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Rotary Club of Cranbrook Sunrise The SUNRISER Service Above Self Monday, March 14, 2011 Club Web Site Editor: Bill Gibbon If you have any comments or questions, email the editor.

1 Rotary Club of Cranbrook Sunrise The SUNRISER Service Above Self Monday, March 14, 2011 Club Web Site Editor: Bill Gibbon If you have any comments or questions, the editor. Japan Earthquake - News from Mai by Dennis Parsons Upcoming Events Rampart Work Party Mar District Assembly Apr Sam Steele Days Jun Jun Canada Day at Moir Park Jul Board Meeting With District Governor Aug This ebulletin has been generated by ClubRunner club communication software. Visit clubrunner.ca for details Doxess. All Rights Reserved. ClubRunner Sponsors The following was posted on Facebook by Mai Yuki. She was our exchange student from Kobe, Japan "My family and friends are all safe, We are still cautious for another tsunami and aftershock. Please pray for us." Meeting Notes - Mar 7 Guests: Sam Steele Sweetheart candidate Mallory Balfour, Jeanette Sissons from CIBC who attended as a guest of Colin Campbell; Russ Kinghorn from Cranbrook Rotary; and Honourary Lifetime Sunriser Hardy Nielsen who has just returned from wintering in California. Frank Vanden Broek - Iron Lung: Frank reports that the Iron Lung will be travelling far and wide this summer in support of Polio Fundraising. Among the destinations are the District 5080 Conference in Tri-Cities and Evansville, Illinois where it will travel the district for fundraising projects. Apparently a club in Evansville is prepared to transport the iron lung and trailer by Atlas Van Lines from Cranbrook to their district. Mallory Balfour - Sam Steele Sweethearts: Mallory distributed 2 ballot books/sunriser in support of her Sweetheart's campaign. She also let us know that the Coming Out Ball is scheduled for Saturday, April 9th. Please visit our Sponsors. To place your ad click here. Club Site Sponsors Colin J. Campbell CFP, CLU, CH.F.C. The Money Coach... Helping people create "family money". Guidance Planning Strategies e- mail:colin.campbell@gpsbc.ca Initial Designs Custom Embroidery 37 7th Avenue South, Cranbrook, BC V1C 2J2 Frank Vanden Broek - Moir Park: Sunrise Rotary will be operating the field house at Moir Park during Sam Steele Days from June Volunteers will be needed to man the BBQ's and concession as the crowds line up for hamburgers, hot dogs, coffee, and cold drinks during the 3 days of soccer and ball tourneys. Also, Sunrise Rotary will be in charge of July 1st festivities at Moir Park. Some funding has been secured, more has been applied for. 14th Annual Rockies Film Festival by Darryl Bishop In a few days the advertising will begin for the 14th Annual Rockies Film Festival March 31, April 1 and April 2/2011. Look and listen for information on Shaw Channel 10, B-104, The Drive 102.9, Kootenay News Advertiser and the Daily Townsman.

2 Phone/Fax: Hub International a full line Insurance Brokerage specializing in Commercial- Homeowners - ICBC insurance. With over 60 locations in BC to serve you. Come see why we are the largest brokerage in BC. Contact Leslie Prestwich:Phone Toll Free: Fax Janice Sommerfeld Royal Lepage East Kootenay Realty 25 10th AV S, Cranbrook, BC (250) janice@ekrealty.com Please visit our Club Website Sponsors. To place your ad click here. This means that demand for tickets will heighten beyond the very good start that we have already enjoyed. We fully expect a good number of our movies to sell completely out. Barney's Version, Biutiful, and Another Year will sell out early. And many other movies are exhibiting strong demand.the line up is truly exciting. Academy Award nominees include: Waste Land - best feature documentary with 100% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, Incendies - best foreign film with 100% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, The Illusionist - best animated film with 90% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. Rounding out the program Waiting for Superman from the director of an Inconvenient Truth and Oliver Sherman. For the love of film please get your tickets early and help support Rotarians in your community. As well please introduce a friend or neighbor to our festival. We would love to sell out all 8 movies. For more information visit Lotus Books or the website. Passes are on sale now at Lotus Books. Group Friendship Exchange by Dennis Parsons The Rotary Friendship Exchange program gives Rotarians and their families the opportunity to host and visit Rotarians around the world. In addition to experiencing other cultures and making lasting friendships, an exchange provides a strong foundation for carrying out other international activities and service projects. Goals The primary goal of a Friendship Exchange is to build greater international understanding and goodwill among Rotarians and their families. In addition, exchange participants can: 1. Learn how their vocations are practiced in other parts of the world 2. Observe new customs and cultures 3. Promote an appreciation of cultural diversity worldwide Types of Exchanges There are two main types of Friendship Exchanges:the visitor exchange and the team exchange. In both types, the participating districts agree upon the number of people or couples participating, length of stay, and other details. Rotary Friendship Exchanges are expected to be reciprocal. Visitor exchange The visitor exchange gives individual Rotarians, who may be accompanied by family members, the opportunity to spend a few days in the home of a

3 Rotarian in another country. The typical visitor exchange lasts from three to seven days. Team exchange The team exchange allows several Rotarians or Rotary couples to travel to different communities in a host district for a period of up to one month Univocational exchange A unique aspect to incorporate into either the team or the visitor exchange is the univocational exchange, where both the guest and host Rotarians are members of the same profession. A univocational exchange gives participants the opportunity to explore a common interest. Volunteer/service exchange Volunteer or service exchanges include opportunities for visiting Rotarians to participate in the service activities of a host club during an exchange. Malaria Nets in Tanzania Editor's note: The item below was passed along by PDG Allan Davis and refers to a project we contributed to during Glen Aspen's year as president. Ridgetown Rotary Club Conducts Anti Malaria Project in Tanzania # Submitted by PDG Terry Youlton Published in D.6380 February 2011 Newsletter District6380February2011.pdf W ith all the press hype about malaria and even the Rotary publications talking the talk, I have not seen anything about the Ridgetown club's project to purchase, distribute and hang 118,000 long life, treated, malaria nets in more than 500 boarding schools in Tanzania. Tanzania is a jungle country in lower, central Africa and is considered having the second highest infection rate of malaria in the world. The population of Tanzania is approximately 35M and they have more than 100,000 deaths per year from the disease. Less than 10 percent of the country is cultivated, yet the standard of education is more than 85 percent. When our project started in 2007, the government agency in charge of malaria in Tanzania (NATNETS) was exercising a very strong "NO FREE NETS" policy and were purchasing very cheap ($1.18 each) untreated mosquito net from local suppliers, packaging the net with an envelope of pesticide (likely DDT) and retailing it for $5. The World Health Organization did a survey and found that less than 2 percent of these untreated nets were ever treated with the insecticide. More than 85 percent of the hospital beds in Tanzania were used for malaria patients. Rotary managed to get NATNETS to allow Rotary to distribute free nets to orphanages, hospitals, prisons, street children's homes and boarding schools. The nets were to become the property of the institutions and not the individuals.

4 The Canadian government (CIDA) agreed to donate C$190,000 to this project through CRCID if Canadian Rotarians, clubs, districts and The Rotary Foundation would come through with matching funds. Canadian Rotarians and their clubs came up with $192,251, District Directed Funds added another $70,386, and TRF added $166,462. American clubs and Rotarians added another $5,000. This totals over C$600,000. Originally, Tanzanian Rotarians were to hang the nets and educate the teachers and students about nets and malaria. A local charitable organization (PSI) had agreed to distribute the nets free of charge. However, we soon found out that the 17 small Rotary clubs in Tanzania would not be able to cover the 365,000 square miles and hang the 118,000 nets in over 500 schools, it was just not physically possible and no expense money could be allocated to the Rotarians. PSI quickly agreed to canvas each school for the number and type of nets required, deliver the nets, provide the necessary education, provide any hardware needed to hang the nets and get any pictures, signatures and necessary proof of this projects success for CRCID and TRF. PSI agreed to do all of this AT NO COST TO ROTARY. The nets that we are providing have cost us less than US$5. All the nets are purchased from Against Malaria Foundation, a charitable organization that has a world class reputation for successfully delivering nets to any place in the world where their donors specify. The nets are actually purchased from A to Z Textile Manufactures in Arusha, Tanzania. This project has not happened without problems. The road system in Tanzania is horrible, so naturally, the rainy seasons mean a complete halt to delivery. The same thing goes for school vacations, holidays, etc. Most of the students in Tanzania go to boarding schools. These are not ritzy buildings for rich kids. Many of these dormitories are simply steel roofed sheds without screens on the windows. Many smaller children sleep three to a bunk bed. However, with 99,000 nets already hung over beds, we are able to see a definite decrease in the number of malaria cases. This has been a long, tough project to manipulate but it proves that our motto "SERVICE ABOVE SELF" is something to strive for. The Ridgetown Rotary Club sponsored the four Matching Grants that were necessary for this huge project to proceed. District 6380 provided $12,000 of District Directed Funds and our district clubs donated $6,129. Many other Canadian Districts, clubs and Rotarians kicked in the balance. Thanks, everyone, for your help. Upcoming Events March 23rd, 7pm...Rampart Work Party March 31st - April 2...Rockies Film Festival April District Assembly, Spokane June District Conference June Sam Steele Days July 1...Canada Day at Moir Park

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