Rotary Club of Masambong District 3780

Club No.  69936, Chartered June 29, 2005

Background

While waiting for the approval of our Charter, I was mulling on the impact of the shift in the direction that the club will have to take, from the original plan of establishing an e-Club into being approved as a regular club and having to operate as such. It was then that the "focused community development" approach became clear in my mind as the alternative route to take. I finally received a text last June 28 from then District Governor George L. Howard, who was in Chicago at that time, advising me that Rtn. Tony Quinn of RI has confirmed the approval of our charter.

We can better touch people's lives by focusing valuable resources and initiatives at community service in one particular community and make a difference, rather than spreading them thin in many places. Furthermore, an effective mechanism of consultation with the target beneficiaries themselves, through the intercession of their barangay officials, community and sectoral leaders, will ensure that whatever forms of assistance we extend to them will truly be responsive and relevant to their needs.

I envisioned my stewardship as an entire year of dialogue and interaction with barangay and community leaders of Bgy. Masambong to determine their most immediate, mid-term and long-term needs, and to muster the club's resources in trying to respond to them. Through our Forum on Organizing a Community United in Service (F.O.C.U.S.) e-Group, let us let us exchange views and join our hands in establishing what one well-meaning civic organization can do if it decides to focus its efforts and resources in addressing the needs of one specific community. more >>

Rtn. Don Flordeliza, Jr.

Charter President

Rotary Club of Masambong District 3780

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Focused Community Development Initiative

This 3-Year Plan is crafted along the following lines:

• Membership Growth

• Orientation and Mentoring

• Club Public Relations

• The Four Avenues of Service

  • RCC as the focal point in organizing the community

• Service to the New Generation

• The Club’s Signature Projects

  • The R. E. S. C. U. E. Program

    • "Quick H. E. L. P. Check" survey

  • Com-Dev  Partners of RC Masambong

• Quarterly Fund Raising Dinner

• The Rotary Foundation

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Membership Growth
Growth Target:  5 members every year

Recruitment Strategies

• The Com-Dev Partners of RC Masambong

  • A clearing house for service oriented individuals who can become candidates for Rotary membership

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• Reaching out to concerned businessmen, company executives, community leaders and government officials who reside in Barangay Masambong, and neighboring commercial areas and subdivisions.

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Orientation and Mentoring

• Appoint a Club Trainer and establish club-level training activities

• Give attention to training Prospective and New Members

  • Coach and guide Prospective Members along Rotarians principles and values:

    • The Objects of Rotary,

    • The 4-Way Test,

    • The Declaration of Rotarians in   Businesses and Professions

    • The 4 Avenues of Service

    • Service to the New Generation

    • The Rotary Foundation

• Participate in all district-mandated training activities

• Encourage the development of Rotarian core values in the club and in the member's business and personal lives

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Club Public Relations

• Forum in Organizing a Community United in Service (F. O. C. U. S.) e-Group

  • The FOCUS Forum will reach out far and wide, to establish institutional partners and supporters for RC Masambong's programs.

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The 4 Avenues of Service

• Club Service: Improve club administration and familiarize members accordingly

• Vocational Service: Encourage Classification Write Ups in the e-Club’s Newsletter

  • Construct 4-Ways Test signs  at one marker per year

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• Community Service: Organize RCCs in the four depressed areas of Barangay Masambong  at the rate of one RCC per year  

  • Implement Micro Lending and other relevant projects with the RCCs

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The Rotary Community Corp as the focal point...

 

The RCC shall be the fulcrum of community organizing activities. Community leaders will be identified and organized to constitute the RCC. They will serve as the representatives and voice of the other target beneficiaries in the community.

 

They can serve as the club's arm in conducting surveys or disseminating information. They can be trained and serve as community health extension workers, disaster volunteer brigades, among others. (What is an RCC?)

 

• Int’l Service: Develop international sister clubs  at one club per year  

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Service to the New Generation

• Sponsor a Community-based Rotaract Club

• Sponsor Interact Clubs in the two nearby elementary schools at one club per year.

• Sponsor R. Y. L. A. participants

• Encourage youth participation in district-level conferences and other yearly activities

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RC Masambong3780's Signature Projects

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>> The R. E. S. C. U. E. Program

R. E. S. C. U. E.  stands for Rotary's Emergency Support to the Community's United Efforts. It has two parts. On one hand, Rotary will endeavor to identify and respond to the community's needs. On the other, the community should be encouraged to unite and organize themselves to develop the capability to address some of their needs as they may arise.

The R. .E. S. C. U. E. Program is designed having the coming rainy season in mind. Three of Bgy. Masambong's depressed communities are situated beside a creek.  They are situated so low that water rises to waist-level after a two-hour downpour of heavy rains. Affected residents are immediately evacuated to the tennis court, which is the only covered area that can accommodate them. The nearby school buildings cannot served the purpose because they too are flooded. One can then imagine their plight in the height of a strong typhoon. The club will endeavor to prepare pre-packed food, which will be ready for distribution in times of immediate needs.

After the rainy season will be over, The R. E. S. C. U. E. Program can shift gears and become  Rotary's Economic Support to the Community's United Efforts, focusing on livelihood training and development. Micro-lending assistance can be introduced whenever feasible. Cooperative development can also be explored and supported.

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>>>> "Quick H. E. L. P. Check" survey

To serve as the basis for the club's immediate. mid-term and long-term interventions in the barangay, we will conduct a Quick H. E. L. P. Check survey, which will cover the areas of Health, Environmental management, Livelihood, and People's participation in addressing their own affairs.

The Quick H. E. L. P. Check survey, which need not be very extensive, will be conducted per household by clusters.

Survey results will help to properly identify, quantify and catalogue problem areas and concerns to serve as the basis in plotting  the corresponding programs to address and possibly resolve them.

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>> Com-Dev  Partners of RC Masambong

The Com-Dev Partners of RC Masambong is one of our signature projects.

It is designed to  serve as a clearing house for those individuals who may actually qualify for Club membership, by having their convictions and dedication to the ideals of service tested in actual service projects involvement before bringing them over to full Rotary membership. This assures good quality members in the future.

It may also serve as an avenue to involve non-Rotarians who may have the interest and dedication to serve others, but are prevented by their economic realities from living up to the minimum financial requirements of Rotarian membership.

It is also designed to encourage cooperation between the Club and other non-Rotarian services organizations in pursuing possible joint projects. It is further an avenue to explore inter-Rotary club cooperation, to explore possible direct assistance, sister club and/or matching grant arrangements.

PHILIPPINE NATIONAL RED CROSS, QUEZON CITY CHAPTER. RC Masambong had made representations with the Quezon City Chapter of the Philippine National Red Cross, headed by Mrs. Annie Torres, who agreed to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement with the club as one of its institutional partners in providing assistance to Barangay Masambong, and in working together to transform Barangay Masambong  into a model community.

The RC Masambong-PNRCQC Partnership will also help address important health concerns, particularly those affecting women and children.

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RCMasambong3780 Fund Raising Project

 

• QUARTERLY FUND RAISING DINNERS. Holding a  Club-sponsored quarterly socials as Fund Raising Dinners

 

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The Rotary Foundation

 

• Campaign for TRF support among Club members and partner organizations

• Achieve 100% TRF Sustaining Membership Status

• Maintain a yearly build-up of Paul Harris Fellows

  • 1^st year = 1 new

  • 2^nd year = 2 additional

  • 3^rd year = 3 additional

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Service Above Self

 

	"We all embark on a journey that would stretch our humanity to the fullest. If we persevere to the end, we will discover ourselves to have become far more better persons than what we may think we already are, for truly they also profit most who serve best."
	Rtn. Don Flordeliza, Jr. Charter President Rotary Club of Masambong D-3780

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