Observer 2-21-07

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C h a rt e red May 21, 1927
P r e s i de n t’s Message : What goes around...comes around
The Club meets at 12:15pm each
Wednesday at the Tavistock Country Club.
Visiting Rotarians and members’ guests are
always welcome. The fee for lunch is $10.
From time to time, Rotarians may wonder what happens to all
the money we donate to The Rotary Foundation. We have a
The Board of Directors meets at 7:00pm
each second Tuesday at Archer & Greiner.
Club members are always welcome.
general understanding that much of it goes to international
projects that help improve health, support education, and
alleviate poverty. Certainly, everyone is aware of Rotary's
Officers and Directors 2006-07
President
leadership role in the massive effort to wipe out polio.
David Hunter
Vice President
Vanessa Morenzi
Secretary
Dan Holben
Treasurer
Vince Russo
Club Service
Brad Skiles
Community Service
Ralph Ciallella
International Service
Norie Wisniewski
But what many of us do not realize, perhaps, is that a significant
portion of the money is returned to Rotary districts, to support district and club projects. The
funding for Group Study Exchange teams and for Ambassadorial Scholarships, for example,
comes from The Rotary Foundation.
Jim Poliero
Foundation money can flow from the district to the clubs, as well ... but only if the clubs apply
Nick Nicolay
for it. One of the goals for our Board of Directors this year was to learn how to apply for
Jim McCormick
matching grants, and Bill Lane, the Director responsible for Rotary Liaison, has been working
Vocational Service
Membership
Fundraiser Liaison
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Rotary Liaison
Bill Lane
Immediate Past President
Frank Carr
Sergeant-at-Arms
Bob Hubbard
Rotary Club of Haddonfield Foundation
A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
President
Mark Ruggerio
diligently to learn the ins and outs of submitting grant applications.
Our interest paid unexpected dividends recently, when we became aware of the availability of
$2,500 in matching money under the "District Simplified Grants" program. We submitted an
application to the district in mid-January to support Project Stretch, an initiative that Mario
Gebbia and David Zelley (president of the Haddon Heights club) have been working on to
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David Hunter
Administrator
Vince Russo
Rotary Club of Haddonfield
p r ovide free dental services to children served by Fellowship House in Camden.
Our application was successful, and we received the check this past weekend. Dental treatment
will begin in March.
So there's a very good reason to support Foundation fundraisers at the district level –
the Phillies Strike Out Hunger baseball game, Rotary Night at the Phantoms (Friday, February
P.O. Box 123, Haddonfield, NJ 08033
23), and March Madness (Friday, April 27 at the Mansion in Voorhees), for example.
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These events are manifestations of the essence of Rotary: doing good, and having fun doing it.
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ROTARY IN THE NEWS
During a quick trip to France earlier this month, to visit his sister and
brother-in-law, President David came up a countryside restaurant where the
local Rotary club meets. He was not able to do a make-up, but he did learn
how to recite Le Critère des Quatre Questions:
On 9 February, the U.S. news program NBC Nightly News featured
the efforts of Rotarian Fary Moini as part of the show’s “Making a
Difference“ series.
”En regard de ce nous pensons, disons ou faisons:
1. Est-ce conforme à la vérité?
2. Est-ce loyal de part et d'autre?
3. Est-ce susceptible de stimuler la bonne volonté réciproque et
de créer de meilleures relations amicales?
4. Est-ce profitable à tous les intéressés?”
The report focuses on how Moini worked with her club, the Rotary
Club of La Jolla Golden Triangle (San Diego), to construct a school
equipped with a science lab, l i b ra r y, and computer room for 2,000
children in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
Moini has led her club in a series of community service projects in the
war-torn country. An Iranian-born U.S. citizen, Moini has traveled to
the region six times, often as a Rotary Volunteer, with support from
Rotary Foundation progra m s.
Fary Moini (right) as a Rotary Volunteer in an
Afghan refugee camp in Pakistan.
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by Susan Bultake
• WE ARE WHAT WE DO: We’re always happy to see District
Governor Al Taylor, but his official visit on February 7 was special.
Governor Al spoke about raising money to build a school in Brazil, for
which Rotary has sent nearly $250,000 in matching grants... to a
local effort in which our own Club did its first matching grant for a
program initiated by Mario Gebbia in which local suburban dentists
are providing free dental care to children at Fellowship House in
Camden – some of these children have never before seen a dentist.
The program is being funded by $2,500 from Club funds, with a
$2,500 match from the District.
• OUR OWN FRANK CARR: has been tapped to serve as Assistant
Governor. Congratulations to Frank!
• GREETINGS FROM SUNNY FLORIDA: That’s what we hope
we'll be hearing as snowbird Rotarians return from their Florida
vacations – along with good stories (and a contribution) for Good
Stuff.
• PLAY BALL! Two tables of Haddonfield Little Leaguers were guests
of our Club on January 17, as athletic director Lefty Banos and football coach Frank Delano spoke about Haddonfield’s sports programs.
We heard about their vision for the athletic programs – to create
champions both on and off the field – as well as the infamous
“Burning of the Shoe” ceremony.
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It’s time to sign up – with your spouse/significant other – to work the ROTARY
SUPPER on Friday, March 16. Forms will be on tables on Wednesday. You can
cook, host/usher, serve, or clean up.
It’s also time to register your contribution for the ROTARY AUCTION on Friday,
March 16. Forms will be on tables on Wednesday. You can contribute items,
services, money, and advertise in the program.
ON THE CALENDAR
• Friday, February 23 – Rotary Night at the Phantoms. See Doug Sell for tickets.
(If you can’t go yourself, consider giving a couple of tickets to friends or
business associates.)
• Wednesday, February 28 – "BE MY GUEST” OPPORTUNITY. Thomas G. Morr
(President and CEO of Select Greater Philadelphia): “Greater Philadelphia
Economic Development.”
COMING UP IN MARCH
• Wednesday, March 7 – Club Forum. Vocational Service Report: Career Day.
Induction Ceremony.
• Friday, March 9 – Hershey Fling (fundraiser for the District Conference)
at Lucien’s Manor, Berlin. 7:00pm.
• Tuesday, March 13 – Board Meeting at Archer & Greiner. 7:00pm.
• Wednesday, March 14 – Louis Cappelli Jr, Camden County Freeholder Director.
• Friday, March 16 – ROTARY SUPPER (The Oyster Supper Goes Irish!). 5:00pm
at the Middle School.
• Friday, March 16 – The GREAT ROTARY AUCTION.6:30pm at the Middle School.
• Wednesday, March 21 – World Water Day. Lendel Jones (VP of External Affairs
for NJ-American Water Company).
• Wednesday, March 28 – Daniel Edwards (Director of Engineering for EMAS
Division of Engineered Arresting Systems Inc.): "Aviation Advances."
• Wednesday, March 28 – Rotary Leadership Institute. Radisson Mt. Laurel.
(A must for new members!)
• Saturday, March 31 – Rotary Circle Day. 9:00am. Sign up with Doug
Rauschenberger.
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FIRESIDE CHAT
Butterflies taste with their feet.
A duck’s quack doesn't echo and no one knows why.
In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the
world’s nuclear weapons combined.
On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.
Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating
are already married.
Elephants are the only animals that can’t jump.
Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
It’s possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
It’s physically impossible for you to lick your elbow.
The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every
year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account
the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
No word in the English language rhymes with ”MONTH.”
Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and
ears never stop growing. SCARY!!!
The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
All polar bears are left-handed.
In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies,
including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters
only on one row of the keyboard.
“Go,“ is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33.
She would stand seven feet, two inches tall.
A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.
Almost everyone who reads this will try to lick their elbow.
You tried to lick your elbow, didn't you?
Five new members attended the fireside chat last week at Vanessa and
Mark Ruggerio’s home. Jackie Hershberger had to leave a little early, so
missed out on getting in the picture. The other attendees were in the
attached photo: (seated l-r) Jeff Tucker, Tom Quackenbush, (standing l-r)
Mimi Sullivan and Amy Johnson.
The hosts were Vanessa Morenzi (Vice President) and Mark Ruggerio
(President of the Rotary Club of Haddonfield Foundation). Others present were Nick Nicolay (Director of Membership), Gene Ferry (Club
Trainer), Frank Carr (Immediate Past President), Ralph Ciallella (Director
of Community Service) and Dan Holben (Secretary).
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