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WILMINGTON CAPE FEAR ROTARY NEWSLETTER September 27, 2017

Rotary District 7730CapeFearRotary.com

Club Leaders Peggy Sloan

President

Kathleen Yerkes Vice President

Ann L. Willard Secretary

Colleen M. Hattingh President-Elect

Jean M. Hall Club Director

Doug Bevell Sergeant-at-Arms

Dennis P. Myers Rotary Foundation Chair

Mark Stanley Paradis Treasurer

Jonathan D. Swart Service Projects Chair

Peter B. Sweyer iPast President

Anthony ConstantineAretakis Membership Chair

Constance H. Knox Public Image Chair

Jane E. Morrow Club Service Chair

Update on Rocker Water Pump

Amanda

Coulter- Executive Director of the Full Belly Project

Amanda is a Wilmington native who developed a passion for traveling and helping others at a youngage. After earning her Master's in Global Affairs, she returned home and began to volunteer at FullBelly. Displaying a passion for the organization and commitment to its mission, she was ultimately hiredas Executive Director in 2016.

About Full Belly: Nearly half of humanity lives in poverty and hunger is the number one cause of deathworldwide.The Full Belly Project works to end poverty and hunger by giving people the tools they needto improve their lives, and create a more promising future for themselves, their families and theircommunities.

We design products that help farmers increase production and income, empowering them to rise abovepoverty and keep their own bellies full! We have recently redesigned our Rocker Water Pump, anirrigation tool that can water up to two acres of land. This device will have incredible implications for ourlocal NC farmers, as well as farmers and communities globally! We are very excited about this newdesign and the immeasurable impact it will have in alleviating hunger and poverty for the hundreds ofmillions of people that still suffer. We invite you to visit our website for more information about who weare and what we do at www.thefullbellyproject.org.

That Time Of Year Again

John E Graham Vocational Service Chair

Patrick J. Bradford Club CommunicationChair

EventsSeptember 201709/29 - THE FULL BELLYPROJECTOctober 201710/06 - BETH PANCOE10/13 - UNCW WOMENSBASKETBALL COACHBAREFOOT10/20 - Arts In Wilmington

BirthdaysGarry Garris October 03Paul Woodworth October 10

Wedding AnniversariesAnn L. Willard October 01Robert L Summerlin October 08Lynn S. Harris October 08Jane E. Morrow October 10Colleen M. Hattingh October 26

Saturday - September 30 at 8 am. That is thisSaturday.

Meet at Food Lion Parking Lot on Market Street inthe Ogden area - corner of Gordon Road and MarketStreet.

SATURDAY - PECAN PLANTING DAY AT LAKEWACCAMAW BOYS & GIRLS HOMESaturday, September 30, 2017

Rotary will be planting over 100 pecan trees at theBoys and Girls Home of NC at Lake Waccamaw. Thesewill replace trees damaged by storms over the years.Please bring shovels and gloves with you if possible.The home has equipment to dig the holes; we will beplacing the trees in the holes and filling. Lunch will beprovided. If interested, please either register athttp://www.signupgenius.comgo/60b044faeac22a64-rotaryOr you may call or email:Michelle Hardee, Co-Chair at (919) 649-7802,chardee921@gmail.comVince Juric, C0-Chair at (910) 274-8144,vjuric@atmc.net

400 FLEMINGTON DRIVELAKE WACCAMAW, NC

Coming Friday, October 20

Sign up now to get the flu shot and stay healthy this winter. If you have insurance, no charge to youwhatsoever. Ed Link will bring enough flu shots to cover everyone.

Oh So VERY Close!!!!!!

We are only $200 short of our goal.

How The Rotary Club WorksPART 2

In 1917, current Rotary president Arch C. Klumph thought it would be a good idea to set up anendowment for the group to help promote and further its causes. The first donation rolled in at $26.50.As the years went by, the name of this wing of the group became The Rotary Foundation, and thedonations soared. Today, The Rotary Foundation has raised over $1 billion to support its variousprojects [source: RI].

Beyond the foundation, Rotary is active in the United States and abroad to achieve its strategic goals.From 2007 to 2010, the club has seven priorities:

The eradication of polioAdvancing the recognition and public image of Rotary InternationalIncreasing the organization's ability to provide service to those in needMembership expansionEmphasizing Rotary's commitment to vocational servicesCultivating leadership talentsFully implementing their strategic plan

[source: RI]

You can take on a range of tasks as a Rotary Club volunteer, in fields including everything fromadministrative tasks to disaster relief. A searchable volunteer database lets you find projects thatsearch your expertise or location [source: RI]. You don't have to be a member of Rotary Internationalto volunteer. To learn more about volunteering with the organization, you can download the RotaryVolunteers Handbook from its Web site.

The Rotary Club fully embraces today's youth. Read on to learn about Rotary's youth and educationalprograms.

Why Polio?The No. 1 strategic goal of Rotary International is to eradicate polio [source: RI]. Since thedevelopment of a poliomyelitis vaccine in the 1940s and 1950s, polio cases have droppeddramatically. The United States was declared polio-free in 1994 [source: Maybury Okonek andMorganstein]. The Rotary International hopes to have a similar effect worldwide.