[D9640general] [eFlash_Rotary] Digest Number 796

[Garry D Krischock]

Messages In This Digest (3 Messages) 
  1. 1507: President's Message for June From: Sunil K Zachariah 

  2. 1508: New email scam From: Sunil K Zachariah 

  3. 1509: Making fitness a daily habit From: Sunil K Zachariah 

Messages 
  1. 1507: President's Message for June 
Thu Jun 5, 2008 5:00 am (PDT) 
Dear fellow Rotarians, 

I wish that every Rotarian could have the opportunities to see Rotary 
in action that Joan and I have enjoyed over the past months. From 
India to France, Hong Kong to Brazil, the Philippines to Turkey, we 
witnessed Rotarians demonstrating, with great compassion and 
ingenuity, just how much Rotary Shares.

We saw incredible disaster relief efforts in Pakistan and had the 
chance to inaugurate one of seven schools being built there with 
contributions by Rotarians. In India, we surveyed the impressive 
results of Rotarian tsunami recovery projects. In Brazil, we visited 
a school supported by the Foundation of São Paulo Rotarians that 
offers academic and vocational education as well as a program for the 
hearing impaired. And we felt very proud when we saw what Houston 
Rotarians have done in establishing a four-star hotel for patients 
and families visiting the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.

Another of the year's highlights was our North American membership 
conferences. These seven meetings drew many Rotarians eager to 
reverse the region's downward trend in membership. They shared ideas 
and left energized to strengthen their clubs' membership.

Peace conferences provided another source of great inspiration for 
Rotarians, who met in Bulgaria, India, Kenya, and Turkey to discuss 
the obstacles to peace in each of these regions and consider how 
Rotary clubs can offer practical solutions. In Canada and France, 
Rotarians organized conferences around the theme Peace Is Possible, 
drawing participants from neighboring countries to offer a valuable 
international perspective.

This month, we'll come together in Los Angeles for another important 
Rotary meeting - our 2008 RI Convention. I hope that many of you will 
take advantage of this opportunity to experience a little of the 
international fellowship that I've been so privileged to enjoy as RI 
president.

Throughout my travels this year, I met many people who congratulated 
me on Rotary's work to eradicate polio and to improve the quality of 
life in some of the world's poorest regions. I was especially struck 
by the words of Olafur Grimsson, the president of Iceland, who said 
to me: "Rotary has the right answer. Your organization includes men 
and women on an equal basis, and you have members from many countries 
who represent every race, color, and creed. So what the world must do 
is have more Rotarians."

I couldn't agree more.

Thank you all for your great work. Joan and I will never forget the 
2007-08 Rotary year.

Wilfrid J. (Wilf) Wilkinson 
President, Rotary International 


2.  1508: New email scam 
Thu Jun 5, 2008 5:02 am (PDT) 
There are several e-mail scams that target Rotarians.

Please be aware of the following scams:

An e-mail that claims that a Rotarian has "emerged a recipient of our 
Rotary International improvement Grant Programs." It goes on to say 
that the recipient was selected from an "exclusive" database of more 
than 800 million individuals and corporate bodies. The e-mail then 
gives a fake a batch number and contact information for a "cash 
prize."

Another scam e-mail claims that a deceased Rotarian has left money to 
the e-mail recipient to be donated to philanthropic efforts. The 
sender, who claims to be the executor of the will, then asks for the 
recipient's personal information in order to claim the inheritance. 
Another e-mail scam from a fake Rotary club claims that the recipient 
won a sum of US$ 700,000. The e-mail states that the winnings can't 
be transferred in the recipient's home country and that they must 
share an active bank account for deposit of "cash prize". 

Rotary International does not solicit funds through e-mail, nor does 
it ask that personal information be updated by e-mail or other 
electronic means. RI encourages Rotarians and Rotary clubs to avoid 
becoming victims of such scams by deleting any e-mail that appears 
suspicious


3.  1509: Making fitness a daily habit 
Fri Jun 6, 2008 12:51 am (PDT) 
Making fitness a daily habit
By Barbara E. Walters 

An emergency room nurse, Diane Froelich was on the road to a possible 
medical emergency herself: By her own description, she was out of 
shape and overweight. What's more, she was convinced she didn't have 
time to exercise.

"My [resting] heartbeat was 117, and I got winded just climbing one 
flight of stairs," says Froelich, 57. 

So she signed up for Fit 2007, a six-month fitness challenge 
sponsored by District 6360 (Michigan, USA) and local community groups 
and government agencies. The program, aimed at helping participants 
develop lifelong exercise habits, not only improved Froelich's health 
but also helped her realize that she wasn't too busy to take regular 
walks. 

"Now my heart rate is in the mid-60s, and I can climb stairs without 
getting out of breath," Froelich said during a group walk in 
Kalamazoo in October, cheerfully keeping up a brisk pace despite a 
steady rain and puddles on the sidewalk. She lost 20 pounds during 
the challenge but noted, "I'm more excited about the fact that I'm 
fit." 

Starting in April, Froelich and about 1,800 others in southwest 
Michigan committed themselves to physical activities such as walking, 
mowing the lawn, and biking for at least 30 minutes a day, five days 
a week. 

Participants recorded the number of minutes they exercised each day 
on the Fit 2007 Web site, which also featured tips for increasing 
activity levels and inspirational stories from exercisers. About 
1,000 of the people who signed up recorded more than 4.7 million 
minutes for an estimated 236,500 miles, according to the program's 
Webmaster, Bob Brown, who divided the minutes by 20 to calculate the 
approximate mileage. In a survey conducted after the program ended, 
about a third of the participants reported improved fitness habits, 
said Brown, a member of the Rotary Club of Kalamazoo.

Past District Governor Karl Sandelin launched the program in 2006 as 
a 90-day project. During Fit 2007, Sandelin, 79, logged 750 miles as 
a member of a team at a retirement center that included a 100-year-
old participant. 

Source: Rotary International News 
Courtesy: eFlash_Rotary
 
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