eBulletin of the Rotary Club of Superstition Mountain (Feb 08, 2017)

President

Ed Shockley

President Elect

Brian Kabat

Immediate Past President

Matt Ruppert

Secretary

Jacquie Smith

Director - Sergeant at Arms

Aaron McDermid

Director

Tracey K. Yamamoto

Director

Len LaFlesch

Director

Bryant Powell

Chair - Club District Foundation Grants

Len LaFlesch

Chair - Club Membership

Len LaFlesch

Chair - Club Rotary Foundation

Bob Crow

Co-Chair - Interact Club of Apache Junction High School

Heather Itz

Co-Chair - Interact Club of Apache Junction High School

Tracey K. Yamamoto

Bulletin Editor

Robert Homann

Webmaster

Robert Homann

Program Chair

Harvey Clark

Club Information

Welcome to our Club!

Service Above Self

We meet Wednesdays at 12:10 PM

Gold Canyon Golf Resort

6100 S. Kings Ranch Road
Gold Canyon, AZ 85118
United States

District Site

Venue Map

GUESTS AND VISITORS

Posted by Robert Homann on Feb 08, 2017

Our visiting Rotarians today were Don Mintz from the R.C. of South Calgary, John Millard and Bruce Klein.

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CLUB BUSINESS

Posted by Robert Homann on Feb 08, 2017

1. Don Mintz, visiting Rotarian from the Calgary South Rotary Club, presented President Ed with a trading banner from his club.

2. Our new bookkeeper is Jandi Morgan who works for the Gold Canyon Resort.

3. Mike Cowan is still looking for people to fill 3 slots for the Lost Dutchman Rodeo.

4. We are planning to send 3 AJHS students to RYLA camp in April. The high school principal is helping us identify promising student leaders.

5. The drawing was worth $376 today. The winning number belonged to one of our visiting Rotarians who pocketed $10 but missed the joker.

SPEAKER

Posted by Robert Homann on Feb 08, 2017

Today's speaker was our own Paula Blessman.

Paula participates in two volunteer organizations that are active in the Republic of South Africa, specifically in Limpopo Province in the northeast part of the country. One is Blessman Ministries, Inc. (BMI) founded by Dr. Jim Blessman and his wife Beth and headquartered in Urbandale, IA. This organization has been active in South Africa since 2004. They provide nutritional food packs ("Meals from the Heartland") to 7,500 students daily. They also supply thousands of donated eyeglasses and shoes. Providing farming education and fresh produce are also BMI goals. They run a 20 acre research farm in cooperation with Iowa State University and the University of Limpopo. Current new goals are to provide safe water supplies and flushless toilets for rural schools. BMI provides jobs for local people in construction, well drilling, farming and micro credit projects like sewing, baking and construction.

The other organization in which Paula is active is Days for Girls International which was started in 2008. She is a team leader for Team Cedar Rapids, IA. This volunteer group makes and distributes feminine hygiene kits. Dr. Blessman and wife Beth and other volunteers (Paula included) teach girls in south Africa about reproductive health and hygiene. Days for Girls has reached over 400,000 women and girls in 100+ countries.

If you would like to help Days for Girls, here's how. Volunteer at home or during local workshops to make kit components and assemble kits. Donate supplies or money. Pray for the success of the effort. Go to South Africa as a volunteer (a Rotarian outreach event is planned for September 24-26, 2017). For more information, speak to Paula or go to www.blessmanministries.org. There is an online donation option at the website. You can also donate by using Amazon Smile or Thrivent Choice Dollars.

FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES

Posted by Robert Homann on Feb 08, 2017

MEMBER BIRTHDAYS

Ed Shockley - February 5

Aaron McDermid - February 14

Sharon Stinard - February 15

Dave Webb - February 24

WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

None This Month

CLUB JOIN ANNIVERSARIES

Debra Jusko - February 17, 1 year

Jared Gibbs - February 18, 2 years

Bryant Powell - February 25, 8 years

UPCOMING PROGRAMS AND EVENTS

Posted by Harvey Clark on Feb 08, 2017

February 15 - Brian Brotschi - Symantec Corp.

February 22 - Jeff Serdy - Mayor of Apache Junction

March 1 - Terry Lubson - Rotary Micro Credit Chair

March 8 - Liz Paulus - College Bound Arizona

March 15 - Joan Marlow - Peaceful Easy Healing

March 22 - Connie Van Driel - Waste Management

February 19 - Lost Dutchman Marathon

February 23 - Grants Management Seminar - Mesa Hilton, 4:00 to 5:30 PM

February 24-25 - PETS

February 24-25-26 - Lost Dutchman Days Rodeo

April 6-9 - RYLA camp

June 11-14 - Rotary International Conference - Atlanta

June 23-24 - District Conference - Flagstaff, AZ