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April 30, 2026 |
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Welcome to this week’s meeting of the eClub of the State of Jefferson.
Hello, eClub Members! Welcome to our weekly meeting.
My apologies for not keeping up with all that has been going on these past six months. I have been traveling a lot from late September until the end of November 2025.
It all started when my son moved to Texas, and since I didn’t have any close relatives near me, I decided to box up all my belongings and put them in storage. I then hired a rental agency to rent and manage my house while I was gone.
I then flew to (my hometown) Bend, OR to visit all my friends there, and while there looked around at houses for sale. YIKES, not at those prices! After almost three weeks, I then flew down to San Antonio, TX to visit family for two weeks, and then flew to Las Vegas to visit my sister Lea and her husband (PDG) John for a visit. My friend Alan joined me there and we all celebrated my birthday down at the strip. Lea and I decided to ride that old rickety roller coaster, something I will never do again! I then flew to Santa Barbara, CA to visit my other sister, and after three weeks, I flew down to Mazatlán, Mexico. Alan joined me there, and we spent a wonderful four months, and I’m now back in the Santa Barbara area. It’s been so nice to belong to an e-club, where it doesn’t matter where you live if you have Internet.
A lot has been going on with our eClub these past six months, especially with our ongoing projects: Uganda Literacy Project, Flood Relief in Pakistan, and the Chinle Planting Hope Bookmobile. With your help, our eClub Foundation was able to give a substantial amount of donations to each of these projects. Thank you club members for your support!
We are now in the process of writing a new District Grant application in hopes that they will help provide new sewing machines in Pakistan and solar lights to our ongoing Navajo Solar Lights Project.
I'm currently in Southern California, and planning to stay here for the next couple of months to work on my 2025 taxes (after placing an extension) and scheduling annual medical appointments.
In the meantime, enjoy today’s program and tech support, and don’t forget about attending our Coffee Chats every Tuesday at noon (Pacific Time).
Yours in Rotary,
Jackie
Jackie Oakley
2025-2026 Club President
The Four-Way Test
The Four-Way Test is a nonpartisan and nonsectarian ethical guide for Rotarians to use for their personal and professional relationships.
The test has been translated into more than 100 languages, and Rotarians recite it at club meetings:
Of the things we think, say or do
- Is it the TRUTH?
- Is it FAIR to all concerned?
- Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
- Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
email president@StateOfJeffersonRotary.org
eClub Board Meeting
May 14th, 2026 8:00 AM PST
District Conference – Early Registration Is Now Open!
Registration is officially open for our District Conference, in Eugene at the Valley River Inn, May 15–17 — and this is one weekend you won’t want to miss.
This year’s theme, “Rotary, Take a Look. We’re More Than You Think,” invites us to rediscover the depth, creativity, and impact of Rotary. From inspiring keynote speakers to meaningful conversations and fresh ideas, the conference is designed to energize you and strengthen the connections that make our district thrive.
Early registration runs through March 31. Secure your spot now and help us build a vibrant, dynamic weekend.
Register Here (register as a guest if you don’t remember your DACdb login information.)
Weekly eClub "Coffee Chat" Zoom meetings
Tuesday at 12:00 PM PDT
These “fellowship” meetings are informal opportunities to get acquainted with each other. If it fits your schedule, we look forward to “seeing” you at the meetings. Enjoy talking about "stuff" like water witching/dowsing, green flashes at sunset, Christmas in Pakistan, and much much more.
April is Maternal & Child Health Month
Rotary celebrates Maternal and Child Health Month. It is an opportunity to reflect on the current status of maternal and child health around the globe, how Rotary members contribute to addressing issues at the community level, and further take the steps to analyze our collective impacts on health systems.
According to the WHO, poor women in remote areas are the least likely to receive adequate health care. This trend holds true in both developed and developing countries. Low numbers of skilled healthcare professionals in these regions are major contributing factors to limited access to care. Human resources for healthcare remain a challenge, worsening since the COVID-19 pandemic. The data suggest that 99% of births are attended by a trained midwife, doctor, or nurse in most high-income and upper-middle-income countries. This figure drops to 78% in lower-middle-income countries and even further down to 68% in low-income countries where almost 95% of all maternal deaths occur.
Many Rotary members have been developing projects that support local health authorities in increasing the capacity of existing healthcare workers, task shifting by upskilling midwives, training and equipping community health workers and integrating traditional birth attendants, where possible, and providing graduate-level scholarships to support vocations in health care.
Rotary Youth Exchange sparks a lifetime of service
Dody Priambodo, second from left, exploring the Whitsunday region of Queensland with other exchange students during his Rotary Youth Exchange to Australia in 1998.
By Dody Priambodo, former Rotary Youth Exchange student and member of the Rotary E-Club of Jakarta Gunawarman
Dody Priambodo
In 1997, I arrived in Australia as a Rotary Youth Exchange student. What began as a simple opportunity to improve my English skills quickly became a blueprint for a life-long commitment to service.
My host families, predominantly Rotarians, provided me with powerful lessons. I watched in awe as these busy professionals with demanding, full-time jobs relentlessly carved out time, energy, and resources to serve their community through fundraising events and hands-on projects, both locally and around the world.
This inspired a question that became my calling: “How does a person with a full-time job manage to find time to serve the community?” With that powerful seed planted in my mind, I resolved that I, too, would dedicate my time to service once I had a career.
During Outbound Orientations, exchange students were encouraged to join Rotaract upon their return. I immediately joined my local Rotaract chapter freshman year, quickly deepening my involvement by attending the first-ever Rotary Youth Leadership Awards in Indonesia and assisting Rotarians the following year.
Years later, I was spurred to further action when my youth exchange chair and mentor delivered a pivotal message to 15 alumni: “Rotary Youth Exchange has been instrumental in your good fortune. Now is the time to serve the community with your experience.”
In 2014, we acted, chartering a new Rotary club — the first e-club in the area. Ninety percent of the 19 charter members were former exchange students. Their shared history created a powerful bond, driving meaningful projects from literacy to breast cancer awareness.
Their passion for the program led to an additional role: managing the district Youth Exchange program. I became a committee member in 2015, and the committee quickly grew to be 100% youth exchange alumni from different clubs.
Together with my friends, we are now actively recruiting for a major reunion we want to hold for exchange students from the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s, using the power of the exchange experience to attract the next generation of Rotarians.
The experience of my year in Australia continues to have a ripple effect through my life. Youth Exchange doesn’t just send kids abroad; it creates an army of globally aware, committed community builders who embody the profound power of giving back.
Dody Priambodo is Indonesia’s country representative to the East Asian Youth Exchange Network. He is actively looking to establish connections with Rotary clubs in other countries that have exchange student members.
Rotary supports Pakistan in protecting 27 million children against polio
Rotary has granted US$9.9 million to the World Health Organization (WHO) in Pakistan to help vaccinate 27 million children against polio in high-risk districts. This partnership will reinforce the Pakistani government’s polio eradication initiative, which each year vaccinates over 45 million children through both nationwide door-to-door campaigns and smaller ones.
Japan contributes US$6.3 million for polio eradication and immunizations in Afghanistan
The government of Japan, through its Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), has given US$6.3 million to renew its partnership on polio eradication and strengthen routine immunizations throughout Afghanistan. The 12-month initiative aims to reach over 12 million children under age five with lifesaving polio vaccines.
Novel oral polio vaccine type 2 by India’s Biological E achieves WHO prequalification
The World Health Organization has prequalified a novel oral vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) that was developed by Biological E. Limited. This step expands the Indian company’s role in polio eradication efforts, making it just the second full manufacturer of nOPV2, along with PT Bio Farma. The move will create a more reliable supply of this essential tool for stopping outbreaks of variant polio. Biological E. Limited has already added 700 million doses of nOPV2 to the global supply in the past year.
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