When we focus on young people, we are focusing on building the future of Rotary and a more peaceful world.

RI President Sakuji Tanaka

Official News eBulletin of the Rotary Club of Holy Spirit

The Dove
March 14, 2013 Officers and Members
RY 2012-13

Rotary Club of Holy Spirit Club No. 69935 RI District 3780 Philippines

Vol. V No. 27

MARCIA C. SALVADOR
President

EUI BONG JUNG, OMD

Vice President & PE Chair - Health & Wellness

In addition to on-going literacy projects such as scholarship grants and classes in Alternative Learning System, Holy Spirit celebrated Literacy Month by sharing moments with indigent youth learners
Last Saturday, March 9, 2013, RC Holy Spirit went to the Sagip Gawad Kalinga youth center in Payatas Area 3 to be with 147 children, from 6 to 13 years old, who are living in and around the garbage dumpsite. The youth center, run by the Puso ng Ama Foundation, holds Saturday morning sessions on values formation and academic enhancement lessons for grade school pupils of the nearby public school. Tutors for the weekly sessions are college students who volunteer to share their knowledge, time and effort with the less fortunate youths. President Marcia Salvador had a great time reading and telling a story with a moral lesson, as 40 children aged 6-7 years listened. She also gave drills on Math and Spelling. The event also marked Rotarian Babes Baculas homecoming visit to the center which she regularly visited before. She brought food for all the 150 children and the center volunteers as her birthday treat. RC Holy Spirit turned over six (6) thick hardbound story books for the centers library to Program Director Rommel Lopez of the Puso ng Ama Foundation.

FERNANDO M. DELGRA JR
Secretary & Chair - Youth Development

MA. PERPETUAL S. RIVERA

Auditor

Treasurer & Chair - Fund Generation

MARITES L. NEPOMUCENO CP LEONIDES S. RESPICIO

Protocol Officer

RICARDO P. SALVADOR

Chair - Club Administration & RI Associate Members Pilot Project

PP EMELINDA C. PALATTAO
Chair - Service Projects

Club Trainor & Chair - Membership Dev

MARYLENE MARTINEZ, DDM IPP PEDRITO M. CONDENO EMMANUEL P. SOLIDUM

Chair - Public Relations Chair - The Rotary Foundation & RI Associate Members Pilot Project

PP DIOGENES S. OSABEL IN IL David KIM

Chair - Sports

Chair - Networking and Community Dev

WILLIAM P. FABROA
President-Nominee

BABES M. BACULA PP ROGELIO B. BELLEZA, MD ANGEL E. CASTRO JOCELYN M FLORES ROCA MARIE JURADO JERRY SY PP VIRGINIA ARDEN F. SY FERDINAND VALBUENA ANTONIO KENT VALDERRAMA ESTRELLA C. VALMOCINA PERCIVAL C. ZABALA
Associate Members (RI Pilot Program) NENG ATENDIDO LITO DELA CRUZ LIZA FERNANDEZ NELSON FRANCISCO MALOU JOSE TYRON KIM Honorary Members PDG DANILO V. FAUSTO AG EDMUND CHIU PDS SALVADOR VIARI JOSE B DEL ROSARIO JR FR STEVE TYNAN, MGL AG PP BETH CONSTANTINO AGR PP ERNIE PARANIS

Service Above Self

Congratulations to Interactors of Holy Spirit National High

March 20, 2013 is a red-letter day for many leaders of the Interact Club of Holy Spirit National High School. On that day, they march onstage to receive their diplomas from the Holy Spirit National High School. We congratulate the following Interactors and celebrate with their parents, guardians and teachers:

The rest of the graduating Interactors

Renziel Joyce Candelario Salutatorian

Lovely Rose Paalisbo 2nd Honorable Mention

Jamilah Abdul Rommel Manarang Kent Erick Lopez Kenneth Idjao Janelli Cabrillas Rosaly Navarro Mikhaela Palmiano Jenny Lavares Aileen Claire Mesias Louise Barcial Jayson Monte de Ramos Michael Angelo Alcantara Rumuel Geronimo

Kier Berce 7th place

The Rotary Club of Holy Spirit, the Rotaract Club of Holy Spirit, and the Rotary Community Corps of Kaligtasan are all very proud of you. We wish you success in your future undertakings.

Ten leaders of Interact Club of Holy Spirit participate in Interact DISCON 2013
RCHS sponsored the participation of ten (10) officers of the Interact Club of Holy Spirit National High School led by President Lovely Rose Paalisbo to the 2013 Interact District Conference held at the Silver Hall of the Rotary Center last March 2, 2013. With the theme Celebrating 50 Years of Changing Lives through Service, the Discon had 146 delegates from different high schools in the district. During the conference, Valerie Valenzuela of Ramon Magsaysay High School was elected as the new District Interact Representative for RY 201314. To commemorate Interact clubs 50 th year of service to the community, the Interactors planted 2 mango trees on the vacant space near the Rotary Center.

March is LITERACY MONTH in the Rotary Calendar

Researchers report on priority needs of Dona Juana Elementary School

Students of the Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health recently conducted a needs analysis on Dona Juana Elementary School (DJES) as part of their graduate study requirements. They launched their needs portfolio in the presence of the schools external stakeholders to include RCHS. The portfolio will serve as guide to RCHS in focusing on how to better help our adopted elementary school. The following school needs were identified by the graduate students: Team-building seminars for teachers Parenting seminars Skills training and development for parents School books and supplies Adopt-a-class Program Management information systems training and provision Feeding and nutrition program During the launch, the DJES Super Pinoy Kids performed the piece that made them win 2nd place in the District Super Pinoy Kid Dramatization Contest held last December 2012.

Last March 7, 2013

Rotary Club of Holy Spirit

AGENDA for March 14, 2013 7:00 PM Assembly-Dinner-Fellowship Pres Marcia Salvador 33rd Meeting

Call to Order Opening Rites

Club business: Highlights March 7 meeting Hosting of inbound GSE team from District 1280 (Northwest England & The Isle of Man) Discon Rotaract/Interact activities Other matters Presidents Time Adjournment Night Chair PE Dr Bong Pres Marcia Pres Marcia

ROTARY LEADER for March 2013 is here

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Its World Rotaract Week this week. Lets salute our reliable partners-in-service, the Rotaractors of Holy Spirit !

Tap the back of a Rotaractor to view more photos

It has been a very busy, productive year for the Rotaract Club of Holy Spirit. Some of their moments of service are shown here, clockwise from top-left: Rotaractors & Interactors complete one-day team-build workshop March 2012 at the conference site of PP Cong Dodgie Osabel in Kalawis, Antipolo; 11 Rotaractors posed with RCHS leaders at the D3780 Discon 2012 in Tagaytay, after their intermission number; Rotaractors helped repair desks during Brigada Eskwela; with co-organizers of 2nd anti-HIV/AIDS forum Oct 28; medical missions at Payatas Nov 11 and at Sacred Heart Dec 2; mentored pupils of Dona Juana Elementary who eventually won 2nd place at the District Super Pinoy Kid Dramatization contest on the Four-Way Test; Congratulations to MARCH Celebrants assisted RC Holy Spirit in the large medical-dental-diagnostic mission Birthday Anniversary that served 1,400 poor patients just last February 9th. They have also been involved in several other service projects, including programs for March 1 Marcia SPED, relief goods re-packing, hosting of visiting Korean students, and March 2 Kent blood-letting. Leaders have also attended District Rotaract events: DisMarch 8 Ric Joy & Ed F tas, Rotaract Induction, Halloween Party, and Christmas Get-together. March 9 Ped March 15 Ped & Irma Rotary International www.rotary.org March 15 Peth & DGE Francis March 17 Marites www.facebook.com/RCHS3780 RC Holy Spirit March 20 Roger & Dra Fe

Rotary news in brief from around the globe

The Rotarian -- March 2013

Rotary clubs around the globe have many things in common, including a commitment to service. All year long, clubs are taking action to make a difference in their communities. Heres a roundup of recent club activities.
Australia Craig Alford, a member of the Rotary Club of Armadale, Australia, rode more than 400 miles across Western Australia, from Perth to Kalgoorlie, on a Hustler Super Z lawnmower last spring, raising close to US$70,000 along the way. Proceeds benefited Australian Rotary Health for Mental Illness Research and Wheels of Hope, a nonprofit provider of free wheelchairs in developing nations. Alford rode for six days, arriving at the Kalgoorlie Golf Course in time for the District 9465 Conference. Cte dIvoire Since 2004, the Rotary Club of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, has vaccinated more than 50,000 children under age 10 in Cte dIvoire against meningitis B and C and typhoid fever. Twenty -five clubs have joined the effort and raised close to US$262,000 for immunizations in the West African nation. During a regional meningitis outbreak early last year, Cte dIvoire had the highest fatality rate among the affected countries. FYR Macedonia The Rotary clubs of Clearwater Beach, Fla., USA, and Bitola Shirok Sokak, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, worked together to promote peace and express creativity in September for the United Nations International Day of Peace. The clubs worked with Rotary Youth Exchange participants and local high school students to paint messages of peace in their towns. In Clearwater Beach, students decorated storefront windows. In FYR Macedonia, the paintings went to a school for children with special needs, along with crayons, paints, and other art supplies. Great Britain Roll Out the Barrel is a charity that provides women and children in developing countries with rolling barrels that they can use to transport water. The rugged 30- and 50-liter barrels, which can be pushed or pulled, are manufactured in the United Kingdom and cost about US$50 each. Bill Leslie, of the Rotary Club of Ellesmere Port, Wirral, and Adrian Brewer, of the Rotary Club of Vectis Sunrise (Newport I.O.W.), run the organization with help from womens and church groups, schools, and other Rotary clubs. The barrels are already helping families in Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, and Sierra Leone. Mexico When it comes to spreading the word about polio eradication, District 4170 Rotarians aim high. To celebrate the start of the 201213 Rotary year, District Governor Ernesto Benitez and Jos Clemente lvarez Soto, president of the Rotary Club of Teotihuacn, flew over the historic Pyramid of the Sun in a hot-air balloon emblazoned with the End Polio Now logo. The pyramid, one of the largest buildings in Mesoamerica, and surrounding archaeological sites are popular tourist destinations. Philippines At the Southern Philippines Medical Center in Davao City, impoverished children with cancer often stop receiving treatment when their families cannot afford to stay nearby. House of Hope, the signature project of the Rotary Club of Waling-Waling (Davao), pro-

District Governor Ernesto Benitez and club president Jos Clemente lvarez Soto flew over Mexico's Pyramid of the Sun in a hot-air balloon to spread the word about polio eradication.

vides accommodations for up to 25 pediatric cancer patients and two caregivers each. The program, housed on the medical centers campus, has accommodated more than 1,800 patients since 2007. Russia As part of the Young Talent in the Open World project, the Rotary Club of Moscou-Pokrovka supports underprivileged child musicians through opportunities to tour and to receive high-level music education. Last year, the club partnered with Italian clubs to arrange events at prestigious venues in Padua, Cagliari, and Cremona for three musicians: a 22-year-old mezzo-soprano, a 15-year -old pianist, and an 11-year-old pianist, violinist, and composer. The concerts drew nearly 1,200 attendees. The Rotary Club of Cremona presented the Moscou-Pokrovka club with three Italianmade violins and a viola, which project organizers plan to use for continuing music education in Moscow. Sri Lanka In the northern regions of Sri Lanka, mothers and young children must travel long distances to reach one of the few government-run hospitals. With those mothers in mind, the Rotary Club of Colombo Regency has hosted more than 20 daylong health camps in the last decade to provide basic medicines and health information. At a recent event in Jaffna, five volunteer doctors and a pharmacist gave out US$3,000 worth of multivitamins, folic acid, iron tablets, and worm treatments, along with more than 200 pairs of reading glasses, to 500 patients. USA For the sixth year, Rotary clubs in suburban Detroit competed in a Jeopardy!-style competition, hosted this time by the Rotary Club of Royal Oak. Five players on three teams, representing the Royal Oak club and the Rotary Clubs of Birmingham and Bloomfield Hills, duked it out over answers and questions pulled from recent issues of The Rotarian. The event raised $600 for PolioPlus. The winning Birmingham club will host the 2013 event.
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Principles that Guide Rotary

The Object of Rotary
First formulated in 1910, the Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster: FIRST. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service; SECOND. High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society; THIRD. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business, and community life; FOURTH. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.

The Four-Way Test

Of the things we think, say or do

Is it the TRUTH? Is it FAIR to all concerned? Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

ROTARIANS 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 I will always endeavor to build GOODWILL and UNDERSTANDING in my community, among my countrymen 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, SERVICE ABOVE SELF.

5 Avenues of Service
Based on the Object of Rotary, the Five Avenues of Service are Rotarys philosophical cornerstone and the foundation on which club activity is based:

Club Service focuses on strengthening fellowship and ensuring the effective functioning of the club. Vocational Service encourages Rotarians to serve others through their vocations and to practice high ethical standards. Community Service covers the projects and activities the club undertakes to improve life in its community. International Service encompasses actions taken to expand Rotarys humanitarian reach around the globe and to promote world understanding & peace. New Generations Service recognizes the positive change implemented by youth and young adults through leadership development activities, service projects, and exchange programs.

Rotary Code of Conduct

(Formerly Declaration of Rotarians in Business and Professions)

As a Rotarian, I will
1. Exemplify the core value of integrity in all behaviors and activities
2. Use my vocational experience and talents to serve in Rotary 3. Conduct all of my personal, business, and professional affairs ethically, encouraging and fostering high ethical standards as an example to others 4. Be fair in all dealings with others and treat them with the respect due to them as fellow human beings 5. Promote recognition and respect for all occupations which are useful to society 6. Offer my vocational talents: to provide opportunities for young people, to work for the relief of the special needs of others, and to improve the quality of life in my community 7. Honor the trust that Rotary and fellow Rotarians provide and not do anything that will bring disfavor or reflect adversely on Rotary or fellow Rotarians 8. Not seek from a fellow Rotarian a privilege or advantage not normally accorded others in a business or professional relationship

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