March 15, 2016

Lunch is served at Noon, Meeting begins at 12:30pm



Welcome Vicki Coppen, RN

Vicki Coppen currently serves as the Stroke Awareness Program Coordinator for the University of  Florida Health Center in Jacksonville.  She became a registered nurse in 1982. Since then she has served a Flight Nurse for TraumaOne in 1985 and again from 1991 through 2008.  Ms. Coppen has also managed an emergency room for two years, was a poison center educator for two years and served as Radiation Oncology Nurse for three years.

According to the American Stroke Association, someone in America has a stroke every 45 seconds. Every 3 minutes, someone dies of one. Stroke is the nation's third leading cause of death, ranking just behind heart disease and all forms of cancer, and is the leading cause of long-term adult disability in the US.

A stroke is an interruption or blockage of blood flow to the brain that can cause a variety of physical problems. Some of the most common symptoms are difficulty with speech, partial or total loss of use on one side of a person's body, visual disturbances, coma and even death.

Spotted Around Town.....

Champions for Children got together at Episcopal Children's Services Golden Gala last week. The San Marco Resident photographed our own, Dr. Warner Webb and his wife Sherrie, along with Rosemary (Dr. Dan) Robie (left), all ultimate champions of children in our community!











Rotaract News!   

Rotaract meets at River City Brewing Company on the second and fourth Thursdays.

Satellite Club News!

Satellite meets the second and fourth Mondays of each month! Upstairs at San Marco Indochine.  5:30pm social and 6:00pm meeting.

  •  The March 14th meeting will be a club assembly.  No guest speaker this meeting.
 

For more information - Visit the new Facebook Site:
Rotary Satellite Club of South Jacksonville

Taken just seconds after being inducted as 2016-2017 presidents

Rotary Club Of South Jacksonville - Upcoming Events:

Jun 1, 2016 - Alhambra Dinner Theatre - choose your seats now!

Club Service Event ...   BREAKING NEWS-NEW DATE  

The Social Committee is planning an event prior to the meeting THIS Tuesday, March 15th to put together Easter baskets- at 11:30am (prior to regular meeting).  We need everyone to come and lend a hand to help out with this simple project.

The baskets are for the children in Ms. Penny's class at San Jose elementary school.

They will also need a few volunteers to deliver the baskets on Tuesday afternoon, Wednesday or Thursday of this week

Recent Club Service ...

The Undie Campaign
March 5th a group of Rotary members and their guests worked sorting clothes for Dignity You Wear.. Thank you!

Week 36 Rotary Minute... Our District Governor's Message:  

March is Water and Sanitation month. Water and Sanitation is one of Rotary’s Six Areas of Focus. There are 2.5 billion people in the world that lack access to improved sanitation and 748 million people that don’t have clean drinking water. Nearly 1400 children die each day from diseases caused by lack of sanitation and unsafe water.
This past Friday and Saturday, your incoming club president attended President-Elect training in Orlando. They are another step closer in their preparation to take your club’s leadership reins on July 1st. Make sure you say “Thank You” for their time and willingness to serve as your next club president. 
Registration is now open for our 2016 District Conference and Assembly on May 13th-14th.
You can view all registration options along with the promotional flyer on our district web site.

Register by April 1st to take advantage of discounted rates!

UPCOMING EVENTS:

May 13-15, 2016: District Conference and District Assembly in St. Augustine

For more on these and all other events in District 6970, please go to www.rotary6970.org.

Yours in service to Rotary,

Fel

Fred“Fel” Lee
District Governor 2015-2016

March 8, 2016

Lunch is served at Noon, Meeting begins at 12:30pm

Welcome Harold Craw, Jacksonville Suns GM

Harold Craw was named the General Manager of the Jacksonville Suns on Sept. 17, 2015, when Fast Forward Sports Group, LLC, led by Ken Babby, officially took ownership of the Southern League club.

With 14 seasons of Minor League Baseball experience, Craw oversees marketing and sales,
community engagement, game-day experience, and all other operational aspects of the organization at the dawn of a new era of affordable family fun at the Baseball Grounds of
Jacksonville

A native of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Craw graduated from Emory and Henry College (Va.) with a bachelor's degree in physical education, and he earned a Master's Degree in Sport Management from East Tennessee State University in 2001. He started his Minor League Baseball career in 2002 with the Johnson City (Tenn.) Cardinals as its director of stadium operations. Craw spent more than 10 seasons with the Charleston (S.C.) River Dogs from 2003 to 2012, twice being recognized by the South Atlantic League as Sales Executive of the Year and for community relations. Craw was the general manager of the Quad Cities River Bandits and a senior corporate sales executive, and later assistant general manager, of the Chattanooga Lookouts before being hired by Fast Forward Sports Group to lead the Suns.
In each community he has lived, Craw has been an active volunteer, including co-founding and co-chairing the Charleston RBI Baseball League. 

He and his wife, Angie, have relocated to Jacksonville with their daughters, Cameron and Jasmine.

Trivia Questions of the Week:

1.  Who has the most at-bats in baseball history with 14,053?
2.  Which MLB Team won the first World Series in 1903?
3.  In 1943, French underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau helped create an invention designed for underwater breathing, and 60's British rock group Jethro Tull named an album after it. What is it?
4.  What is the largest island in the United States?
5.  A theater has 32 rows with 24 seats in each row. If 75% of the seats are occupied, how many seats are empty?

 Answers at the bottom. 

Rotaract News!   

Rotaract meets at River City Brewing Company on the second and fourth Thursdays.

Satellite Club News!

Satellite meets the second and fourth Mondays of each month! Upstairs at San Marco Indochine.  5:30pm social and 6:00pm meeting.

  •  The March 14th meeting will be a club assembly.  No guest speaker this meeting.
 

For more information - Visit the new Facebook Site:

Rotary Satellite Club of South Jacksonville

Satellite Spotlight shines on... Khendys Gordon

Khendys is originally from Belize City, Belize and moved to Jacksonville in 1998 after receiving an academic scholarship to the University of North Florida.  After graduating college with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science he remained in Jacksonville and worked in various capacities within the IT industry, including software developer, technical lead, solutions architect, and enterprise architect.

He met his beautiful wife, Gina, in Belize in 1997 and she joined him at UNF in 1999.  After some convincing, she finally relented and married him in 2009 and they now have two rambunctious children, Mason - 4 and Gabrielle - 1.  In his spare time Khendys enjoys playing and watching most sports, trying new craft beers, attending whiskey tastings, and spending quality time with the family.

Rotarians in Action for a Lifetime...

UF Health Jacksonville CEO Russ Armistead, left, presents former hospital CEO Marcus E. Drewa with a token of appreciation for the leadership he's provided over the years to UF Health and the rest of the Northeast Florida medical community.

UF Health Jacksonville honored one of Northeast Florida’s longtime leaders in the medical community Feb. 25, naming the atrium of the medical office complex at UF Health North after former hospital CEO Marcus E. Drewa. Drewa led what was then known as Brewster Methodist Hospital for three decades, beginning in 1966, and took the organization from the brink of bankruptcy to one of the region’s most respected medical facilities. His vision, drive and passion formed the firm foundation of Methodist Medical Center, what became known as “The Miracle on Eighth Street,” and eventually became part of one of the premier academic health systems in the Southeast, UF Health.

For the full story visit:  http://ufhealthjax.org/news/story.aspx?id=1492

PP Jim Lanahan was captured in the pages of Goodwill Industries Magazine.  Celebrating 75 years of Good Work, Good Deeds and Goodwill. 

Keep up the great work and outstanding service!.






Rotary Club Of South Jacksonville - Upcoming Events:

Jun 1, 2016 - Alhambra Dinner Theatre - choose your seats now!

Service Opportunity...

The Undie Campaign
Dignity U Wear provided brand new clothing to over 200,000 people in need last year. Underwear is the most requested item. To provide more people with basic human dignity and to meet the incredible need, Dignity created The Undie Campaign.

DONATION REQUEST: During the month of February 2016, please bring BRAND NEW socks and underwear to any meeting. We will collect and donate them to Dignity U Wear for those who need them most!

SERVICE EVENT: In addition, we have an opportunity for nine (9) club members to volunteer to sort clothing: Saturday, March 5, 2016 from 9am – 12pm.
Contact Robyn Watson if you are interested in volunteering!

Stay Tuned... more service events coming soon!

Week 35 Rotary Minute... Our District Governor's Message:  

Your District 6970 RYLA team has updated their website to make it more informative, easier to use and mobile friendly! 

Visit www.RYLA6970.org today!  Please make sure that you check out their social media links to Friend them on Facebook or Talk to them on Twitter.  Let the RYLA team know what you think!

Registration is now open for our 2016 District Conference and Assembly on May 13th-14th. For the second year in a row, both events have been combined into one exciting weekend on the campus of Flagler College in historic St. Augustine. All events will be held at the Ringhaver Student Center on the campus of Flagler College except for Friday’s Recognition and Awards luncheon which will be held in the Ponce de Leon dining hall.

This year we have provided the ability to register online for all conference and assembly events. Register early to take advantage of discounted rates! Early registration ends April 1st.

You can view all registration options along with our promotional flyer on our district web site.

 UPCOMING EVENTS:

May 13-14, 2016: District Conference and District Assembly in St. Augustine
For more on these and all other events in District 6970, please go to www.rotary6970.org.

Yours in service to Rotary,

Fel

Fred“Fel” Lee
District Governor 2015-2016

Trivia Questions Answers:
1.  Pete Rose  2.  Boston Americans  3.  Aqualung  4.  Big Island of Hawaii, even larger than Alaska  5.  192 seats

March 1, 2016

Lunch is served at Noon, Meeting begins at 12:30pm




Andrew Pakes



Robert Jackson



Welcome Andrew Pakes 

and Robert Jackson

Overland Bridge Project

Andrew Pakes serves as assistant project manager for the The Walsh Group - Archer Western Contractors.  He has been with Archer western since graduation from the University of Nebraska in 2010.  He served as project engineer on the Light Rail expansion project in Dallas, TX, the New Orleans Levee project, and the Western Wake Freeway project in North Carolina.  He has been working on the Jacksonville Overland Bridge Design-Build project since November 2012.

 Robert Jackson has been a project manager with Reynolds Smith and Hill since February of 2010.  After graduation from the University of Florida in 2000 he served as project engineer for Stanley Consultants and project manager for Kimley-Horne and Associates .

A few March Quotes...

"When March comes in like a lion it goes out like a lamb."
"Daffodils, that come before the swallow dares, and take the winds of March with beauty."
 - William Shakespeare
"A dry March and a wet May - fill barns and bays with corn and hay."
"As it rains in March so it rains in June."
"March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers."

March is.....
American Dietetic Association National Nutrition Month
American Red Cross Month
Caffeine Awareness Month
National Craft Month
Epilepsy Awareness Month
Flour Month
Fresh Celery Month
Frozen Food Month
Irish-American Month
Music in our Schools Month
Noodle Month
National Nutrition Month
Nutrition Month
Peanut Month
Professional Social Work Month
Sauce Month
Women's History Month
Youth Art Month

Rotary Club Of South Jacksonville - Upcoming Events:

Service Opportunity...

The Undie Campaign
Dignity U Wear provided brand new clothing to over 200,000 people in need last year. Underwear is the most requested item. To provide more people with basic human dignity and to meet the incredible need, Dignity created The Undie Campaign.

DONATION REQUEST: Please bring BRAND NEW socks and underwear to the next meeting. We will collect and donate them to Dignity U Wear for those who need them most!  Its March 1st, last opportunity to bring in undies please!

In addition, we have an opportunity for nine (9) club members to volunteer to sort clothing: Saturday, March 5, 2016 from 9am – 12pm.
Contact Robyn Watson if you are interested in volunteering!

rwatson@natf.net


... more service events!

March 5, 2016 from 9am - 12p Dignity U Wear Event 
Jun 1, 2016 - Alhambra Dinner Theatre

South Jacksonville Rotaract Club

Rotaract meets at River City Brewing Company on the second and fourth Thursdays.

Rotary Satellite Club of South Jacksonville 

Satellite meets the second and fourth Mondays of each month! Upstairs at San Marco Indochine.  5:30pm social and 6:00pm meeting.

For more information - Visit the new Facebook Site: 

Week 34 Rotary Minute... Our District Governor's Message:  

DG Fel Lee, DGE Marshall Butler, DGN Brent Coates, DGND Jeanette Loftus invite you to attend the 2016 District Conference and District Assembly on May 13^th-14^th. For the second year in a row, both events have been combined into one exciting weekend on the campus of Flagler College in historic St. Augustine.

All events will be held at the Ringhaver Student Center on the campus of Flagler College except for Friday’s Recognition and Awards luncheon which will be held in the Ponce de Leon dining hall.

This year we have provided the ability to register online for all conference and assembly events. Registration fees have not changed from last year to keep the event affordable. Register early to take advantage of discounted rates! Early registration ends April 1^st.

Look for a personalized registration email this week inviting you to register for the 2016 District Conference & Assembly. You can view all registration options on our district web site.

 UPCOMING EVENTS:

May 13-14, 2016: District Conference and District Assembly in St. Augustine

For more on these and all other events in District 6970, please go to www.rotary6970.org.

Yours in service to Rotary,

Fel

Fred“Fel” Lee
District Governor 2015-2016