Club Alert - We have only 18 gift sponsors for 30 children with our annual Cathy Kids Christmas Gift Program.  Please contact Ric at 540-335-7425 or ricvannorton@yahoo.com to help.

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From the Rotary Club of Frederick County, Virginia, USA

Founded 1991 in Stephens City, Virginia

Celebrating our 20^th year of "Service above Self”

Today is Thursday, December 8, 2011

Next Monday

December 12, 2011 from 7:00 to 8:00 PM

Location: Sherando High School – Choral Room

Interact Club Meeting

Next Tuesday

December 13, 2011 from 7:30 to 8:30 AM

Fantastic Frederick County Club Breakfast Meeting

***** Your Peanut Money Is Due – Pick Up Your Peanuts*****

***** Sign up to help a child.  Cathy’s Kids Christmas Program *****

Location: Shenandoah University, Allen Hall, Clement Board Room

Program: The featured program speaker is Judith R. James, Ed.D. Director of Transition Programs Lord Fairfax Community College, she will be discussing the mission and purpose of the College’s new Office of Transitions. 

About our Speaker

Dr. Judith R. James

In February 2011, Dr. Judith R. James was hired as the director of Lord Fairfax Community College’s new Office of Transition Programs.  This new office oversees four (4) programs providing an expanded bridge to college for adult learners and a comprehensive array of academic preparation, career development and other wraparound student support services to address their unique and holistic needs.  

Dr. James is also an active member of the Regional Literacy Coordinating Council (RLCC) committed to improving literacy among adult learners within a five county region in the Northern Shenandoah Valley and a member of the Board overseeing Apple Country Head Start, serving Winchester City, Frederick County and Clarke County.

Prior to joining Lord Fairfax Community College, Dr. James served as Executive Director of the Prince George’s County Board of Education and Special Assistant to the Superintendent, Prince George’s County Public Schools, the 2nd largest urban school district in Maryland and the 18 largest in the nation.

Dr. James has also held progressively responsible positions at the national level - as a director of urban and metropolitan programs at the National Center for Higher Education and as a consultant to the U.S. Department of Education - reviewing applications from higher education institutions seeking federal funding to administer programs for first generation college going students.

At the state level, Dr. James worked for Ohio's planning and coordinating agency for public higher education - The Ohio Board of Regents - as the director of Ohio’s statewide access and success initiative and  the Teaching Leadership Consortium - Ohio, an initiative to convene Ohio’s College of Education Deans to review the state’s teacher preparation curriculum and recommend revisions to ensure Ohio Pre-K-12 teachers were prepared to achieve successful learning outcomes and close the achievement gap among culturally and linguistically diverse populations.

Her community college experience includes serving as the chief student affairs officer in both the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) and the California Community College system.

A native of Oakland, California, she holds the following degrees: B.A. In Cultural Anthropology and Sociology from Mills College (Oakland, California); M.A. In Education Administration from Holy Names University (Oakland, California) and an Ed.D in Organization and Leadership in Education from the University of San Francisco. 

December 2011"Rotary Family Month”

Programs: Ryan Oates

Gatekeepers: Mike Perry and Joe Knechtel

Greeter: Ken Black

Club Activities in December: Peanut Sales Conclude – Club Christmas Party – Kathy’s Kid Christmas Toys – Election of Officers – Firewood for CCAP - Canned Goods Each Week for CCAP – Start Thinking about District Award Applications

December 20, 2011 – Hanukkah begins.

December 20, 2011

7:30 a.m. at SU – Christmas and Hanukkah Caroling with Kitty & John

***Bring Kathy Kid’s Christmas Toys to this meeting***

December 23, 2011

***Last day to deliver Kathy’s Kids Christmas Toys to Walters Frame Shop located in Stephens City***

December 25, 2011– Christmas Day

December 27, 2011

7:30 a.m. at SU - Program: Club Members Vocational Program

Speakers: Marietta Walls, DVM at Apple Valley Animal Hospital, Tammy Stevenson, Marketing Executive and Malcolm Van de Riet, Residential Contractor.

News from around Area 1

Just to let folks know Clarke County Rotary will not be meeting on the following dates:

November 23, December 7 & December 28

Here's the schedule for Winchester's Latest Rotary Club:

December 6th- Meeting is a membership Drive at D'Vine Wines in Winchester- We will not be at the Brew Pub.

December 13th- Normal meeting at the Brew Pub

December 20th- Meeting cancelled. Some members will be bell ringing at the Apple Blossom Mall main entrance from 6-9pm

December 27th- Meeting cancelled.

District Awards

From Erica DeAzagra

We need members to help write the applications for district awards. An evening work and dessert party will be held at Erika's house in early January (7pm--date to be determined).  

Outreach

From Jim Stutzman Committee Chair

Just wanted to give everyone an update on our committee:

- We have successfully pulled off the Thanksgiving day baskets for Free Medical Clinic and Healthy Families, donating 45 baskets.

- We have supported the efforts of the Salvation Army by ringing the red kettle bell at JC Penny’s.

- We have solicited support this a.m. from our club to help buy gifts for Cathy’s Kids for Christmas.

- We have completed our Holiday Peanut Sales drive, selling over 600 cans of peanuts!

Thanks to everyone on the committee for your help in these endeavors. Now that we have the holiday projects behind us, it’s time to start planning the other projects we collectively decided we wanted to activate this year to support the community outreach of our club.

Golf Tournament - Ryan Oates has volunteered to chair this event and Calvin Gant agreed to co-chair this morning. Ryan was talking to WCC to inquire about the possibility of hosting the event there and potential cost. I hope to have details on that in the next couple of weeks. We are tentatively looking at late April or early May as the timing for this event. I would like to have at least 5 other volunteers to assist on a committee to help organize this event. Please contact me and let me know if you are willing to participate in this activity. I would like to hold our first committee meeting before the Christmas holiday if possible, to lay out action items and begin planning.

Online Auction - Wendy Longerbeam & Bill Old have agreed to co-chair this event and I would love to have 7 or 8 people agree to join this committee as well. We are targeting an April time frame and welcome hearing from anyone who would like to help.

Downtown Pub Crawl - This event is a totally new idea that we are planning to wrap around a holiday in February. It should be a lot of fun and help us raise the level of awareness of our club as well as a few dollars. Erika has agreed to Chair this event with Scott Shendow as co-chair. This should not be very labor intensive or costly, but we need about 4 people to participate on the committee. Please contact me and let me know if you want to help.

Thanks to all for your service,

Bo

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Club Administration                              From Bill North, Committee Chair

Not all thieves are stupid. This gives us something to think about with all our new electronic technology.

GPS
A couple of weeks ago a friend told me that someone she knew had their car broken into while they were at a football game. Their car was parked on the green which was adjacent to the football stadium and specially allotted to football fans. Things stolen from the car included a garage door remote control, some money and a GPS which had been prominently mounted on the dashboard.

When the victims got home, they found that their house had been ransacked and just about everything worth anything had been stolen. The thieves had used the GPS to guide them to the house. They then used the garage remote control to open the garage door and gain entry to the house. The thieves knew the owners were at the football game, they knew what time the game was scheduled to finish and so they knew how much time they had to clean out the house. It would appear that they had brought a truck to empty the house of its contents.

Something to consider if you have a GPS - don't put your home address in it.. Put a nearby address (like a store or gas station) so you can still find your way home if you need to, but no one else would know where you live if your GPS were stolen.

MOBILE PHONES

I never thought of this.......

This lady has now changed her habit of how she lists her names on her mobile phone after her handbag was stolen. Her handbag, which contained her cell phone, credit card, wallet... Etc...was stolen.

20 minutes later when she called her hubby, from a pay phone telling him what had happened, hubby says 'I received your text asking about our Pin number and I've replied a little while ago.' When they rushed down to the bank, the bank staff told them all the money was already withdrawn. The thief had actually used the stolen cell phone to text 'hubby' in the contact list and got hold of the pin number. Within 20 minutes he had withdrawn all the money from their bank account.

Moral of the lesson:

Do not disclose the relationship between you and the people in your contact list.

Avoid using names like Home, Honey, Hubby, Sweetheart, Dad, Mom, etc....

And very importantly, when sensitive info is being asked through texts, CONFIRM by calling back

Also, when you're being texted by friends or family to meet them somewhere, be sure to call back to confirm that the message came from them. If you don't reach them, be very careful about going places to meet 'family and friends' who text you.

Kathy’s Kids Christmas Gift Program

From Ric Van Norton, Committee Chair

Club Alert - We have only 18 gift sponsors for 30 children with our annual Cathy Kids Christmas Gift Program.  Please contact Ric at 540-335-7425 or ricvannorton@yahoo.com to help.

The Four-Way Rotary Test

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

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