White Sulphur Springs

The

Rhododendron

2010-2011

August 26, 2010

Rotary Club of

White Sulphur Springs

100% Paul Harris Fellow Club - May 12, 2006

100% Sustaining Member Club

District 7550 Club 5733

Chartered June 19, 1931

Stephen P. (Steve) King

President

Ray Klinginsmith

President, Rotary International

Mary E. Keely

District 7550 Governor

Thursdays 12:00 Noon

The Neil Parker Community Building

Emmanuel United Methodist Church

Dry Creek Road & Tressle Street

White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia

We welcome our members, visiting Rotarians and guests to this meeting of the Rotary Club of White Sulphur Springs.

Program Chair

Today

Eric Ghiz

09/02

District Governor Mary Keely Visit

09/09

John Gillespie

Polio Plus Challenge

2010-2011

as of 08/12

$ 211.01

District Governor Visit

September 2, 2010

Board of Directors 11:00 AM

Club Meeting 12:00 PM

Shelter Box

Our Shelter Box Number is 8048. To track the box go to www.shelterboxusa.org.

2010 DISTRICT 7550

REGIONAL MEMBERSHIP AND FOUNDATION SEMINAR
HOSTED BY THE ROTARY CLUB OF LEWISBURG

Saturday, September 11, 2010 – Elks Club.
Registration Fee $30.00

Rotarians are reaching out to victims of the heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan, as the country continues to cope with its worst flooding in decades.

Major rivers have flooded valleys in about one-third of the country, claiming as many as 1,600 lives and washing away bridges, roads, and entire villages. The United Nations estimates that more than four million people have been left homeless.

"The people of Pakistan were not prepared for a disaster like this to reach this magnitude. Each day it seemed to get worse," says Shehzad Ahmed, governor of District 3272 (Afghanistan; Pakistan). "It's difficult for me to imagine how we're going to cope with this situation."

Millions of children face diarrhea, cholera, and upper respiratory infections from contaminated water and insects. Eight million people are still in urgent need of humanitarian aid. The UN predicts that the economic cost of the floods could reach billions of dollars.

"While most Rotarians in my district weren't terribly affected, we still have a moral obligation to help those who are suffering," Ahmed says. He adds that clubs in his district are collecting food, safe drinking water, and medicine.

Ahmed also formed a district disaster relief committee of past district governors, governors-elect, and governors-nominee, as well as other leaders, to oversee long-term recovery efforts.

"We've received tremendous support so far from clubs and districts all over the world," he says. "Rotarians are motivating each other and their friends to contribute generously toward this noble cause."

Relief efforts

In response to the floods, The Rotary Foundation Board of Trustees is accepting contributions to help fund Rotary projects that will support long-term disaster recovery in the affected areas.

Ahmed's district is also coordinating with ShelterBox, a grassroots disaster relief organization supported by Rotary clubs around the world, to help distribute emergency aid. ShelterBox is sending 5,000 water filtration units and 2,500 water containers to flooded areas. More than 1,900 tents and 600 ShelterBox containers have already been deployed.

The Rotary Club of Sharpstown (Houston), Texas, USA, filled two 40-foot shipping containers with relief supplies, and is coordinating with Ahmed's district and District 3271 to deliver them to Karachi, where local clubs will help distribute the goods.

Meanwhile, the Rotary Club of Multan Metropolitan, Punjab, has established five flood relief camps at local hospitals. Club members are collecting tents, household items, food, and medicine.

World Water Works, a Rotary-club sponsored relief organization that provides disaster victims with water purification tools, has sent more than 600 boxes to the southern province of Sindh.

Hugo Pike, chair of World Water Works and a member of the Rotary Club of Chelwood Bridge, Avon, England, says each box contains a water purification kit that can supply each member of a family of four with about 2 quarts of drinking water every day for a year.

"It is likely that this emergency will continue for some weeks," Pike says. "But Rotary clubs in District 1200 are ready to respond."

Syed Shahab Balkhi, governor of District 3271, says Rotary clubs can do the most good by planning for the rehabilitation of flooded areas.

"This is unprecedented flooding and has been incredibly widespread," Balkhi says. "Long-term recovery will be acute and painful. But help has been promised by every club in my district and District 3272."

Members

Tom Ambrose PHF 536-1226

Bruce Bowling PP PHF 536-4478

Jay Bowling Honorary

Emory Bowyer PP PHF 536-2559

Charles Burr PP PHF 536-2322

James Burr PP PHF 667-3299

Frank Collins PP PHF 536-1721

Catherine Gatenby PHF 536-1361

Eric Ghiz 536-2581

John Gillespie PP PHF 536-1881

Ben E. Gurley PP PHF 536-2414

Chris Hanna PP PHF 536-4192

Lloyd E. Haynes 536-2025

Steve King PHF 536-1755

Larry Klein PP PHF 647-6100

Ruth Miller PP PHF 536-9206

Sandy Neely PP PHF 536-3838

Bob Neff PP PHF 497-2531

Cathy Pittsenbarger 536-2224

Rick Richter PP PHF 536-9012

Dick Staten, Jr. PP PHF 536-3159

Lynn Swann PHF 536-1110

Ed Vallandingham 647-4396

Edwin Warfield PP PHF 536-1000

Scott Withers PP PHF 536-1043

Foundation Benefactors

Ben E. Gurley

Ruth B. Miller

Officers & Directors 2010 - 2011

Steve King President

Tom Ambrose President - Elect

John Gillespie Secretary

Ben Gurley Treasurer

Ruth Miller Immediate Past President

Lloyd Haynes Director

Cathy Pittsenbarger Director

Lynn Swann Director

Ben Gurley Sergeant at Arms

Paul Harris Fellows Deceased Members

John Arbogast PP

Dorothy Arbogast *

John Bowling PP

J. L. Collins PP

Paul Creel PP

Kenneth M. Gillespie PP District Governor 1938 -1939

Phil O’Doherty PP

Gordon A. Shanklin PP

Marshall Shanklin PP

* Honorary

Paul Harris Fellows Former Members

& Non-Members

John Arbuckle, Sr. **

John Combs PP

Stanley Combs

Amy Ray Glazzard

Robert Jones

Mark Kirk PP

Tony Maro

John Mathena

Dan Withers PP

** Deceased

Program Chair by Week

August 26 - January 20

09/02 District Governor’s Visit

09/09 John Gillespie

09/16 Ben E. Gurley

09/23 Chris Hanna

09/30 Club Assembly

10/ 07 Lloyd E. Haynes

10/14 Steve King

10/21 Larry Klein

10/28 Ruth Miller

11/04 Sandy Neely

11/11 Bob Neff

11/18 Cathy Pittsenbarger

11/25 Thanksgiving

12/02 Dick Staten

12/09 Lynn Swann

12/16 Ed Vallandingham

12/23 Ed Warfield

12/30 Tom Ambrose

01/06 Bruce Bowling

01/13 Emory Bowyer

01/20 Charles Burr

01/2 James Burr