This Week: December 3 Problem Gambling, with speaker Carol O'Hare, Nevada Council on Problem Gambling

Santa Clothes: December 7 See Paul's Update

Holiday Party: December 8 Cliff & Edmee's home. Click here for more information.

Next Week:December 12 Family and Child Treatment (FACT) of Southern Nevada, with speaker Fran Marshall, Executive Director, and Donna DiMarco, Board President

Foundation Dinner: January 27th

Community Service Updates
Paul Wexler announced that Santa Clothes volunteers will meet at Penny's Meadows Mall on 12/7 at 7:AM to meet the kids for their shopping spree. For more information click here.

NALA has a wish list posted on their website. If you can provide any of these resources or know of someone who might contact Paul Wexler. Click here for more information.

Club Service Update
Jim Cady announced that our annual fundraiser is set for April 28 at the Suncoast. Start collecting items for the auctions and raffle.

Elections for the 2007-2008 Board of Directors will be held the last meeting in December.

Teen Leadership Camp
Alexandria Nichols gave a presentation about her experiences at D5300's Teen Leadership Camp held at Idyllwild, CA. D5300 promotes two youth leadership programs TLC and RYLA. Click here to view D5300's TLC video.

Community in Schools
Louise Helton gave a presentation on Community in School (CISSNV) and the work they do to combat hunger among needy school children. Starting in the Reynaldo Martinez Elementary School, CIS provides food and other needed services to needy school children.

There's no fellowship in an empty chair.
Your guests and visiting Rotarians help kindle the flame of fellowship

Guests this week were:
TLC student Alexandria Nichols, accompanied by her mother, Shera Pillsbury, and sister, Gianna.
Betty Mirich from the North Club
Darrell Cavanaugh, guest of Cliff and prospective member

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I'm excited to report that the International Service committee is moving forward with some really great club projects, including the following.

A home for 45 orphaned girls needs to be rebuilt in Costa Rica at a cost of $10,000. Our club will contribute $1,000 of this, with the Saint John’s Foundation coordinating collection and distribution of project funds.

You know we have close ties to the Punitaqui Club. The Punitaqui Club has invited the members of their Women’s Auxiliary to become full members of the Rotary Club. We are contributing $530.00 towards the Punitaqui Club’s project to build a cistern for five families with no water. Also donations made at our holiday party will be sent to the Punitaqui club to allow children to purchase baskets of food for needy families in the area.

A Rotoract Club in Kenya began an AIDS education program in 2002, with the help of various European clubs. Our club is contributing $1,000 towards developing additional materials. Angela Brooks will seek out contributions from other local clubs to help reach their goal of $2,000.

Second Post:
Bob Beers has proposed Guy Lynch for membership. If you have any questions, please contact Eric or Jim.

Rotary Fellowships Do you travel? Then you might want to consider Rotary Friendship Exchange, which is Rotary's international exchange program for Rotarians and their families. Friendship Exchange provides participants the opportunity to experience other cultures by staying in the homes of Rotarians in other countries. Interested? Then check this out. http://www.rotary.org/programs/rfe/index.html

NALA: IMMEDIATE HELP NEEDED CLICK HERE
Paul Wexler reports that Glenda has met with the Clark County Health Department to find out what we need to do to get the play ground open. Tom Anderson has completed the preliminary proposal for the landscaping; and there are other issues pertaining to new equipment, walls extensions and gates etc. NALA has also developed an extensive wish list which has been posted on their website. Click here.

Thank You From Frank Devlyn: International Services Director, Karen Whisenhunt, Rotary Club of Las Vegas, forwarded an email from Frank Devlyn, thanking participants for participating in the Rotary Booth at the American Academy of Ophthalmology Meeting. Judith and Dennis Filangeri represented our club. For the full text, click here.

Halloween at NALA
On October 31, Halloween, club member, Paul Wexler and his wife Sally, were asked to help judge the Halloween contest at the NALA Pre-School. Also judging was Attorney General-elect Catherine Cortez Masto along with NALA staff and board members. The children were incredible. Almost everyone had their costume. For the children who could not afford a costume, their teachers painted their faces to look like scary characters so that every child could participate. Click Here--the pictures tell the story.

Greeter: Michael Flint
Pledge: Edmee Marcek
Inspirational: Jim Veltman
Musicologist: Dennis Ortwein

If you would like to be a guest for one of our programs, please contact Eric Tarbox at membership@lvnwrotary.org