Message from our President: Maria M

Message from our President: Maria M. Kalapati

As my year as President comes to an end, I are looking forward to continue the good work we have started this year and this is thanks to every one of you that put Service Above Self. Service Above Self is not easy to do, because everyone is pretty busy with family and making a living however, I can tell you that the term “it is in giving, that we receive” is absolutely true. It may be difficult to give of our time sometimes, but the effort is well worth the satisfaction one gets when we do. You need to be passionate about Rotary…because there is so much to do. This month is Fellowship Month and fellowship is as important to the Rotary Clubs as the service projects. We will endeavor to have more of them because we need to be closer as a club – in friendship and in networking. I already noticed that many of you are starting to use each other’s services and I encourage all of you to keep doing that. As we finish our Rotary year under my presidency, I ask that we continue to think about good ethical people that would be an asset to our club. We would like to get the Club up at 25 + members by the end of the new year. It is our goal. It is also the responsibility of each member to pass on the extra pin they received to a deserving member they would sponsor. Sponsorship is noted by the Club, the District and Rotary International and an invitation to join Rotary is an honor.

This year our Club has acquired the Small Club of the Year Award, The District Governors Golden Award and the Presidential Citation. What an honor to have those recognitions and, it is all thanks to all of you. We can do this again! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. YOU WERE ALL A “ GIFT TO THE WORLD”
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Happy Birthday to: June 26^th: Maurizio LoMonaco; June 29^th: Neal Loth

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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.”

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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

Presiden-Elect: 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	E-MAIL
1.	Maria M KALAPATI	Jan 15	PHSM PHF PHB PP	Business Services	Stephen	426-0083	815-8390	[e-mail]
2.	Neal LOTH	June 29	CM PHF PHB PHSM PP	Mortgages	Valerie	426-0344	468-9555	[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.	Paul PATTERSON	Feb 4	PHF	Handyman		848-448-0797		[e-mail]
7.	Stephen A KALAPATI	Aug 16		Engineer	Maria	426-0083	815-8456	[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]
12.	Dr. John CRUZEIRO	June 7		School Supt.	Patricia	257-8472		[e-mail]
13.	Maurizio LoMONACO	June 26		Freelance Singer	Maddalena	426-7257	305-720-4089	[e-mail]
14.	Sean VIARA	Sept 4		Realtor	Sara	268-8197		[e-mail]
15.	John RANDALL	Dec 9		Engineering Mgr	Dawn	423-4040		[e-mail]

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

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   UPCOMING ROTARY EVENTS MARK YOUR CALENDAR
   
   
   1. 
      JULY – working on JOSH THE OTTER Water Safety Project…in collaboration with North Port EMS, Police and YMCA.
      
   
   
   
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      SAVE THE DATE: June 29^th BANQUET at the Heron Creek Golf and Country Club 6:30 PM Cocktails and Dinner at 7:00 PM
      
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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!!