2 | | UD5020 UD5020 | | 3 DISTRICT COUNCIL OFFICERS 2019-2020 GOVERNOR Maureen Fritz-Roberts (Comox) UNITE - It is all about serving C: 250-897-0776 E: [email protected] Highlighting inspirational news and successes to UNITE Rotarians with a common mission CHIEF OF STAFF T. Dale Roberts (Comox Valley) within District 5020. C: 250-897-0726 E: [email protected] COUNCIL CHAIR Corey Lopardi (Hawks Prairie-Lacey) C: 360-259-6672 Caleb Summerfelt Rotary of Kingston North Kitsap E: p [email protected] UD5020 EDITOR GOVERNOR ELECT Greg Horn (Lakewood) C: 253-228-0134 E: [email protected] GOVERNOR NOMINEE Lorna Curtis (Oak Bay) C: 778-967-1556 E: [email protected] IMMEDIATE PAST GOVERNOR Craig Gillis (Campbell River Daybreak) C: 250-203-6330 E: [email protected] SECRETARY Judith Marriott (Courtenay) C: 250-897-6157 ON THE COVER E: [email protected] The Australia Rotary District Governors have formed a committee which will decide TREASURER Janet Detering (Parkland-Spanaway) where the funds are to be distributed. We would typically utilize local Rotary Clubs on B: 253-537-5312 the ground in affected areas to identify those E: [email protected] families, Individuals and small businesses in most need... 4 | | UD5020 UD5020 | | 5 DISTRICT 5020 CLUB NEWS TABLE OF CONTENTS $25 GIVES A CHILD A YEAR OF BOOKS - HONOURING MEMBERS ........................................................ 69 IMAGINATION LIBRARY ........................................................ 36 BY KEVIN HILGERS FEATURE ARTICLES ON THE COVER ������������������������������������������������������������������������ 3 BY NATALIE JOHNSON (DAILY CHRONICLE) …COMES AROUND .............................................................. 70 FEBRUARY GOVERNORS MESSAGE ..................................... 6 ROTARY CLUB OF YELM COUNTS BY CLAYTON CHING BY MO MAUREEN FRITZ-ROBERTS SUCCESSES, PLANS FUTURE DURING FIRST MEETING OF 2020 ..................................................... 38 ROTARY CLUB PLACES OVER 50 NALANI FLINN ������������������������������������������������������������������������� 16 BY ERIC ROSANE (NISQAUALLY VALLET NEWS ) AUTOMATED ELECTRONIC DEFIBRILLATORS .................... 72 ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT’S REPRESENTATIVES BY JACK SUTHERLAND COFIA DEMONSTRATION FARM IN UGANDA ..................... 40 DR. FOZIA ALVI ........................................................................ 18 BY MICHAEL MC GAVOCK JOINT ROTARY CLUB MEETING .......................................... 74 BY CHERYL JENKINS & DAVID HALL FELLOWSHIP, PARTNERSHIP & PEACE ������������������������������� 20 SEQUIM NOON CLUB MEMBER ATTENDS BY SCOTT MARTIN ROTARY 2020 WORLD PEACE CONFERENCE ������������������� 50 ROTARY CLUB OF LANTZVILLE HELPS BY DICK HUGHES ‘SECURE’ A COMMUNITY PLAYGROUND! �������������������������� 78 SAVING SMILES, CHANGING LIVES, ONE DAY AT A TIME �� 94 BY BARRY SPARKES BY MARNEE OBENDORF ROTARY CLUBS’ ANNUAL MARCH FOR CHILDREN ........... 52 BY ROBIN HAVELAAR WOMEN IN ROTARY .............................................................82 WHAT IS FORGOTTEN AND CERTAINLY NOT BY DAVID HALL DISCUSSED .......................................................................... 110 THE TASTE OF GIG HARBOR ���������������������������������������������� 54 BY DISTRICT 9570 GOVERNOR MICHAEL BUCKERIDGE BY JEFF HARRIS THE ROTARY CLUB OF TACOMA #8 HONORS JIM HARRIS �����������������������������������������������������������������������������86 FIRST ANNUAL HEALTH CAREERS FAIR AT BY CHRIS SERFACE DISTRICT/INTERNATIONAL WELCOME TO ROTARY DISTRICT 5020 EMERALD RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL .......................................... 56 TRAINING CONFERENCE ������������������������������������������������������ 15 BY SUZANNE JOHNSTON REMEMBERING THE VICTIMS OF UKRAINIAN NEWS BY MARK MALONEY FLIGHT PS752 ................................................................................... 88 MAGIC HAPPENS WHEN ROTARY TEAMS BY ERIN DAVIS INCOMING RI PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES WITH OTHER COMMUNITY GROUPS ����������������������������������� 58 2020-21 PRESIDENTIAL THEME �������������������������������������������� 28 BY KATHY HOLMES LOGISTICALLY EMPOWERING ADVANCED BY RYAN HYLAND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ...................................................90 DISASTER AID CANADA RECEIVES BY KARISSA THOMPSON 2019-2020 PRESIDENTIAL SPOTLIGHT: BUDDY STEVENS 30 $60,000.00 IN DONATIONS FOR AUSTRALIAN BUSHFIRE RELIEF .................................................................. 60 PORT ORCHARD CARES �������������������������������������������������������92 WHY ROTARY SHOULD CONTINUE TO BY GERRY BELTGENS BY LESLIE REYNOLDS-TAYLOR PROMOTE STUDENT EXCHANGE EXPERIENCES .............. 32 BY JAMIE GREGORY ROTARIANS READ EVENT, A SUCCESS! ............................. 66 PARKLAND SPANAWAY “SURRENDER THE BY ROBIN HAVELAAR BOOTY BASH” ������������������������������������������������������������������������94 A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR 2019 BY KEVIN GLEIM TRAINING AND CONFERENCE SPONSORS! ..................... 130 ROTARY CLUB PLACES OVER 50 AUTOMATED ELECTRONIC DEFIBRILLATORS (AED) ....... 68 DISTRICT AND CLUB EVENTS .............................................122 BY JACK SUTHERLAND 6 | GOVERNORS MESSAGE | UD5020 UD5020 | GOVERNORS MESSAGE | 7 FEBRUARY GOVERNORS MESSAGE Peace in the workplace to working with Peace story of the murder of his son and his path to BY MO MAUREEN FRITZ-ROBERTS through media. Each of these tracks covered forgiveness. Eva Haller spoke of her time in a two full days devoted to building Peace in those Nazi concentration camp and not letting that World Peace specific areas. experience define how she viewed the rest of her life. Marilyn Tam, former CEO of Aveda, “The best antidote for international fear is There were also general sessions with talks told us about being the unwanted daughter in international understanding”, Paul Harris 1928 throughout the peace spectrum. The stories a Chinese family. Her story was of a physically were incredible but one really touched my heart. and verbally abused little girl who turned “I am I had the life changing experience of attending Dr. Fozia Alvi’s description of her experience as worthless” into “I can do anything”. the Rotary World Peace Conference in Ontario, a volunteer physician in the Rohingya refugee California in January and I feel that I must camps was overwhelming. The underlying message in so many of these share it with you. presentations was that forgiveness allows She is petite and soft spoken but has a passion us to heal and move on. It doesn’t mean Even though Rotary has held Peace as a focus and energy that fills the room. She describes putting yourself in danger or letting crimes go Mo Maureen Fritz-Roberts of the organization since 1921, it isn’t a subject herself as a working mother who grew up in unpunished. It is about each of us understanding that arises at a lot of Rotary meetings. We have Pakistan, trained in the United States and we have the power to create personal peace. funds to raise, fellowship to enjoy and programs moved to Canada in 2007. In truth she is a brave Dr. Frederic Luskin, Director of the Stanford to deliver. and determined woman who helps the Rohingya University’s Forgiveness Projects, helped us to refugees who are stranded in Bangladesh. Her understand how to forgive, so we can let go of When I saw the Rotary World Peace Conference parents fear for her safety and never want her the negative thoughts that hold us back. advertised, I thought, “I don’t have time to take to travel back home to Pakistan alone. Dr. Alvi a weekend and attend. I need to stay home for is a woman who is creating peace quietly, in a Rotarians are Peace Builders. What you do in once and do some laundry.” But it nagged at me remote corner of the world. your community, to make it a safer place, is until I couldn’t stand it and so, yes, I registered. creating peace. The time and dollars you put Dr. Alvi shared the stage with several other into literacy creates peace. When you educate I had previously attended the Rotary Peace peace warriors. Like her, they were thoughtful children, you increase their self confidence and Conference in Vancouver, so I knew there and determined to help make our world a more improve their chances of a better life. Dr. Alvi would be incredible speakers. The shock came peaceful place. told us she is not allowed to educate the Rohingya when I realized I had a choice of 13 tracks with children in the refugee camp in Bangladesh. It is over 150 presenters covering everything from Azim Khamisa shared the heartbreaking much easier to control illiterate people. 8 | GOVERNORS MESSAGE | UD5020 UD5020 | GOVERNORS MESSAGE | 9 You create peace when you provide clean water and health care and microcredit. You improve the health of the planet when you work on peace. PDG Jiro Kawatsuma from Hiroshima, Japan described the destruction caused by nuclear weapons and why he works tirelessly to advocate for peace. He plants peace trees around the world. As Rotarians we are serious about Peace. The money you donate to the Rotary Foundation supports Peace Centers around the world where students earn a master’s degree or professional development certificates. Since 2002 over 1200 Peace Fellows have graduated from these Peace Centers and are working in more than 116 countries. One of the truly inspiring and entertaining speakers was Rotary Peace Fellow, Scott Martin. You will have the opportunity to meet Scott at the District Training and Conference in Victoria ...THE BEST ANTIDOTE FOR this May. He graduated as a Rotary