The Rotary Club of MauiDistrict 5000, Hawaii

Chartered November 23, 1937 Issue 13, February 2008

The Rotary Club of Maui meets for lunch every Thursday at 12 noon. Join us at The Class Act restaurant located at Maui Community College’s Pa’ina Building.

The Rotary Foundation

Giving to the Rotary Foundation is a financially sound way for you to help others. In 2006, Charity Navigator gave the Foundation its top rating for fis-cal responsibility. Contribute now to the Founda-tion.

Here are some of the ways the Foundation can use your contribution:

$100 helps provide for one elementary school in Zambia

$500 helps provide a small watch-repair busi-ness for six disabled workers in the Philippines

$5,000 helps provide enough vaccine to immunize 10,000 children against polio

(Excerpt from Rotary International, the Rotary Foundation/Contribute now …. )

Gifts of any size to The Rotary Foundation are appreciated. Please include TRF in your regular charitable giving in 2008.

Please contact Henry Jameson, Foundation Chair for additional questions.

On February 23rd, 2008, The Rotary International celebrated its 103rd birthday. This day is also known as World Understanding and Peace Day.

Congratulations to our Membership Contest Winners:

1st prize: Jim Vitale2nd prize: Tom Caltrider3rd prize: Heather Mueller and Jeremiah Savage

Thank you for the great efforts to bringing in new members to share the mission of Rotary.

Rotary International District 5000 Conference

The 2007-2008 District 5000 Conference will be held from May 23rd to 26th, at the Wailea Beach Marriottt Resort & Spa, Maui.

Conference Registration fee: $35.00.

Please register early; let’s see 100% club participation.

For more information, you can visit the District 5000 website: www.rotaryd5000.org.

Please visit www.rotaryd5000.org/Newsletter to view the District Newsletter for other Clubs events.

President Don Reeser thanked club members Tom Caltrider, Robin Fosbiner, Rob Guest, Andy Pells, John Wilson and Jeremiah Savage for helping out at the RYLA camp on February 8th

To 10th.

70th Anniversary Community Service ProjectFebruary 23rd, 2008

Mahalo to Gerald Barron and Don Reeser for providing photographs.

A big Mahalo goes out to Michael Nason and all participants in the February 23rd work day.

The effort is growing, and on March 29th there will be a project finale. Join us as we will be celebrating the completion of the Hui Malama project.

On January 31st, 2008, Daniel Porter talked about Reverse Mortgages. The reverse mortgage is becom-ing a popular option for seniors who want to main-tain a certain life style, and still leave a legacy.

A reverse mortgage means you can receive your money several ways entailing a growing line of credit, a lump sum cash pay out up front, monthly payments, or any combination of the three.

Seniors do need to weigh their options including renting, selling, borrowing against equity, or taking a reverse mortgage.

Porter also talked about the basics of reverse mort-gage, including: Understanding of your obligation for any fees, Knowing about your resources e.g. checking with HUD, AARP or National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association; Applications and Disclosure; Mortgage Processing fees , closing costs, Disbursement and Repayment….

Further resources can be found: www.aarp.org or www.reversemortgage.com

Dr. Meredith Moon was our speaker on February 7th. She spoke on the subject of Telepathic Intuition.

The word “Telepathy” comes from the Greek words "tele" meaning distant, and "pathos” meaning feeling. It means literally distant feeling.

The word was coined by Frederick Meyers in 1886 and he defined it as "the communication of impressions of any kind from one mind to another independently of t h e r e c o g n i z e d c h a n n e l s o f s e n s e " .

Meredith gave examples of telepathy which were mystical and interesting. She believes that humans can be very aware of events which take place many miles away via intuition and even through our dreams. She emphasized the importance of acting on those mo-ments of telepathy when we are given messages about another person or an event we intuit.

(Summary by Heather Mueller)

BlueEarth Biofuels Embracing the Environment Changing EnergyDane Kane and Landis Maez shared with us information about the BlueEarth Maui Bio-

diesel Project on February 14th.

It is a project to help develop clean, locally-produced energy for the people of Maui. It will be the first biodiesel plant in the Pacific capable of achieving quality biodiesel. The plant will be lo-cated at Maui Electric’s Waena site. The mission of the project is to:

Create a viable market to stimulate local bio-crop investment and development; expand local agricul-ture; provide local guarantees for long term con-tracts to grow crops; provide employment and ca-reer security; break the tie to oil prices; reduce toxic pollutants…. “It’s good for Maui, It’s good for Hawaii, It’s good for Our Children.”

For additional information, please contact:Dain.kane@blueearthhawaii.com andLandis.Meaz@blueearthhawaii.com

Cindy Kline, Deputy Director of Women Helping Women and a survivor of domestic violence, shared with us details of her organization on February 21st.

Approximately 15,000 calls were received through their hotline in 2007. Compared with 12,000 calls that were received in 2006 this is an alarming trend. Calls were received from families, churches, work-places…and overwhelmingly 94% of victims are women, though it happens to same sex partners as well.

Attacks take many forms ranging from physical and mental abuse, stalking, attacks on property and pets, and using children as an emotional weapon.

Women Helping Women provides emergency shelter & programs for victims of domestic violence. Their mission is to end domestic violence through advocacy, education and prevention and to offer safety, support and empowerment to women and children, and all victims of domestic violence. Services are available to anyone who is in need without any limitations on their background.

“It is right to say “No!” to domestic violence.”

President: Don ReeserPresident Elect: Michael NasonImmediate Past President: Tom CaltriderVice President: Mickey DamerellSecretary: Mary PenceTreasurer: Jeanette TanDirector / Grants: Brian MotoDirector / Com. Projects: Harlan HughesDirector / Programs: Heather Mueller

Director / Administration: Sylvia HoDirector / Club Service: Craig BodeDirector / International Service: Rob GuestDirector / Membership: Jim VitalePublic Relations: Paul Janes-BrownNew Generations: Jeremiah SavageThe Rotary Foundation: Henry JamesonSergeant-At-Arms: Gardner HowardStrategic Plan: John DeckerFund Raising: Samantha Cherry

Board of Directors

Anniversary: Mar. 7 : Cathy Paxton- Haines

Birthdays:Mar. 2 Janice PruettMar. 2 Shareen SeykotaMar. 3 Robert UptonMar. 8 Daniel PorterMar. 9 Cathy Paxton-HainesMar. 14 David IsaaeliteMar. 30 Sean Fleck

This Newsletter is edited by Sylvia Ho. She can be reached by phone: (808) 280-0099 Or email sylviaho@ft.newyorklife.com

Feb. 28 Don Yarush, Hearing TechnologyMar. 6 Paul Harris Fellow Award and Club Assembly.Mar. 13 Sandy Brewer, Author of Terrible ChildhoodMar. 20 David Gallagher, Family Laundry

Upcoming Events:

The District 1470 Group Study Exchange Team will be visiting Maui from May 7th to May 14. They are: Hen-rik Mikkelsen, Stephen Nielsen, Stephan Kristensen, Sabrina Jakobsen and Louise Enevoldsen

Welcome back! Lance, Joel, Kristina, Daniel and Karolyn our District 5000 GSE team, had completed their 5 weeks visit in Denmark .

GROUP STUDY EXCHANGE

District Assembly will be held on April 26, 2008 at Kamehameha Campus on Maui. 2007/2008 club leaders,

new members and interested Rotarians are encouraged to attend.

Registration deadline:March 31st, 2008

Relay For Life is a life changing event that brings survivors, caregivers, friends and family members together to Celebrate the lives of those who have battled cancer; Remember loved ones lost to the disease; and Fight Back against a disease that takes too much.

Please come join the American Cancer Society’s Central Maui Relay For Life on July 16th and 17th.

Volunteers are needed to be our club’s team captain and team members for this year’s event, please con-tact Sylvia Ho for details.