Operation Taghoy Emissary Visit

P. Pip with Rtn. Revien Dela Cruz {MD} checking the

UI equipments delivered in advance for the OPERATION TAGHOY

MEDICAL MISSION 2010...

P. Pip led the UI Emissary team to visit and finalize the MOA with the

Roxas Memorial Provincial Hospital - Chief of Hosp - Dr. D. Galvines

and representing the Capiz Medical Society is also a fellow Rotarian,

Dr. Tina Danac-Delfin.

{l to r} Board Member Nonoy Contreras {Past President of

Rotary Club of Metro Roxas}, Rtn. Megs Lunn {Past President of

Rotary Club of Kaliboa now with RC Roxas}, Dr. Barb Moyer {UI Co-Chair},

Dr. Revien Dela Cruz {chair for Operation Taghoy 2010, Gov. Vic Tanco

of the Province of Capiz, Dr. Jaime Yrastorza {UI President},

P. Pip Acepcion and PP Reuben Yap.

Gov. Vic Tanco signed the MOA between UI, RC Roxas

and the Province of Capiz for the January 25-30, 2010

OPERATION TAGHOY MEDICAL MISSION..

Mending Faces..ONE AT A TIME...

Dr. Jaime Yrastorza, PDG Nanette of RC Bacolod West, Rtn. Megs Lunn

and Dr. Barb Moyer during the team's emissary visit to

RC Bacolod North regular meeting...

Gov. Mecias of Dumaguete City {center} and the kind host PP Jun Dato

{of RC Dumaguete East} during the UI's courtesy call

to the city of Dumaguete...

Jaime and wife Pat during the visit of the team

to the largest bell in Asia at Pan-Ay town..


A respite after a long 1st week of UI Emissary Team
Visit....with Dr. Jaime, Pat, Dr. Pip, Dr. Cheann, Rtn. Megs
and Rotakid Clouds Lunn at Pan-Ay's bishop house...

Rotary International Institute

Dear fellow Rotarians,

2009 Rotary Institute Manila on November 27-29, 2009 at Dusit Thani Hotel, Manila in Makati City.

This is one great opportunity for us to attend a Rotary iIternational event right here in our territory, where you can mingle with Rotarians from Zone 6B, Zone 7A, and Zone 10B. This also gives us the chance to expand our circle of friends beyond the Philippines, and source out joint projects with them.

Deadline of Registration is on September 30, 2009.

For

PDG PAENG TANTUCO, SR.
Promotional Chairman
Rotary Institute Manila, 2009

The 4-Way Test Month Celebration

Is it the TRUTH?

Is it FAIR to all concerned?

Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?

Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

For more details, pls click the link below:

http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/TheRotarian/Pages/Taylor0908.aspx

New Generation Month Calendar of Activities

Lord, help me to be always grounded on love, such that it will rule over all my decisions.

Upcoming projects for the coming weeks:

3 IN 1 PLUS 1 - in Brgy. Talon, Roxas City.

ANTI-TB CAMPAIGN posters and information campaign by committee in charge

ANTI-TB POSTER MAKING CONTEST for awareness on TB

NEW GENERATION MONTH - for College Student Leaders. Facilitator will be P.Pip Acepcion and Rtn. Megs Lunn.

GIRLS AND BOYS WEEK - for High School students - Chair - PE Jerry Lames

Chairman for the committee is Rtn. Leah Licanto Del Rosario being a Medical Doctor herself. All medical Doctor members are joining the committee, too.

The club is involving Rotary Kid Clouds Lunn to spearhead the ANTI-TB SLOGAN PICTURE to start with.

Exciting September coming up in the celebration of the NEW GENERATION MONTH.

For some sidetrip of our club president, on Sept. 10-12 - him and Rtn. Megs will be meeting with Uplift Internationale Operation Taghoy team in Manila and the signing of MOA between RC Forbes and our club to signify our Sisterhood Agreement.

The meeting was fun last Friday making the club center a studio for the group's photo shoot for the Public Image campaign.

On update for the UI Visit - Rtn. Revien Dela Cruz will be heading the committee on Operation Taghoy Roxas in behalf of Rtn. Raoul who will be leaving for Belgium soon.

See you all on Aug. 28 for the despidida party.

More details coming up...will keep you posted for more.

"Jesus, bless our leaders with the grace and humility to serve Your people as You served"

“The greatest among you must be your servant.” – Matthew 23:11

Leadership is nothing if it does not exemplify all that an organization or community demands of its members. To become a leader is to choose a life of service. To embrace a life of service is to embrace the call to be a disciple of Jesus. To become a disciple of Jesus is to be a living witness to the Gospel and God’s saving power at work in our lives and the world. The latter is fundamental to all Christian callings. All Christians are called to be credible examples of the life of Christ. Let us pray that we will not fail the Church in this.-Kerygma

WELCOME OPERATION TAGHOY EMISSARY TEAM

Fellow Rotarians, we are looking forward to the arrival of OPERATION TAGHOY EMISSARY TEAM VISIT from Denver, Colorado, USA.

They will begin their visit with the following itineraries:

August 29-30 - Dumaguete City

Sept 1 - Bacolod City

Sept 2-4 - Iloilo/Guimaras Island and Pototan, Iloilo

Sept. 4-6 in Roxas City/Olotayan Island

Sept 7-9 - Ormoc, Cebu City

Finally, they will have meetings with Pal Foundation, and our soon to be sister club RC Forbes Park Makati on Sept. 10-12, 2009. The signing of Sisterhood Agreement between RC Forbes and RC Roxas will also be another highlight of the meetings.

Our newly elected member, Rtn. Megs Lunn, Executive Coordinator for Taghoy Philippines will be with them throughout this journey for the Filipino children. Rtn. Megs has been working as volunteer with Uplift Internationale for nearly 5 years now before she eventually became the Executive Coordinator for Taghoy Philippines.

The team will be led by PP Jaime Yrastorza, MD/President, Uplift Internationale, Denver, Colorado {www.upliftinternationale.org} with wife Pat Yrastorza, Dr. Barb Moyer and Rtn. Megs Lunn.

Operation Taghoy is set to have its two weeks medical mission on the last week of January {Roxas City} to the first week of February {Pototan, Iloilo} and 2011 in Dumaguete. RC Roxas is expecting a team of more or less 38/pax international Surgeons, Nurses, Dentists, Speech Therapists and professional/Outreach Volunteers from many states in the US, UK, Hongkong, Canada and the Philippines.

ROTARY AND MILO MARATHON

D3850 Governor, Edgar Sy made a difference during the 33RD NATIONAL MILO MARATHON hosted by our club, RC Roxas - August 16, 2009.

DG Edgar, together with our members has to be at the venue as early as 3am and the game started at 5:30 am with over than 5,000 young kids and adult alike runners. Milo Marathon theme: KAYA MO YAN was a motivation for this young kids to engage in sports and hope to grow up disciplined in all the endeavors ahead of them.

An inspiring attendance of the club showed a big support to the event, too...What with all the volunteers around in Roxas to help out made the event more significant. Likewise, DG Edgar has to do the first shot to signal the start of the run. It was an exciting moment for all of us. Even DG Edgar was so excited that he never missed the winners at the finish line. {Names of winners to be posted soon}.

Cheering squads competition were an added fun to the program and our sunday was filled with so much blessings from MILO.

In behalf of P. Pip and the rest of the members of our club, your presence MADE A DIFFERENCE in all of us. You were the 1st ever DISTRICT 3850 GOVERNOR who graced this occassion since the club started this many years ago.

Truly, you are an inspiration to us all. Thank you for the untiring efforts of gracing our events many times now since the start of this Rotary year 2009-2010.

We look forward to seeing you again.

Congratulations to PP Mark Ortiz for spearheading the organizing committee and thank you for making us a part of the very successful event, indeed, it was a blessed sunday for all of us. I love the MILO take home, too and Rotakid Clouds enjoyed the fun-run of 5K hehehe

All in all, it was fun and a memorable learning opportunity of camaraderie and friendship for the new members of the club, too.

Hurray ROTARY CLUB OF ROXAS.

For the Cheering Competition, the following were the winners:

ELEMENTARY DIVISION

1st Place - Pres. Manuel A. Roxas Memorial School South

2nd Place - Don Francisco Dinglasan Memorial School

3rd Place - Plaridel East Elementary School

Consolation - Banica Elem. School

HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION:

1st Place - Colegio De La Purisima Concepcion

2nd Place - Filamer Christian College

COLLEGE DIVISION:

1st Place - Capiz State University

See you all this coming few days for more events ahead of us.

Thank you PE Jerry Lames for the nice pictures. I need more of Pres. Pip, too hehehe

ROTARY HERE AND NOW

Putting aside for the moment all the detail of Rotary Service, much of it minor, even trivial, only two questions are of critical importance:

"Where am I?""What time is it?"The short answers are "HERE" and "NOW."

For Rotarians, "HERE" is where you are. For Rotarians "HERE" is almost everywhere. With more than 32,000 Rotary Clubs in nearly 200 countries, and with more than 1.2 million Rotarians in all those clubs and countries, Rotary is indeed scattered all over the face of the globe. The sun never sets on Rotarians, nor on a Rotary meeting, nor on a Rotary project.When a government or Non-Government Organization (NGO) responds to a natural disaster, it must inevitably gather its equipment and materials, and travel a considerable distance to be on-site.

But wherever there is a need or a service opportunity, Rotarians are not far away, and often are among the first to offer assistance. It may be a catastrophic event – hurricane, earthquake, flood, or tsunami. It may simply be an ongoing local opportunity – a literacy program, health care, equipping a playground, or mentoring school children. Rotarians have the ability to be among the first to arrive, and when distant service entities have packed up and left, Rotarians are still there.

For Rotarians “NOW” is always "now," a constant, a moment in time. An oft-repeated quotation asserts that "The past is history; the future is uncertain; the present is the only thing we have." During the month of August, 2008, the short form of expressing one of its days is 08/08/08. That exact combination only appears once each century. Rotarians and Rotary Clubs must seize the "now," for it may not present itself again for a long time, perhaps never.

Although the opportunity for Rotary service is ever-present, we sometimes fail to recognize a need if it is not a sudden disaster. Within the shadow of any Rotary Club there are certain to be homeless people in need of shelter, hungry people in need of food, bright young people in need of aid to continue their education.

Past RI President Bob Barth said being a Rotarian means: "You can rely on me. I am dependable. I am available. I give more than I take. I add value. I serve." Implicit in his eloquent assertion is that Rotarians must take advantage of service opportunities where they are, and without delay."Where am I?" "What time is it?" I am HERE. The time is NOW.

The above article was from my inbox and shared to me by my fellow member of Rotary Global History Fellowship - PP Gil Tolentino of D3820. - MSL

RC ROXAS sponsors 33rd National MILO MARATHON - Roxas City Elimination

Good Day!

The Rotary Club of Roxas is sponsoring the Roxas City Leg of the 33rd National Milo Marathon on Sunday, August 16, 2009. Five thousand marathon participants are expected to crowd the Roxas City Plaza.

The starting gunshot will be fired by no less than DG Edgar Sy at 5:30 am for the 21K runners, to be followed by Roxas City Mayor Vic Bermejo to start the 10K elimination. This year, the marathon are divided into four categories: 3K and 5K fun runs, 10K and 21K elimination rounds, winners of the 2 latter categories will be sent to Manila to compete for the National elimination.

A cheering competition will also be held simultaneously which will be participated in by different schools in Roxas City and Capiz.

This is the 4th year that the club is hosting the Milo Marathon with PP Mark Ortiz at the helm.As of presstime, the 3k and 5k categories are already closed.

Those interested can still register for 10k and 21k runs.

P.Pip

RC FORBES PARK: PROJECT WALK

Please click the link below our projects with soon to be sister club RC FORBES PARK, MAKATI.

PART 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBZEpylQL9c

PART 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fz4rg-PP7sw&feature=related

RC Metro Roxas Induction

In behalf of Pres. Pip, RC ROXAS congratulates RC METRO ROXAS for its 28th Induction and Turn-Over Ceremony last August 1, 2009.

It was another night of fun and fellowship last night with PP Reuben Yap, PP Mark Ortiz, Rtn. Bonnie and Rtn. Megs Lunn representing our club. Also, a guest from Dios Mabalos Po Foundation, Program Director Linda Samonte was present. DMPF will be our future partner in the proposed Feeding Program.

Congratulations once again IPP Nonoy and Pres. Ching and all the members of Rotary Club of Metro Roxas.

Cheers :}