Program: Send your Mother a Cow!

What a marvelous program, I plan to donate. Thanks

A good meeting

Very true on how blessed many of us are.  "Living Loan" is a great concept. 

Very interesting.  Thanks

Great

Very nice program.  Thanks

Great background on Mother's day. We love the Heifer foundation in our home. I have bee hives, llamas and cows such all over the place. Thanks for sharing!!

Very interesting.  Great gift that keeps on giving.

I've always thought that Heifer INt'l was one of the best approaches to solving the problem of hunger in the world.  Thanks for the great article.

Interesting program....I will suggest this out reach progrma to our club.

Very interesting.

Thanks for the info on As I Was Saying...: A Collection of Favorite Speeches and Articles by Cliff Dochterman (Paperback - Nov. 19, 2009)

I am going to get a copy of his book.

Regards

Omar

Heifer International is a great organization.  My wife and I give an animal throught Heifer each Christmas as presents for our grand children.

Very worthwhile program - didn't know it had been around so long.

Very appropriate for Mother's Day programming.  Heifer Project continues to do great things!

Heifer International is also a great way to give a Christmas gift to someone who has everything and a birthday present to a child (godson) to start the giving early.

As usual, sweetheart, a great program! Well done! :)

Very motivating project.

Heifer International for Mother's Day-what a great idea.

I love the idea iof giving a heifer. great idea will follow up

Fun meeting

Good Reading!! Is that lady for real or is she made up, you know the one with the Pot Belly stove living in GOD's country. The comedy cornner was again good. thanks I enjoyed this meeting as well. How big is theis E-Club?

Very worthwhile project !!

I learned allot from the program

I loved this original idea; what a unique way to turn a very commercial holiday into something special and meaningful.

Great meeting. I know what I'm getting myself for my birthday!

Greet Program

Great program. I had never heard of Heifer International before.

Thanks, Beth - it's great to learn about Heifer International!  Gotta love the sustainability side of the project.

Very interesting.I'm a Mom and I wouldn't mind a cow!

Sounds like a great program.  I will have to keep that in mind next year for Mother's day.

Thanks

HEIFER INT'L PROGRAM IS SOME PROGRAM AND I AM FAMILIAR FROM MY PAST - HOW GOOD THE PROGRAM IS !!!

WALT

INTERESTING

A great program.

Fantastic -- it would be wonderful if all looked at celebrations as a reason to help others!

Someone has said what I have always known.  Thanks!  (Your Quote below as it appears in this meeting )

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.-- George Bernard Shaw

i like this program,congratulations.

Heifer has been at the top of the list in our home for several years.  We began by "giving" our daughter a flock of ducks!  I think we heard of the organization at a church convention, where they had a vendor booth.  We were intrigued by the idea and have used it many times since, feeling good every time!

So many things we don't know. What a wonderful concept!

Send Your Mother a Cow!

Wonderful program similar to " Favors´s string" Let's see if we can implement it in Mexico.

Always interesting

Congratulations Berth

Anna Jarvis idea of honoring the mothers was very good; the problem is the commercialization they have made out of it, now it would be good to know something more about Heifer International.

I agree with Anna Jarvis that the honoring of our mother's has become too commercialized and the billion's spent on Mother's Day could be better spent in honoring our mother's and helping to stamp out world hunger.  The Heifer Project should be at the top of the list.

Great program

A life in poverty can always mean decision between live and death...this story invokes emotion

A life in poverty can always mean decision between live and death...this story invokes emotion

Thank you, Miss Truly Candid, for the Podunk Pines Weekly news article.  I longed to be you...in front of that typewriter, at the moment in time...for just a moment! Then back to my eClub!  I love Heifer and have been a fan for years.  Brilliant organization!!!

To the Rotary E-Club of the Southwest US:

Thank you so much for making your program available; was both informative & an enjoyable way to do a make-up.  I'm glad to hear that we weren't the only ones who experienced a late spring snow storm (I live in the Sierra Nevada near Lake Tahoe).  Best regards,

David Tirman, Truckee Rotary Club, CA.

I appreciated the the program, this is the first time I heard of Heifer International. What a great way to teach people how to provide for themselves. I also was surprised by the amount of money that was spent on gifts for Mother's Day.

I actually bought a cow in India for an ashram last time I was there. It cost $200 and would give them milk for years.

It is agreat reality the Heifer International program, congratulations

Excellent program

A wonderful program.

I live in Little Rock, Arkansas where Heifer International has its Headquarters. Their visitor's center is wonderful and a must to visit.

Very worthy cause

very interesting program.

Very good presentation.  I feel like I am at my regular club meeting.  This is a very good way to allow members to make up missed meetings when they are traveling and cannot find a local meeting that meets their itenerary.

Thank you!

Great program!  I had heard of it, but it was good to get better insight.  I will definitely be contributing to it.

Thanks for a great inspirational meeting. This helped my day.

Excellent idea to contribute to those in need in a very meaningful way, give them something they can actually use.

The humor section was enjoyable.

Another great program.  I am working on my 11th year of perfect attendance, which has certainly been made even more possible by e-make ups.  E-make ups are always most informative and educational here.  Great program.  I could almost feel Dan West's "Aha" moment..."they don't need a cup, they need a cow."  Talk about a thought hear 'round the world!

I was not familiar with this program--very interesting!

The program is good. Thanks

Thank you for being here and now a legit club..

I enjoyed you club's meeting.  I am in a super club in El Paso but on occasion I need to make up a meeting. You make it easy and interesting.  I also liked the idea of giving a gift to a charitable cause in the name of the honoree for a birthday, anniversary, and such as noted in your current.  May you have continued success

I was surprised to hear that RI has endorsed e-clubs, but with Facebook, etc.  I shouldn't have been surprised in this day and age.

Very interesting

I am a firm believer in Heifer International and was glad to see a program on it.

Great Site - Great Meeting

Inspiring alternative to the traditional Mother's Day.  I may suggest this for fahters day.

Very interesting way to honor Mother's Day.

Worthy cause.

This was very interesting.  I will be shairng this information with others.

Excellent program

This was my first eClub visit.  Some great material.  On "Send Your Mther a Cow", my wife and I have been doing something similar for Christmas.  We wrap a bottle of water as a present to extended adult family members and donate money to get fresh water in Uganda.

Thanks for having me!

Jamie

Heifer International is a very interesting organization.  Its sustainability model (giving away part of what one gains or realizes from their initial gift) is an excellent idea, which can be used in other types of support programs.

Always good to hear about projects such as this one.

FOR THE THIRD TIME I HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO ESTABLISH AND "ACCOUNT" WITH YOU. THIS TIME AFTER TRYING TO ENTER MY BIRTHDATE FOR MORE THAN 5 MINUTES I GIVE UP AND I WILL ALWAYS AND FOREVER BE A MERE VISITOR!!! I SPENT TIME WINDING YOUR CALENDER BACKWARDS TO 1942 AND NOWHERE WAS I SHOWN HOW TO ENTER IT, SO I TRIED AGAIN...SORRY BUT NOT AGAIN  I'LL CONTINUE TO VISIT...

i'M THINKING ABOUT PRESENTING THIS TO OUR CLUB...

Great Program! This is my frist time here.

My brother in law gave us a gift of a pig one Christmas, and this program really made it even more meaningful.

What a great program. Thanks Beth.

I and our Rotary Club Of Winters Ca. have been A long time supporter of Heifer. I applaud this new wrinkle for Mom's Day.

One of the things I like most about Rotary is that the programs keep us informed.  I was not aware of this worthwhile Heifer Project.

5-12-2010Beth Levenson’s "Send Your Mother a Cow" presentation was not only emotionally engaging but also substantively practical. Dan West’s realization in 1939 that Spanish children were starving because of the civil war and that a truly effective solution would have been to give them a cow not just a cup of milk is exactly the kind of smart thinking that should be behind all our acts of philanthropy and care. The long term success of Heifer, an organization that does give needy people cows and other living help, speaks to the intelligence of this sort of love and care for humanity.In my five years as a Rotarian I’ve come to admire all Rotary programs because they help people the way true friends would–practically, sensitively, and with the full commitment and engagement of those being helped.Thanks, Beth!Brooks C. Sackett

This is my first visit to your Eclub.  I loved it!  From now on, I will attend your meetings for any make ups that I need to make.  This was great! 

This is my first visit to your Eclub.  I loved it!  From now on, I will attend your meetings for any make ups that I need to make.  This was great! 

This is my first visit to your Eclub.  I loved it!  From now on, I will attend your meetings for any make ups that I need to make.  This was great! 

This is my first visit to your Eclub.  I loved it!  From now on, I will attend your meetings for any make ups that I need to make.  This was great! 

Great Program

Excellent site.  Always enjoy reading programs.  Heifer International Program is a great idea.

It's nice to know the e-rotary is gaining popularity.

I think giving to Heifer International is a great idea but I also think buying cards and flowers is a great idea.  Florists now have heard too many times (or read) "in lieu of flowers", that Mother's day is at least one of those times their businesses can thrive.  I did get flowers and I was grateful for myself and for the florist.  I think we can give to both.  Great meeting.

Alice Wheeler

Heifer International is a brilliant solution to a worldwide problem.

I like your style!

NEAT WAY TO DO MAKE UPS!!!

Excellent Meeting

I love the Heifer international program. Our church has supported this group for years, even sending some middle schoolers on a mission trip a couple of years ago.  What a great idea of a new wonderful way to honor family members!

Thank you

Good info

I'm not musically inclined and therefore I have left the decision of the e-Rotary song to those with talent.

I will be picking up a copy of Mr. Dochterman's latest book and sharing it with my co-workers. 

I've been in RI for many years and I did not know we had a Rotary Peace Fellowship.

And I greatly enjoyed Ms Truly Candid's article, even though it took me a minute to figure out what Rhode Island's vote had to do with anything.  I'm a little slow this morning!!  I look forward to her next article. 

This was just a TERRIFIC program. Thank you.

Good program! An interesting take on Mother's Day. I always enjoy your programs.

Wonderful program, Beth. Tom and I also give our family gifts from Heifer International. The helping hand up, not a hand out, and the requirement that recipients of these gifts give in return are what make this program so strong.

Miss Truely Candid did a wonderful job, and now Iwill figure out where to put the log.

Excellent program - great to see funding go to longer term solutions

Have a cow!

I love how far your e-club has come since the first time I logged on.

Fran Jarrell, Paintsville,KY Rotary Club

I like your meeting format much better than the other eClubs I have made up at.  Miss Truly Candid's comments were great!  Your pages load very fast which is important when you are trying to attend from Cameroon with a slow Internet connection.  Everything worked except the pdf download :-(  I am familar with Heifer International and was looking forward to getting an update on their current activities.  Tried to download last week's pdf and had the same result.  Not sure if the problem is your server or my Internet connection.

fantastic very very interesting Go Rotary!

Good program, and thanks for the book recommendation (As I was Saying, a collection of speeches and articles).  I'm looking forward to checking that out.

Nice program, self.

love, me

Thanks Beth!  Also a good idea when the holiday season comes along.

I love the concept. My husband is having radiation treatments every day for five plus weeks and they are right during my normal Park Ridge IL Rotary Club meeting. So I can't go! This is great. I loved the article by Ima Gossip... how absolutely wonderful! I will be back. I don't know the rules, but certainly will find out. Plus, we want to move to Arizona at some point! Claudia Vignola (I am the club secretary)

first I must say how pleased I am to see that the ECluds

have been approvedby the council of Legislation,a permanet

part of Rotary,i really enjoy each weekly meeting here in outback Australia.

Good meeting Beth here in Australia we celebrated Mothers day,I like your family idea honoring family members on this day.

With counterparts in 160 other countries, Mother's Day began in the U.S. in 1912 thanks to Anna Jarvis, who coined the term and created Mother's Day International Association. Jarvis later became disenchanted with the holiday owing to her perceived excessive commercialization of its observance. Today it is the most popular U.S. restaurant dining day of the year, with $2.6 billion dollars spent on flowers as well. Our speaker proposes an alternative way to celebrate the occasion: making a gift to Heifer International. A donation purchases a heifer, for instance,  which is then given to a needy family in one of 128 countries. In return for the "living loan" of the heifer, the recipient family is required to give one of the heifer's offspring to another needy family. By this exponential method, the Heifer International program, begun 66 years ago, has helped tens of thousands of families become productive and self-sufficient.  Thus, the Mother's Day gift to Heifer International, in the name of one's mother, provides nurture to others long after a Mother's Day bouquet has wilted and disappeared. Great program!

What a wonderful program, a gift that keeps giving- GREAT!Life is not how you survive the storm: it is how you dance in the rain. This is cetainly daning in the rain.

Joe

The Heifer Program is a wonderful project. When I was working on the low-cost shelter project in Mexico (along with other help for the people there in the form of Hunger Plus food, a beehive project, an ambulance and playground and AV equipment) my 1997-98 classmate, Charlie Whittle, of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, provided a Heifer Program to the area. I don't recall all the animals that were sent, but I do remember that there were EARTHWORMS!!

NOTE TO PRESIDENT LARRY: Miss Truly asked me to advise you that sometimes she IS irregular.

Good programe!

great meeting

Have a copy of the second book written by PRI Cliff.  Good read.  Spent my mother's day as a single lady at a charity for foster kids. Fun volunteering and even got to eat some fun food!  Nice to hear that we are all trying to combine service with fun or holidays with giving to others than ourselves!!!  YAY ROTARY

Great program Beth. Wasn't even aware of this organization but what a service they provide.

Mel

Great program

I like the new layout.

Thanks,

Joe Albo, Florence, AZ Rotary Club.

Holy Cow, mom. Happy Mother's Day.

Good program.  I like your Meeting Format

Interesting program!

Interesting program.