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