RCCDO August 2018 Bulletin

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
By: Danilo T. Empedrad
President RY 2018-19
A
s we start the Rotary year 2018-2019,
let us keep in mind the Rotary International
vision statement: “Together,
we see a world where people unite and take
action to create lasting change – across the
globe, in our communities and in ourselves.”
The key here is the word UNITY. Whatever
concerted action we need to undertake requires
the united efforts of every member of
the group to ensure the effective realization
of our goals.
We are pretty well aware that we have
joined an organization that primarily exists in
order to serve. As such, every Rotarian
should possess the inspiration to be of service
and is aware of the needs of our community.
Being properly empowered, we can
now serve through the Club and contribute
our share to effect change in the community.
To achieve this, we need to be focused on
our reason for joining the club. Aside from
the clean fun, the friendship and camaraderie,
the unforgettable fellowships, and goodwill
among fellow Rotarians, we should remember
that we are here to serve, and as
such, we have to be prepared to share our
time, resources, talent and ideas that the
Club can effectively harness to serve the
community. We also need to be aware of
each other’s individual perspectives on issues
that may affect the organization as a whole.
And most importantly, we have to be prepared
to make adjustments among ourselves
and accommodate each other to achieve a
united effort to all club actions and programs.
As a group, let us all be aware of each other’s
individual talents and provide the opportunity
to allow each one to serve in the manner
that works best for him. With this, we
are now given the chance to showcase our
way of community servicing and eventually
appreciate the enduring value of membership
to the Club.
We have lined up our activities for the year
and we are aware of the challenges we have
to overcome to realize these community projects.
We are aware too, that the most important
key has always been unity and cooperation.
Hence, everyone is encouraged to join hands
and share our talents, time and resources to
be of service to the community. Let us keep
in mind the exhortation of our Rotary International
2018-2019 President Barry Rassin
that “we take action because we are not
dreamers, but doers.”
7