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- 1. 1 Getting Social One of the main reasons Rotary was founded was to provide an avenue for professionals to network and build relationships. In fact, one of the tenets of the 4-Way Test asks, will it build goodwill and better friendship? Over the past few months, we have had socials at the Taubman and most recently, Big Lick Brewing. The Taubman turnout was great and the Big Lick adventure also brought out many of you. We have talked in meetings about doing more socials and I am encouraged at the turn out and participation. I believe getting to know each other better in a more relaxed atmosphere will lead to greater service and fundraising collaboration for our community. I also believe this will help bring in guests and drive memberships. I look forward to us living by this essential Rotary foundation more and more in 2015. Special points of interest: Looking forward Whats your worth? Guest Speaker In this issue: Presidents Piece 1 Guest Speaker: Heather Quintana 2 Self Worth 3 World Understanding 4 Members Page 5 Flyers 6-7 Rotary District 8 Future Events 9 Rotary Club of the Blue Ridge - New Generation February 2015 Volume 1, Issue 7 R O TA RY R E F L E C T I O N S New Gen Scorecard Members 39 Avg Attnd 80% (As of December 2015) Presidents Piece
- 2. 2 Roanoke, VA January 7, 2014 Rotary was honored to have Heather Quintana from Happy Healthy Cooks come and spend a bitterly cold evening with us, so she could speak to us about the program that she started and has grown over the years. Happy Healthy Cooks has created a program that helps kids and their families learn and turn to healthful foods, those foods include fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and legumes. The main reasoning behind this is to create a healthy lifestyle change, because their future health depends on it. They work within Elementary schools, and their trained volunteers deliver curriculum that is takes on a hands-on approach. It is necessary to work with children at the Elementary level, because at such an early age they can learn and develop the needed skills to protect their future health through well balanced diets and continue throughout their lives as they grow older. The curriculum that is taught by Happy Healthy Cooks supports nutritional impact, how food actually impacts not only their body but also their minds, and they actually prepare and taste the food in the classroom. Through experience it has been documented that the more involved kids are and learn about healthy foods the more likely they will not only try the food, but actually like it and continue to eat the food as they get older. Trending: Healthy Community New GenerationFebruary 2015 Volume 1, Issue 7 Guest Speaker: Heather Quintana Throughout the year they learn how to prepare a variety of different foods such as kale, lentils, brown rice, black beans, and other plant based food. Also, they find out that they actually love said food and tend to want more. How we can possibly help? They need volunteers!! There are 5 volunteers in each classroom at every school for twenty (20) weeks. If you cannot do 20 weeks of volunteer work they do suggest forming a team of 2 and alternating weeks. There is not a need to know how to cook, as they will train each volunteer, they have a one week mandatory training session at the beginning of each 10 weeks. If you are interested in volunteering please check out the website and contact Heather about the upcoming schedule.
- 3. 3 How Much is Your Worth New GenerationFebruary 2015 Volume 1, Issue 7 The dictionary defines self-worth as the sense of ones own value or worth of a person. However how do you measure your self-worth? There is numerous ways to measure, and we all know every person has value in their own way. Since we are Rotarians, I would like to measure our self-worth as a club by linking our value with our community. We all have our strengths and as much as we hate to admit it we also have our weakness, which is what makes our club valuable in so many ways. Our club has members from many different professions, and while a lot of us have similar characteristics which attracted all of us to Rotary in the first place, we are a diverse group of people made up of different strengths. So it is asked of each and every one of us to look within and measure our own self-worth as a Rotarian. What are your strengths, weaknesses and where would you be the best fit to help our growth within our club and more importantly growth and value in our community? Soledad OBrien said, Ive learned fear limits you and your vision. It serves as blinders to what maybe just a few steps down the road for you. The journey is valuable, but believing in your talents, your abilities, and your self-worth can empower you to walk down and even brighter path. Transforming fear into freedom How great is that?
- 4. 4 New GenerationFebruary 2015 Volume 1, Issue 7 World Understanding Month focuses on promoting peace and reducing conflict in our communities and around the world. We all have dreamed of world peace, but that cannot be accomplished without first getting people to appreciate peaceful interactions within our own community. There are many activities or programs we can become involved in, and some include: 1. Community activities targeting members of our community, including conferences, trainings, and camps, in support of nonviolence, peace-building, and human rights; 2. Supporting initiatives/organizations that address psychological effects of conflict and/or raising awareness about conflicts; 3. Educating and raising awareness of youth on preventive measures to avoid conflict; 4. Training programs or campaigns to address negative social dynamics in a community, including but not limited to anti-gang efforts and those to overcome radical differences; work with police departments and/or other prevention organizations. 5. Vocational training teams supporting the above activities; There is definitely a need for understanding world peace, and raising awareness about conflict and peaceful relations within not only our community but also worldwide. What other ideas can we come up with to benefit everybody within Roanoke Valley?
- 5. 5 New GenerationFebruary 2015 Volume 1, Issue 7 Education: Emory and Henry College: BA is political science and BS in Environmental Studies Employer/Position:Servpro of Roanoke, Montgomery & Pulaski: Business Develop- ment Coordinator for Salem and South Roa- noke Counties What you love about your job: I work with a phenomenal group of individuals. I have learned a great deal from the people that I work with here at Servpro and the people that Ive met. Many of my customers that I call on have now become good friends. This job gives me the opportunity to help others and serve my community. Favorite food: I am a TOTAL foodie! I would have to say my favorite food is lobster mac or Shrimp and Grits./ Hobbies: In my spare time I am a travel volleyball coach and I play when I can. I love to travel and my most recent trip was to Maui. I love being a mom to 7month old Sydney Kate and my 2 puppies Deacon and Delilah. I also like to spend time at Smith Mountain Lake! One fact about yourself: I met Billy Cur- rington while I was in a spa in Maui. Members Minute Madness Fundraising The phenomenon known as March Madness has die hard basketball fans salivating at the thought it is right around the corner, and even has your non-sports fan thinking they have a shot at winning money in the office pool. This tournament is one of the most interesting post season tournaments in all of sports, because you have the love for top schools and the fascination of the Cinderella team knocking off some of the top teams in the Nation. People all over the nation get involved in Bracket mania for bragging rights or more importantly to win the top prize of the money collected for the office pool. This year we are going to test the waters as a fundraising event with the brackets. The price is $20 per bracket, 50% of the entry fee with go to our club to use within Rotary and throughout our community, and prizes will be awarded to those who place 1-3rd place. Those prizes will be determined once we see how many participants we have playing. Also, there is a possibility of having a viewing party downtown for the National Championship game. We will open up registration the middle of the month, and we will close the registration on selection Sunday, March 15. Please help spread the word as we would like this to be very successful and something we can build upon in the future. Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing. ~Rollo May
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- 8. 8 Celebrating 100 Years of Rotary District Conference The 61st Conference at The Homestead District Convention 2015 S a v e t h e D a t e M a r c h 1 3 - 1 5 , 2 0 1 5 New GenerationFebruary 2015 Volume 1, Issue 7 Hot Springs, Virginia 540.839.1766
- 9. 9 Were on the Web http://www.rotaryblueridge.org/ 400 Salem AVE, 2C Roanoke, VA 24016 President: Daniel Bliley E-mail: rotary.newgen7570@gmail.com Rotary of the Blue Ridge - New Generations WhatThe Future Holds Roanoke Area Events 2/5 - Beer 101 - Hardywood Brewery 2/10-WROV B-day Bash 2/12-Wine and Paint 2/14 - Valentines Day - Reminder 2/19-Trivia 2/20-21-Big Lick Cocktail Classic Birthdays Jessie McPherson 05-Feb Jason Bailey 15-Feb Page Callahan 26-Feb February 2015 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 Meeting 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 V-Day 15 16 17 18 Meeting 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Rotary 02/04-Rotary Meeting 6pm Guest Speaker: Angie Chewning; Vinton Chamber of Commerce 02/18-Rotary Meeting 6pm February 2015 New Generation Volume 1, Issue 7