Focused community development initiatives...

Dear Friends,

Welcome to our club website. RC Masambong 3780 is the 88th club in District 3780, Quezon City, Philippines, approved by the Rotary International. It was chartered last June 29, 2005 with Club No. 69936. We take pride in being chartered during Rotary's Centennial Year.

We open our Visitors pages to both Rotarians and non-Rotarians alike. We welcome non-Rotarians to browse our web pages to learn more about Rotary. We encourage you to e-mail us your comments and suggestions. Those who are  interested to know the requirements of Rotary Membership may visit our Join Us! pages. Centennial District  Gov. George L. Howard originally gave us probationary status last April 5, 2005 as an Rotary eClubONE3780, and for the next two months we pioneered to establish the FIRST e-Club in the Philippines. There are only 28 cyber clubs operating worldwide under RI's cyber club project. Unfortunately RI suspended the acceptance of applications for new cyber clubs at the moment. I look forward to pursuing PDG George's dream of establishing the FIRST e-Club in the country, if still given the chance.

While waiting for the approval of our Charter, I thought of the shift in the direction that the we will have to take now that the club will be approved as a regular club and not as an e-Club. It became clear to my mind then that the "focused community development" approach is the alternative route to take.

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 assistance we extend to them will truly be responsive and relevant to their needs.

I envision my stewardship as an entire year of dialogue and interaction with barangay and community leaders to determine their most immediate, mid-term and long-term needs, and to muster the club's resources in trying to respond to them. The Rotary Community Corp (RCC) will be at the center of community organizing efforts.

Through our Forum on Organizing a Community United in Service (F.O.C.U.S.) Newsletter, we will chronicle what one well-meaning civic organization can do if it will focus its efforts and resources in addressing the needs of one specific community.

We invite you to join our ranks of Community Development Advocates and participate in and/or support our various community projects in Bgy. Masambong, Quezon City, Philippines. You may also visit and get involved with local Rotary clubs nearest you.

You may remain a non-Rotarian and join our Com-Dev Partners of RC Masambong where we encourage to develop partnership with other service organizations in the pursuit of our goals.

The Com-Dev Partners of RC Masambong is also open to Rotarians belonging to other clubs anywhere in the world, as a prelude for possible sister club and/or matching grant arrangements.

Let us Celebrate Rotary and Serve with Honor!

CP Don Flordeliza, Jr.

Charter President

Rotary Club of Masambong District 3780

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