| Rotary International District 5930 Vol. 4 No. 9 Newsletter March 2008 Print |
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Brownsville Scouting Celebration
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  Governor
Tom writes . . . .
Are you ready for out of town visitors?A couple of Winter Texans tracked me down to ask about Rotary road
signs. They say they have found some of the Rotary signs that had the
wrong meeting places and they were greatly inconvenienced. Rotary meets here on These are club housekeeping chores that we all get behind on, so look out the car window and see the kind of impression Rotary makes at the edge of your town! Rotary International has Four Avenues of Service Citations for
individual efforts that are accomplished within your Rotary Club by your
Rotarians. Fill out this form and send it in, and RI will send you
certificates.
http://www.rotary.org/RIdocuments/en_pdf/award_fouraves.pdf Thank you, Gov. Tom Moore and Carol |
Corpus Christi Evening changes locationEffective February 21, the Corpus Christi Evening Rotary Club will be meeting at its new location, Katz 21 (located at 317 N Mesquite St) beginning at 5:30 PM on Thursdays. We are now a Happy Hour Club! Attendance cost is $5. Join us in a brief meeting and presentation followed by fellowship and jazz music. The Evening Rotary Club, as it is known, has collected over three tractor trailer loads of out-of-circulation books from CCISD for shipment to South America and South Africa for Rotary distribution to teachers in order to educate the poor in those areas. The Evening Rotary Club is involved in the Rising Phoenix Ranch project which collects unwanted desktop computers and refurbishes them to be placed in the homes of poor children and community centers, and many other projects throughout the year.
The Evening Rotary Club is setting itself apart from other civic organizations by not only attracting the 25-40 demographic but leading in community and global improvement projects. If you are looking for an energetic, fun, forward thinking organization, this is one club you will definitely want to be a part of. We are developing family friendly gatherings for this year. NOTE: This club's number one priority is Service Above Self. This is not a business networking group. They perform lots of worthy projects and volunteerism is necessary. Pardon the cliché spin, but, "They work hard and play more." Submitted by Brian Devaney. |
Corpus
Christi Evening Club has spearheaded a project to improve the quality of
life for disabled children in the Coastal Bend. We have created a
Miracle League. They are raising money to build South Texas' first
baseball field specifically designed for disabled children using a
rubberized turf field painted to resemble a natural turf field. It will
have 4 wheelchair accessible bleachers, extra wide dugouts, and a
concession stand. The League will be two 8 week seasons and they will
eventually create an adult league. There are approximately 6,000
non-institutionalized disabled children in Nueces County ages 5-15.
Their goal is to raise $650,000 by the end of July. They have raised
over $100,000 so far. For more info, visit
Matching gift scholarship program named for Rotary District 5930 Governor
KINGSVILLE, Texas (January 31, 2008) — The 55 Rotary Clubs of District 5930 have joined with Texas A&M University-Kingsville to provide matching scholarships for students chosen by each club who major in mathematics, science or engineering.
The Tom Moore-Rotary District 5930 Scholarship Program allows each of the clubs in the district to select one recipient per year to receive a scholarship of up to $1,000 for the first semester. The university, in turn, will match the scholarship for up to three long semesters. Students who complete all four semesters could receive up to $4,000.
Tom Moore is the current District 5930 Governor and member of the McAllen North Club. District 5930 covers South Texas from Laredo to Victoria and south to Brownsville. He spoke to the president of the Kingsville-Sunrise Rotary Club, Randy Hughes, about initiating the project.
“Helping high school students make the transition to college is one of the focuses of the Rotary Club,” Moore said. “The scholarship recipients are selected at the club level, and what the university is doing is outstanding. Matching three to one is terrific.”
“District Governor Tom Moore has been the driving force among Rotary Clubs in District 5930 to create scholarship programs at our region’s universities, and Texas A&M-Kingsville is glad to be among them,” said Hughes, who also is vice president for institutional advancement at the university. “His call to action to all the clubs in the district is commendable because it is creating new scholarship support to deserving students. For that reason, we elected to name our program in his honor.”
Because each club selects its own recipients, some of the qualifications may vary; however, the university stipulates that the students must apply for and be accepted for admission, must be in the top 25 percent of their graduating class, must register for 15 semester credit hours for each semester they receive the scholarship and must major in mathematics, the sciences or engineering. Students continuing for more than one semester are required to maintain a 2.5 cumulative grade point average and successfully complete 12 semester credit hours per semester.
For more information on the scholarship, contact the office of the vice president of enrollment management at A&M-Kingsville at 361-593-4060.
Kingsville refurbishes their downtown beautification project
Kingsville
Rotary Club had a Downtown Beautification Workday, Sunday, January 27.
Members cleaned out trash, replaced dead plants, replenished soil and added
mulch to 20 boxes in the two block downtown area.
Lisa Brown for spearheaded the effort. Members participating in the workday were: Alfred and Tina Isassi, Scott Gines, Martin Chiuminatto, Carola Serrato, Sheri Grabus, Ed Seegar, Linda Hahn, John Howe, Rumaldo Juarez, Clyde Allen, Richard Braley, Patty Braley, and Lisa Brown. Submitted by Lisa Brown.
Joel Gant receives Rotary Citizenship Award
The
Kingsville Rotary Club Citizenship Award Committee selected Joel Gant to
receive the 2007 Rotary Outstanding Citizenship Award. Gant has been
associated with the King’s Barber Shop for 25 years. He serves as Deacon of
the King Star Baptist Church; he is a member of the Bayview Masonic Lodge,
and is an active member of the Kingsville Lion’s Club. Gant has been active
in Boy Scouts for more than 15 years. He serves as Cub Master for Pack 144
and Scout Master for Troop 144. He, also, serves as the Chairman of the
Activities Committee of Venado District of the South Texas Council of Boy
Scouts of America and is the recipient of its District Award of Merit. Gant
serves annually as the Chairman for the Venado District Pinewood Derby and
the Neessen Chevrolet Pinewood Derby Time Trials. He has been instrumental
in helping numerous young men attain their Eagle Scout Award. His wife
Beverly is a teacher in Bishop and together they have two girls and one boy.
Pictured are Marlen Murphy, chairman of the Citizenship Award Committee,
left, and honoree Joel Gant. (Photo by Maria Rodriguez)
Submitted by Lisa Brown.
District Rotarians' generosity key to suspension of District Fundraiser
Governor Tom decided to not have a District Fundraiser. Our Rotary Clubs have
fundraisers at the club level all the time and they resent the District
Fundraiser.
The District Directory generated about $6,000 for Honduras.
We have had two appeals for donations; the earthquake in Peru and the flood in
Tabasco, Mexico.
Our fellow Rotarians donated about $8,500 both times. The Rotarians in Peru
received theirs in November and helped build little homes.
The Tabasco Rotarians are working on a matching grant so that the $8,600 we
donated will be matched with some of their money and some District Designated
Funds from both districts then the Rotary Foundation is going to match to bring
the total to $25,000.
The Tabasco Rotarians are buying mattresses in Tabasco to give away. The
flooding left their homes in place, and they could clean their furniture;
however there was no redeeming wet mattresses.
We have the paperwork in place and PDG John Bedgood and PDG Billy Settles signed
the matching grant when they came to McAllen on February 23. Submitted by Tom Moore.
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Rotary Youth Exchange celebrates peace and understanding
Rotarians
from McAllen, Edinburg, and Laredo traveled to Tulsa on a recent February
weekend escorting four exchange students to an annual Rotary Youth Exchange
conference. This conference, conducted by a parent organization, South
Central Rotary Youth Exchange (S.C.R.Y.E.), brought together Rotarians and
exchange students from 34 countries who are currently hosted by Rotary clubs
throughout a 15-state area. Over 150 Rotarians and over 175 students spent
the weekend developing relationships and friendships across international
borders in order to fulfill the mission of Rotary Youth Exchange which is to
“promote world peace and understanding among the nations of the world.”
Tamara Sanchez, the Youth Exchange Officer for Rotary District 5930,
explains that “We are convinced that if the best and brightest high school
students from other countries spend an full academic year with our American
families and attend our local public schools and we in turn send our best
and brightest in return to these same countries, the world will be a safer,
more peaceful place. When these same students, who come from countries
around the world including Muslim communities, mature and become leaders
their view of America and Americans will be formed from personal experience
rather than from newspaper and television stories.
The McAllen Centennial Rotary Club was represented by Max Garza and Carmen Acosta who attended their first conference which ensures that they are fully trained and prepared to continue working with youth in this program. Representing Laredo Rotarians was Rosa Robledo. Ms Robledo, a speech therapist by profession and an honorary Rotarian, serves this program as District 5930, Out bound Coordinator. Her responsibility is to ensure that each student, whose application to serve as a Rotary Ambassador is accepted, receives all the training, orientation and support needed for a successful exchange. Ms Robledo notes, “Every student chosen by Rotary to spend a year as an exchange student is assigned a Rotarian who serves as counselor for the entire period of the exchange. This added support and protection for the student is critical for the success of the program. We can assure the parents of students we send out and students we host that their children will be prepared, closely monitored, supported, guided, and protected throughout the year.”
Authority
to conduct student exchange programs is granted by the U.S. State
Department. Exchanges are monitored and strictly regulated. Therefore these
conferences, of which there are two each year, also serve the purpose of
training Rotarians in their responsibilities. “Rotarians do this work out of
a passion for service and the development of youth,” noted Sanchez. “They do
this on a volunteer basis, which makes Rotary Youth Exchange very affordable
for the parents.” "But it is work, and it must be done right," she added.
“Therefore, these conferences are essential to the success of the program
and we consider Rotarians who give up their time and resources to conduct
this program real ‘heroes’ of Rotary.”
At this time we have eight high school students who have requested to be
part of our exchange program for this upcoming summer. In order for them to
participate we are required to have a club sponsor them and to accept a
student as an exchange from another country.
Tamara Sanchez has a few clubs committed, but needs more; the IDEAL
situation is to have a club in the student's local high school area sponsor
the student and then for the club to host the corresponding inbound student.
She would like us to pull together. Our District Youth Exchange Committee is
able to help train, assist, and support the clubs willing to step up and
participate. If your club wants to host a student you will need to complete
the basic agreement
form required for next year. Only a short time is available to advise these
students of our commitment to them, but we have some time for training and
looking for host families for next year.
For more information how you can be
part of this process as a host family for 3-1/2 months with our Rotary Youth
Exchange, or to apply as a potential exchange student with either the 4 week
short term program or 11 month academic long term program, review the web
page,
www.SouthTexasYouthExchange.org,
www.Rotary5930.org, or contact
Tamara Sanchez
from the Edinburg Rotary Club, District Chairperson.
Submitted by Tamara Sanchez.
World TB Day - March 24, 2008
By Armando G. Avalos,
Health Committee Chair
In March 2008, Rotarians throughout our District are being asked to join other Rotarians from Districts 5790, 5810, 5840, 5870, and 4130 and the many other people all over the world joining forces to celebrate the actions being taken to stop TB, worldwide, during the month of March, and especially along our border with District 4130. Rotarians are making progress on TB awareness and assisting with resources.
In 2005 the rate of new cases of TB worldwide leveled off for the first time since the World Health Organization began collecting data about the disease and the rate at which TB is detected has doubled since 2000. Likewise, in Texas, the problem continues to occur in the major metropolitan areas and along our border with Mexico. It has been estimated that more than 50 percent of all TB cases in the state occur in Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. According to the Texas Health Department, the four border counties that serve as main Texas points of entry into the United States have a rate of 13.2 cases per 100,000 population, almost twice that of the statewide rate of 7.3.
Despite recent progress, TB remains a massive global public health problem with nearly 9 million new cases and more than 1.5 million deaths each year. Greater commitment by governments to fight TB in their countries is needed now as well as greater commitment by donors and partners (the private sector) to finance TB care and research into new drugs, new diagnostics, and new vaccines. Rotarians can make a difference right at our doorsteps. Together, we can create awareness, provide resources, and end the neglect, complacency and misunderstanding that increases the occurrence of tuberculosis within our communities.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there is now evidence that countries most heavily affected by TB can reap on average a 10-fold return on investments in TB diagnosis and treatment, on the condition that they implement certain guidelines in education, resources, research, and advocacy. Human suffering was reason enough to fight TB -- now we know that addressing the disease can help stop poverty too.
We will never eliminate TB without new and more effective drugs, diagnostics,
and vaccines. Today’s most commonly used TB diagnostic, sputum microscopy,
is more than 100 years old and lacks sensitivity. Today’s TB drugs are more
than 40 years old and must be taken for six to nine months. Today’s TB
vaccine, which is more than 85 years old, provides some protection against
severe forms of TB in children, but is unreliable against pulmonary TB.
Simpler, faster drug regimens that treat all forms of TB; rapid, more
accurate diagnostic tools to quickly detect TB; and a vaccine that will be
effective in preventing TB in people of all ages are urgently needed.
Everyone can do something to stop TB, and every individual’s action counts,
so together, lets make a difference.
For additional information and pamphlets on Tuberculosis, the disease and treatment, see the website for the Texas Health Department, http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/, or contact the nearest city or county health department office within your area. If you would like to have a club program or sponsor a health project with your local health department in your area, email or call Armando G. Avalos at (361)857-2220 or email. Submitted by Armando Avalos.
Special Event conducted for Rotary Exchange Students
Rotarians from South Texas recently conducted a retreat for several exchange students from around the world and local students who plan to “go out” in the coming year. El Rocio, the internationally noted retreat http://www.elrocioretreat.com and conference center in Mission was the site for this learning experience. “This is the second year that we have conducted this type of event,” noted Tamara Sanchez, who chairs the Rotary Youth Exchange program for South Texas. “We not only expose these students to a unique atmosphere, but we are also blessed to have Dr. Marsha Nelson conduct several sessions with the students. These learning exercises contribute enormously to the personal growth of those engaged.”
The students are involved in a series of activities designed to teach them
about American culture and customs. These include the experience of
preparing and eating “s'mores” around a campfire and preparing and serving a
meal at Comfort House as a community service. Jim Deuser, a volunteer with
Rotary youth exchange explains that “parents send their children thousands
of miles away from home for this ‘experience of a lifetime,’ trusting
Rotarians to watch over them and facilitate the exchange. We work hard to
merit this trust. A retreat like this gives us the opportunity to determine
if the student is adapting well to their host families and life in America.
It also gives us the opportunity to discover if ‘outbound students’ really
understand the obligation we ask them to assume as ambassadors for our
country and community.”
Among
the many high points of the retreat is the construction of
a peace mandala under the guidance and leadership of Dr. Nelson.
Each student is invited to express what peace means to them using
clippings from magazines glued to a portion of a large montage. The students
explain to the group what peace means to them using their photos and
clippings as props. The exercise helps the students achieve a deeper
realization of what is important in their lives and their commentary
frequently brings tears to the eyes of the observing Rotarians.
Rotary Youth Exchange is available to high school students between the ages of 15 and 19. Students accepted for sponsorship by local Rotary clubs are thoroughly prepared by Rotary volunteers. For more information on either long or short term exchanges, or hosting students, contact Tamara Sanchez, Rotary District Youth Exchange Chair, at 956-585-4226. Additional information is available at the website www.southtexasyouthexchange.org. Submitted by Tamara Sanchez.
Brownsville celebrates scouting
The
Week of February 3-10 was Scout Week, celebrating the 98th Anniversary of
the Boy Scouts of America, following the 100th Anniversary of the Scouting
Movement Worldwide celebrated last August at the Boy Scout World Jamboree
where it all started, Gilwell Park, England. The Rotary Club of Brownsville
hosted four scouts at its February 6 meeting. The scouts provided an opening
flag ceremony and the program for the day. Alejandro Zendejas, Eagle Scout
of Troop 11 in Brownsville, was introduced as the recently elected Scout
Mayor of Brownsville. Alejandro described how he and 80 other Boy and Girl
Scouts will be taking over City offices and jobs across Brownsville during
the 56th Annual Scout Government Day on February 8th. Scout Mayor Alejandro
Zendejas, our guest speaker, is shown receiving the gavel from Brownsville
Mayor Patricio Ahumada. (Photograph by Brad Doherty)
He also shared with the club members his experiences while attending the World Jamboree as one of eight scouts from the Rio Grande Council. The other scouts attending the meeting were Jonathan Burlette, Miguel Garcia and Jaime Gomez, son of Rotarian James N. Gomez, DVM, all of Troop 6 in Brownsville. Submitted by Mark Blakemore.
Package your programs for the Club Bulletin Contest
If your club plans to enter the club bulletin contest, copies of your February bulletins must be sent to Jack Whitmire by March 15. He will distribute them to the judging committee. Winners will be announced at the District Conference.
You may send hard copy or electronic copy. Electronic form is preferred. Nearly any type files will do; however, Adobe PDF files preserve the fonts where other files will use only the files on the viewing computer. If you send hard copy Jack will scan them for distribution.
Send to:
Jack Whitmire
306 King Arthur St
Victoria TX 77904-1825
Tom Plumb reports from Honduras
January 31: We managed to visit all but one site today and went to the Rotary meeting last night. We went to the water project first....I have given up and just wade through the river.....and, although, we did not go all the way to the dam this time, we were told the silt has all been removed. I will check it out in the future. 17 men were preparing the site for the tank and gathering large rocks for the foundation. Getting to Cunda was challenging but thanks to the 4x4 SUV we made it. The hardware store is still too chicken to try but we think we convinced them it was possible. The workers there have hammered out the existing cement so that the corner posts can be installed. The little tienda there has a generator so they will be able to provide cold drinks and store sandwiches. The workers are preparing a lean-to for shade.
The Pech have finished their foundation and have shifting to building their latrines. They have dug a massive hole for septic and have starting laying block for the latrines.
Silin is finally moving forward. They have dug their trenches--very deep--and were cementing the bases of their support columns.
June the 13th has finished half of their foundation.
So things are looking good!!! I will try to send photos.
February 2:
Today is pay day so we visited all the sites. It is very hot but has not
rained for several days. There aren´t many, if any, mosquitoes. The thing
about chiggers is that they are everywhere...including in Tela....I just
choose to prepare you for them. Lincoln and I go to places where most of you
will not go. They itch for a while and as long as you do not scratch your
skin to a pulp, they will not even be noticeable. If you have not gotten
them in the past, don´t worry....just use bug spray. Silin will no longer be
a possible site to get them at....they have macheted the grass to the bone.
Buenos Aires and Pech are still possibilities...but unlikely. So don´t worry
about chiggers....I just don´t want to be in a position of ¨why didn´t you
tell us.¨
Going to Cunda and the water project is not risky....it is just a lot of mud holes. But with the new SUV it is a piece of cake and it hasn´t rained for several days. By the middle/end of the month the road will be dried out.
Now for the projects:
Gold
stars go to the Cristales Water Project....there were about 20 men digging
out the hole for the water tank today and others were carrying sand and
rebar up the mountain side. It is going real well.
Another
gold star goes to the Pech. They have completed their foundation, started
the latrine structure, dug the massive septic hole and lined it most of the
way with block.
The silver star goes to Cunda. They have demolished their old school and sledge hammered away the corners of the old foundation for new posts. They have made their corner posts and have been waiting for materials to start their block work.
The bronze goes to Silin. Although they dug their trenches excessively deep they have laid most of the foundation.
A copper star goes to Buenos Aires since they have almost caught up to everyone else.
A tin star goes to June the 13th. He has done much of the foundation....but we had a pay dispute ($15 vs. $10 per day) so we paid him for five days and wished him a good life. The problem there is there is no resident mason and he comes in from Trujillo...so has no sense of community. We have asked the community to look further.....possibly getting someone form the Pech community.
Tomorrow morning we will visit every site again...with the local Rotarians.
The Warren Vermont UCC just donated $250!!! Donna reports that she has raised another $1,000 in Florida!!
February 3: Sorry some of the photos are blurry....I have been accessing Lincoln´s photos and he drinks so much coca cola that he can´t hold the camera steady. When there is more to show....I will cut into his coca cola ration.
We visited all the sites again today with six Rotarians and a spouse. We addressed the mason issue at June the 13th by meeting with the women´s co-op and the community president. Since we pay all the other masons 150 to 200 lempira a day...we could not justify paying one 300 lempira. All the other masons are from their communities and have a vested interest in their schools.....there is not a mason in this town. So......the community opted to pay the extra 100 lempira a day. That will give them incentive to keep track of his hours...since his motivation is money and cutting out early.
We just had lunch at the chicken express!!!!!!!!!
February 5: Today is the first day that you sweat even when you are sitting. It is very hot. We went out to Cunda this morning and despite a heavy rain in town yesterday....the road to Cunda is drier today. If sand is delivered to Cunda today we will move forward to the Vermonters working there on Thursday. The crew there has been making due with sand here and there to get the columns set. The tank project is going great guns....the men are laying rock along the bottom of their ditch in preparation to lay the floor. They have been carrying materials up constantly and have been breaking large rocks into smaller ones for the base.
The
June the 13th women have come forward....they were working all day with a
new mason yesterday. They are my fall back project if Cunda and Silin have
unforeseen problems.
The first crew arrives tomorrow and we can finally get this show on the road. Dennis Delaney has opted out from the first week and is in a quandary as to when he can make it.
Yesterday, we checked out the hotel rooms for problems...none found.
Tomorrow we will go to La Ceiba early and pick up computers for Matute and deliver them first thing, pick up some supplies for Frank and possibly buy one more cooler....we bought one today. We will also pick up the plaques.
See you all shortly! Remember to bring our cell phnoe numbers with you!! The place to check in with if there are problems is Advance Rent a Car.
February 8: The night before the official arrival of the volunteers....John Baker and Stephen Pilcher showed up in Trujillo after catching a bus from La Ceiba.....they had spent a week cruising around the countryside. So two Vermonters accounted for.
The day we went to pick up the volunteers we also took 9 computers to a school in Matute. We managed to pick up four Texans.....Frank, Jim, Deanna, and Caren....at the airport as scheduled and planned. Three Vermonters were lost in the stratosphere....we knew that Lynn Mason....who has been here before with her daughter and a friend....had failed to notice that her passport had expired and was not allowed to board the plane in Miami....after running around Miami she managed to get approval to leave the country. But, of course her luggage was on the plane that she missed. She flew in that night and stayed at a hotel in San Pedro....Taca, the major in country airline was all booked the next day....so she managed to catch a Sosa flight that next afternoon. After snooping through various containers of luggage she found hers and Lincoln got her to Trujillo in time for dinner the second day.
Lesson number one.....check the expiration date on your passports....it should be good for six more months at least.
Lesson number two....mine....don´t close a hatchback before removing your head from the line of closure.......
The Texans are at Silin and the Vermonters are at Cunda. The Texans have requested that Silin be moved up to Silver Medal status since they have done an amazing amount of construction. So, let it be. Cunda....due to lack of materials because of the bad roads....gets knocked down to a bronze.
Different
masons build differently. At Cunda, the mason started with a beam...which
had to set over night.....so John and Stephen left the site
early....however, since it took me a while to get out there...they had to
carry block to the site....being shown up by the children racing by them
with two, three or four block to their one. Today, all five Vermonters are
at the site and starting the block work.
The road to Cunda is being graded....unfortunately, a grader makes things
worse before they are better....so it was slow going.
Now things are flowing smoothly. Oh, I forgot to mention, Lincoln drove the van off the road into Rodriguez and bottomed out yesterday.....it was quite a chore getting it out of the ditch....and then to make matters worse....he ended up with a flat tire because of it.
I just returned from June the 13th....they have moved up in their star-medal status. There were a half dozen women working with two masons....the women moving block and the masons almost finished with the structure of the latrines. The school has three courses of blocks done and is awaiting volunteers.
Pech has finished their septic tank and are continuing on the latrine structure.
Tom Moore, District 5930 Governor, provided me with t shirts for the masons...he has provided monies to pay them....the t shirts say Moore Men. I have distributed them to Silin, June the 13th and Rodriguez so far.
Four of the 11 science equipment boxes have safely arrived....only one got hit with a $100 fee since the courier already had two checked bags.
February 11: Here is the list of medicine we use at the clinic. Please help us with any of these and any amount as long as they expire before February 2009.
| Acetaminophen 160mg/5ml - #300 Acetaminophen 325mg - #6,000 Acetaminophen 500mg - #2,000 Enalapril 10mg - #6,000 Enalapril 20mg - #6,000 HCTZ 25mg - #4,000 Furosemide 40mg - #1,000 Atenolol 100mg - #5,000 Metroprolol 50mg - #5,000 Nitroglycerine SL tab .4mg - #160 28 Day Cycles Oral Contraceptives - #800 Nystatin Vag Tab 10/pk - #100 Glibenclamida 5mg - #40,000 AASI/Honduran Antacid Tablets - #10,000 Ranitadine 150mg - #3,000 Amoxicillin Suspension 250mg/5ml 100ml - #60 Amoxicillin 500mg - #5,000 Doxycycline 100mg - #1,000 Metronidazole 250mg - #6,000 Metronidazole Susp. 120ml - #60 SMX/TMP SS Tabs - #5,000 SMX/TMP DS Tabs - #4,000 SMX/TMP 2/4oz/120 ml liq. - #60 |
Albendazole 400mg - #2,000 Chloroquine - MUST BE ARALEN - 250mg - #400 Lotion Escabadia - 2 gal. Lice Shampoo - 2 gal. Adult Vitamins with Iron - #20,000 Children's Chewables with Iron - #24,000 Multivitamin Liquid - 8 gal. Prenatal Vitamins - #5,500 Diphenhydramine 25mg - #1,000 Loratadine 10mg - #2,000 Albuterol Syrup(Salbutamol) 120ml - #50 Albuterol Inhaler Aerosol/Salbutamol - #100 Beclomethasone - #100 Hydrocortisone Cr. 1% 15gm - #100 Clotrimazole Cr. 1% 15gm - #200 Dermal III 15gm - #200 Calamine 4oz. - #100 Amitryptaline 25mg - #3,500 Metformin 500mg - #40,000 Doxazosin Mesylate 2mg - #2,500 Cephalexin 250mg - #3,000 Amoxicillin Chewables 200mg & 400mg - not sure quantity yet |
If you have Metformin we do not want it if it comes from India. Brian tells
me that India has been counterfeiting drugs.
February 16:
Miss me?????
We have been busy.....with five Texans and five Vermonters...so we were evenly matched until Carol arrived to tilt the odds towards Texas!!!!....plus a lone Virginian......
Frank Condron from Edna Texas worked with Jesus and electrified Rodriguez....he also did a little work at the school at the naval base. Rodriguez is now ready for the power installation for which we are still awaiting the tax free status to be approved prior to beginning.
Jim
Moser from Edna, Caren Adamson from Victoria and Deanna McKinney from
Lubbock Texas worked at Silin and did an incredible job. There is only a
little block work, windows, rafters, floors, stucco and painting to go. Ed
Seeger from Kingsville Texas is there now along with three Vermonters. One
of the Vermonters, Sarah-Lee Terrat is starting a mural today. We are
awaiting the arrival of two New Hampshirites tonight....they will go to work
in Cunda with Ed on Monday.
Lynn and Casey Mason, Andria Castine-Kozma, Stephen Pilcher, and John Baker got the Cunda school to the same point.
The latrines at Pech are finished and the school is awaiting the NH Interactors.
The latrines at June the 13th are almost done...and the overzealous community has built much more of the school than we wanted...but the remaining construction is also awaiting Interact.
Buenos Aires also got a little carried away with their construction...the latrines are now under construction. It is awaiting the Warren/Waitsfield contingent.
The
tank at Cristales is going very well. They have completed the massive
foundation and are now putting down a cement floor. They are also just
starting bringing up 14,000 bricks. We will have some volunteers laying
brick there.
I sent out a medicine and vitamin list....do what you can to help meet the need.
Although I won´t have the remaining volunteers do much painting...it is a reality that we will need to either have volunteers or the community paint lots of new classrooms and latrines....so bring rollers and other painting supplies to either use or leave for the community.....also don´t forget trowels.
February 26: Another blazing hot day in paradise.
Three Vermonters, two New Hampshirites and one Texan spent last week primarily working at Silin. Silin is just about ready for rafters. Sarah Lee Terrat painted a lovely mural with the kids and the volunteers also made bookcases. Ed Seeger was a roving volunteer and did a stint at Cunda as well putting in the gables...Julia Murphy also joined him for a time there. So Cunda is almost ready for rafters....Luis, the mason, is stuccoing the walls first.
We sent them on their way last Friday and Saturday and picked up 11 Vermonters....the first arrival without any hitches.....even though a snowstorm almost caused them to miss their flight. They are primarily spending their time at Buenos Aires.
This afternoon I pick up a Texan and a Coloradan in La Ceiba and tomorrow Lincoln and I head to San Pedro to pick up 18 New Hampshirites.
We met with the Cristales water board on Sunday and there were 60 others in the peanut gallery. The massive foundation is complete and they have started laying brick. The tank should be finished in 2 months and the distribution system will be complete by November. A Texas Rotarian engineer and I will be returning (with wives) in July to work out specifics for a community sand filter and second tank for clean water.....those items will be applied for in a Matching Grant sponsored by his district.
We have identified three communities for power projects (Pech, Cunda, and Caribbean Mission) and will be looking at schools for next year shortly.
Lincoln and I have taken the last of the computers for the Tela area and we will be moving the 10 computers for Santa Barbara to Tela for pick up tomorrow. We have distributed 20 of the computers designated for schools in the Trujillo area.
Six of the science equipment boxes have now arrived safely....five to go...hopefully, one of those five tonight.
The Pech have completed logging and preparing the wood for rafters for three of the schools and will start on the other two today.
I need to prepare to go to La Ceiba.
Hasta la vista,
Tom Submitted by Tom Plumb.
Clubs are completing requirements for Presidential Citation
Governor Tom has four Presidential Citations in hand.
Congratulations to:
1. Harlingen Rotary Club - Glenn Hill
2. McAllen North Rotary Club - Bradley Lacher
3. Brownville Sunrise Rotary Club - Luis Cavazos
4. Mission Rotary Club - Paul Petit Submitted by
Tom Moore.
Rotary Club of Corpus Christi Northwest 3rd Annual Fish Fry Fundraiser
The Rotary Club of Tomball, Texas came to the aid of The Rotary Club of Corpus Christi Northwest in 2006 by providing commercial cooking equipment in order to kick-start a new fundraising tradition. The first annual fish fry was only a forerunner of our second huge success and allows the club to actively work with their ever-growing 80+ Interact Kids.
Now in 2008, we own our equipment, and the 3rd Annual Fish Fry Fundraiser will be held Saturday, April 12th at VFW Post # 3837, Northwest Corpus Christi, starting at 4:00 p.m. The event features, Ticket Raffle, Silent Auction, Live Auction, and Dance with Live Band. For more information contact President Brandon Marshall at 361-887-0660 or Secretary/Treasurer Donna Weiss at 361-387-8485 to purchase your winning ticket. Come join our family.
1st Place Ticket $1,000
2nd Place Ticket $ 500
3rd Place Ticket $ 250
Loser’s Ticket $100 (must be present to win)
Every 10th ticket drawn wins $50
Gold Raffle Ticket: $50.00 per couple (Only 200 gold tickets available)
All-you-can-eat Meal Ticket: $10/adults $5/children Submitted by Donna Weiss.
DGE Russell Cain intends to Make Dreams Real
2008-09 District 5930 business is in
full swing with new, exciting projects
and ideas. Our district teams have spent the past few months organizing our
year and DGE Russell wants the year to fit perfectly into your lifestyle.
Let's take a tour of the year... Begins with
PETS March 28 - 30th in Dallas
at DFW Hyatt Hotel. Your
club should sponsor president-elect to attend this important training. If not, please
contact DGE Russell or his assistant Jennifer immediately at (361) 552-6313. Please
register today online.
2008-09 will bring
exciting new changes with the challenge of D.K.
LEE, International President. Make Dreams Real is our
theme from D.K.
Lee.
Considering matching $100M grant from the Gates Foundation, DK and Board of
Directors detailed their plan at International Assembly for Polio to be
eradicated in the year 2010. This was the most encouraging news from the
assembly as was the presentation of the grant from Bill Gates Sr. He
applauded RI for their leadership and dedication to Polio's long history and
"never giving up". The world organizations could not have done this without
RI membership.
DK presented his new challenge to design and build programs to address
child mortality around the world... 30,000 children under the age of nine
die every day. That equals to a child dying every 5 seconds. If a child is
lucky enough to survive until the age of two (due to contaminated water and
sanitation) he/she will have several preventable diseases to deal with--Malaria,
measles, and pneumonia. (Notice the word preventable) He wants us
all to remember how much we/RI have already done and how far we have
come. Children do not die of smallpox anymore and soon they will not have
polio.
"Many of the projects that Rotarians are already involved in, in the areas
of water, health, hunger, and literacy, save the lives of countless
children every year. I believe that by focusing our efforts on decreasing
child mortality through work in these four emphasis areas, we will be able to make
a real difference in the number of children who survive to adulthood.",
states DK Lee.
Make Dreams Real is not about dreaming as we do, it reflects RI's passion
for life. DGE Russell and Cherre DREAM of a mother not having to walk five miles for
contaminated water to serve to her family. Of 140 million children reading
and finally attending school. Even though we know these issues and the water
problems are being addressed all over the world, RI emphasis is on making
sure the villages are educated and learn to partner with the projects to
maintain the flowing water supply and
implement sanitation projects. D.K. Lee's four issues cannot be accomplished
without EDUCATION. The charge to all districts in 2008-09 is to identify
projects that enhance child mortality with the emphasis on water, health,
hunger, and literacy and develop strategies to address their needs. As we
survey our own clubs' desires to help and develop projects we will be even
better equipped to dialogue within World Community Service.
DGE Russell hopes that Cherre's and his research on existing projects
and partnership opportunities will spark a new desire within District 5930
to fulfill DK Lee's challenge to Make Dreams Real .
Group Study Exchange- Uruguay
We will entertain an agricultural exchange with Uruguay. In April of next
year we will entertain the GSE team as they develop and enhance cattle,
farming, fishing and biology related projects. We are developing contacts
with Texas A & M University to help in education while they are here. The
southern part of Uruguay is a lot like our area and this education process
will enhance both districts needs to expand or simplify our agriculture
projects. Our team will travel there April
17th until May 17th.
District Assembly will be Saturday, May 17th at the Student Union bldg at
Kingsville A & M. Jo Anne Settles will detail the end of Polio and we are so
excited to have her speak because there are so many clubs that have not had
the opportunity to hear her. We will present a video on the 2009 District
Conference in San Antonio. "We Are Family !"
It will be held at the Radisson Hill Country Resort and Spa. Rooms are $114 and the
resort is
located less than a mile from SEA WORLD. Shuttles will pick-up / leave every
15 minutes. Throughout this coming year we will give away spa packages
and incentives for those who register. Bring your children
for a ROTARY Weekend. The resort STAFF will entertain the children at night
with movies and each child will be given a S'MORES package for cooking on
outdoor s'more pits. The resort is very user friendly and it is excited to
accommodate District 5930. Friday night will offer a Hill Country BBQ and
Saturday will be a spectacular FIESTA. All events will be open to flowing
courtyards. A golf tournament will be planned for Thursday, next door to
resort. We look forward to entertaining your
club's families. Preview the resort at
http://www.radisson.com/sanantoniotx_resort.
Your 2008-09 term begins in July and is being kicked-off with a dinner planned June
28th in Victoria at the Victoria Country Club.
In November--the weekend before Thanksgiving--Austin, San Antonio, and District 5930
presidents will participate with the districts of Mexico and their
presidents in an overnight planning session for matching grant opportunities.
Austin will host the event this year in San Antonio. With all clubs represented
we will be able to develop projects and governors will be able to sign off
at the event.
As you see, we are anticipating a fun and exciting year addressing new
challenges and opportunities. Please call DGE Russell, Jennifer, or Cherre if you have
any questions. PETS is very important to a smooth and
productive year. Please register
your president-elect, today. Submitted by
Russell Cain
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