End Polio Now

Angelique Kidjo,UNICEF Ambassador, wrote an editorial on the Star Africa newspaper, about Polio Eradication in the world. She wrote in the opening paragraph:

“Today, on World Polio Day, parts of Africa continue to struggle to eliminate polio, a devastating disease that threatens our children with lifelong paralysis and even death. Nigeria, which borders my home country of Benin, is one of the last places in the world where the wild poliovirus has never been stopped. Recently, polio also reemerged in several countries across West Africa, including Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Guinea and Niger...”

And at the end, she wrote: “...We all must do our part. Parents, please make sure your children receive the polio vaccine during the upcoming immunization campaigns. Urge your friends, neighbors and family members to do the same.  We as Africans must seize this opportunity to defeat polio once and for all. We are truly “this close” to a polio-free world.  Together, we can end polio now.”

Please read the whole article at:http://www.starafrica.com/en/news/detail-news/view/world-polio-day-197750.html

Angelique Kidjo is a UNICEF Ambassador and participant in Rotary International’s “This Close to ending polio” awareness campaign.

RI invites you to Webinars. Free seminars on the web past and future.

Webinars

Social media

Learn about "Using Social Media to Promote Your Club or District" in one of our three social media webinars. The free one-hour webinars will offer Rotarians information and ideas on maintaining and effectively using social media sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn. The first two webinars will focus on the basics of social media. The third webinar will focus on more advanced social media skills. Click on the below link to register for a free one-hour webinar, which will be offered in English:

Basics

Wednesday, 12 October -- Hear the recording

   Wednesday, 19 October -- Hear the recording

Advanced

Wednesday, 16 November at 11 a.m. (Central Time)

Times are for the Chicago area; please check for your local time.

Work with Rotarian Action Groups to maximize your service projects

Join us to learn how clubs and districts can collaborate with Rotarian Action Groups (RAGs) to increase the scope of sustainability of their service projects. This webinar gives you the chance to hear first-hand from Rotarian experts, ask questions, and learn how your club or district can benefit from working with RAGs.

Tuesday, 8 November, 10:00-11:00 CST -- Click here to register

Tuesday, 8 November, 18:00-19:00 CST -- Click here to register 

These webinars will be in English. There will also be a Spanish webinar for the same topic on 11 November, 10:00-11:00 CST.

Past webinars

"District Grants Best Practices" -- Hear about the first year of Rotary Foundation District Grants during the Future Vision pilot, discussed advantages and challenges, and best practices provided for district leaders as they plan and implement district grant activities. Listen to this recording from the 28 September webinar. "Using Social Media to Promote Your Club or District," basics version -- Listen to the recording from the 12 October  or 20 October webinar. "Meet John Hewko: Rotary's New General Secretary"-- Listen to the recording from the 15 September webinar. "Closing the Back Door" Member Retention -- Listen to the recording from the 1 September webinar . "Print to Digital…Moving your Message Online" -- Listen to the recording from the 22 June webinar. "Public Perception of Rotary"-- Listen to a recording from the 22 February webinar or from 24 February webinar. "Using Social Media to Promote Your Club or District" -- Listen to a recording from the 2 February webinar  or from 9 February .

The article is from the RI website: www.rotary.org

More from Rotary Night at Oxbow Public Market

More photos courtesy of Barry Thompson,

and Rose Sheehan, both from Rotary Club of Napa Sunrise. Thank you.

Barry's granddaughter's name is Gracie. I corrected Chris Craiker's name on the previous blog. There will other nights for Rotary socials and opportunities for fellowship.

Rotary Night at the Oxbow Public Market

All the Napa Valley Rotary Clubs participated in the Rotary Night-End Polio Now at the Oxbow Public Market this Monday evening in Napa. PDG Jim and Kathy Flamson and Kevin of the Calistoga club came. President Kelly Crane and Cynthia Kee and other members

from St. Helena came. Gary Rose, Jerry Medlin, and Dorothy and John Salmon-Napa Noon group. From Napa Sunrise-Barry Thompson came with his wife, Pat, and granddaughter,Gracie. Also Rose Sheehan and Chris Craiker from Napa Sunrise were there. Michael Juric, DG elect 2012-2013, all the way from Windsor, visited with the Napa Valley Rotarians. From the North Napa-President Bill Bennett and his wife, Wendy, Tom and Linda Webber, Kathi Metro and her husband, Alan, Edgar and Cheri Calvelo, Tracy Tinsley, Michael Redman and Al Verstuyft. I think everyone enjoyed the fellowship, good food and drinks. There were a few Rotarians who were there I forgot to mention.

Let's Go

Fellowship, Fun, and Philantrophy

October 14-Friday-President Jim, Rotary Club of Napa,invites all the Napa Valley Rotarians for an Open House-Rotary Social-in his office at 1836 Second St., Downtown Napa at 4-7:30PM. President Jim says there will be Great Wine and Great Food. There will be a raffle with first prize of One Magnum Don Perignon Champagne bottle ($350). Proceeds go to Polio Plus.

CALISTOGA Harvest Hoedown-October 15, 2011 (Saturday) at Tubbs at Napa County Fairgrounds, Calistoga. Door open at 6PM. $50 per person.BBQ,Dancing, Auctions (Live and Silent). Fundraising for Rotary Club of Calistoga. for tickets call:707 942 5356

October-Vocational Service Month

Vocational Service Month promotes business integrity, professional development

by Ryan Hyland 

Rotary International News -- 3 October 2011

 

(Through the Avenue of Vocational Service, Rotarians contribute their professional expertise and skills to address societal problems and needs, promote high ethical standards in the workplace, support career planning and other vocational activities, and represent the dignity and value of their profession. Rotary Images/Alyce Henson)

Carlos Früm, governor of District 6440 (Illinois, USA) and a member of the Rotary Club of Northbrook, teaches business principles and entrepreneurship to Maya high school students as part of his district’s ongoing service project in Guatemala.

"Vocational service gives Rotarians the opportunity to help others escape poverty and gain a measure of self-respect," Früm says. "As business and professional leaders, we have a duty to lead and encourage good ethics through vocation."

Through vocational service, Rotarians contribute their professional expertise and skills to address societal problems and needs, and to promote high ethical standards in the workplace.

"Rotary's focus on ethical practices as part of vocational service has been a central part of my success in my business, professional, civic, and personal life since I became a Rotarian," says Paul A. Netzel, vice chair of the Vocational Service Promotion Committee and past RI director.

Rotarians have two benchmarks for promoting professional integrity: The Four-Way Test and the Declaration of Rotarians in Businesses and Professions. "Rotary's Four-Way Test has served as an easy template for me in weighing the pros and cons of countless issues and decisions I've had to address over my career," Netzel says. "It has helped make me a better Rotarian." Netzel says vocational service sets Rotary apart from other service and humanitarian organizations.

(Interactors at a vocational high school in Rignac, Aveyron, France, teach students from a local primary school how to make profiteroles. The project is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Rodez. Rotary Images/Monika Lozinska-Lee)

Rotarians can support vocational service by Strengthening the emphasis on professional diversity in member recruitment Identifying ways to emphasize professions in club activities Placing a stronger emphasis on business networking with integrity at the club and district level -- which also is a means of attracting and mentoring the next generation Emphasizing the connection between The Four-Way Test and the Declaration of Rotarians in Businesses and Professions, and their importance to the values of Rotary.)

For more information: Review An Introduction to Vocational Service (PDF) See a powerpoint presentation on vocational service Download the Model Project Submission Form

(article taken from RI website)

Celebrate Rotary

Celebrate Rotary at the District Conference on June 14-17, 2012 in Fortuna, CA. go to links: http://youtu.be/dBTC5mg55Yw