The Villages Noon Roclarion

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1 FLORIDA USA The Villages Noon Roclarion Officers & Directors President An Award Winning Publication January Bill Tanner President-Elect Donny Abraham Secretary Don Maddox Temp Treasurer Linda McMahon Sergeant-At-Arms Alex Santoriello Past President Jeff Dauner Directors Jack Donaldson Tracy Belton Dick Kanyan Linda McMahon Dennis Tobin Robert Bredin Publisher: Jack R. Donaldson Asst. To Publisher : Donny Abraham Photos by : Jerry Brillante Asst. to the Photographer: Andre Nacaxe Our own Danielle Stroud who has been on maternity leave and is now back,introduced her family to us. She then went on to tell us about the latest project of Habitant For Humanity, The Veterans Village and how it is progressing. Why the Veterans Village, according to the Veterans affairs 1.6 million veterans live in Florida: 45,000 reside in Lake and Sumter Counties. Transitioning from the services to civilian life is not easy. A safe, affordable home assist in the transition not only financially, but mentally, providing a veterans with a peace of mind. A home is where we feel safe, where we connect with our families, and where we establish ourselves in our community. Habitat for Humanity believes that our veterans deserve a place to call home. What is the Veterans Village? A 13 home planned unit development located in Umatilla, Fl. Designed as a Florida Cottage pocket Community, The village will have an old time feel, where front porch sitting and knowing your neighbors is encouraged. The location is beautifully situated on Lake Enola, with walk able access to downtown and near the local bus line. Who is Eligible? Veterans, active military, and spouses of those who have served that fall within the economic threshold for affordable to workforce housing with the ability to pay a affordable mortgage. This Rotary club looks forward to helping out on those project as well as the many other projects that Habitant for Humanity does through out Sumter and Lake counties. 1

2 Future Programs January 17th It is great to see Harold Ely and Maureen Hanson back in our fold after their battle with the Big C Club Assembly January 24th Randolph Russell American History In No Time Members: 38 Visiting Rotarians and guests: 10 Total attending: 48 January s Birthdays Jan 2 Shelia Jackson Bud Mangels is back after his bought with the big C. Bud also wanted to remind you of our lose change for the Foundation and the Every Rotarian every year program. Nest week is Club assembly so bring a check and your change to give to Bud. Jan 2 Virginia Cowger Jan 3 Maureen Hanson Jan 11 Bill Steinbrenner Jan15 Hank Vandeberkt Jan 18 Mary Tucker Jan 18 Jeanette McCauley Jan 23 Beth Hall Jan 24 Dee Thomas Visit your Web Site: On a sadder note, I must inform you that long time Snow Bird and Friend of our Rotary Club, Jack Atkinson s wife passed away. Our sympathies go out to Jack and his family. May God Bless you. 2

3 The Four Way Test Of the things We think say or do 1. Is it the truth? 2. Is it fair to all concerned? 3. Will it build goodwill and better Friendships? 4. Will it be beneficial to all concerned? 5. Will it be FUN? Make Up Opportunities: Wildwood Wednesday 7:30 P.M. Lake Miona Golf Club Villages Morning-Thursday 7:00 AM La Hacienda Recreation Center Bellview Rotary Fridays 7:30 AM Jitter café Summerfield Leesburg Rotary Wednesday 12:15 Leesburg Community Center Villages Evening 5PM Lake Miona Recreation Center E-Clubs login and follow instructions: Do you recognize any of theses people they were all visitors and you missed them form Alaska to Indiana and Florida, they came to meet with you. They were sorry they didn t get to meet you. 3

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5 Important announcement The address for this job is: 621 1st street Lady Lake Fl. Habitat for Humanity and Rotary Noon are pairing up again to help some who needs a helping hand. Will you help? The date is Jan 13 a Friday, so if you are not superstitious, come on down. We will be having a pot luck lunch, let Danielle know what you are bringing. Call her at

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7 Notice We need you to let us know what clubs and/or Social circles you belong too and approximately how many people are in each one. We will be giving you the opportunity to give your friends FREE tickets to the Expo we are having next month. Write it down on a piece of paper so you don t forget and give it to: Jack Donaldson or Dick Kanyan at next weeks meeting. Here is a list of The Villages Noon Rotary Club members who are registered for the Atlanta Convention. Won t you join us? So close it would be a shame to miss it. Tracy Belton Bob Bredin Lucille & Jerry Brillante Jack Donaldson Pat & Dick Kanyan Bill Tanner Donny Abraham Martha and Dick Curl Maureen Hanson and Harold Ely Still time to add your name. 7

8 Special Anti Polio drive kicks off in Southwestern Pakistan Kabul,December 21, 2016 Polio High Council meeting held on Tuesday to provide full support for Polio Eradication in Afghanistan, emphasizing on strengthen coordination among all polio partners and maintaining program neutrality to gain access to all children under the age of 5 with two drops of polio vaccine in every round of the campaign. Dr Ferozuddin Feroz calling the polio eradication program as a national and global health priority added at the beginning of 2016 we said we were closer to polio eradication than ever before. Today I can say that we are even closer than ever before. All data and information from Afghanistan and Pakistan indicates that the virus in the last reservoir is on the verge of extension. This means that the trend of the program improvement is encouraging. During 2016, so far, 99% of the districts of the country did not report any virus circulation both from AFP cases and environment. This is a success which is recognized at the Global level; thus, the momentum that has been taken by the government of Afghanistan should not be interrupted but strengthened, but further Dr. Feroz went on to state that the success would not have been possible without the strong commitment at the leadership of the government from the Presidential palace to the leadership of all line ministries. Soon a global world free of Polio, we are so close, but it is not over yet we still need your support. I would like to thank Bud Mangels and Bonnie Rae Cypher for making me aware of the articles paraphrased above. 8

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