BY ATTY. BATAS MAURICIO

ROTARY DISTRICT 3810 GOV. SALVADOR ATTEMPTS THE IMPOSSIBLE: For trying to carry out, on November 21, 2010, an unprecedented and unparalleled free medical-dental-surgical-legal mission all at the same time in Manila, Pasay City, Cavite and Occidental Mindoro---the four areas under Rotary International (RI) District 3810--- 2010-2011 District Gov. Tranquil Gervacio Salvador III has already assured himself of immortality in the world of Rotary.

 For, from the time RI established its first club in the Philippines in 1919---and in all Asia as well---up to the present time where there are now 10 Rotary districts and about 1,000 or so Rotary  Clubs  with about  50,000 or so Rotarians in the country, no other district governor has ever attempted to provide a composite free medical-dental-surgical-legal mission on a district-wide basis.

 All through the years, these missions were usually undertaken only by individual Rotary clubs, largely because of the expense and great trouble of simultaneously mounting them in disparate areas, not to mention the difficulty of getting doctors and lawyers from diverse places who will also serve for free and  merely volunteer their services.

 But with a complete faith that the club presidents who are serving with him for Rotary Year 2010-2011 (called Global Presidents) share his vision of undertaking a massive, once-in-a-lifetime “service above self” that would write finis to the issue of whether a medical-dental-surgical and legal mission could indeed be carried out on a district-wide basis, Salvador decided it is time to challenge and attempt to do the impossible.

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 FREE MEDICAL-DENTAL-SURGICAL-LESSION SET NOVEMBER 21, 2010: If plans do not miscarry, there will be four central locations where Rotarians from District 3810, acting on the directions of current RI President Rey Klinginsmith,  will treat patients and give free legal assistance to clients on November 21, 2010.

 For Manila residents, they can go to the San Andres, Malate, Manila gymnasium near the San Andres Market. For Pasay City residents, patients and clients can be served at the Pasay City Sports Arena right alongside the Cuneta Astrodome.

 For those who would want to be served in Cavite, the mission will be held at the Tejeros Convention Hall at Tejeros, Rosario, Cavite. For those who are in Occidental Mindoro, patients and clients alike can go to the Municipal Gym in Rizal, Occiddental Mindoro.

 Henceforth, because of Salvador’s big heart for service, there is no more excuse for other Rotary district governors from District 3810 and from the other nine Philippine Rotary districts to limit medical-dental and surgical and legal missions to club levels, as there is already satisfactory evidence that the district can do it as well.

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 LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last…” (John 15:12-16, the Holy Bible).


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Pinuno ng Rotary D-3810, kinaya ang imposible


 ROTARY DISTRICT 3810 GOV. SALVADOR, KINAYA ANG IMPOSIBLE: Sa kanyang pagsusumikap na magkaroon ng libre at sabayang medical-dental-surgical at legal mission na hindi pa nagagawa kailanman sa Manila, Pasay City, Cavite at Occidental Mindoro---ang apat na lugar sa ilalim ng Rotary International (RI) District 3810---nakakasigurado na si 2010-2011 District Gov. Tranquil Gervacio Salvador III na hindi na siya makakalimutan pa sa mundo ng Rotary.

 Kasi, mula noong itatag ng RI ang kanyang unang club sa Pilipinas noong 1919---at sa buong Asya na rin---at hanggang sa ngayon kung saan mayroon ng 10 Rotary districts at aabot na sa 1,000 Rotary clubs na may mga kasaping halos 50,000 Rotarians ang nasa bansa, wala pang ibang district governor ang sumubok na magkaroon ng libreng gamutan at libreng tulong abogado sa kabuuan ng kanilang mga nasasakupang distrito.

 Sa pagdaaan ng mga taon, ang mga missions na ito ay ginagawa lamang ng mga indibiduwal na Rotary clubs, dahil na rin sa malaking gastos at teribleng sigalot na dulot ng isang sabayang paglilingkod sa iba’t ibang lugar, kasama na din ang problema sa pagkuha ng mga duktor at mga abogado na maglilingkod din ng libre.

 Ngunit malaki ang sampalataya ni Salvador sa kanyang mga Global  Presidents na kasama niyang naglilingkod sa Rotary Year 2010-2011, at nakikiisa sa kanyang layuning gawin ang isang malakihan at minsan-lamang-sa buong-buhay na “paglilingkod ng higit sa sarili”, kaya naipakita nilang ang isang medical-dental-surgical at legal mission ay maaari palang gawin din ng isang Rotary District.

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 FREE MEDICAL-DENTAL-SURGICAL-LESSION GAGAWIN SA  NOVEMBER 21, 2010: Kung walang aberyang mangyayari, may apat na lugar kung saan ang mga Rotarians mula sa District 3810 ay manggagamot at mang-oopera ng mga pasyente at magbibigay ng legal assistance sa mga may suliraning legal sa Nobyembre 21, 2010, ayon na rin sa kautusan ng kasalukuyang RI President Rey Klinginsmith.

 Para sa mga residente ng Manila, maaari silang tumungo sa San Andres, Malate, Manila gymnasium, malapit sa San Andres Market. Para sa mga residente ng Pasay City, maaari silang mapagsilbihan sa Pasay City Sports Arena na katabi naman ng Cuneta Astrodome.

 Sa mga nagnanais namang makalahok mula sa Cavite, ang lugar ng pagdarausan ng medical-dental-surgical at legal mission ay sa Tejeros Convention Hall sa Tejeros, Rosario, Cavite. Sa mga nasa Occidental Mindoro, ito naman ay gaganapin sa Municipal Gym sa Rizal, Occidental Mindoro.

 Dahil sa malaking puso ni Salvador para sa paglilingkod, wala ng rason pa mula ngayon ang iba pang mga Rotary district governors mula sa District 3810 at mula sa siyam na iba pang Philippine Rotary districts na limitahan ang mga medical-dental, at surgical at legal missions sa mga clubs lamang, sapagkat mayroon ng katibayan na kaya din palang gawin ito ng isang district.

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 INSPIRASYON SA BUHAY: “Ito ang aking utos. Mahalin ninyo ang isa’t isa gaya ng pagmamahal ko sa inyo. Wala ng hihigit pa kaysa sa pag-ibig na ito: ang ibigay ang buhay ng isang tao para sa kanyang mga kaibigan. Kayo ay aking mga kaibigan kung susundin ninyo ang aking mga utos. Hindi ninyo ako pinili, pero ako ang pumili at siyang nagtalaga sa inyo, upang humayo kayo at mamunga ng marami, ng bungang tatagal…” (Juan 15:12-16, Bibliya).


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