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22 Aug 2019 Wkly Mtg: Aug 22 on Break Aug 22, 2019 INTERMISSION: Meeting Interlude Today Summer Intermission We've begun taking our seasonal time-outs this year beginning with last week's luncheon meeting and continuing today. We want everyone to have a relaxing interval to prepare for a busy Fall. Regular Luncheon Meetings will resume on Sep 12. Reminder to members, guests & friends to keep an eye on these postings for changing events.
05 Sep 2019 Evening Mtg: Sep 5 on Break Sep 05, 2019 RESPITE: No Evening Meeting - Sep 5 Summer Respite Our current seasonal meeting breaks include our Evening Meetings. The logic behind the breaks is so that we'll all be equipped for a busy Fall. Regular Meetings will begin again on Sep 12. Reminder to members, guests & friends to keep an eye on these postings for changing events.
12 Sep 2019 Wkly Mtg: Sep 12 - Resume Schedule -Two Speakers Sep 12, 2019 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM BREAKS ARE OVER: Return Meeting Sep 12 Back Together Again Our seasonal time-outs are over for this year. beginning with our Sep 12 Luncheon meeting. We look forward to resuming our camaraderie and productive activities. We'll Be Hearing Two Speakers Today Grace Agwaru, the first recipient of a Gift of Life Heart surgery,.. and District Governor 2019-20, Mahbub Ahmad. About DG Mahbub Ahmad Mahbub Ahmad, is the District Governor for the Rotary Year 2019-20. For 2017-19, he was the District's Technology Director, tasked with assessing and improving the level and usage of technology among the Clubs and the District. He was the President of the Rotary Club of Yonkers-East Yonkers for 2016-17 and under his Presidency, the Club achieved the highest Rotary Honor - the Presidential Citation for 2016-17 - an honor shared with only 2 of the 43 Clubs in the District. He has been the Club and District's Webmaster. and Co-Chaired the 2018 District Conference Committee. He has facilitated a number of technology-related seminars in the District. Mahbub was an International Civil Servant at UN Headquarters in New York for 30 years, retiring as Chief, UN Web Services in 2012. He is credited with many innovations at the UN, the foremost being creation of the multilingual UN Website in 1995. He began his UN career as a broadcaster and has prepared and produced many programs for UN Radio and TV, including multi-part Radio series on Human Rights, Children and the Environment, and TV episodes on UN topics broadcast on CNN. He has widely traveled to attend UN Conferences on the Middle-East, Population, Development, Information Technology, among others, and was Spokesperson for the UN General Assembly President. He received the prestigious "UN21" Award for exceptional service from 2 UN Secretaries-General - Kofi Annan and Ban Ki-Moon. He is a member of the Paul Harris Society and along with his wife, fellow Rotarian Bina Ahmad are Major Donors to the RI Foundation. After 18 years raising their 2 sons in Scarsdale they now are residents of Yonkers. Mahbub graduated with distinction with a Master's Degree in International Law & Organization from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, in 1978. About Grace Agwaru Grace Agwaru was the first recipient of Gift of Life Heart surgery in 1975 when she was 5 years old. Her surgery was sponsored by the Rotary Clubs of Kampala, Uganda and Manhasset, NY and took place at St Francis hospital, Long Island. Grace owes her achievements and inspiration to Rotary, Gift of Life, as well as to her parents who from early days talked about her life story with GOL and encouraged her to achieve her best and also give back. Professionally, Grace is an Agricultural economist from Makerere University in Uganda. She spent her initial career working with rural communities in her hometown - Soroti; teaching them to be self-sufficient. This was her childhood dream to get a job and give back to GOL and Rotary by working close to the needy. Later Joining Rotary and GOLI made this dream more real. In 2004 Grace together with her father and a few friends founded the Rotary club of Soroti Central and in 2009 she joined the GOLI family as a Gift of Life International Global Ambassador.
19 Sep 2019 GOLI Fundraiser at Yankee Stadium Sep 19, 2019 HOMERUN: NY Yankees for GOLI – Sep 19 Hit a Home Run for GOLI Sept 19 is the second fundraiser District 7230 is holding in cooperation with The NY Yankees for the benefit of the children around the world who have congenital heart disease - please consider coming to the game (vs LA Angels) and join us in celebrating Gift of Life International - we have operated on over 35,000 children, and are treating 3000 children a year! Here’s the link for tickets. Hope to see you there!! tickets: Yankees vs Angels - Sep 19 discover GOLI: www.giftoflifeinternational.org
10 Oct 2019 Wkly Mtg: Ferry Zandvliet Oct 10, 2019 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM SPEAKER: Ferry Zandvliet – Oct 10 Looking for the Positive In 2015 FerryZandvliet survived a terrorist attack in Paris. He’ll be telling us about how he dealt with this horrifying ordeal and then managed to convert it into a positive event and embark on a wonderful spiritual journey. Ferry Zandvliet’s Story My story is all about how the most terrifying ordeal made me a much happier person than I was before. That it enriched my life in a way that I would never have imagined. But something that everyone in this world can relate to because my story is just about a setback. And don't we all have setbacks? On Friday, 13 November 2015, I attended a concert by the The Eagles of Death Metal at the Bataclan theatre in Paris. That evening 89 people were shot dead and 300 wounded. There were another two attacks in Paris that night. In total 129 people were killed. It was a night that changed my whole life. Chronic insomnia, hyper-alertness, anxiety and serious PTSS problems dominated my life since that night from hell. I noticed that while my immediate environment became harder and angrier, I personally felt the opposite. The social hardening around me forced me to speak up; I refused to be angry with the perpetrators, nor did I let people scare me. A week later, I again attended a concert, and I formed an intense friendship with the father of one of the terrorists who blew himself up in Le Bataclan. By letting go of my anger and not giving in to my fear, my life has been enhanced. It is almost a spiritual journey and an enrichment of my life. People in my country, the Netherlands, supported us following a life television broadcast with Humberto Tan. I will never forget the support from the entire country. I have now started a support group for victims of terrorism in the Netherlands; have taken steps to improve the treatment of victims (something that was not there for us at the time), and am sharing my story. This has grown naturally. Talking about what happened gave me much support in terms of processing my emotions in the beginning. I hope that people realize that it is senseless to give in to fear and anger through my story; you end up limiting yourself… I should know! Come and listen sometime soon. More about Ferry Zandvliet Non-Member Guests and Visitors may register by contacting Andreas Runggatscher at executivedirector@nyrotary.org Meetings convene 11:45 am with starting bell at noon.
14 Nov 2019 Wkly Mtg: Coren Allen Nov 14, 2019 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM SPEAKER: Coren Allen – Nov 14 Peacebuilding & Enduring Hope Our speaker for Nov 14, Coren Jonathan Allen is author of “What if it Just Started Raining?” and founder of The Kambimbi Academy in Washington, DC, which he made sure was built with a passion to fight hatred and prejudice in every corner of the planet. He brings an extraordinary perspective to peacebuilding, conflict prevention and diversity education. About Coren Jonathan Allen Coren Jonathan Allen is a native of Salem, Oregon, on the West Coast of the United States of America, and has experience in more than 29 countries throughout Africa, North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Coren brings an extraordinary perspective to peacebuilding, conflict prevention and diversity education. The breadth of knowledge gained through 27 years of travel and work experiences has given him a unique and multi-cultural perspective that is now the foundation upon which The Kambimbi Academy is built. With a passion to fight Hate and prejudice in every corner of the planet, Coren is on a mission to celebrate human equality, by bringing a message of enduring hope to humanity. A 1994 graduate of the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, Coren is a retired US Army Soldier having served the United States Army in capacity as either a Cadet (student) or Soldier, since completing Cadet Basic Training during the summer of 1990 through January, 2016. As a combat helicopter pilot, he is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom and as a theater logistics planner, a veteran of Operation United Assistance which served as a vital component of the international humanitarian response to the Ebola Virus Disease, Crisis in West Africa (Liberia) Additionally, with 42 months experience on the continent of Africa, he served on 28 missions in 10 countries facilitating the training of more than 10,000 Soldiers and civilians from the United States and 20 sovereign African nations. Training with Host and Partner nations ranged from countering violent extremism, gender based violence, to peacebuilding, United Nations and traditional operations. About The Kambimbi Academy The Kambimbi (African Rain Bird) is an emerging, global brand for peace building and conflict prevention. The Kambimbi Academy is a comprehensive, international student partnership program whereby students in disparate countries participate in a parallel, dynamic, in-class experience with the intentional design of dissipating today’s clear and present Contagion of Hate and the influences of evil before they are translated into violence; thereby creating a positive shift in social norms, driving this shift to become policy and inciting the exponential, global reproduction of Good.