DEEPA WILLINGHAM TO SPEAK AT AREA 7 FOUNDATION DINNER

February 2, 2016
Vol 2. No 20
DEEPA WILLINGHAM TO SPEAK
AT AREA 7 FOUNDATION DINNER
Mrs. Deepa Biswas Willingham, a naturalized citizen of
the United States, was born and brought up in Calcutta, India where she obtained her primary and secondary
education under the stewardship of Mother Teresa,
who was her teacher, undergraduate degree at the University of Calcutta and came to the United States in
1964 to pursue graduate degrees.
lives but also the lives of their children and their communities. When
is such a win-win situation, how
can I not do it?”
it
Mrs. Willingham is the winner of many humanitarian
awards.
Mrs. Willingham’s professional life was spent in healthcare management, education and entrepreneurship. She
and her husband, Mr. Richard Willingham, are business
owners. Currently, however, most of Mrs. Willingham’s
time and personal resources are spent in the non-profit
sector. She is an active Rotarian and she is the Founder/Chair of PACE Universal. Through PACE Universal and the Piyali Learning Center (PLC) she is meticulously “selling” the concept of allowing girls to be educated instead of being married in early childhood or
being sent to work, or being sold for sex trade.
Through her efforts and use of personal resources she
is determined to make PLC a poverty eradication proto
-type model that others can duplicate to heal a hurting
planet.
When asked why Mrs. Willingham started this school
for girls in the country of her birth, she answers, “It is
the fulfillment of a life-long dream…to give back the
gift of education, particularly to girls. Girls’ education
in many severely poverty stricken areas like India, is
still a luxury for far too many and it is certainly not a
given. And yet when girls are educated, they grow up
to be responsible citizens, changing not only their own
Editor’s Note: I heard Ms Willingham speak at the 2009 RI
Convention in Birmingham England. She is a VERY inspirational speaker and it would be a shame if you missed this opportunity to see her while she is in our little corner of the Rotary
World.
INTERACT NEWS
Fifteen members of Jackson Rotary Interact Club
met on Monday Feb 1st in the Rotary Room at
Thomi’s and made plans for their upcoming trip to
Glide Memorial in San Francisco. They also made
Valentine’s Day cards for the elderly which will be
distributed to the Jackson Senior Center in the near
future. Under President Adelaide’s leadership the club
is continuing to grow as they had a new member join
them last night. Eight of the students have
already signed up to assist us during the
Trivia Challenge on March 12th.
SPRING IS ALMOST HERE …?
Art Long was cleaning up the Vista Point area last
Thursday and he found
that a few of the daffodils
are already starting to
bloom. Is mother nature
trying to tell us something?
Let’s hope that the blooms
last for the next couple of
months until the official
start of spring.
CLUB FELLOWSHIP EVENT
Rene from Hospice of Amador and
Calaveras Thanking the club for
their past support and explaining
that the Valentine’s Day Raffle
tickets are now available for purchase. A $10 ticket could win a BIG
prize. Many valuable vacation
trips, jewelry and other prizes are up for grabs.
We will be having a fellowship outing on Wednesday February 24th to the hockey game in
Stockton as the Stockton Heat hosts the San Diego Gulls. We will depart from the Railey’s
shopping center about 5:00pm and take a bus to and from the game. We will be in rows 2-7
during the game. The cost of participation will be $30. We need a minimum of 50 people, so
if you are interested, contact Jim Wilmarth for details. This is an excellent fellowship event to
bring friends, family or potential members to participate in. Because of this outing, the club
will not be meeting at Teresa’s on the 23rd. This event will count towards your attendance,
so if you are unable to attend, take this opportunity to do a make up at one of the surrounding Rotary Club meetings and meet our fellow Rotarians in Amador county.
WARNING: A highly dangerous virus called “Weekly
FREE DINNER?
Overload Recreational Killer” (WORK) is currently going
around. If you come in contact with this WORK virus, you
should immediately go to the nearest “Biological Anxiety Relief” (BAR) center to take antidotes known as “Work Isolating
Neutralizer Extract” (WINE), “Radioactive Unwork Medicine” (RUM), “Bothersome Employer Elimination Rebooter” (BEER) or “Vaccine Official Depression Killing Antigen” (VODKA). Another little known, but effective remedy
known as “Traumatic Experience Questioning Unsavory Inhuman Labor Antibiotic” (TEQUILA) has Also been proving effective in battling this virus.
As the old adage goes: There’s no such thing as
a “free dinner”. If you are the lucky winner of
the free dinner, you will actually have to work
for it by providing the club with a good joke
AND by being the GREETER at the meeting.
Come early, grab the GREETER’s badge and
welcome our fellow members and guests to the
meeting. This is an old school Rotary protocol
that President Irene is bringing back to encourage fellowship within the membership.
>>CLUB CALENDAR: SAVE THE DATE<<
Tuesday Feb 2nd
Joseph Svek III; Author: Sherlock Holmes and the Grinning Cat
Tuesday Feb 9th
Speaker TBD
Tuesday Feb 16th
Club Assembly
Friday Feb 19th
Area 7 Foundation Dinner at Thomi’s
Saturday Feb 20th
Interact Club’s trip to Glide Memorial in SF
Tuesday Feb 23rd
Club Dark (Good chance to visit another one of the other Amador County Rotary Clubs)
Wednesday Feb 24th Fellowship bus trip to Stockton for Hockey Game
Saturday, Mar 12th
Trivia Challenge at Sutter Creek Auditorium
Wednesday Mar 30th Four Club Membership Mixer at Thomi’s Banquet Room
May 13-15, 2016
2016 District Conference at
Atlantis Convention Center in Reno
THIRD ANNUAL SUPERBOWL POOL
The squares for our super bowl pool are all sold out.
Thank you to all of you that have bought or sold
squares this year and good luck on your numbers.
Your participation has raised $1000.00 for the club’s
general budget which will go back into the community
through our various projects.
THANK YOU
We appreciate the assistance offered by the following members in creating this week’s newsletter:
FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS
Gunter
Barbara
February
1
Molinelli
Paul
February
2
Roberts
Alan
February
11
Porter
Michelle
February
21
Art Long—Photography
Eastman
Mark
February
23
Pat Crew—Content
Dirk Wentling—Editor , Photography and Content
Ashley Carnicello—Content & Photography
Rotary Club of Jackson 2015-2016 Board of Directors
President—
Irene Perbal
Directors
Past President— Marv Hampton
Club Service—Dirk Wentling
President Elect— Mike Flagg
Community Service—Keith Des Voignes
President Elect Nominee—Dirk Wentling
Director at Large—Rick Sprenkel
Secretary—
Director at Large—Anne Platt
Bruce Platt
Exec. Secretary— John Sullivan
Director at Large—Sharon Hampton
Treasurer—
Director at Large—Richard Muller
Richard Campbell
Foundation Chair—Pat Crew
Director at Large—Stan Lukowicz
Membership—Tammie Crabtree