Ready for a fabulous humanitarian service trip?

Imagine yourself traveling to a place that few people get to visit. An island where it is sunny, the people are friendly, and the culture is vibrant. Off limits for most people but now available to you.

Join the Hispano Latinos Rotary Club of Salt Lake on their second humanitarian service to Cuba. If you cannot attend, please see below for other ways you can support this project. 

The trip is from Mon Dec 3 – Wed Dec 12, 2012. The itinerary includes nice hotels, humanitarian service to numerous organizations, cultural activities, and wonderful meals all with a group of very fun Rotarians from District 5420.

Price per person -  $2,850.00 and includes all transportation, meals and activities noted on the itinerary except airfare R/T and hotel in Miami. 

Initial deposit of $500 is due July 2, 2012. 

Travel Details:

·        Group travel from Miami, FL will leave for Havana, Cuba, on Dec. 3, 2012 at 8:30 am. Travelers must be at the airport no later than 6:00 am for check-in and to receive documentation for Cuba.  You will receive a special visa from Marimar Travel Agency at the airport.  We suggest travel to Miami the day before – on your own. 

·        WHY you will be able to travel legally to Cuba. The U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control  (OFAC) regulates travel to Cuba and has authorized a few Travel Agencies to assist travelers under certain specifications to travel to Cuba.  Marimar Travel Agency has been authorized by the government for this service.  You will be allowed to travel to Cuba under the category of:  Humanitarian project and support of the Cuban people.  If you have any questions regarding this matter, please call 305-810-5140.   

·        Baggage: authorized travelers to Cuba are limited to 44 lbs of accompanied baggage per traveler. 

·        What you can bring back from Cuba:  Goods or services of Cuban origin may not be imported into the US either directly or through third countries such as Canada or Mexico.  The only exceptions are publications, artwork, or other informational materials.  NO cigars!

Donations needed:

·         Art supplies

·         Supplies for the blind

·         Supplies for the nursing home

·         Wheelchairs

·         New toys

·         $ to purchase needed items

For more information and receive the itinerary, please contact Alicia Gomez. Check the blog again soon for more details!

Alicia Gomez

President 2011-2012

RotaryClubHispanoLatinosSLC@gmail.com

aligomusa99@hotmail.com

(801)867 9339

A Successful Service Project in Mexico Sponsored by the Murray and Bountiful Rotary Clubs

There were 44 Rotarians, family and friends that participated in this year’s Mexico Service Project, April 21-28.  We had Rotarians from Murray, Bountiful and Sugarhouse Clubs volunteer their time.   The Playa Club sent a translator and Doctor to help us with our project.

Eye exam with Sugarhouse Rotarian Dr. Wright and Playa doctor

The motto of Murray Rotary Club is "fun with a purpose" and we did just that:  had lots of fun in Mexico.   Jim Charnholm, Murray Rotary Club, put countless hours in making this project a success, we couldn't have done it without him.  Monies for this project were donated from the Bountiful Rotary Club and Murray Rotary Club.   Here is a summary as to what has already been accomplished in the village (pueblo) of "Vida y Esperanza" (which means Life and Hope)  and what we did  there. 

Here is a link if you want to see where "Vida y Esperanza" is located:
   http://mexico.pueblosamerica.com/mapas/vida-y-esperanza  

Newly stuccoed old school

New school

The school that the Murray Rotary helped build in 2010,  has now been stuccoed and painted inside and out.  A new solar system is complete which furnishes power to the school for lights, computers and  flushing toilets.  Many truckloads of fill material have been put on the playground area.  We purchased basketballs, volleyballs, soccer balls and footballs.  A new volleyball net, ball bags and ball pumps have been purchased as well as a new basketball ring for the existing pole.  Volleyball poles have been installed. A new metal roof on the school will be installed soon.  The government has built a second school.

New solar system

DIF mobile medical/dental van

Dr Baird, Bountiful Club

Jim Charnholm and Ron Jensen giving reading glasses

Two doctors, Jeff Barton, from Murray Rotary Club and Larry Wright from the Sugarhouse Rotary Club and two dentists, Anthony Baird, from the Bountiful Rotary Club and DG Elect, Jerry Summerhays, from the Murray Rotary Club provided medical and dental check ups at the school for the students, teachers and villagers.  Over 40 impacted teeth were pulled by the dentists!!  Prior to our trip, we purchased and had been given medical and dental supplies that we used for the service project.  The remainder of the supplies were left for the mobile medical/dental clinic.  Nancy Pickett, RN from Murray Rotary Club and Jerry Summerhays taught hygiene for the students.  We had two boy scouts with us that contributed to the school through their Eagle Scout Project.  Riley Bain put hygiene kits together that he distributed to the students after the hygiene class.  And Kennedy Christenson distributed backpacks filled with school supplies.  It was very moving to see and experience this with the Scouts.

SE District Assembly was a HUGE success!

What a great District Assembly we had in Moab last Saturday! Thank you to Rotarians from the Blanding, East Carbon, Monticello and Moab clubs who attended. We appreciate all the help Tara Richardson, PE Moab, gave us with the school district arrangements and coffee, and the generosity of our home hosts too. Oh, we also thank the local icon Milt's Stop & Eat for feeding us the best buffalo burgers, fries and shakes we have had in a long time (had to stock up before the drive home). Pic is of DGE Jerry Summerhays and the training committee touring Moab from inside the District Rotarymobile. On to St. George next Saturday.

Great opportunity to visit Cuba with Hispano-Latinos SLC Rotary Club

Dec 3-12, 2012  - Join the Hispano-Latinos Rotary Club for a humanitarian and cultural trip to Cuba. Yes, Cuba! This is the 2nd trip we have organized and it will an incredible experience. 


Highlights - Rotary club meeting (first Latino Rotary club); tour of Old Havana; enjoy local music, food, and culture; travel to and stay in several cities; and deliver humanitarian aid to the ISA School of Arts, a local health center, Abel Santamaria School for the Blind, and an orphanage.


Rotarians, family, and friends are invited. $2,850 per person includes hotels, meals, airfare RT Miami/ Havana, transportation, etc. You will need to purchase airfare to Miami RT separately.


For more information and to get on the mailing list, please send an email to rotaryclubhispanolatinosslc@gmail.org . Check back for pictures of the sights you will see and people you will meet.

District Conference will be a unique experience this year!

Hello Utah Rotarians,

The 2012 Utah Rotary District Conference will be held June 1 & 2 at Zermatt Resort in Midway. 

Early registration deadline is May 1, 2012, prior to this date the registration fee is $175.00.  After May 1 the registration fee will be $200.00.  Check it  out @ www.urdc2012.com registration, lodging and schedule details can be found on the website.  This event will be a unique experience in District Conference history, we look forward to seeing you there!

The 2012 District Conference Committee is now accepting reservations for the House of Friendship at Zermatt Resort. If you are interested in have a display booth at the 2012 Conference to promote your Club’s events please contact: Sergeant of Arms: George Bennett 435.657.1354 (work) Gbennett1354@gmail.com

Please remember to send a representative with your Club Banner to the 2012 District Conference!

If you are interested in advertising in the 2012 District Conference program, NOW is the time to act.
Go to www.urdc2012.com and click on the Advertise link on the web page. Hundreds of Utah Rotarians will be reading the program, don’t miss out on this opportunity.

The Conference website is now available for online registration. Please go to www.urdc2012.com to register online for the 2012 District 5420 Conference.

You can register using a credit card or PayPal or you can download a registration form and send it and a check by mail.

Come Join Us for a unique Conference experience as we celebrate Rotary!

PDG Eldon McArthur Passed Away

On April 6, 2012, members of the Rotary Club of St. George bid farewell to a dear friend and sterling example as Eldon McArthur, age 91, passed away at home from causes incident to age. It will be noted that Eldon lived life fully to the very end. He had attended the club's meeting just 4 days earlier, regaling club members with tales from his varied experiences and participating in the day’s tour of the Dinosaur Museum. No one could suspect that this would be the last meeting of the club we would be privileged to enjoy with Eldon.

Ask members what they remember of Eldon, and the responses will be as varied as the experiences of this giant among men that lived in humble service to all he could touch. He was known not just in the community, but around the world for his love and kindness and his generosity. Each Saturday, he baked bread and delivered it to neighbors and friends, annually to guests in the VIP tent at the St. George Marathon, and to others. A favorite horseplay auction was when Eldon offered a loaf or three of bread at club meetings. He was as generous with the pomegranates that grew in his yard, making sure anyone he knew would have sufficient for their Dixie salad.

Eldon served as the horseplay religious advisor, fining members for mentioning religion during the weekly horseplay. Of course, what constituted a religious mention was sometimes as simple as saying “offer” or “son.” Getting “caught” for violating the “ban” was a source of great humor for the club members. Sometimes, the fun was instituted by the members themselves who went to great pains to contort their stories to avoid  Eldon calling out that what had been said “had something to do with religion.” Of course the BYU and Utah rivalry almost always had something to do with religion!

Want a dynamic way to share news, info, photos for your club? Get a blog!

A few words of advice on blogs:
The key to blogs, as the key to everything you are creating electronically, is to be brave, click around, experiment, preview, and don’t get frustrated! Ask someone under 30 to help you if you are struggling. If they don’t know how to blog, they do know how to figure it out! Basically, because they are brave and don’t let the software frustrate them.

Many thanks to Kim Watkin, District Technology Chair, for developing a video on blogging basics.
Click here to view.

Blogging 101:

1.      I like blogspot.com Go there and indicate that you would like to start a new blog.

2.      You will probably have to create a user name and password (unless you already have a blog or are following a blog)

·        Once you create these, you will not have to sign in from the computer you normally use.

3.      Select a name for your blog. The easiest thing to select is (for example) rotaryclubofblanding See if it is available. Or blandingutahrotary, etc…

4.      Once your blog is created, pick a template for it. You can experiment, but Simple Blog templates, are just that: simple!

·        In the layout function you can upload photos, type in text, add ‘gadgets’ to your layout. You really have to just click around to explore and investigate.

·        Photos, text boxes, page view gadget, are the basics. You can add as many photos and text boxes as you want to your layout. Upload great photos of club activities. Use text boxes for Upcoming Event, club officers and contacts, anything that is pretty much ‘static’ info.

·        You can always change the text in the boxes by going to Design (upper right of the blog online), Layout, and then editing.

·        Remember to always Save, or Save Arrangement, if you add new photos or text boxes to the Layout.

·        Use the Preview function to see what things look like on your blog before Publishing or Updating.

5.      To add a new Post, click New Post. Always type in a headline that is interesting and eye-catching.

·        You can type in your blog directly, or write your blog post in a Word document, Select All, Copy, and then Paste it into your new blog post.

·        Add photos by using the little photo icon at the top of a new blog post in the edit mode. You can upload any photo from your computer.

o   Edit it in advance if necessary.

o   Once the photo is uploaded, insert it, and then you will see options to make the photo small, medium, large, and to place it left, right, center. You can also click on the photo and move it around the text if you want.

·        Always use the Preview function before Publishing.

6.      Update your blog ‘static’ info regularly (only the person who created the blog can do this), and have everyone in your club contribute blog posts.

·        In the Settings menu (after you click Design), you can add authors by pasting in people’s email, with commas in between.

7.      Be sure to let club members know when there is a new post by email or by Sharing on your Facebook page.

·        To share on Facebook, be sure you are logged on to Facebook as your club. Open a new browser, go to your blog, click the title of a post. At the top of the page you will see a Share button. Click it and it will prompt you to write some text to share the post on your Facebook Timeline.