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NGELITA E. CASTROesident

P MARCIA C. SALVADOR

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PP Eui Bong JUNG, OMDBERT L. OLIVAR, DVM

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FERDINAND VALBUENA CC in Dona Juana Elementary Schoolhair IPP MARITES L. NEPOMUCENO

FERNANDO M. DELGRA, JR.nd-TB in Quezon Cityhair PP MARCIA C. SALVADOR

PP EUI BONG JUNG, OMD ANGELITA E. CASTRO

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O f f i c i a l e - N e w s l e t t e r o f t h e R o t a r y C l u b o f H o l y S p i r i t

8 March 2016 Rotary Club of Holy Spirit Club No. 69935 RI District 3780 Philippines Vol. VIII No. 35

7-13 March is WORLD ROTARACT WEEK

WORLD ROTARACT WEEK opens service oportunities for youth partners of Holy Spirit

Holy Spirit continues implementation of RotaryEnd-TB in QC program

On March 4, 2016, the 25 children idtified earlier to be TB-infected wagain checked up by District Commnity Service Chair Dr Irene Santos. Acompanied by their parents or guaans, they received the prescribed mecines for their 2nd month of treatmeThe check-up was done at the pastooffice of St Benedict Parish in BarangHoly Spirit arranged by WCP AnCastro, with assistance from Salamat sa Biyaya Foundation.

Officers and members ofthe Rotaract Club of HolySpirit gathered on Sunday,6 March 2016 to finalizeplans for the week-long

celebration of World Rota-ract Week on March 7-12,2016. VP Jayson Montede Ramos presided overthe meeting.

The following activitieshave been lined up for theevent: March 7-11 assistance to the MilkFeeding and Nutrition Program for 50wasted Grade I students at Dona JuanaElementary School; March 9 clean-updrive and anti-dengue spraying in desig-nated streets in Barangay Holy Spirit, andcareer guidance talk before Grade 10 stu-dents of Holy Spirit National High School;March 10 book-giving in five (5) highschools; March 12 Palarong Pinoy . TheInteractors of Holy Spirit National HighSchool have been invited to participate in

some of these service activities.

With the Interactors present, they alsocussed their respective assignments ing the annual large-scale SM-sponso

medical/dental/diagnostic mission March 12, 2016.

The Rotaractors and Interactors came with a surprise program for birthcelebrants Youth Service chair MaSalvador and Interact leader Daniel AOrtega.


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Presidents-Elect Training Seminar 5-6 Marc2016. Peth Rivera of RC Holy Spirit and 82 otheclassmates complete their preparation as All-StaPresidents for RY 2016-17. Congratulations an

best wishes !

Source: FB Post by DSD Cesar “Poch” Jaymalin. Thanks.

RC Holy Spirit during the traditional “Harana”episode in the PETS Program: World ClassPresident Angel Castro & All-Star PresidentPeth Rivera

The All-Star Presidents pose for souvenir class picture withdistrict leaders led by IDG Dwight Ramos


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A few words about Rotary’s 111th-year history and its distinctive

accomplishments, from a leader of the first club

When President Cheryl and David asked me to say a fewwords tonight about Rotary’s history I said I would, with twohings in mind: First, I realize that many people in this room

undoubtedly know much more about Rotary history than I do.And second, I am generally not one who likes to dwell on thepast. So I am going to talk about something really simple thathappened in the past, but that tells us something importantabout Rotary’s future.

t is hard to think of anything more simple than the fact, whichmany of you know already, that the world’s very first Rotarycommunity service project was a toilet. Yes, in 1907, RO-TARY/One engaged in its first ever service project, the plan-ning and construction of a public toilet outside the new Chi-cago City Hall at the corner of LaSalle and WashingtonStreets. The project’s result was humble, but it just may havebeen something that only an organization like Rotary couldhave pulled off at that time and that reflects the unique powerof Rotary as an organization.

What do I mean by that? Rotary didn’t just go out one day,slap a shack on the side of the City Hall and put a toilet in it.Nobody could have done that, not even in 1907. What Rotarydid was create a collaboration among several groups to ac-complish something that no one of those groups could orwould have done by itself.

n our archives, we have a copy of the agenda of a publicmeeting hosted by ROTARY/One in 1907 to discuss the pro-ect. What I find most fascinating about this document is the

number of individuals and groups that Rotary got together toplan the construction of a simple toilet. It included City officials,an Alderman, a Presbyterian minister, and organizations likehe Commercial Club, the Industrial Club, the City Club, theChicago Commercial Association, the Hamilton Club, and theMunicipal Art League.

And this, I believe, is the key to Rotary’s success in very first project, and ever since. Our ability to brgroups together across economic, political and sectarlines to get things done in our communities is what givRotary its power.

It is what gave Rotary the power to provide the first clesanitary public toilet in Chicago. And it is what has given tary the power to do virtually everything else it has done in111-year history.

It is what turned a 1943 Rotary conference in London on innational peace and understanding into the foundations of oof the most important international organizations in the woUNESCO.

It is what enabled Rotary bring together leaders of the Ta

Tiger rebels and the government of Sri Lanka to broker mple ceasefires in the vicious Sri Lankan civil war to allow volteers to inoculate millions of children against the deadly pvirus. And it is what enabled Rotary to literally change world in the fight against polio. Because beginning in 19Rotary worked with the World Health Organization, the UCenters for Disease Control, UNICEF, and the Bill & MeliGates Foundation to form the Global Polio Eradication Aance. Just like the 1907 Public Comfort Station Alliance led to that first public toilet in downtown Chicago.

Before Rotary got involved in polio eradication, 1,000 childwere being paralyzed every day by the polio virus worldwidis February 23, 2016. We are 54 days into the new year.

sent Rotary’s efforts at polio eradication, we could h54,000 new cases of polio this year. Two years ago, in 20when I was President of ROTARY/One, at this same timethe year, I was able to report that this number had droppeonly 49 cases in 3 countries. That was tremendous progrand excellent news. So…… I checked the numbers just morning. As of today, the total number of new cases of inftion by the wild polio virus worldwide is …… ONE.

I don’t know how many people used that first toilet that Rohelped build in Chicago in 1907. But if Rotary had done noing other than save 53,999 children from contracting poliothe first month and a half of 2016, this fact alone would jus

today’s celebration. And if you consider the literally millionchildren that Rotary has saved from polio, and all the otprojects worldwide that Rotary has accomplished in its 11year history, I think it is clear that Rotary is one of the mimportant and effective organizations in history. So….. HaBirthday, Rotary.

The Rotary movement began right here in Chi-cago, in 1905, when a small group of businessmenormed a charitable organization dedicated to serv-ng their community and fostering fellowship

Today, the Rotary Club of Chicago boasts

over 200 members who continue to meet on aweekly basis, a dedicated Foundation (the RO-TARY/One Foundation, Inc.), a vibrant calendar ofguest speakers, and strong participation in serviceprojects both in Chicago and across the world, the

Rotary Club of Chicago is carrying forwardtraditions and values that were first founded over 110 years ago. The Club sponsors two R

ract Clubs, The Rotaract Club of Chicagothe Rotaract Club of the University of Chica

Published by THE DOVE 8 March 2016 issue, from the ROTARY/One website.

Address delivered by Michael Faris, a Past President of ROTARY/One, on 23 February 2016

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WCP Angel Castro, BCP Marites Nepomuceno, FCP Dr. Eui Bong Jung, Rtn David Kim, Rtn Jey, and Rtr Aileen Claire Mesias of the Rotaract Club of Holy Spirit. Hosts of the mission wereim, brother of David Kim, and Rev Pastor Henry, based locally. Foot of Mt. Halcon is behind the

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Fellowship night of RC Holy Spirit at the

Eommason Kimchi Restaurant along Holy

Spirit Drive

Holy Spirit D3780


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Some years ago, I was asked to speak atan Interact club in my home city of Co-lombo, Sri Lanka. I have always taken myinteractions with Rotary youth very seri-ously, so I prepared my remarks carefullyand put the same effort into my presenta-tion that I would for any other event. Afterthe meeting, I stayed to chat with a few ofthe Interactors, answering their questionsand wishing them well.

ame out of the classroom where we had met into the autumnernoon. The bright sun was shining directly into my eyes, so Iund a bit of shade behind a pillar where I could wait for mye.

I stood there, hidden from view, I overheard a group of thery Interactors who had just listened to my speech. Naturally I

as curious: What would they be saying? What had they taken

way from my presentation? I quickly realized that what they hadken away was not at all what I had intended.

ey were not talking about what I had said, the stories I hadd, or the lessons I had come to their school to impart. To mytonishment, the major topic of conversation was my tie! I lis-ned with amusement as they chattered about my Westernothes, my background, my business; every aspect of my ap-arance and behavior was dissected and discussed. Just as

ey began to speculate about what car I drove, my ride arrivedd I stepped out into view. They were perhaps a bit embar-ssed, but I just smiled, got into the car, and drove off with aave.

hatever they learned from me that day, I learned far more. Iarned that the lessons we teach with our examples are farore powerful than those we teach with words. I realized that asRotary leader, and a prominent person in the community, Id, for better or worse, become a role model for these youngople. Their eyes were on me in a way that I had never beforepreciated. If they chose to emulate me, they would model

emselves on what they saw, not what I told them.

of us in Rotary are leaders, in one way or another, in ourmmunities. All of us bear the responsibility that comes withat. Our Rotary values, our Rotary ideals, cannot be left within

e confines of our Rotary clubs. They must be carried with usery day. Wherever we are, whoever we are with, whether we

e involved in Rotary work – we are always representingotary. We must conduct ourselves accordingly: in whate think, what we say, what we do, and how we do it. Ourmmunities, and our children, deserve no less.

R. “Ravi” RAVINDRAN resident 2015-16

Foundation Chairman’s March 2016 Messag

When Arch Klumph was president of Rtary in 1916-17, he suggested in a speat the 1917 Atlanta convention that Roshould start an endowment fund for thepurpose of doing good in the world. It w

only a brief reference, but the idea cauon with Rotarians. The Rotary Club of sas City, Mo., made the first donation o$26.50 to the new fund, which was officnamed The Rotary Foundation in 1928

The Rotary Foundation had some activity in the 1930s and1940s, but it was the memorial gifts to honor Paul Harris afthis death in January 1947 that provided the funds to undertthe first major program. That was the award of 18 internatioscholarships for successful college graduates to spend a yestudying abroad as Rotary Fellows. The fellowship programgrew to 125 students a year in 1960-61, when I was a Rota

Fellow in Cape Town, South Africa, and it later became thelargest privately funded scholarship program with 1,200 students a year.

Rotarians' constant search for the best possible charitable pgrams led to the introduction of the Matching Grants and GrStudy Exchange programs in 1965-66. From there, the Foution assumed responsibility for the PolioPlus program in theearly 1980s, established the Rotary Peace Centers in 2002and restructured Rotary's Humanitarian Grants Program aspart of the Future Vision plan in 2013.

What has been the result of these efforts? Rotarians have b justifiably proud and supportive of the Foundation for many

years, evidenced by their generous contributions of $123 mto the Annual Fund in 2014-15. In addition, the CNBC televnetwork recently confirmed the success of The Rotary Fountion by naming it one of the "top 10 charities changing the win 2015." In fact, our Foundation was ranked as the fifth-bescharity working to make the world a better place!

What a powerful tribute to Arch Klumph's visionary idea in1917! We have so much to be proud of in Rotary, including Rotary Foundation, and so much to celebrate at the Atlantaconvention next year. Please plan now to attend the centencelebration at the convention and show your support for onethe very best charitable foundations in the world!

RAY KLINGINSMITHTrustee Chair 2015-16

The Rotary Foundation

Rotary Information - MARCH MESSAGES FROM ROTARY LEADERS

RI President’s March 2016 Message

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FOLLOWERSHIP: Best in a supporting roleBy Steve Almond from the March 2016 issue of The Rotarian (abridged by editors of THE DOVE to fit limited spa

believe I am safe in assuming that most ofyou are not regular readers of the Journal ofLeadership Studies. Nor that you had thepleasure of perusing the article in that maga-zine’s Winter 2014 issue titled “Followershipn Leadership Studies: A Case of Leader-Follower Trade Approach.” To save you therouble, let me summarize the argument putorward by the author, Petros G. Malakyan:

While an abundance of research is devotedo leaders – an entire literature, in fact –almost nothing is written about followers.

The reason for this is not particularly elusive.From presidents to mob bosses, from gener-als to drug lords, we love narratives that cen-er on figures who hold, or aspire to hold,absolute power.

This bias is even more pronounced in theworld of business, which is predicated on thenotion that worth can be measured by yourplace in the pecking order. People don’t thinkabout how they function as followers be-cause the very idea that they might be follow-

ers – as opposed to leaders-in-waiting – strikes them as insulting.

The huge and unsung irony here is that mosteadership studies conclude that lousy follow-ers wind up making lousy leaders. “He whohas never learned to obey cannot be a goodcommander,” is how Aristotle put it a coupleof thousand years ago.

This dynamic is particularly fraught for Ro-arians, because Rotary is, by its nature,illed with people who are leaders in theirprofession or their business who must adapt,or re-adapt, to being followers in order to

unction within the organization. For this rea-son, I’ve spent several weeks studying theconcept of followership and trying to compilea few crucial tips to being a good follower.

***There are four essential qualities to being agood follower, at least according to RobertKelley, a scholar at Carnegie Mellon Univer-sity who enjoys the odd distinction of beinghe world’s leading authority on followership.

A couple of these are pretty straightforward.Good followers have to be committed to themission of the group, and they have to becompetent in their given role. The more nu-

anced attributes are what Kelley refers to asself-management and courage. Good follow-ers have to be able to work independentlyand maintain their ethical standards.

The most common misconception Kelleyencounters is that being a “good follower” istantamount to passive obedience. In fact, a

good follower must be engaged in an activecollaboration with the leader, and that re-quires critical thinking. Followers must becandid with superiors, especially in offeringconstructive criticism that might aid the largercause. In the absence of critical thought,groupthink inevitably takes hold.

What’s most fun about reading Kelley’s workis the spot-on taxonomy he provides of fol-lower types. Anyone who works in an office

will recognize them.The “sheep,” for example, require constantsupervision. The “yes people” put blind loy-alty before all else. Then there are the“pragmatics,” who wait until a consensushas emerged before taking a position onanything. And, of course, the “alienated,”who are motivated mostly by grievance, thenot-very-secret sentiment that they are theones who should be in charge.

My sense is that most followers struggle withall of these tendencies. They are natural re-sponses to the dilemma of the follower,which is that you are expected to devoteyourself entirely to a cause that brings moreglory (and riches and a bigger office) to the

leader, not to you.

But the hallmark of what Kelley calls the ef-fective follower is precisely this: an ability tocheck your ego at the door, to remain posi-tive and self-motivated even if you’re notsetting the agenda. This person succeedseven without the presence of a leader pre-cisely because she embodies the ideals ofleadership.

Kelley’s point is ultimately the same as Aris-totle’s: The key lessons of leadership arelearned as a follower.

I’ve been a witness to one of the most sing exemplars of this maxim. His namTom Brady. The quarterback of the NEngland Patriots is widely regarded as onthe best players in history and the leagmost natural leader: gifted, smart, hardwing, and able to inspire the best in his te

mates.

But fans tend to forget how the Brady sbegan. When he came to the UniversitMichigan, Tom Terrific was a tall, gawkyfrom a private California high school. He listed as seventh on the depth chart spent his first two years as a backup.Despite two outstanding seasons in colleBrady wasn’t considered athletic enougmake the pros. He was lucky to get dralate in the sixth round. He arrived in traicamp with three quarterbacks ahead of including a star named Drew Bledsoe.

Early in his second season as a pro, Brwas called upon to replace Bledsoe, who been injured during a game. Within a weeks, it was clear that Brady would hold job for the rest of his career. But the seedhis success as a leader were planted duthose months and years of toil as a bacwhen Brady made the largely invisible dsion to embrace the role of a follower.

This is not to say that Brady has alwayshered to the highest ethical standards –“Deflategate” saga clearly raised questabout his willingness to win at all costs.most of those criticisms have come foutside the sport. His teammates have sported him unconditionally.

You can trace the same pattern in the livefigures such as Joshua (who faithfully seMoses and led the Jews into the PromLand), Winston Churchill (who remaloyal to his predecessor Neville Chambebut questioned his appeasement of Hitand even Rudolph the Red-Nosed ReindThey all succeeded as leaders only ahaving to learn the lessons of good followship.

***So far as I can determine, being a good

lower boils down to acceptance. You havbe OK with the idea that you can achsimply by contributing.

To offer your full devotion as a follower an act of acquiescence or resignation.the contrary, it’s evidence of a healthy eof a person bright enough not to need a cstant spotlight.

The question for all of us is whether we find the grace required to be a followegood faith – to accept that cooperation isthe enemy of ambition and that recognnever brings us enduring happiness unlecomes from within.

Pragmatics

IN PRAISE OF FOLLOWERS an article by Robert E. Kelly first appeared in the Harvard Business Review publication.

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PHILANTROPHY: Think before you giveBy Peter Singer from the February 2016 issue of The Rotarian

The idea of trying to get the best value forour money should not strike anyone asstrange. Would you be happy to learn thathe high-priced dishwasher you purchased

does not clean dishes as well as anotherbrand that sells for half the price? To avoidsuch aggravating mistakes, people check

online ratings and read Consumer Re-ports before making large purchases. Yetwhen donating to charity, most people dono research at all.

The variation in value for money that canbe found among charitable programs is fargreater than that among dishwashers.None of the dishwashers on the marketcosts hundreds of times more than a dish-washer that cleans just as well. If it did, themanufacturer would soon be out of busi-ness. Ineffective charities, on the otherhand, continue to receive donations be-

cause donors do not demand hard infor-mation about the effectiveness of theirprograms.

Perhaps what those donors really want ishe warm glow they get from simply know-ng they have given to charity. Effectivealtruists, on the other hand, want to knowhey are doing the most good they can.

They use reason and evidence to makesure their good intentions lead to the bestpossible outcomes.

When people take the time to researchcharities, what they learn is often not rele-

vant to the effectiveness of the charity.They might check, for instance, what pro-portion of a charity’s revenue goes to ad-ministration and fundraising. A charitymight have very low administrative spend-ng because it has few employees – butwithout staff, it cannot monitor what itsprograms are achieving. It doesn’t matterhat 90 percent of its revenue goes towardts programs if half of those programs dono good at all. On the other hand, a charityhat spends 20 percent of its revenue on

administration may have the resources toensure that all of its programs are effec-

ive. If so, it will offer better value than thecharity with lower overhead.

Many people, when choosing a charity tosupport, often donate to projects in theirown communities. This is important. How-ever, when those donors live in an affluentcountry, the poverty they are addressing isrelative poverty – that is, relative to theaffluence that typically prevails in that soci-ety. Even in the United States, which hasmore gaps in its welfare net than otheraffluent countries, even people who arepoor have access to safe drinking water

and free education for their children. Food

stamps, on average, are worth about $4 aday – double the income of the 700 millionpeople who live in what the World Bankconsiders extreme poverty.

That people in poor countries earn somuch less than people in affluent countriesmakes a huge difference in our ability tohelp them. In the United States, a family offour will be below the poverty line if its totalannual earnings are below $24,250. Sup-pose you give this family $1,000. They willno doubt find this helpful, but for a familyof four living below the World Bank’s ex-treme poverty line, that $1,000 could makea much bigger difference. Independentresearchers have tracked what poor fami-lies in East Africa have done with such a

windfall. One of the most common thingsthey do is to replace a leaky thatched roofwith a tin roof. Then when it rains heavily,they – and their stores of grain – stay dry.They also save the cost of periodicallyreplacing the thatch. They may haveenough money left over to buy a cow orsome chickens, or to start a small busi-ness. Of course, not all of them are soprudent. Some of them will just eat betterfor a year.

Testing effectiveness is important. Admit-tedly, it’s not easy to prove what kind ofinterventions lead, for example, to childrendoing better at school, but it’s not impossi-ble, either. You can use the same methodsthat pharmaceutical companies use to testwhether a new drug helps to cure a dis-ease. They enroll patients with the diseasein a trial. Half of them are selected, at ran-dom, to get the new drug, and the otherhalf continue with the standard treatmentor a placebo. If the patients who get thenew drug do better, you know it is the drugthat made the difference.

In many poor regions of the world, chil-dren, especially girls, often do not go to

school even when education is free. Which

of these strategies do you think wowork best in increasing the time childstay at school?

Unconditional cash transfers for girls

Cash transfers for girls, conditionaschool attendance

Merit scholarships for girls Free primary school uniforms

Treating primary school children for intnal parasites

Providing information to parents about children who stay in school will earn mo

All of these strategies look as though tmight work, and, in fact, all have btried. But without rigorous testing, it wobe impossible to know which one wobest. The Jameel Poverty Action LabMassachusetts Institute of Technology done that testing and found that the

one on the list, providing informationparents about how children who staschool will earn more, is the most ceffective. De-worming, which is very ch – one pill, costing as little as 2 cekeeps a child free of the worms for a y – is also highly cost-effective.

The four other interventions turn ougive much poorer value per dollar. cash transfers are particularly poor vaand whether they are conditional or uncditional doesn’t make much differeThe most effective method results in m

than 200 times the benefits of the two leeffective methods. To put it another wFor every $100 spent on one of the leeffective methods, $99.50 is wasted.Resources are always limited, especialpoor countries. Wasting resources memany children do not achieve their full tential. Testing different strategies cheap, but it’s a lot cheaper than spendmoney for many years on something does no good at all.

I believe most people who donate to city need to give more thought to whethe programs they support are effecand whether they are doing the most gthey can with the resources they havailable.

Peter Singer teaches bioethicsPrinceton University. His most recbook is The Most Good You Can

How Effec A l t r u i s m Changing Id About Living Ecally.

Watch a classic presentation. Prof. Peter Singer in TED Talks: EFFECTIVE ALTRUISM

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THE DOVE of RC Holy Spirit D3780

1 March 2016The Rotarian March 2016

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The Object of RotaryThe Object of Rotary is to encourage and fosterthe ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise

and, in particular, to encourage and foster:

FIRST. The development of acquaintanceas an opportunity for service;

SECOND. High ethical standards in busi-ness and professions, the recognition of theworthiness of all useful occupations, and thedignifying of each Rotarian's occupation asan opportunity to serve society;

THIRD. The application of the ideal of ser-vice in each Rotarian's personal, business,and community life;

FOURTH. The advancement of international

understanding, goodwill, and peace

through a world fellowship of business andprofessional persons united in the ideal of

service.

The Four-Way TestOf the things we think, say or do

1 Is it the TRUTH?

2 Is it FAIR to all concerned?

3 Will it build GOODWILL and

BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?

4 Will it be BENEFICIAL to all

concerned?

Rotarian’s Pledge I am a RotarianI will always uphold the TRUTH.

I am a Rotarian

I will always strive to be FAIR

in all of my dealings with my fellowmen.

I am a Rotarian

I will always endeavor to build

GOODWILL and UNDERSTANDING

in my community,

among my countrymen

and people of all nations.

I am a Rotarian

I will always seek to promote

the greatest goodfor the greatest number of people

in the spirit of ROTARY SERVICE.

I am a Rotarian

I will always uphold

the Rotary International Motto,

SERVICE ABOVE SELF.

Principles that Guide Rot

Rotarian Code of ConductAs a Rotarian, I will

1) Act with integrity and high ethical stan-dards in my personal and professional life

2) Deal fairly with others and treat them and

their occupations with respect

3) Use my professional skills through Rotaryto mentor young people, help those withspecial needs, and improve people’s qualityof life in my community and in the world

4) Avoid behaviour that reflects adversely onRotary or other Rotarians

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online by clicking on this link.

SERVICE ABOVE SELF

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Holy Spirit D3780

About THE DOVE

THE DOVE is the official newsletter ofthe Rotary Club of Holy Spirit, RotaryInternational District 3780.

The digital publication features“hyperlinks or web-links” which make ita true electronic newsletter/e-bulletin.

Distribution:

THE DOVE is published in 3 ver-sions: printed, digital PDF, andonline.

PDF version sent by email tonearly 1,000 addressees, Rotari-ans and non-Rotarians in the club,in the district, in Philippine Rotaryand outside including RI.

Posted on social media networksand groups

Printed copies for meetings

First issue of THE DOVE: 4 June 2009(Vol I, No. 1)

Editorial team:

Marcia Salvador - Editor

Ric Salvador - Asst Editor

Contributors

Address: Don Antonio Clubhouse,Holy Spirit Drive, Quezon City PH
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RC Holy Spirit THE DOVE WB VIII No. 35 March 8, 2016

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