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ROTARY CLUB OF CORPUS CHRISTI www.rotarycc.com
418 Peoples St., Ste. 300 Corpus Christi, TX 78401
361.882.8672 Fax: 361.888.5579
Officers
Crystal Mead .................... President
Mary McQueen......... Past President
Tim Stephens ........... President Elect
Suzel Mendieta.. President Nominee
Patty Clark ........................ Secretary
Turner Moller .................. Treasurer
Dick McCracken .............. Programs
Robert Cagle ................ Sgt-at-Arms
Directors
Leo Barrera ...... Community Service
Mary Gleason ................ Vocational
John Holloway ............. Membership
Mario Jimenez ............... Fellowship
Heather Moretzsohn…………...PR
Luciano Salazar ........ Youth Service
Alan Wilson .................. Rotary Fdtn
Christine Wisian… Special Projects
Staff
Lysa Chapman .. Executive Director
Pam Majek.......... Club Coordinator
Volume 14, Issue 35 Program on Thursday, March 24, 2016
Sgt-At–Arms Robert Cagle
Invocation Kenny Erben
Music Mike Bergsma
4 Way Test Mike Pusley
Introductions Leenette Wilke
Hospitality Leenette & Mike Pusley
Meals &
Tickets Joe Fulton, Karen Selim,
& Dottie Simoneau-Ewing
UPCOMING SERVICE PROJECT
Early Bird Reader BOOK DRIVE
Tuesday, March 29
Please start collecting gently used or new books for the kids! Contact Mary Gleason for more
information 361-826-7086
The meeting will be held on Mar. 24, 2016
Solomon P. Ortiz Center
Lunch Begins at 11:45 AM
Meeting 12:10 PM - 1:15 PM
$19 Lunch/ $5 Non-Eaters
Carol Rehtmeyer, Executive Director of the Corpus
Christi Museum of Science & History will be our
program speaker on Thursday. The museum has
evolved under Ms. Rehtmeyer’s direction into one of
the most poplar attractions for tourists and local alike.
The final phase of the new HEB Science Center at the
museum will be celebrating the grand opening on
April 1st.
We are business and community leaders dedicated to
making a positive difference through service. Club News
Carol Rehtmeyer Corpus Christi Museum of
Science & History
THE IMPORTANCE OF A SHELTERBOX
Typhoon Melor tore through the Philippines
last December, leaving 14,400 families with
damaged or destroyed houses – houses that
were no longer fit to live in. However, your
support has helped us provide the vital tools
needed to rebuild homes and repair
communities.
One of those homes belonged to the
Capangpangan family in the village of Binay.
Robert and Jennibeth Capangpangan have eight
children aged between four and 15. We recently
returned to the Philippines to see how the family
are recovering after the typhoon.
When the typhoon first passed over their village,
the family sought shelter in their house made of
coconut tree trunks covered in coconut leaves.
Once the winds gained full strength, the house
began to shake and the family had no choice but
to flee to the nearby church.
Children from the Capangpangan
family in the village of Binay,
Philippines
Under the strain of the typhoon, the
house began to fall apart and the
foundations collapsed. The family’s
possessions were lost; all that
remained were a few floorboards.
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ROTARY MOTTOS
Service Above Self
They Profit Most Who Serve Best
World Polio Cases
As of March 16, 2016
www.polioeradication.org
2016 2015
Total 7 20
Endemic countries 7 20
Non-endemic 0 0
Where to Make-Up Missed Meetings:
All clubs meet at noon
unless otherwise indicated.
Monday A.P. Bakery Café—Aransas Pass
Tuesday North Shore CC—Portland
Taft Community Center—(Not meeting)
Island Architects—Padre Island
Wednesday CC Country Club —CC Southside
Chicken Shack— CC Northwest
Alice Country Club—Alice
Thursday 7 am Shoreline Sandwich (Plains
Capital Bldg.)—CC Sunrise
Pelican’s Landing Rest.—Port Aransas
5:30 pm Landry’s Seafood—CC Evening
Friday Art Center, Citrus Bistro —CC West
Online: www.rotaryeclubone.org
CLUB 2062 DISTRICT 5930
125th Club Established
Chartered 1914
DISTRICT 5930
www.rotary5930.org
Betty Frantum .... District Governor
Debbie High ........... Governor Elect
Dana Sisk ........... District Treasurer
Nancy Ross ............. Dist. Secretary
Leo Barrera ................ ADG Area 5
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
www.rotary.org
K.R. “Ravi” Ravindran....President
Sri Lanka
Be a Gift to the World
Meetings/Projects:
March 29: Early Bird Reader Program
April 2: District 4 Way Speech Contest
April 9: Harvey Weil Award Dinner
April 14: Board of Directors Meeting,
Rotary office
April 23: Habitat for Humanity service
project
Upcoming Thursday Meetings:
March 31: Robert Barger, Chemours
April 7: Roland Hernandez, CCISD
Our goal is to raise $5,000 this year for ShelterBox USA. That would provide five families a chance for
survival. We have received $4,210 to date. Deadline is
March 31st.
Will you help?
Your support is greatly
appreciated!
However, at the start of January,
Robert received a shelter kit from
ShelterBox, containing corrugated
iron sheeting and a range of
hardwearing tools. The kit enabled the
family to start rebuilding their home.
Robert said: "The kit means
everything to us. I’ve lost my
livelihood and my income, so without
this kit, I wouldn’t have been able to
rebuild my family’s home."
The materials in the kit meant that
Robert could start rebuilding a
stronger home that was more resilient
than the previous house. They were
able to reinforce the foundations and
build a much sturdier roof.
Robert added: "Rebuilding the family
home helped us get our lives back to
some sort of normality. After the
typhoon hit, the children were ill, but
now we have a proper home again,
they are well and back in school."
In total, your support has enabled us
to distribute 900 shelter kits to help
people rebuild their homes again.
Taken from www.shelterbox.org
Please consider making a donation
to ShelterBox USA in honor of
Paul Koepke’s 90th birthday on
March 19th and the 100th
anniversary of when his father,
past club president, Oscar Koepke
joined our club.
They not only lost their home and
belongings, but their income too.
Robert was a coconut farmer, but with
the majority of coconut trees lost in
the typhoon, his livelihood has gone.
…
When the winds died down, the
family returned to their home and
Robert tried to construct some new
walls out of coconut leaves and
tarpaulins provided by the local
authorities. The shelter held, but it
didn’t feel safe and secure enough for
the family.
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