A: I wanted the chance to foster the relationships
that I had made with my Rotary club partner. Being
a member of both has allowed me to build bridges.
I have seen firsthand that we both want the same
thing – to serve humanity. Dual membership gives
us a chance to create a long-term relationship
based on trust, understanding, and mutual belief in
Service Above Self. It allows Rotaractors to be liai-
sons between Rotaract and Rotary in order to fos-
ter this idea of partnership. And it benefits Rotary,
because dual membership helps Rotaract become
better integrated into Rotary International.
–Nikki Kallio
Read more stories from The Rotarian
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 Stealth motivation: How
By Nancy Shepherdson, The Rotarian, April 2018
When I was a senior at the University of Illinois, I
lived with some friends in an old house set in a
grove of oak trees. I loved to take my homework
outside and sit under a tree to study and day-
dream. One day, I went out and found stakes
marking off big sections of the grove.
Racing inside, I begged my housemates to help
me find out what was happening. We made
phone calls and discovered that the university
planned to cut down all the trees to build a park-
ing lot. We made posters, gave save-the-trees
presentations in the dorms nearby, and deliv-
ered impassioned pleas to administrators. Many
noisy protests and negotiations later, the univer-
sity backed down and let the trees stand. Some-
what to our own surprise, we had prevailed –
and I had seen the power of motivated volun-
teers.
It was my first experience with what I’ve come to
call “stealth motivation.” Before that happened, I
hadn’t realized that I possessed any ability to
motivate people. But I have learned that when
you personally ask people to take on a task that
is important to a cause they care about, great
things can happen. The key is finding out what
will give volunteers satisfaction without drawing
attention to the fact that you are trying to moti-
vate them.
In many ways, motivating volunteers is much
harder than motivating employees. You don’t
pay volunteers, and you can’t fire them. But
there are still effective approaches: Remember
to get volunteers to do what you want
them to – and like it
that every potential volunteer is looking for
something, whether it’s personal satisfaction, the
chance to contribute to a good cause, or simply
a fun thing to do.
Behavioral economist Dan Ariely, author of
books including Payoff: The Hidden Logic That
Shapes Our Motivations, has spent a good por-
tion of his career trying to discern under what
circumstances people will do what you ask. Why
do some people enthusiastically volunteer for
every event your club puts on, while others
rarely or never do? When I was incoming president of my club, I
decided to ask people exactly what they wanted
Ariely believes that part of the answer depends to get out of their membership. I heard some
on recognition. “Ignoring the performance of complaints but also a lot of good ideas. In the
people is almost as bad as shredding their effort end, the effort made us a much stronger club.
before their eyes,” the Duke University Fuqua Among other things, we added a successful
School of Business professor said in a 2013 fundraiser and attracted nine new members.
TED Talk. “The good news is that adding moti-
vation doesn’t seem to be so difficult.” Volunteer groups are not so different from com-
panies, Rhoades told me recently. “The values
In an experiment he reported in Payoff, Ariely of your most motivated volunteers can get other
persuaded Intel to reward three sets of workers people excited to volunteer,” she says. “Do
for productivity with either a monetary bonus, a some brainstorming to make these values ex-
pizza voucher, or a texted compliment. All of the plicit – whether it’s making kids’ lives better,
rewards resulted in increased productivity the helping the poor, or having fun – and then talk
next day, but the compliment was the most pow-
about them all the time. It’s one of the most
erful and had the longest-lasting effect. important things you can do to make volunteer-
Ariely was focused on employees, but he be-
ing more rewarding.”
lieves the power of compliments holds
true for volunteers as well. When a re-
luctant volunteer receives public appre-
ciation for his work, even just a text
saying “good job,” it can increase the
chances that he will step up for the next
project.
But recognition alone isn’t enough. Be-
ing a committed volunteer is hard work,
and people know it. So to recruit volun-
teers, you must overcome what behav-
ioral scientist David Halpern calls
“friction”: Will it be worth my time? Will I
look like a fool? Will it be too hard?
“Humans have a deep-rooted tendency to take Encouraging members to identify problems they
the line of least resistance,” notes Halpern, the want to solve and letting them come up with
author of Inside the Nudge Unit: How Small ways to address them are the keys to keeping
Changes Can Make a Big Difference. people motivated. My club is in the midst of
Always think about how to make it easier to another listening tour that I hope results in more
participate, such as by breaking up large assign- good projects that will, in turn, ease members
ments into smaller tasks. into becoming more engaged. In my experience,
if you praise regularly, nudge often, and make
So to maintain a contingent of motivated volun- sure your group’s values are clear, people who
teers, you have to plan ahead. When you throw volunteer for you will be grateful to you – even if
something together at the last minute, you’ll find they’re not sure why.
yourself relying on the same people who always
carry the load. Or you’ll quickly overtax new Nancy Shepherdson is the co-author of five
members, who are sometimes the most eager to books and a past president of the Rotary Club of
get involved. Lake Zurich, Illinois.
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 Rotary clubs throw axes to raise funds
By Anne Ford, The Rotarian, February 2018
Aprille Weron grew up in the suburbs of
Philadelphia; it was, she recalls, ―a very
privileged life.‖ That‘s why, when she
heard about Philadelphia‘s New Day
Center – a Salvation Army-sponsored
drop-in center that helps women and
girls being trafficked for sex – she was
shocked to learn that many of the peo-
ple who come to the center are from
that same area.
Aprille Weron, right, and her friend
Brooke Williams raised funds with an
axe-throwing tournament.
―We think that trafficking is something
that‘s far away,‖ says Weron, a member
of the Rotary Club of King of Prussia,
Pa. ―But some of these girls went to the
same schools that you and your friends
went to.‖
Weron and her friend Brooke Williams,
a member of the Rotary Club of Phila-
delphia Happy Hour, decided to help
raise funds for the center through an
unusual activity: axe throwing. Held on
14 October, the Salvation Army‘s Axe
of Kindness 2017 Axe Throwing Tour-
nament saw more than 40 community
members – including Weron and Wil-
liams, who competed as The Rotarax-
ers – hurling 1.5-pound hatchets at a
target.
―We threw a lot of axes that day,‖
Weron says. As with darts, the goal in
axe throwing is to get as close as possi-
ble to the bull‘s-eye. But the real goal,
of course, was to raise funds for the
New Day Center – which the event did,
to the tune of $6,800.
Not only that, but the ―Did you say axe
throwing?‖ factor got others interested
in the cause, Williams says: ―Doing
events like this is a fun way to raise
money, but it also is a great way to ad-
vertise what we‘re doing. It‘s a little
more attention-getting.‖
The proof? When the Philadelphia
Happy Hour club heard about the
event, members decided to organize a
second axe-throwing fundraiser for the
New Day Center in December, with the
aid of the Rotary clubs of Consho-
hocken-Plymouth-W hitemarsh and
Philadelphia.
Read more stories from The Rotar-
ian
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Hit film celebrates social entrepreneur who is breaking ta-
boos surrounding MENSTRUATION

Bollywood film Pad Man has got people talk- 355 million menstruating females reported in
ing about a subject that's still taboo- men- 2016 that they could not afford sanitary prod-
struation. ucts.

The film tells the story of Arunachalam Muru- The film has led to an increase in donations
ganantham, a social entrepreneur from Tamil of sanitary pads to NGOs, and people in vil-
Nadu who invented a low-cost sanitary pad lages have been taken to see the film for
machine to improve menstrual health in India free.
and eliminate the stigma surrounding men-
struation. Of course, this isn't just an issue in India- In
the UK, for example, one in ten disadvan-
I'm in India at the moment and was excited to taged girls below the age of 21 cannot afford
go and see the film. It was great to see the sanitary products, according to Charity Plan
screening was packed with men, women and International UK.
children from across the city.
There's still a long way to go, but it is fantas-
Baffled by the high price of sanitary pads in tic to see the topic of menstruation being dis-
his village, Muruganantham decided to buy cussed in India and around the world thanks
cotton and make the pads at home, even to Pad Man.
testing one himself by attaching an ‗artificial
uterus‘ full of goat‘s blood to his hip and engi- Nisha Kotecha
neering it to pump out blood as he cycled is the Founder of
around the village. Good News
Shared. Having
It took more than five years for Muruganan- worked and vol-
tham to design the machines that are now unteered for
charities in the
installed in 23 of the 29 Indian states, allow-
UK for over 10
ing women to make their own pads for a third years, Nisha is
of the cost of commercial manufacture. His on a mission to
invention has helped millions of women and highlight how
girls in India, a country in which 70% of the amazing charities

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 MESSAGES FROM ROTARY LEADERS
RI President’s March 2018 Message
This month marks 50 years since the first
Rotaract club was chartered, in 1968. In
this special Rotaract issue, you'll meet
some impressive Rotaractors from around
the world and see some of the incredible
ways they are Making a Difference.
In the half-century since Rotaract began,
the world has seen profound changes, and
young people have felt the greatest impact
of those changes: the rise of technology
and the information economy, the spread of education, and the
tremendous influence of the internet. When Rotaract was
founded, it would have been almost unthinkable for a teen or 20
-something to have been an entrepreneur or a CEO. Today,
young people have an unprecedented capacity to achieve – and
Rotary needs their ideas and enthusiasm as never before.
For many years, Rotary has done Rotaract a disservice by look-
ing at our youth and young adult programs as mere precursors
to Rotary membership, and not as valuable and productive pro-
grams in their own right. But Rotaractors are truly partners in
Rotary service.
Today, an estimated quarter of a million Rotaractors serve in
over 10,000 clubs, in nearly every country where Rotary clubs
exist. The impact of their service is particularly impressive when
contrasted with their resources. Rotaractors achieve an amaz-
ing amount with far less money at their disposal than the aver-
age Rotary club. Their energy and vision bring something won-
derful to our Rotary family and to our communities, and we
value it very much.
Yet only 27 percent of Rotary clubs sponsor a Rotaract club, a
figure that has remained fairly stable over time. And far too few
Rotaractors ultimately do move on to Rotary membership. As
we celebrate this anniversary with Rotaract, I encourage all Ro-
tary clubs to consider sponsoring a Rotaract club or to
strengthen their ties with the clubs they already sponsor.
Schedule regular joint meetings, run joint service projects, and
reach out to Rotaractors – not only to ask if you can help, but to
find out how you can work together. Know your Rotaract clubs
and their members – and make sure that every Rotaractor
knows that a Rotary club is waiting to welcome them.
For half a century, Rotaract has given young people a way to
find the same connections with their communities, and the
same value in service, that Rotarians
find in Rotary. Rotaractors are connect-
ing us to the Rotary of our future, while
helping us build the Rotary
of today.
IAN H. S. RISELEY
President 2017-18
RC Holy Spirit D3780 in polio
immunization drive. Click
photo to view the campaign.
Foundation Chairman’s March 2018 Message
Questions, questions, questions. Two
topics I am frequently asked about during
my visits with Rotarians around the world
relate to Rotary's website and our Foun-
dation's grants. Quite likely you have had
these questions and more, about things
such as donor contributions, point trans-
fers, club and district reports, club in-
voices, and club officer changes, to
name a few. If you don't know where to
find the answer, Rotary's Support Center is the place to
start.
The Rotary Support Center is an easily accessible first point
of contact for Rotarians, donors, staff, and others to help
answer questions in English, French, and Spanish. Business
hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central Time, Monday through
Friday. You can reach the Support Center toll-free at 1-866-
976-8279 (1-866-9ROTARY). Email inquiries
to rotarysupportcenter@rotary.org will be responded to
within one business day.
The Support Center averages 3,500 calls per month. This
includes about 1,500 callers who want to be directed to a
specific person or Rotary department, allowing easier ac-
cess within our complex organization. On average, 7,000
emails are responded to each month.
With only an eight-year history, the Rotary Support Center
has been certified as a Center of Excellence by Benchmark
Portal, the industry leader in contact center benchmarking.
The Center of Excellence recognition is one of the most
prestigious awards in the customer service and support in-
dustry. This distinction requires that a center be both effi-
cient and effective, providing service that is of superior qual-
ity with lower overall costs compared with other centers in
the service industry.
The Rotary Support Center team also includes a Visitor Ser-
vices and Tour Program coordinator to schedule tours and
large group meetings for those who want to visit Rotary
headquarters. Rotary has a surprising number of visitors
each year. Are you planning a visit to the Chicago area? You
can request a tour by sending an email
to visitors@rotary.org. Perhaps our paths will cross at One
Rotary Center!
I am confident you will agree with the 96 percent quality
score the center has received from satisfied customers.
PAUL A. NETZEL
Trustee Chair 2017-18
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 Rotarians, Rotaractors and Interactors of D3780 celebrated
Women’s Day during GREAT WALK tradition last March 4, 2018
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