Thursday, August 20, 2015

August 14, 2015 Briar Crier

BRIERCRIER FOR AUGUST 14

This Day in History

1945; President Harry S. Truman announced that Imperial Japan had surrended unconditionally and that World War II had ended.

Meeting leader: Director Anne Cargill

Pledge: Anne Song: Sy Prayer: Bishop John

Guests: Rod Ertischek for a short time, and Edmund Floris (via Sean).

Rotarians Present: 16

HAPPY THOUGHTS

Ernie ($5) is happy and his entertainment at his home went well. We will be doing hot dogs on Community Day

Jim Davis (our Speaker) is happy to be speaker

Ken is happy

Elinor is happy

Anne is happy that cataracts operation went well and sees colors better

Mark S. ($5) is going to see his mom and taking one of his daughters with him

Kris is happy

Dr. Bob Maher is happy that Ernie will help doing Community Day on September 12

Bishop John thanks all for their donations

Sy is happy to be here

Etrusca is happy with birthday

Antonia is happy because it is a beautiful day.

SPEAKER. Dr. James Davis on Veteran Suicides. He graduated from elementary school and high school in California. Then went to Stanford where he got a BA in pre-med and his medical degree. Then did a residency in Psychiatry at Montifiore in New York City. Then went into public health in Staten Island and ended up practicing psychiatry in Florida where he joined Rotary. He is now a snow bird so he will be going back to his Rotary Club in Florida.

SUMMARY OF TALK

Dr. Davis will talk about veteran suicides. There are about ten per 100,000 per year. We do not keep good records at Veteran Administration but it is a national crisis. The object of the military is to make good soldiers. They are all volunteers and trained at boot camp. Once a soldier is out of uniform then goes to Veteran Administration. They commit suicide because then cannot stand the pain, and are mainly men but women’s figures are going up. Treatment helps.

Next Friday. NO speaker. We will talk to each other and have a Rotary talk from Jim Lupfer.

Text: Elinor, Helper, Sy

**We meet every Friday at The Briar’s Restaurant on 512 N. State road around 12:15.

SERVICE ABOVE SELF is our Motto

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

MISSION: Mission The mission of Rotary International is to provide service to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through its fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders.

Diversity and Rotary
Rotary International recognizes the value of diversity within individual clubs. Rotary encourages clubs to assess those in their communities who are eligible for membership, under existing membership guidelines, and to endeavor to include the appropriate range of individuals in their clubs. A club that reflects its community with regard to professional and business classification, gender, age, religion, and ethnicity is a club with the key to its future.

OBJECT OF ROTARY

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:
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.

THE FOUR-WAY TEST

The Four-Way Test is a nonpartisan and nonsectarian ethical guide for Rotarians to use for their personal and professional relationships. The test has been translated into more than 100 languages, and Rotarians recite it at club meetings:
Of the things we think, say or do
Is it the TRUTH?
Is it FAIR to all concerned?
Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

AVENUES OF SERVICE

We channel our commitment to service at home and abroad through five Avenues of Service, which are the foundation of club activity.
Club Service focuses on making clubs strong. A thriving club is anchored by strong relationships and an active membership development plan.
Vocational Service calls on every Rotarian to work with integrity and contribute their expertise to the problems and needs of society.
Community Service encourages every Rotarian to find ways to improve the quality of life for people in their communities and to serve the public interest.
International Service exemplifies our global reach in promoting peace and understanding. We support this service avenue by sponsoring or volunteering on international projects, seeking partners abroad, and more.
Youth Service recognizes the importance of empowering youth and young professionals through leadership development programs such as Rotaract, Interact, Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, andRotary Youth Exchange.

Rotary Club of Briarcliff Manor

Thursday, August 20, 2015

August 14, 2015 Briar Crier

We meet on Fridays at the Briar'sWe meet Fridays 12:15 at the Briar Restaurant, 512 N. State Road,

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SERVICE ABOVE SELF is our Motto

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

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AVENUES OF SERVICE

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