hope express vol 8 no 2
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District-wide End TB launch was initiated by RC Pag-Asa QC at Lupang Pangako Elem.
School at Payatas, QC
WHAT’S INSIDE:
The RI D3780 End TB Launch
Preventing From Getting Sore Eyes
60th year Celebration of Polio Vaccine
ROTARY CLUB OF PAG-ASA, QC DISTRICT 3780
The H.O.P.E. ExpressTHE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF RC PAG-ASA, QC
VOLUME 8. NO.2 SEPTEMBER 1, 2015
OBJECT OF THE ROTARY
The object of the Rotary is to encourage and foster
the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and
in particular, to encourage and foster:
FIRST. The development of acquaintance as an
opportunity for service;
SECOND. High ethical standards in business and
professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all
useful occupations; and the dignifying of each
Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve
society;
THIRD. The appreciation of the ideal of service in
each Rotarian’s personal, business, and community
life;
FOURTH. The advancement of international
understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world
fellowship of business and professional persons united
in the ideal of service.
THE 4-WAY TEST
Of the things we think, say and do:
1. Is it the truth?
2. Is it fair to all concerned?
3. Will it build goodwill and better friendships?
4. Will it be beneficial to all concerned?
5 AVENUES OF SERVICE
Based on Object of Rotary, the Five Avenues od
Service are Rotary’s Philosophical cornerstone and the
foundation on which club activity is based:
CLUB SERVICE focuses on strengthening fellowship
and ensuring the effective functioning of the club.
VOCATIONAL SERVICE encourages the Rotarians to
serve other through their vocations and practice high
ethical standards
COMMUNITY SERVICE covers the projects and
activities the club undertakes to improve life in its
community
INTERNATIONAL SERVICE encompasses actions
taken to expand Rotary’s humanitarian reach around
the globe and promote world understanding & peace
YOUTH SERVICE recognize the positive change
implemented by youth and adult through leadership
development activities, service projects and exchange
program
OFFICERS
Marilou D. Lapuz President
Stanley Jan D. Agojo President-Elect Oscar D. Karaan Vice President
Kenneth Jiro D. Agojo Secretary
Renzie M. Dizon Stanley Jan D. Agojo Club Administration Marichu M. Agojo
Treasurer Jesus D. Flores
Vicente Estanislao Sgt. at Arms
Sarah B. Estanislao Auditor
SERVICE OF AVENUE DIRECTORS
Oscar D. Karaan Club Service Jesus H. Lim
Community Service Jose O. Montenegro Vocational Service Sarah B. Estanislao
International Service Kenneth Jiro D. Agojo
Gerard Datuin Youth Service
Cris Yenko Rotary Foundation
Marcelino M. Encarnacion Alice G. Villados
Membership/Retention Rizalina M. Alfonso
Public Relation Gary M. Ting Club Adviser
Jose O. Montenegro Club Trainer
Oscar D. Karaan Epifano Cua
Club Legal Adviser Joseph V. Galaroza
Spiritual Adviser
ROTARY CLUB OF PAG-ASA, QC
FRIENDS OF RC PAG-ASA, QCPRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
MARILOU DONOR LAPUZ WORLD CLASS PRESIDENT
August is the month where celebrate several
occasions. One is the celebration of our Filipino
language. We are also launching the End TB
Campaign.
In this light, never cease to celebrate life and
bring cheer to the world. There are many things to
celebrate.
Mabuhay!
FEATURED STORYAUG 2015 COMMUNITY
SERVICE ACTIVITIES
August 6, 2015Mahalin Natin Ang Mga
Bata (Odelco Elem School)
August 26, 2015END TB LAUNCH
Lupang Pangako Elem School
D3780 LAUNCHES END-TB CAMPAIGN at
Lupang Pangako Elem School, Payatas, QC(from the front page)
Rtn. Kenneth Jiro Agojo
It was a Wednesday morning last August 26, 2015, RI DISTRICT
3780 launched an End- TB Campaign as a district-wide launch for
this Rotary Year, facilitated by RC Pag-Asa and RC Agham. It was
noted, this campaign was launched by PDG Sammy Pagdilao Jr. It
was participated by the same children recipient (around 20 students)
of the BLT or Busog Lusog Talino which RC Pag-Asa hosted.
Headed by the main leaders: our very own DG Rey David,
Community Service Chairperson CP Irene Santos, RC Pag-Asa’s
Community Service Chairperson PP “Doc Jess” Lim and
Congresswoman Bernadette Herrera –Dy.
It was noted that the 3 of our leaders were doctors and they were
able to do the shot skin testing for the children.
End TB aspires to screen the children who may have screened to
have TB (tuberculosis) may receive medication and to further
prevent it from spreading. Medications are being provided thru the
initiative of CP Irene Santos of RC Agham.
Likewise, Rotarian and Cong. Bernadette Herrera – Dy
challenges World Class Presidents to mimic and bring the campaign
to their respective school communities in the aspiration of TB-FREE
communities.
The school principal and LPES teachers were very thankful to
this beautiful cause.
CLUB AFFAIRS
Please be notified by the following reminders:
Every Rotarian is encouraged to contribute article whether literary, features, news etc.
Kindly submit at [email protected]
Pp “Doc Jess” Lim
HEALTH CORNER
Usually during the summer season, the incidences of“Sore eyes” cases are on the rise. According to Dr.Luningning Villa, IDD medical specialist IV, it is attributedto the common practices of wearing sunglasses and thetrekking to swimming pools during the season due to theoppressive heat. But this year, I observed that theincidence of “sore eyes “(viral conjunctivitis) has increasedfor this month of August during the start of the rainyseason and still continues. The best way to protect us fromgetting acute viral conjunctivitis is by avoiding hand to eyecontact, hand shaking and washing our hands before wetouch our eyes. A person usually gets “sore eyes” when heis exposed to the adenovirus which cause the acute Viralconjunctivitis. The transmission of the virus may comewhen one touches surfaces or things touched by infectedperson with “sore eyes” and then touches his or her owneyes. There is no truth to the belief that one gets the “soreeyes” by simply having an eye to eye contact with a personafflicted with the ailment.
Acute viral conjunctivitis (pink eye) is a highly contagious disease caused by adenovirus. Infection is a self-limited disease that usually last from three days to two weeks without any complication. Signs and symptoms include: redness of one or both eyes, eye discomfort or irritations, burning and gritty sensation, photophobia (sensitivity to light), eye pain, difficulty opening the eyes after sleeping, watery eye discharge and eyelids struck together after sleeping. Other causes of acute conjunctivitis are bacterial, allergy, chemicals, foreign bodies, too much sun exposure, eye fatigue or contact lens wear.
Generally, the diagnosis of acute conjunctivitis is based on clinical features, the signs and symptoms describe above alone. Laboratory test are not necessary.
Treatment of acute viral conjunctivitis is just supportive. The best thing to do when having sore eyes is to seek the help of eye medical doctor. Patient is instructed to apply cold compress on both eyes for ten to fifteen minutes daily. Use lubricants and anti-histamine eye drops for comfort. Topical corticosteroid and antibiotics eye drops may be used for severe itching or bacterial infection. If treatment is delayed, complications can arise including corneal scarring, vision changes or loss of visions, spread of infection and development of other eye problem.
For prevention, simply wash your hands frequently and thoroughly with soap and water. Otherwise touching your eyes and face must be avoided. Sharing towels, eyeglasses, sunglasses or cosmetics must be avoided since this may cause the spread of the infection.
In my daily clinical practice, I encountered more than 6 patients who are having acute viral conjunctivitis “sore eyes”. Aside from my patients, they also told me that some members of their family or friends also have the ailment. So let us practice proper personal hygiene to avoid getting “sore eyes”. Source: philstar and web med
How to protect your eyes from getting sore eyes (Acute Viral Conjunctivitis)
Blood Letting Activity at GIST BranchesStarting from Sep 15, 2015
Mooncake Festival and RC Pag-AsaFellowship Night
Sep 24, 2015
Bagbag Novaliches Medical MissionSep 27, 2015
QUOTE TO PONDER CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES OF RC PAG-ASA, QC
ACTIVITIES FOR OCTOBER 2015
LIVELIHOOD SEMINAR –In Cooperation of HortalezaFoundation and Greenview Worship Council October 16 2015 (tentative)
BAKING SEMINAR: DISTRICT-WIDE LAUNCH(Vocational)Oct. 23, 2015
MR. RELEVANTPP Oscar Karaan
ROTARY WORLD INTERNATIONAL SCENE
There are many ways to skin a cat and there are also many ways to cause the death of
a Rotary Club.
To this author one of the best ways to cause the death of a Rotary Club would be to
deliberately not call a meeting or cancel the regular meeting of the club for several times.
Certainly, under said situation the members would ultimately lose their interest to attend
the regular meeting and the same would inevitably result to their failure to attend said
regular meeting forever.
Precisely, that situation actually happened to the Rotary Club of Pag-asa, Quezon
City when the President cancelled the regular meeting of the club on the pretext of bad
weather. Thus, when the next regular meeting was scheduled after the cancellation of
several regular meetings only a few die hard members arrived in order to attend the same
thereby almost causing the eventual demise of the club.
It bears stressing that the failure of the Rotary Club of Pag-asa , Quezon City to
schedule regular meetings for several weeks may actually cause the automatic
termination of its members and as such the same would also result to the death of the
club. Stated differently, how can a Rotary Club exist without any member under its fold?
It is good that the members and the officers of the Rotary Club of Pag-asa, Quezon
City finally realized their follies and decided to attend the next regular meeting.
Hopefully, the members would learn from said bad decision and sad experience and they
would not repeat the same in the future at least for the benefit of the beneficiaries of the
club who are eagerly awaiting for its notable and meaningful projects and also for the
benefit of CP Gary who is always asking about the status of the club and how many
members attended its regular meeting.
President Malou and the other officers of the club, please don’t put the club in
another compromising situation which in the end will be prejudicial to its interest. Let us
therefore endeavour to actively attend all the regular meetings of the club this Rotary
year and beyond.
A SURE WAY TO CAUSE THE DEMISE OF A ROTARY CLUB
Sunday, 12 April, marks 60 years since the Salk polio vaccine wasdeclared safe, effective, and potent. In that time, the number of polio caseshas dropped by 99 percent worldwide. With just three countries remainingpolio-endemic, we are closer than ever to eradicating this crippling disease.Jonas Salk’s inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) has been crucial in helping usreach our goal of a polio-free world. Before the vaccine was widely available,in the United States alone, polio crippled more than 35,000 people eachyear. By 1957 -- two years after the introduction of Salk’s vaccine -- cases inthe U.S. had fallen by almost 90 percent, and by 1979, polio had beeneradicated there.The impact on the rest of the world has taken longer. In 1988, when
Rotary International launched the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI)with its partners at the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and the U.S.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, polio continued to cripplechildren in 125 countries. Today, polio remains endemic in only three:Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan. And it has been more than eight monthssince Nigeria’s last case, making a polio-free Africa a real possibility.Salk’s vaccine will play an important role in the end-game strategy againstpolio when 120 countries introduce IPV into their routine polio immunizationsystems this year. Leading that effort are the GPEI partners and Gavi, aglobal vaccine alliance, along with Sanofi Pasteur, the largest manufacturerof polio vaccine.
“As more than 120 countries in the world are introducing IPV, we arebeginning the last chapter on polio eradication,” said Olivier Charmeil, SanofiPasteur’s chief executive officer. “At Sanofi Pasteur, we have had a long-term vision of IPV as the ultimate public health tool able to finish the jobstarted with Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV).”
https://www.rotary.org/en/polio-vaccine-celebrates-60th-anniversary
Polio vaccine celebrates 60th
anniversary