Shelter Boxes

Welcome to the Global Kalinga e-Rotary Club for the week of Sunday, August 28 through Saturday September 3, 2016. We are an Internet based Rotary Club based in Quezon City, Philippines with core groups of members in Southern California and elsewhere. We serve our local and nearby communities as well as projects in the Philippines.

Invocation

Dear Lord, Source of Hope and Healing

We pray for the comfort of the victims and survivors of the floods and tornadoes whipping through the United States and the earthquakes in Italy that are affecting so many lives.

Let us be mindful of the sanctity of life and of the thread that binds all humanity. Help us to remember that we are indeed our brothers’ keepers, and that if our lives are to have meaning, we must be your worthy instruments in the improvement of this world. Amen

Rotary 4-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?”

By building your team's self-esteem and encouraging them, the entire team becomes stronger.

Sing-Along Song—R O T A R Y

Take your time and sing-along (wherever you may be).

Fine Master

Traditionally, Rotary clubs have Fine Masters who are responsible for collecting fines/happy dollars. The clipart to your left is our e-club Fine Master. Do you have happy dollars, a birthday, an anniversary, a promotion, opening a new business, new car, new child, new grandchild, etc. Please feel free (and perhaps obligated) to click on our Rotary Fine Master button to your right.

The minimum fine is $3.00 to ensure a sufficient amount to take care of the PayPal fee. The purpose of the fines can be viewed by clicking on [View Fines/Happy Dollars] from the [Weekly Meetings] main menu

Program— Shelter Boxes

Rotary International is arranging for the delivery of Shelter Boxes to the survivors of the earthquake in Italy,

Yet, what are Shelter Boxes and why are they are so valuable in disaster areas?

Alison Wallace,the CEO of ShelterBox, discusses the organization, shelter boxes, and then she describes one of the most complex disasters they had to deal with, theTyphoon Halyan in the Philippines.

In the meantime, here is an article of what Rotary is doing in Italy.

SHELTERBOX AND ROTARY CLUBS TAKE ACTION FOLLOWING EARTHQUAKE IN ITALY

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck central Italy early Wednesday, killing more than 240 people and trapping an unknown number beneath rubble. Tremors were felt as far away as Rome, 100 km (65 miles) southwest of the quake's epicenter.

International disaster relief agency and Rotary International project partner ShelterBox is sending a response team from its headquarters in the United Kingdom to the remote mountainous area of Italy where the destruction is most severe. The response team will arrive Friday, 26 August, to assess the area's needs.

Luca Della Volta, president of ShelterBox Italia, the affiliate organization in Genoa, will accompany the response team. Della Volta is working with the Rotary Club of Rieti in District 2080, the club closest to the earthquake-affected sites, and will meet with officials of the Italian Civil Protection Department, fire department, and Red Cross to coordinate efforts.

If families and individuals made homeless by the disaster need emergency shelter, ShelterBox will send tents and other equipment from its locations in Italy and other sites across Europe. Della Volta says the most urgent need is for tents and relief supplies for the hospital of Rieti, where most of the patients from the destroyed hospital in Amatrice were taken.

"I am truly heartbroken over what has happened," says Della Volta, charter president of the Rotary E-Club of 2042 Italia. "As Rotarians, we are always available to help people in need."

By Maureen Vaught

24-Aug-2016

Club Business

For those members in Southern California, please remember our Pechanga Casino trip scheduled for October 16. We need to fill the bus.