Project C.U.R.E.
Meeting for the week of October 11, 2021 - October 17, 2021
This Meeting at a Glance:
Program: Project C.U.R.E.
Speaker: Ruth Sanchez
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Welcome to the Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley!
Here’s a message from our Club President.
Hi everyone,
Welcome to this week’s meeting of the Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley.
Thank you to everyone that participated in our Relay for Life efforts - including those of you that took part in the activities in person, those that shared your story about how cancer has affected your lives, and your loved ones that donated to help fund the fight against cancer.
As a reminder, World Polio Day is less than 2 weeks away, on 24 October. RI President Shekhar is calling on every club to support Rotary’s efforts to eradicate polio, which can be achieved if we all stay committed. You can view his video message here:
https://msgfocus.rotary.org/c/1AU4edrbpHxhZctPd0hZGkDBhZqR
Help Rotary eradicate polio by making a donation in honor of World Polio Day. Your contribution will be tripled by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. You can make a donation via the End Polio Now website:
https://www.endpolio.org/donate
With your help and support - along with that of all Rotarians around the world - we will finally be able to achieve this goal. So please donate and support the efforts to eradicate polio and help Serve to Change Lives.
Brett Sham
President, Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley
president@siliconvalleyrotary.com
Guests, we are happy to have you join us this week!
As we see it, our flexibility as an online, asynchronous club allows a special type of service to Rotarians around the world: we make it easier for anyone to strive for and maintain 100% attendance. That keeps you engaged with Rotary's events and ideas, and provides a moment of inspiration for devoting your creativity, talents, and resources to good causes.
You are certainly not required to pay anything in order to attend our meetings. However, if you would like to make a small contribution to our service efforts, you are welcome to do so in our secure Happy Dollars section down the page. This could be what you normally pay at your own club's meetings for lunch, for example. Any amount is welcome, but first and foremost, we're happy you've joined us, and hope you will share with others who we are and what we do to help inspire Service Above Self.
And don't forget to fill out our attendance form so you get an email you can pass on to your club's secretary!
The Four Way Test
The Four-Way Test is a nonpartisan and nonsectarian ethical guide for Rotarians to use for their personal and professional relationships.
Of the things we think, say or do
Is it the TRUTH?
Is it FAIR to all concerned?
Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
Weekly Funny with Shags.
We believe laughter is an important part of life, and we should all make time to laugh a little. This segment of our meeting is meant to tickle you just enough. These funnies are curated by member Steven "Shags" Shagrin !
Paraprosdokians: Figures of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected.
1. Where there's a will, I want to be in it.
2. The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it's still on my list.
3. Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
4. If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.
5. War does not determine who is right - only who is left.
6. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
7. They begin the evening news with 'Good Evening,' then proceed to tell you why it isn't.
8. To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.
9. I thought I wanted a career. Turns out, I just wanted pay checks.
10. In filling out an application, where it says, 'In case of emergency, notify:' I put "DOCTOR."
11. I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.
12. Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street...with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think they are sexy.
13. Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman.
14. A clear conscience is the sign of a fuzzy memory.
15. You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.
16. Money can't buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with.
17. I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not so sure.
18. You're never too old to learn something stupid.
19. To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.
20. Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
21. Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
22. Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.
23. I'm supposed to respect my elders, but now it’s getting harder and harder for me to find one.
Weekly Inspiration
Every week we start our meetings with a short video highlighting innovation, inspiration, entrepreneurship, or social change.
This video from Google is about a student named Abu, and his interest in figuring out how things work. As we think about how we serve others, perhaps there are elements of Abu's story that can guide us.
Through a Rotarian's Lens
Sometimes a photo can capture an amazing moment. In this section Member Keith Marsh shares his incredible photography!
If you'd like to submit a photo for this section please contact Keith.
Charter Member Ruston Hurley sent this photo saying: "I took this picture in December of 2017 and then doctored it a bit using Snapseed (free app for doctoring images). It was in Kyoto, which I think is one of the coolest places on the planet.
I love the architecture, the history, and the chance to see a very different society in motion. Hopefully I'll be able to go back there for a visit in 2022!" There are several compositional elements that I like in this photo. The first is the "leading line" of the street that takes your eye right up to the pagoda in the background.
Secondly, I like the buildings on either side of the street that keep your eye focusing inside the image and give you a feel for the architecture in Kyoto. Finally, I love the red cushion on the rickshaw that grabs your eye almost immediately. Great image!!!
Learn Something New
This section is curated by members Shags Shagrin and aims to teach our members and guests something new, fun, and useful! If you have any ideas on a fun trick or skill you'd like to share please contact Shags.
Ten More "Friendly Bets"...
Again, the last one is more of a practical joke.
Relay for Life
Well, the Relay for Life '21 effort for our club is a wrap! From the eClub, 41 of us raised over $1300 to fund research for fighting cancer, educational programs, and support for caregivers and survivors. Here's our '21 team:
We also shared messages of support and remembrance:
And on Saturday the 3rd, several of us walked ("relayed"), enjoyed the tasty donations from restaurants supporting the effort, and helped with the setup and cleanup. The event as a whole raised over $44,000 - that's less than pre-pandemic years, but not bad, given the scaled-down nature this time around. And it's funding that helps a phenomenal cause.
Keep an eye out for word of Relay '22! We don't know yet whether it will be in the fall again or back in its regular time in the spring.
Most important, for those of you fighting cancer and supporting those who are, stay strong.
For those of you we've lost, we love and remember you.
Thanks, Rotary eClub of SIlicon Valley, for helping make a difference.
Service Report
Tell us about service you’ve done recently in your community.
Click here to fill out The Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley Service Survey
Our Events & Projects
We hold our meetings online, but we do regular service projects and social events in the Silicon Valley! The section is updated every week with our upcoming events. We welcome guests to all of the events and service projects listed here.
Upcoming Events:
All times are Pacific Time! (San Francisco time)
District 5170 Events
All times are Pacific Time! (San Francisco time)
More events coming soon! All events are open to guests, unless otherwise mentioned. Feel free to join us! If you ever have questions, please email inquiries@siliconvalleyrotary.com
Happy Dollars: Do Good by Sharing Something Good
Each week we ask our members to share stories with the club and toss in a few dollars to support our efforts. The primary goal of this section is to provide a fun way of getting to know each fellow members and guests, while giving back to a good cause.
Happy dollars is an opportunity to share something positive that has happened in your life whether it is personal or business. Think of it as your opportunity to brag a little, but also put a little bit into a karma jar. The money donated through happy dollars is put to charitable use, and the message that you leave for happy dollars will be posted in our online meeting the following week for the entire week for folks to see! (Pending that it’s appropriate!)
Here are the happy dollars contributions from last week!
This section is usually updated in the early hours of Saturday, so contributions made over the weekend may not be listed here.
Rory Olsen made a $20 donation.
It has been a good week for me. Please apply my gift to Polio Plus.
Program: Project C.U.R.E.
Speaker: Ruth Sanchez
Every week we bring to you a new program on innovation, entrepreneurship, and education, and how those contribute to service to others.
The Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley seeks to explore perspectives on service from across the world. The views of the speakers in our programs are their own, and unless stated otherwise, are not necessarily reflective of the views of our eClub nor Rotary International.
If you have an idea for a cool speaker, please feel free to reach out to them directly or submit THIS FORM so our Program Committee can contact them!
Our speaker this week is Ruth Sanchez of Project C.U.R.E., the world’s largest distributor of donated medical equipment and supplies to resource-limited communities across the globe. She will describe its mission and current programs.
Ruth is focused on supporting the mission in identifying, soliciting, collecting, sorting and distributing medical supplies and services according to imperative needs around the world. During her first year with the organization, Ruth raised enough funds to ship 25 40-foot cargo containers to developing countries.
Members and guests, please welcome Ruth Sanchez!
To learn more:
Upcoming Program Recording Schedule
All of our guest speakers and programs are recorded live online over Zoom video conference. We welcome members and guests to join us in one of these upcoming recordings. Recordings are approximately 30 minutes long and are subject to change without notice.
Our online video conference room link for these recordings is always http://zoom.siliconvalleyrotary.com/. You are welcome to join us! Please note the timezone listed for all recordings is US Pacific Time (San Francisco, California, USA).
If you can’t join the live recording, please send your questions for an upcoming speaker to programs@siliconvalleyrotary.com.
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