D7020 Nov 1 2015

District 7020 News | 11 • 01 • 2015 

Our Foundation! 

Don’t Miss the 

TRF Reference Guide 

(in the attachment) 

Inside: 

The Bahamas 

Crowfunding 

Success! 

District Conference 

Registration Link & 

Team Contacts 

Training 

Opportunites 

Online

In this Issue | 11 • 01 • 2015 

Clubs of The Bahamas 

Raised B$236,000 through 

crowdfunding telethon! | 27 

Clubs Anniversaries| 9 

Training Opportunities | 16 

Tips to Manage your 

Facebook Page | 22 

Peace Conference, January 2016 

Ontario, California | 24 

CLUB NEWS | 29 - 36 

Clubs of The Bahamas RC St. Martin Sunrise 

RC St. Martin Sunrise RC St. Martin Mid-Isle 

Clubs of USVI & BVI 

RC St. Croix Mid-Isle 

RC Grand Cayman Sunrise 

www.7020.org

Get Ready for Bahamas, May 2016 

Registration & Team Contacts | 18 

World Polio Day 

Live Event Review | 20

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/hurricane-joaquin-bahamas-relief-fund/#/

DISTRICT GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE 

Dear Fellow Rotarians, 

Our Rotary year continues to zip by rapidly and 

our club visits are keeping apace. 

Carla and I are winding down a very successful 

visit to St. Martin, Saint Maarten, Anguilla and 

St. Barts, culminating in an enjoyable Rotary gala 

on the last night of October (October 31). Prior 

to this, we attended the Zone 33/34 Institute in 

San Destin Florida, enjoyed a wonderful meeting 

with the eClub of the Caribbean and completed 

our visit to Haiti. We have now been to sixty of 

our eighty four clubs and are looking forward to 

meeting with the remaining clubs over the next 

few weeks. 

We continue to be heartened 

by how warmly 

we are welcomed by 

Rotarians everywhere. 

Our belief that Rotarians 

everywhere are all 

exceptionally wonderful 

people is constantly 

confirmed and we are 

making lifelong friends. 

Equally as exhilarating 

has been the overwhelming 

pride we have 

felt as we visit the many 

projects that the local 

clubs do. We have also 

had the great opportunity to meet many Rotaractors 

and Interactors as well as some Earlyactors. 

We have proudly inducted several new 

Rotarians and Paul Harris Fellows. What a ride 

so far!! Our only disappointment has been that 

the eClub of the Virgin Islands and the Caribbean 

lost its charter for lack of activity. 

“The Rotary 

Foundation 

transforms our 

gifts into projects 

that change lives 

both close to home 

and around the 

world.” 

This month, we celebrate the Rotary Foundation. 

The Foundation is the engine that manages 

the money we give to Rotary and helps to 

fund many of the projects that we do across our 

District and the world. Over the last few years, 

our District has benefitted tremendously from 

the Foundation as we have received grant funding 

of five dollars for every dollar we have contributed. 

That alone should be motivation for us 

to dig even deeper into our pockets and support 

the work of Rotary. There is so much work that 

we do and still lots more to be done. 

“The Rotary Foundation transforms our gifts 

into projects that change lives both close to home 

and around the world. As the charitable arm of 

Rotary, it taps into a global network of Rotarians 

who invest their time, money, and expertise 

into our priorities, such 

as eradicating polio and 

promoting peace. Foundation 

Grants empower 

Rotarians to approach 

challenges such as poverty, 

illiteracy, and malnutrition 

with sustainable 

solutions that leave 

a lasting impact.” 

There is good reason to 

make The Rotary Foundation, 

our “Charity of 

Choice”. The Rotary 

Foundation was started 

back in 1917 with less 

than $27.00 and today 

the fund has grown to over a billion dollars. 

The Foundation boasts great stewardship, accountability 

and transparency and so our contributions 

are maximized. If you are not yet a 

supporter of the Rotary Foundation, I urge you 

consider making a contribution. Your investment 

would help to make our communities better 

places to live and you would have made a 

step from Success to Significance as you demonstrate 

what it means to Be a Gift to the World. 

#unleashtheawesome7020 

November 1st, 2015 | 5

One sunny morning at the end of June 1991, a van drove 

through the busy, rush-hour streets of Colombo, Sri Lanka. 

Winding through traffic to a northern suburb, the van arrived 

at the Forward Command Headquarters of the Defense Ministry. 

Security guards stopped it for inspection. When they 

did, the two suicide bombers driving the van detonated their 

cargo: thousands of kilograms of plastic explosives. 

The roof of the building was blown off completely. Debris was 

strewn for blocks. In total, 21 people were killed and 175 people 

injured, among them many pupils of the girls’ school next 

door. More than a kilometer away, the blast shattered every 

window in my home. My wife raced toward the sound of the 

explosion – toward our daughter’s school. 

Our daughter was then nine years old. That morning, she 

had forgotten her pencil case at home. At the moment of the 

blast, she was coming out of a stationer’s shop, admiring her 

new pencils. Suddenly her ears were ringing, the air was filled 

with sand, and everywhere around her people were screaming, 

bleeding, and running. Someone pulled her into the garden 

of the badly damaged school, where she waited until my 

wife arrived to bring her back to our home – its floors still 

covered with broken glass. 

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE 

K.R. “Ravi” Ravindran 

President 2015-16 

November, 2015 

Sri Lanka today is peaceful and thriving, visited by some 

two million tourists every year. Our war now is only a memory, 

and we as a nation look forward to a promising future. 

Yet so many other nations cannot say the same. Today, 

more of the world’s countries are involved in conflict than 

not; a record 59.5 million people worldwide live displaced 

by wars and violence. 

In Rotary we believe, in spite of all that, in the possibility of 

peace – not out of idealism, but out of experience. We have 

seen that even the most intractable conflicts can be resolved 

when people have more to lose by fighting than by working 

together. We have seen what can happen when we approach 

peace-building in ways that are truly radical, such as the work 

of our Rotary Peace Fellows. Through our Rotary Foundation, 

peace fellows become experts in preventing and resolving 

conflict. Our goal is that they will find new ways not only 

to end wars but to stop them before they begin. 

Among the hundreds of peace fellows who have graduated 

from the program, two from Sri Lanka, one from each side of 

the conflict, studied together. In the first weeks of the course, 

both argued passionately for the rightness of their side. Yet 

week by week, they grew to understand each other’s perspective; 

today, they are good friends. When I met them and 

heard their story, they gave me hope. If 25 years of pain and 

bitterness could be overcome by Rotary, then what, indeed, 

is beyond us? 

We cannot fight violence with violence. But when 

we fight it with education, with understanding, and 

with peace, we can truly Be a Gift to the World. 

6 | D7020 News

On Foundation Month: A Message from our DRFC Lindsey Cancino 

In Praise of Generosity and Good Stewarship 

In recent years, it has been my practice to focus on one aspect of 

what our Foundation does during November in the hope that over 

my time as DRFC, members will gain a greater understanding of the 

enormous scope of good work we do as an organization through it. 

This being my final year in the position, I thought I would try to sum 

it all up by illustrating what incredible value there is in supporting 

OUR charity. 

Consider this; in the prior three years (2012-2015), the Foundation 

has funded $3.3 million for projects initiated by or for clubs in 

D7020. So far in 2015-16, approved and funded projects have a total 

value of more than $1.7 million and we aren’t half way through the year yet with a number of significant 

value projects still being reviewed or drafted for approval. That’s more than $5 million dollars in projects 

facilitated in a period when we collectively gave just over $1 million to the annual fund. 

My point is; if we are experiencing a return of 5:1 in 

the past 3.5 years alone, surely this is an avenue we 

should devote as much of our resources to as is practicable. 

It’s just good stewardship, isn’t it? 

PolioPlus is also a cause close to the hearts of 7020 

Rotarians; last year alone, we gave over $117,000 to 

it vs just under $290,000 to annual giving. That is 

phenomenal and a lot must be due to the exposure of 

the Worlds Greatest Meal event as a fundraising tool 

for PolioPlus. This initiative has been a success in our 

district largely due to the efforts of the late Ramesh 

Manek, a dedicated Rotarian and past president from 

St Martin who was unfortunately tragically taken from 

us earlier this year in a senseless accident. 

I know many of our clubs in many of the 7020 countries 

have held WGMs already this year and particularly 

last weekend in recognition of World Polio Day 

so our commitment to Rotary’s number 1 goal continues 

with vigor; Ramesh must surely be proud. 

Major Donors, Paul Harris Society and Bequest Society 

members and benefactors also continue to grow in 

number demonstrating a further commitment to our 

Foundation both now and in the future. 

Long story short, the Rotarians in District 7020 have 

made my job easier with their generosity and commitment 

to The Rotary Foundation and all that is left to 

say is THANK YOU and I look forward to more of the 

same for Foundation month and the rest of the year. 

DOING GOOD IN THE WORLD; the motto of The 

Rotary Foundation and definitely a true statement of 

the Rotarians in D7020. 

CONGRATULATIONS! 


8 | D7020 News 

Dear Rotarians, 

Fellowship through Service. Service above Self. 

Service to our local and international communities is the bedrock of the 

Rotary family and, as we enter Rotary Foundation Month, let’s all take 

a minute to celebrate the engine that drives our collective service and 

mission. 

Nearly 100 years ago, in 1917, the Rotary Foundation received its first 

donation of $26.50 (which is $484 in today’s dollars) and since that time 

has received donations totaling more than $1 billion. These voluntary 

donations from people like you and me who share the Foundation’s vision of a better world have 

enabled Rotarians, Rotaractors, and Interactors to advance world understanding, goodwill, and 

peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty. 

Humanitarian Grants Programs like 3-H (Health, Hunger, and Humanity), Disaster Recovery, and 

District Simplified Grants; Educational Programs like the Group Study Exchange, Rotary Peace 

Fellowships, the Ambassadorial Scholarships; and Polio Eradication Initiatives like PolioPlus, PolioPlus 

Fund, and PolioPlus Partners all exist because of and through the Foundation. 

The impact of this not-for-profit corporation is beyond measure. 

The Foundation is critical to our universal vision of a better world and November is a good time to 

learn more about the Foundation-sponsored programs as well as the many ways we all can contribute. 

Together, we will ensure the lifeblood of Rotary continues. 

Here are some simple ideas to inspire action this month: 

• Inform our new generations. Encourage your Foundation Chair to visit a local Rotaract 

or Interact club and offer to give a short talk. 

• Help get us closer. Plan and execute a fundraiser and make the contribution to PolioPlus. 

Keep it simple. Every dollar counts. 

• Be inspired. Invite past Group Study Exchange team leaders, Ambassadorial Scholars, or 

any Rotarian who has been a part of the Foundation-sponsored programs to share their memories 

and stories. 

• Build bridges of peace and hope. Help educate and enlighten the next generation of 

world leaders on the significance of peace. Why? So that they will be empowered to break down the 

barriers caused by war. 

• Save 100 children. Every day 15,000 children die from preventable diseases. Put another 

way, there are 15,000 children who will die today without our help. It costs $1 for low cost solutions 

such as vaccines, antibiotics, and nutritional supplements. A donation of $100 to the Rotary Foundation 

Annual Programs Fund can save 100 children. A donation of $1,000 can save 1,000. Be a 

superhero this month and donate to the Foundation. 

The Foundation has been realising its aim of ‘doing good in the world’ for 98 years and has taken 

us to heights in international humanitarian service that might not have been possible otherwise. 

The Foundation is there for us, and we must be there for it. 

This month, I encourage you to learn and share more about 

the Foundation and make an investment in a better and safer 

world for us all. 

Your partner in service 

Marzeta 

Marzeta Bodden 

Rotaract Representative 2015-2016 

Rotaract District 7020

Club November Charter Anniversaries 

Congratulations! 

RC St. Thomas Sunrise 

November 3rd, 2003 

RC Grand Cayman 

November 8th, 1965 

RC Ocho Rios East 


RC Ocho Rios 


RC Grand Turk 

November 22nd, 2005 

... and Happy Birthday to all Rotarians 

celebrating their birthdays this month! 


Club of the Month 

2015-2016 

PLAN AHEAD! 

Calendar of Club-of-the-Month Themes 

AUGUST Membership/Partnerships 

SEPTEMBER New Generations/Literacy 

OCTOBER Economic/Community Development 

NOVEMBER Rotary Foundation/Public Image 

DECEMBER Disease Prevention & Treatment 

JANUARY Vocational Service/Rotary Fellowship 

FEBRUARY World Understanding/Peace & Conflict Resolution 

MARCH Water & Sanitation/Maternal & Child Health 


D7020 COUNTRIES 

SHOWCASE 

Tell us what makes your country special and what is so special 

about Rotary there! 

This year your D7020News team wants to showcase our 

richness and diversity. Our plan is to dedicate a few pages 

every month to each country island. 

This could be an activity where every member can be 

involve. Whereas gathering recipes, taking pictures, writing 

about your Rotary top projects. Everyone can participate! 

What to share? 

Your culture, landmarks, typical foods, drinks, major 

holidays, children favorite activities. And, lots of pictures! 

Perhaps you know a few local authors that can join in! 

In terms of Rotary, how and when Rotary started there, a country outlook of how many clubs and members there 

are in your country, signature projects (maybe one of each club). Don’t forget to include your Rotaract, Interact 

and Early Act Clubs. 

Refer to the calendar to see when is your turn. Your deadline is on the 25th or the 10th of each month. 

August 

October 1st 

October 15th 

November 

December 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

2015 

2016 

Anguilla 

Bahamas 

British Virgin Islands 

Cayman Islands 

E-Club 

Haiti 

Jamaica 

St. Barth & St. Martin 

St. Maarten 

Turks & Caicos 

USVI, North & South 

Showcase contact: Amarylis Dávila-Agosto | d7020news@gmail.com 

Feel free to ask for assistance to get your showcase ready for your month! 


Competition Deadlines 

For schools to turn their selected stories: 11• 13• 2015 

For Clubs to turn their selected stories to E-Club: 11• 25• 2015

Date limite du concours 

Pour que les écoles envoient leurs histoires sélectionnées: 13• 11• 2015 

Pour les clubs à envoyer leurs histoires sélectionnées à E -Club: 25• 11• 2015

MONTHLY THEMES 

2015 - 2016 

JULY 

New Rotary officers’ year of service 

AUGUST 

Membership and New Club Development 

SEPTEMBER 

Basic Education and Literacy 

OCTOBER 

Economic and Community Development 

NOVEMBER 

The Rotary Foundation 

DECEMBER 

Disease Prevention and Treatment 

JANUARY 

Vocational Service 

FEBRUARY 

Peace and Conflict Prevention/Resolution 

MARCH 

Water and Sanitation 

APRIL 

Maternal and Child Health Month 

MAY 

Youth Services Month 

JUNE 

Rotary Fellowships Month 


District 

Goals 

Keep Track. 

Stay on Track! 

Establish early on 

a plan to play 

an active role in 

accomplishing 

these goals. 

Need assistance? 

Contact your 

District Team for 

ideas and support. 

Goal # 1 focuses on Membership Development and 

Retention 

More committed Rotarians would mean stronger clubs, 

more hands to do more work, the opportunity to raise 

more money, for bigger and better and more sustainable 

projects the opportunity to be significant. 

Goal #2 Foundation Giving 

We want to enhance our giving to the Rotary Foundation 

Annual fund 

Endowment fund 

Polio 

Focus areas 

Paul Harris fellows 

Paul Harris society members 

Bequest Society 

Major Donors 

Arch Klumph society 

Goal #3 Online Tools Adoption 

Rotary Club Central 

Rotary Showcase 

Rotary Ideas 

Discussion groups 

and the ability to measure progress against goals 

and to apply for those end of year awards. 

Goal #4 Humanitarian Service 

I don’t need to say much here. This is who we are. This 

is what defines us. How well we do in serving humanity 

will determine whether we are just successful Rotarians, or 

successful Rotary clubs or a successful Rotary International 

or, if we are making that move to significance. 

You will find our 

District Leadership 

Directory at 

www.7020.org 

Goal #5 New Generation 

Rotaract and Interact and for us Earlyact. 

What support are we giving them? 

How do we nurture their progress into Rotary? 

Goal #6 Public Image 

Rotary has spent a lot of money on enhancing its brand 

and like any good business, we need to show our stakeholders 

a return on that investment. We need to promote 

the good we do shamelessly and cause people to want to 

come to Rotary.

Training Opportunities 

NOV 

19 

6:30pm 

EST 

Zone 34 

Coordinator Team Webinar 

Engagement and Attraction vs Recruitment 

Register at 

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/694790563898535426 

Join us for the next in our webinar series on membership. 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing 

information about joining the webinar. 

Brought to you by GoToWebinar® 

Webinars Made Easy® 

It’s easy, it’s fun, do it from the comfort of your own home with your 

favorite snack and beverage! Join us as we continue to offer tips and 

case studies on what works when it comes to membership. 

For more information, please contact: 

ARC Jeremy Hurst 

jeremyhurst7020@gmail.com 

CLUBRUNNER NOVEMBER WEBINARS 

Registration and information about more available webinars and trainging videos at 

http://site.clubrunner.ca/page/webinars 


Webinars are recorded! If can’t attend, you can still watch the video. 

More pre-recorded webinars and info at 

http://clubrunner.helpserve.com/Knowledgebase/List/Index/356/recorded-webinars

TAKE YOUR 

ROTARY EXPERIENCE 

TO THE NEXT LEVEL! 

The Zone 34 

Coordinator Team 

is available to join your 

meeting or training 

session via Skype or 

Zoom for presentations 

and workshops which 

will keep MEMBERS 

inspired, engaged and 

proud to be Rotarians. 

Get in touch! 

RC Art MacQueen 

art.macqueen13.14@gmail.com 

ARC Jeremy Hurst 

jeremyhurst7020@gmail.com

REGISTER AT 

https://www.cvent.com/events/rotary-district-7020-pets-assembly-conference-2016/registration-490392a15613493782545a2f29d0fe51.aspx

CELEBRITIES, HEALTH OFFICIALS COME TOGETHER 

TO HAIL PROGRESS TOWARD POLIO’S END 

-from Rotary.org 

After a historic year during which 

transmission of the wild poliovirus 

vanished from Nigeria and the continent 

of Africa, the crippling disease 

is closer than ever to being eradicated 

worldwide, said top health experts 

at Rotary’s third annual World 

Polio Day event on 23 October in 

New York City. 

More than 150 people attended 

the special Livestream program 

co-sponsored by UNICEF, and 

thousands more around the world 

watched online. Jeffrey Kluger, 

Time magazine’s editor at large, 

moderated the event. 

Anthony Lake, executive director of 

UNICEF, lauded the Global Polio 

Eradication Initiative’s efforts. After 

nearly 30 years, the GPEI, which 

includes Rotary, the World Health 

Organization, UNICEF, and U.S. 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), and is supported 

by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 

is on the cusp of ending polio. 

It would be only the second human 

disease ever to be eradicated. 

Lake urged the partners not to lose 

their momentum: “At a time when 


the world is torn by conflicts, when 

the bonds among people seem weaker 

and more frayed than ever before, 

ending polio will be not only one of 

humanity’s greatest achievements, 

but a singular and striking example 

of what can be achieved when diverse 

partners are driven by a common 

goal -- when we act as one,” he 

said. 

The event highlighted recent milestones 

in polio eradication: In July, 

Nigeria marked one year without a 

case, and in August, the entire African 

continent celebrated one year 

without an outbreak. That leaves 

just two countries where the virus 

is regularly spreading: Afghanistan 

and Pakistan. 

In a question-and-answer session 

with Kluger, Dr. John Vertefeuille, 

polio incident manager for the CDC, 

discussed the reasons for Nigeria’s 

success, including strong political 

commitment at all levels and the 

support and engagement of religious 

and community leaders. 

“The foundation to Nigeria’s success 

has been the incredible dedication 

of tens of thousands of health workers 

who have worked, often in difficult 

circumstances, to ensure that 

all children are reached with the polio 

vaccine,” said Vertefeuille. 

Innovative changes, including strategies 

for reaching children who 

were often missed in the past, better 

mechanisms for ensuring the accountability 

of health workers, and 

the engagement of doctors, journalists, 

and polio survivors, also aided 

Nigeria in reaching its goal. 

Polio eradication is progressing in 

Afghanistan and Pakistan. In Afghanistan, 

cases dropped from 28 

in 2014 to 13 so far this year. In Pakistan, 

transmission of the disease 

dropped dramatically, from 306 

cases to 38. 

Kluger and Vertefeuille agreed that 

eradicating polio is a wise financial 

investment. Vertefeuille said financial 

savings of $50 billion are projected 

over the next 20 years. 

Failure to eradicate polio, he noted, 

could result in a global resurgence of 

the disease, with 200,000 new cases 

every single year within 10 years.

CELEBRITIES 

ADD THEIR VOICES 

Archie Panjabi, Emmy Award-winning 

actress and Rotary celebrity ambassador 

for polio eradication, praised 

Rotary’s success in banishing polio 

from India in 2012. “I’ve immunized 

children, feeling pure joy when I 

placed just two drops of vaccine into 

a child’s mouth, which are like two 

drops of life,” she said. 

ROTARY BOOSTS FUNDING 

Rotary General Secretary John Hewko announced an additional 

$40.4 million Rotary will direct to the fight against polio. More than 

$26 million will go to African countries to prevent the disease from 

returning. Rotary has also earmarked $5.3 million for India, $6.7 

million for Pakistan, and $400,000 for Iraq. Nearly $1 million will support 

immunization activities and surveillance. Since 1979, Rotary 

has contributed more than $1.5 billion to polio eradication. 

“Our program this evening will show how far we have come -- and 

what we still have to do -- to slam the door on polio for good,” said 

Hewko. “Once we do, not only will we end the suffering of children 

from this entirely preventable disease -- we will also create a blueprint 

for the next major global health initiative and leave in place 

resources to protect the world’s health in the future.” 

Event sponsors included Global Benefits Group, Spencer Trask 

& Company, Sanofi Pasteur, and Grant Thornton. Devex was the 

event’s media partner. 

The audience also heard from 

musician, activist, and Grammy 

award-winner Angélique Kidjo, who 

performed a song from her latest 

album, “Eve.” 

Dr. Jennifer Berman, cohost of the 

Emmy Award-winning television 

show “The Doctors” called Rotary’s 

role in eradicating polio “one of 

those transformative initiatives that 

uses the insights of science to improve 

the human condition.” 

The program also featured video 

messages from Bill Gates; Mia Farrow, 

actress and polio survivor; Heidi 

Klum, model and celebrity businessperson; 

and two new Rotary polio 

ambassadors, WWE star John Cena 

and actress Kristen Bell. 

“How do we stop polio forever? How 

do we ensure that no child has to suffer 

this disease ever again? It’s easy 

to help. Spread the word, donate, or 

simply take this opportunity to learn 

more,” said Bell. 

Watch the special World Polio Day Livestream event: 

http://livestream.com/rotaryinternational/worldpolioday 

November 1st, 2015| 21

Save Time and Build Your Rotary Facebook Engagement: 

One Easy Trick 

Do you love watching your facebook engagement grow, but have troubles reminding yourself to continually 

post? Well, I know a way to reduce the amount of time Facebook takes up, AND makes your 

Facebook page look more professional, active, and attractive. 


Three simple words: schedule your posts. 

A lot of Rotary clubs who are struggling with carving out an online presence are asked: ‘Are you on 

Facebook, you should be!’. Well, yes they should be but only if they understand the importance of being 

active on Facebook. I have seen too many Rotary clubs on Facebook that don’t post regularly, upload 

any photos or engage with any followers. An inactive Facebook page can in some cases harm you more 

than no Facebook page at all. If a potential new member sees an inactive Facebook page it indicates you 

either have nothing to say or don’t care about Facebook. Using scheduling is one easy technique that 

can make your life easier and fill your Facebook page with high quality posts. This trick is available for 

free, right on Facebook. 

When you post on Facebook posts matters. There are good/bad days and best/worst times for posts and 

the engagement you receive on your post depends on these factors. While there is lot of material out 

there on when to post for most engagement, ultimately you have to play around with your particular 

audience to find your optimum times. Scheduling allows you to do this. Each week, change the time you 

post on each day to see which gets more engagement and at the end of the month review your stats. You 

can then use this information to plan for the next month’s posts. 

The biggest reason, I schedule my Facebook page posts is to save myself time. I am a busy person, I usually 

don’t have time to stop at 6pm on a Wednesday night, look for content to post and ensure it’s posted 

at the best time, i.e not at 11pm. Scheduling allows me to spend a couple of hours on a Sunday night, 

searching for quality content, checking holidays/birthdays, popular hashtags and creating content to 

post throughout the week. Then I can sit back for the rest of week, knowing that my Facebook page is 

active and people are hopefully engaging! This doesn’t mean I won’t go in and post something on the 

fly sometimes cause I do. The point is my base level number of posts are getting posted and I have the 

week free to imagine new content for the coming week. 

So how do you schedule posts? 

#1. Post like you would normally on your Facebook page and write your post. 

However, when you are done instead of clicking publish, you should click schedule 

#2. A date and time option will pop up. 

You simply need to pick the day and time you want to post this content. Then click schedule. 

#3. Don’t worry you can still edit the content and times. 

You will see a box showing your scheduled posts. Click on ‘see posts’ to edit. 

#4. There’s the scheduled posts screen, where you can click on the post you want to change. 

#5. A pop up will appear which will allow you to edit, reschedule your post or simply just publish the post. 

That’s it! I guarantee you this will save you time and streamline your online presence on Facebook. 

Don’t forget to sign up to my mailing list for latest posts or let me know about your experiences with 

Facebook scheduling. If your club needs guidance on Facebook, I offer numerous training sessions to 

help you on the right path of engagement! 

Edited from rethinkrotary.com



District 7020 

The Rotary Foundation 

Leadership 

Directory 

2015 - 2016

D7020 

Clubs 

News

Rotary Clubs of The Bahamas 

Crowfunding Six-hour Telethon to Rebuild Islands 

Hundreds of Bahamians and visitors came together October 27 in a high-energy, entertainment-packed 

six-hour national telethon to raise funds for the rebuilding and equipping of schools, re-establishing commerce 

and providing clean water for the islands of the southern Bahamas devastated by Hurricane Joaquin 

earlier this month. The telethon, named Rebuild Bahamas, aired live from 6 – 11 pm on local TV 

stations, with live feeds to radio. The broadcast came from the Atlantis Resort, where a phone bank of 

18 lines was provided by the Bahamas 

Telecommunications Company (BTC). 

In this time when so many have lost 

everything they had and escaped the 

horrendous storm with only the clothes 

on their back, Bahamians and persons 

throughout the world, in particular in 

District 7020, have shown compassion 

in unprecedented ways, providing 

thousands of tons of emergency relief, 

food, supplies, tarps, portable stoves 

and more. The Telethon, jointly organised 

by the Rotary Clubs of The Bahamas 

and the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers’ 

Confederation, added urgent funds to continue the rebuilding 

process in the islands. It will only be when schools are open, 

children are back in classrooms and when businesses begin to 

function again that a sense of normalcy will return to these islands 

where those who endured the Category 4 storm hovering 

over them for as much as 36 hours, were tested. We are fortunate 

that there was no loss of life, but there was a tremendous loss of the quality of life that was enjoyed 

before and it is our goal to rebuild, restore and revitalize, though we know it may take a very long time. 

The Office of the Prime Minister, the 

Ministry of Youth, Sports & Culture and 

the Ministry of Tourism all lent support, 

while Culture and Tourism organized a 

full line-up of musical artists, who entertained 

during the evening. The Prime 

Minister, together with other government 

ministers, the Governor General, 

local celebrities, Rotarians and concerned 

citizens, came out to work the 

phone banks and lend their support. 

By the end of the Telethon, it had raised B$236,000, 

with more funds coming in the next day via hand 

delivered donations. 

Thanks to the many Rotarians in District 7020 who 

joined together with The Bahamas to help us rebuild. 


Rotary Club of St. Martin Sunrise 

Honored with September ‘s Club of the Month 

Rotary Club of St. Martin Sunrise was recently honored with Club of the Month for Rotary District 

7020 for the month of September. Every month there is a theme that the clubs activities aim to 

reflect. September’s theme was Basic Education and Literacy. During the month the club solidified 

partnerships with the literacy committee, SXM Reads, Philipsburg Jubilee Library, C.O.M.E. Center, 

Ministry of Public Health, Social Development & Labor, Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth, 

& Sports, UNESCO, and Rotaract. 

Some of the activities the club participated in were the Readers are Leaders 

(RAL), the brainchild of our current President Marcellia Henry is now in 

its 6th year, RAL is a literacy program for high school students; a training 

session for C.O.M.E. Center which is a literacy program for acquiring 

basic reading competency; assisted in organizing the screening 

and panel discussion of the movie “The Reading Room”; supported 

SXM Reads in promoting reading and literacy during their Reading in 

the Park activity; were part of a human peace chain spearheaded by 

Rotaract Sunrise Club; organized a Peace Day program where the late 

Officer Benjamin Gamali was honored with the first ever Rotary Champion 

of Peace Award; sponsored character strength building program for 

the Prins Willem Alexander School. 

Rotary Sunrise is proud to support programs where basic education and literacy is of high importance. 

As stated on many teaching websites, “literacy is the single most significant skill needed to 

function effectively in school, the workplace and in society . . . it is vital to a successful education, 

career and quality of life.” Rotary Sunrise will continue to stress the significance of literacy and the 

benefits to St. Maarten. President Marcellia Henry congratulated her members on a job well done. 

The RAL, SXM Reads and Peace Day Committees were given special mention. President Henry would 

also like to thank the St. Maarten community to for supporting Rotary Sunrise activities. 

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Rotary Clubs of USVI & BVI 

Celebrate Friendship Day 2015 

The Rotary family of the British Virgin Islands and the United States Virgin Islands celebrated our 

Annual Friendship Day on Saturday 10th October 2015. This year’s event was hosted by the Rotary 

Clubs of the BVI at the Lambert Beach Resort on the island of Tortola. Approximately 70 persons from 

the Rotary Family visited from the islands of St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John. A welcoming team 

of Rotarians from the Rotary Clubs of the BVI greeted and welcomed our visiting Rotary Family at the 

Terrence B. Lettsome International Airport, West End Ferry Terminal and the Road Town Ferry Dock. 

The Rotary Family of the BVI was happy to have our fellow Rotarians visit from the USVI for the Annual 

Friendship Day showing the true spirit of Rotary. The event is an opportunity for the Rotary Family in 

the region to strengthen and build upon the bond of friendship, shared interests and culture. It was a 

day of fellowship, entertainment, games, food, drinks, dancing and competitions! 

This year’s Friendship Day activities saw the introduction of two new events, a Coal Pot Fungi Cook 

Off and a Signature Drink Competition. A rotating trophy was awarded to the winner of both events. 

The Rotary Family had a really good time 

cheering on their fellow Rotarians in the 

contests. The winners are as follows: Coal 

Pot Fungi Cook off: - 1) Rot. Leonard W. 

“Brother B” Bonelli, Sr. of St Thomas, 2) 

Rot. Bernadette “B” Brathwaite of the 

Rotary Club of Tortola, 3) Rot. Barbara 

Petersen of St Thomas and 4) Rot. Dorothy 

McIntosh of St Croix. There were 

only 4 entries for the Coal Pot Fungi Cook 

off but all four islands were represented. 


The winners for the Rotary Signature 

Drink Competition are as follows: - 1) 

Name of the drink - Rotary Rudeness 

won by Rtn. Leroy Abraham of RCOT, 

2) Name of the Drink - Old Fashion 2nd 

place by Scy. Lynn DeLaney of St Thomas 

and 3) Name of the Drink - Crimson 

Gold 3rd place by Rotaractor Sean Benjamin 

of Rotaract Club UVI, St Thomas. 

There were 6 entries in the Signature 

Drink Competition. The other three entries 

were PE Marvin Flax of Rotary Club 

Sunrise of Road Town, Rtn. Alecia Wells 

of St John and AG Marston Winkles of St 

Thomas. 

Food left over from the event was donated 

to the Family Support Network. The 

token gift given to the visiting Rotarians 

from the U.S. Virgin Islands was soap 

made locally by Alexandra Durante owner 

of Pearl VI. Incidentally, Pearl VI was awarded the business of the month for October by the BVI 

Government. In addition, the bags that held the locally made soap was made students of the Valley Day 

School in Virgin Gorda using recycled newspapers. 

The event lasted from 9 a.m. to 4:30 pm. Breakfast and lunch were served. A very good time of fellowship 

was had by all and the Rotary Clubs of the BVI express a hearty thank you to all our visiting Rotary 

Family from the U.S. Virgin Islands. It is an event that the BVI/USVI Rotary Family looks forward to 

every year and is alternated between the islands annually. Next years’ event will be hosted in St. Thomas, 

U.S. Virgin Islands.


Reflection of a BVI Rotarian Friendship Day 

By: Leonard W. ‘Brother B. Bonelli’, Sr. 

October 10, 2015 

Visiting Tortola for the weekend 

To meet with Rotarians and friends 

Driving on hilly, winding roads, we reach 

Our destination being Lambert Beach 

Our scrumptious breakfast buffet we did eat 

Surely, surely a special treat 

Joining Rotarians we had lots of fun 

As we endured the heated rays of the sun 

For lunch there was quite a spread 

Chicken, Ribs, Fish, side dishes and dumb bread 

Being selective, all filled their plates 

Making sure to eat all they did take 

Bringing excitement to the function 

With the Fungi and Signature drink Competition 

This was truly a grand event 

Reflective of a day well spent 

The chosen tunes by the DJ’s band 

Moving all, even those on the sand 

Games, dominoes, cards and volleyball 

Responsive we were to Ms. Ingrid’s call 

St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, now on the way 

Leaving with nice memories of their stay 

All in all, we can really say 

Thanks to God – for a happy, BVI Rotarian Friendship Day 


a few pictures from President Anna, RC St. Thomas 


Rotary Club of Grand Cayman Sunrise 

Helps Doctors See Hundreds of Patients in Honduras 

Written by Director Patricia Steward, International Service Committee 

Submitted by Director Patrick Kreitlow, Communications Committee 

“Guaruma” is an organization promoting environmental awareness, rural development 

and conservation through multi-dimensional after-school education programs 

targeting children in the Rio Cangrejal watershed on the eastern edge of Pico Bonito 

National Park, approximately 20 miles south of La Ceiba, Honduras . The program 

runs concurrently with the Honduran school 

year. Using digital photography, multimedia 

and computer sciences, the Guaruma program 

instructs students on ecological responsibility. 

On the weekend of September 25th through 

28th, 11 volunteers from the Rotary Club of 

Grand Cayman Sunrise travelled to La Ceiba, 

Honduras to provide medical services and donations 

to the needy residents of Las Mangas & 

El Pital, two Guaruma communities within the 

Rio Cangrejal watershed. The volunteers included 

six Sunrise Rotarians and one member 

of Rotary Central Cayman Islands plus other 

community volunteers. All told, the group included 

several physicians, nurses, dentists and 

a translator. Along with drugs and medical 

equipment, we also transported 22 suitcases and 11 very heavy cases of hand luggage 

filled with clothing, shoes and toothpaste generously donated by many Sunrise Rotarians. 

On Saturday morning, we operated 

a clinic specializing in ophthalmology 

and a temporary pharmacy 

in Las Mangas where the main 

Guaruma office is located. The 

doctors saw nearly 150 patients on 

that first day. Donations were also 

distributed and the children were 

so excited to receive new clothes, 

toothbrushes and --for the very 

lucky ones-- new shoes! Club President 

Christine Matthews donated 

50 beanie babies which were hugely 

popular. When our shift was over, the Guaruma students presented a slideshow of 

their activities and accomplishments over the past year, and several students introduced 

themselves, telling us how long they had been in the program, what it meant 

to them, and how it had changed their lives. They presented a short dance routine 

and then delivered us back to our hotel where we recovered from a hot and exhausting 

day. 

Sunday was a repeat of those activities but in a new location. El Pital is approximately 

10 kilometers down a dusty, pot-holed (and in some places extremely muddy) 


oad. Again the doctors had long lines and donations 

were distributed. Over the course of the two days, the 

doctors saw approximately 225 patients some requiring 

immediate specialized treatment. Thanks to the 

generosity of one of our Sunrise Rotarians, two sisters 

are now receiving laser photocoagulation treatments 

in La Ceiba in order to save their eyesight. This treatment 

was deemed extremely time sensitive as the sisters 

would have been blind within two months had it 

not been performed. Several patients were diagnosed 

with cataracts, however a US medical team will be in Honduras in April and will provide that 

treatment free of charge. 

One of our physicians identified 19 children or young adults requiring 

tonsillectomies, three patients in need of ear surgery, and 

two in need of nasal surgery. Ongoing discussions locally and in 

Honduras are occurring to determine the best way to provide the 

required surgeries for these patients. Another physician saw a variety 

of illnesses and disbursed many doses of anti-fungals, anti-inflammatories, 

antibiotics, etc. 

One patient arrived on Sunday 

with her own medical issues and 

expressed concern for her mother who was unable to travel to 

El Pital. The Guaruma truck was sent to collect her; when she 

arrived, Dr. Jeff determined that she was suffering from a serious 

cardiac event and was rushed to the hospital in La Ceiba for 

further treatment. 

Another trip will be planned for next September and 

we welcome any Rotarian that would like to join us 

for this worthwhile experience.

Rotary Club of St. Martin Sunrise 

A Call to Parent to Vaccinate Children 

In recognition of World Polio Day on 24 October, 

Marcellia Henry, President Rotary Club St Martin 

Sunrise, urges all parents on Sint Maarten to join 

them in the global fight to eradicate polio by taking 

their children to the Baby Clinic of Collective Prevention 

Services, Ministry of Public Health Social 

Development and Labour, to vaccinate against Polio 

Myelitis. 

According the Center for Disease Control, Polio, or 

poliomyelitis, is a crippling and potentially deadly 

infectious disease. It is caused by the poliovirus. 

The virus spreads from person to person and can 

invade an infected person’s brain and spinal cord, 

causing paralysis (can’t move parts of the body). 

This can be prevented by vaccinating children 

against this viral disease. 

Rotary, globally, has contributed more than 

US$1.4 billion to ending polio, including over US$ 

2000.00 contributed by the Rotary club of St Martin 

Sunrise over the past 4 years. The Bill & Melinda 

Gates Foundation triple funds contributed to 

Rotary thanks to a 2:1 match. 

Its partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, 

a public-private partnership that also includes 

the World Health Organization, the U.S. Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention, UNICEF, and 

the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, join Rotary 

in the fight to end polio. 

In 1985 during a Pan American Health Organization, 

Directing Council meeting, a resolution was 

passed declaring to eradicate polio in the Americas 

by 1990 and in 1994 the International Commission 

for the Certification of Poliomyelitis Eradication, 

an independent commission tasked with overseeing 

regional polio eradication efforts, declared the 

Americas, including Sint Maarten, to be polio free. 

The world followed suit and in 1988 a global resolution 

passed during the World Health Assembly 

to eradicate polio by the year 2000. Tremendous 

progress has been made and 80% of the world’s 

population now lives in polio free areas according 

to the World Health Organization. Challenges remain 

in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria. 

This World Polio Day, there are some incredible 

achievements to celebrate! 

1. WHO removed Nigeria from the list of polio-endemic 

countries, September 25, 2015 

2. The Global Certification Commission certified 

wild poliovirus type 2 (WPV2) as eradicated, 

September 20, 2015 

3. A year without wild polio across the entire African 

continent. 

4. Progress in Afghanistan and Pakistan 

5. Ending outbreaks in the Middle East and 

Horn of Africa 


Rotary Club of St. Maarten-Mid Isle 

Spelling Bee Semi - Finals 

The Scotiabank Bright Future Rotary-Rotaract Spelling Bee 2015 qualification round was held on October 

18th at the Belair Community Center. Eleven schools, including two from Anguilla, participated 

with 26 students in this event. In the qualification round, students were asked to write a total of 30 

words. The top ten students with the most correct words, move on to the semi-finals. This year there 

was a three-way tie for 10th place. Those three students were given five additional words as a tiebreaker 

to determine the 10 finalist. 

The finalists are: 

St. Joseph’s Primary School – Saheli Kirpalani and Akarsh Bhatia 

St. Dominic’s Primary School – Addiena Whyte, Bhavesh Lakhwan and Diya Agnani 

Asha Stevens’ Primary School - Zanzi Brook 

Seventh Day Adventists’ Primary School – Varsha Ghanash 

The Valley Primary School of Anguila – Frankajha Fleming 

Adrian T Hazell Primary School of Anguilla – Saunjae Conner and Reba Stott 

The Spelling Bee continues this Sunday October 

25 at 1 pm at the Belair Community Center 

with the semi-finals where 5 finalists will 

secure a spot for the final Spelling Bee showdown 

on November 1st at 1 pm in the Belair 

Community Center. 

Rotary Club of St. Maarten Mid Isle thanks all 

the participating schools for making this, our 

5th annual Scotia Bank Bright Future Rotary 

Rotaract Spelling Bee, a success. We thank 

our main sponsor Scotia Bank Bright Future, 

our Gold Sponsor Meijburg & Co Caribbean 

Tax attorneys and our Silver Sponsor Nagico 

for making this all possible as well as the numerous 

other corporate sponsors who have 

contributed to this spelling bee and are featured in our Spelling Bee booklet. Congratulations to the ten 

semi-finalists and we wish them much success. 

The community is invited to come to the Spelling Bee. They can bring their children to see other children 

excel in an academic competition. There are drinks and snacks available during the event. 

Like our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/rotarysxmmidisle for more information about our 

club and upcoming events. 


Rotary Club of St. Croix Mid-Isle 

Grants 20 Ipads at Alfredo Andrews Elementary 

2015 - 2016 Educational Grants Program Application Now Open 

Today Rotary St Croix Mid-Isle granted 20 iPad minis to a Kindergarten classroom at Alfredo 

Andrews Elementary. Ms. Thurland-Perez, the classroom teacher was the recipient of one of the 

many Educational Programming grants given out by Rotary Mid-Isle each year. “The students 

were very excited about the program. You could see their eyes light up when we unpacked the 

boxes,” said Rotary Mid-Isle president Kim DeLine. Ms. Thurland-Perez will be using the iPads 

in the classroom for various engaging Educational programs and activities with her students. 

Additionally, Rotary Mid-Isle is now accepting applications for their 2015-16 Educational Grants 

program. This program is geared toward schools and teachers who have exceptional programs 

that they would like to implement in their classrooms. Grants will be awarded up to $5,000 and 

the deadline for applications is November 30, 2015. To obtain a copy of the application, please 

email kimedeline@gmail.com. 

Last year’s grant program awarded a grand total of $10,000 in Educational Programming grants. 

Projects and winners last year included, an electric car-racing project based at CTEC, the Concert 

Band at the Educational Complex, a Scholarship program at AZ Academy and St. Joseph’s High 

School for a summer student travel program. 

“We are excited to be offering this program again this year,” said Mid-Isle President, Kim DeLine. 

“This program reinforces our commitment to the youth in our community.” 


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