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How many recognition Points are you saving?

How many recognition Points are you saving?

by | Sep 20, 2019 | MOJO Blog

Did you know that for EVERY dollar you donate to The Rotary Foundation (Annual Fund, Polio Plus, or a specific Global Grant) you earn an equal contribution of PHF Recognition points.  Most members don’t realize this or even know what to do with these recognition points.

There are thousands and thousands of points that can be used for numerous beneficial rewards. Our clubs have many generous members giving to the Rotary Foundation, but are missing the opportunity to be generous to someone special to them or their club.  These points are ONLY good to give away, or to GIFT them to someone else.  There is no value for you to save them for yourself.  There is no super secret “Rotary Points Store” to spend your points.  Basically they are wothless, unless and until you “Gift them” to someone else.  Let’s take a look an example.

Your club leadership (President, Foundation Chair, or Secretary) can generate the “Club Recognition Summary” (insert above) which will report Foundation Recognition Points Available by member.  You can also log into your own MyRotary profile and generate your own “Donor History Report” and view your own recognition points available.

In the above example you can see that of the eight members (with red arrows) there is a total of 14,716.80 points available! … so how can you use these points?  Consider these ideas:

  1.   Recognize other members for exemplary club leadership
  2.   Incentivize members for giving to the Foundation by signing up for Rotary Direct (“Pay it forward”, when a new member accumulates points they can then “Gift” their points to someone else)
  3.   Recognize community leaders (Fire Chief, Teacher, Village leadership etc.) . … And don’t forget to invite them to join Rotary.
  4.   Thank You to other club members (for bringing a guest, signing a new member, chair a project, etc.)
  5.   Start a PHF Roundtable (match points for TRF Giving)

The first thing to understand, is that points belong to the member.  Nobody can take them away or give  these points to anyone else, … without the member signing them away.  There are some simple rules.

  •   you must transfer them in increments of 100’s.  (ie: 100, 200, 500 etc.)
  •   you can “Gift them” to anyone. (ie: another member, non-rotarian, family member etc.)
  •   you can “Gift them” for any purpose. (ie: incentivize, recognize etc.)
  •   you can not give them to yourself or transfer them to your club.
  •   once you “Gift them” they are moved from your “Recognitions Pts Available” to recipients “Recognition Amount.”

Make a bigger impact by joing with other members with points to form a secret “Gifting Council”.   Click on the button to the right to get started.  If you need help drop me an email.

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Word of the Day: Luminous

Word of the Day: Luminous

by | Sep 20, 2019 | The Dictionary Project: Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Luminous

lu-mi-nous / ˈlü-mə-nəs
 
adjective
 
1.      brightly shining
You have been called to be who you are – the whole luminous light.
Debbie Ford, 1955-2013
 
2.      well-lit
At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear.
Norman Maclean, 1902-1990
 
3.      intellectually enlightening
There are some works so luminous…so powerful that they give us strength and force us to new understandings.
Hervé Le Tellier, 1957-
 
4.      clear; easily understood
A novel is not a summary of its plot but a collection of instances, of luminous specific details that take us in the direction of the unsaid and unseen.
Charles Baxter, 1947-

Thank you for including the Dictionary Project in the good work you do in your club.  In my club, we have provided Dictionaries for third-grade students for enough years that now we are having former students help us to present dictionaries each year.  They are often returning to the same classrooms that they were third-grade students.  Teachers plead every year for us to NEVER quit this valuable project.  They tell us that students NEED paper books to learn to read, to learn to do research and to do independent study.  Please send me pictures of your presentations and tell me about your visits to the schools to give dictionaries to the students. To be included in our newsletter you can send me your stories at DG.2019@5630mail.org.

Philippines declares new polio outbreak after 19 years

Philippines declares new polio outbreak after 19 years

by | Sep 20, 2019 | Governor Messages, MOJO Blog

Philippines declares new polio outbreak after 19 years

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Friday, September 20, 2019  MANILA – Philippine health officials on Thursday declared a polio outbreak in the country, nearly two decades after the World Health Organization declared it to be free of the highly contagious and potentially deadly disease.

Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said at a news conference that authorities have confirmed at least one case of polio in a 3-year-old girl in southern Lanao del Sur province and detected the polio virus in sewage in Manila and in waterways in the southern Davao region. Those findings are enough to declare an outbreak of the disease in a previously polio-free country like the Philippines, he said.

The World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund expressed deep concern over polio’s re-emergence in the country and said they will support the government in immunizing children, who are the most susceptible to the crippling disease, and strengthening surveillance.

“As long as one single child remains infected, children across the country and even beyond are at risk of contracting polio,” UNICEF Philippines representative Oyun Dendevnorov said.

WHO and UNICEF said in a joint statement the polio outbreak in the Philippines is concerning because it is caused by vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2.

The weakened virus used in vaccines replicates for a short time in children’s intestines and is excreted in their feces. In rare instances, they said, the weakened virus can strengthen in areas with poor sanitation and hygiene. Children who have not been immunized can be susceptible.

They said the last known case from a wild strain of the virus in the Philippines was in 1993. Wild poliovirus type 2 was declared globally eradicated in 2015.

Now is the time for all of us to double down.  With World Polio Day (October 24, 2019) just around the corner, please plan an event, share this post, conduct a “purple pinkie” event, and pass the cup during October to raise awareness, and serve the children of the world to END POLIO NOW.

Word of the Day: Luminous

Word of the Day: Student

by | Sep 19, 2019 | The Dictionary Project: Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Student

stu-dent / ˈstü-dᵊnt
 
noun
 
1.      one who studies and learns
Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.
Og Mandino, 1923-1996
 
2.      one who attends school or college; a pupil
The worst behaved students turn out to be the most pious preachers.
German Proverb
 
adjective
 
1.      of or relating to a pupil or learner
Student life taught me a lesson – never bow down your head.
Mamata Banerjee, 1955-

Thank you for including the Dictionary Project in the good work you do in your club.  In my club, we have provided Dictionaries for third-grade students for enough years that now we are having former students help us to present dictionaries each year.  They are often returning to the same classrooms that they were third-grade students.  Teachers plead every year for us to NEVER quit this valuable project.  They tell us that students NEED paper books to learn to read, to learn to do research and to do independent study.  Please send me pictures of your presentations and tell me about your visits to the schools to give dictionaries to the students. To be included in our newsletter you can send me your stories at DG.2019@5630mail.org.

Word of the Day: Luminous

Word of the Day: Memory

by | Sep 18, 2019 | The Dictionary Project: Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Memory

mem-o-ry / mem-rē
 
noun
 
1.      the power or mental faculty of being able to recall facts, events, etc.
Memory is the treasure house of the mind wherein the monuments are kept and preserved.
Thomas Fuller, 1608-1661
 
2.      the power of remembering, as it pertains to an individual
Everyone blames his memory, but never his judgment.
French Proverb
 
3.      a recollection
So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.
Helen Keller, 1880-1968
 
4.      the remembrance of one who has passed
He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, 1900-1944
 
5.      the time within which events are recollected
We do not know the true value of our moments until they have undergone the test of memory.
Georges Duhamel, 1884-1966
 
6.      in computers, a device in which information is stored and from which it can be extracted
My computer’s memory stores a million phone numbers with perfect accuracy, but I have to stop and think to recall my own.
Alan Cooper, 1952-
 
7.      the capacity of a computer to hold information
No one will need more than 637kb of memory for a personal computer.
Bill Gates, 1955-

Thank you for including the Dictionary Project in the good work you do in your club.  In my club, we have provided Dictionaries for third-grade students for enough years that now we are having former students help us to present dictionaries each year.  They are often returning to the same classrooms that they were third-grade students.  Teachers plead every year for us to NEVER quit this valuable project.  They tell us that students NEED paper books to learn to read, to learn to do research and to do independent study.  Please send me pictures of your presentations and tell me about your visits to the schools to give dictionaries to the students. To be included in our newsletter you can send me your stories at DG.2019@5630mail.org.