Club Update

Greetings Rotarian,

Cort Vaughn, Rotarian and Polio survivor and I are doing what we can to eradicate Polio from the face of the earth. We are all doing our best to make our communities and the world community a better place. Help us by making a contribution the the PolioPlus effort by choosing a link below.

Cort and I are both riding in the Ride to End Polio, in Tuscon, the weekend before Thanksgiving. Your contribution will go toward your Paul Harris Recognition and your club’s PolioPlus giving. Contact me with any questions.

Cort and I have a combined goal of $15,000 please, help us END POLIO!

Cort Vaughn – Donate HERE

Tim Mobley – Donate HERE

Yours in Rotary Service,

Tim Mobley
District Rotary Foundation Committee Chair

Dear Rotarian,

World Polio Day is October 24^th. It is a time for Rotary members all over the world to gather, recognize our progress, and get ready to eradicate polio. Eighteen million people around the world who would have died or been paralyzed are alive and walking because of the polio eradication campaign.

When we talk about Polio Plus, we know we are eradicating polio, but do we realize how many added benefits the program brings? The “Plus” is something else that is provided as part of the polio eradication campaign. I touched on a few in last week’s TRF Moment and some other examples are that it might be a hand-operated tricycle or access to water. It might be additional medical treatment, bed nets, or soap. A 2010 study estimates that vitamin A drops given to children at the same time as the polio vaccine have prevented 1.25 million deaths by decreasing susceptibility to infectious diseases. (These statistics are excerpts from The Rotarian Magazine, October 2019, story by Vanessa Glavinskas).

Please join me this Tuesday to hear from our District Polio Plus Chair, Nelson Maler, with his timely presentation on Rotary and its polio eradication efforts. This will be a singularly wonderful program to bring a friend and show them the power of our Organization.

Rotary has a growing list of public figures and celebrities who support our fight against polio, including Bill Gates, actresses Kristen Bell and Archie Panjabi; actor and wrestling superstar John Cena; supermodel Isabeli Fontana; Nobel Peace Prize laureate Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu; action-movie star Jackie Chan; actor Donald Sutherland; boxing great Manny Pacquiao; pop star Psy; golf legend Jack Nicklaus; conservationist Jane Goodall; premier violinist Itzhak Perlman, Grammy Award winners A.R. Rahman, Angelique Kidjo, and Ziggy Marley; and peace advocate Queen Noor of Jordan. These ambassadors help Rotary educate the public about the disease and the fight to end polio for good.

We are in the final stretch in this 30+ year endeavor and I am proud to be a supporting Rotarian of this worthwhile cause! This is truly an example of ordinary people accomplishing extraordinary things!

See you on Tuesday!
 

Yours in Rotary Service,

Michelle Corradetti, President

Dear Rotarian,
 

I believe that a person’s identity and sense of self is shaped by many different aspects. Family, culture, friends, personal interests, socioeconomic and environmental surroundings are all factors that shape a person’s identity. I love how each and every one of us are so unique with such diverse personalities and life stories!

This week we get to enjoy one of my favorite programs! Two of our newest members, Genie Gilliam and Lori Williams will be sharing their “WHO AM I” presentations! These are two very dynamic women that will definitely make a positive difference in our Club! Please join me and your Rotarian family in hearing Genie and Lori’s stories and get to know them on a more personal basis!

It is said that you tend to become like the people you choose to spend time with. Think of how we can make a difference in people’s lives by inviting them to Rotary and sharing our mission of providing service to others, promoting integrity, advancing world understanding, goodwill, and peace through its fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders. We can create a ripple effect that crosses the barriers of city, state, country, and continent!

Have you thought about how Rotary has made you into the person you are today? See you on Tuesday!

Yours in Rotary Service,

Michelle Corradetti, President

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Dear Fellow Medford Club Members,

Rotary offers lots of ways to assist those who are not as blessed.  Please consider helping with our projects especially with the list of items below.

Thank you,

President Michelle

Dear Rotarian,
 

Attending the Sundance Film Festival was on my personal bucket list until I moved to the Rogue Valley. A good friend of mine is a long-standing volunteer for the Ashland Independent Film Festival and took me under her wing 3 years ago and helped me experience AIFF in every way possible! My experience started with the official wine tasting of the annual AIFF signature wine at Ashland’s local wine shop. And if you did not know, Eric Weisinger is the winemaker and Michael Moore provides the grapes! My volunteer friend then showed me how to become a member, and how and when to purchase tickets to the movies, documentaries, and events of choice. People come from all over to experience this special time to engage with films and filmmakers and we are lucky to have it here in our own Valley! Sorry Sundance, Ashland satiates my film festival desires!

This week I am excited to introduce and welcome Richard Herskowitz, the Artistic Director of the Ashland Independent Film Festival who will be teasing us with glimpses of the upcoming Varsity World Film Week celebrating independent films from around the world. This year is even EXTRA special as it is the 30^th Anniversary of Varsity World Film Week and the 50^th Anniversary of Ashland’s connection with Sister City Guanajuato, Mexico and Sarah Hoch, the Executive Director of the Guanajuato International Film Festival will be present for the celebration!

Please invite a colleague, friend, or neighbor to join you and experience the Rotary energy our Club has to offer! If you haven’t been to a meeting in a while, we’d love to see you! Together, we can do extraordinary things!

Ask for extra butter on your popcorn and see you at the movies!

Dear Rotarian,

“A team’s success is mostly measured by its season record and overall amount of victories, yet winning is only a minor part of success. Success alone does not make a team great until it is paired with effective coaching. Effective coaching runs deeper than wins and losses, it also includes reaching athletes on an individual level. Coaches who focus on positive, personal relationships with their athletes are insuring success beyond their record on the field.” This is from a blog for Ohio University and I could not have stated it any better.

This week Ed Singler will be continuing the long-standing tradition of bringing together our Valley’s 4 high school football coaches to discuss this year’s season. For those of you that did not know, Ed played football for Oregon State and his brother, Bill, played football for Stanford. I can only imagine the rivalry between a Beaver and a Cardinal in the Singler family! Brother Bill is now the head coach at South Medford. Ed shared with me that it seems his brother, Bill, got the brains in the family, but clearly he got the good looks!  Brothers…..

Coaches have the ability to impart a lifelong impact on their athletes in relation to their morals, strength of character, leadership abilities, working in a team, and even future relationships. We are lucky as a community to have these 4 coaches in the lives of our young athletes as the role models they are.

Please join me in an afternoon of football and Rotary Fellowship! This is one meeting you will not want to miss!

Yours in Rotary Service,

Michelle Corradetti, President

Dear Rotarian,

The youth of our community are the leaders of our future! In the words of Robert Kennedy, “This world demands the qualities of youth: not a time of life but a state of mind, a temper of the will, a quality of imagination, a predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease.” I believe this statement rings true today as when it was originally stated!

RYLA, Rotary Youth Leadership Awakening, is considered one of the outstanding youth programs in Rotary. It is where high school young men and women spend a week in a challenging program of discussions, inspirational addresses, leadership training and social activities designed to enhance personal development, leadership skills, and good citizenship.

Attendance at RYLA is by scholarship only and our Club has sponsored 4 local students this past year. This week we have the opportunity to hear from the students that participated and how RYLA impacted them personally.

Please reach out to a fellow Rotarian you haven’t seen at a meeting in a while and have them join you in an afternoon of Rotary camaraderie! Let’s ignite that spark in one another! You may even get to say someday that your Rotary Club helped a future President, inventor, or innovator along their life path!

“If you ever think you’re too small to be effective, you’ve never been in bed with a mosquito!” – Wendy Lesko

See you on Tuesday!

Yours in Rotary Service,

Michelle Corradetti, President