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Vol. 60, No. 4                                    July 27, 2011                                                Rich Ahrens, Editor
Celebrating Our 60th Anniversary

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2011-2012 Officers and Directors

President:

Frank Fontana

President-Elect:

Paul Huber

President-Nominee:

Rich Kirschner

Treasurer:

Steve Stolz

Secretary:

Mia Delk

Past-President:

Jay Crandall

Director:

Rich Ahrens

Director:

Hal Atzingen

Director:

Ryan Blauch

Director:

Nancy Graham

Director:

Ron Gustason

Director:

Jennifer Hoy


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Meetings


Membership
Club Roster (requires login)
Snowbird Application
Featured Member, Andrew Delong
Andrew Delong
Andrew is the lead pastor at Tree of Life Church on Shadowlawn Drive in East Naples. He and his wife, Renee, have four children: Jillian (29) is in vet school at Colorado State, Justin (26) is at Art Institute of Seattle, Ashley (24) is living in Naples, and Drew (20) is in Seattle. Andrew was born in Germany. He loves the true heart of service that he finds in Rotary.
Featured Member, Nicole Heine
Nicole Heine
Nicole has a background in cancer research, molecular biology and genetic engineering. She studied Veterinary Medicine in Berlin and Vienna where she graduated specializing in small animals, birds and wildlife medicine. As a veterinarian she did research with wild Asian Elephants in Sri Lanka  and  published  papers about their roles and social structure. She also specializes in Behavioral Therapy for small animals which she practiced in Europe and now at University of Florida. For fun, she enjoys swimming in the Gulf, dancing, sports cars and bringing joy to others. 

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July Birthdays
Hank Dawson - July 13
John Botsko - July 24
Bernie Turner - July 24
Frank Fontana - July 27
Bob Moore - July 28
Patrick Woods - July 31
Doug Pareti - July 31

 
Have More Fun... Volunteer!

Greetings!

As you have probably noticed by now, these weekly eBulletins are organized according to the Five Avenues of Service, which is also how we organize everything we do as a Rotary club:

 

  • Club Service:  Helps the club to function successfully.
  • Community Service:  Improves the quality of life for those who live locally near the club.
  • International Service:  Advances international understanding, goodwill, and peace and improves the quality of life for those who live worldwide.
  • New Generations Service:  Targets programs designed to benefit youth and young adults.
  • Vocational Service:  Promotes ethics in business and recognizes the worth of all professions.

 

Under each Avenue of Service in this week's eBulletin, we have listed all of our service projects.  Click on the project's name (it's a hyperlink) and you will be taken to that section of our club's website.  There you may read more information about that project.  Please take your time and explore our variety of projects.  At our luncheon on July 27, Rich Ahrens will give us a 5-minute demo to show how the eBulletin interacts with the website.

 

Hopefully several projects interest you.  For those projects, please contact the directors and project chairs responsible (click on the leader's name to send an email).  The project leaders will let you know how you can become involved.

 

Keep in mind that EVERYONE in our club will help out with Grapes and Apes.

 

You get as much out of Rotary as you put into it.  Whether you are here for networking, service, or fellowship, you will find that the more you volunteer the more fun you will have!


Yours in Rotary Service,

Frank

Frank Fontana
President, 2011-2012

 

Rotologo 

This Week's Meeting

 

Topic:           The Gift Of A Lifetime...America's Newest 

Children's Hospital

Speaker:       Steve Wheeler, Director of Fundraising

Organization: Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida

  • Southwest Florida's children will soon have a new hospital of their own, designed to cater to their needs and provide them with the highly skilled, specialized care that they need and deserve.  For parents, it means easing the burden of travel and having more comprehensive pediatric care, readily available, close to home. 

Meetings

  • Due to ongoing construction around the Sunset Terrace, please note that we will be meeting on the other side of the street in the hotel's conference center in the Mangrove Room this week and next week. Just look for the Rotary sign by the street in indicate the side where we are meeting.

 Membership

  • The Rotary Club of Naples welcomes Cindy Smarge as our newest Honorary Member.  Cindy does such an amazing job representing Rotary International and The Rotary Club of Naples.  We are honored to have her as a member of our club! 

Sunshine

  • Director Ron Gustason volunteered to oversee the Sunshine committee this year.  If you become aware of a difficult situation being faced by one of our club members or the immediate family of one of our club members, please contact Ron by email or by phone at 239-262-1040.

 

 

Grapes & Apes

Christmas Bell Ringing

Collier Harvest

Gift of Giving

  • Director Responsible - Ron Gustason; Project Chair - TBD (If you are interested in chairing this committee, please speak to Ron)

Click on the following links for more project information:

Grapes & Apes     Bell Ringing     Collier Harvest     Gift of Giving     Past Projects


Gift of Life 

Click on the following links for more project information:

The Rotary Foundation     Gift of Life     Mandeville Rotary Club     Past Projects

 

Dictionary Day

Interact Club

Scholarships

Seminar for Tomorrow's Leaders (S4TL)

Click on the following links for more project information:

Dictionary Day     Interact Club     Scholarships     Seminar for Tomorrow's Leaders

 

Rotarians in Business

Vocational Day

Click on the following links for more project information:

Rotarians in Business     Vocational Day

Much of what you need to know is only a click away. Our club website is a wealth of information and resources for you to be more involved, to access important documents and to take your knowledge as a Rotarian to the next level.  Go ahead, CLICK!

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