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If you know of any programs that other clubs might like to know about please send the information to District 7120 Secretary Bill Redden by clicking here.

The Pork Industry - More Than Just The Other White Meat.

The 12-minute presentation will cover:

-What¹s going on in the food and pork business in your area.

-Trends in the local farm economy that affect jobs and economic development.

-How U.S. Producers have become the world's largest pork exporter and what that means to your local economy.

Without a doubt, the pork industry and the farmers involved are major contributors to the state's economy -- affecting everything from employment and cash crops to taxes. This informational discussion will allow your members to learn more about how the industry is changing and what it means to them.

I hope you find this a topic of interest for local Rotary Clubs. If you have questions, please don¹t hesitate to call me at 800-711-0747 or e-mail me at barbara@eidsonandpartners.com.

Thank you for your time and assistance.

Barbara

Barbara A. Dodson
Public Relations Specialist
Operation Main Street
Eidson & Partners, Inc.
800-711-0747 ext. 222

Below is the information about programs your club might be interested in.

Program to help in this economic hard time:

My presentation is an overall view of the attached list stressing the very important issues such as:

*Consolidation of debt with a non-profit national organization. They actually stop credit card interest and apply the agreed upon reduced single payment to the cc companies.

*Medical insurance options that can be affordable or free.

*Medicare/Medicaid questions and answers.

*Free and reduced food costs.

*Plus many other emergency needs.

I have been using this material for the last 3 years, always updating, to assist individuals.

To see list of items I am willing to discuss please click here.

Ed Joseph
ejoseph1@rochester.rr.com
585-314-2629

Honor Flight for WWII Veterans

I recently became involved with Honor Flight Rochester, which is a group honoring our World War II Veterans.  The goal of this group is to fly WWII veterans to Washington DC to visit the WWII Memorial, erected in their honor.  There is no cost to the veterans for participating in this program. Guardians fly with the vets as needed and they pay a portion of the $450 cost to fly to Washington, tour the memorial, and stay for 1 night in a nearby hotel.

Honor Flight is a national organization and the Rochester hub was established in 2007. Honor Flight Rochester took 50+ vets earlier this month and has a 2^nd flight scheduled for June 20^th.  (I will be traveling on the June flight with my father.) Vince Hope, the founder of the local chapter, and I recently spoke at the Clifton Springs Club and Newark had a speaker earlier this year.  If I’m not available, there are other speakers ready to spread the word about this program.

There is an urgent need to get the word out on this program due to the fact that WWII veterans are dying at an incredible rate, thus depleting the pool of potential eligible veterans.

I would be happy to assist any club with securing a speaker for their meeting.

The  cost to send a Veteran is $450. and the donations are not knowing accepted from Vets

Thanks.

Best Regards,

Ed Dundas

erdundas@gmail.com 

Pres. Elect Newark Rotary

Family Love Letter Rotary Program‏

My Name is Glen Cone and I am a member of the Ontario-Walworth Rotary Club. I am offering this program to any Rotary Club within the District. One of my duties here with AXA Advisors is to inform and educate on financial & estate planning topics.

Below is a brief description of what I am offering.

The love letter is addressed to children, sisters, brothers, and grandchildren. 

Work Injury Prevention Program:

 I am a Program Leader for Duffy Rath Systems, headquartered in Syracuse, NY. We have been developing and conducting Work Injury Prevention Programs for companies throughout the US and Canada for the past 25 years. Our clients include Carrier Air Conditioning, Lockheed Martin, Johnson & Johnson, and Honeywell.

While our services are of specific interest to companies looking to save money on health care costs generally, and Workers Compensation costs in particular, the focus of this presentation is on what people can do themselves to avoid or Self-Manage the particular mechanical disorders we see in our work (e.g., Neck and Back pain; Carpal Tunnel; Tennis Elbow; Rotator Cuff; Plantar Fascitis aka "Heel Spurs"; Hip, Knee and Ankle disorders, etc.). This information is something everyone should know about their body, and which I am offering as a community service through organizations such as yours.

To give you some idea of the effectiveness of the information I propose to present, we document up to 81% reduction in Recordable Injuries in Year 1 of our programs, and up to 75% reduction in over-all Worker’s Compensation Costs by year 2. This information is state-of-the-art on a world-wide standard, yet is remarkably simple to understand and utilize.

I propose a presentation to your group that is both informative and very engaging, and can be adjusted to run from 15 minutes to over an hour, depending on time and facilities available. I have a powerpoint presentation available so I will need a projector and screen. If these items are not available please let me know and I can bring handouts for the members.

A. W. (Fred) Lucas

McKenzie Institute Certified MDT

Program Leader

Duffy Rath System

79 Cheese Factory Road

Honeoye Falls, NY  14472 USA

phone & fax:                   585.582.3166

cell:                                585.354.4765

email:          kaiser@rochester.rr.com

Ambassadorail Scholar:

Yusuke Jinnai, our visiting Ambassadorial Scholar from Japan, is willing to present a program to any Rotary Club. He would need transportation from the University of Rochester to your meeting location and then back to the U of R. He will not be available for breakfast and lunch meeting except over the summer months. He will need a projector, computer and screen to present his program. If you would like to have Yusuke present this program please contact him at jinnai.yusuke@gmail.com.

Sonnenberg Garden

A brand-new Rotarian interested in speaking about his project is David Hutchings.  David is the Executive Director of Sonnenberg Gardens here in Canandaigua, and has a 20-minute presentation about Sonnenberg - or can talk intelligently about any aspect of public gardens that clubs might want.  Before coming to Sonnenberg six years ago, David served as Estate Manager for McKenzie-Childs, and has a degree in Urban Forestry.  He is friendly, articulate and knowledgable.  He stresses the public-private cooperation that has brought Sonnenberg back from its former financial problems.

To contact David please call 585-396-7433 or

E-mail hm at director@sonnenberg.org or flbf1hutch@aol.com 

Uganda Water Project

James Harrington and Steve Von Berg are willing to present their program concerning the water project they have been working on in Uganda. They traveled together this past summer to Uganda where they helped to install large plastic tanks that collect rain water. This will provide clean drinking water to whole villages at a cost of $3,000 per tank. The tanks are low maintainence are are expected to last for 35 years.

 To contact them about this program please send an E-mail to ugandanwaterproject@gmail.com or contact James Harrington at (585) 752-5596 or Steve Von Berg at (585) 324-0300

Mercury Opera Rochester Program

Kristen Kessler has been Executive Director of Mercury Opera Rochester since its founding in 2004.  An engineer by education with degrees from RPI, she has been a design engineer, construction manager, computer systems engineer, and technical salesperson.  Always a singer by avocation, she participated in the chorus of Opera Theatre of Rochester for many years and became one of the founders of Rochester Opera Factory in 1999, and subsequently the Executive Director of its successor, Mercury Opera Rochester.  

Kristen Kessler   <kkessler@rochester.rr.com>
Mercury Opera Rochester
(585) 473-6567

For any Rotary Clubs in the Counties of Chemung, Schuyler and Steuben:

My name is Joe Ponzi and I am a Rotarian belonging to the Elmira Club.  I have a program about our agency that I would like to present to the Rotary Clubs in the counties of Chemung, Schuyler and Steuben.  My program has to do with STAVI (The Southern Tier Association for the Visually Impaired).  STAVI is a not for profit organization whose mission is to provide assistance to individuals who are blind or visually impaired through services and employment opportunities.  We operate 2 low vision clinics, 1 each located in Chemung and Steuben Counties.  I would like the members to know of the services available through our agency and to educate about low vision and the ways in which people can be rehabilitated.  Could you please put this on the District 7120 Website and alert the clubs that this program is available?

Joseph Ponzi

Manager of Marketing and Public Relations

STAVI

719 Lake Street

Elmira, NY  14901

607-734-1554

jponzi@st-avi.org

"Life By Design" program

Malcolm Bugler, a Pittsford Rotarian, is offering a program that would very much assist Rotary with it's service projects.  To contact Malcolm about this program please give him a call at (585) 503-7328  or by E-mailing him at  malcolmb@tentwentyseventy.com. The program was developed by Advanced Power Leadership International and you can see a flyer about it by clicking here  .

Documentary Heritage Program of the State Archives. 

My name is Preston Pierce and I am a member of the Canandaigua Rotary Club. I also just took over the position of Regional Archivist for the Rochester Regional Library Consortium under a grant from the State Archives. I would be glad to serve as a guest speaker in Ontario, Monroe, Livingston, Wayne, or Wyoming counties (or even others) for any club that would like an introduction to the Documentary Heritage Program of the State Archives.  You can contact me at (585)-394-8523 or ppierce6@rochester.rr.com  

 Cut Through the Organizational Fog and Discover the Magic of Vision

Buried in the massive detail of the process?  Trying to lead an improvement project and nobody’s following?  Feeling overwhelmed and under-appreciated?  Not sure if you’re the leader or the led?  You’re probably lost in “The Organizational Fog”.  This program will help you become more successful as you learn how to Cut Through the Organizational Fog and Discover the Magic of Vision.

Bill Gormont has been leading corporate teams out of the organizational fog for over 25 years. While successfully navigating the corporate battlefield with winning results, Bill learned the art of trust in organizational survival and the leadership value of a positive attitude.  He brings a point of view about personal relationships in the business environment that helps people re-focus, re-energize and re-engage.

As a professional magician/sleight-of-hand artist, Bill uses his “magic” to deliver his “message” in a unique way that your team is sure to remember.  You may learn more about Bill’s programs at www.BillGormont.com.

Bill Gormont is President of the Greece Rotary Club and Assistant Governor Elect for Area 9, may be reached at bill@empiremagic.com  or (585) 227-9760

Geographic Information Systems Program

 Jim Hall, a new Rotarian from the Seneca Falls Club, has a program concerning the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) that is an emerging technology with a wide variety of applications.  It has a great potential to assist businesses in a wide range of functions.  This presentation provides an introductory definition of GIS and explores existing and potential applications of this technology in our lives today.

 You can contactJim Hall by E-mailing him atjhall@newfields.com or calling him at 315-521-5365

Shelter Box Program

 Richard E. Comins, from the Webster club, is our District representative for the Shelter Box program. He is willing to present a program about the Shelter Box for any club. Please contact him via mail at 1057 Klem Rd. Webster, NY 14580 or by calling at (585) 872-9485 or by E-mailing him at recomins@frontiernet.net or Chuck Mertz at (716) 864-1967 or by E-mailing him at cmertz@enviro-care.net.