Prayer.Dear God, We come to this gathering fresh from the world outside, feeling the exhilaration of work well done, contracts signed, items produced, persons helped, contributions made, lessons learned, and perhaps even praise received.
Now bless to our use and your service the food and the fellowship we enjoy and the high purposes we share. Amen.
Club Announcements
Birthdays and Anniversaries
Birthdays
Tommy James June 08
Swan Yerger June 11
Wedding Anniversaries
Lucian & Jerri Harvey June 07
Rob & Virginia Farr June 09
Membership Anniversaries
Jill Warner 11 years, June 05
Kevin Hughes 2 years, June 07
Josh Walker 2 years, June 07
Social Media.Want to keep up with the service activities and members of the Rotary Club of North Jackson? Be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter (@RotaryNorth) and Instagram (rotarynorthjackson)
Rotary Membership Drive. Please see the following from Membership Director Lee Jenkins.
" Still in progress…2018 RCNJ Membership Drive!
Many thanks to Lori, Erin and Suman for bringing guests to the Club AssemblyTuesdaynight! The food was delicious, as usual, thanks to The Holy Smokers, and the fellowship was excellent. I think our guests enjoyed it too!
Great news! Our Membership Drive has been extended toJune 30, 2018!
For those of you who have brought guests and have interested prospects, let me know when they need an application. The Rotary Club of North Jackson has always been a great club with the best members, and we want to make it even better! If you haven't brought a prospective member yet, think of who you know that would be an asset to our Club and invite them to a meeting. Their lunch is on us!
Don't forget the incentives available for bringing in new members right now through the end of June:
1) 500 Paul Harris points for each new member
2) $200 gift certificate to The Manship for whoever recruits the most NJRC members
Also, the Rotarian who brings in the most new members in the District by May 31stwill receive $500 cash!
Think about who you can introduce to Rotary. We want to meet them!"
Rotary Foundation Thought. This week’s Rotary Foundation Thought is about the Programs of The Rotary
Foundation. When the Foundation’s founder Arch C Klumph said:
“The Rotary Foundation is not to build monuments of brick and stone. If we work upon marble, it will perish; if we work on brass, time will efface it….but if we work upon
immortal minds, if we imbue them with the full meaning of the spirit of Rotary, we are engraving on those tablets something that will brighten all eternity."
The Educational, Humanitarian and PolioPlus Programs are the monuments of the Foundation and Rotarians should be proud to yell it from the rooftops. We will eradicate polio, hunger, and poverty. We will help the world find peace. By supporting the Rotary Foundation with an annual gift you help build these immortal monuments of Rotary.
Billy Brumfield House. The Rotary Club of North Jackson is serving supper once a month at The Billy Brumfield House, a Stewpot Community Services ministry. Our club serves on the 1st Tuesday of each month. Interested members need to meet @ Baker Donelson located at the corner of Eastover Drive and the I-55 North Frontage Road @ 5:15 PM and then travel together to Billy Brumfield. Also, if you are interested in sponsoring a month, the est. cost is $180 for the food. Mike Dawkins is project chair and can be reached @ 601-351-2428 or mdawkins@bakerdonelson.com.
Between the Lions. Please remember to sign up for Between the Lions. During the school year, we read weekly to pre-Kindergarteners at William Walton Elementary School on Bailey Ave. It is a wonderful experience! The children are truly information sponges and very willing learners. Contact Jenny Price (662) 213-1294 for more information. Our reading for the 2017-2018 school year is complete, but please sign up for 2018-2019.
Member Care Committeereminder: for anyone who needs assistance getting to a meeting, please call Luther Munford at (601) 985-4418.
Thinking of Proposing a New Member?
First, discuss with Classification Committee (Paul Miller) He will provide a membership application, check classification availability and discuss occupational qualifications.
Rotary Membership Occupational Qualifications Applicant should be one of the following:
A corporate officer
A Professional (Attorney, CPA, Physician. Engineer, Architect, etc) A Proprietor
An Agent of a reputable company
A Manager or Supervisor of a department or section of a business
Rotarians, don't forget to like the club's Facebook page to stay up to date on the latest happenings. Search us out at Rotary Club of North Jackson or click the link:
“Service above self; they profit most who serve best.”
P. O. Box 9528, Jackson, MS 39286-9528 www.northjacksonrotary.org
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Rotary Youth Exchange changes lives
Dave White
Editor’s note: This is the fifth and last in a series of blog posts from the 2018 Youth Leadership All-Stars, participants in Rotary’s programs for young leaders, in celebration of Youth Service Month.
By Dave White, Rotary Club of Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada
I was inspired to become involved in the Rotary Youth Exchange program in the 1980s while I was a secondary school principal and the school hosted our first international exchange student. A young lady, an Inbound Exchange student from South Africa, spent the year at our school. She had never been taught by a non-white teacher and had some hesitations about attending his classes. The trepidations soon disappeared. She grew to know and respect the teacher as a person and thoroughly enjoyed his classes.
Perhaps, more importantly, she realized her attitudes could be challenged. As a result of seeing this student from South Africa having this unique experience, I learned that Rotary Youth Exchange not only changes the lives of youth but also enriches their lives. I knew that I wanted to join Rotary and become involved with Youth Exchange.
In the 26-years I have been a member of the Rotary Club of Courtenay, I have been on almost all of our club’s Youth Service committees, as well as president of my club and also the Rotary Club of Kyiv Multinational in Ukraine. Throughout this time I remain a supporter and promoter of Rotary Youth Exchange and youth programs.
Student of the month
During the 1990s, I started a local Rotary Student of the Month programme, which now includes each of the four secondary schools in Courtenay. Every month a school brings a student to our meeting to receive a plaque recognizing them as their student of the month. The students who receive this recognition are those that best illustrate the Four Way Test within their respective school. These students are selected by their school administration and recognized at our regular meeting, at their secondary school, and in our local paper.
In 2009, I helped organize the first Certified Interact club at PS 155 in Kyiv, Ukraine. The principal not only embraced the goals of Interact, but also the benefits of having his school adopt the Four-Way Test as a guide for student-behaviour within their school, community, and country. I continue to communicate with the Principal on a regular basis, exchanging ideas and looking for opportunities for the PS 155 and G.P. Vanier Interact Club in Courtenay to work together. The two Interact clubs exchange packages, videos, and projects that they are involved in. Members of each club have become more understanding of the cultural differences as well as similarities of each other’s schools and countries.
Recently, I initiated a district grant application for an international project proposed by the Interact Club of PS 155 in Kyiv, Ukraine and assisted by the G.P. Vanier Interact Club in Courtenay. The project focuses on increasing immunization awareness in Ukraine, particularly the rural regions where immunization is viewed with uncertainty by many people. The uniting of two Interact clubs, one in Kyiv and one in Courtenay, in a humanitarian project such as immunization awareness helps illustrate to students how people from different countries can make a positive change in the lives of others.
Aldina Welker, Longest Day Coordinator for the Mississippi Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association spoke to the Rotary Club of North Jackson at the club's May 29, 2018 meeting. The primary subject of Ms. Welker's presentation was the Longest Day fundraiser which is held annually on the Summer Solstice, normally June 21. She also discussed the impact and prevalence of Alzheimer's disease and the mission and vision of the Association. The vision is "A world without Alzheimer's disease." She quoted figures of an estimated 47 million people worldwide living with Alzheimer's and an estimated 5 million in the USA/.
Ms. Welker encouraged Rotarians to participate in the Longest Day and distributed handouts describing how to participate, In 2017, Mississippians contributed over $76,000 on the Longest Day. We thank Ms. Welker for her presentation and for her work on behalf of Alzheimer's patients. She (center) is shown during her presentation and following it with Matt Monsour (club Program Director) ((left) and Club President Witt Ruffin (right) in the accompanying photos.
Southern District Mississippi Public Service Commissioner Sam Britton spoke to the Rotary Club of North Jackson at the Club’s May 22, 2018, meeting. Mr. Britton spoke primarily about the role of the Public Service Commission regulating utilities. He briefly spoke of the failed Kemper County power plant that cost its owner, the Southern Companies, $6.4 billion. In response to a question, Mr. Britton said that what the owner does with the abandoned plant is its business. Since it has invested such a large fortune in it. He also spoke to the No Call telephone lists and the reasons for its need. He said that he expects technology to be developed in the next few years to control this problem, but that the reason the calls exist is that they make money for the perpetrators.
We thank Mr. Britton for his presentation to the club and for his service to the citizens of Mississippi. He is shown during his talk in the following photo:
He is also shown with Program Director Matt Monsour (Left) who introduced him and Club president-elect Anna Powers (right) following his talk in the photo that follows.
The Rotary Club of North Jackson held its annual Club Assembly at St. Andrew's Episcopal Cathedral in Jackson on Tuesday, May 15, 2018. The event featured a sumptuous dinner prepared by the Cathedral's award winning Holy Smokers. Dinner consisted of grilled beef tenderloin, potatoes au gratin, grilled asparagus, green salad, and dessert. Special thanks to the Holy Smokers for preparing and excellent meal for us again. Photos from the event are available on the club website and Facebook. Some of the photos accompany this story.
Anna LeBreton, Outreach Coordinator, Mississippi Blood Services spoke to the Rotary Club of North Jackson at the club’s May 8, 2018 meeting. Ms. LeBreton discussed the need for and uses of blood by MS Blood Services. In particular, she discussed the use of blood by Sickle Cell Anemia patients, the misconceptions on what disqualifies someone from donating blood, the “2018 ABOut a Cause Partnership” by which MS Blood services will make monetary donations to its partner organizations when people donate blood to MS Blood Services. Those organizations are listed in the first photo.
The second photo is of Ms. LeBreton(center) with Club Program Director Matt Monsour (left) and Club President, Witt Ruffin (right) following her presentation.
We thank Ms. LeBreton for her presentation and for what she and MS Blood Services do for the citizens of Mississippi. We also note that The Rotary Club of North Jackson has a long-term relationship with MS Blood Services and it conducts a Blood Drive annually in conjunction with its Pancake Breakfast.
