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M eets E very T uesday at 12:15 PM
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Report on the February 1, 2011 Meeting
Rotary Theme 2010-2011:
“Building
Communities, Bridging
Continents”
Guest Speaker ~ Lisa Sorin
Volume 94 • Number 30
February 1, 2011
President
Barry Fitzgerald
530 Riverdale Avenue #6H
Yonkers, NY 10705
718-548-7732
Looking Ahead
2/15 - Celebration of Dominican Republic Sunset Meeting.
2/22 -Ambassadorial Scholar Paolo Piantavigna.
3/1 - No Meeting
3/8 - Club Assembly and Board Meeting
3/15 -Celebration of Greece Sunset Meeting.
3/22 -John Flaherty from the NYPD.
4/19 -Celebration of Persia Sunset Meeting.
5/17 -Celebration of Mexico Sunset Meeting.
6/28 -President’s/Paul Harris Dinner
Openings...
President Barry Fitzgerald opened the
meeting and Cheryl Simmons-Oliver
led the Pledge of Allegiance. Rev. Sue
Chadwick gave the Invocation.
Chuck-A-Buck
Lisa Sorin won $17 in the 50/50.
Dr. Happiness
Barry Fitzgerald collected $37 from
happy Rotarians and guests.
Offering Prayers
For Nancy and Bruce Wallace who are
feeling the effects of the flu.
Photo courtesy of Mary Springman
President Barry Fitzgerald and guest speaker Lisa Sorin.
President Barry Fitzgerald introduced Lisa Sorin, President of LAS Consulting
Services. Her company does event planning and Barry asked her to speak to the Club
about what she and if she can help us make the President’s Dinner even more successful.
Ms. Sorin was the President of the Bronx Chamber of Commerce for 2 years, during
which time she managed to increase membership and the vitality of the organization.
She told members that she started out working in community relations, marketing
and public relations for private companies in the Bronx and this led her into event
planning. She started in that field in the South Bronx doing community outreach for
2 private organizations. She put together budgets for them and tried to figure out the
best ways in which they could relate to their communities. This led to many working
relationships throughout the Bronx and also in Westchester County.
In the past few years she has worked
closely with the Bronx YMCA to develop
elebrating the
their very successful “Bon Apetit” wine and
food event. This fundraiser brings together
ominican epublic
30-35 Bronx-based restaurants that donate
their time and food. It usually attracts 200- The Rotary Club of the Bronx is pleased to
announce that it will be hosting another
250 attendees.
Ms. Sorin believes that she can help Bronx wonderful sunset meeting on February
Rotary develop the President’s Dinner into 15, 2011 in celebration of the Dominican
a bigger, stronger event. She said that it is Republic. Details will be forthcoming, so
keep an eye out for a flyer with details in
your inboxes and mailboxes!
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Lisa Sorin
Ms. Sorin’s services have a cost associated with them that is proportional to
the amount of help needed by the Club.
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dependent upon the honorees, the audience and how we target the audience
with the event. She said we must ask
ourselves what the event brings to the
community, to the Bronx, and what does
the organization get in return for it. She
also said that a realistic goal is to increase
income from the event by at least 10%.
While she admitted that honorees are
chosen because they are persons who
deserve the acknowledgement of their
deeds, she advised that organizations
need to focus on those that can also
attract people to events. She also recommends choosing one honoree from each
of the following 3 categories: a foundation or corporate leader, a Rotarian from
our own Club and a person representative of an issue that we provide support
for, ie: health, hunger, education, etc.
Ms. Sorin said that the mission of an
organization is also very important. She
said that elected officials all want to be
associated with something that impacts
their constituency in a meaningful way.
The Club also needs to use its relationship with local newspapers and send
out press releases about the event that
include storylines about major sponsors.
In this way, sponsors can see that they are
getting advertising bang for their buck as
well as acknowledgement of their generous support for good works.
She also said that in developing an
event, the Club needs to specify what each
level of sponsorship actually achieves. For
example, A Gold Sponsorship of $6,500
would pay part of the costs of the event
and pay for Gift of Life surgery for 1
child. A Silver Sponsorship of $4,500
would pay for some event costs and provide 4 scholarships to Lehman College
students, and so on.
Visitors & Guests
Guest speaker Lisa Sorin was a guest of
the Club. Ann Ward was a guest of Rev.
Sue Chadwick. David Enamorado was also
a guest.
Make Ups
None today
Bell
ringing, landmark
lighting to mark
Rotary’s 106th
anniversary
Ray Klinginsmith
Rotary International will join Sanofi
Pasteur, a leading provider of polio
vaccine, in ringing the opening bell in
four financial markets in Europe on 23
February, in honor of Rotary’s 106th
anniversary and in support of a polio-
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free world.
RI President Ray Klinginsmith will
also ring the closing bell at the New
York Stock Exchange in New York
City.
Representatives of the two organizations will take part in openings
in Lisbon, Portugal; Amsterdam;
Brussels, Belgium; and Paris. The
stock exchange ceremonies represent
the first time the bell will be rung for
a single cause in all five markets.
As the largest company in the world
devoted entirely to human vaccines,
Sanofi Pasteur has played a major role
in the effort to push polio to the brink
of eradication.
Sanofi has contributed millions of
doses of the oral polio vaccine to the
Global Polio Eradication Initiative,
of which Rotary is a spearheading
partner, along with the World Health
Organization, the U.S. Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, and
UNICEF. Since 1988, the company
has donated 120 million doses of oral
polio vaccine for the immunization
of children in war-ravaged Angola,
Liberia, Sierra Leone, Somalia, and
Southern Sudan.
Throughout the week of 23 February,
Rotary clubs and districts will also be
illuminating iconic landmarks around
the world with the End Polio Now
message to raise awareness of Rotary’s
pledge to rid the world of the crippling disease.
The landmarks include the Trevi
Fountain in Rome; the parliament
building in The Hague; the soccer stadium in Cape Town, South Africa; a
gate at the Lantern Festival in Taiwan;
Kanazawa Castle in Kanazawa, Japan;
the government building in Karachi,
Pakistan; the planetarium in Seoul,
Korea; the Globe of the Mall of Asia
in the Philippines; and the Charminar
in Hyderabad, India.
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Report on the February 8, 2011 Meeting
Rotary Theme 2010-2011:
Club Assembly
“Building
Communities, Bridging
Continents”
Volume 94 • Number 31
February 8, 2011
Openings...
President Barry Fitzgerald opened the
meeting and Dr. Arthur Wolstein led the
Pledge of Allegiance. Cheryl SimmonsOliver gave the Invocation.
Chuck-A-Buck
Ed Hicks won $31 in the 50/50.
ake Ups
M
Cheryl Simmons-Oliver, Jim Romeo, Ed
Hicks, Bea Castiglia-Catullo, Marguerite
Chadwick-Juner, Barry Fitzgerald, Mark
Ahaneku and Catherine Biemkpa had
make ups at the Gift of Life Gala.
Visitors & Guests
David Enamorado and Ann Ward were
guests.
Dr. Happiness
Igina DeMichele collected 41 happy
dollars from happy Rotarians and guests.
Birthday Babies
FEBRUARY
Ralph Scottino ~ 15th
Maurice Nwokolo ~ 19th
sinnott maNagement co.
Real Estate Management
Peter J. Sinnott, III’68
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President Barry Fitzgerald thanked
Cheryl Simmons-Oliver for her leadership and all the work that she has done
to make the subset meetings a success.
This brainchild of Cheryl’s began during her term as President of the Bronx
Rotary Club and have gained momentum this year. Each event during the
2010-2011 year has turned a profit for
the Club and members and guests have
been enjoying the new format and fellowship.
Barry also told the Club that Donald
Arthur has sent a written request for a
donation to the Achilles Track Club.
The request will be forwarded to the
Foundation Committee members for
consideration.
Michael Quane from Montefiore
Medical Center who brought speaker
Dr. Christine Walsh to the attention of
the Bronx Rotary Club, has suggested
Latisha Young as a speaker. She is from
the Anguilla Tourism Board. As Barry
said, hearing about someplace warm and
sunny sounds like just what the doctor
ordered after this long, cold winter.
Rotary Leadership Institute will
be held on March 12 in Ossining at
the Ossining High School. So far, Ed
Hicks, Cheryl Simmons-Oliver and Rick
Sherman plan to attend.
Finally, Dr. Arthur Wolstein announced
that our own Cheryl Simmons-Oliver
will be honored at the VISIONS
Luncheon on March 4th at Frankie &
Johnnie’s Pine Restaurant. Tickets are
$80. There will be no regular meeting on March 1st so that members will
attend the VISIONS event as a make
up. The Club has committed to filling
2 tables, so please let Barry know if you
will be attending..
Rotary Leadership
Istitute
What is our mission? The mission
of The Rotary Leadership Institute is to
provide an educational opportunity for
Rotarians identified as potential leaders by their club presidents. Each club
president is asked annually to nominate
club members as potential club leaders
(not necessarily future presidents) in the
years ahead. Courses will be given for the
nominees to foster Rotary knowledge
and leadership skills. It is hoped that
these courses will also motivate the participants to be enthusiastic, creative and
dedicated Rotarians. Those attending the
three course days for their full duration
will receive recognition of completion.
Course methods will reflect the most
innovative and participatory methods
possible. Methods will include discussion
groups, role-playing, problem solving
workshops, group planning exercises, etc.
Lectures are limited.
The Institute offers a leadership development program in three full day sessions
(Parts I, II and III). The courses are
designed to provide Rotary knowledge
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Rotary Leadership
Institute
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and to develop leadership skills for voluntary organizations. Some examples of
course sessions include:
The Perfect Meeting
A Look Outside the Club
Membership Orientation and Activation
Introduction to Leadership
Creating Service Projects
Problem Solving Workshops
Vocational Service
Effective Committees
Membership Development
The Rotary Foundation
Analyzing a Rotary Club
The Object of Rotary
The District
International Service
Problems of Leadership
Creative Service
Written Communications
Motivating Rotarians and Effecting
Change
All courses start with registration at
7:30am. Classes are from 8:00am to
3:30pm - breakfast, lunch, and coffee
breaks are included. Courses are listed on
the RLI website, where online registration is available.
The Institute believes in course sessions with as much discussion/participation as possible. Discussion breakout
sessions are limited to approximately
10-15 persons. Lectures are strictly limited. Course methods include discussion
groups, role-playing, problem solving
workshops, creating projects and audiovisual presentations. Everyone participates
during one of the Institute’s sessions. A
course workbook containing an Institute
Manual, session program agendas, faculty biographies, and course outlines and
materials, is provided to each attendee.
The faculty members are carefully
selected by the Institute for their teaching
abilities. They are drawn from all areas of
the member districts and occasionally
from outside the member districts. Many
are present and past R.I. directors, present and past district governors, successful
past presidents and those with experience
in special areas. Each new faculty member
must attend an initial full day training
program and various periodic reorientation programs. The results of evaluations
help the Institute to improve the course
content and instruction.
Rotary needs a constant influx of leadership as club officers, etc. change every
year. It is difficult at the club level to
learn enough about the exciting world
of Rotary with its 1.2 million members
in 164 countries. Furthermore, leadership skills in a voluntary organization are
often different from business leadership
skills. It is important that club leaders
have every opportunity for education
because the success or failure of our clubs
depends in large part on the quality of
their leaders.
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Management - Sales
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THE BRONX ROTARY
730 C West Broadway
Woodmere, NY 11598
(516) 569-1560 Fax (516) 569-1562
OFFICERS
President.......................... Barry Fitzgerald
President-Elect.......................Frank Arcuri
1st Vice President............ Igina DeMichele
2nd Vice President.................... Amir Asadi
Secretary....................Rev. Susan Chadwick
Assistant Secretary........... Mary Springman
Treasurer............................. Edward Hicks
Assistant Treasurer................... Jim Romeo
Immediate Past President...Cheryl Simmons-Oliver
HUDSON VALLEY BANK
3130 East Tremont Avenue
Bronx, NY 10461
DIRECTORS
Bea Castiglia-Catullo • Dr. Arthur Wolstein
Marguerite Chadwick-Juner
Geoffrey O. Ukekweh • Debby Appel
Miguel Santiago
Tel: (718) 892-4830
Igina DeMichele-Bobson
Tel: (914) 961-6100
Assistant Vice President
Fax: (718) 892-4769
E-mail: idemichele@hvbank.com
MEETING TIMES & PLACES of ROTARY CLUBS in DISTRICT 7230
MONDAY
Bedford-Armonk
Bronxville
Central Bronx
Chappaqua
New York
Northeast Westchester
St. George’s
6:15p
12:15p
7:00p
12:15p
12:00p
6:15p
6:30p
Tuesday
Bronx
12:15p
Chinatown
1:00p
Croton-on-Hudson 12:15p
East Yonkers
12:15p
Hamilton
12:15p
Hastings, Dobbs Ferry,
Ardsley & Irvington 6:15p
Mount Pleasant
12:00p
PortChester-Rye Brook 12:10p
Scarsdale
12:00p
Somers
6:15p
Staten Island
12:30p
Upper Manhattan
6:00p
White Plains
12:15p
Wednesday
Eastchester
Gateway
Harrison
Hartsdale
12:15p
7:15p
12:15p
12:15p
Bedford Presbyterian Church
Fogarty’s Town Tavern
Jol Kabar Restaurant
Crabtree’s Kittle House
Harvard Club
John-Michael’s Restaurant
Grotto Bay Beach Resort
The Harbor Restaurant
Hop Lee Restaurant
Bella Paula
Luciano’s Restaurant
Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club
Doubleday’s
Casa Rina Restaurant
T&J Trattoria
Moscato’s
Pinnacle Restaurant
Ligreci’s Staaten Restaurant
Gran Piatto d’Oro Restaurant
Crowne Plaza
CIAO Restaurant
Lake Club
Emilio’s Restaurant
Alaroma Restaurant
Inwood Manhattan
Metro NYC
Mount Kisco
Mount Vernon
New Rochelle
Ossining
Pelhams
Sandys
Tarrytowns
Wall Street
Yorktown
7:00p
7:30p
12:15p
12:15p
6:15p
12:30p
12:15p
6:30p
12:15p
5:30p
12:15p
Garden Cafe
Trattoria Dopo Teatro
Mt. Kisco Holiday Inn
Bona Sera Restaurant
Davenport Club
The Tuscan Grille
Rockwells
Henry VIII Restaurant
Westchester Marriott Hotel
Downtown Association
Murphy’s Restaurant
Thursday
Cortlandt Manor
Elmsford
Mamaroneck
Mid-Island
North Shore
Peekskill
Pembroke
Pleasantville
Riverdale
South Shore
Yonkers
7:00p
12:15p
12:15p
7:30a
7:00p
12:15p
7:15a
12:15p
6:45p
12:15p
12:15p
Cortlandt Colonial
Rinis Restaurant
Emilio’s Restaurant
Dakota Diner
LiGreci’s Staaten Restaurant
Cortlandt Colonial Restaurant
Royal Bermuda Yacht Club
Riviera Restaurant
The Riverdale Greentree
Marina Grand
Luciano’s Italian Restaurant
Friday
Briarcliff Manor
Larchmont
Rye 12:15p Briarcliff Recreation Center
12:15p Larchmont Yacht Club
12:15p Coveleigh Club
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