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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
What’s your worth?
Guest Speaker
In this issue:
President’s Piece 1
Guest Speaker:
Heather Quintana
2
Self Worth 3
World
Understanding
4
Member’s Page 5
Flyers 6-7
Rotary District 8
Future Events 9
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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)
President’s Piece
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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.
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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.
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How Much is Your Worth
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The dictionary defines self-worth as “the sense of one’s 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 O’Brien said, “I’ve 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?”
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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?
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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 I’ve 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.
Member’s 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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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
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Hot Springs, Virginia
540.839.1766
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We’re 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 - Valentine’s 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
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