This issue features Governors Visit and 10th Charter Anniversary Celebration, Club Induction & Turnover Ceremonies

held last 29 June 2015.

Official e-Newsletter of the Rotary Club of Holy Spirit

The Dove
14 July 2015

Rotary Club of Holy Spirit Club No. 69935 RI District 3780 Philippines

Officers and Committee Chairs

RY 2015-16

ANGELITA E. CASTRO

President
PP MARCIA C. SALVADOR
Secretary
MA PERPETUAL RIVERA
Treasurer
CAROLINE K. BARCINAL
Auditor

Vol. VIII No. 2

Are you prepared for disaster?

DUCK, COVER and HOLD !

PP PEDRITO M. CONDENO
Club Trainor

Club Administration
Chair

RICARDO P. SALVADOR
JERRY SY

Membership Development
Chair

PP EMELINDA C. PALATTAO

Community Service Committee

Chair
Co-Chair
Health

PP VIRGINIA ARDEN F. SY
PP Roca Marie D. Jurado
MARYLENE MARTINEZ, DDM
PP Eui Bong JUNG, OMD
Literacy
PP ARMELIA O. BAGAIN
Livelihood PP EMELINDA C. PALATTAO
BABES M. BACULA

Youth Service
Chair

PP MARCIA C. SALVADOR
FERNANDO M. DELGRA, JR.

Vocational Service
Chair

PP EUI BONG JUNG, OMD

Chair

PP EUI BONG JUNG, OMD

IN IL David KIM

International Understanding

NOT This Way

This Way

The Rotary Foundation

Chair

PP EUI BONG JUNG, OMD

CP LEONIDES C. RESPICIO

Public Image
Chair

IPP MARITES L. NEPOMUCENO

Fund Generation
Chair
IPP MARITES L. NEPOMUCENO
PP EUI BONG JUNG, OMD
PP PEDRITO M. CONDENO
MA PERPETUAL S. RIVERA
Sports
Chair
IN IL David KIM
PP PEDRITO M. CONDENO
Special Projects
Peace & Conflict Resolution
Chair
CP LEONIDES C RESPICIO
FERDINAND VALBUENA
RCC in Dona Juana Elementary School
Chair
IPP MARITES L. NEPOMUCENO
FERNANDO M. DELGRA, JR.
End-TB in Quezon City
Chair
PP MARCIA C. SALVADOR
PP EUI BONG JUNG, OMD
ANGELITA E. CASTRO
Anti-Dengue Campaign
Chair
PP ROCA MARIE D. JURADO
Milk Feeding & Nutrition
Chair
PP VIRGINIA ARDEN F. SY
Global Grant Project
Chair
IPP MARITES L. NEPOMUCENO
PP PEDRITO M. CONDENO
PP EUIBONG JUNG, OMD
RICARDO P. SALVADOR
ANGELITA E. CASTRO
RI Associate Members Pilot Project 2012-17
Co-Chairs RICARDO P. SALVADOR
PP PEDRITO M. CONDENO

Click on the photo to view more pictures of the event.

The joint meeting of the Rotaract Club of
Holy Spirit and the Interact Club of Holy
Spirit National High School last 12 July
2015 started with Youth Service chair of
RC Holy Spirit PP Marcia Salvador asking, If the dreaded 7.2 magnitude earthquake happens now while we are meeting, what are you going to do?
The practical actions for DISASTER PREPAREDNESS suggested by the Philippine Institute of Vulcanology & Seismology (PHIVOLCS) and the QC Red Cross
were reviewed with the youth partners.
This is part of the on-going program of
RC Holy Spirit to help residents and
homeowners associations within and

around the barangay to arrange for briefings from the QC Red Cross and to organize their own disaster response
teams. The West Valley Fault Line is only
about 2 kilometers away from Holy Spirit.
The Rotaractors and Interactors then proceeded to discuss and develop the program for their 2015 Joint Induction and
Handover Ceremonies to be held at the
Don Antonio Heights clubhouse on Sunday, July 26th. The joint meeting at the
youth service HQ along Don Senen Street
was attended by 13 Rotaractors and 14
Interactors, and witnessed by WC President Angel Castro, PP Marcia and chair
Ric Salvador of RC Holy Spirit.

More on DISASTER PREPAREDNESS on Page 2 of THE DOVE.

Holy Spirit continues to enable communities to prepare themselves for disaster reduction and risk management
Following the orientation briefing arranged by RC Holy
Spirit with the Quezon City Red Cross for five (5) villages
in Barangay Holy Spirit in late 2014, the first Disaster
Preparedness Seminar was conducted at the Don Antonio Heights Subdivision last July 4th, 2015.
Some 150 homeowners/residents attended the 3-hour
seminar conducted by Mr Lloyd L Sapla, RN, EMT. Mr
Sapla is Head of QC Red Cross Disaster Management
Unit and Staff in Charge of the Emergency Response
Unit. He began by showing the geological hazards ex-

perienced by the country in recent years. He also discussed the possibility of a 7.2 Magnitude Earthquake
along West Valley fault based on scientific studies.
The seminar covered practical suggestions on what to do
before, during and after a disaster, particularly an earthquake. An objective of the seminar is to form a Disaster
Management Committee and emergency response
teams in the community.
The seminar was coordinated by PP Marcia with the QC
Red Cross.

Click on the image of the front page to view and

download the seminar presentation slides.
REMINDER from Holy Spirit. - Without the transcript
of notes taken of the comments, clarifications and answers to questions raised during the Seminar, this
document is an incomplete presentation of the facts.
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Holy Spirit receives Governor Rey David and his district team in
one of the very first Governors Visits during Rotary year 2015-16
The Governors Visit on 29 June
2015 was highlighted by one-on-one
discussion between DG Rey David
and WCP Angel Castro, by presentation of club plans & programs for
2015-16 to the District Governor and
the district team, and by the Governors message for Holy Spirit at the
end of the meeting.
The program for the club assembly
was chaired by PP Ped Condeno
while Admin Chair Ric Salvador moderated the presentations by committee chairs and the question-andanswer portion after each committee
presentation.

Jannelle T. Larbio, president of the

Interact Club of Holy Spirit National High School, is shown discussing major Interact projects for
2015-16. Before Jannelle, Rotaract Club of Holy Spirit President
Chie Ladia Bullo also presented
plans of the Rotaract Club of Holy
Spirit to Governor Rey David and
the visiting district team. The youth
leaders discussed their plans as
part of the Youth Service Committee presentation.

The visiting team with Governor Rey David was composed of District Chair for
TRF Annual Giving Mar
Reyes, AGR Paul Angel
Galang; District TRF Committee Chair PDG Jess Cifra,
District Vice Chair for Community Service BH HerreraDy, District Secretary Arnel
Abrenica, AG Joel Gonzales,
and District Chief of Staff
Marby Montellano. Not
shown is District Rotaract
Chair Adel Corpuz.

Match Club agreement with RC Marikina North D3800 is renewed

while new agreement is forged with RC San Mateo Midtown
D3800, symbols of friendship and collaboration on projects
The 10th charter anniversary celebration of RC Holy
Spirit last 29 June 2015 was marked with the renewal
of sister club affiliation with the Rotary Club of Marikina
North D3800, and the forging of new sister club friendship ties with RC San Mateo Midtown D3800.
WCP Robert Eric B Sanchez of RC Marikina North
came with IPP Francis Joseph Villareal. Sisterhood
ties with RC Marikina North date back to RY201011and we have worked together with them on several
medical-dental missions and disaster relief projects.

RC Marikina North was chartered in 1980.

WCP Teresa C Amado of RC San Mateo Midtown
D3800 came with Rtn Dr Grace Angeles who has
joined us in two (2) recent medical missions in Montalban in behalf of San Mateo Midtown.
RC San Mateo Midtown is a newly chartered club,
sponsored by RC Marikina North. Charter President
Tery had joined several of our medical/dental missions
in the past while still with RC Marikina North.

RC Marikina North D3800

RC San Mateo Midtown

D3780 World Class DG Rey David, WCP Eric Sanchez of

Marikina North D3800, WCP Angel Castro of Holy Spirit
D3780, and D3780 Best Class DG Sam Pagdilao.

D3780 World Class DG Rey David, WCP Teresa Amado of

San Mateo Midtown D3800, Rtn. Dr Grace Angeles of
D3800, WCP Angel Castro of Holy Spirit D3780, BCP
Marites Nepomuceno of D3780, and D3780 Best Class DG
Sam Pagdilao.

Induction and turnover rites held as RC Holy Spirit celebrates a

decade of Service Above Self
WCP Angel Castros term began with a
milestone celebration for RCHS 10
years of service above self!! The turnover and induction rites on June 29,
2015 at the Don Antonio Heights Clubhouse was preceded by a thanksgiving
mass, said by no less than Fr Luciano
Felloni, former executive director of Caritas Novaliches and a good friend of
WCP Angel.
After dinner, a brief history of RCHS
was nostalgically narrated by CP
Nides, from the time of its chartering
during the time of the late PDG George
Howard until its near-demise and rebirth. Special thanks to PDG Danny
Fausto who refused to let the club die.
During the valedictory address of BCP
Marites Nepomuceno, she presented
Dove awards of distinction to outstanding members who exhibited commitment and service above self for the
RY 2014-15. She specifically cited PP
Dr Eui Bong Jung for his personal sacrifices in conducting the monthly medical missions and his international af-

filiations resulting in mostly unexpected

innumerable support to the club and
the district.
After the inaugural address of WCP
Angel, the club officers for RY 20152016 were then presented. They were
inducted into office by DG Rey David.
What followed was an entertaining
dance number performed by the Interactors, Rotaractors and Rotarians of
Holy Spirit.
The programme was
capped by the inspirational message of
DG Rey. Gracing the occasion were
IPDG Sam Pagdilao, PDG Francis
Rivera, PDG Jess Cifra, PDG Dulce
Coyukiat, PDG Danny Fausto who
came with Spouse Peia, district officers, BCPs and WCPs.
PP Marcia Salvador acted as master of
ceremonies. Wining and dancing well
through the night added fun to the celebration of RCHSs milestone.

More photos of the 10th charter anniversary celebration

World Class Team Serenade

Best Class Team

More photos of the 10th charter anniversary celebration

This page of The Dove e-bulletin serves as home page

of the virtual website of
ROTARY CLUB OF HOLY SPIRIT
Rotary International District 3780
Officers &
Chairmen

Members

About the
Club

Service
Projects

Gallery

What is
Rotary?

Club
Bulletin

Officers & members of the Rotary Club of Holy Spirit with District Governor Reynaldo David

Holy Spirit D3780

RC Holy Spirit is on . .

D3780
Website

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MESSAGE

Greetings to officers and members of the Rotary Club Holy Spirit.

By just reading your club bulletin and club profile for the first time, one
gets the impression that your club is a vibrant, engaged, focused and inspired capacity builder.
I am sure your sister clubs are happy undertaking sustainable projects
with you. May your successes inspire Rotarians and non-Rotarians to
choose The Rotary Foundation as their charity organization.
Your participation as a pilot club for Associate Membership is a significant
milestone not only for your club and District 3780 but also for the country
and Zones 7 and 8. Clearly, your club is aligned to the strategic thrusts of
Rotary International. I look forward to getting feedback about
your experiences as a pilot Rotary Club.
In behalf of President Gary C.K.Huang, RI President-Elect Ravi Ravindran
and the Board, our sincere congratulations to all of you and all your partners in service. You truly Light Up Rotary and do continue being a Gift to
the World.

GUILLER E. TUMANGAN
Director, RY 2014-2016

Rotary International

ROTARY CLUB OF HOLY SPIRIT

Rotary International District 3780

Club Profile
Chartered on June 29, 2005

One of few truly community-based clubs in District 3780: almost all members reside or work
in and around Barangay Holy Spirit that serves both as a host community and venue &
beneficiary of most of the clubs service projects.
Vision

Become the club most admired by the communities it serves, by partners in service, by
hosts, sponsors & donors, by its members, and by others in Rotary.
Membership (July 1, 2015):

22 Active members
2 Associate Members under the associate member pilot program of Rotary International from RY 2011-12 through RY 2016-17. RC Holy Spirit is one of 200 clubs (out of
34,000 Rotary clubs) selected by RI to participate in this research project.
8 Honorary members
Partners in service:

Interact Club of Holy Spirit National High School (est. 2009-10)

Rotaract Club of Holy Spirit (est. 2010-11)
Rotaract Club of Central Institute of Technology (est. 2014-15)
Rotary Community Corps of Kaligtasan (est. 2012-13)
Sister clubs:

RC Marikina North D3800 (from 2010-11)

RC San Mateo Midtown (from 2015-16)
Rotary Club of Sae Gwangju D3710 Korea (from 2013-14)
The club publishes The Dove, web-linked e-bulletin that provides ready online access to hundreds of pages of Rotary information, news and entertainment and that now serves as portal to the virtual website of the Rotary Club of Holy Spirit. First issue on 4 June 2009.
THE DOVE is distributed by email to over 1,000 addresses, including some officers and staff of Rotary International. It is also posted on social media channels like Facebook and Scribd.com. The
publication is edited by PP Marcia Salvador and Ric Salvador.

Registered as a non-stock, non-profit corporation with the Securities & Exchange Commission ROTARY CLUB OF HOLY SPIRIT, INC. with a corporate life of 50 years.
RC Holy Spirit meets every Tuesday, 7-9 PM at the clubhouse of Don Antonio Heights Subd., Holy Spirit, QC.
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Meet Rotarys new president

K.R. "RAVI" RAVINDRAN
President 2015-16
Rotary International
Member of ROTARY CLUB OF COLOMBO, Sri Lanka

and The Rotary Foundation Board

of Trustees and as RI treasurer.
As his country's national PolioPlus
chair, Ravindran headed a joint
task force of the Sri Lankan government, UNICEF, and Rotary and
worked closely with UNICEF to
successfully negotiate a ceasefire
with the northern militants during
National Immunization Days. Aided
by Rotary's efforts, Sri Lanka reported its last case of polio in
1994.
K.R. "Ravi" Ravindran is CEO and founder of
Printcare PLC, a publicly listed printing, packaging, and digital media solutions company. It is
arguably the world's largest supplier of tea bag
packaging, catering to nearly every major tea
brand, with manufacturing facilities in Sri Lanka
and India. Printcare is the winner of national and
international awards of excellence. Ravindran
has been a featured speaker at several international print and packaging forums.

He also chaired the Schools Reawakening project, in which Rotary District 3220 raised more
than $12 million to rebuild over 20 tsunamidevastated schools to benefit 14,000 children.
He continues to play a role in his club's project to
build a cancer prevention and early detection
center in Sri Lanka. Once completed, it will be
the only dedicated national facility to offer comprehensive screening and early detection services.

Ravindran also serves on the board of several

other companies in Sri Lanka and India and
charitable trusts, including the MJF (Dilmah)
Charitable Foundation. He is the founding president of the Rotary-sponsored Sri Lanka Anti Narcotics Association, the largest such agency in Sri
Lanka. During the country's civil war, Ravindran
was involved in the business community efforts
to find peaceful solutions to the conflict and was
a featured speaker at the United Nationssponsored peace conference in New York for the
Sri Lankan diaspora in 2002.

Ravindran is a recipient of The Rotary Foundation's Citation for Meritorious Service, Distinguished Service Award, and Service Award for a
Polio-Free World.
He and Vanathy have been married since 1975,
and they have two children and a recently born
grandchild.

A third generation Rotarian and a member himself since the age of 21, Ravindran has served
on the Rotary International Board of Directors
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Rotary Information - Rotarians worldwide: 1,207,102 in March

ROTARY
WORLD
AT A
GLANCE
28 Feb 2015

ROTARY

ROTARACT

INTERACT

RCCs

Members

Members

Members

Members

1,207,102

180,964

414,115

191,883

Clubs

Clubs

Clubs

Corps

34,823

7,868

18,005

8343

Data for ROTARY are as of 28 February 2015; all others as of 6 April 2015
Source: THE ROTARIAN June 2015 published by Rotary International

18%, or 216,000 Rotarians worldwide, are 70 years old & above

Source: Report presented to RI Webinar 13 August 2014

State of Membership in District 3780 shall be known soon when official 1 July 2015 numbers are received from RI. Meantime, as of 1 July
2015 deadline for invoicing, club reports to Official RI Online Directory
showed 2,174 Rotarians in 98 clubs in the district. Click here to view
list & ranking of clubs and relative position of RC Holy Spirit.
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SELECTED ONLINE PUBLICATIONS FOR ROTARIANS

Click front page to open a publication.

ROTARY LEADER
July 2015

The Rotarian July 2015

The Gyrator of RC Chicago, first newsletter in Rotary.

7 July 2015

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ROTARY CLUB OF HOLY SPIRIT

Rotary International District 3780
14 July 2015 2nd Regular Meeting
AGENDA
7:00 8:00 PM Fellowship and Dinner
8:00 PM
Call to Order

- WCP Angel Castro

Opening rites
Introduction of guests
Club business
Service projects and club activities
2015 Joint Induction of Rotaract Club of Holy Spirit and Interact Club of Holy Spirit
National High School
Turnover of school uniforms to indigent pupils in Montalban pre-school
Turnover of TouchBooks received from Gov Penny to SPED Center
Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
Red Cross seminars for homeowners associations
distribute Phivolcs posters for adopted schools
others
Tree planting in August
Others
Financials
Update on Global Grant Project for Philippine Children Medical Center
Prospective new regular members and associate members
District events and activities
Other matters
Presidents Time
Adjournment

- WCP Angel Castro

- WCP Angel Castro

NIGHT CHAIR

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Principles that Guide Rotary

The Object of Rotary

The Four-Way Test

First formulated in 1910, the Object of Rotary is to encourage and

foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:

Of the things we think, say or do

FIRST. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;

SECOND. High ethical standards in business and professions, the
recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society;
THIRD. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business, and community life;
FOURTH. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill,
and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional
persons united in the ideal of service.

Is it the TRUTH?
Is it FAIR to all concerned?
Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER
FRIENDSHIPS?
Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

ROTARIANS PLEDGE
I am a Rotarian
I will always uphold the TRUTH.
I am a Rotarian
I will always strive to be FAIR
in all of my dealings with my fellowmen.

5 Avenues of Service
Based on Object of Rotary, the Five Avenues of Service are Rotarys philosophical cornerstone and the foundation on which club activity is based:

Club Service focuses on strengthening fellowship and ensuring the

effective functioning of the club.
Vocational Service encourages Rotarians to serve others through their
vocations and to practice high ethical standards.

I am a Rotarian
I will always endeavor to build
GOODWILL and UNDERSTANDING
in my community,
among my countrymen
and people of all nations.

International Service encompasses actions taken to expand Rotarys

humanitarian reach around the globe and to promote world understanding & peace.

I am a Rotarian
I will always seek to promote
the greatest good
for the greatest number of people
in the spirit of ROTARY SERVICE.

Youth Service recognizes the positive change implemented by youth

and young adults through leadership development activities, service
projects, and exchange programs.

I am a Rotarian
I will always uphold
the Rotary International Motto,

Community Service covers the projects and activities the club undertakes to improve life in its community.

SERVICE ABOVE SELF.

Rotary Code of Conduct

As a Rotarian, I will
1. Exemplify the core value of integrity in all behaviors and activities
2. Use my vocational experience and talents to serve in Rotary
3. Conduct all of my personal, business, and professional affairs ethically, encouraging and fostering high ethical standards as an example to others
4. Be fair in all dealings with others and treat them with the respect due to them as fellow human beings
5. Promote recognition and respect for all occupations which are useful to society
6. Offer my vocational talents: to provide opportunities for young people, to work for the relief of the special needs of others, and to improve the quality of life in my community
7. Honor the trust that Rotary and fellow Rotarians provide and not do anything that will bring disfavor or reflect adversely on Rotary or fellow Rotarians
8. Not seek from a fellow Rotarian a privilege or advantage not normally accorded others in a business or professional relationship

Watch songwriter Jerry Mills sing Come Join Us online by clicking on this link.

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About THE DOVE

THE DOVE is the official newsletter of
the Rotary Club of Holy Spirit, Rotary
International District 3780.
The digital publication features
hyperlinks or web-links which make it
a true e-newsletter/e-bulletin.
Distribution:
PDF version sent by email to
nearly 1,000 addressees, Rotarians and non-Rotarians in the club,
in the district, in Philippine Rotary
and outside including RI.
Posted on social media networks
and groups
Printed copies for meetings
First issue of THE DOVE: 4 June 2009
(Vol I, No. 1)
Editorial team:
Marcia Salvador - Editor
Ric Salvador - Asst Editor
Contributors
Address: Don Antonio Clubhouse,
Holy Spirit Drive, Quezon City PH

Holy Spirit D3780

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