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Like we care for our own family, we should also care for the Family of Rota-ry then only our organization will grow, prosper and continue to remain

strong.

For creating a greater sense of a family atmosphere within our clubs and to

support the work we do to serve our communities, it is important that our

club activities are of interest that involve current and past members, spouses,

children, parents, spouses of deceased Rotarians, Youth Exchange students &

their families, younger generations of Interactors / Rotaractors / RYLArians, GSE team members, and Am-bassadorial scholars.

The month of December in Rotary calendar not only gives us an opportunity to realize the significance of our

own family, but also emphasize and highlight the roles of Rotarians that can influence the bigger concept -

the Family of Rotary. This concept should be viewed as vital to ensuring the growth and vitality of the clubby making clubs goal of family as involving and serving all of the members.

We should always be looking for and inviting qualified men and women to join our clubs. Let us not miss the

opportunity to embrace them and introduce them by saying "Welcome to our Rotary Family!"

I urge every club in District 2452 to Light Up Rotaryby organizing a Family Day in December.

Good Luck.

Khalil lsharif

District Governor

Mr. Khalil Alsharif

District GovernorMr. Gary C K Huang

RI President

Service bove Self

Governors NewsletterDistrict 2452 December 2014

DECEMBER- FAMILY MONTH

Light Up Rotary

With the growth of understanding, concepts of

super iori ty and infer iori ty vanish. We are all Gods

chi ldren. As one member of a famil y is essential to

the others, so is each nation in the family of nations

essential to all other nations. Paul Harris


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PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE

GARY C.K. HUANG

PRESIDENT 2014-15

DECEMBER 2014

If you take a look at the Rotary calendar, it's easy to see where ourpriorities as an organization lie. The Rotary year begins in July; in Augustwe mark Membership Month, in September we celebrate New Genera-tions, October is for vocational service, and so on, turning our attentionto different topics that are important in Rotary.

It's a great idea to do this, because it reminds us to talk about subjectsthat we might otherwise overlook during our busy Rotary year. But we all

know that every topic on our calendar from fellowship to our Foundation is important. All ofthem are part of what makes Rotary what it is, and what makes all of us Rotarians.

In Rotary, December is Family Month. Looking back on my y ears as a Rotarian, I have seen howimportant family is in Rotary and how important Rotary can be to our families.

My wife, Corinna, chose to join Rotary just a few months ago, after many years as a Rotary spouse.All three of our children are also Rotarians. All of them joined their own club, in their own time. Allof them have found unique interests in Rotary. As we have watched them find their own paths, wehave been struck by how wonderful it is to have so many members of our family involved in Rotaryservice.

Rotary gives us something good that we can all do together. With Rotary, we always have interestingthings to talk about at dinner. We are all involved in different service, in different clubs, so when we

sit down together, we are talking about humanitarian needs of every kind, in every part of the world.There is always something new to learn.

Our conversations are also a wonderful way to teach our children, through our own actions, what isreally important in life. They learn about what life is like in different parts of the world, and how allof us have an obligation to help others when we can. I can think of no better lessons to teach ourfamilies than the lessons of Rotary service.

I hope that in this Rotary year, many of you will encourage your family members to join Rotary,Rotaract, or Interact. Bringing your family into Rotary doesn't just Light Up Rotary it lights upyour own lives as well.

Governors Newsletter

District 2452 December 2014


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2nd

District 2452 ConferenceManama, Kingdom of Bahrain

From 19th to 22nd March 2015

To register please visit http://

www.rotaryd2452.org/

or contact us at:

Tel.: +973 17180688, Fax: +973 17740346,

E-mail: [email protected]

TRUSTEE CHAIRS MESSAGE

JOHN KENNY

TRUSTEE CHAIR 2014-15

DECEMBER 2014

In his inaugural address, U.S. President John F. Kennedy made this often

quoted exhortation: "Ask not what your country can do for you ask what

you can do for your country."

The same sentiments could be applied to the membership of Rotary.

Whether Rotary will survive or whether it will falter, whether our service will mean much to many or

little to few, whether Rotary is known with respect or seen as a relic of days gone by, will be up to

each and every Rotarian.

There is so much to be done in our world to educate the illiterate, feed the hungry, provide shelter

to the homeless. Our world is still ill divided, and the gap is not shrinking between the haves and the

have-nots. But to whom much has been given, much is expected.

The most important people in Rotary are not the directors of the Board or the trustees of our Rotary

Foundation, but the individual Rotarians working quietly in their clubs to assist those in communi-

ties who are less fortunate than themselves, for whom they know the need is great. This is Rotary at

its finest: Rotarians identifying a need and responding to it.

For many, this is a special time of year. May it bring to each of you the blessings that it offers.

As weLight Up Rotary, let us remember that the future of our Foundation is in your hands.



Strangers are just family members

you have yet to come to know.-

Mitch Albom


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District Governors Visit - Cyprus29th October to 8th November 2014

Gala Dinner

Cyprus Clubs Assembly 3rd Nov. 2014


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Who is our Rotary Family?

Fellow Club Members

Spouses, Children, Parents

Spouses of Deceased Rotarians Youth Exchange Students & families

Interactors/Rotaractors/RYLArians

GSE team members/Ambassadorial scholars

Why is Family a focus of Rotary?

Enjoyment

Retention

Recruitment

Foundation support

How do we care for fellow Rotarians like family? Remember birthdays and anniversaries

Assist when they are sick, lonely, or having difficulties

Share their grief during and after a death in the family Celebrate at Births, Weddings, and Graduations

How do we involve our own families in Rotary?

At special family oriented social events

At club meetings for special programs

Assistance at fund raisers

Visit to Children Day Care Center

Visit to Deaf Children Center

Meeting with the Mayor




Family of RotaryDecember is Rotary Family Month that emphasize Rotarys ongoing commitment

to Family of Rotary. It is the perfect occasion to invite your mother and father,

cousins, and other family members and friends to see what Rotary is about. By

involving family members, Rotarians make their club meetings and service pro-

jects more successful and more enjoyable.

In community service projects

Hosting Youth Exchange and GSE teams

How can we care for spouses of deceased Rotarians?

Invite them to join Rotary

Invite them to special club events

Send them The Rotarian magazine

Send them club newsletters Call on them regularly

Celebrate their birthdays

Invite RYLA, Interact and Rotaract students to

join our Rotary family?

By Participation in:

Projects, Fundraisers, Club and District Social events

Christmas parties, change-overs

District Conferences, Assemblies

Have them attend other Interact, Rotaract, and

RYLA activities


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RC Byblos Jbeil

Meeting with RC De Beyrouth BOD Felicitation to PP Loutfallah Melki (age 90

years), a veteran Rotarian since 1961.

RC Beirut Cosmopolitan

District Governors Visit - Lebanon6th to 12th October 2014 & 18th to 25th October 2014


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Marathon for Water in Public Schools, Lebanon

Rotary Activities - Lebanon, District 2452



Rotary Activities - Armenia, District 2452

Armenian Clubs host Russia Rotarians

Fellowship and Partnership Visits to ArmeniaThe second half of the fall has been rich and memorable for the

RC Yerevan. It has been great pleasure to host a group of old

friends of ours from Norway. This was the second group visit to

first hand see and evaluate the results of the recently completed

Honey project implemented in the borderline Berkaber village.

The group spent two days at the village, stayed overnight at the

families, enjoyed their company and delicious meals prepared by

Armenian women. The group met all 10 beneficiary families who

received bee hives and enjoyed the delicious honey. RC Yerevan

guests to Berkaber.

the Armenian clubs were able to finalize the Global Grant pro-

ject concept. Upon return to Norway, the IDG Odd Jarle Hagen

presented the project to the RI president on November 4 in Os-

lo.

of doubt: numerous business partnerships have been outlined to

develop in the near future. To honor the Russian counterparts, a

- Prepared by DDG Margarit Piliposyan


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ROTARY YOUTH LEADERSHIP AWARD

2 Days- Interact RYLA Lebanon 2014, District 2452was held at Ehden Country Club, Lebanon in November 2014.

Youths are our fu ture. I t is really a great pleasure to L ight upRotary through achieving excell ent Rotary projects! ! ! - DDG

May Monla Chmaytelly.

On behalf of DG Khalil Alsharif, DDG May congratulated Interact

Chairperson Dora Mouallem and the organizing committee for thesuccess of the seminar. More than a hundred young participants

joined from all over the country. Interactors from five InteractClubs viz. Tripoli-Mina, CSJ (Beirut Metropolitan), Koura, Zghor-ta, Byblos-Jbeil and two clubs under formation Batroun and Sayda

joined the event.

Members of the committee were Chairperson Rotarian Dora Moal-lem, Rotarian Emeric Wehbe and DDG May Chmaytelly, RotaractVDRR Najah Elias, Tamara Hanna,Jad and Antoine. The samecommittee is planning a Rotaract RYLA at the end of the month.


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Rashad Centre to Rotarian Othman Janahis greenhouse in Jasra.

rehabilitate children aged from four to twelve.

RC Manama, Bahrain- Project for Disabled Children

ROTARACT ACADEMY- Bahrain, District 2452District 2452 Rotaract Representative 2014-15 Lana Shahin from Amman, Jordan visited Bahrain to conductROTARACT ACADEMY for Rotarctor s in Bahrain. The academy was held on 8th November 2014 at Marvida Towers in

Juffair, Bahrain

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