Message from Club President Maria M. Kalapati: Peace and Conflict Prevention Month

Message from Club President Maria M. Kalapati: Peace and Conflict Prevention Month

Sixty million people are displaced by armed conflict or persecution, and 90 percent of armed-conflict casualties are civilians, half of them children. Through service projects, fellowships, and other Rotary-sponsored campaigns, members train adults and young leaders to prevent and mediate conflict, and aid refugees who have fled dangerous areas. Members also pursue projects to address the underlying structural causes of conflict, including poverty, inequality, ethnic tension, lack of access to education, and unequal distribution of resources.

From our District Governor Cyndi Doragh’s Report

February is Peace and Conflict Resolution Month!  What does that mean to you?  To me, it is a reminder of how lucky I am to be an American and so proud to represent Rotary. We have chosen to make a positive difference in a world filled with strife. Rotarians continue to battle polio around the world, and provide clean water and sanitation, education and literacy, food, clothing, medicine, heart transplants, wheel chairs and more...why do we keep doing “good” in the world?  Why do we care?  We each have our own reason, but I believe it is our desire to establish a Peaceful world and share our blessings with others.  After all, Service Above Self is truly Conflict Resolution!  If we focus on doing good, there isn’t time for anything negative.

Happy Birthday to: Kim Quigley – February 8^th

Nils Weibull – February 19th

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A Message from our President of Rotary International, K.R. Ravindran

“We in Rotary aspire to great deeds. We admire those who gave great gifts to humanity: Abraham Lincoln, who gave the gift of human dignity to the downtrodden; Mother Teresa, who gave the gift of compassion to the forgotten; Mahatma Gandhi, who gave the gift of peaceful change to the oppressed. Their very lives became gifts to the world.

What we give through Rotary becomes a gift to us. And we all have a choice: whether to keep our gifts to ourselves or give them to others, and Be a Gift to the World.”

Our focus this year:

New Generations: Working closely with Interact

Membership: Target of 5 members or more….

Fundraisers: Total of 2 for the year

Service: Dictionary, Homeless Coalition, Literacy projects, Josh the Otter Program

Foundation: Support of the Annual Program and Polio Eradication

“Do not follow where the path may lead…go instead where there is no path and leave a trail”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

ROTARY CLUB OF NORTH PORT CENTRAL

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President: Maria M. Kalapati

Treasurer: Louis Okonkwo

Assistant Treasurer: Kim Quigley

Secretary: Dean McConville

Board Members : Ken Lund and Neal Loth

Board Committees & SubCommittees

Club Administration:
Club Bulletin: Maria M. Kalapati

Website and Facebook:

Sergeant-at-Arms: Nils Weibull

Invocation: Dick Santella
Membership:

Recruitment & Training: Dean McConville
Public Relations:

Media Relations:

Greeters: Dean McConville/Meloni Raisner
Service Projects:

Community and Interact: Beth Taylor NPHS/Maria Kalapati

International: Neal Loth

Fundraising for club projects: Maria Kalapati



S4TL/ RYLA & Scholarships Ken Lund

Literacy Projects: Ken Lund
Rotary Foundation:

Annual Giving: Ken Lund

Polio Plus: Ken Lund
District Governor for District 6960: Cyndi Doragh

Area 8 Assistant Governor: J.J. Hummon

ROTARY CLUB OF NORTH PORT CENTRAL ROSTER

#	NAME	B/D	STATUS	CLASSIFICATION	PARTNER	PHONE	BUS/CELL	FAX	E-MAIL
1.	Maria M KALAPATI	Jan 15	PHSM PHF PHB PP	Business Services	Stephen	426-0083	815-8390	426-0450	[e-mail]
2.	Neal LOTH	June 29	CM PHF PHB PHSM PP	Mortgages	Valerie	426-0344	468-9555	426-1800	[e-mail]
3.	Ken LUND	Sept 28	CM PHF PHB PHSM PP	Aviation	Brit	743-8186			[e-mail]
4.	Nils WEIBULL	Feb 19		Intl Sales Manager	Kerstin	734-476-0774			[e-mail]
5.	Louis OKONKWO	July 7	PHF PP	Professor	Philomena	629-6486	875-2260		[e-mail]
6.	Dick SANTELLA	May 30	PHSM	Clergy	Doris	240-1075			[e-mail]
7.	Stephen A KALAPATI	Aug 16		Engineer	Maria	426-0083	815-8456	426-0450	[e-mail]
8.	Kim QUIGLEY	Feb 8		Banking	Bill	426-1332	564-3023		[e-mail]
9	Christine ZAGROBELNY	Nov 11		Restaurant Owner		650-9383	426-1155		[e-mail]
10.	Dean McCONVILLE	Mar 6		Insurance	Jennifer	323-3601	429-3326		[e-mail]
11.	Meloni RAISNER	July 2		Chef/CNA	Charlie	223-5735	223-5735		[e-mail]

LEGEND CM = Charter Member PHF = Paul Harris Fellow PHSM = Paul Harris Sustaining Member PHB + Paul Harris Bequest PP = Past President

1. 
   
   UPCOMING ROTARY EVENTS MARK YOUR CALENDAR
   
   1. 
      VIVA LAS VEGAS NIGHT AT HERON CREEK GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB. February 20^th at 5:30 PM
      
   2. 
      Saturday February 20^th – 7:00AM-to 3:00 PM – Rotary Leadership Institute at the Charlotte Cultural Center – Parts 1, 2 and 3, Grad Course.
      
   3. 
      March 8^th – 5:30 pm Olde World Restaurant - Business After Hours sponsored by our Club to welcome businesses in the North Port Chamber of Commerce and have a chance to let professionals in our City know what we do as Rotarians.
      
   4. 
      APRIL – working on JOSH THE OTTER Water Safety Project…in collaboration with North Port EMS, Police and YMCA.
      
   5. 
      May 12-16th District Conference “Fellowship of the Wheel” Sanibel Harbor Mariott – 17260 Harbour Point Drive, Fort Myers, FL 33908 – See District Calendar for more information (dress codes for dinners, etc.)
      
   6. 
      MAY 28^th to June 1^st: Rotary International Seoul Convention…for more information visit Rotary.Org
      
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NEED A MAKE-UP?
MONDAYS:

12:15 p.m. Sarasota Gateway, Van Wezel

TUESDAYS:

7:00 a.m. Charlotte Harbor, Cultural Center Pt. Charlotte

7:15 a.m. Venice Sunrise, Holiday Inn

12:00 p.m. Englewood, Englewood Hospital
WEDNESDAYS:

7:00 a.m. Placida, Hills Country Club Rotunda Circle
THURSDAYS:

7:00 a.m. Lemon Bay Sunrise, Englewood Hospital

7:15 a.m. Murdoch, Perkins Restaurant

12:00 pm Venice Nokomis, Venice Yacht Club
FRIDAYS:

12:00 p.m. Punta Gorda, Best Western Benedetto’s

I am not in Rotary – Rotary is in me!!