~~PROGRAM~~

Our speakers today were Rotarians PDG Laura Day and Sheila Hurst, who developed the districtwide project Kenya Smiles over a year ago. Last year, our District 5160 was in the final year of the Future Vision Project, and Laura and Sheila succeeded in obtaining a District-wide Global Grant and Vocational Team project to provide a dental preventive care and oral health education for the children of Kenya. In Kenya, The Rotary Clubs of Nairobi, Meru, and Karen were heavily involved as well. All 71 Clubs in our District contributed about $53,000 (setting a record in Foundation giving), and The Rotary Foundation provided $200,000 more. The group wanted a pure Rotary project, with no outside charities nor governments involved. As a result, Kenya Smiles is considered a TRF model project, and it was the first time ever for a Vocational Exchange Project. The excellent Kenyan professional team involved six of the top dentists in Kenya, recruited from government, academia, and private practice. They were able to visit the dental schools at UCSF, UOP, and were surprised by the CA Dental Association who arranged a congratulatory resolution from the California State Senate. The 13 person District 5160 team to Kenya, led by Rotarian Sheila Hurst, were assisted in outreach efforts in Kenya by the Kenya Dental Association and the University School of Journalism, and even by Ghetto Radio with a daily audience of 200,000 in Nairobi. The team had solicited donations for dental equipment, and was able to bring about $50,000 worth of such items to Kenya. They also brought a suitcase-sized dental office. The project goal was largely educational, since Kenya has less than 1000 dentists (with the same population as California) and most residents can t afford dental care. They provided classes and information about proper nutrition, and provided 200 energy efficient jiko stoves, and backpacks to 5,000 children containing toothbrushes and toothpaste, and educational literature. The team is now considering a similar project in neighboring Uganda.

October 15th, 2013

NEXT MEETING OCTOBER 22nd

NOON MEETING AT SODA CENTER Program: St. Marys Basketball Spouses and guests welcome!!!
Greeter & Invocation.Sonja Malaga

~COMING UP~

Oct 18-20 District Conference in Chico. *Oct 22 Regular noon meeting Oct 29 March Fundraiser meeting Cliff Dochtermans Home 5:30PM Nov 1 TGIFITLFOTM for October, at the Reneaus Nov 3 Christmas stocking decorating *Indicates a regular Tuesday noon luncheon meeting **Indicates our monthly evening meeting at 6pm

~~SPECIAL GUESTS~~ Our special guests tonight were PDG Carlos and Denyce Giraldo, from New Smyrna Beach, FL who are in NorCal as the RI Presidents Representative at our District Conference this weekend in Chico. PDG Jim and Linda Campbell are acting as their official Aides during this event. Jim and Carlos both served as DG in their respective districts in 20082009. Other special guests were Immediate Past District Governor Laura Day and District stalwart and Past President Sheila Hurst of Redding West Rotary, who presented the program today. We were also glad to welcome our regular special guest Bill Eames of Lafayette Rotary. President Nora and PDG Carlos exchanged Club Flags in honor of his visit.

~ROTARY HAPPENINGS~~ Our second TGIFITLFOTM event will be held at Kevin & Pam Reneaus on Friday Nov 1. . . . . President Nora Avelar announced the next meeting for our annual fund raiser next March 15 will be held at Cliff Dochtermans home on Oct 29nd at 5:30PM. Please plan to attend . . . .Golden Gate Fields 7th Salute to Rotary Foundation day at the races is scheduled for Saturday, November 16th. One spot left-- Check with Frank. . . . ..Christmas Stockings: Decoration of stockings at Juvenile Hall will be on Sun Nov 3 preregistration with Barbara or Debbie required. Get your collection of liberated toiletries to Barbara Bruner or Debbie Roessler who will begin sorting them for stocking stuffing!! . . . . .Please attend the FREE Leadership Symposium sponsored by the Town Network and St. Marys College , on Thursday Oct 24th. Recommended by Debbie; ask her for details. . . . .EXTRA: The Christmas Party will be held on Tuesday Dec 10 at Miramonte Gardens again. ~~FUN STUFF!~~ Happy bucks: Ron Mucovich, in honor of David Kruegel, who at the Serbian Food Festival noticed that an elderly woman was driving on a flat tire. He alerted to woman to call AAA to get the tire changed. (He probably would have given a High Five if David had actually changed the tire.) . . . The Serbian Food Festival was a huge success, attracting many more visitors than last year (maybe due to the ox BBQ) . . . . . Colin Barnard, for the relatively good outcome of his 8 year old son Sams broken arm, suffered at school recess on the perilous monkey bars . . . Happy Two Bucks, Chuck: Bill Eames, for just being at Moraga Rotary! . . . .Frank May, for learning how an ox is roasted at the Serbian Food Festival . . . Jim Campbell, for having Carlos and Denyce Giraldo in town, and something to do with an oxymoron (totally unrelated, of course). . . Carlos Giraldo, for being happy in NorCal and Moraga Rotary, for Debbies help in chauffeuring and Rotary knowledge, for seeing classmate Jim (and Linda), and for getting to meet Cliff Dochterman. . . . Tony Schoemehl gave a High Five for his undefeated Missouri Tigers, now playing football in the SEC. . . . No Cal fans were happy this week, again. The raffle ticket worth $10 was drawn by Marv Ellenberg, but he failed to find the white marble in the vast sea of clear ones.

CALENDAR OF FUTURE EVENTS

Oct. 12 Rossmoor Rotarys 28th Annual Gala benefitting Alzheimers and Parkinsons services Oct. 18-20 Rotary Adventure 2013 (District Conference) in Chico Nov. 16th - Salute to Rotary Foundation Day at Golden Gate Fields Dec. 10 Moraga Rotary Christmas party March 15, 2014 A Nite at the Races

MORAGA ROTARY BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2013-2014

President...........Nora Avelar President-Elect....Debbie Roessler Past President ....Frank May Secretary....Kevin Reneau Treasurer......Lad Lynch Community Service Chair...Barbara Bruner New Generations Chair.........Rich Render International Service Chair..Tony Schoemehl Membership....Frank & Debbie Public Relations..Gary Irwin Director at Large.....Cliff Dochterman Director at Large.........John Erickson

~ PLACES TO MAKE UP ROTARY ~

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October editor... Gary Irwin

THE 2013-14 ROTARY INTERNATIONAL THEME

ENGAGE ROTARY, CHANGE LIVES

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