President's Message
 Looking
out into this new Rotary year of 2009 –
2010, I know that we have set many
wonderful goals for ourselves as a club
and also individually. We bring a
diverse set of skills and interests to
our club. Finding the best way to
utilize these in achieving the goals we
have put forth is our challenge and,
ultimately, will lead to our success in
this current year and those to follow.
I have only been a Rotarian since August
2006 and continue to learn about Rotary
every day as does our entire club—where
have we been, where are we going, what
do all those acronyms mean?? It’s hard
to believe that the Rotary Club of
Monterey Pacific has only been chartered
since January 7, 2005. As I listen to
the wonderful things this club has done,
the good works of all the members, the
respect we have earned from our fellow
Rotarians and the community at large, I
know I chose the right group to join. I
was looking for a hands-on organization
with clear objectives and guidelines to
accomplish them; international efforts
accompanied by local “small” projects to
keep everything in perspective.
I believe that this is what all of us
are looking for—a way to make a
difference, sometimes huge as in the
fight for world-wide Polio irradiation
and sometimes not so big such as
cleaning up a forgotten mini-golf course
or providing dictionaries for local
children. All is possible with a little
help from our friends whom we call the
“Family of Rotary”, a most accurate
name.
This is what Rotary provides to us, a
means to an end. We work together to
support our many charities and
activities and we get our hands dirty,
both figuratively and literally, in the
process. We have become friends as we do
“Rotary stuff” and we lift each other
up, not just in Rotary but life in
general. We proudly wear our Rotary
insignia identifying us as part of
Rotary International and all it
represents as we remember that “THE
FUTURE OF ROTARY IS IN [Y}OUR HANDS”.
MaryNina Hill
2009 – 2010 President
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| Rotary Club of Monterey Pacific
was chartered on January 7th, 2005 in
the Centennial Year of Rotary International.
The
Rotary Club
of Carmel Valley was our sponsor club. PDG Mary Margaret Fleming and Bruce
Greenbaum were our club advisors. Charter President was Ann Appel. The Charter
Members were Ann Appel, Dennis Appel, Nicole Ushakoff, John Mims, Tamara Mims,
Sandy Whittle, Gene Glaser, Ben Beesley, Jim Bennett, Steve Blum, Geoff Cook,
Patrick Hooker, Belinda Daguia, Matt Andrus, Sarah Witkin, Susan Osorio, Nora
Walsh, Mary Harmston, and Bob Smith.
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Rotary History
Rotary is an
organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide who provide
humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and
help build goodwill and peace in the world. In more than 160 countries
worldwide, approximately 1.2 million Rotarians belong to more than 31,256 Rotary
clubs.
Rotary club membership represents a
cross-section of the community's business and professional men and women. The
world's Rotary clubs meet weekly and are nonpolitical, nonreligious, and open to
all cultures, races, and creeds.
The main
objective of Rotary is service in the community, in the workplace, and throughout the world.
Rotarians develop community service projects that address many of today's most
critical issues, such as children at risk, poverty and hunger, the environment,
illiteracy, and violence. They also support programs for youth, educational
opportunities and international exchanges for students, teachers, and other
professionals, and vocational and career development. The Rotary motto is
Service Above Self.
Although Rotary clubs develop
autonomous service programs, all Rotarians worldwide are united in a campaign
for the global eradication of polio. In the 1980s, Rotarians raised US$240
million to immunize the children of the world; by 2005, Rotary's centenary year
and the target date for the certification of a polio-free world, the Polio Plus
program will have contributed US$500 million to this cause. In addition, Rotary
has provided an army of volunteers to promote and assist at national
immunization days in polio-endemic countries around the world.
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